Chapter 54 (1/2)

“Ssssss…”

Both old men inhaled sharply at the same time.

It was true that they had seen a lot of things in life, way more than a young fellow like Rong Kaixuan could even imagine. But when they looked carefully at what was in front of them, they couldn’t help but be in shock.

The box was filled to the brim with stacks and stacks of talismans.

The moment Rong Jielin opened the box, the intense air that was formed by a huge amount of talismans stacked together instantly filled the air. The entire room was covered by this tremendous force.

Talismans were also Spiritualist items.

If there was only one piece or a small stack of 10 or so, they caused a slight ripple in the energy field around them, but it would be negligible.

When that number was multiplied greatly, it was a different story altogether.

Rong Jielin swallowed hard and finally calmed himself down. He looked up at his grandson and asked as his long beard slightly trembled, “Kaixuan, how many talismans are here?” When he asked this question, even his voice seemed to be trembling a little.

As a direct descendant of the Rong family and having lived for so many years, Rong Jielin had seen his fair share of riches. This was the first time he had seen so many talismans together in one place.

He was also very sure that there were very few others in the Rong clan who would have had the same experience.

Rong Kaixuan smiled faintly and said, “Grandpa, there are a thousand Level 1 Supreme Grade Spirit Body Fighter Sealing Talismans here.”

In this huge household, he was the only one who had the gifting of a Spiritualist. If he gave away Spell Sealing Talismans, nobody else would be able to use them. As a result, he decided to just make an entire pile of Spirit Body Fighter Sealing Talismans instead.

“A thousand pieces!”

Rong Cai exclaimed. The two old men looked at one another. Their eyes flickered and were filled with disbelief.

Even though these talismans were clearly right in front of them, they felt like they were dreaming.

Rong Cai and the others had already received a small pile from Rong Kaixuan back in Qiangan. The amount they received then paled in comparison to the number in front of them now.

The last time they received 10, but now there were a thousand pieces. Those two numbers were miles apart.

After a long time, Rong Jielin finally let out a long sigh. “Kaixuan, how many more talismans like that do you have on hand?”

Rong Kaixuan paused for a while and replied, “Twice this amount.”

Rong Jielin looked deeply at him and finally said, “Fine.” He was quiet for a moment. His expression grew more stern. “The mountain range next to the Main House is a mountain range that spans across three counties. You can enter it from the estate you used to live in. As long as you don’t go any further than 30 miles in, I won’t stop you.”

He was the one who said earlier that he would not allow his grandson to enter the mountains before reaching Peak Stage Spiritualist level.

After he found out what trump card this young boy was holding onto, he immediately changed his mind.

Rong Kaixuan smiled faintly and said, “Thank you, Grandpa.” After a moment of silence, he said, “Grandpa Cai, I would like to invite the manager at Donghua Treasure Hall, Ye Jianhao, to come to our place. Could you arrange for that?”

Rong Jielin was the head of the household, but Rong Cai was in charge of running the day-to-day things in the house.

Rong Cai laughed merrily and said, “Young Master Kaixuan, that’s a small matter. I will get someone to invite Manager Ye over right away. But…” His gaze was more focused as he said, “If you sell off all your talismans, you have to prepare more.”

Rong Kaixuan smiled and replied, “Don’t worry, Grandpa Cai. I don’t intend to go into the mountains just yet.”

After they watched Rong Kaixuan leave the room, the two old men looked at one another. They let out a long sigh at the same time.

Rong Jielin said, “Cai, Kaixuan is not someone we can keep within our control, so you don’t have to restrict him so much anymore.”

Rong Cai was shocked by this comment. “Master, Young Master Kaixuan isn’t powerful enough to go anywhere by himself yet.”

Rong Jielin smiled and said, “An extraordinary person should be dealt with in an extraordinary way. Heh-heh, 2,000 Spirit Body Fighters! If either you or I met with 2,000 of them, I’m afraid we’d turn around and run too.” He laughed bitterly at himself and added, “Of course, whether we would be able to escape from so many of them is also another problem.”

Rong Cai slowly nodded and was overwhelmed by his emotions in his heart. Young Master Kaixuan was really different from before.

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A heart-wrenching howl shook the earth from deep within the mountains.

A 49-foot giant python was slithering rapidly through the grass. The sounds coming out from its mouth were no less than the roar of a tiger.

A faint layer of white fog surrounded this giant python. Everywhere that it slithered past was covered with a thin layer of frost.

This python was one of the kings in this mountain forest. Even those ferocious big and wild cats were as weak as a newborn baby to it. Now, it had been forced to leave the nest that it had lived in for many years and was now running desperately for its life.

Suddenly, a figure was running through the grass like a bolt of lightning.

It was a Spirit Body. Its features were blurred. One couldn’t see its face, but its actions were quick and nimble. It moved as fast as lightning.

Pak!