As they recalled it, their faces darkened.
Lin Qingfeng replied in a deep voice, "The horrible pressure can equal our alliance master's. The master is a cultivator at the fifth level and the strongest in the world. Can you imagine who his counterpart is?"
In Jinpingyue and the monk's opinion, the alliance master was peerless. Lin Qingfeng's question stunned them.
The monk asked, "You mean the person equals our alliance master?"
Lin Qingfeng glanced at him, "Your cultivation base and mine reach the same rank. I sensed that. So can you. Why you still ask while knowing the answer?"
With a grim smile, the monk did sense the pressure but was unwilling to believe.
"The alliance master comes?" Jin Pingyue asked in excitement.
Both of them shook head. Lin Qingfeng responded, "Impossible! It's widely acknowledged that he is in close training in the Spiritual Mountain. If he really comes, he must meet us."
Jin Pingyue did not refute but nodded silently.
"It's a major discovery that a martial artist ranking the same as our alliance master shows up in the mortal realm. We need to report to the master." The monk answered in solemnity.
"Certainly! But I wanna know is he our friend or enemy? Why he pays us a visit without showing his face?" Lin Qingfeng frowned.
The monk sighed, "Master hands are always unfathomable."
"You and Jinpingyue stay here recently in case he emerges. It's safer for us three to stay together."
"But…" Jin Pingyue was impatient to look for Qin Dong.
Lin Qingfeng interrupted her, "The boy can't fly away. You can go for him in a few days."
Jin Pingyue nodded but did not notice the happiness flickering between the eyebrows of the monk.
"Master, I can stay here to help you!" Fang Xian'er offered her hand.
Lin Qingfeng waved hand and smiled wryly, "Your stay makes no sense. The martial artist reaches the fifth level. You'd better leave here as soon as possible in case of losing your life."
"But you…" She was worried.
"If any misfortune happens to us, you need to survive and report everything to the alliance master for his preparation."
Seeing the seriousness of her master, Fang Xian'er did not dare to insist albeit unwillingly. She turned around to leave.
Jin Pingyue stood in her way smilingly and thrust a palm-sized snowy jade into her hand.
To Fang Xian'er's surprise, the jade was rare spiritual crystal.
The spiritual energy in the mortal realm was tenuous, compared with that in the heavens. It was a nightmare for any cultivator to boost vital energy merely by that between the heavens and the earth.
But a kind of magical jade called spiritual crystal for vital energy absorbing and storage came into being in some places of the mortal realm after hundreds of thousands of years' sediment.
It was the treasure for cultivators like Fang Xian'er and Jin Pingyue, and the only resort for them to advance. The Natural Law Alliance enjoyed many cultivators because of its discovery of a spiritual crystal mine.
Rare in number, most exploited crystal contained little vital energy accumulated in thousands of years. Over ten thousand years old, the one of Jin Pingyue was superior among the best.
"Martial uncle, it's so…so valuable. I can't take it!" Panic, Fang Xian'er found the crystal was more expensive than the icy crystal dagger.