Chapter 396: Tianjian Token

"Oh, you've returned."

Li Heng smiled slightly.

"Tell me, what exactly is this Grudge Slave? And how is it that you are able to avoid being attacked by it?"

He turned his head to look at the two little black figures and said slowly.

These two fellows, who used Grudge Slaves to fish for and kill people, were pitch black all over and resembled human shapes, much like the culprit in Detective Conan; calling them "little black figures" was extremely fitting.

The two little black figures were instantly stunned.

What was going on? They were on their way home!

Moreover, they had left in the opposite direction; logically, they shouldn't have run into this peerless fiend!

Unless...

The two looked at each other, cold sweat breaking out on their foreheads.

No wonder this existence didn't chase them.

It turned out they had never escaped the Five Finger Mountain of this person?

In an instant, they knelt down in submission, kowtowing to Li Heng incessantly; their begging skills had reached an absolute peak, leaving even An Yu, who was beside Li Heng, dumbfounded.

She had thought her own begging skills were invincible under heaven.

She never expected someone to be even more valiant than her!

Who were these people?

"I will ask one more time: what exactly is this Grudge Slave?"

Li Heng stood with his hands behind his back and said calmly.

The two little black figures came to their senses, hurriedly stood up, moved closer to Li Heng, and began to explain, not daring to show the slightest hesitation.

After a while, Li Heng finally understood what was going on.

Some time ago, while these two fellows were wandering in the bottom-most area of the Rift, they suddenly encountered a fortuitous opportunity radiating seven-colored light, but after the two of them combined their efforts and paid a great price to refine it, they discovered that what they had obtained was a useless Token.

When speaking of this, the two little black figures appeared extremely heartbroken.

They said that in order to refine this resource as quickly as possible and prevent others from discovering it, they had gone completely bankrupt, exhausting half a lifetime's accumulation, only to end up with this kind of thing, and furthermore, they had provoked the Grudge Slave guarding the area around this Token.

However, the situation later took a turn for the better; they accidentally discovered that holding this Token could prevent attacks from the Grudge Slave, and it even seemed to influence some of the decisions made by this Grudge Slave.

This led them to develop the idea of fishing for people to kill and seize their fortuitous opportunities.

As for the essence of the Grudge Slave, they did not know either.

"Where is that Token?"

Li Heng asked calmly.

"It is with me, my lord!"

One of the little black figures hurriedly took a Token out from within their body and respectfully handed it to Li Heng, not daring to disobey in the slightest.

Others are the knife and chopping board, while I am the fish and meat; this was the current situation.

How could they dare to resist?

If they didn't resist, they could still live for a while.

But if they resisted, they would have to face this powerful person capable of restraining the Grudge Slave, and then they would die even faster.

They were very clear about the disparity.

Li Heng took the Token casually, not afraid that they had set any traps within it; after all, what he had here was not his true self, but merely a clone, so it would not endanger him. Moreover, he did not believe the tricks of these two little black figures could deceive him.

This Token was made of bronze, mottled with rust, and very archaic; it was shaped like a small sword, and three characters were carved onto the blade, looking somewhat like Dao Patterns, emitting a faint, indistinct sword intent.

Li Heng raised his eyebrows; he did not recognize these three characters.

However, the Appraisal Technique did.

He consumed Source Power to upgrade the Data Panel's Identification Function, then used the Identification Function to appraise the origin of this Token.

Very quickly, the data was displayed before him.

【Tianjian Token: A token of the True Realm's Tianjian Sect, which can only be held by the Sect Leader of the Tianjian Sect. Unless an accident occurs, Tianjian Sect disciples must honor the holder of the Tianjian Token as the Sect Leader and manager of the sect.】

Tianjian Token, the Sect Leader's token of the Tianjian Sect?

Li Heng pondered for a moment and let this Tianjian Token appear before the eyes of the Grudge Slave. Instantly, the eyes of the Grudge Slave, which had become violent due to being restrained, calmed down; it seemed it no longer held any hostility toward Li Heng.

He had previously guessed that this Grudge Slave was related to the Tianjian Sect, but the fact that this Grudge Slave did not react to the One Sword Separates the World Supernatural Ability had made him think he guessed wrong.

Now it seemed that was not the case.

It was just that both One Sword Separates the World and this Tianjian Token were things from the Tianjian Sect; why then did this Grudge Slave not react to One Sword Separates the World? This shouldn't be.

Could it be because the Tianjian Token was the Sect Leader's token?

Did this Grudge Slave mistake him for the Sect Leader of the Tianjian Sect?

And that was why it reacted?

Could it be that the predecessor of this Grudge Slave was not just a simple Tianjian Sect disciple, but perhaps a high-ranking figure like a sect elder, who would only react to the Sect Leader's token?

Seeing Li Heng lost in thought, the two little black figures did not dare to make a sound, shivering on the side, hoping only to escape with their lives and survive this disaster, while regretting more and more that they hadn't checked the almanac before going out.

Soon, Li Heng sighed; there were too many mysteries.

He had just tried to appraise the origin of this Grudge Slave, but for some reason—perhaps due to that other type of Disaster Power on the Grudge Slave—he could not appraise a result at all.

Unless he upgraded the Identification Function again.

But heaven knows how many levels it would need to be upgraded to.

He had plenty of Source Power now, but it wasn't to be wasted like this.

"Forget it, let's go, head to the bottom level. Oh, right, let's slaughter you two first, so you don't go fishing every day."

Li Heng did not intend to keep these two little black figures.

Those who fish are often fished by others.

"My lord, wait! Since you are heading to the lowest level, the two of us happen to be particularly familiar with that area and can lead the way!"

The two little black figures shouted in a panic, fearing that Li Heng might strike too quickly.

"Oh? You are familiar with it?"

Li Heng raised an eyebrow.

"That's right, that's right, we were both born in the bottom-level area. We haven't been to the very lowest level, but we have seen it from the edge and can point the way for you, my lord!"

The two little black figures nodded repeatedly.

"You are actually native inhabitants of this place?"

"That's right, we believe this identity will definitely be of great help to your journey, my lord." The two little black figures hurriedly patted their chests to guarantee, not daring to show even a hint of hesitation.

Li Heng cast his gaze toward An Yu.

An Yu managed a reluctant smile, not daring to lie.

"Reporting to the Venerable One, creatures born in the Rift are indeed more familiar with the surrounding environment."

The implication was that these two little black figures could be spared.

But even though she said that, alarm bells were already ringing in An Yu's heart. Her only value to Li Heng was leading the way, and the appearance of these two little black figures undoubtedly diminished her value.

She could not let these two little black figures overshadow her!

"However, Venerable One, creatures born in such Rifts are mostly incomparably cunning and must be handled with caution."

An Yu spoke again with a serious expression.

She was not lying; creatures born in the Unknown Darkness Rift were indeed incomparably cunning, and many treasure hunters had suffered because of them.

"Very well, the three of you lead the way together."

Li Heng said calmly, not bothering to pay attention to An Yu's petty schemes.

And so, the four of them headed downward, arriving at the bottom-level area.

At this moment, an incomparably massive face suddenly emerged from the surrounding dim Unknown Darkness, and then it spoke.

"Ho, living beings, looking to enter the lowest level to throw your lives away?"