Chapter 729
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Liu Ming looks at the golden talisman in kuimu's hand, but he doesn't say anything immediately.
When Huang Ying saw this, she was overjoyed
"I've heard that this kind of rumored talisman is very popular. I didn't expect that brother Kui could get such a rare talisman. In this case, we are sure to escape. "
"I don't have many of them even in this valley, so I have to explain one thing to you first. The two Taoist friends are not the people of our demon clan. Even if they get the demon blood that day, it doesn't work much. If you really collect all the tokens and open the ban, you'd better transfer them to me. Kui will not only let us get out of here with a secret talisman, but also give tens of millions of spirit stones to one person, and exchange several important treasures. " Kuimu said slowly after a pause.
Huang Ying a listen to this words, on the face immediately flash a trace of dissatisfaction, but looked at Liu Ming, but did not say anything.
Liu Ming hears speech, slightly a ponder, unexpectedly agreed to come down.
After all, the goblin blood is a must for the goblin valley. Most of it can only be useful to the goblin family.
Naturally, he won't have much interest.
Besides, it is the most important thing for him to try to leave the place of execution first..
Huang Ying see Liu Ming has agreed, opened the mouth, can only helplessly nod.
"Since both of you have agreed, it should not be too late. Let's start now and find another real secret place. Let me take good care of my injury, and then go to find those demon test disciples who have entered the secret place. After all, the previous fighting around here caused a lot of spiritual fluctuation, and I'm afraid there will be others looking for it in the near future. " Seeing this, kuimu happily suggested.
Liu Ming immediately agreed to come down, and a hasten law decision, foot congealed a black cloud of first soared.
Huang Ying took a look at the kuimu venerable, stamped her feet, turned into a yellow crystal awn, and followed Liu Ming.
Kui Mu took a long breath, and the green light rose to the sky.
……
In the secret environment, on a certain open flat land, a black escape light is running west like lightning.
A hundred feet behind him, in a mass of purple mist, a demon repair of the Python's head is catching up.
"I didn't expect that there was a friar of Huajing period in the secret place. Fortunately, I met this one. Otherwise, it would be too slow to improve my accomplishments with the spirit of this friar." After murmuring to himself, the python head demon Xiu suddenly quickened his escape speed. The purple fog turned into a purple awn in an instant, and suddenly appeared in front of the black escape light.
"You..."
Black dunguang stopped, revealing one of the short and thin fake Dan friars of the human race. But at the moment, sweat was seeping on his forehead, and he was looking at the demon race with a pale face.
"The warm-up should be over, too." Python head demon repair, tongue a lick lips said.
The short and thin monk's face changed greatly. He gritted his teeth, took out a silver talisman and crushed it. A powerful pressure of Zhendan period burst out immediately, forming a silver arrow. "Whoosh" shot at the young man.
This talisman is a life protecting talisman given by the elder of his clan. Its power is equivalent to the full blow of the friars in the early days of Zhendan.
Bang!
Python first demon repair around suddenly a strong smoke rolling.
Seeing this, the short and thin friar quickly took out a black talisman and turned it into a black light again, galloping in the opposite direction.
Just a moment later, the rolling smoke dispersed, but the python head demon Xiu was intact and showed his figure.
After a cold hum, he made a decision and turned into a purple mist again, rolling away in the direction of the short friar.
After about half a cup of tea, a fierce scream came from the sky in the distance, and there was no more sound.
……
On the other side of the secret place, in a rather spacious cave.
The cave was dark, and a man in barbarian costume was walking cautiously.
"It's just fortunate that the quick reaction can avoid the pursuit of the tiger demon. It's better to have a rest here for a while and then try to leave."
The man finally stopped and murmured.
Then, with a shake of his sleeve, he took out a sound transmission array disk and made a gesture on it with one hand.
"Sure enough, we can't send out the communication signal here. If we can't get in touch with other people, I'm afraid we'll have a slim chance of winning alone." After the man sighed, he found a huge stone and sat on his knees.
However, only half an hour later, a low roar echoed in the cave
"Come out and die, the mole ants of the barbarians."
The barbarian man ignored this and continued to recover his mana.
But before long, the cave began to vibrate violently.
Then there was a loud bang, and the rock walls in the cave began to crumble, and huge stones fell down.
The barbarian man's face suddenly became gloomy. After urging the law to be resolved, he fled to the cave entrance. At the same time, he had a lavender talisman in his hand.
If he doesn't leave, he will be trapped in the mountain.
As a result, as soon as he left the exit of the cave, he found that it was still dark everywhere. As soon as his face changed, before he could crush the talisman in his hand, a huge pressure of spirit suddenly came from all directions to the middle, and his body was frozen.
In the dark air, a huge head as big as a loft suddenly emerged and bit the man down
More than half a day later, Liu Ming and others flew from the air and fell on a gourd shaped cliff.
The main cliff is completely covered by luxuriant tall trees.
"It's a good place. Kuimu is here to make a good recovery. I'll have a rest and adjust." Liu Ming stands at the bottom of the cliff, and the divine sense sweeps through the nearby area. After he finds no abnormality, he says so.
Huang Ying nodded, no objection.
"I've got some magic weapons on my lower body, which can cover up the fluctuation of magic power, and it's just useful." Kui Mu Zun was also very satisfied with this place, and his face relaxed.
It is natural for him to recover his strength as soon as possible.
"Thank you, Taoist friend kuimu." Liu Ming immediately nodded his head.
Although he has this kind of array equipment, since the kuimu master also has it, his natural quality will be better with his cultivation of true Dan state.
Moreover, with the current joint relationship of the three, he is not afraid of what the kuimu venerable does in the Falun.
The kuimu master saw that Liu Ming didn't have any opinions, so he immediately brushed his waist with one hand, and a stack of pale blue array flags appeared in his hand.
With one more hand, seven or eight cyan rays shot in all directions, and then disappeared in all directions.
He began to recite the obscure mantra in his mouth, and then put his fingers into the back of several Dharma judgments.
"Boom" a loud noise from under the ground!
Immediately after that, seven or eight blue pillars of light appeared one after another, and then a light blue circular light curtain with a diameter of tens of feet emerged.
Countless small and strange runes on the surface of the light curtain disappeared together with the light cyan light curtain.
After all this, the kuimu master turned pale again. After bowing his hand to Liu Ming, he went to a nearby boulder and sat on his knees. A moment later, a hazy blue light curtain covered his body.
Obviously, master kuimu has put another layer of array around him.
After Liu Ming's eyes swept, he was also looking for a clean place to sit.
Seeing this, Huang Ying went to another place not far from Liu Ming and began to meditate.
Although the three reached a temporary joint agreement, the meditation position still formed a dilemma.
At this time, a green air came out of the kuimu venerable, and at the same time, there was a faint color of pain on his face
Three days is gone.
At noon, the kuimu venerable, sitting on his knees, was steaming with blue smoke on his head. He coiled up like a living creature. It was obviously a critical moment for healing.
Just at this time, Liu Ming, who was meditating with his eyes closed not far away, suddenly opened his eyes and stood up abruptly.
"Brother Liu, what happened?" Huang Ying heard the sound, immediately surprised also quickly stood up.
Liu Ming looks out of the cave with a solemn face and doesn't speak.
However, soon after, a roaring sound of breaking through the air came clearly from the distance. According to the sound, it was obviously straight to the direction of the cave.
Huang Ying obviously guessed something, and her face changed immediately.
After a few breaths, there was a "boom" in the air. A light cyan light curtain flashed and appeared, but immediately the blue light flashed and was broken by something.
When Liu Ming's eyes narrowed and looked forward, there was a slender blue figure on the ground.
The man was as like as two peas before the willow, and the long robe was the same as the one. The water was blue and the eyes were slug to the three men.
"How could there be three?" Blue hair figure see this situation, face slightly changed.
When Liu Ming heard the words, he suddenly raised his arms without the slightest sign, and his fingers bounced out in an instant.
As soon as the sound of "Chi Chi" sounded, ten golden swords immediately rolled out and covered the blue figure in it.
When Huang Ying saw this, she flashed the green light in her hand and added an emerald green jade flute. After a little wave, she heard a sound of Qingming. At the same time, the light on her body rushed up and echoed with the sound of Qingming. She turned into a green Python more than ten feet long, and rushed to the blue figure.
As soon as he opened his eyes and waved his arms, the green demon fire rolled out
After a meal, a charred and incomplete corpse appeared on the ground.
After a search, the kuimu master immediately took out the fifth gray token from the corpse.
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Liu Ming looks at the golden talisman in kuimu's hand, but he doesn't say anything immediately.
When Huang Ying saw this, she was overjoyed
"I've heard that this kind of rumored talisman is very popular. I didn't expect that brother Kui could get such a rare talisman. In this case, we are sure to escape. "
"I don't have many of them even in this valley, so I have to explain one thing to you first. The two Taoist friends are not the people of our demon clan. Even if they get the demon blood that day, it doesn't work much. If you really collect all the tokens and open the ban, you'd better transfer them to me. Kui will not only let us get out of here with a secret talisman, but also give tens of millions of spirit stones to one person, and exchange several important treasures. " Kuimu said slowly after a pause.
Huang Ying a listen to this words, on the face immediately flash a trace of dissatisfaction, but looked at Liu Ming, but did not say anything.
Liu Ming hears speech, slightly a ponder, unexpectedly agreed to come down.
After all, the goblin blood is a must for the goblin valley. Most of it can only be useful to the goblin family.
Naturally, he won't have much interest.
Besides, it is the most important thing for him to try to leave the place of execution first..
Huang Ying see Liu Ming has agreed, opened the mouth, can only helplessly nod.
"Since both of you have agreed, it should not be too late. Let's start now and find another real secret place. Let me take good care of my injury, and then go to find those demon test disciples who have entered the secret place. After all, the previous fighting around here caused a lot of spiritual fluctuation, and I'm afraid there will be others looking for it in the near future. " Seeing this, kuimu happily suggested.
Liu Ming immediately agreed to come down, and a hasten law decision, foot congealed a black cloud of first soared.
Huang Ying took a look at the kuimu venerable, stamped her feet, turned into a yellow crystal awn, and followed Liu Ming.
Kui Mu took a long breath, and the green light rose to the sky.
……
In the secret environment, on a certain open flat land, a black escape light is running west like lightning.
A hundred feet behind him, in a mass of purple mist, a demon repair of the Python's head is catching up.
"I didn't expect that there was a friar of Huajing period in the secret place. Fortunately, I met this one. Otherwise, it would be too slow to improve my accomplishments with the spirit of this friar." After murmuring to himself, the python head demon Xiu suddenly quickened his escape speed. The purple fog turned into a purple awn in an instant, and suddenly appeared in front of the black escape light.
"You..."
Black dunguang stopped, revealing one of the short and thin fake Dan friars of the human race. But at the moment, sweat was seeping on his forehead, and he was looking at the demon race with a pale face.
"The warm-up should be over, too." Python head demon repair, tongue a lick lips said.
The short and thin monk's face changed greatly. He gritted his teeth, took out a silver talisman and crushed it. A powerful pressure of Zhendan period burst out immediately, forming a silver arrow. "Whoosh" shot at the young man.
This talisman is a life protecting talisman given by the elder of his clan. Its power is equivalent to the full blow of the friars in the early days of Zhendan.
Bang!
Python first demon repair around suddenly a strong smoke rolling.
Seeing this, the short and thin friar quickly took out a black talisman and turned it into a black light again, galloping in the opposite direction.
Just a moment later, the rolling smoke dispersed, but the python head demon Xiu was intact and showed his figure.
After a cold hum, he made a decision and turned into a purple mist again, rolling away in the direction of the short friar.
After about half a cup of tea, a fierce scream came from the sky in the distance, and there was no more sound.
……
On the other side of the secret place, in a rather spacious cave.
The cave was dark, and a man in barbarian costume was walking cautiously.
"It's just fortunate that the quick reaction can avoid the pursuit of the tiger demon. It's better to have a rest here for a while and then try to leave."
The man finally stopped and murmured.
Then, with a shake of his sleeve, he took out a sound transmission array disk and made a gesture on it with one hand.
"Sure enough, we can't send out the communication signal here. If we can't get in touch with other people, I'm afraid we'll have a slim chance of winning alone." After the man sighed, he found a huge stone and sat on his knees.
However, only half an hour later, a low roar echoed in the cave
"Come out and die, the mole ants of the barbarians."
The barbarian man ignored this and continued to recover his mana.
But before long, the cave began to vibrate violently.
Then there was a loud bang, and the rock walls in the cave began to crumble, and huge stones fell down.
The barbarian man's face suddenly became gloomy. After urging the law to be resolved, he fled to the cave entrance. At the same time, he had a lavender talisman in his hand.
If he doesn't leave, he will be trapped in the mountain.
As a result, as soon as he left the exit of the cave, he found that it was still dark everywhere. As soon as his face changed, before he could crush the talisman in his hand, a huge pressure of spirit suddenly came from all directions to the middle, and his body was frozen.
In the dark air, a huge head as big as a loft suddenly emerged and bit the man down
More than half a day later, Liu Ming and others flew from the air and fell on a gourd shaped cliff.
The main cliff is completely covered by luxuriant tall trees.
"It's a good place. Kuimu is here to make a good recovery. I'll have a rest and adjust." Liu Ming stands at the bottom of the cliff, and the divine sense sweeps through the nearby area. After he finds no abnormality, he says so.
Huang Ying nodded, no objection.
"I've got some magic weapons on my lower body, which can cover up the fluctuation of magic power, and it's just useful." Kui Mu Zun was also very satisfied with this place, and his face relaxed.
It is natural for him to recover his strength as soon as possible.
"Thank you, Taoist friend kuimu." Liu Ming immediately nodded his head.
Although he has this kind of array equipment, since the kuimu master also has it, his natural quality will be better with his cultivation of true Dan state.
Moreover, with the current joint relationship of the three, he is not afraid of what the kuimu venerable does in the Falun.
The kuimu master saw that Liu Ming didn't have any opinions, so he immediately brushed his waist with one hand, and a stack of pale blue array flags appeared in his hand.
With one more hand, seven or eight cyan rays shot in all directions, and then disappeared in all directions.
He began to recite the obscure mantra in his mouth, and then put his fingers into the back of several Dharma judgments.
"Boom" a loud noise from under the ground!
Immediately after that, seven or eight blue pillars of light appeared one after another, and then a light blue circular light curtain with a diameter of tens of feet emerged.
Countless small and strange runes on the surface of the light curtain disappeared together with the light cyan light curtain.
After all this, the kuimu master turned pale again. After bowing his hand to Liu Ming, he went to a nearby boulder and sat on his knees. A moment later, a hazy blue light curtain covered his body.
Obviously, master kuimu has put another layer of array around him.
After Liu Ming's eyes swept, he was also looking for a clean place to sit.
Seeing this, Huang Ying went to another place not far from Liu Ming and began to meditate.
Although the three reached a temporary joint agreement, the meditation position still formed a dilemma.
At this time, a green air came out of the kuimu venerable, and at the same time, there was a faint color of pain on his face
Three days is gone.
At noon, the kuimu venerable, sitting on his knees, was steaming with blue smoke on his head. He coiled up like a living creature. It was obviously a critical moment for healing.
Just at this time, Liu Ming, who was meditating with his eyes closed not far away, suddenly opened his eyes and stood up abruptly.
"Brother Liu, what happened?" Huang Ying heard the sound, immediately surprised also quickly stood up.
Liu Ming looks out of the cave with a solemn face and doesn't speak.
However, soon after, a roaring sound of breaking through the air came clearly from the distance. According to the sound, it was obviously straight to the direction of the cave.
Huang Ying obviously guessed something, and her face changed immediately.
After a few breaths, there was a "boom" in the air. A light cyan light curtain flashed and appeared, but immediately the blue light flashed and was broken by something.
When Liu Ming's eyes narrowed and looked forward, there was a slender blue figure on the ground.
The man was as like as two peas before the willow, and the long robe was the same as the one. The water was blue and the eyes were slug to the three men.
"How could there be three?" Blue hair figure see this situation, face slightly changed.
When Liu Ming heard the words, he suddenly raised his arms without the slightest sign, and his fingers bounced out in an instant.
As soon as the sound of "Chi Chi" sounded, ten golden swords immediately rolled out and covered the blue figure in it.
When Huang Ying saw this, she flashed the green light in her hand and added an emerald green jade flute. After a little wave, she heard a sound of Qingming. At the same time, the light on her body rushed up and echoed with the sound of Qingming. She turned into a green Python more than ten feet long, and rushed to the blue figure.
As soon as he opened his eyes and waved his arms, the green demon fire rolled out
After a meal, a charred and incomplete corpse appeared on the ground.
After a search, the kuimu master immediately took out the fifth gray token from the corpse.
(first watch at the beginning of the month)
Liu Ming looks at the golden talisman in kuimu's hand, but he doesn't say anything immediately.When Huang Ying saw this, she was overjoyed"I've heard that this kind of rumored talisman is very popular. I didn't expect that brother Kui could get such a rare talisman. In this case, we are sure to escape. ""I don't have many of them even in this valley, so I have to explain one thing to you first. The two Taoist friends are not the people of our demon clan. Even if they get the demon blood that day, it doesn't work much. If you really collect all the tokens and open the ban, you'd better transfer them to me. Kui will not only let us get out of here with a secret talisman, but also give tens of millions of spirit stones to one person, and exchange several important treasures. " Kuimu said slowly after a pause.Huang Ying a listen to this words, on the face immediately flash a trace of dissatisfaction, but looked at Liu Ming, but did not say anything.Liu Ming hears speech, slightly a ponder, unexpectedly agreed to come down.After all, the goblin blood is a must for the goblin valley. Most of it can only be useful to the goblin family.Naturally, he won't have much interest.Besides, it is the most important thing for him to try to leave the place of execution first..Huang Ying see Liu Ming has agreed, opened the mouth, can only helplessly nod."Since both of you have agreed, it should not be too late. Let's start now and find another real secret place. Let me take good care of my injury, and then go to find those demon test disciples who have entered the secret place. After all, the previous fighting around here caused a lot of spiritual fluctuation, and I'm afraid there will be others looking for it in the near future. " Seeing this, kuimu happily suggested.Liu Ming immediately agreed to come down, and a hasten law decision, foot congealed a black cloud of first soared.Huang Ying took a look at the kuimu venerable, stamped her feet, turned into a yellow crystal awn, and followed Liu Ming.Kui Mu took a long breath, and the green light rose to the sky.In the secret environment, on a certain open flat land, a black escape light is running west like lightning.A hundred feet behind him, in a mass of purple mist, a demon repair of the Python's head is catching up."I didn't expect that there was a friar of Huajing period in the secret place. Fortunately, I met this one. Otherwise, it would be too slow to improve my accomplishments with the spirit of this friar." After murmuring to himself, the python head demon Xiu suddenly quickened his escape speed. The purple fog turned into a purple awn in an instant, and suddenly appeared in front of the black escape light."You..."Black dunguang stopped, revealing one of the short and thin fake Dan friars of the human race. But at the moment, sweat was seeping on his forehead, and he was looking at the demon race with a pale face."The warm-up should be over, too." Python head demon repair, tongue a lick lips said.The short and thin monk's face changed greatly. He gritted his teeth, took out a silver talisman and crushed it. A powerful pressure of Zhendan period burst out immediately, forming a silver arrow. "Whoosh" shot at the young man.This talisman is a life protecting talisman given by the elder of his clan. Its power is equivalent to the full blow of the friars in the early days of Zhendan.Bang!Python first demon repair around suddenly a strong smoke rolling.Seeing this, the short and thin friar quickly took out a black talisman and turned it into a black light again, galloping in the opposite direction.Just a moment later, the rolling smoke dispersed, but the python head demon Xiu was intact and showed his figure.After a cold hum, he made a decision and turned into a purple mist again, rolling away in the direction of the short friar.After about half a cup of tea, a fierce scream came from the sky in the distance, and there was no more sound.On the other side of the secret place, in a rather spacious cave.The cave was dark, and a man in barbarian costume was walking cautiously."It's just fortunate that the quick reaction can avoid the pursuit of the tiger demon. It's better to have a rest here for a while and then try to leave."The man finally stopped and murmured.Then, with a shake of his sleeve, he took out a sound transmission array disk and made a gesture on it with one hand."Sure enough, we can't send out the communication signal here. If we can't get in touch with other people, I'm afraid we'll have a slim chance of winning alone." After the man sighed, he found a huge stone and sat on his knees.However, only half an hour later, a low roar echoed in the cave"Come out and die, the mole ants of the barbarians."The barbarian man ignored this and continued to recover his mana.But before long, the cave began to vibrate violently.Then there was a loud bang, and the rock walls in the cave began to crumble, and huge stones fell down.The barbarian man's face suddenly became gloomy. After urging the law to be resolved, he fled to the cave entrance. At the same time, he had a lavender talisman in his hand.If he doesn't leave, he will be trapped in the mountain.As a result, as soon as he left the exit of the cave, he found that it was still dark everywhere. As soon as his face changed, before he could crush the talisman in his hand, a huge pressure of spirit suddenly came from all directions to the middle, and his body was frozen.In the dark air, a huge head as big as a loft suddenly emerged and bit the man downMore than half a day later, Liu Ming and others flew from the air and fell on a gourd shaped cliff.The main cliff is completely covered by luxuriant tall trees."It's a good place. Kuimu is here to make a good recovery. I'll have a rest and adjust." Liu Ming stands at the bottom of the cliff, and the divine sense sweeps through the nearby area. After he finds no abnormality, he says so.Huang Ying nodded, no objection."I've got some magic weapons on my lower body, which can cover up the fluctuation of magic power, and it's just useful." Kui Mu Zun was also very satisfied with this place, and his face relaxed.It is natural for him to recover his strength as soon as possible."Thank you, Taoist friend kuimu." Liu Ming immediately nodded his head.Although he has this kind of array equipment, since the kuimu master also has it, his natural quality will be better with his cultivation of true Dan state.Moreover, with the current joint relationship of the three, he is not afraid of what the kuimu venerable does in the Falun.The kuimu master saw that Liu Ming didn't have any opinions, so he immediately brushed his waist with one hand, and a stack of pale blue array flags appeared in his hand.With one more hand, seven or eight cyan rays shot in all directions, and then disappeared in all directions.He began to recite the obscure mantra in his mouth, and then put his fingers into the back of several Dharma judgments."Boom" a loud noise from under the ground!Immediately after that, seven or eight blue pillars of light appeared one after another, and then a light blue circular light curtain with a diameter of tens of feet emerged.Countless small and strange runes on the surface of the light curtain disappeared together with the light cyan light curtain.After all this, the kuimu master turned pale again. After bowing his hand to Liu Ming, he went to a nearby boulder and sat on his knees. A moment later, a hazy blue light curtain covered his body.Obviously, master kuimu has put another layer of array around him.After Liu Ming's eyes swept, he was also looking for a clean place to sit.Seeing this, Huang Ying went to another place not far from Liu Ming and began to meditate.Although the three reached a temporary joint agreement, the meditation position still formed a dilemma.At this time, a green air came out of the kuimu venerable, and at the same time, there was a faint color of pain on his faceThree days is gone.At noon, the kuimu venerable, sitting on his knees, was steaming with blue smoke on his head. He coiled up like a living creature. It was obviously a critical moment for healing.Just at this time, Liu Ming, who was meditating with his eyes closed not far away, suddenly opened his eyes and stood up abruptly."Brother Liu, what happened?" Huang Ying heard the sound, immediately surprised also quickly stood up.Liu Ming looks out of the cave with a solemn face and doesn't speak.However, soon after, a roaring sound of breaking through the air came clearly from the distance. According to the sound, it was obviously straight to the direction of the cave.Huang Ying obviously guessed something, and her face changed immediately.After a few breaths, there was a "boom" in the air. A light cyan light curtain flashed and appeared, but immediately the blue light flashed and was broken by something.When Liu Ming's eyes narrowed and looked forward, there was a slender blue figure on the ground.The man was as like as two peas before the willow, and the long robe was the same as the one. The water was blue and the eyes were slug to the three men."How could there be three?" Blue hair figure see this situation, face slightly changed.When Liu Ming heard the words, he suddenly raised his arms without the slightest sign, and his fingers bounced out in an instant.As soon as the sound of "Chi Chi" sounded, ten golden swords immediately rolled out and covered the blue figure in it.When Huang Ying saw this, she flashed the green light in her hand and added an emerald green jade flute. After a little wave, she heard a sound of Qingming. At the same time, the light on her body rushed up and echoed with the sound of Qingming. She turned into a green Python more than ten feet long, and rushed to the blue figure.As soon as he opened his eyes and waved his arms, the green demon fire rolled outAfter a meal, a charred and incomplete corpse appeared on the ground.After a search, the kuimu master immediately took out the fifth gray token from the corpse.first watch at the beginning of the month
