Chapter 0589 Person-Seeking Spirit Talisman

Chapter 0589: The Tracking Talisman

Qin Yun found the idea of cooperating with Long Qiaofeng pretty appealing.

"What you said is very tempting, but how can I trust you? This is the Immortal Soldier Illusory Realm. If I let you go and you escape, who'd I go after?"

This was Qin Yun's concern. He could tell that Long Qiaofeng was a cunning woman—hard to trust.

Long Qiaofeng's eyes darted as she pondered how to earn Qin Yun's trust.

Qin Yun looked at the silent Long Qiaofeng and laughed, "You have no way to make me trust you. So, cooperation is impossible! Trust is the foundation of any partnership!"

As he spoke, he reached out with his crackling lightning hand.

"I... I'm willing to give myself to you, but only within the Immortal Soldier Illusory Realm!" Long Qiaofeng, terrified by the violent black lightning crackling on Qin Yun's palm, hastily cried out.

Qin Yun hesitated, then laughed, "Giving yourself to me would earn my trust? You're a member of the Long family, and your clan holds deep hatred for me!"

"Besides, I'm not exactly desperate. If you offer yourself, you'd be getting the better deal—I'd be getting shafted!"

"And earlier, you were so afraid of me violating you, yet now you're offering yourself. You're so contradictory—how can I believe you?"

"You... you..." Long Qiaofeng was so furious she couldn't speak.

She was one of the Five Great Beauties of Ao Xing Province. Even if it was only within the Immortal Soldier Illusory Realm, offering herself was something many men dreamed of.

Yet Qin Yun, this jerk, had rejected her and acted like he'd be the one getting screwed.

"Then tell me, what will it take for you to trust me?" Long Qiaofeng shouted.

She was truly afraid of being tortured. Despite her usual domineering demeanor, she was a pampered woman who couldn't bear pain.

"I don't know!" Qin Yun said mockingly. "If you're afraid of pain, just leave the Immortal Soldier Illusory Realm yourself. It's just a thousand points, right? I've lost that many before too!"

"Bastard! Do you know how hard it is for us to earn a thousand points?" Long Qiaofeng yelled.

"Is it really that hard? I racked them up easy!" Qin Yun replied dismissively.

Qin Yun's hand brushed against Long Qiaofeng's waist, and the black lightning surged into her body with intense force.

Long Qiaofeng let out a piercing shriek.

"Qin Yun, I... I have a Tracking Talisman on me! As long as you write a person's name on it, you can quickly locate them. It costs five hundred points to obtain!"

Long Qiaofeng hurriedly shouted, "I'll give you this talisman so you can find Hua Xiyue!"

"Now that's useful. Is it on you?" Qin Yun thought for a moment and asked.

"Of course it's on me, but only I can use it since it was purchased with my points!" Long Qiaofeng explained. "I can help you find Hua Xiyue!"

"You killed the deputy leader of Hua Xiyue's battalion earlier. He must be looking for you right now, probably searching for you within the Immortal Soldier Illusory Realm!"

Qin Yun grinned. "If he's looking for me, then I'll just wait for him. I don't need your Tracking Talisman!"

Long Qiaofeng muttered angrily, "Qin Yun, you idiot... It'll take him time to find you. He doesn't have many points and would never spend points on a Tracking Talisman."

Qin Yun asked again, "And then?"

Seeing the lightning crackling on Qin Yun's palm, Long Qiaofeng flinched and blurted out, "While he's searching for you, you can use my talisman to locate the tactician of the Hua Tian Battalion. That guy is always holed up at their base."

"That way, you can go to the Huatian Faction and wipe out the entire faction! Wiping out the Huatian Faction will earn you a lot of points!"

Qin Yun thought about it and found Long Qiaofeng's suggestion quite appealing.

However, he still didn’t trust her.

"Qin Yun, I'm currently ranked fifth, and staying in the top ten is enough for me. From now on, I’ll help you track down factions or even betray my own for you to kill, so you can quickly climb into the top ten!"

Long Qiaofeng’s words made Qin Yun’s heart race.

She continued, "I know there’s bad blood between us, but it’s not irreconcilable!"

"Think about it—our feud hasn’t reached the point of kill-or-be-killed, right?"

"Besides, I’m from the Long family. If you ever want to deal with them in the future, you’ll need a mole, won’t you?"

"You’d betray your own clan?" Qin Yun looked into Long Qiaofeng’s seductive gaze, skepticism evident.

"In my eyes, there’s no absolute loyalty! Betrayal is just a matter of whether the benefits are great enough!"

"You’ve seen it yourself—among the clan factions, I’m the outcast. Not just people from other families, but even the animals in the Long family want to have me!"

"If the reward is big enough, I’ll do anything!"

Long Qiaofeng spoke these words with fury.

Qin Yun drew a sharp breath and said, "Seems like I’ll have to take a gamble—bet on whether you’re telling the truth!"

"I guarantee you’ll win! Go ahead and bet!" Long Qiaofeng’s eyes oozed sincerity.

"If you dare trick me, I’ll make sure you suffer a long, excruciating death in the real world... and your name will be on Demonmoon Island’s bounty list!" Qin Yun gave an icy grin.

Long Qiaofeng went cold. She knew all too well the terror of that bounty—even the Long family’s patriarch had to move in secret because of it.

After speaking, Qin Yun retracted the ropes binding her.

Freed from restraint, Long Qiaofeng eased up. Eyeing Qin Yun, her voice softened as she said, "Are you really not interested in me? If you want, I wouldn’t mind having a quick fuck with you in this Immortal Arms Illusionary Realm!"

"Hey, why not offer yourself to your so-called ‘allies’?" Qin Yun chuckled.

"They’re not my allies, and I won’t repeat myself!" Long Qiaofeng’s expression darkened. "Just thinking about those pigs makes me sick!"

Qin Yun laughed heartily. "So, I seem more appealing to you? If I let you have me, I’d be getting the short end! Maybe in the real world, but not here!"

Long Qiaofeng snorted, acknowledging Qin Yun’s uniqueness.

"The real world? Not a snowball’s chance!" She stood up and glanced below the tree. "They must already know you captured me."

"Those shits probably want my tracking talisman too. Those four morons each burned one just to find you!"

Qin Yun eyed her and asked, "You won’t betray me, will you?"

"Relax, I don’t want to be marked by the Golden Ape Totem!" Long Qiaofeng replied. "Are you going to attack the Huatian Faction now?"

"First, I need to locate them and confirm Hua Xiyue isn’t there before I strike," Qin Yun said.

"Every faction hides well, making them hard to find. But with a tracking talisman, you can lock onto their tactician and locate them." Long Qiaofeng flicked out a talisman. "This was tailor-made for the Immortal Arms Illusionary Realm—just write a name, and it’ll track anyone inside!"

"If they’re not in the realm, the talisman will stay dead. It’ll ping the second they log in!"

Qin Yun looked at the talisman and found it quite miraculous, thinking it was similar to a Soul-Tracking Talisman.

"Let's start searching for that strategist!" Qin Yun said.

Long Qiaofeng wrote the name "Chu Bozhong" on the Tracking Spirit Talisman.

"I thought the headquarters of all mercenary groups were inside Safe City!" Qin Yun remarked.

"How could that be? If a warband leaves Safe City and gets targeted, it's extremely dangerous!" Long Qiaofeng said. "Only large warbands like ours dare to operate openly!"

"True, your big warbands are ideal targets for me to gain ranking points!" Qin Yun laughed.

"After you wiped out Long Ziming's and my warband so easily, don’t think you'll find any moving together again—they’ll all be lying low!" Long Qiaofeng snorted coldly.

"Qiaofeng, do you know where Tian Yaolei and his warband are holed up?" Qin Yun asked.

"They’ve always been wary of me, so they’d never let me know their hideouts! But those fools couldn’t hide from me—I’ve long since got their measure." Long Qiaofeng smirked proudly.

Qin Yun realized that Long Qiaofeng was quite capable. If she could be trusted, she’d make an excellent partner.

"Qin Yun, did you craft all your weapons yourself?" Long Qiaofeng asked enviously, eyeing the blade in his hand.

"Of course. If you prove your worth, I might even craft something for you!" Qin Yun grinned. "I'm pretty easygoing."

"Do you have a storage spirit artifact? What do I need to do for you to forge one for me?" Long Qiaofeng inquired.

"Help me break into the top ten of the Martial Arts Ranking—or when I feel like it!" Qin Yun replied.

Forging a storage spirit artifact was as simple as cooking a meal for him.

Long Qiaofeng immediately knit her delicate brows.

"The tenth-ranked guy only has around 3,200 points. You currently have over 700, so you’d need another 2,600 to bump him down!"

"That shouldn’t be too hard for you!"

Qin Yun said, "When will your Qiaofeng Warband be ready for me to farm for points again?"

"Qin Yun, it’s best if we keep our partnership under wraps. To avoid detection, we need to be cautious."

"Next time you attack my warband, I’ll come out to fight you for show!" Long Qiaofeng said. "But if you attack Tian Yaolei’s warband, I won’t show up—I can’t risk them finding out!"

Qin Yun chuckled. "No problem. I don’t want them knowing about us either… though they’ll definitely suspect something happened between us. How do we explain that?"

"Simple—I can make a public scene chasing you!" Long Qiaofeng had already planned it out.

Holding the talisman, she closed her eyes. After a moment, she said, "The location is confirmed, but let’s not rush there. We should stage a performance first!"

Qin Yun had no choice but to play along. Since he had previously threatened the cowardly, pain-avoiding Long Qiaofeng, he wasn’t worried about her scheming.

By the next morning, many witnessed a bloodied Qin Yun being chased into the city by Long Qiaofeng!

Everyone had assumed Qin Yun would have his way with her after capturing Long Qiaofeng.

Yet, not long after, he was a bloody mess. This quickly dispelled any salacious rumors.

After wrapping up their charade, Qin Yun and Long Qiaofeng met outside the city and headed toward the Huatian Warband's hideout.