Even though Shang Xia being a rank three talisman master wasn’t widely spread through the Tongyou City, it wasn’t exactly a secret.  

Moreover, he just took out the Jade Creek Sword to make a deal with Wu Tingfang just a second ago. The Jade Creek Sword might not be something he used often, but almost every disciple of the Tongyou Institution knew that it belonged to Shang Xia.

After all, it was the weapon he used when facing the genius sword disciples of the other institution when the Shang Clan Convoy was ‘raided’ when they returned to the Tongyou City for the first time. 

As such, Huo Wuji and Wu Tingfang quickly uncovered his identity. Shang Xia didn’t find it surprising they managed to discover who he was either.

What he didn’t expect was that Huo Wuji would bring out five pieces of essence jade to look for rank three talismans. From Huo Wuji’s gaze, Shang Xia could tell that he was expecting Shang Xia to bring out those rank three talismans too!

Unfortunately for Huo Wuji, Shang Xia only managed to scrape together seven pieces of rank three talisman paper with all the help he got. With those seven pieces of talisman paper, he only managed to create 2 rank three talismans which he left for Hai Min to...