Twenty five pebbles now

Yang Qing's token instantly activated as he made his way through the protective ward covering his abode. 

Even before deploying his palace sense, or seeing it with his eyes, he could already tell something wrong had happened, if the dense murderous qi and virulent aura pervading the area was any indicator.

Yang Qing's heart skipped a little, relaxing an instant later when he sensed life from the figure he was most worried about.

Having no need to rush now that he sensed the Starlight crab was alive, Yang Qing took to walking, though at a brisk pace at that, making his way to the center of that murderous aura.