"Let me go down and get it." As soon as I finished speaking, I slowly dove downward, but Xiangling grabbed me at once. "Master, let me do it this time. If I can't hold it, then what am I supposed to use it to prove my Dao?"
"All right, but be careful. This item is no ordinary thing. Oh, should I still use the Heavenly Dao Codex to take a look for you?" I said with a smile.
"No. I don't want to turn around and leave without trying anything. I'm not inferior to Shao Zi, am I? Master, you never thought less of me either." Xiangling shook her head and said proudly.
I thought it over, then could only grunt, "Mm," and let her descend on her own. In truth, I had helped Shao Zi inside the Taixiao Stone as well. Of course, even without my help, Shao Zi could still have obtained Taixiao Heaven. There might simply have been more twists and turns. But since Xiangling was so confident, letting her try first seemed reasonable.
Xiangling quickly flew downward, but just as she was about to enter the surface of the gastric-fluid sea, she stopped. After murmuring an incantation, energy suddenly seemed to flare outward again. She was activating her protective barrier.
The treasure was still spinning in the water with the current, but its conspicuous radiance made no attempt to hide itself, allowing me, looking down from above, to see it clearly.
After Xiangling rapidly descended, she seemed to have reached the area of light surrounding the treasure. Her head tilted to one side, and her entire body dropped!
My heart jolted. I hurriedly prepared to fly down and save her, but Xiangling suddenly stopped her fall. Her whole body hovered in the center of the spiral