Jiang Liu was about to take a closer look at the bead.
Suddenly, the bead in his hand trembled and then flew out of Jiang Liu's hand.
Jiang Liu stared in astonishment as the bead flew from his hand.
He hadn't expected that this bead would have its own thoughts and want to escape from here. It seemed that a divine soul must have been born inside this bead.
Actually, it's obvious that something so highly valued by Martial Saint wouldn't be born without a divine soul.
The reason they didn't escape earlier was probably because they were trapped by that Martial Saint expert and couldn't get out.
Unexpectedly, I've ended up doing it a favor.
Jiang Liu looked at the transparent bead that was shining brightly and bumping around randomly, and smiled.
It turned out that even though the bead broke free from Jiang Liu's hand, it still couldn't fly out of the energy barrier.
It seems that this layer of primordial energy barrier is another means of controlling this transparent bead.
After all, Jiang Liu had just passed through easily without any hindrance.
Jiang Liu Illusory Transformation four large hands of primordial energy, which directly surrounded the transparent bead.
Then, when the bead started darting around, he grabbed it and pulled it back to him.
Upon closer inspection, Jiang Liu noticed a faint white halo surrounding the bead, which he guessed was the spirit within it.
Jiang Liu released his Divine Sense, penetrating into the bead.
The Divine Sense easily penetrated the transparent barrier of the bead and reached the white halo directly.
The moment Jiang Liu's Divine Sense touched the white halo, the white halo immediately shrank, as if it wanted to escape.
However, before it could make a move, it was suppressed by Jiang Liu's Divine Sense.
Then, the white halo seemed to tremble, as if it were facing a little girl who was a robber.
As Jiang Liu's Divine Sense approached the halo, it immediately unleashed the aura of the Saint Realm, suppressing it.
Then, following the operating method of the Beast Mastery Art, the spiritual imprint was forcibly imprinted onto the white halo.
When Jiang Liu imprinted his spiritual mark on the halo, he immediately felt a connection between himself and the transparent bead.
At this moment, a faint spiritual consciousness was transmitting information to Jiang Liu.
Only after Jiang Liu fully received the spiritual consciousness did he realize that this transparent bead was called Half-Origin Celestial Pearl.
Its name was given by its previous owner, who was the deceased Martial Saint.
However, it itself doesn't know how it came to be.
All I know is that when it became conscious, it was already in the hands of its former owner.
Subsequently, it submitted to its former master and took on the important task of gathering and disseminating vital energy; this is its function.
Jiang Liu released the Half-Origin Celestial Pearl, and it began to circle and spin around Jiang Liu, seemingly trying to please Jiang Liu.
Jiang Liu felt that this Half-Origin Celestial Pearl was like a naughty child.
It's possible, after all, it takes a long time for an object to develop its own consciousness from birth.
For hundreds of years since the birth of consciousness, it has always needed to absorb nutrients in order to grow stronger.
This spirit must have been born not long ago, so it is still in its infancy.
However, with this Half-Origin Celestial Pearl, I will have abundant primordial energy wherever I go, and I will no longer need to worry about the depletion of primordial energy.
Most importantly, it contains both ordinary and special vital energy.
Moreover, this Half-Origin Celestial Pearl has a special effect: it can absorb all the vital energy around a single place or person.
If this effect is activated during a battle, it could really be fatal to your opponent.
Therefore, regardless of whether or not the secret to controlling the flow of time is found, this is already a huge achievement.
Only then did Jiang Liu have time to turn his head and look at the remains of the Martial Saint in the distance, wanting to give him a proper burial.
After all, he took away this Half-Origin Celestial Pearl, and the spiritual energy here will definitely gradually weaken afterward. It's unknown whether this will affect his remains.
However, they discovered that the body of this Martial Saint was so old that it was unrecognizable.
Jiang Liu estimated that if it weren't for the relatively dense spiritual energy here, his remains might have already begun to dissipate.
It seems that his body was able to remain incorrupt for so long entirely thanks to the Half-Origin Celestial Pearl.
The Half-Origin Celestial Pearl Bead was circling around the remains of the Saint Realm expert, probably bidding him farewell!
Jiang Liu unleashed a burst of Yuan Qi, enveloping the remains of the Saint Realm expert, and then, carrying the Half-Origin Celestial Pearl, flew out of the Yuan Qi light barrier.
When the Half-Origin Celestial Pearl flew out of the primordial energy light curtain, the entire sky seemed to dim a little.
This immediately made Jiang Liu realize that if this space were to lose the Half-Origin Celestial Pearl, it would soon suffer from the depletion of its vital energy and the loss of its light.
At that time, this place will be a desolate wasteland, and eventually, it will disappear without a trace due to the erosion by the wind and sand.
The Half-Origin Celestial Pearl that flew out of the primordial energy barrier was like a child, flying around wildly, appearing extremely excited.
Jiang Liu ignored it and let it play by itself, Jiang Liu fell directly to the ground.
Gongsun Haoyue, who was anxiously pacing around on the ground, saw Jiang Liu and two beams of light appear in mid-air and immediately flew towards Jiang Liu.
Just now, Gongsun Haoyue did try to enter that glowing energy barrier.
But as soon as she approached the light screen, she was immediately bounced back.
She then tried several more times, but still couldn't get in.
Therefore, she was extremely anxious outside, fearing that something might happen to Jiang Liu.
Fortunately, seeing Jiang Liu appear, she finally felt relieved.
Before Jiang Liu, Gongsun Haoyue leaped to Jiang Liu and anxiously asked, "Husband, what happened to you inside? I couldn't get in."
Jiang Liu was taken aback, because when he entered the Yuan Qi light curtain, there was no hindrance whatsoever.
Could it be that only those at the Saint Realm can pass through this energy barrier?
Jiang Liu then recounted his experiences inside to Gongsun Haoyue, and showed her the completely dried-out remains of Martial Saint.
Looking at the completely shriveled body of the Martial Saint, Gongsun Haoyue sighed and said, "Let's give him a proper burial here!"
Jiang Liu nodded, and then dug a pit by the lake and buried the body of the Martial Saint.
After watching Jiang Liu finish doing all that, Gongsun Haoyue then told Jiang Liu everything she had seen at the bottom of the lake.
Jiang Liu immediately became interested upon hearing this. He had previously thought that the Martial Saint expert had only made some arrangements within the Yuan Qi light screen.
Unexpectedly, the bottom of the lake was actually his daily residence.
Perhaps we can find the answer we were looking for at the bottom of the lake.
Jiang Liu then instructed Gongsun Haoyue to wait by the lake while he went down to investigate on his own.
After what happened with the energy barrier, Jiang Liu roughly understood why Gongsun Haoyue couldn't enter the underwater energy barrier.
Gongsun Haoyue nodded and reminded Jiang Liu to be careful.
Jiang Liu agreed, then leaped up and quickly dived into the lake.