Xu Yi waved a hand. "With you here, True Person, there's no need for me to pretend. There's no such thing as kindness without reason in this world. Brother Lu, you helped me stop Gong Yushang before, then protected me while I weathered the tribulation. I'll remember that kindness. So if you need something, just say it. I consider you a friend, Brother Lu."
As he spoke, Xu Yi examined the Purple Firmament Lightning Strike Bamboo. Its surface was dull, no lightning coursed through it anymore, and it looked so plain that there was not the slightest hint of anything extraordinary.
Stranger still, he vaguely sensed that it wasn't the bamboo itself that had formed a connection with him, but something inside it.
When he'd obtained the Purple Firmament Lightning Strike Bamboo, he'd examined it carefully. It was harder than refined iron and impossible to split open. His perception had revealed nothing unusual inside, either.
Xu Yi was still puzzling over it when a sudden crack rang out. The entire Purple Firmament Lightning Strike Bamboo split apart, and strips and splinters of bamboo tumbled down. Xu Yi snatched at it, catching a lightning-shaped object in his palm. In an instant, it burned a gaping hole through his hand, and his whole palm began to melt away. He grimaced in pain and hurriedly withdrew his hand, trying instead to hold it with his magic power. But the lightning-shaped object wouldn't yield to his control at all and fell straight toward the seabed.
The moment the lightning entered the sea, bubbles began to rise across the entire surface.
Xu Yi froze. When he looked at Lu Huo, Lu Huo was even more stunned than he was. Xu Yi knew Lu Huo had to understand what was happening, and hurriedly pressed him for