"Fellow Daoist Song is absolutely right. I, too, have no intention of making everyone voluntarily give up this Profound Heaven Spiritual Treasure, as rare as phoenix feathers and qilin horns."
"However, dragging things out like this is no solution. I trust that all of you can clearly feel that ever since the Profound Heaven Spiritual Treasure emerged, the devouring power beneath the Quicksand Land has been rapidly increasing."
"Under the influence of this power, even if we do not circulate our cultivation or make a move, the True Yuan within our bodies will drain at several times—indeed, dozens of times—its usual speed. Yet this power comes without a shadow and goes without a trace, impossible to guard against."
"If this continues, as one side wanes while the other waxes, not to mention the Out of Body stage juniors present, even Spirit Severing stage cultivators like us will absolutely be unable to endure it."
"Most crucially, we have no way of knowing what exactly is behind this power. By the time we can no longer hold on, I fear it will no longer be a matter of whether we can seize the treasure, but whether we can survive under this surging devouring power."
Shao Ai's gentle yet dignified voice rang out unhurriedly.
Her words caused all the cultivators present to fall into thought, and they soon nodded slightly.
The devouring power had multiplied, affecting them all alike.
But birds died for food, and men died for wealth.
With a Profound Heaven Spiritual Treasure so close at hand, even knowing the Quicksand Land was perilous, no one was willing to give up.
At that moment, Xiao Wujian, who had remained silent ever since the crisis outside the flying vessel had been resolved, suddenly spoke.
"What Tower Master Shao said is not without