"...!" At Li Xiaoya's question, Du Ling and Du Ying exchanged a glance, looking unexpectedly hesitant. After a moment, Du Ling sighed and said to Du Ying, "Ying'er! Decide for yourself!"
"Hm?" Liu Xian'er and Zhang Hong were taken aback by Du Ling's cryptic remark. They looked at Du Ying in surprise, inwardly puzzled. Although they both felt that his aura was unusual, he was only a Core Condensation Stage cultivator. Why would they pay him much attention? Yet seeing Li Xiaoya's curious expression, their own curiosity stirred...
"Aunt Du! There's no need to be so solemn!" Du Ying replied politely and respectfully. He paused, then said to Li Xiaoya, "Since you wish to know, Senior, of course I'll tell you!" After another pause, he hurried on, "To tell you the truth, Senior, before this demonic tribulation began, I obtained the legacy of an ancient senior in some ruins, along with the treasures he left behind. Among those treasures was one specifically meant to evade the Divine Sense searches of Demon Realm cultivators! This is it!" With that, Du Ying pointed a finger, and an object appeared in his hand: a small, oval pearl. He offered it to Li Xiaoya!
"There's a treasure like that?" Li Xiaoya murmured in surprise. With a beckoning motion, he drew the little pearl into his hand. It was pitch-black as ink, emitting strange fluctuations of magic power, with tiny, peculiar red runes on its surface. A thought stirred in his mind, and he suddenly understood. Perhaps there was a fundamental difference between the Divine Sense of demonic cultivators and that of human cultivators. Ordinary Invisibility Arts were completely useless against them, which was why those demonic cultivators had pursued him for so long. Though this little pearl was not a treasure of any particular