With a hum, just as the White Jade Dagger was about to strike the root of the Nine-Heavens Immortalizing Grass, another humming sound rang out, and the White Barrier reappeared.
Crash! The White Jade Dagger might as well have been molded from sand. The instant it touched the White Barrier, it crumbled into powder and vanished, leaving not even a speck behind...
"Wh... what's going on?" Shocked by the sight, Xi Lanruyu cried out involuntarily and hurriedly glanced at Li Xiaoya. He was still lying motionless on the glittering golden surface of the lake.
Huh? The lake water seems to be getting paler? Xi Lanruyu suddenly noticed that the Golden-Light Liquid around Li Xiaoya's body had faded considerably. She paused in surprise, but did not dwell on it, turning back to the Nine-Heavens Immortalizing Grass instead. She was now utterly certain: she had never even heard of a spirit herb that could release its own protection, let alone seen one. Without a doubt, this was an extraordinary treasure...
"But this makes things difficult!" Xi Lanruyu knew she could not act rashly. Failing to harvest the Nine-Heavens Immortalizing Grass was one thing; destroying this treasure through her recklessness would be far worse... Seeing that Li Xiaoya remained unconscious, however, she made up her mind to leave him alone and let him stay that way, so she could claim the treasure for herself.
It was hardly fair to call Xi Lanruyu selfish. Any other cultivator, or even Li Xiaoya, would probably have chosen to keep this treasure for themselves under these circumstances, wouldn't they? That Xi Lanruyu was not scheming to take the treasures on Li Xiaoya's person was already decent enough...
For now, Xi Lanruyu apparently had yet to turn her thoughts toward Li Xiaoya. Her beautiful eyes remained fixed on