Li Xiaoya's worries were not unfounded. He now carried far too many valuable things, and more importantly, Ning Mozi and some of the Heavenly Demon Race cultivators knew about several treasures he had obtained. The Red-Flame Myriad-Beast Armor and the Three-Headed Charging Bull Beast, in particular, were bound to draw their covetous eyes...
Then there was Demonfire's relationship with that ancestor, and the ancestor's own character. If he really seized this opportunity to put Li Xiaoya on the chopping block, Li Xiaoya would be in serious trouble... Most importantly, the objective the ancestor had given Demonfire also seemed to be the Nine-Heavens Immortalizing Grass. The problem was that although Li Xiaoya had obtained it, Xi Lanruyu had witnessed him doing so. If word reached the ancestor's ears, his situation would become even more troublesome...
With these thoughts in mind!
Li Xiaoya took out the Nine-Heavens Immortalizing Grass. To his surprise, it had not changed at all. It looked exactly as it had when he picked it, still allowing not even a trace of spiritual qi to escape. Upon closer inspection, its surface bore countless naturally formed runes and formation patterns, each smaller than a speck of dust...
Innate law runes?! Li Xiaoya marveled inwardly as he examined the dust-sized runes on the Nine-Heavens Immortalizing Grass. Suddenly remembering something, he slapped his Heaven-and-Earth Bag and took out another Heaven-Opening Treasure, the Fire Dragon Sword. He studied the countless rice-grain-sized runes covering its blade. The longer he looked, the more similar the two sets of runes seemed, yet they were not quite the same...
Could this Nine-Heavens Immortalizing Grass actually be something born at the opening of heaven? After studying it for who knew how long, the thought suddenly struck Li Xiaoya. Then he shook his head and said, "What a shame.