Li Xiaoya's flowing-water form slowly sank toward the bottom. With so many demon beasts healing themselves in this pool, there had to be something strange about it...
Sure enough!
The moment he descended, he spotted clues. As he sank deeper, he found plenty of Heaven-and-Earth Realm demon beasts underwater as well. An astonishing medicinal fragrance drifted faintly through the water. Clearly, some rare medicinal herbs or the like lay beneath the pool.
There they are! The pool was much shallower than he had imagined, only a few dozen zhang deep. Li Xiaoya saw countless pale-blue vines writhing across the bottom, giving off specks of blue light. Small Golden Silk Nets were wound around them, each holding a little bead that shimmered with spiritual light. That extraordinarily potent medicinal fragrance came from those Golden Silk Nets...
What are those? Inwardly startled, Li Xiaoya slowly edged closer...
Hmm? His body suddenly jolted, and he hurriedly stopped where he was. He realized that the closer he drew to those vines, golden-thread nets, and shimmering beads, the stronger the medicinal fragrance became-but his head also grew heavier, leaving him drowsy. How could someone with his cultivation feel sleepy? Clearly, the vines and the beads in those nets were responsible. Yet despite his considerable experience, Li Xiaoya had no idea what they were...
Tch! Forget it! Li Xiaoya abruptly made up his mind and sped forward using water escape, slipping through the gaps between the demon beasts...
Naturally, he was very interested in those vines and the beads inside the Golden Silk Nets, and he had intended to gather some to take back. But in that instant of dizziness, something suddenly occurred to him. These vines and beads had been placed at the bottom of this pool, and the demon beasts came here specifically to