"Oh no!" Li Xiaoya's hands were even quicker than his eyes. In an instant, he reached out and seized the Fire Dragon Sword's hilt. Though the sword continued humming and tugging, its considerable struggling force could not move it an inch against his strength.
"What is that thing? It can actually attract the Fire Dragon Sword?" Astonished, Li Xiaoya looked in the direction the sword had tried to fly. A hide scroll floated in the air there, enclosed in a red light barrier.
Could that hide be the reason? The sight stirred a thought in Li Xiaoya's mind. He reached out and tried to grasp the Beast-Hide Scroll from a distance, but it did not budge.
"Huh?" Li Xiaoya voiced his surprise. Do I have to take it by hand? With that thought, his figure flashed as he sprang up beside the Beast-Hide Scroll and reached for it.
Puff! Just as Li Xiaoya's hand was about to touch the Beast-Hide Scroll, the red light barrier flashed and pushed his reaching hand away with a strange force.
"I can't take it by hand either?" Li Xiaoya was rather puzzled. Yet clearly, as he approached the Beast-Hide Scroll, the Fire Dragon Sword in his hand hummed louder and tugged harder, as though terribly excited.
"This Fire Dragon Sword is so mysterious. It's always acting strangely! Is it really just a spiritual artifact?" Li Xiaoya looked at the sword and spoke in bewilderment. He paused, then looked at the scroll again. Still, anything that can make the Fire Dragon Sword react like this must be something good. But I came up in such a hurry that I forgot to ask Heavenly Venerable Tianling how to take the scrolls out. Ah...
"Right!" Suddenly feeling the object in his other hand, Li Xiaoya remembered the