"Why?" Li Xiaoya asked in confusion. "This treasure may be wonderful, but I still think getting Father back would be better." In his heart, treasures were nowhere near as important as family, probably because he had grown up alone, with no one to rely on.
"You! You're just like your father in that respect!" Mother Li chided with a frown. She paused, then continued, still frowning, "They're dying for you to do exactly that! Do you know why they've kept your father alive until now? They want us to deliver the Immortal Dao Chain right to their door! Do you think they'll let us live once they have it? They won't! As far as they're concerned, the fewer people who know about the Immortal Dao Chain, the better. Once we give it to them, could we possibly stand against them?"
"Ah, I really didn't think this through," Li Xiaoya said with a bitter smile, left speechless by his mother's reproach.
"I couldn't be happier that you care so much about your father," Mother Li said warmly. After a pause, she continued, "You may feel that the Immortal Dao Chain isn't much use to you, but it's far more than just a key."
"Hm? I know that. It's saved me several times already!" Li Xiaoya said hastily.
"No, you still don't know its most important function," Mother Li said, shaking her head repeatedly.
"What function?" Li Xiaoya asked in puzzlement.
"Do you know?" Mother Li picked up the Immortal Dao Chain and held it up to the sunlight. "If this were merely the key to the Dao Virtue Heavenly Lord's cave abode, I might have given it to them long ago. After all, his cave abode exists only in legends. No one has ever seen it. But the Immortal Dao Chain