Zhang Lexuan understood perfectly why Jiang Hai had grown paler and paler along the way.
"Now that we've found our destination, there's no need to rush," Zhang Lexuan said. "I'll go in and scout first. Xiaotao, protect Jiang Hai and wait for me to return!"
Ma Xiaotao had wanted to say there was no need to go to such trouble, but seeing Jiang Hai swaying on his feet, his face deathly pale, she could not help feeling a pang of tenderness. The urgency in her heart faded, and she nodded. "All right!"
With their plan settled, Zhang Lexuan's figure flickered, and she was already inside the valley.
While they waited for news from Zhang Lexuan, Ma Xiaotao guarded Jiang Hai as he meditated outside to recover.
The search along the way had drained Jiang Hai to an unimaginable degree.
With such an enormous amount of calculation and work involved, anyone else would have reached their limit after using the ability once or twice. Yet as they traveled, Jiang Hai had used the Glazed Heart Mirror well over a hundred times. Even with breaks along the way, he could not recover in so little time.
The Glazed Heart Mirror's ability was indeed immensely powerful, but it also consumed a tremendous amount of mental energy.
Fortunately, Jiang Hai's spiritual power was naturally strong, his physique robust, and his intelligence exceptional. Only then had he managed to hold on.
About an hour later, Zhang Lexuan finally strolled out as though nothing had happened.
Ma Xiaotao's eyes lit up. She immediately went to meet her and asked anxiously, "How was it, Senior Sister? Were there any Soul Beasts inside that would suit me?"
Only when Zhang Lexuan nodded did a hint of a smile enter Ma Xiaotao's eyes.
Zhang Lexuan continued, "A Soul Beast