Nanli looked at the bare stalagmite before her and the lingering traces of the immortal spring's aura, and her brows immediately knitted tightly.
What happened?
What on earth happened?
She was a little bewildered!
At that instant, she felt as though her head would explode.
Only nine people entered this fifth zone, and I was the fastest.
So why is the immortal spring gone?
Could someone have beaten me to it?
Impossible!
I was the fastest. None of the others could possibly have outpaced me!
Could someone have released some kind of immortal pet to collect the immortal spring here ahead of time?
That's impossible too!
How could an immortal pet be faster than me?
"Oh no..." Nanli had still been puzzling over it, but after just a few breaths, she suddenly realized something. "Oh no..."
"This is a disaster!"
"I'm finished!"
She had been the first to arrive.
Yet she had obtained no immortal spring water.
Who would believe that?
Then everyone will definitely think I pocketed it all. I...
Nanli nearly spat blood!
One!
Two!
Three!
Soon, seven of the nine had arrived!
On the sixth day, He Pingsheng and Qiao Huizhu finally came drifting leisurely over the oasis aboard the same flying boat.
Whoosh...
The moment the two landed, the other seven surrounded them.
Frightened, Qiao Huizhu hurriedly hid behind He Pingsheng.
A sharp gleam flashed in He Pingsheng's eyes as he asked, "What's going on here... what are you all trying to do?"
Boom...
The next instant, He Pingsheng even waved his hand and brought out the Heaven-Deficiency Divine Spear.
"There's no need for this, Fellow Daoist Dragon!" Nanli said. "We're not trying to attack you. We merely want to ask whether the disappearance of the Southern Bough Immortal Spring has anything to do with