Bai Yu's eyes lit up at those words. Compared to working with Leng Ning, cooperating with Yun Zhonghe offered greater benefits. At least after seizing the Spirit Liquid, he would not have to endure the Immortal Sword Gang's encirclement and attacks.
But Bai Yu was in no hurry to agree. If he joined forces with Yun Zhonghe and dealt with Leng Ning, only for Yun Zhonghe to go back on his word, wouldn't he end up gaining nothing while making a mortal enemy of Leng Ning?
The three stood in a standoff atop the peak, none of them speaking for a time.
The heights were too cold to bear, and gusts of icy wind swept over the summit.
Before long, Leng Ning's pert, upturned nose suddenly twitched. She looked at the Spirit Liquid on the stone platform, a trace of doubt in her eyes.
"There's probably something strange about this spirit herb!" Leng Ning suddenly said.
Yun Zhonghe and Bai Yu's first reaction was that Cold Beauty was trying to play tricks.
"What's strange about it?" Bai Yu asked.
"It's only been a little while, but the spirit herb's spiritual qi seems less concentrated than before. Besides, a Heaven and Earth Spirit Object has emerged this time. The aura this Spirit Liquid gives off isn't enough to qualify it as one."
Hearing Leng Ning's explanation, Bai Yu and Yun Zhonghe's hearts tightened, and their gazes fell on the recess.
Sure enough, as they carefully sensed the spiritual qi emanating from the recess, it did indeed lack a measure of vitality.
The three quickly gathered around it. Yun Zhonghe dipped up a drop of Spirit Liquid and put it in his mouth. After sensing the spiritual qi within, his expression abruptly changed. "If I'm not mistaken, the Spirit Liquid has been