The misty ripples receded.
Every flower dissolved into drifting clouds of smoke.
A cracked purple pearl floated before Chu Xingchen, but he hesitated slightly, then reached out to tap the pale purple pearl, sealing it inside a pale green barrier.
Only after adding several more seals did Chu Xingchen put the purple pearl away.
Chu Xingchen had no intention of studying this thing himself. He planned to hand it straight to Bai Xuanling.
That woman's strength had not lain in any Ten Thousand Flowers Art.
It had lain in a technique similar to Chen Baiqing's Flowers in the Mirror, Moon on the Water. Besides constantly tugging at one's Divine Sense in secret, the domain the woman spread would probably catch someone eventually if they failed to react in time.
Moreover, every flower within the barrier emitted a strange energy into the surrounding Spiritual Power.
Once someone was tainted by it, it would form some sort of medium, allowing their Spiritual Power to be silently siphoned away inside the barrier.
At least, when Chu Xingchen looked at Wang Lin, the lad had already been affected by that medium.
Thanks to diligently practicing the White Azure Method with Chen Baiqing, Chu Xingchen had seen through these petty tricks at a glance.
There was little point in keeping this pearl. It was not particularly suitable for either Li Xingtian or Li Yingling.
Chen Baiqing, the only suitable one, had no need of it.
The main issue was that this thing was something of a ticking time bomb, and no precautions were necessarily safe enough.
Although Chu Xingchen also believed Chen Baiqing had the means to subdue it, she was still young. This sort of thing could wait...
Wuxuan Temple had previously offered him a share of the spoils, but nothing had come of