Seeing this, Xiao Hua dropped to the ground without another word, then cried out in delight, "Everyone, come down quickly! If we don't activate our magic power, our true essence won't vanish for no reason!"
Sure enough, once Li Zongbao and the others landed on the ground, the true essence in their meridians stopped disappearing.
"Quickly, meditate and recover..." Li Zongbao hastily instructed.
"Not good!" a Joyful Sect disciple shouted. "We can't circulate our cultivation techniques! The moment we do, once the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi enters our bodies, our true essence starts disappearing again!"
"Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi???" Xiao Hua suddenly understood and shouted, "Senior Brother Li, do you remember that blue radiance from earlier? The mystery must lie there! The water-attributed Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi beneath the spirit stone vein in this cavern can no longer be refined!!!"
Sure enough, though Xiao Hua did not dare absorb the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi, the dense water vapor that had previously made the air seem damp had now become much drier.
"That Qin Jian... truly was cunning!" Li Zongbao sighed. "With such a method, he has made us Dao Sect cultivators unable to activate our magic power or absorb Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi... How are we supposed to be a match for sword cultivators? This not only kills cultivators, but preserves the swordsmen as well. His methods are a hundred times cleverer than Tu Hong's!!!"
At this point, even Xiao Hua, who had once been brimming with confidence, no longer had any certainty in his heart! Since Qin Jian sought the cultivators' true essence rather than to bury the cavern, he... likely would not be able to escape either! Xiao Hua's meridians were tough and broad, and his true essence was absolutely beyond comparison with