"Hmph, all you know is how to drain this poor Daoist's essence blood!" Xiao Hua snorted irritably, though he also felt somewhat embarrassed. In his early years, Xiao Hua had not known how precious his essence blood was and had used quite a bit of it. But after obtaining the Blood Drop Cave Heaven, Xiao Hua had rarely used essence blood. Last time in the Divine Demon Blood Swamp, green-robed Xiao Hua had used nine drops of Xiao Hua's essence blood at once, and Xiao Hua had yet to recover even now. Thus, Xiao Hua had not considered using essence blood at all. But now that things had come to this, essence blood might not be an option he could avoid. Xiao Hua had no choice but to grit his teeth and give it a try.
To Xiao Hua's surprise, when the essence blood fell onto the crystal, it rolled around for a moment before seeping inside. The crystal then remained still for several breaths. After that, countless strange green seal characters flickered into existence within it. Amid those green seal characters, the crystal began to melt, and the thumb ring from the crystal skull emerged from within. Looking again at Xiao Hua's essence blood, a trace of it had landed on the crystal skull. Yet the crystal skull was like dust could not stain it, utterly refusing to let the essence blood seep in. The blood thread slid across its surface and fell back into the crystal.
Xiao Hua raised his hand and beckoned, and the crystal skull thumb ring landed in his palm. Holding one in each hand, he examined them from side to side. The two thumb rings were completely identical, with no discernible difference between them.
*It seemed... if I wanted to learn where these thumb