Inside the Karst Cave, the Holy Light in An Xiaoran's palm still gave off a gentle glow.
The exposed Void Spirit Jade Vein along the rock walls gleamed faintly amid the mingling Holy Light and fluorescence, like countless fireflies embedded in stone.
Luo Fan broke the silence.
His voice was quiet, yet it reached everyone present clearly.
"I've decided to leave this Demon-Breaking Dagger here at the vein."
Mr. Mo Mo's head shot up. His lips parted, as though he wanted to say something.
Master Wen Hao's fingers tightened slightly around the head of his cane as well.
They had just been discussing who would guard this weapon, and everyone could see that the problem was almost impossible to solve.
Luo Fan could neither stay here to guard it himself nor casually entrust something so valuable to someone else.
Yet now Luo Fan had actually volunteered to leave the dagger behind?
"With the Demon-Breaking Dagger here, the aura of Innate Yang Steel can cover the entire vein, and the Weird won't dare approach."
He paused, sweeping his gaze over everyone present. "So this dagger needs a guardian."
"Would anyone be willing to stay and guard it?"
Although Luo Fan had asked whether "anyone" was willing, his gaze was already moving back and forth between his companions from the Hope Convoy and Jiang Shengnan and Zhang Da from the Aerospace Base.
The hint could not have been clearer. He trusted these people more.
As for the Sequence Users from Greenedge Base, Luo Fan's gaze had not even paused on them.
It was not that he looked down on them, but a treasure of this caliber could not be entrusted to someone based solely on friendship. Friendship was one thing, but trust needed time to prove itself.
And in this Karst Cave,