Since Dry Spirit Snake said it smelled it, Li Dai still believed it. She sniffed lightly, but felt nothing at all. Sure enough, specialization was everything; even though she had half-beast heritage and had once turned into a fox, she was completely numb to the scents of heavenly treasures, so she stopped trying to force it.
Meanwhile, Qu Qiubai understood the small snake's meaning, and his usually calm face erupted with excitement.
Initially, he had thought that Li Dai finding a snake to search for legendary treasures was a naive, ridiculous, and time-wasting exercise. But thinking of how Li Dai had saved him, and how he still needed her to walk out of the desert, he harbored a complex mix of gratitude and conflicted feelings and let her be. Anyway, since he couldn't get out of the desert, going anywhere was the same, so he might as well stay with her—at least she had endless water. He figured that water was probably stored in some kind of compressible container, and she had packed a lot of it. Though he didn't know when it would run out, it would be fine for a short time.
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