Sect Law!

Seeing Su Duanqiu take out the 'Dawnlight Protection Token'.

The three Su Family Cultivators' faces turned the ugly color of pig liver.

As local Cultivators of Qingzhou, they naturally recognized what it was.

And what it represented behind the scenes.

Su Duanqiu had been confined and watched at home this whole time—where had she gotten a Dawnlight Protection Token? Su Family Third Uncle's mind was full of questions.

"Little friend of the Jade Mist Sect, my niece is terribly clever and mischievous. Do not be deceived by her. Is this token genuine?" Su Family Third Uncle asked stiffly.

Seeing that Su Bai and Wang Jue were merely at the Mid Qi Refining Stage, he was not overly wary despite their identities as members of a great sect.

Thus, he tried to muddle the issue.

A figure came flying through the sky on a sword—it was Zhao Shanhe!

Zhao Shanhe descended from the air and stood before Su Bai and Wang Jue, his gaze narrowing as he looked at the Su Family Three Cultivators before him.

Zhao Shanhe was tall, with Late Qi Refining cultivation, a cold expression, and the naturally icy temperament of a Sword Cultivator.

The aura of a Great Sect Disciple around him was even more imposing...

The three Su Family Cultivators involuntarily took a slight step back.

"This token is genuine. Do you have any objections?" Zhao Shanhe asked coldly the moment he landed.

Su Family Third Uncle was still unwilling to accept it. "Even if this token is genuine, this woman is a Su Family Cultivator. She has now violated the Clan Rule and should be handed over to the Su Family for punishment..."

"A trifling Clan Rule dares compare itself to the laws established by my Jade Mist Sect?"

"Or do you think your Su Family is stronger than the Jade Mist Sect?!"

Zhao Shanhe spoke impatiently. His High-grade Magic Sword rose on its own, continuously extending and retracting before him, bringing terrible pressure upon the Su Family Three Cultivators.

Su Family Third Uncle realized that even if the three of them joined forces, they would absolutely not be a match for this Inner Sect elite Sword Cultivator of the Jade Mist Sect.

"My apologies. This old man had the wrong idea."

"Neither this old man nor the Su Family means any disrespect toward the Jade Mist Sect. Please do not blame us!"

"We will leave this place at once." Su Family Third Uncle lowered his head and apologized with utmost decisiveness.

The two young Su Family Cultivators had likewise been cowed by Zhao Shanhe's aura and did not dare make a sound.

Only after seeing the Su Family Cultivators lower their heads did Zhao Shanhe ease his tone slightly, though he remained lofty and overbearing. "Remember, Qingshan Spirit Plain is Jade Mist Sect territory. Do not think that because we turn a blind eye, you can grow accustomed to entering and leaving the Spirit Plain at will, treating the Jade Mist Sect as if it were nothing. You even dared recklessly approach a Jade Mist Sect Resource Point. You truly do not know whether you live or die."

Su Family Third Uncle had not the slightest thought of retorting. "There was indeed a reason for this matter... This old man knows his error. We shall leave at once."

The three Cultivators backed away with bows until they had gone some distance, then turned and unleashed their movement techniques, vanishing into the Dense Forest.

Only then did the Female Cultivator named Su Duanqiu completely relax. In a daze, she fainted.

Su Bai pondered inwardly. So this was the prestige of the Jade Mist Sect. Worthy of a top great sect—Cultivators of the same rank stood completely beneath Jade Mist Sect Disciples.

"Senior Brother Zhao, how should we deal with this woman?" Wang Jue asked, pointing at the Female Cultivator on the ground.

"Since she used the 'Dawnlight Protection Token,' bring her back." Zhao Shanhe picked up the Female Cultivator, placed her on his magic sword, then directly rose into the air on it and returned to Lake Heart Isle.

Wang Jue and Su Bai also activated their Water Escape Technique, darting into the lake before turning back to follow him.

Lake Heart Isle.

The Female Cultivator was settled inside a Thatched Hut to rest.

The three Jade Mist Sect Disciples gathered by a Stone Table in the Bamboo Forest, drinking tea.

Zhao Shanhe played with the 'Dawnlight Protection Token' in his hand for a moment, then tossed it to Wang Jue. "This is useless to me. As sect disciples, we cannot sell it either. You two can deal with it."

Wang Jue played with it for a moment, then tossed it to Su Bai. "It is useless to me as well. Junior Brother Su, isn't your home far away in Yan Kingdom? Take this thing. At critical moments, it can intimidate petty scoundrels."

Su Bai accepted the jade pendant.

At last, he asked the question in his heart. "Senior Brothers, what exactly is this so-called 'Dawnlight Protection Token'? To be honest with you two, this is the first time I have heard of it."

"You tell him." Zhao Shanhe took a sip of tea and spoke to Wang Jue.

Wang Jue began to explain slowly.

It turned out that the 'Dawnlight Protection Token' was one of the Protection Tokens the Jade Mist Sect issued to outsiders.

Long ago, whenever the Jade Mist Sect lacked Spirit Stones, it would issue such Protection Tokens and sell them.

The 'Dawnlight Protection Token' was divided into three grades: Azure Nether, Crimson Mist, and purple qi.

The Azure Nether Protection Token could have a designated Jade Mist Sect Disciple lend aid.

The Crimson Mist grade could have an Inner Sect Foundation Establishment Cultivator of the Jade Mist Sect take action.

The purple qi grade could invite a Jade Mist Sect Golden Core ancestor to act!

The 'Dawnlight Protection Token' in Su Duanqiu's possession was of the Azure Nether grade.

Though it was the lowest grade, its price on the market had long since been driven above a hundred Spirit Stones.

This time, Su Duanqiu had used this Protection Token to have the three from Spirit Moon Lake lend her aid, so the right to dispose of the token naturally fell into the hands of Su Bai's group.

According to sect rules, Su Bai's group should have chosen to destroy this token directly.

However, keeping it for themselves or gifting it to someone else without destroying it was not considered a violation of sect rules.

Unless they accepted benefits while gifting it away, or simply took the token out and sold it privately again. That would be committing a grave taboo; even being directly expelled from the sect would be a light punishment.

Only the sect possessed the authority to sell Protection Tokens. If ordinary disciples did it, that was an act of betraying the sect.

Thus, when Jade Mist Sect Disciples traveling abroad encountered a Protection Token and accepted it in exchange for rendering aid,

they would often choose to destroy it. Or, if their family needed it, or they truly encountered someone they took a liking to, they would give it away for free.

For those reasons, this Protection Token ended up in Su Bai's hands.

Su Bai thought for a moment, then did not stand on ceremony with his two Senior Brothers and put the Azure Nether Protection Token into his Storage Bag.

When he had the chance, he would bring it back to this body's Biological Parents.

"Mmph, thank you, Fellow Daoists, for saving me..."

Movement came from the distant Thatched Hut. Su Duanqiu had awakened.

She had only fainted earlier because her Spiritual Power was exhausted and she was mentally drained.

Now that she had slept, some of her Spiritual Power had recovered. With the constitution of a cultivator, her body naturally began recovering quickly.

Earlier, with her life hanging by a thread, Su Duanqiu had called Su Bai and the others Senior Brothers to draw closer to them. Now that the danger had passed, she was not a Jade Mist Sect Disciple, so calling them Senior Brothers would have been overstepping. Thus, she changed it to Fellow Daoists.

After thanking them, she focused her gaze and discovered that among the three sitting opposite her,

only that Black Robe Disciple might have been older than her, while the other two might have been younger than she was.

"Come sit with us," Zhao Shanhe invited.

"Alright." Su Duanqiu walked over and sat on an empty stone chair nearby.

Su Bai poured her a cup of tea. After Su Duanqiu took a sip, her eyes lit up, and she said, "I have troubled you Fellow Daoists. Let me recover my Spiritual Power for a few more hours, then I will leave this place and no longer trouble you."

Hearing this, Zhao Shanhe said, "You should stay on Lake Heart Isle for now. Those Clan Members of yours have not left; they are still waiting for you in the forest."

"If you go out, you will surely be ambushed. Then your Protection Token will have been used for nothing."