The two sat in the courtyard, chatting idly about nothing important—just jokes, teasing, and other trivial matters.
After a round of laughter, Xiao Heng suddenly remembered something. With a wave of his hand, a broken piece of jade appeared in his palm.
"Oh, right. Now that you've returned, it's time to give this back to you." As he spoke, Xiao Heng handed over the Tou She Ancient God Jade.
Xiao Heng glanced at the jade fragment but did not reach out to take it. He merely smiled. "You should keep it. Over the years, both the Xiao Family and I have suffered many twists and turns because of this thing. Yet after all this time, it has never displayed anything miraculous. Keep it with you. When I'm not around, you can use it to sense whether I'm alive or dead."
Hearing that, Xiao Heng flipped his hand over and rubbed the jade fragment with his fingers. There was nothing special about its appearance; it was merely an utterly ordinary piece of broken jade. If it had any miraculous property, it was that a thread of Soul Power could be attached to it and used to sense whether the owner of that Soul Power was alive or dead. Yet many methods could achieve such a thing.
"You're really giving it to me? Legend says this thing was left behind by a Dou Di and contains the secret to breaking through to the Dou Di realm. Keep it—perhaps it'll come in useful someday," Xiao Heng said with a smile.
Xiao Yan glanced at Xiao Heng and smiled faintly. "The Dou Di realm is too vague and illusory. Who knows whether it's real or not? If a mere broken piece of jade could allow someone to break through to Dou Di, that would