After obtaining that piece of fine jade that day, Chen Chuan had asked the Technical Expert Group within the Visiting Delegation to appraise it.
It now seemed they had reached a conclusion.
He went straight to the expert group. The appraiser said, "Director, we used a ritual to reveal the writing on it and compared the engraved patterns. We believe the characters on this piece may be connected to the Celestial Mystery Sect."
"The Celestial Mystery Sect?"
Chen Chuan's thoughts stirred. This answer was not particularly surprising. After all, this was Ying Land, where the largest Xuan Sect was the Celestial Mystery Sect.
"Yes. After several Profound Scholars of the Celestial Mystery Sect arrived in Yingzhou, they devised their own set of secret talismans to distinguish themselves from the locals and avoid certain troubles.
This system was originally not recognized by the orthodox Xuan Sect and was denounced as wild talismans from beyond the established order. But after the Old Era passed, the Celestial Mystery Sect became the world's largest Xuan Sect organization, and this system gradually came to be accepted and widely used."
Chen Chuan said, "Is this one of their standard talismans? Can you understand what it means?"
The appraiser said, "I'm sorry, Director. The Xuan Sect has always maintained two systems, one for external use and another passed down internally.
The internal system often possesses powers that can communicate through rituals, and it has always been kept secret. We believe this is a secret transmission. As for what exactly it is, that is beyond our knowledge."
Chen Chuan nodded. "Anything else?"
"There is one more thing."
The appraiser seemed somewhat excited. "We discovered that this object may be made from fine jade taken from Ming Hill. We had previously seen only one piece in the collection vault.