People of the Martial Path Appeared

Of course, those words were also a false premise.

If Yu Han'er had not followed that heartless man away, she would not have given birth to her, much less would there be these present-day opinions and criticisms of those who had come before.

"No." Unexpectedly, Crippled Granny shook her head and said, "At first, I also thought that creating so many factions was a fallback path she had left for herself. In truth, it was for someone else."

"Hm? If not for herself, then who was it for?"

"Me."

"You?"

"A bird in a cage, someone who escorted herself away at the price of broken wings. We were mother and daughter, how could we not know each other's thoughts? She knew her departure would leave me deeply implicated, so... while she was planning her own affairs, she did not forget me."

As she spoke, she took a silver-white ring from her robes. Its craftsmanship was extremely fine, and a unique waning moon mark was carved around the band.

This was the token left behind before she departed, called the Silver Moon Ring.

The factions she had supported and built would all take this ring as their emblem, and accept its holder as their common master.

In other words, above factions such as Cloud Wander Sect, Broad Communication Manor, Waning Moon Divination, Blood Moon Valley, and so on, there was one shared master.

Crippled Granny stuffed the ring into Jiang Caiyan's hand and said solemnly, "Now I can hand this over to you. This is something Han'er left behind. I did not use it sixty years ago, and I will not use it in the future either. The Dao Lord of Waning Moon Divination acknowledges it. Within the Northern Continent, you can rely on it to command this force."

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