Hearing that he had come to deliver something, Yu Wenqiu secretly breathed a sigh of relief. The panic she had felt moments ago faded considerably.
"Northern Border?" She froze for a moment, then quickly realized. "Is it a letter from Senior Sister Luo?"
Gu Chengming nodded and handed her Luo Jinyao's letter. "Senior Luo also included some instructions for you, Elder."
Yu Wenqiu hurriedly took the letter. Seeing the familiar, sharp handwriting and reading her senior sister's brief but caring words, her eyes grew slightly red.
The Northern Border was bitterly cold, and her senior sister had guarded it for years, yet she still remembered them back at the sect. Sob, Senior Sister.
"Honestly, Senior Sister. You should just take care of yourself over there. Why go to the trouble of sending us gifts?"
Yu Wenqiu sniffed, put away the letter, and reached out to open the wooden box.
Inside, a bracelet of Demon Cores glimmering with multicolored Spiritual Energy—and carrying a faint scent of blood—lay quietly on the velvet cushion.
She cautiously poked the oddly shaped bracelet with one finger. Feeling the pressure of a Third Realm Great Demon radiating from it, Yu Wenqiu's feelings turned rather complicated.
"So this is the 'little trinket' Senior Sister mentioned in her letter, something she made on a whim?"
Gu Chengming fought back a laugh and nodded. "Senior Luo's handiwork has always been this unique. I have a bracelet too."
As he spoke, he shook his wrist.
Looking at the eye-catching Demon Cores on Gu Chengming's wrist, Yu Wenqiu suddenly felt happy again.
—It almost looked like a matching pair of bracelets worn by Dao Companions. Hehe.
Thinking this, Yu Wenqiu picked up the bracelet and slipped it over her fair, slender wrist.
The two chatted for a while about Luo Jinyao's