"Oh, really? Then Ji Yun planted it?" Xu Xuanling's voice came from above.
She swooped down from midair, landed, and brushed the dirt off her long skirt. "How did you two get here so fast?"
"We got a ride," Chen Xuan said with a shrug.
"A ride?" She looked around. "Where's the car? Never mind—that's not important. Is this Erosion? I can feel the Spiritual Energy flowing around it. Interesting!"
"Ji Yun and Ji Lian's names have never come up in the sect." Liu Shuyue sighed and took the Jade Token from her robes. "Even now, I'm not sure—if the siblings really founded the Lotus Cloud Sect, why did they erase every trace of themselves?"
Just then, the Jade Token began to glow green.
"Hey, it's glowing!" Xu Xuanling cried.
Everyone froze.
Liu Shuyue was stunned too. She had examined the Jade Token many times, and every test had shown it was ordinary jade, not a magical artifact.
The light drifted out like scattered fireflies, floated toward the pure-white branches, then plunged into them and vanished.
"This is—"
A thought struck her, and she moved the Jade Token toward the edge of the Erosion.
Its glow immediately brightened, and the "fireflies" danced more eagerly.
Chen Xuan frowned at the sight.
Was the Jade Token's light guiding its holder somewhere?
Liu Shuyue had clearly thought the same thing.
She slowly reached out a hand.
"Wait. What are you doing?" Lin Qing called.
But Liu Shuyue did not stop. She pushed her hand straight into the pure-white rift. A moment later, she pulled it back, still completely unharmed.
At least that showed the world beyond would not kill someone on contact.
"It feels like someone is calling the Jade Token," she said. "I want to go in and look."
"Isn't that too