Chen Lin caught the half-piece of red jade in his hand.
His expression froze.
The moment the red jade touched his palm, it shone with a brilliant red light. The character on it turned into something like a loach, wriggled out of the jade, circled his hand, and returned inside.
It happened extremely fast.
Before Chen Lin could stop it, it was over.
He immediately examined his body, but found nothing amiss.
"Don't worry."
The shopkeeper glanced at Chen Lin.
"It's a kind of contract that records your aura. As long as you don't throw away the Ruyi Decree, there won't be any problems."
Chen Lin frowned.
"What if I do throw it away?" he asked.
"Haha."
The shopkeeper laughed.
"I told you, the consequences of breaking the contract are severe. My little shop may not look like much, but not just anyone can disregard it. I advise you not to try."
"Understood."
Chen Lin nodded.
Without another word, he put away the half-piece of red jade and headed straight for the Extreme Sword Sect's headquarters.
He handed the token to Elder Liu, smoothly obtained his status as an inner disciple, and then lay low.
A year passed in a flash.
Although anxious inside, Chen Lin remained as steady as Mount Tai, dutifully going about his role as an inner disciple. He even earned some sect contribution points and exchanged them for a sword technique.
During that year, he never saw He Chengfeng.
The man rarely appeared in public.
Even when he did, a newly initiated disciple like Chen Lin had no chance of seeing him.
He did not contact Dream Gu either.
Without his notification, she would not launch the publicity campaign to complete Du Xiaolian's task. She still had a few years of life left, so they could