The bizarreness of worldly changes often exceeded people's imagination. Just like that hand-scratching token, neither Seyun nor Baiyi had taken it very seriously at first; only the restriction on it bore the style of the Sword Discussion Pavilion, which had drawn attention, and mostly it had just served as a make-weight in a round of transactions.
Acting as a middleman, Baiyi was merely a connecting role, and the cargo would not stay in her hands for too long before flowing onward. It was precisely during this process of circulation that a strange thing happened.
Baiyi's upstream buyer conducted a routine check in the "Three Ring City" by the shores of Ring Belt Lake, but unexpectedly, the moment they opened the cabin, right there in the tightly sealed environment completely isolated from the outside world, a person abruptly leaped out, snatched the token, and fled for their life.
Due to the special nature of the "cargo," they initially thought some imprisoned or feigned-death cultivator had "returned from the dead." It only sent the buyer's side into chaos; nobody cared about the token itself, but the transported "cargo" was truly unseeable in the light, or else they would likely face the terrifying plight of "being universally condemned by all under heaven."
Yet upon a second inventory, not a single piece of the "cargo" was missing, and after several days of fruitless pursuit, no secret leaks had occurred either. Instead, quirky rumors regarding the "hand-cutting token" cropped up near Three Ring City, claiming it involved some hidden cache and served as the key to opening the treasure vault's gates.
The buyer's side did not understand what was going on, but being able to divert attention was a good thing no matter what, so they also fueled the flames a bit. Yet unawares, the