The moment Wu Huai saw the token, his pupils abruptly contracted, as though he had seen the most terrifying thing imaginable.
For an instant, he even lost the ability to think. Not only did he recognize the token Xiao Yan had produced, he knew it very well. Everyone in the Heavenly Snake Mansion knew it very well!
Everyone in the Heavenly Snake Mansion knew what that token represented.
The King Snake Token!
Even the Heavenly Snake Mansion possessed only three of them. It was not because they were reluctant to make more, but because there were simply too few people qualified to possess a King Snake Token.
Only venerable elders whose strength had reached the Dou Zun level could obtain one. Even envoys sent to convey the Heavenly Snake Mansion Master's will could only hold the King Snake Token temporarily; it would be reclaimed immediately once their mission was complete.
Thus, of the Heavenly Snake Mansion's three King Snake Tokens, only one had originally had an owner. Its holder was Yang Zhishuang, the Heavenly Snake Mansion's Dou Zun ancestor.
Another was frequently used but had no fixed owner, while the last had never been used until recently, when Mansion Master Yang Yue bestowed it upon Xiao Yan, who had saved the Heavenly Snake Mansion.
Staring at the token before him, a terrifying thought suddenly arose in Wu Huai's mind. No matter how he tried to reassure himself, he could not drive it away.
"Who exactly are you? How do you have my Heavenly Snake Mansion's King Snake Token?!"
"Xiao Yan." Xiao Yan's calm voice rang out.
It was as though Wu Huai's mind had exploded. The two words "Xiao Yan" struck him so hard that he could not think for a time.
In the end, all his actions had relied