Zhou Sining had only meant to take Mu Nujiao to see Baxia's Totem Token and find out whether he could bring it back and hand it straight to Zhao Manyan.
While they were at it, they could investigate the connection between the female ghost, the young monk, and the Wooden Fish Token.
After all, he vaguely remembered that the female ghost Mo Fan had seen seemed to reside inside the Wooden Fish Token.
He had never expected it to involve his Crimson Blade: Burning Heaven.
That wooden fish was undoubtedly Baxia's Totem Token, so the inscriptions carved into it had to be connected to the Totem Beast.
And yet those same Totem inscriptions appeared on the blade of Crimson Blade: Burning Heaven...
That made no sense. Hadn't Burning Heaven said it was a divine weapon forged by countless Fire Spirits?
How had it become entangled with a Totem Token and a Totem Beast?
Zhou Sining couldn't make sense of it, so he set the matter aside for now.
"What's a Totem Token? And what do we do now?" Mu Nujiao was at a loss too.
Zhou Sining shook his head. "Let's see if we can take this thing with us."
He reached out to touch the Wooden Fish Token.
Crackle!
In the next instant, a bright yellow thread of lightning shot from the Wooden Fish Token. Zhou Sining snatched his finger back, but the lightning still caught him.
A sharp, tingling numbness shot from his fingertip to his brain.
"A ward?" Mu Nujiao looked at the inscription-covered wooden fish in surprise.
"You know what this is?" Zhou Sining asked.
"It looks like a ward. I've only heard my elders talk about them. They're a kind of Magic that stops people from touching or approaching something, or suppresses their strength. Something