Yun Huanling returned the Command Token he had taken from Su Jiu to her hands. "A Jiu, have you already figured something out?"
Su Jiu nodded. "I suspect a disciple deliberately dropped this Command Token here. And the formation on it was deliberately damaged by that disciple, too."
As she spoke, Su Jiu tightened her grip on the Command Token. "The currents from its formation protect this Command Token, so under normal circumstances, it won't pick up its wearer's aura. Only when the formation is broken can a cultivator's aura cling to it.
"Wherever the Nightmare Demon carried the Command Token, that cultivator's aura would remain behind. I followed that trail all the way here.
"At first, I thought I was simply lucky. But after thinking it over carefully, I realized there were too many coincidences. Once coincidences pile up, they can only point to inevitability.
"That disciple from our Enforcement Hall must have encountered something here and chosen this method to leave us a clue."
"You mean that disciple did it deliberately? But if so, how much luck would it take for us to happen across it...?"
Su Jiu shook her head. "Actually, the chances were quite high. Even if the Nightmare Demon hadn't carried this Command Token away, a Demon Crow or one of the Demonic Plants here might have swept it up.
"You have to remember that both the Demon Crows and the Demonic Plants here actively attack people, and they move around a great deal. As long as we wandered here long enough, we would eventually kill whatever had taken it. Once the Command Token fell out, we could still follow the aura on it back here."
The corner of Yun Huanling's mouth twitched. "As far as I know, hardly anyone in this world understands the