"A token from the Demon Suppression Hall on Kunwu Mountain?" Han Li's gaze sharpened as he looked at the Demon-Quelling Token in Elder Mu Li's hand. This token, given to him by the Azure Kun Jade Bone, actually had ties to distant Kunwu Mountain? And how could the Wood Spirit Race recognize it when they lived here in the Greenmist Realm, cut off from the Spirit Realm's main continent?
Elder Mu Li drew a deep breath, calming his excitement, though the hand holding the token still trembled slightly. Slowly, he said, "There can be no mistake... this eight-pointed star pattern, these Ancient Seal Script runes reading 'Mystic Heaven Demon-Quelling'... though there are slight differences, and these appear older, their spiritual essence and Dao intent bear a seventy- to eighty-percent resemblance to the descriptions in our ancestral records of the tokens carried by Kunwu Mountain's 'Eight-Direction Demon Suppression Envoys'! Especially the material-it seems to contain an exceedingly faint trace of source power capable of suppressing evil demons and stabilizing space. This is certainly no ordinary imitation!"
He raised his head to look at Han Li, his eyes filled with astonishment and searching curiosity. "Fellow Daoist Han, you just mentioned an ancient seal and spatial upheaval... could you actually have come from the legendary 'Forbidden Land of Kunwu Mountain'?! Yes, that must be it! Only an ancient demon-sealing stronghold like Kunwu Mountain could have left behind a token such as the Mystic Heaven Demon-Quelling Token! And only an upheaval in such a place could trigger a Spatial Storm that reached the Abandoned Abyss!"
Han Li fell silent for a moment. He neither directly admitted nor denied it, saying only, "I happened to obtain this token in an ancient ruin and know little of its origins. Since you know of Kunwu Mountain, Elder,