Chu Xingchen raised his hand slightly, drawing the crystal over with spiritual power while summoning Myriad Forms in its embroidery needle form.
For something touched by rules like this, using Myriad Forms to confirm it would be more convenient.
In a sense, Myriad Forms might have been born for precisely this purpose.
Myriad Forms coiled around the crystal for a moment, then burst into clear light, intending to destroy it.
Chu Xingchen did not control it with spiritual power, but merely raised his hand slightly to convey his stance. Myriad Forms instantly froze in place, trembling briefly as though exercising immense restraint, before returning to his hand.
"That guess was about right. Some rules may have fallen into demonic hands." Chu Xingchen put Myriad Forms away and asked, "Under what circumstances did you find this?"
Bai Xuanling looked up and said, "I know a little about this. Remember that batch of demons Chen Baiqing caught over in Dongsheng Shenzhou? Besides pursuing the lead involving the Buddhist Sect, we never dropped the lead in Dongsheng Shenzhou either."
"Following that lead, we investigated a whole host of strange evil cultivators of all different categories and affiliations, all strung together by this one thread."
"We cast out plenty of long lines, but ultimately only reeled in some evil cultivators who had been bewitched and befuddled by this thing. We interrogated them all, too. You know the Heavenly Derivation Sect's ultimate methods-at least half came from your own hands. They knew nothing. They merely believed this was an opportunity bestowed by heaven, that as long as they deciphered or absorbed it, they could ascend to immortality and rule the world."
At this point, Bai Xuanling suddenly scoffed. "Setting everything else aside, if this thing really had such miraculous effects, why would that bunch of