Turning the Bronze Little Sword over in his hand, Bai Yi let Spiritual Power flicker in his palm as he tried to activate it.
A moment later, the Bronze Little Sword still showed no reaction whatsoever.
"Does it not respond to Spiritual Power either?"
Bai Yi furrowed his brows slightly. He lowered his head and looked at the sword-shaped object in his hand. Then, thinking of the Ancient Origin Sword Sect's background, a new idea suddenly came to him.
"If Spiritual Power doesn't work either, then I'll try something only Sword Cultivators can master."
A sharp glint flashed in Bai Yi's eyes as a thin yet keen Sword Intent slowly rose in his palm.
The instant the Sword Intent appeared, the Bronze Little Sword, which had seemed like a dead object moments before, suddenly trembled. Its blade absorbed the Sword Intent and gradually began to shine brightly.
The light spread from the blade. Once it filled the entire Bronze Little Sword, the bronze around its exterior gradually faded away, replaced by a sword token engraved with the character for "wash."
After the Bronze Little Sword was fully activated, Bai Yi once again injected his Divine Sense into it.
A moment later, after carefully sensing the information within the Bronze Little Sword, Bai Yi opened his eyes, unable to suppress the delight on his face.
"The Sword-Washing Token?!"
"This is the Ancient Origin Sword Sect's Sword-Washing Token."
Bai Yi instinctively clenched the little sword in his hand, and the many details he had deliberately researched about the Ancient Origin Sword Sect came back to mind.
As a hegemon of a middle plane, the Ancient Origin Sword Sect had once been a Sword Dao sect with several Spirit Transformation Sword Cultivators. The records spoke of its sect-guarding cultivation method, the Spirit Transformation-level