Jing Jiu caught it. Looking at the object shaped like a jade jue in his palm, he sensed an ancient, far-reaching aura emanating from within and looked slightly startled.
When Luo Huainan had left, he had sensed that aura on the cliff face beneath the wind and snow, and had known it must be a Law Treasure of an extremely high spirit tier.
So it was the Ten-Thousand-Li Seal.
Law Treasures of such a spirit tier were rare even on Green Mountain. He had not expected the Central Province Sect Master to give one to his daughter, much less give them all to her.
Jing Jiu looked at her and said, "If Luo Huainan had known, he wouldn't have attacked you."
"Yes, he would still be that kindhearted, broad-minded Eldest Senior Brother who doted on me."
Bai Zao said calmly, "He simply never imagined that Father gave me one, and Mother gave me one too."
One of the two Ten-Thousand-Li Seals had originally been prepared by her father for Luo Huainan.
That was why she had come despite knowing full well that danger lay ahead.
She recalled her conversation with Luo Huainan.
When she had said there was one person too many, she had meant Jing Jiu.
Two Ten-Thousand-Li Seals could not take three people away.
She had already been prepared to stay behind with Jing Jiu.
But Luo Huainan had thought she meant: there were two of them, but only one Ten-Thousand-Li Seal.
If he had acted later, even a moment later, he would have heard everything Bai Zao had to say and understood what she meant, and none of what followed would have happened.
Just as Bai Zao had said, he would presumably still be the beloved and revered Eldest Senior Brother of the Zhongzhou Sect.
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