In truth, many strange tales and anecdotes in the cultivation world spoke of people who, because of a Friend-Inviting Jade Pendant, harbored ill intentions toward a cave abode's owner, ultimately bringing about tragedy.
To entrust it to someone without worry already showed that the cave abode's owner was even prepared to be betrayed by that person and die.
Precisely because of its special nature, such things were normally exceedingly rare.
The reason some could still be found was that there was another relatively common circumstance involving Friend-Inviting Jade Pendants.
Some seniors of higher cultivation were nearing death, either because their lifespans were almost exhausted or for other reasons.
They had no ties or attachments, no descendants, and no disciples under them.
Yet they wished to pass down their lifetime's cultivation and treasures, so they would leave behind some Friend-Inviting Jade Pendants as credentials granting entry to their abodes.
They would then set trials, hoping their legacies would fall to those destined to receive them.
In Song Yan's view, this Jade Jue probably belonged to the latter category.
"The treasure map shattered into those dozens of inky streaks. Could that senior have done it deliberately?"
But...
This was only a Jade Jue, without any further information. How was he supposed to confirm that things were really as he imagined?
Song Yan tried to sink his Divine Sense and Spiritual Power into it, only to have them repelled by some sort of restriction.
"This..."
Just what secret did this thing hold?
He pondered.
Presumably, that Spirit Transformation Realm senior named Wu Daoxuan had already passed away in meditation?
Otherwise, dozens of cultivators might one day enter the cave abode in high spirits with their Friend-Inviting Jade Pendants, only to find a Spirit Transformation Realm Great Power who had long been waiting to