It was precisely because the fishhook looked so ordinary that Li Yan had felt doubtful from the very first inspection. A length of broken line with no fishing rod, carrying an inconspicuous fishhook, had been stored inside a storage artifact.
This was not an ordinary cultivator's storage artifact, but that of a Body Integration Realm cultivator. Especially after hearing Xiang Yanxiu's introduction of the married couple, Li Yan knew that the two of them were people of immense experience and knowledge.
If the fishhook did not hold some special significance and had not merely been kept as a memento, then it was surely an extraordinary treasure.
Li Yan's divine sense settled on the black fishhook again. After a swift inspection, he found nothing unusual. However, he could still sense faint spiritual energy upon it. To Li Yan, it felt like a magic artifact of rather low grade.
"Could it really be something that held special meaning for Chi Wu?"
As Li Yan pondered, his divine sense swept toward that length of transparent thread again. It was nearly impossible to detect with the naked eye, but divine sense could easily reflect its presence.
This showed that, even in the eyes of a Qi Condensation cultivator, it would not be considered anything remarkable. It had no concealment effect whatsoever. That length of transparent thread also emitted faint spiritual energy, just as weak as that on the fishhook.
With divine sense as powerful as Li Yan's, after sweeping over it once, he knew there was no way to discern anything different through divine sense alone. He raised a hand again, and the fishhook, trailing the transparent thread, flew toward him...
Half an hour later, Li Yan set down the black fishhook. He had discovered no use for either the fishhook or the transparent