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Outside a shadowy carriage, fireflies danced lazily in the grass. Cicadas droned their summer chorus without pause.
Suddenly, someone appeared inside the carriage.
“Gucheng?” a woman called softly.
“It’s me,” Li Yuan replied.
“You’re not staying with Yu’er?” Xie Wei asked.
“She told me to focus on getting you home safely,” Li Yuan said. “She wanted me to see you settled in our new place.”
“Silly girl.” Xie Wei smiled gently.
Li Yuan said nothing more. He leaned against the carriage wall and pulled out the charred wooden token, turning it over in his hand again and again.
After playing with it for the better part of an hour, he finally figured out what it was.
It was exactly like the disciple tokens he’d seen in the cultivation stories from before he crossed into this world. This token held identity information, a communication channel, and a way to sense fellow disciples.
If another person nearby carried a token from the same sect, Li Yuan would be able to sense them. And they would sense him too.
Once that mutual presence was confirmed, either party could send a voice message using the token’s magical link.
The catch? Unless the other person deliberately revealed their location, you wouldn’t know where they were, only that they were close. The token didn’t...
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