Yun Li's lips moved the slightest fraction, as if she wanted to speak, but no sound came out. With agonizing difficulty and extreme slowness, she raised her hand just a fraction of an inch to point at an unassuming pouch embroidered with silver cloud patterns hanging at her waist.
Ayina understood instantly. She carefully untied the pouch and opened it. Inside were no gold, silver, or treasures—only a palm-sized white token that felt neither like metal nor jade, and was warm to the touch.
The front of the token was engraved with an archaic, flowing character for "Xuan", while the reverse bore a relief carving of a sky full of stars, radiating a faint, cool, and noble aura.
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