He then lowered his voice. "Xiao, you don't know yet?"
"Rumor has it that a Demon from the Demon Sect named Nijie used a Secret Technique inside the Yellow Springs Traveling Palace. The Daoists were caught off guard and fell into his trap."
"To escape, Master Yaohua self-destructed her Spiritual Artifact, the Brocade Flower Basket."
"I heard—and this is just a rumor, mind you," he said, his voice dropping even lower, "that Spiritual Artifact was not only an heirloom of the Valley of Ten Thousand Flowers, but it was also Master Yaohua's Lifebound Spiritual Artifact."
Liu Feng stopped there, giving Xiao Chen a knowing look.
Indeed, nothing more needed to be said.
A Lifebound Spiritual Artifact was a Cultivator's very lifeline. If damaged, the lightest consequence was a grievous blow to one's Vitality; the worst was the risk of one's Cultivation Realm regressing.
