Nangong Xuan was at a loss about how to handle the situation. After much contemplation, she took out a broken seal. This was what Yue Tianya had traded to her after their journey in the Secret Mystical Realm.
Yue Tianya had sensed that the aura of the Dao principles on the seal originated from the Longevity Palace, so he used it as a bargaining chip in their deal.
Nangong Xuan, who had studied the Longevity Sutra, could feel even more clearly that the residual Dao principles on the seal came from the same source as the being who oversaw the winter month in the Longevity Palace.
Four thousand years ago, the Longevity Palace lost contact with the being symbolizing the winter month's authority.
No matter how they sacrificed, they could not establish communication with that being.
Born in November, Nangong Xuan's birth month matched that of the winter month's overseer. According to the old rules, she should have been blessed by the master of winter.
