C209 There Was Once a Dream

Inside the token was a slip of paper, which Yeh Hongchen extracted and unfolded to reveal a portrait of an elderly man. A vicious sword scar marred the right eye on his face, giving him a sinister and untrustworthy appearance—it was clear he was no saint.

The sight of the portrait triggered a memory for Yeh Hongchen; it was such an image that had led to his first encounter with Ning Xueyi