Elena's eyes followed the token as it slipped into Ethan's robe by itself, her gaze burning with poorly concealed envy.
Despite being the direct descendant of the venerated Sage Eric, even she hadn't been granted one of these treasures!
"What an extraordinary artifact!" she exclaimed. "When our ancestor journeyed through the kingdoms with his disciples, he met the legendary artisan Gongshu Lu in Valecross."
"Only after much pleading did Gongshu Lu employ his supreme craftsmanship to forge ninety-nine Scripture-Seeking Tokens for our ancestor."
"By my father's generation, only forty-six remained."
Noticing Elena's goodwill meter had hit 75, Ethan decided to ask directly for an explanation.
"Ms. Hart," he began, "as a newcomer to the Confucian academy, I know little about its inner wor
