Han Yu remained silent for a long moment.
His thoughts moved, but they did not spiral.
Instead, they aligned.
Focused.
'Why…?'
The question arose naturally.
And just as naturally, the answer began to form.
The Stelae did not give without reason.
It responded.
To stimuli.
To conditions.
To triggers.
The Violet Spirit Quartz.
Han Yu's gaze deepened.
He had touched it.
Held it.
For the first time.
And immediately afterward, the Stelae had reacted.
This was not coincidence.
It was cause and effect.
Then, another thought surfaced.
One that carried deeper implications.
The origin of the technique.
Han Yu had always believed that the Mind Modifying Doll Seal was created by the Supreme Elder of the Slaughtered Moon Divine Blood Sect. That belief was not baseless. It was widely accepted, reinforced by the sect's teachings and history.
But now…
That certainty wavered.
If the Stelae contained this technique…
Then the Supreme Elder might not have created it.
