The Cold Silk Orchid was a complete entity. Damaging it would not only reduce its efficacy, but could destabilize its internal balance and destroy its value entirely.
Worse still, if the Kidney Peak Head ever learned that the orchid had been tampered with, Han Yu would not even be given the courtesy of a swift death.
No.
What he needed was its aura.
The pure, unmistakable energy resonance that only that orchid could produce.
An aura could not be faked. It carried intent, structure, and origin within it. Even if someone tried to simulate frost Qi, it would lack the layered depth and spiritual fingerprint of the Cold Silk Orchid.
That was what would convince the Peak Head.
Han Yu began by setting up a Qi Containment Formation across the chamber floor.
