The Whole World Had Turned Upside Down

A bronze bottle stood about four inches tall. Its belly was round, with a cross-sectional diameter of roughly two inches. Its neck was slender, mottled with patches of verdigris.

It drifted across the black sea surface dozens of miles away. Anyone else would never have noticed it, but Wang Xuan's Spiritual Heavenly Eye saw it clearly, even making out the fine patterns on its body.

That fiery red True Return Fish flashed and vanished, already nowhere to be seen.

Since that was the case, he would fish up the bottle first. He cast his line. With a whoosh, it sliced through the faint mist and flew dozens of miles, accurately winding around the bottle and reeling it back.

As for fishing, there was no hurry. Once Wang Xuan learned that this sea held True Return Fish, he was completely reassured. Later, he would devote himself fully to catching this rare treasure.

The bronze bottle was not large, but it was exquisitely crafted. Beneath the mottled verdigris were beast-face patterns, as well as Fairies treading on waves, vivid and beautiful. There were also galaxy vortices, seemingly connected to another world, with Dao charm flowing through them.

"Drift bottles are everywhere these days. Even the Mysterious Sea has them. Don't know who threw this one in," he said curiously.

Wang Xuan turned it over and examined it from every angle, but found nothing unusual. Then he looked at its mouth. There was a bronze stopper inscribed with dense writing, seemingly some kind of sealing pattern.

He frowned and prepared the killing formation diagram. Who knew what was inside this bottle?

He used the Dao Control Banner as a crowbar. First, he tapped the bronze stopper, then used the tip of the spear to try prying it out.

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