[Energy-State Feeding Organ]

Not long after.

High in the sky, tens of thousands of kilometers from the site of the incident, the Floating Rune Warship was streaking along at extreme speed, keeping far away from the land below.

It was at an altitude of a full million meters.

Combined with the natural visual cover provided by the clouds,

there was basically no chance at all of anyone on the ground discovering its trail.

At this moment,

after adjusting the formation barrier outside the Floating Rune Warship to its most concealed setting, Ling Wuyuan simply had it maintain a fixed speed toward a certain direction, no longer making any unnecessary interventions.

Then,

his gaze focused completely on the object before him: the Heavenly Star Gold Stone, roughly half a meter in diameter.

Though he had no idea how large these things usually were,

judging from the information revealed in various folk tales,

they were probably about the size of an egg or a quail egg?

Therefore, he felt that the Heavenly Star Gold Stone before him was by no means small. At that thought,

he became even more satisfied with his unexpected windfall.

Then, he slowly brought his nose closer and gave the Heavenly Star Gold Stone a light sniff.

Hmm~

It had no smell at all.

For something that had been buried deep underground for who knew how many years,

it did not even carry the faintest trace of earthy odor.

One had to know,

Ling Wuyuan had not cleaned it at all.

It truly had not been marinated long enough to absorb any flavor—

Next, Ling Wuyuan repeatedly examined the object's exterior at close range and even touched it with his hand.

Although its surface was nearly dust-free and extremely clean, its outer layer still bore some pitted marks,

like countless tiny