"Miss, the Meteor Star should have fallen somewhere around here."
Noisy voices echoed through the dense forest, startling its creatures into scattering in every direction.
"Search carefully. Meteor Stars that fall from the sky are said to have some unusual properties. Even if this one doesn't, it can still be forged into a remarkable weapon."
A coquettish voice, sweet enough to make one's heart itch, rang out.
"Whoever finds the Meteor Star will receive ten gold coins!"
Cheers immediately rose from the crowd.
For people like them, ten gold coins were enough to live in comfort for quite some time.
With a clear reward on offer, they naturally searched even more diligently.
"Miss, over here!"
At an excited shout, a beautiful woman in a red dress hurried over. She looked mature and alluring.
"This... The power of heaven and earth is truly terrifying!"
The trees within a radius of several yards had been utterly leveled.
At the center lay a massive crater, still gleaming with a dark red light. The sand within it had been transformed into glass by the intense heat.
And at the very middle of the crater lay a round object about the size of an adult.
"I never expected that simply returning to the Imperial Capital to report on my work would bring me face-to-face with a divine treasure falling from the sky."
The woman gazed at the object in the crater, the corners of her lips lifting slightly.
"Someone pull it out and take it back to the Imperial Capital with us!"
"Yes, Miss!"
The Jia Ma Empire was an obscure nation in the northwestern part of the Dou Qi Continent.
Had Xiao Yan, a future Dou Di, not emerged from it, this country might never have made it into the history of the