When Master Lan said this, he had clearly meant to tell it like a ghost story. But the old man looked and carried himself so much like a grandmaster that it wasn't frightening in the slightest.
More importantly, his attitude always made it sound as though he were telling a joke.
"Devouring?" Yu Lian asked.
"Devouring." Lan Jiufeng nodded.
"Devouring!" Madam Mei raised both hands and cheered.
Uncle-master was indeed a little crazy, but it seemed he was trying to remind me of something here. Yu Lian couldn't help thinking so. He always tried to give his elders the benefit of the doubt.
"The imperial family can be regarded as the most powerful and deeply rooted psionic family in the world. Their heirlooms from the Enlighteners' era are said to be the finest in the entire galaxy. I've also heard that the most precious and powerful ancient artifact among them isn't the Dragon of Dawn, and it isn't the Book of Ten Thousand Kings. It's the Void Crown." Yu Lian considered this.
"That's common knowledge." The eldest senior brother spoke up. At least in the world of psionics, it was common knowledge. Many people considered the Void Crown a world-class artifact on a par with the Book of the Sun God belonging to the Rainbow Rose family.
"But so far, aside from serving as a symbol of the emperor, I haven't heard of it having any particularly impressive functions."
Besides, there were countless examples of His Majesty the Emperor wearing the Void Crown at public events and even on diplomatic visits. It hardly seemed like some priceless, arcane artifact that couldn't be shown to just anyone. It looked more like a mere mascot.
But on closer thought, there were also plenty of examples of emperors taking the thing onto the