After they left, the entire street was left with only Blazing Fire and me, silent and still.
You could clearly hear a needle drop.
Then Blazing Fire suddenly spoke to me.
"Lord Jiang Ning, this general sensed a familiar aura within this black box."
"A familiar aura?"
I was puzzled.
Blazing Fire nodded.
"Yes. The object inside must belong to our Ba Kingdom!"
I was somewhat surprised to hear that.
Something from the Ba Kingdom that felt familiar to Blazing Fire meant its legacy went back a long way.
At least three thousand years.
"Then let me see what it is!"
With that, I pulled away the black cloth, raised my hand, and prepared to open the box, only to find that it seemed to have grown shut as one piece.
No matter how hard I tried, I could not open it.
Even when I used my true qi, I found the box as hard as iron.
Clearly, the box itself was no ordinary object. It had been sealed with runes and incantations.
"Blazing Fire, I can't open this thing. Take a look!"
Blazing Fire nodded.
He reached out to take it.
But the instant Blazing Fire touched the box, his hands jerked back as if he had been electrocuted.
Moreover, the hand that had touched the black box sizzled as though it had been scorched, wisps of black smoke rising from it...
Blazing Fire and I were both utterly stunned at that moment.
We stared in shock at the wooden box in my hands. Aside from being impossible to open and extremely heavy, it had caused me no harm whatsoever.
But why did Blazing Fire have such a severe reaction upon touching this black box?
"Blazing Fire, are you all right?"
I hurriedly asked.
Blazing Fire looked at his