The Magical System Backpack

A day later, Zhu Youning's residence received another special guest.

A eunuch from the palace.

A eunuch sent by Liang Emperor Zhu Wen.

"Your Highness Prince An, His Majesty is concerned about your injuries and specially ordered this old servant to deliver these spiritual medicines to aid your recovery."

The old eunuch naturally knew Zhu Youning's identity and status, so he spoke with a beaming smile and an exceedingly respectful manner.

Naturally, he had not come empty-handed. Accompanying him were nourishing tonics such as ganoderma and ginseng.

These had all been bestowed upon Zhu Youning by Zhu Wen's order, so that he could recover quickly and serve the nation.

Zhu Youning naturally did not refuse these gifts and accepted every last one.

What Zhu Youning lacked most right now was precisely this sort of powerful restorative medicine.

It had to be said that although Zhu Wen was violent by nature and loved doing absurd things, he treated this nephew of his quite well.

For that reason alone, Zhu Youning would do his best to save Zhu Wen and the Great Liang dynasty. But only do his best. After all, killing a person was easy, while saving one was a hundred times harder—especially someone like Zhu Wen, who had caught the attention of the peerless master Yuan Tiangang.

Of course, the reason Zhu Wen treated Zhu Youning so well was largely because of Empress Wenhui.

Empress Wenhui, Lady Wang, was Zhu Wen's mother and Zhu Youning's grandmother. Back when Zhu Wen had been transferred to the Xuanwu Army and returned home in glory, she had said to him, "Zhu Er followed Huang Chao alongside you, yet he alone died at Man Ridge. His orphans are all in Wugou. Now that you are wealthy and honored, do you not think of them?"

Zhu Wen was ranked third among his brothers and was also called Zhu San. Zhu Er was Prince Lang, Zhu Cun. Lady Wang meant for Zhu Wen to treat the two sons of his second brother Zhu Cun well—namely Zhu Youning and Zhu Youlun.

Although Zhu Wen was brutal, he was by no means unfilial. So long as the request was not too excessive, he was practically obedient to his elderly mother in every way.

It was because of Lady Wang's words that Zhu Wen showered his two nephews with favor, even granting them both great power. Unfortunately, while Zhu Youlun had been guarding Emperor Zhaozong of Tang's sleeping quarters and secretly spying on him for Zhu Wen, he had been secretly killed by Emperor Zhaozong of Tang. Thus, Zhu Youning became the sole remaining descendant of Prince Lang Zhu Cun's line.

At this thought, Zhu Youning suddenly realized that he should perhaps find time to visit Prince Mi's Mansion. After all, Zhu Youlun had been his elder brother by blood.

After having his servants respectfully see off the eunuch who had delivered the message, Zhu Youning eagerly opened the chest filled to the brim with restorative medicines.

At the same time, the system issued the corresponding notifications.

[Century-Old Fire Ganoderma: A medicinal herb that grows underground. Yang in nature, it can purge toxins, heal injuries, extend one's lifespan, and increase inner strength.]

[Place Century-Old Fire Ganoderma into backpack?]

[Century-Old Mountain Ginseng: A perennial herb from Liaodong. It can greatly replenish vital energy, restore the pulse and prevent collapse, nourish the spleen and lungs, promote bodily fluids and calm the mind, restore yang and rescue one from reversal, extend one's lifespan, and increase inner strength. Place into backpack?]

[Place Century-Old Mountain Ginseng into backpack?]

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Seeing the system notifications, Zhu Youning's eyes lit up.

Not merely because of how precious these spiritual medicines were, but because he had discovered one of the system's functions.

Items not produced by the system could actually be placed into the backpack as well?

Wanting to test it, Zhu Youning immediately ran to the food storage area of the residence.

"Your Highness, why have you come to a place like this? Your Highness should still be resting and recuperating," the cook in charge of meals said in surprise upon seeing Zhu Youning.

"It's fine." Zhu Youning waved a hand. "You may leave first. I'll summon you if I need anything."

"Yes."

After the cook left, Zhu Youning stepped forward.

A line of notification text appeared right then.

[Rice: A staple food ingredient processed from paddy rice. Its primary use is to make cooked rice. Consuming it restores a small amount of stamina. Place into backpack?]

Zhu Youning immediately chose to store it.

Then, a shi of grain vanished from where it stood and was deposited into Zhu Youning's backpack.

[Backpack: Rice*99, Rice*21]

[Maximum backpack capacity: 100 slots. Maximum capacity can be increased by consuming training wave counts.]

Seeing this, Zhu Youning fell into thought.

A shi of rice only occupied one backpack slot?

And the quantity had even been split into two portions: ninety-nine and twenty-one.

This surprised Zhu Youning somewhat.

It seemed that one shi of rice could be divided into one hundred and twenty units, with ninety-nine units occupying a single backpack slot.

Wasn't this ridiculously overpowered?

The first thing Zhu Youning thought of was military supplies.

With a backpack like this, an army's burden during a march would be greatly reduced. They could absolutely accomplish many things that had previously been impossible!

Still, rice was ultimately a small item. If it were an enormous object, could the system backpack store it as well?

After taking the rice back out of the backpack, Zhu Youning left the kitchen.

He then immediately summoned the cooks and had them turn the Fire Ganoderma, ginseng, and other restorative medicines into medicinal porridge.

At the same time, he hurried to the armory of Prince An's Mansion, intending to continue testing his ideas.

As one of the commanders overseeing Great Liang's six armies and a prince of Liang State, Zhu Youning naturally had his own armory at Prince An's Mansion.

[Cold Steel Sword: An ordinary steel sword forged by a blacksmith's shop in Liang State.]

[Cold Steel Spear: An ordinary spear forged by a blacksmith's shop in Liang State.]

[Horse-Chopping Saber: Broad and thick-bladed, extremely heavy, and well-suited for chopping and cleaving. A weapon commonly used by fierce generals.]

[Ring-Pommel Saber: Forged from refined steel, its edge was razor-sharp, making severing heads as easy as reaching into a bag. Hence the name "Ring-Pommel."]

[Ghost-Head Saber: Forged from refined steel, with a ghost-head decoration on the hilt that further heightened its murderous aura.]

[Thin-Wing Blade: Its blade was exceedingly thin and translucent, like a cicada's wing. It moved lightly but could not withstand heavy chopping blows.]

[Sword of the Meritorious Minister of Escorting the Emperor: A decorative sword specially commissioned by Emperor Zhaozong of Tang, Li Ye, and forged by blacksmiths from several minerals combined with Purple Gold Ore. Its blade was golden, and it was used to reward military officials of outstanding merit. It was forged at the same time as the Sword of the Meritorious Minister Ye Zan.]

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After arriving at his armory, Zhu Youning continued his experiment.

Sure enough, regardless of size, all these weapons could be placed into the system backpack.

This gave Zhu Youning many more ideas.

With such a heaven-defying backpack, what was there to fear about failing in his grand undertaking?

In war alone, this ability would allow his army to travel light and march swiftly. They would not even need to carry weapons during a campaign, and could catch the enemy off guard by driving straight into the depths of their rear lines.

Then Zhu Youning thought of theft.

With this mechanism, Zhu Youning could completely become a master thief.

As long as he could touch something and hold it in his hand, he could take it away, no matter what it was!

This time, Zhu Youning chose to place most of the weapons in the armory into his backpack without taking them back out.

Thus, Zhu Youning's backpack became like this.

[Items: Cold Steel Sword*12, Cold Steel Spear*12, Horse-Chopping Saber*8, Ring-Pommel Saber*5, Ghost-Head Saber*4]