The enormous cellar was completely empty, save for this painting of a long spear. It truly was strange beyond measure.
Gu Mingyue steadied her emotions. Hearing Yang Chen's question, she searched through her memories, her willow eyebrows knitting together. "Young Master, when I was in the Gu Family before, I never heard that the cellar had any other purpose."
"Strange." Yang Chen stared fixedly at the painting.
He could not shake the feeling that something was off.
The strange part was not the cellar, but the painting.
The painting depicted a "long spear." It did not seem to have been drawn with a brush, but rather as if it truly existed. Moreover, apart from that spear, the painting was utterly empty—there was nothing else. If someone were painting a spear, why would they paint only a single spear without even a background?
Yang Wu clicked his tongue. "Yang Chen, look carefully. This spear looks real."
"It does not merely look real. I'm afraid this spear is real," Yang Chen murmured.
"It is real? That can't be right. A painting is still a painting. How could it possibly be real?" Yang Wu muttered.
Yang Chen did not explain further. He stared at the painting, and a term surfaced in his mind.
"Storage Space!"
Yang Chen clicked his tongue. "So that's how it is. There is another mystery hidden within this painting. If I'm not mistaken, this painting may look like a painting, but it is actually a Storage Space. What is stored inside is the spear displayed in the painting."
With that thought, he turned to Gu Mingyue. "Mingyue, does your clan have any explanation for this painting?"
"There were no rules concerning it. When I was young, I often played here. I even took the painting down before, yet none