Yu Yuan prepared to enhance the [Devourer's Stomach Pouch].
But when he saw how many Spirituality Crystals it required,
he froze.
"Twenty? That many?"
Then he realized the number made sense.
This Oddity had ranked high from the start, far beyond the [Pen of Long Heritage].
The number of Spirituality Crystals it required also proved its extraordinary potential.
He started the enhancement without hesitation.
Twenty Spirituality Crystals vanished, and the [Devourer's Stomach Pouch] merged with the Curio Workshop.
But...
"Twelve hours to enhance it?"
Yu Yuan struggled to keep his composure. Raising his [Curio Ladder] title anytime soon was out of the question.
"Even after the [Devourer's Stomach Pouch] advances, there's no guarantee it'll trigger a special node... I'll take it slow."
Yu Yuan was ready to leave.
Before he did, though, he had one more thing to do.
Under Dawnlight's gaze, Yu Yuan picked up the [Bard's Pen].
He chose to draw out one random secret for the day.
The next moment, golden patterns appeared along the [Bard's Pen].
The pen lifted from Yu Yuan's palm and hovered in the air.
After a brief pause of two seconds, it wrote pale golden words in empty space.
—Secret information:
Dawnlight deeply admired Yu Yuan.
She often thought back to what she had experienced as a sheep on that typhoon night.
Though she had not yet been herself back then, she wished she had been.
Whenever she looked at Yu Yuan, she silently thought:
When will you love me like that again?
Time seemed to stop. The room fell unnaturally quiet, and even the air ceased to move.
Yu Yuan's mouth opened halfway, then gently closed.
A bead of sweat formed at his temple.
He could feel Dawnlight's body temperature rising behind him, her heartbeat suddenly racing several times faster.
It