He brought his tea over and asked, "What's this?"
Shi Chun offered no explanation. He merely held the Command Arrow upright, then channeled magical power into it to activate the Nether substance within.
A buzzing instantly rang in both their ears. A beam of golden light sprang from the Command Arrow and formed a sphere of shimmering golden waves, enveloping them both.
Tea still in hand, Wu Jinliang looked around in astonishment. Then realization struck, and he pointed at the Command Arrow. "That-that's the thing! The thing among Jin Zhan's belongings, from that deathtrap in the Moon Sea."
Shi Chun stopped channeling magical power. The sphere of shimmering golden waves abruptly contracted into a flash of light and vanished back into the Command Arrow. He then held it horizontally and gently traced its patterns. "That's right. That's the one. Whenever it crossed my mind in my spare time, I used to take it out and examine it over and over, but I could never figure out what it was. I tried all sorts of ways to activate it, but apart from this shroud of light, it never did anything else.
"This sphere of light can't contain anything or ward anything off. I even had Tong Mingshan examine it. He said its construction definitely didn't qualify it as a magical treasure, though its material was exceptionally rare.
"But given what we now know about Jin Zhan's identity, anything he kept on him ought to be extraordinary. Besides, he left very few belongings on his person-just a handful. We don't know how much treasure he supposedly hid away, but among those few belongings, I wonder whether this Command Arrow might..."
Seeing him trail off into uncertain contemplation, Wu Jinliang offered him the tea, gesturing to ask whether he wanted a drink, while