This box seemed far from ordinary.
Chen Yu could sense an extremely unusual energy within the material of the box itself. The surrounding spiritual energy was immediately devoured by that peculiar energy whenever it touched the wooden box.
He searched his memory.
Soon, Chen Yu remembered.
"It's green birchwood. Judging by its grain and energy, it's at least a hundred years old."
"Green birchwood's greatest use is storage. Items brimming with spiritual energy can be preserved for at least six months in a box made from green birchwood. Of course, that's for hundred-year-old green birchwood. With thousand-year-old green birchwood, that duration doubles."
Chen Yu carefully lifted the green birchwood box.
He thought, Anything stored specially in a green birchwood box must be important. Still, I'd better be careful. What if there's some nasty trick hidden inside?
With that thought, Chen Yu set the wooden box on the ground.
He took two steps back.
He manipulated his true qi to open the wooden box.
There were no hidden traps inside. Once it opened, Chen Yu saw something blood-red that looked a little like a stone lying quietly inside, emitting a glow.
"It's not spiritual energy."
"And it's not true qi."
What is it?
Chen Yu frowned in puzzlement.
The thing contained an exceedingly strange energy fluctuation.
He approached and examined it.
"There's no mention of it in the Strange Truth Compendium."
"There's no relevant description in the Cultivation World Travelogue, either."
"What the hell is this thing?"
He confirmed that there was no danger.
Chen Yu simply reached out and tried touching the strange stone.
"The surface is smooth and feels moist."
"Also..."
Chen Yu was about to continue investigating the peculiar object's properties when something suddenly changed!
The glowing, blood-red stone abruptly blazed with light. Then the solid "stone" transformed