Imperial Treasure

The stone slab floated out of the empty space, suspended in midair.

Li Luo glanced at it and instinctively looked towards Sui Yi.

On the wooden board was a painting, featuring a person whose face was unclear, but she was holding another person, also a woman, signified by her long hair and black robe.

The scene was identical to Sui Yi holding Natasha.

And Sui Yi’s magnetic sensation informed her that the existence of this stone slab had already reached a millennium, and the carving method used was Sense Inscription.

This indicates that a millennium ago, a powerful master predicted Sui Yi’s arrival using Sense Inscription.

"This was left by my ancestors. They have protected Nazca of Peru for generations. To us, Nazca signifies not just the mystery of the lines but also a generational duty, which, when challenged, requires us to fulfill another responsibility."

He motioned with his hand towards the inner room, saying, "Please have a seat inside."

If previously the mage tended towards an outsider’s indifference, then now he is rather congenial.

Sui Yi herself was not afraid that this person could harm them—she was just curious.

Perhaps the secrets she wondered about had a breakthrough now.

Sui Yi placed Natasha on the long sofa, and she and Li Luo sat on the side. The mage controlled with his thoughts, lit the stove, and a moment later, the water boiled. He poured two cups of water, which floated before Sui Yi and Li Luo.

Sui Yi took the hot water, holding the ceramic cup with both hands. "Your ancestors’ prophecy has been fulfilled, so they must have instructed you on what to do next, which is why you brought us here?"

"Yes, when I saw you carrying her out... I knew this day would eventually come."

The mage was unafraid of the hot water; he drank a sip and said, "I invited you here not to take anything from you but to give you something. Please wait a moment."

He turned and went into the inner room.

Leaving the room warmed by the bonfire.

With a touch of unreality.

Two hours ago, they sat before a bonfire like this, witnessing what is called supernatural forces.

Li Luo swept Natasha’s hair aside with her fingers, revealing her face.

Although she and Sui Yi were acquainted in the Twin Dragon World, they had heard of people like Natasha, but had never actually met them.

Upon meeting her now, Li Luo slightly tilted her head, put the strands of hair down, and said, "Your taste is consistently good."

Sui Yi had been drinking water and paused upon hearing this.

"What?"

"Nothing."

She clearly said something...

Yet Li Luo’s attitude seemed to say—did you go deaf? Didn’t you hear what I said?

Fine, I heard it, but I didn’t quite get it.

Sui Yi also knew that in terms of certain feminine tendencies, she was somewhat of a "half-finished product," so she didn’t ask further and instead spoke of what she saw at the bottom of the magma.

"You mean the Nazca Burial site is controlled by it, but its essence is not there?"

"Yes, when Demon Que pierced through, I could sense its departure, and Natasha’s appearance... is quite strange." Sui Yi leaned against the sofa, watching the flames flicker gently.

"Did she die?"

"..."

Of course not.

"No, I checked."

Sui Yi then saw Li Luo’s expression turning peculiar.

"Hmm~ it’s not the first time I’ve seen it, there’s not much issue."

"Not the first time?" Li Luo shook the boiling hot water with one hand, squinting slightly, and glanced at Sui Yi, saying bluntly, "Do you often look at others’ naked bodies?"

Sui Yi shook her head, "Not a lot, I’ve seen Ah Jiu, Yaofei, Qing Wu, Qinghan, Yi, Natasha, Wan Ge, and later... oh, and you."

The tone was particularly earnest, indifferent as if accustomed to it.

Li Luo was silent, yet saw another hand appear in front of her.

Sui Yi’s palm held a small object.

It was an Amber Cicada.

"This is an Amber Spirit Cicada, a rarity of ten thousand years. Your path of cultivation is quite formidable. With it, you can warm your body, and it looks quite nice too."

How to put it—Li Luo’s expression seemed a bit dazed, but she quickly returned to herself, just looking at Sui Yi with a somewhat profound gaze.

Sui Yi, naturally frank, felt a little uneasy under such a gaze.

"Hmm, you don’t like it? Want to exchange it for something else?"

Sui Yi was about to withdraw her hand.

Li Luo’s fingers touched her palm, pinching the Amber Spirit Cicada, but the warmth of her fingers touched the coldness in Sui Yi’s palm.

Both were taken aback.

Then Sui Yi smiled faintly, proactively withdrew her hand, and folded her palm into her sleeve.

Li Luo lowered her eyes, receiving the Spirit Cicada into her palm.

The Spirit Cicada could warm her body, but what could warm her deep-rooted coldness within?

Yet it seemed the silence of this person made one feel even more sorrowful.

The bonfire provided warmth.

Sui Yi held the scalding cup, feeling the cold continually invade her nerves.

She indeed couldn’t feel the temperature of the outside world but could sense her own.

Along with the vague unease inside.

As if something...

"Sorry for making you..." As soon as the mage entered, sensing a tense atmosphere, he didn’t say much but reverently placed a box he held onto the table.

The box is neither too big nor too small.

Small pillow size.

Wooden box, judging by the texture and grain, it is at least a thousand-year-old rosewood.

This box has quite a background.

Yet it has not even a hint of magnetic energy.

So strange.

"The ancestors left an instruction, saying that if you see the destined person, you must hand it over."

Sui Yi looked at the box: "Can you tell me what it is?"

"In fact, I don’t know either," the mage admitted with a rare hint of embarrassment and some helplessness, "The ancestral instructions cannot be disobeyed; generations have dared not open it, and those who did died suddenly, so over time, no one has dared to touch it. If it weren’t for seeing you both today, I’d almost forgotten where it was placed."

That’s true, it seems this mage had been away for a while.

"Then should I open it?" Sui Yi’s inexplicable question made the mage feel a kind of provocation—you want to see it, just say it, let me know then I can open it... you want to see it?

The mage, a meticulous middle-aged man, slightly twitched the corners of his mouth upon hearing this and said gloomily, "Up to you, sir, but I suppose it’s better to open it sooner..."

It still exposed some of his little curiosity inside.

After all, it’s been something guarded by the family for generations...

Sui Yi hooked a finger, pulled out the latch, and opened the lid.

Six eyes were looking at the box.

The three were extremely astonished.

Inside the box.

Was a baby.

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The living room was quite silent.

Three characters, all considered strong among the void-breakers, were dumbfounded staring at the baby inside the box.

It was Li Luo who first regained consciousness.

Said to be a baby, but not really.

It seemed to be made of jade, white as jade, vaguely transparent, with no blood vessels and such, just giving a pure and adorable glossy feeling.

Yet it was lifeless.

Just an object in the form of a baby.

It should be.

Li Luo instinctively touched the corner of her eye and met the mage’s gaze, evidently they were both concluding the same.

But what surprised them was that, seemingly the most insightful Sui Yi... was still staring at the baby, his eyes deep, focused, his expression constantly changing.

Seemingly hard to cherish, yet seemingly somewhat subtly...

Mad?

But Li Luo sensed this aura; she suddenly reached out to hold Sui Yi’s hand, yet was one step too late.

The teacup fell to the ground.

A crisp clang.

Sui Yi, who had been sitting on the sofa... emitted wisps of white mist, attempting to separate from his body, rapidly condensing into a person in a white brocade robe.

The High Priest.

The mage looked at Sui Yi, still sitting on the original spot, then at the newly appeared High Priest, astonished, saying nothing due to constraint.

Because of the binding.

The High Priest stood in front of the table, bent down, reached out... but froze.

Because her fingers passed through the box and also through the baby.

She frowned, tears seemed to linger in her eyes, soft to an extreme.

She looked at this baby for a long time.

Then looked towards the pained expression of Li Luo.

And Li Luo initially noticed the sudden emergence of the "spirit" of the High Priest from Sui Yi; she had heard Su Zimu and others mention it behind his back—before going abroad, they specifically mentioned the subtle relationship between Sui Yi and the High Priest. Of course, for truly understanding the High Priest, they certainly weren’t as knowledgeable as she, Sui Yi’s ninth lifetime destined connection, but later events became clearer to her: the High Priest coexists with Sui Yi in one body, but the High Priest is too powerful, affecting Sui Yi with each arrival, initially affecting physical constitution, later turning Sui Yi into a Witch Body, seemingly improved, but these people were still worried and reminded her to stay vigilant...

Previously it was an arrival, this time it’s an independent manifestation!

Li Luo, as a void-breaker, naturally understood the gravity, and upon seeing Sui Yi’s instant weak countenance, she distinctly realized, feeling rather worried, her first reaction was to internally warn a bad sign, and as the High Priest’s gaze fell, she was correspondingly prompted, looking back to find the High Priest also looked quite pained.

And the look she gave her...

—Close it.

Li Luo made a decisive move, lightning-fast!

Clap!

The baby box was directly closed.

The jade light was covered, and the room returned to the warm glow, and the High Priest’s white mist returned to Sui Yi’s body, the chilling and vast pressure disappeared.

"Just now was?..." The mage had barely regained his senses and asked only to see Sui Yi on the sofa shaking his head pale.

So weak, nothing like a few hours ago when he stormed into the Blood-Spattered Moth’s lair, unmatched.

The mage naturally sensed the harm that appeared from the brief white soul’s appearance on this Eastern powerhouse.

He was originally meant to fulfill his ancestors’ instructions to invite both Sui Yi and another here, but unexpectedly opening the thing just caused harm.

This was never his intention!

The mage felt immensely guilty and saw Li Luo place her palm behind Sui Yi, inputting Inner Strength, then he instinctively moved to guard the door.

This was considered a mutual understanding among the Martial Arts World.

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