The next morning, Yan Ruoyi looked at the black bottle on the coffee table of her suite’s living room, her eyes full of questions as she turned to Chen Chu.0

Wearing sunglasses, Chen Chu calmly explained. "Back on the southern battlefield, I once killed a Purgatory Demon Clan member named Maximus and confiscated a storage bag from him.0

"It contained many items, both useful and useless, such as magic crystals usable only by the Purgatory Demon Clan and some high-grade transcendent materials. I forged armor and weapons with most of the useful materials and exchanged some with the school.0

There was also a peculiar jade stone. It was incredibly hard, even I couldn't break it. It didn't seem like a transcendent mineral, but it emitted a subtle aura, so I kept it. I’m not sure why, but last night, the surface of the stone developed cracks and became...0