Closer to Revealing My True Self
Chapter 413 - 293: Awesome, My Ancestor_1

Chapter 413: Chapter 293: Awesome, My Ancestor_1

Having attended a Dragon Boat Festival event, Feng Yi’s phone was now filled with many new contacts, both known and unknown.

After the auction ended this evening, many people had sent him messages. Some were probing, others were trying to close the gap.

However, Feng Yi’s attention definitely wouldn’t be on this tonight—he had more important matters to attend to.

After politely replying to some messages, Feng Yi tossed his phone aside.

He returned to his residence in the Yue Xiu neighborhood.

Jia had gone back to Yang City, so for the next few days, it would only be Feng Yi and Ding living in the house, with no other visitors, and the remaining renovations would be put on hold for a while.

Having told Ding to rest, Feng Yi took out the meteorite from its box, scooped it up with his hands as if it were a soccer or basketball, and, holding it, went back to his room.

It was already past eleven at night when they got back, and the clock hands moved slowly, on the verge of crossing that central mark and into the next day.

Most residents in the neighborhood had already retired for the night, and those who were out for walks or enjoyment had long since returned home, leaving the surroundings in quiet tranquility.

The community had undergone pest control, so there were no noticeable insect noises.

But due to its proximity to Yue Mountain and the surrounding sources of water and woodland, the life outside the neighborhood was actually bustling at night.

The nocturnal creatures were now active.

The evening breeze blowing in through the window carried the scents of various creatures.

It wasn’t a cacophony but instead had a harmonious and tranquil feel to it, which calmed the somewhat restless Feng Yi.

In the bedroom, Feng Yi couldn’t wait to revert to his original form, stretching his muscles and bones.

Then he looked at the copper coin and the meteorite in front of him.

It wasn’t convenient to examine them outside during the day, and now he was alone, without any distractions, ready to examine them closely.

To many people, ancient coins and meteorites were both expensive collectibles that would be handled with care, perhaps even wearing gloves when examined.

But Feng Yi didn’t need to worry about all that.

The small copper coin lay quietly in the palm of his hand.

Invisible energy flowed from his palm, passing through the coin.

Like X-rays, it penetrated the medium that was the copper coin.

Previously unremarkable, the ancient copper coin lying quietly in Feng Yi’s focused palm now emitted a thin halo.

This fluorescence could be seen as a response from the "patina" adhered to the surface of the ancient coin.

Feng Yi carefully analyzed this silent response that had crossed a thousand years.

What looked like a simple halo actually provided Feng Yi with a lot of useful information.

For example, how to develop a patina on such a copper coin.

Or the constitution of the "patina’s" creator—how strong were they?

Now, judging from the feedback of these "patinas", they indeed seemed to be what Feng Yi thought they were—leftovers from a long-lost predecessor of his clan.

Powerful, of course, they were very powerful.

Even if they couldn’t be compared to the ancestors from further back in time, they were definitely much stronger than Feng Yi and his grandmother’s current surviving members.

But those predecessors hadn’t been at all focused when creating the patina!

Feng Yi thought to himself.

The patina was not even; the fluorescent spots on the ancient coin were all biased towards one side, suggesting that the patina had not been applied evenly back in the day. With time, it has worn thin on one side while remnants still linger on the thicker side.

The "patina" on ancient coins is different from the "patina" in mountain caverns.

This patina was a protective layer plated by direct contact with an energy ray over a short period.

On the other hand, the outer shell on the surface of the rocks in those caverns in the mountains was a different kind of protective case, formed by more complex factors over a longer period.

The components and forms of "patina" were different.

The ones in the rock caves could be detected with current instruments.

But the protective layer on these ancient coins was very difficult to discover.

Otherwise, they wouldn’t have been so easily purchased by Feng Yi.

If Old Man Fu, the donor of the zodiac coins, knew the secret hidden within, he would never have given them away so readily.

Setting the zodiac coin aside, Feng Yi looked towards the other trophy from today.

The method of examining the meteorite was different from that of the zodiac coin.

The zodiac coin required the release of energy during its examination, whereas the meteorite required Feng Yi to "absorb" the energy substance within it before analyzing it.

Feng Yi placed his hand on the surface of the meteorite.

He was now proficient in the operation of absorbing energy substance, a process he went through with each molting.

The density of the energy substance buried deep within this meteorite was high, but the total amount was small.

Compared to the energy substance needed for Feng Yi’s last molting, the energy content in this meteorite was like half a grain of rice in his meal.

A little more wouldn’t make a difference, and a little less wouldn’t be noticeable.

Of course, Feng Yi had known there was not much energy substance inside and had not held high hopes.

What he really wanted to figure out was how this energy substance came to be inside the meteorite.

Feng Yi analyzed the energy substance hidden within the meteorite.

And the results of the analysis left him utterly astonished—

Unlike the free-floating energy substances above the clouds, not all of those within the meteorite were in a free state!

This kind of energy substance can be seen as a vital nutrient necessary for Feng Yi’s growth and development, and during the process of "nutrient absorption", this energy substance would be converted from a free state to a combined state.