Proud Goddess Falls in Love with Me
Chapter 992 - 992 952 Opening the Box

992: Chapter 952 Opening the Box 992: Chapter 952 Opening the Box Between the dense woods, Lu Chuan took the lead, heading towards the old temple they had visited earlier.

Jyang Ran and Yu Qiming followed behind, keeping their distance from one another as if neither wanted to get close to the other.

As they walked, they remained silent, not uttering a single word.

When Lu Chuan reached the ancient temple’s gate, he pushed open the wooden door and entered.

Inside the courtyard, he saw Zhao Mingguang had already started a fire to boil water and placed three teacups on the table.

“Eh?

Why have three come back?”

He curiously looked at the trio, scratching his head in confusion.

Lu Chuan quickly walked over to him and said, “This person here, he’s the one who just attacked you.”

“What?

It’s him, it’s this guy who almost killed me!

I can’t accept this, get him out of here, I don’t want to see him!”

Seeing him so agitated, Lu Chuan immediately set about calming him down.

He placed a hand on Zhao Mingguang’s shoulder and said, “He is no longer an enemy now, and he has promised that he will not trouble you again in the future.”

“I don’t believe his promise!”

Zhao Mingguang said decisively.

“From now on, he will follow me back to Cloud Sea City and will no longer stay here.”

“Besides, there’s no actual feud between you two.

He attacked you only as a way to target Jyang Ran.”

Zhao Mingguang gradually calmed down, aware that he was no match for any of the three formidable figures before him.

He hesitated for a moment, then reluctantly nodded his head.

“You’ve made a promise that he won’t trouble me again in the future.

What should I do if I see him again?”

Then Yu Qiming added, “This shabby, old place of yours, even if you invited me, I wouldn’t come.

If it wasn’t for chasing Jyang Ran here, I wouldn’t bother coming to such a remote corner.”

Zhao Mingguang’s expression soured, clearly uncomfortable with the disparagement of his place.

“Is the enmity between these two resolved then?”

Zhao Mingguang glanced at Jyang Ran and asked, “You look very upset.

You’re not being forced into this, are you?”

Jyang Ran shook his head slightly, “Of course, I’m not being forced.

I just want to say that I agreed to reconcile with him for the sake of Lu Chuan.”

Yu Qiming said with a cold face, annoyed, “You were the one who first wronged our Yu family.

It should be me reconciling with you, and you’re the passive party here.

You sure have a big temper.”

“The one who should be angry and upset should be me!”

Jyang Ran shrugged, “Whatever, as of now, we’ve settled our grievances.

Our feud is over.”

Lu Chuan turned to Zhao Mingguang, “There is indeed some grudge between these two, but it has been resolved with my mediation.

So, rest assured, he definitely won’t trouble you again.”

Zhao Mingguang nodded slightly and breathed a sigh of relief, “Well…

okay then, put whatever lock you need me to pick here.”

Lu Chuan placed the box on the table.

“Alright, open it now.

I want to know what’s inside.”

“Sure, but give me some time.

I need to get my tools.”

He turned and went back into his own room.

After a while, he came back out.

He was carrying a cloth bag with various small tools hanging from it.

Some looked like tweezers, some like long needles, and others like drill bits.

In short, there were all kinds of tools.

Lu Chuan watched curiously as well; this was his first time watching such a complex lock-picking process.

Yu Qiming also became curious.

“This box, it’s clear it’s not simple.

If forcefully opened, the interlayer of the box would release a powerful sulfuric acid, corroding whatever’s inside.”

“Of course, it might not necessarily be sulfuric acid; it could be some other corrosive substance.”

“In any case, this lock is not easy to pick.

If one is not careful, even the person picking the lock could be affected, and that would be terrible.”

Zhao Mingguang glanced at him and said, “You seem to know quite a bit.”

“Only a little,” Yu Qiming replied.

Zhao Mingguang squatted in front of the table, carefully manipulating the box.

Lu Chuan and Jyang Ran sat beside him, sipping tea and waiting.

After an unknown amount of time, Zhao Mingguang finally stood up again.

He placed his hands on the lid of the box and then carefully lifted the lid.

“I opened it, successfully opened it!”

He carefully lifted the lid and presented the contents for everyone to see.

Lu Chuan stepped forward quickly, looking inside the box.

“What’s placed here is actually a stone!”

Jyang Ran leaned over, surprised at the sight of the box.

“It can’t be, this stone looks too plain and simple, just like any stone you’d pick up from the roadside.”

“Let me take a look at it.”

Jyang Ran reached out to touch it but was stopped by Lu Chuan.

“Hey, are you being overly cautious?

I can’t even touch it?”

She asked, clearly annoyed.

“Of course, not.

What if this stone has some strange properties, and it becomes dangerous after you touch it?”

After Lu Chuan said this, Jyang Ran’s mood improved somewhat, “I didn’t expect you to care about me this much.”

Yu Qiming walked over, scrutinizing the stone in front of him.

“This stone, it’s mysteriously hidden.”

“Mysteriously hidden what?

Have you discovered something?

Stop pretending here.”

Jyang Ran snapped back at him.

“Heh, I’m from an aristocratic family, after all.

Unlike you, who come from a thief background, I naturally have seen more and know more than you.

Just stand aside and watch, and learn.”

Annoyed, Jyang Ran pursed her lips and crossed her arms, wanting to retort but found herself at a loss for words, as Yu Qiming wasn’t entirely wrong.

Lu Chuan looked at Yu Qiming and asked, “What is so mystical about this stone?

Tell us.”

“I’m curious about your insight.”

“This stone, it looks just like any you’d pick up from the woods.”

“But in truth, it hides a mystery, because this is merely a layer of protection and camouflage.”

Lu Chuan frowned slightly, “So, only the outer layer is stone, and there’s something else inside?”

“Exactly.

Although the texture of the rock is very similar to that of an ordinary pebble, you can vaguely see through the surface to what’s inside.”

“If this stone was thrown into a corner, nobody would notice it!”

“Unless, someone extremely sensitive to fluctuations in Spiritual Energy could sense the presence of this stone.”

“It’s precisely because the outer shell is so perfectly disguised that we can hardly feel the Spiritual Energy emanating from within.”

Lu Chuan shook his head slightly, “I still don’t understand, what exactly is this thing?

If the shell is stone, what is inside?

What can it be used for?”

“Inside lies the Tianxuan Crystal, a rare and extraordinary Crystal Stone that comes once in a thousand years.

If used to craft equipment, it will have astonishing effects.”

Curious, Lu Chuan looked at the stone, “Hundred Mystery Crystal?

Is it used for crafting equipment?”