*Shaa—* When the Queen shouted like that, Chu Feng was so startled he hurriedly pulled his hand back. "Eggie, what's wrong? Is something off?"
"Of course it's off! Even if you're going to open it, you can't just open it like that. What if there's danger? What if there's a trap?" The Queen said with a hint of complaint in her voice.
She was reproaching Chu Feng for being so careless.
"Haha, my bad. I got ahead of myself for a moment — let my guard down."
Chu Feng scratched his head sheepishly. Perhaps it was because seeing a Mortal Boundary martial skill just a moment ago had left him too excited.
It had caused Chu Feng to become overly giddy, too eager about what lay inside the jar, to the point where he forgot the principle of exercising caution in all things.
"Still, my Eggie is the smartest. I really should learn more from my Eggie," Chu Feng said with a grin.
"Naturally. But wait — when did this Queen ever become 'yours'? Pfft, shameless! That's grossly disrespectful."
The Queen pouted her little lips, looking somewhat displeased, yet the sight was utterly adorable.
"Sooner or later, you will be," Chu Feng said.
"And what gave you that confidence?" The Queen rolled her eyes, and even within the Spirit Space, she made sure to give Chu Feng a healthy dose of contempt.
"Heh heh…" Chu Feng didn't bother arguing, merely chuckling as he set the jar down.
He then retreated until he was a full ten thousand meters away from the jar, before reaching out and grasping at it through the void.
*Hummm—* In an instant, martial power surged forth, coalescing into a golden arm that shot out from Chu Feng's palm. It reached the jar and lifted its lid.
At that moment, Chu Feng's eyes went wide, filled with anticipation. After all, a random book he had stumbled upon turned out to be a Mortal Boundary martial skill.
So inside this jar — one that even Chu Feng's eyes couldn't penetrate — there was sure to be treasure of even greater value.
*Poof—* But the very instant the jar was opened, a burst of dark miasma billowed outward, instantly blanketing the space above the jar.
For a moment, Chu Feng tensed up, thinking danger had arrived, and involuntarily stumbled backward.
However, the dark miasma quickly dissipated without causing any real disturbance.
Seeing it vanish, Chu Feng cautiously approached — only to discover that inside the jar…
There… was… absolutely… nothing.
It was empty.
"You've got to be kidding me."
Unwilling to accept it, Chu Feng activated his Heavenly Eyes for a closer inspection.
Finding nothing, he reached in to feel around, but still… discovered nothing at all.
The jar certainly had the ability to block his Heavenly Eyes, but there was no hidden space within — it was just an ordinary jar.
This truly left Chu Feng disappointed.
"No way, it's really that unlucky? It's actually empty?" At this point, the Queen also had a dejected look on her face as she pouted her lips.
"Something about this doesn't feel right," Chu Feng said.
"What doesn't feel right?" the Queen asked.
Chu Feng didn't answer directly. Instead, he stared at the jar at his feet, one arm folded across his chest and the other hand propping his chin as he sank into deep thought.
Standing before the jar, Chu Feng could catch a whiff of a delicate fragrance.
It was a scent difficult to describe — not quite the fragrance of flowers, nor the freshness of grass. If he had to put it into words, it was more like a body scent.
Yes, that was it — something resembling the natural fragrance of a woman.
Moreover, Chu Feng could be certain that this scent had not existed before the jar was opened. It had appeared only after the lid came off.
"Could it be that black miasma?"
"Did I accidentally release something?"
At this thought, Chu Feng hurriedly deployed his Heavenly Eyes to scan the surroundings in every direction, but in the end he found nothing whatsoever.
"Nothing's here. You're overthinking it. My money says this jar is just empty," the Queen said.
"Maybe." Though Chu Feng still felt something was off, he had no leads to pursue.
Left with no alternative, he picked up the lid, placed it back on the jar, then produced a bag and carefully set the jar inside before stowing the whole thing away in his Universe Bag.