Chapter 91: The Mysterious Box

  Han Xue, as Professor Jin's assistant for only two or three months, had also heard about Professor Jin from others. She knew that apart from his bad temper, he didn't like to interact with people either, so those who came to visit him were all rejected at the door.

  Now, Professor Jin is actually so excited, and his attitude before and now is like two different people. Han Xue doesn't understand what's going on. Does Professor Jin know Chu Zifeng? If he does, why was he so cold before?

  Han Xue was a clever girl and at this time she naturally wouldn't say anything more, but Professor Jin said: "Xiao Xue, you go out first and guard the outside, don't let anyone come in."

  Han Xue nodded, although her own grandfather was also a traditional Chinese medicine practitioner and had been friends with Professor Jin since they were young, but his medical skills were inferior to Professor Jin's. She considered it her good fortune to be able to learn from Professor Jin, and she would not go against what he had entrusted to her.

  Chu Zi Feng smiled slightly at Han Xue, and after Han Xue returned the smile, she walked out of the laboratory and closed the door.

  "It's been twenty years, almost twenty years now. I thought Emperor Shi had already forgotten about this old bone of mine, but unexpectedly, after twenty years, Emperor Shi still remembers me and has even invited Young Master over."

  Chu Zi Feng was a bit confused and asked: "Professor Jin, what you said about Emperor Lion is..."

  Professor Jin said: "Emperor Shi is the father of the young master, Chu Tianxiong. In those years, we all addressed him in this way."

  Chu Zi Feng smiled wryly and naturally thought that Chu Tian Xiong's title was due to their family relationship, so he wouldn't think much of it.

  But what was Chu Tianxiong's true intention in coming to find Professor Jin? And earlier, when Professor Jin got excited and accidentally broke the qilin jade pendant into pieces, it also proved that the pendant was just a token and didn't have any significant use. The key person here is actually this Professor Jin himself.

  "Professor Jin, actually I don't know what purpose my father wanted me to come find you for. He just told me to call Yù Péi and hand it over to you, and tell you that I'm his son."

  "I understand. My lord, I know why you've come to find me. Over the years, I haven't disappointed your expectations from back then. The mystery of that thing has been completely solved by me."

  Chu Zi Feng said with a sigh, "Professor Jin, don't keep calling me 'young master' this and 'young master' that. Although I don't know what my dad did back then, you're still my elder, so just call me Zi Feng."

  Professor Jin's eyes widened as he looked at Chu Zifeng. Although the father and son looked similar, their personalities were different. In those years, Chu Tianxiong was so arrogant and domineering, but now Chu Zifeng was much more down-to-earth than his father in his youth, without that superficial arrogance!

  But a master is always a master and a servant is always a servant. This is one thing that Professor Jin cannot mess with.

  "Young master, this old life of mine was saved by Emperor Shi back in the day. If it weren't for Emperor Shi, I would have died twenty years ago, so..."

  "Alright, alright, you'd better tell me what my father wants me to find you for. What was that thing you just mentioned?"

  Professor Jin walked over to the left wall and took down a painting, only to find a safe behind it.

  Professor Jin opened the safe and took out a golden box from inside. The golden box, which seemed to be cast in gold, was square in shape and could hold a football-sized object!

  There were many strange totems carved on the golden box, which seemed to be something like a talisman, but there was no lock on the box, nor even a seam.

  Professor Jin brought the box in front of Chu Zifeng and said: "Young Master, Emperor Shi let you find his subordinate, it's for this box."

  Chu Zi Feng took over the box and felt that it was made of gold, but it didn't have any weight. Holding it in his hand was like holding a cotton ball.

  "Professor Jin, what is this thing?"

  "Master Jin replied, 'Young master, this thing was obtained by Emperor Lion twenty-five years ago from a cultivator. At that time, Emperor Lion thought it was a box containing cultivation methods, but this thing is very strange. No matter what method Emperor Lion used, he couldn't open it. So, Emperor Lion handed it over to his subordinate, who not only practiced Chinese medicine but also worked at the Central Research Institute! Emperor Lion ordered his subordinate to find a place to hide it and try every means to open it. Unexpectedly, twenty years have passed, but fortunately, his subordinate didn't disappoint Emperor Lion and finally discovered the secret of this thing.'"

  After listening to Professor Jin's account, Chu Zifeng was overjoyed in his heart. He didn't expect that Chu Tianxiong had obtained a set of cultivation techniques back then, which was exactly what he needed most at the moment!

  "Professor Jin, is there a way for you to open this box and take out the cultivation method inside?"

  "No way."

  Chu Zi Feng felt another wave of disappointment. "Professor Jin," I said, "didn't you just say that you had found the secret to the box? How can you now say that there's no way?"

  "Master, none of my subordinates can open this box. The reason is that it's not a box at all, and there's no cultivation method inside!"

  "Isn't it a box? Then what is this thing?"

  "Young master, this thing may not be a box of true refinement techniques, but it must be something that a cultivator possesses. Since the person below is not a cultivator, they only know how to use this thing, but are unable to actually use it."

  "Use it? You say this thing can be used? Is this... a magic tool?"

  "Young master, how did you know about the cultivation of magical artifacts?"

  Chu Zi didn't need to hide it from Professor Jin and replied, "Because I am a Cultivator."

  Professor Jin was visibly surprised and said: "No wonder, no wonder Emperor Shi would let the young master come to find his subordinates. It turns out that the young master is a cultivator of the true way, this is great!"

  Wait, why is Professor Jin so shocked to hear that he's a Cultivator? Isn't Chu Tianxiong a Cultivator too? If he wasn't a Cultivator, how could he have completely dissipated the aura he released at the time?

  "Now is not the time for that," Chu Zi Feng asked, "Professor Jin, are you saying that only cultivators can use this thing?"

  "Young master, after twenty years of research by my subordinates, it was discovered that this thing will produce a response to a subtle gas in the heavens and the earth."

  "Subtle gases between heaven and earth? Are you referring to spiritual energy?"

  "That's right. But it will only respond to spiritual energy, and if you want to use it, you'll still need..."

  "Up to this point, Professor Jin asked: 'Young Master, can you now summon spiritual energy?'"

  Chu Zi Feng said: "Actually for cultivators, as long as the spiritual energy is absorbed into the body, it will transform into true energy. True energy is also spiritual energy."

  "Alright, now release your true energy and this thing will automatically absorb it. Afterwards, I'll teach you the next step."

  Chu Zi Feng followed Jin Professor's words and released the true energy from his body, just as Jin Professor said. The object in his hand absorbed the true energy he had released and emitted waves of golden light.

  Professor Jin saw that the "box" emitted a golden light and immediately pulled up the curtains of the laboratory, not letting the golden light shine out and be seen by others.

  "Professor Jin, it seems that this is indeed a magical artifact. This feeling is the same as when I use those magical artifacts."

  "Master, my subordinates only temporarily think it's a law enforcement device. As for whether it will be something else, Master will know after running it."

  "What should I do next?"

  "On the top surface of this 'box' there are two points that look like eyes, young master. Now use your thumbs to press down on those two points simultaneously, then move it counterclockwise according to the Fuxi hexagram."

  Chu Zi Feng had studied the Fu Xi Hexagrams and Taiji Eight Trigrams in his early years, but they had never been of any use to him. Who would have thought that now they would come in handy?

  When Chu Zifeng was about to move the two points, a crack suddenly appeared on the "box", and then with a "click" sound, it split open, and all of them fell apart from Chu Zifeng's hands, turning into nine long golden pieces. Each piece had a different totem carved on it, and the nine pieces floated in front of Chu Zifeng without falling to the ground.

  "Professor Jin, what's going on?"

  "Master, you can now use your true energy to control these nine golden pieces. The true energy you previously infused into them is already inside, and they are now under your control!"

  This step, Jin Professor has not been in contact with these years, and only guessed, did not think that his own guess was not wrong at all, Chu Zi Feng really controlled the nine gold pieces, and what's more, these nine gold pieces were still rotating around Chu Zi Feng's body.

  "Young master, this is all I know, it's up to you how to use it from now on."

  Professor Jin had barely finished speaking when Chu Zifeng suddenly raised his true energy again. Suddenly, the research room where Chu Zifeng and Professor Jin were located changed, turning into a dark space. In this dark space, the nine golden slabs became incredibly large, like nine golden walls surrounding Chu Zifeng and Professor Jin. The totems on the nine golden walls also changed at this moment, transforming into nine dragons of different colors, just about to rush out from the nine walls.

  Rumble...

  A strong vibration occurred in the dark space, nine dragons that were about to leave the golden wall burst out with earth-shaking power, causing Chu Zi Feng and Professor Jin to be unable to stand firmly on their feet!

  "Not good... received."

  Chu Zi Feng's heart was greatly shocked, and as soon as the nine dragons were formed, Chu Zi Feng felt a powerful destructive force. If they were to run out, Chu Zi Feng would be unable to control them like he did with the golden fragments.

  Dong, dong, dong......

  The lab returned to normal instantly, and the nine gold pieces also restored their original size. After that, they turned into a "box", but now this "box" is much smaller than before, it can be held in Chu Zifeng's palm.

  "Master, how could this be?" Professor Jin was now completely unaware of what had just happened. He couldn't have imagined the scene that had just unfolded before his eyes. If Chu Zifeng hadn't quickly retrieved the nine pieces of gold, his own life might not have been spared!

  "Professor Jin, this is not even a magical artifact!"

  Chu Zi Feng has come to realize from the initial steps and the changes in the laboratory just now, as well as the changes of the nine golden pieces, that this is fundamentally not a magical artifact. A magical artifact cannot change a space!

  "Young master, what is this thing after all?"

  Chu Zi Feng said, "If I'm not mistaken, this should be a formation, a fixed formation. The nine dragons that appeared on the golden piece just now should be the main attack of the formation!"

  "Battle formation? Isn't battle formation a temporary arrangement? Why..."

  "This point I'm not very clear about now, but the formation method is correct. As for why a formation can be fixed in shape, I believe only the older generation of cultivators can answer me."

  "Anyway, as long as it can be of use to the young master, then all these years of hard work won't have been in vain!" said Professor Jin.

  "Professor Jin, you've been working hard all these years," Chu Zi Feng said with a smile. "I'd like to thank you on behalf of my father."

  "Young master, this is what I should do."

  Bang.

  Just then, the laboratory door was pushed open and in walked Han Xue.

  "Professor Jin, something's wrong! My grandfather's illness has relapsed and my parents have taken him to the hospital."

  "What? Let's go and take a look right away."

  Only Professor Jin's young friends can persuade him to take action, others don't even think about it.

  "Professor Jin, I'll go with you."

  "Young master, this is just a small matter..."

  "No need to say more, I've met Han Xue's grandfather before, it's only right that I pay my respects."

  "Alright, let's rush to the hospital right away."

  Chu Zi Feng had just mastered the unknown fixed formation and was heading to Yanjing City Hospital with Professor Jin and Han Xue.