A round stone table popped out from the center of the sixth floor of the library.
At this point, all the flames in the library were extinguished, and none of the books inside were burned.
Li Ming looked at the black dog and suddenly suspected that the black dog was doing it on purpose.
The mechanism was triggered by such a coincidence, does it know something about it?
Even if Li Ming were in charge, he wouldn't have thought of such a mechanism, even if he were beaten to death.
"Woof woof woof..."
The black dog ran toward the round stone table because there was something on it.
Li Ming teleported instantly, arriving at the stone table faster than the black dog.
There are indeed two items on it.
One of them is a stone, shaped like a crescent moon.
The other was a square black box with strange dragon patterns wrapped around its exterior. Li Ming felt that the dragon patterns looked familiar, so he took out the dragon pattern wooden plaque from his waist to compare them.
It's the same type of dragon pattern.
Upon closer inspection, it turns out that the black box and the wooden plaque are made of the same material.
The dragon-patterned wooden plaque was impressive enough, but to have a black box made of the same material placed here made Li Ming guess that the contents of the black box must be extremely rare.
As I reached out to grab it, I saw a dog's paw stick out; clearly, it wanted to take it too.
Li Ming slapped the dog's paw and picked up the black box with the dragon pattern. The black dog had no choice but to settle for the next best thing and reached for the moonstone.
Li Ming patted the dog's paw again and picked up the moonstone as well.
The black dog stared at Li Ming with wide eyes, its face full of grievance, so aggrieved that it wanted to bite Li Ming.
Li Ming laughed and said, "Don't panic, this might be a pair. I'll use the moonstone to open the dragon-patterned black box. After opening it, I only want what's inside. I'll give you the stone and the black box."
Often, the most valuable part of such items is what's inside the box; the moonstone and the dragon-patterned black box are usually just there to highlight how amazing the contents are.
This is Li Ming's experience after reading novels for several years.
Upon hearing Li Ming's words, the black dog was overjoyed, its eyes shining.
It thought Li Ming was an idiot.
Based on common sense, the moonstone and the black box are the most important things; what's inside the box is just to conceal the existence of the moonstone and the black box.
"We're about to get rich!" Black Dog almost drooled, secretly cursing Li Ming for being blind.
Li Ming ignored the dog's expression and began fiddling with the dragon-patterned black box. After studying it for a while, he discovered that the moonstone and the dragon-patterned black box were not a pair at all.
The black box has no groove to hold the moonstone; it's completely bare.
There wasn't even a crack.
I suspect the black box with the dragon pattern inside is solid, given how heavy it is.
Li Ming brought the dragon-patterned black box close to his ear and shook it. He could hear a very faint rattling sound inside, indicating that there was definitely something inside.
However, the black box has no gaps, it is not a mortise and tenon structure, nor is it a Luban lock or Kongming lock.
I tried to use my divine sense to explore what was inside, but I couldn't find it; it was blocked from divine sense detection.
It considered dismantling it by force, but was afraid of damaging the contents.
dilemma.
"Woof woof..." the black dog barked softly twice.
"I need to study this black box myself. I can't give it to you. Moonstone is useless to me. You can take it and play with it, but don't throw it away. You might find it useful."
The black dog nodded, took the moonstone from Li Ming, and ran away with it, fearing that Li Ming would change his mind.
Li Ming didn't have time to deal with it and continued to study the dragon-patterned black box.
Two days have passed, and they still haven't been able to figure it out.
However, I have a feeling that what's in the black box might be related to the "Qi Cultivation Manual".
Since the appearance of the dragon-patterned black box, his Qi cultivation has been somewhat restless, with gushes surging out from time to time.
There must be something good inside.
Li Ming was busy cultivating and researching this thing, and didn't pay attention to the black dog until the third day when he saw strange changes on the black dog's body.
On that day, the black dog was cultivating, with a moonstone in front of him.
It was using the "Soul Nourishing Technique" to comprehend the moonstone, and strangely enough, it actually gained some insights. Li Ming saw a crescent moon appear above the black dog's head.
It's almost the same as that moonstone.
Li Ming reached out and touched the moon that appeared above the black dog's head; it was an illusion.
Li Ming guessed that this must be a strange phenomenon that the black dog had comprehended.
On the fifth day, Li Ming noticed that the black dog was in even better spirits, with a crescent moon fixed on its head and its eyes filled with a strong, domineering aura.
There was a feeling that they didn't take Li Ming seriously.
They've clearly gotten carried away.
Seeing that it was getting a bit arrogant, Li Ming beat it up, and only then did the black dog dare not be so cocky anymore.
Ten days have passed, and the dragon-patterned wooden box remains unsolved.
The black dog was somewhat different from others, somewhat strange, and even perverted.
That night, Li Ming discovered that the black dog had secretly slipped out. He used his divine sense to follow it and saw that the black dog came to the orchard. At first, he thought it was going to steal fruit to eat, but it turned out to be picking up tree branches at the bottom of the orchard.
The black dog gathered the branches together and piled them up, then set the dry branches on fire.
Soon, flames were raging.
A strange thing happened.
The black dog stuck its head into the flames, startling Li Ming. He thought it was going crazy and was about to intervene when he suddenly saw the black dog open its mouth and eat the flames bit by bit.
"What is this thing?" Li Ming was stunned. "Is it some kind of monster? How can it eat flames?"
Li Ming found it unbelievable.
Ever since the black dog obtained the moonstone, it has become strange. When it cultivates, a moon-like phenomenon appears above its head, and now it is even more out of control.
—Eat flames.
This was beyond Li Ming's comprehension, because Black Dog wasn't like this before.
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