Unfilial disciple, do not ruin your master's dream of ascension and peaceful life.

The next day arrived.

Today is off-campus activity day.

To promote the all-round development of students in moral, intellectual, physical, and aesthetic aspects, each department at Haijing University of Science and Technology holds an off-campus activity day every two months, regularly organizing students to participate in various activities, each with different themes. This time, it was relatively simple: visiting a museum. The Municipal Museum recently held an exhibition of Wei and Jin Dynasty artifacts. Of course, no one was particularly interested in artifacts; everyone treated it as a fun outing.

As they prepared to depart, the students gathered in the school bus parking lot by class and lined up in groups of four, as assigned by their counselors. The boys were noisy and the girls were chatting and getting ready in small groups. Amidst the commotion, counselor Wu Shaogang (affectionately called Brother Wu by the younger students) had his eyebrows furrowed in worry.

(The atmosphere is so awkward...)

He sighed inwardly.

Qianjing didn't look well; there were shadows under her eyes, as if she hadn't slept well. Could it be that she was scolded by the principal?

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Haijing City History Museum.

This place houses many precious historical materials from the Paleolithic Age to modern times. It is a key national cultural and educational institution. However, because the collection focuses more on research value than on aesthetics and has not kept up with the trend of launching cultural and artistic merchandise, it is not popular among young people.

The counselors greeted the students listlessly, and the students filed in under their guidance, each group assigned a guide—but their guide was completely useless.

While instructing his juniors not to make a loud noise, Wu Shaogang kept an eye on Qian Jing. Qian Jing, usually so carefree, was unusually silent, her eyes showing hesitation, her pale lips pressed tightly together.

Of course, Qian Jing had no idea what his counselor was thinking. His anxiety grew stronger and stronger, and he was preoccupied with wondering who this fellow villager who had ascended to the top was.

He forced himself not to think too much and focused on the exhibits. He actually loved Earth's history—or rather, he was interested in everything about Earth. Everything on Earth exuded a sense of rigor, while the lower realm always seemed to have a casual, "it just works" feel to it. But right now, he simply wasn't in the mood to appreciate the exhibits.

Unable to contain his curiosity any longer, Wu Shaogang, almost as if possessed, struck up a conversation with Qian Jing:

"What exactly did the principal want to talk to you about yesterday? Did he want to expel you because you failed too many courses? But these kinds of things usually don't escalate to the level of school leaders, right?"

"If I really got fired, would I still be here?"

"So you got into trouble outside? Like that unlucky guy from Class 3 who went to meet someone he met online and got scammed?"

"How could that be?"

"What happened? I'm very curious!"

"The principal was at the age of 'wolf and tiger' (indeed), so he took a fancy to me, who was full of vigor and strength (indeed strong), and would often ask me to discuss the mysteries of life (referring to the murder case). That big drum was really something (the wording is rough, but it was indeed big)."

"Are you kidding me!?"

"See, I told you but you didn't believe me."

"Really...?"

Wu Shaogang stood there, questioning his existence, his worldview shattering. A college student forcefully conquering a cold, strong woman—this plot is starting to sound more and more like an old-fashioned urban novel.

Qianjing ignored him and continued to admire the exhibits.

(Huh? What's this?)

A jade box in a large display case caught his eye.

It's not big, basically the size of a game controller, square in shape, and the material looks like Xiuyan jade, but it's just a mid-to-low-grade jade. You can find plenty of it at places like Panjiayuan.

Its surface is engraved with some light patterns, including common patterns such as auspicious clouds, some patterns shaped like snakes, and some characters that look like ancient Chinese characters but are not ancient Chinese characters.

The display case is labeled "Jin Dynasty Cloud and Snake Pattern Xiuyan Jade Mechanical Box". The description below is "Excavated from the Western Jin Dynasty tombs in the northern suburbs of Ye City. It is speculated to have been made by a skilled craftsman in the early Western Jin Dynasty. It is speculated to have been a container for storing important objects or an educational toy for children. The jade box is kept tightly closed by a mechanism. To prevent damage, we have not yet tried to open it. The scan shows that the inside is empty."

The "mechanism box" doesn't look special from the outside, and the sign says it's empty inside. Tourists will only glance at it at most when they pass by.

Only Qianjing stopped to admire it.

In the cultivation world, those who can reach the top level may not have exceptional talent, family support, or even the fighting spirit to practice diligently, but they definitely, definitely, definitely have the intuition to identify treasures.

His discerning eye, honed in his past life, told him this thing was extraordinary, and he was about to move closer to admire it—

"Stop! What are you doing!?" "I'm talking to you, you!!!!" "Stop!!!" "Don't run!!" "Stop right there!!!!"

Suddenly, a security guard's angry roar came from not far away, echoing between the museum walls and instantly ruining the atmosphere! Students and tourists looked in surprise in the direction of the sound, only to see a girl dressed in ancient costume (presumably rented from a shop that rips off tourists) rushing into the exhibition hall at an astonishing speed, with five or six security guards chasing after her!

Her hair was disheveled, she was panting heavily, and her face was so serious that she looked like she was about to kill someone. As soon as she entered the exhibition hall, she rushed straight towards them!

The tourists were intimidated by her imposing presence and quickly made way for her! She acted decisively, grabbing the solid iron railing next to the display case and smashing it against the case containing the jade box without saying a word!

"careful."

Qianjing quickly pulled the counselor away from where she stood frozen in shock, but her eyes remained fixed on the strange, crazy woman.

The girl was much stronger than she looked. The solid iron railing next to the display case weighed at least 200 pounds, which she lifted with gritted teeth and smashed the glass of the jade box display case without saying a word! These exhibits were of great academic value but had little practical economic value, so the glass used was not high-end material like bulletproof glass, and it shattered easily under the impact of the enormous force!

Crash!!!

Glass shards flew everywhere, and tourists screamed and dodged, the girl completely ignoring the cuts that were inflicted on her hands and face by the glass shards.

"This is it!"

—He grabbed the jade box in one swift motion!

Even the security guards were intimidated by her imposing presence, surrounding her and not daring to approach! At this moment, her expression was like that of a lion that had caught its prey, holding the jade box high above her head, as if she were about to do something extremely dangerous!

She shouted in a high-pitched voice:

"Heaven and earth are clear and bright, all things and life abound, righteous energy flows freely, all laws originate from the heart, the true energy of the world heeds my command, so be it!!"

However, nothing happened.

Everyone was completely baffled.

"Huh? Why isn't it responding? That's not right..."

The girl panicked immediately, and the security guards, realizing what was happening, swarmed forward!