Me! A high-ranking official!

I was so focused on testing the "retract" and "extract" functions that I didn't have time to look at them closely.

Now that he's calmed down, he realizes that the little bowl is much more exquisite than he imagined.

The bowl is a dark brass color, but it is not copper. It feels warm and smooth to the touch, like old jade.

The patterns on the outer wall have been blurred by time, but you can still vaguely make out some winding lines, like words or pictures.

The rim of the bowl flares slightly outward with a smooth curve, and the bottom tapers into a low ring foot. The overall shape is simple and heavy, clearly not a modern item.

He turned the bowl over and looked at the bottom.

The bottom of the bowl was nothing special; it was just a smooth, flat, dark yellow base with nothing on it.

wrong.

He brought the bowl closer, his eyes almost touching the rim, and only then did he realize that the bottom of the bowl wasn't completely blank. Under the light, some faint textures appeared on the bottom of the bowl, very shallow and very faint, as if they had been engraved with an extremely fine needle tip, and could not be noticed at all without careful observation.

He squinted, staring intently at the patterns, trying to figure out exactly what was engraved.

The lines were strange, winding and twisting, unlike any writing he recognized, but rather like some kind of ancient runes. As he looked at them, he suddenly felt dizzy.

It felt like I was being sucked into the bottom of a bowl. The surrounding scenery began to distort and deform. The dining table, chairs, and walls all turned into blurry shadows and rushed backward.

He was startled and tried to pull his hand back, but he felt like he was nailed to the chair and couldn't move at all.

The dizziness lasted for about three or four seconds, and then suddenly stopped.

He blinked and found himself still in the restaurant, the surrounding scenery had returned to normal, but the bottom of the bowl had changed.

The bottom of the bowl was no longer the smooth, flat, dark yellow base; instead, a line of words appeared.

A line of antique-style characters, with complex strokes and an archaic structure, resembled both seal script and clerical script. The characters were dark gold in color, shimmering slightly, and floated neatly at the bottom of the bowl.

Do you want to link your current city?

Below are two more options, "Yes" and "No," also in the same dark gold ancient script.

He stared at those four words, stunned.

Link to your current city?

What does that mean?

He frowned and pondered for a long time, but couldn't figure it out. However, he vaguely felt that since this small bowl could enter his body and make him stronger and better at seeing, it must not be an ordinary object. The fact that it was asking him if he wanted to bind to it must be some kind of "recognition of master" process.

Since things have come to this, why not bind it? Why keep it until the New Year?

He tentatively reached into his consciousness and touched the word "yes".

The moment consciousness touched the bottom of the bowl, the word "is" lit up briefly, then all four words disappeared simultaneously. Immediately afterwards, a new line of text appeared at the bottom of the bowl.

The current population of Linshui County is 373242.

Earnings today: 373242 yuan.

The text lingered for about three seconds, then slowly sank, as if sinking to the bottom of a bowl, and finally turned into a string of small characters in the lower left corner: 373242.

Zhao Jianguo stared at the string of numbers, his mind a complete blank.

Three hundred and seventy-three thousand two hundred and forty-two?

Is this money?

How did he obtain it?

Before he could figure it out, the bottom of the bowl lit up again.

This time, it wasn't just one or two words that appeared, but an entire text, neatly arranged from top to bottom, all in those dark gold ancient seal script characters.

The basin appears empty, and ancient seal script floats and sinks.

Any request shall be made hereby established.

I will repay you double for what you desire.

If the seven days are completed, not a single fraction will be missed.

If the payment is insufficient, the pot may be chosen by the customer:

First, I will plunder your wealth, or break your limbs;

I may take away your life, or I may take away your thoughts;

I may sever your ties, or erase your name.

What to choose and how many to take is not something you can know.

There is no demand or repayment, no complaint or grievance.

A promise made is a promise kept, even in the afterlife.

Heaven and earth bear witness, the sun and moon shine together.

He read on, word by word, and the more he read, the more uneasy he felt.

He roughly understood the meaning of the poem.

This treasure bowl has a lending function; he can borrow things from it, but he must repay double within seven days. If he cannot repay, the treasure bowl will automatically take away something of equal value from him.

What are you collecting?

The first priority is property, then limbs, then lifespan, then memories, emotions, skills, then fate, and finally name.

He wouldn't know in advance what he would borrow or how much; it was all decided randomly by the treasure bowl. And once it was borrowed, there was no room for negotiation, no going back.

"A promise made is a promise kept," meaning that even if you die, you still have to pay the price.

Zhao Jianguo felt a chill run down his spine.

This isn't a treasure trove, it's a debt to the King of Hell!

As he was thinking, the poem slowly disappeared, and then a light shone from the bottom of the bowl. After the light faded, six ancient seal characters appeared, arranged in two lines, horizontally at the top of the bottom of the bowl.

Money, physical strength, lifespan, spirit, karma, elixirs.

Six categories.

Zhao Jianguo steadied himself and scanned the six labels one by one.

Beneath the words "money," several lines of smaller characters faintly emerge: silver coins, pure gold, land deeds, house deeds, treasures...

Below the physical body are: physical strength, agility, eyesight, hearing, internal organs...

Lifespan: Age, lifespan...

Soul: Memory, emotions, skills...

Cause and effect: fortune, interpersonal relationships, marriage, blessings...

His gaze fell on the last label.

Elixir.

These two characters are more archaic than the other five labels, and the strokes seem to exude a faint medicinal fragrance, which calms the mind just by looking at them.

He tentatively focused his gaze on the words "elixir".

A flash of light appeared at the bottom of the bowl, and the interface suddenly unfolded.

Below the pill interface are numerous options arranged in a dense array, each accompanied by an explanation in ancient seal script.

The top row contains ordinary pills.

Qubing San: It can treat common ailments such as wind-cold, fever, cough and asthma.

Bone-setting plaster: Broken bones can be reconnected and healed in seven days.

Detoxification pills: can detoxify poisons from plants, snakes, insects, and minerals.

Wound medicine: For wounds caused by knives and swords, it stops bleeding instantly and promotes tissue regeneration within three days.

Further down, the quality of the pills is clearly a level higher.

Xiao Huan Dan: It can heal damage to the five internal organs and six bowels.

The Great Rejuvenating Elixir: Can heal severe injuries to the dantian and dantian.

Marrow Cleansing Pill: It can cleanse the marrow and transform one's body.

Zhao Jianguo read line by line, his heart pounding faster and faster.

Then he saw the bottom row.

There weren't many pills in that row, only seven or eight, but each one was surrounded by a layer of pale golden light, making it completely different from the ordinary pills above.

Rejuvenating Pill: It can cure hundreds of incurable diseases such as venereal diseases, boils, syphilis, venereal diseases, tuberculosis, bloating, diabetes, and other serious illnesses.

Zhao Jianguo stared intently at those five words.

Rejuvenating Pill!

It can treat venereal diseases, boils, syphilis, and other skin infections...