"Three Thousand, where did you get this thing from? Never mind, let's go to your room directly! Fatty is out of sorts, let's not disturb him."

Yang Yan stood up and said.

Once in Three Thousand's room, Yang Yan fiddled with the Black Magic Cube while looking at Three Thousand, clearly wanting to figure out where exactly it came from.

"You know about me, Gongsun Ruyan, and that Qiongqi entering the Secret Realm, right?"

Three Thousand asked instead of answering.

"Yeah! Fatty and the others mentioned it. Don't tell me, this thing came out of the Secret Realm?"

Yang Yan tossed the cube up, smiling as he asked.

"Yes! This cube was obtained from the Secret Realm. We received your message telling us to return to Huaxia, and on the way back, I stumbled upon the Secret Realm."

"But it wasn't open at that time, and when it was about to open, Three Thousand happened to pass by, so I called him to go into the Secret Realm together."

A woman who seemed detached from worldly affairs walked in, her voice sounded exceptionally sweet.

"Tell me, what is the Secret Realm like? Also, where was the cube placed?"

Yang Yan asked immediately.

"We haven't seen each other in so long, and the first thing you ask is about the cube, not how I'm doing? Are you saying, in your heart, the cube is more important than me? I'm so hurt!"

The woman looked at Yang Yan, speaking with a face full of grievance.

Hearing the woman's words, Three Thousand trained his eyes on his nose, nose on heart.

Yang Yan, too, furrowed his brows heavily.

"No way! Of course, Ruyan is more important. I can do away with this cube."

After saying that, Yang Yan casually tossed the cube backward, allowing it to trace a beautiful arc and land accurately on the bed.

"That's more like it!"

Gongsun Ruyan's sorrowful face immediately blossomed into a smile.

She then seriously said:

"However, the cube is indeed quite important too! You all know of Pandora's Box, right? I suspect this thing is of the same type."

Gongsun Ruyan walked over, picked up the cube, and began to fiddle with it quickly.

"Pandora's Box huh? Could this thing indeed be Pandora's Cube?"

After glancing at the cube, Yang Yan asked with a puzzled expression.

"Pandora, according to legend, is made by Western gods from clay as the first woman, then sent to humans as punishment for Prometheus stealing Celestial Fire. The gods' gifts made her more alluring."

"It's said the Fire God made her a splendid gold dress; the Goddess of Love gave her the power to charm and seduce men; the Messenger of God taught her language..."

"Basically, all gods gave her something. Only the Goddess of Wisdom, Athena, refused to gift her. Therefore, this woman lacked wisdom and acted without thinking."

Three Thousand said calmly.

"What does all this have to do with the cube?"

Yang Yan asked again, frowning.

"That woman is a fool! This thing is what she made through Pandora's Box."

Three Thousand suddenly laughed.

"Still don't get it!" Yang Yan shook his head blankly, "Just tell me what exactly this thing is?"

Yang Yan said while taking the cube from Gongsun Ruyan, continuing to fumble with it.

Three Thousand gently shook his head, teasingly said:

"Inside that box is believed to contain all evils of the world—greed, falsehood, slander, jealousy, pain, etc."

"When she opened the box, releasing these things, Zeus, that old dog, before hope was let out, ordered her to close the box."

"But that foolish woman eventually opened the box again. This cube is hope!"

Upon hearing Gongsun Ruyan's explanation, Yang Yan felt enlightened and scrutinized the cube in his hand, murmuring to himself:

"That's peculiar. Why would this thing end up on our side? It makes no sense!"

"It's also my worry. I've heard that someone from the West got the River Map."

A deep flash of worry crossed Gongsun Ruyan's smile.

"What? Someone from the West acquired the River Map! Is the information reliable?"

Yang Yan asked in astonishment.

The River Map and Luoshu are like twins, inseparable.

But now, Luoshu is with Yang Yan, while there's no news of the River Map, only unexpected that it somehow ended up with the West.

"Not only that, someone from Rui Country got the spear that stabbed Jesus. Isn't that strange?"

Three Thousand threw in another bombshell.

"Haha! It's getting more interesting. I encountered the Twelve Titans' followers shortly after returning to Huaxia. And I happened to take one out."

"Back then, I was curious why they would risk coming to Huaxia's land, but now it seems they were looking for something!"

Yang Yan continued fiddling with the cube, a faint killing intent at the corner of his mouth.

He then tossed the cube to Three Thousand, smilingly said:

"Alright, stop researching this. Whether it's hope or legend, just a bunch of old geezers from the Hidden World, not as mystical as claimed!"

"This thing isn't from our Eastern power system, can't be opened, no need to waste time. Similarly, them obtaining the River Map is useless."

"Now, try to find out whose hands the River Map is in, use this thing to trade it back."

Gongsun Ruyan, holding the cube, asked somewhat unwillingly:

"Can we really not open this? There's no smoke without fire, with such notoriety surely there's something to it."

It's understandable.

This cube, after all, is something she nearly died getting from the small Secret Realm. Asking her to give up like this is indeed difficult.

"Regardless of whether it can be opened, we truly have no use for this! I'm more curious about how it ended up in Huaxia?"

"Also, we must quickly figure out how the River Map fell into Western hands! I recall, the River Map is supposed to be carried by the Dragon Horse, right?"

"I heard not long ago the River Map emerged, how is it now in the West?"

Though the Hidden World forces continuously fight, each force's territories are clearly divided.

Crossing borders is almost impossible.

The Eastern belongs to the East, the Western belongs to the West, with different races and cultures, distinctly different cultivation systems.

Yet now, Eastern is going to the West, and Western to the East, it's completely messed up.

Surely, without mysterious forces driving this, Yang Yan wouldn't believe it to death.

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