In his pocket, Zhang Tie saw a regular object, which was smaller than an egg, in the middle of one of the halves of the pyrite. There seemed to be a beautiful pattern on it. If the piece of pyrite had not been forcefully thrown onto the ground, nobody would have discovered that there was an object inside the pyrite. Given its appearance, Zhang Tie knew that it was not formed naturally. Zhang Tie estimated that it would take at least hundreds of millions of years for a pyrite to form. There was an object inside the pyrite hundreds of millions of years ago...
Hundreds of millions of years ago...
An unnaturally formed object...
That beautiful pattern...
When these information points appeared in Zhang Tie's mind, he felt that his heart suddenly stopped beating.
On the way home, Zhang Tie could still maintain a normal pace at the beginning. However, when he was closer to home, he could no longer suppress his excitement and started to move faster and faster. In the end, he even started to run. As he ran, he put one hand into his trouser pocket, tightly grasping that piece of pyrite, afraid that it would fall out. Not knowing whether it was due to his nervousness, Zhang Tie felt that the piece of pyrite in his hand was becoming hotter and hotter.
When he returned home, his mom was steaming rice brew in the kitchen. Hearing Zhang Tie's hurried footsteps, she didn't turn around. Instead, she called out, "I've saved the food for you. It's still hot, eat slowly!"
"Mom, I've already eaten outside!"
After saying this, Zhang Tie directly rushed upstairs without eating anything. Since his elder brother wasn't here today, it was much quieter at home. He pulled down the stairs and came to his own small nest in the attic. After putting away the stairs and inserting the bolts on the floor, he lit the lamp and pulled down the curtains and double-layered wooden partitions. When there was only Zhang Tie in the narrow space and he didn't need to worry about being seen by others, Zhang Tie sat on the bed and started to pant.
Panting heavily, Zhang Tie couldn't wait to take out the half piece of pyrite from his trouser pocket. He put it under the light and carefully observed it. The moment he saw it, he couldn't move his eyes away anymore...
The thing wrapped in the middle of the pyrite was like a slightly smaller oval crystal egg. Its surface was engraved with complex and beautiful grains and patterns, which faintly formed an arch. Inside the egg, Zhang Tie could faintly see a small sapling, which was too delicate to be man-made.
Two-thirds of the crystal egg had been exposed, while one-third of it was stuck with the rest of the pyrite. Zhang Tie tried to pull it out by hand. With a bit of force, he pulled it out of the cracked pyrite, revealing its full appearance. There was no yolk inside the crystal egg. The "yolk" part was a small sapling, while the "egg white" part was flowing with something like mercury. After taking a closer look, Zhang Tie found that the "mercury" seemed to be a colorful haze, which was extremely beautiful. Revolving around the small sapling, the haze was full of mysteriousness. Just now, Zhang Tie had discovered this thing because of the faint flickering of the colorful haze.
During the noon training, Zhang Tie's hands had been covered with blisters. Probably because he was in a hurry to come back and had tightly grasped this piece of pyrite, the edges and corners of the pyrite had scratched several places where he had scratched the blisters. As a result, the pyrite and the crystal egg were stained with Zhang Tie's blood, making the crystal egg look ugly. When Zhang Tie wiped off the blood stain on the crystal egg with his sleeve, he was surprised to find that the dark red blood stain on the crystal egg was not wiped off. Instead, it seemed to have been absorbed and slowly seeped into the crystal egg. Not only that, the faint layer of blood stain gradually became smaller and larger as it sank into the crystal egg. Otherwise, if the blood stain was starved to death, everything would be gone.
Not daring to make too much noise, Zhang Tie stealthily put down the stairs of the attic and sneaked downstairs to the kitchen with the oil lamp in hand. He then started to look for food. Thankfully, the staple food last night was boiled sweet potatoes, which tasted as good even when they were cold. There was a large plate of boiled sweet potatoes left in the kitchen, which contained seven or eight sweet potatoes. Without thinking too much, Zhang Tie quickly gobbled up all of them. After that, he was shocked to find that his appetite was so excessive. These seven or eight sweet potatoes weighed at least one catty. Usually, even if he was hungry, he could only eat half of them. What was wrong with him today? That was not all. After eating so much, Zhang Tie felt that he was only half full. At the same time, he felt thirsty, so he drank two more ladles of water. After finishing three bowls of rice brew, his stomach warmed up and he felt indescribably comfortable. It was an experience that he had never experienced before.
After washing his face and rinsing his mouth, Zhang Tie stealthily returned to his nest. After taking off his clothes and lying on the bed, Zhang Tie tossed and turned, but he couldn't fall asleep. Finally, he made up his mind that since he couldn't fall asleep, he would cultivate. After sitting on the bed and regulating his breath for a while, he closed his eyes and visualized the abacus according to the requirements of "Mental Arithmetic by Abacus". All of a sudden, Zhang Tie found that there was something extra in his consciousness or mind. When Zhang Tie focused on that extra thing, it rapidly became clear in his consciousness. After seeing it clearly, Zhang Tie almost burst into tears. That thing in the depth of his consciousness was that quaint and brilliant arched door that he had seen on the shell of the crystal egg just now. The arched door quietly floated in the depth of his consciousness. When Zhang Tie focused on it with his consciousness, it rapidly enlarged and became clear in his consciousness. … …
'It seems … it seems that I can enter it.' A vague voice seemed to be reminding Zhang Tie in his mind. Even Zhang Tie himself didn't know why he would have such a thought. Then, Zhang Tie really looked at the quaint and gorgeous arched door and said, "Go in!"
At this moment, the 15-year-old youth still hadn't realized that because of this voice, his life would no longer be ordinary from now on.
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