bioinnovel Chapter 19 The Contract of Time and Space
Chapter 19 The Contract of Time and Space
Lin Yuan looked at her.
"You've never been directed by anyone," she said.
"You forge your own path. Whether it's F-rank, E-rank, or something you fought your way through in the wasteland, every step you take is your own footprint."
She looked up, her eyes sparkling.
"And me? On Awakening Day, when I tested and got an S-rank, my father's eyes lit up. Not because he was happy for me, but because the Su family finally had a card they could play."
"In ten days, he used up three years' worth of resources from the Su family for me. He ate high-grade bone-tempering pills like food and drank ice-type spiritual herbs like water. Six rounds of bone tempering, first rank, level 3."
Do you know how I achieved that? He locked me in the cultivation room, forcing me to take medicine day and night, break through barriers, take more medicine, and break through barriers again.
She extended her left hand, palm up.
Her fingers were fair and slender, without a single callus. They possessed an innate sword-like quality, the perfect hand shape for the Su family's swordsmanship.
"These hands have never killed a single monster."
Lin Yuan remained silent.
Then he reached out and took her left hand.
Su Qingyue's body stiffened slightly.
"The engagement is dissolved," Lin Yuan said, his voice not loud, but very steady.
"But our relationship is not defined by a marriage contract. Your parents and my parents are sworn brothers. You and I grew up together. These things will not change because of the existence or absence of a marriage contract."
He released his grip and stood up.
"Su Qingyue, you are not a card played by the Su family. You are yourself."
After saying that, he walked out of the garden.
After taking a few steps, Su Qingyue's voice came from behind.
"Lin Yuan".
He stopped, but didn't turn around.
"Thank you."
Her voice had a slight nasal tone, but it was light and cheerful, as if she had put down something very heavy.
Lin Yuan smiled slightly, waved his hand, and strode out of the garden.
Su Zhen was already waiting in the main hall.
Compared to yesterday, he looks five years older.
His eyes were sunken, and the gray hair at his temples seemed to have increased significantly compared to yesterday.
Seeing Lin Yuan walk in, he didn't get up, but simply pointed to the chair opposite him.
Lin Yuan did not sit down.
"thing."
Su Zhen remained silent for a moment, then took out a palm-sized brocade box from his pocket and placed it on the table.
The brocade box is dark blue, with a thin layer of gray on the surface and wear marks on the corners, making it look quite old.
Su Zhen's hand rested on the brocade box for a long time, as if he were going through some kind of internal struggle.
Finally, he let go.
Lin Yuan opened the brocade box.
There was a ring inside.
A very ordinary ring.
The silver-white ring has no carvings, no gemstones, and even a dull oxide layer on its surface.
It looks like the kind of plain ring you can buy for a few dozen yuan at a roadside stall; no one would even give it a second glance if it were placed in a jewelry box.
If it weren't for the system, Lin Yuan would have really suspected that Su Zhen was just trying to fool him with something random.
[Unknown item detected. Consume ability points for identification?]
"Identification".
[100 Ability Points consumed, identification in progress...]
One hundred points? Lin Yuan's brows twitched slightly. Appraising other weapons only cost thirty points, but this ring actually cost one hundred.
The cost of system appraisal of items is usually proportional to the grade and complexity of the item.
A 100-point appraisal fee means that the ring is at least grade A or higher, and possibly even higher.
[Authentication complete.]
【Item Name: Contract of Time and Space (Ring Form)】
[Grade: S (Under Sealing)]
[Attribute: Space-Time System]
[Current Status: First layer of seal, unlock condition - injection of spacetime-based ability]
[Function: Unknown (Requires unlocking the first layer of seal)]
[Additional information: The ring contains a sealed dimensional space, within which strong summoning energy fluctuations remain.]
The specific summoning target and conditions can only be discovered after breaking deeper layers of the seal.
Lin Yuan's breath hitched for a moment.
S-rank. Time-space type. Summoning type.
What his parents left him was an S-grade time-space ring.
Moreover, judging from the system's description, the core function of this ring is likely to summon some kind of being.
Something was sealed in that dimensional space, waiting for his spacetime ability to awaken it.
How could his parents have such a thing?
An S-grade spacetime item is something that can cause a sensation throughout the entire Dragon Kingdom.
His parents had died in the monster tide sixteen years ago, but they left behind this ring.
Who were they in life?
Did they own the ring themselves, or were they holding it for someone else?
If it belongs to them, then their strength...
Lin Yuan suppressed his doubts and put the ring on the index finger of his left hand.
The moment the silver-white ring touched his skin, his spacetime ability surged automatically, as if touched by something.
The oxide layer on the surface of the ring shone slightly before returning to its original shine.
It was like a greeting.
Su Zhen had been observing his expression. Seeing Lin Yuan staring at the ring for so long, he couldn't help but ask, "What... is this ring?"
"You don't know?" Lin Yuan asked back.
Su Zhen's expression didn't seem like he was lying: "When your father entrusted it to us, he only said it was a token and asked me to keep it safe."
I checked it; there were no supernatural fluctuations, and the material couldn't be detected. It looks like an ordinary ring.
He paused, then added, "If your father hadn't repeatedly instructed me, I wouldn't have even put it in the Su family's secret room."
Lin Yuan understood.
There was indeed no supernatural energy fluctuation on the surface of the ring. The system also said that the first layer of seal could only be broken by spacetime supernatural energy.
Su Zhen is not a time-space ability user, so naturally he can't detect anything.
If he hadn't happened to awaken his spacetime ability, this ring would have been nothing more than a piece of scrap metal in his hands.
coincidence?
Or did his parents already know he would awaken the spacetime ability?
"Thank you for keeping it safe, Patriarch Su." Lin Yuan snapped out of his thoughts and nodded slightly to Su Zhen.
Goodbye.
He turned and walked out of the main hall without saying another word.
Su Zhen sat alone in the empty hall, watching Lin Yuan's figure disappear into the sunlight outside the door, and let out a long sigh.
As Lin Yuan walked out of the Su residence, he raised his left hand and looked at the unremarkable silver ring on his index finger.
Sunlight shines on the ring surface, but there is no reflection.
A contract of time and space.
S-class.
call.
He took a deep breath and was about to step away when the ring on his left index finger suddenly became slightly warm.
It wasn't the kind of heat he actively injected with his powers; rather, the ring reacted on its own.
At the same time, the black rune stone in his pocket suddenly became scalding hot.
Lin Yuan stopped in his tracks.
Probe, full power trigger.
It wasn't just a slight burning sensation like before, but an almost scorching high temperature; all three detection runes were activated simultaneously.