Sitting on the chair, Dorothy didn't immediately flip through the Praise of the cup mother. Instead, she put it aside, closed the briefcase on the desk, put it down, and then picked up another briefcase from the side and placed it on the desk.
This briefcase was stolen by Brandon from the An Yin Bureau. It contained items from the An Yin Bureau's sealed vault. Although most of it was gone because of the fierce old lady at the front desk suddenly taking action, a little bit still remained.
Taking a deep breath, Dorothy opened the box and began to inspect its contents. She found that there was indeed a bit little inside, just a single extraordinary item in addition to some Spirituality storage items.
First, Dorothy found six gold coins engraved with sun symbols and two silver coins engraved with moon symbols in the briefcase, as well as a thumb-sized small Stone carving. According to the passive effect of the Appraisal Technique, these were Spirituality storage items. Each gold coin stored a bit of """Lamp""", each silver coin stored a bit of """Shadow""", and the small statue stored """Stone""".
'So that's six points of 'Lamp', two points of'Shadow', and one point of """Stone"""? That's not bad. For me, 'Lamp' and'Shadow' are both very practical Spirituality. Investigation and concealment are both very important.'
After examining the Spirituality storage items, Dorothy shifted her gaze to the remaining extraordinary item in the box. It was an old book with a bronze cover. There were no markings or text on the cover. After examining the front and back, Dorothy opened it and saw pages of yellowed blank pages. She flipped through the entire book from beginning to end, but not a single word could be seen inside, just like a scratchpad.
'Well, look at that, a wordless heavenly book.'
Looking at the blank book in front of her, Dorothy couldn't help but complain. Of course, she knew that something stolen from the An Yin Bureau wouldn't be an ordinary item. So, she used the passive effect of the Appraisal Technique to observe it carefully and found that the book was surrounded by faint purple light, indicating that it was an extraordinary item related to the Spirituality of """enlightenment""".
'It's actually something related to 'Qi' (Awakening/Enlightenment). Interesting. It seems necessary to figure out exactly what this thing is used for...'
Thinking this, Dorothy picked up a gold coin from the box, preparing to appraise the wordless heavenly book in front of her.
Grabbing paper, a pen, and drawing tools, Dorothy drew a magic circle with the meaning of """Lamp""" according to the knowledge of Appraisal Technique in her mind. She placed the book in the center of the circle and methodically arranged the appraisal ritual.
If Dorothy herself had stored the Spirituality of """Lamp""", then the Appraisal Technique could be used directly. But if """Lamp""" was an external object, then a corresponding ritual would need to be arranged, which was more troublesome.
Fortunately, the appraisal ritual was relatively simple, and Dorothy quickly completed the arrangement. Then, she actively activated the Appraisal Technique. With the consumption of the Spirituality of """Lamp""", the gold coin on the magic circle suddenly became dim and lusterless, and the information about the appraised item directly appeared in Dorothy's mind.
"book-sea navigation record"
"Words written on this book will be able to set sail within the book. If the Spirituality of 'Qi' (Awakening/Enlightenment) is injected, the words can enter the book-sea. The words written on the book are always linked to this book."
'What the heck is this, a book that can make words set sail?'
Examining the appraisal result in her mind, Dorothy was completely bewildered. For a moment, she couldn't figure out what the book was used for. She furrowed her brows and began to ponder.
'This means... it can make the written words undergo some peculiar changes, allowing the words to set sail. And what exactly "set sail" means needs a little experiment.'
While thinking, Dorothy directly opened the wordless book and placed it in front of her, then picked up a pen, ready to write something on it, but found that she couldn't decide what to write for a moment.
After some thought, she wrote a Prit word on the blank page.
"""Knowledge""".
The letters were imprinted on the page. Then Dorothy put down her pen and began to stare at the elegant handwriting in front of her, waiting for a change, which didn't take long.
Dorothy saw that the letters on the yellowed page began to visibly twist slightly, as if they had come alive with life!
Then, the word seemed to turn into a small fish, twisting its body and swimming all over the page, sometimes here, sometimes there, like a real living creature.
'Wow, it's moving... This is fun...'
Seeing this scene, Dorothy couldn't help but think curiously, and then watched the word swim on the page with even more interest. However, after watching for a while, a question arose in her heart.
'It's fun, it's fun... but what's the use?'
Looking at the word swimming on the page, Dorothy couldn't help but stroke her chin and think. She seemed to be pondering what this book could be used for, but after thinking for a long time, she couldn't come up with anything conclusive.
'Ah, ah... It feels like a very useless function. Is this all there is to the extraordinary item kept by the An Yin Bureau?'
Looking at the word swimming back and forth in front of her, Dorothy really couldn't think of any other use for it besides as a magic trick. Then she suddenly realized that this book was an extraordinary item of """enlightenment""". So, would injecting """enlightenment""" into it cause any changes?
'Just right, I still have a little inherent 'Qi' (Awakening/Enlightenment) left today. Let's give it a try.'
Thinking this, Dorothy placed her hand on the book, injecting a "point" of enlightenment Spirituality into it. Then she released her hand and continued to look at the page.
Then, she found that the word on the page was swimming even faster!
'Ah... injecting 'Qi' (Awakening/Enlightenment) makes the word swim faster, that's more fun... but... what's the use?'
Dorothy thought disappointedly. Just then, the word swimming on the page suddenly accelerated and rushed towards the edge of the page. Just as Dorothy thought it was about to hit the edge, it actually swam past the edge and disappeared.
'What the heck?'
Seeing this scene, Dorothy was startled. She then turned the book to the next page and saw the word swimming there at the moment. However, after swimming a couple of times, it rushed to the next page again.
'This... this can swim between pages?'
Then Dorothy continued to flip through the pages, watching the word she had written swim page after page, and after reaching the last page, it swam out of the page edge again and disappeared.
Seeing this scene, Dorothy flipped through the entire book from beginning to end, but didn't find any trace of the swimming word. The word seemed to have swam directly out of this book!
Dorothy was stunned for a moment. Then, the corner of her eye caught sight of a newspaper on the desk. Dorothy then discovered that the word she had written was actually swimming continuously between the lines of the newspaper, and then swam out from the edge of the newspaper page, appearing on Dorothy's textbook.
'This thing can swim from one book to another?'
Seeing this scene, Dorothy immediately understood the deeper function of this book. Just as she was about to further study the character that had swam out of the book, the word continued to swim out of Dorothy's textbook, swimming into books on the bookshelf that Dorothy couldn't see, then swimming out of Dorothy's room, swimming into other texts in the apartment building. Then its swimming speed became faster and faster, and in an instant, it swam out of Nanyang Road, swam out of Igwinte, and swam towards the vast and boundless book-sea.
Seeing the words that had completely disappeared from the desk, Dorothy's mouth twitched slightly, and then she thought.
'This is a bit too fun...'