Vogue stared into the opened jade box, his expression frozen in genuine shock as his mind struggled to process what he was seeing.
The box was… empty.
Completely, utterly empty.
There was no ancient scroll containing the secrets of Devilfall Valley. No precious artifact. No cultivation manual. Not even a single medicinal pill or spiritual stone.
Just an empty jade container lined with silk padding that had clearly been designed to hold something valuable—but currently held absolutely nothing at all.
What the hell? Vogue's thoughts raced frantically. Is this some kind of joke? Did Family Head Marcus give me a decoy box? Or was the real treasure already removed before we even entered the ruin?
He turned the box over carefully, examining every surface with both his eyes and his spiritual sense. He checked for hidden compartments, spatial compressions, illusion techniques—anything that might explain this baffling emptiness.
