697 Treasure (2/2)

”What's this? What's its use?” Zhou Wen took out the hourglass and sized it up.

The sand in the hourglass was slowly flowing from one end to the other.

The sand was a type of white sand, not common yellow sand. It looked even finer.

”It's possible to obtain something strange in the treasure chest. It's hard to tell if it's of any use. Perhaps this hourglass will be of some use,” An Sheng said.

Zhou Wen nodded and was about to put away the hourglass when he discovered something strange.

As he was about to put it in his backpack, Zhou Wen held the hourglass horizontally. Strangely, when the hourglass became horizontal, the sand didn't stop flowing. It continued falling in another direction.

Strange! Zhou Wen picked up the hourglass and sized it up again. He saw that the sand was flowing horizontally, completely violating the laws of physics.

Zhou Wen overturned the hourglass. The sand that should have flowed down flowed upstream without any intention of falling. It looked extremely strange.

This hourglass sure is extraordinary! Zhou Wen fiddled with the hourglass curiously. No matter how he oriented the hourglass, the sand inside stubbornly flowed in the same direction.

However, other than that, there was nothing special about it. Zhou Wen injected his Essence Energy, but it didn't affect the hourglass. It was as though it was an Essence Energy insulator.

Seeing that the hourglass didn't have any special effects, Zhou Wen placed it in his backpack and continued searching for other treasure chests with An Sheng.

During the time they were here, the stone house's location changed again. An Sheng kept calculating, and after doing so, he continued walking with Zhou Wen.

After walking for about half an hour, Zhou Wen suddenly heard a ”ding” that sounded like the notification of an electric oven.

Zhou Wen and An Sheng jumped in fright before realizing that the sound came from the backpack.

Zhou Wen opened his backpack with a strange expression. There weren't any mechanical objects inside, nor were there any clocks.

Zhou Wen suddenly realized that the sand in the hourglass had been completely emptied. All the sand had entered one chamber.

Could it be that the sound was produced by it? Zhou Wen felt that there was no other possibility.

He kept looking at it. Apart from the sand beginning to flow in reverse, nothing happened.

After putting the hourglass back into his backpack, the two of them continued walking. However, just as they stepped into the next stone house, they suddenly realized that a beam of light had lit up inside.

All the stone houses Zhou Wen and An Sheng had passed through previously were the same. They didn't differ from one another, nor were there any carvings on the walls.

However, there was a mural that resembled a phoenix on the wall of the stone house. It was still emitting light as though it was about to come to life.

Just as the phoenix mural lit up, the tunnel in the stone house automatically sealed shut.