Chapter 16 – Birthday Present (2/2)

“Your majesty, I would like to boldly ask something. Where did this box come from?” After the alchemists finished laughing foolishly, they started to ask about this curiously.

“About this, we would have to thank our little birthday boy, our Ye Family’s little prince. You guys should also go over there and congratulate him on his birthday.” The emperor pointed to the little thirteenth prince who was playing a game, a game which was not known to all in the banquet.

“??” At the beginning, the alchemists did not understood why the little prodigal son would have any relationship with this matter. However, they quickly recalled that it must be that this rumored ultra-prodigal son had bought the box from who knows where. At an earlier time, they had already heard that this little prodigal son’s luck was always very mystical.

Bringing up this subject, this matter was indeed a very very lucky one. In fact, in the past few hundred years, this box would appear in some auction house or grocery store from time to time, and the price would always be high to bid.

According to Ban, he was hoping that the person who would inherit his alchemy techniques will be someone with high alchemic techniques, and the people employed by Ban would not reveal any information about the box.

However, once someone gets the box, they would immediately announce it to the whole world, to prevent the fated person from inheriting Ban’s alchemist techniques.

Luckily these individuals announced it to the whole world. Otherwise, this box would definitely lie dormant within Tigress’s space pouch, with no chance ever to see light again.

For the purpose of expressing their thanks to the little prodigal son’s ‘meritorious service’, the alchemists came up to congratulate him for his birthday, but they suddenly remembered that they did not have any gift to present him.

As they came here hurriedly, how could they have had any time to prepare a gift? However, someone immediately thought of a good method.

“Little Ye prince, I wish you a happy birthday. I don’t have anything good to give you, so I will give you this book instead.” An alchemist took out a book and gave it to the little prodigal son. Of course, a book taken out by an alchemist would of course be a book about alchemy.

A book is the source of knowledge. Although giving out a book as a birthday present was not very fancy, however it would not be old-fashioned and no one would also say that it was not suitable either. Moreover, it is ok to give a book to someone, no matter if they were old or young.

When someone began to give a book, the other alchemists started to give out books as well. They would always bring along books and materials about alchemy with them wherever they were, and that also prevented each other from giving the same book to the little thirteenth prince.

These people were the continent’s top-notch alchemists. Although they were only giving away books, these books however were very precious, which could only be discovered but could not be purchased.

Although the little prodigal son did not understood why all those people suddenly came over and gave him books, he still accepted them unrestrainedly.

“This box……let me take a look……” Suddenly, the little prodigal son looked at the box on the alchemist’s hand and made a confused expression.

At this time, towards the little prodigal son’s confused expression, everyone seemed to understand that the little prodigal son was thinking if this box was the previous box.

If it was the request from someone else they would have refused it immediately. However, right now, they knew that the original owner of the box was the little prodigal son. As a result, they passed the box to the little prodigal son hesitatingly, while at the same time telling him to be careful with it.

“What is this thing?” The little prodigal son looked at the box for a while and then asked while pointing to one of the alchemy formations on the box.

“This is a type of defensive alchemy formation which interlocks with the others alchemy formations on the side and covers the whole box. This alchemy formation can help protect the box to stay intact and also at the same time guarantees that others cannot use other types of methods to open this box. This is the first time that I have seen this type of alchemy formation arrangement. As for what it does, we will have to study it slowly.” One of the alchemist replied very professionally.

“Oh……” The little prodigal son looked at the box and replied.