The young man took off his baseball cap, revealing a pale, gaunt face. He looked to be in his early twenties. He wore a copper coin earring in his left ear, and the tattoo on his wrist was indeed half of the character "Wu." Strangely, the ink was fresh, as if it had been applied only recently.
"I heard you take in old artifacts here?" the young man asked, his voice raspy. He pulled a cloth bundle from his backpack. "It’s a family heirloom. Could you take a look?"
Mu Feng’s Mystic Pupil activated instantly. The object inside the bundle emitted a pale cyan glow—it was a genuine antique! But what concerned him more was the faint scent of medicinal herbs clinging to the young man—the exact same scent that had emanated from Professor Wu before he died.
Chapter 40