Forensic Imperial Concubine novel Chapter 718

She was confused. No matter how many pages she turned, all those were left blank. Even though this made her feel frustrated, she didn't want to give up. She kept on turning the pages, finding one blank page after another. Finally, on the last page, she found a strange picture. "This is…" she murmured in hesitation.

"It may be how the Sacred Seal looks. Based on this information, it wouldn't be that difficult for you to find what you want," Matthew said in a firm tone. "But, it's never that easy to find such a small object."

Harper gave a bitter smile. It would be difficult to search for such a small thing in the world. It was like searching for a needle in a haystack. The two parts of the Sacred Seal must have been kept in hiding in the secret and vital places of the South Kingdom and the Wonder Kingdom, just like where the Heavenly Books had been kept.

"I'm afraid that'd be all for today. Let's leave now," Harper said as she put the book back to the shelf and took her hand back. Suddenly, something rolled down from the shelf and fell into her hand. She looked at the dark thing in her hand, brought it closer to her eye, and observed it carefully. "What's it?" she asked in confusion.

"It looks to be a tripod…" Matthew said, with doubt in his voice. It was covered with verdigris, and didn't seem like something precious. But why was it kept here? "It might be something related to the Qin Clan," he added suspiciously.

Harper inspected it, but couldn't find anything of interest. She was about to put it back, but Matthew stopped her. "Don't put it back. Take it with you. If it's something from the Qin Clan, we may find it useful at some point of time."

Harper hesitated for a moment, and then took it into her pocket. Matthew was right. Although it looked tattered and didn't worth much, it must be something of importance since it was kept here. Besides, everyone cherished one or the other things from the Qin Clan. Probably, it might turn out to be of great use in the future.

Outside the gate of the Secret Pavilion, Lucas and the chief guard of the pavilion were standing on either side of the door, but they didn't talk with each other. The door opened, and Harper and Matthew walked out. Then, Lucas and the guard turned to look at the two, eagerly wanting to know whether they had found something useful.

"Uncle, Aunt, what's the result? Did you find something useful?" Lucas asked eagerly.

Harper shook her head and answered, "No. Actually, I'm even more confused after reading the book. My puzzles still remain unsolved, and the mysteries have added up. I don't know."

Scratching his head, Lucas said, "I guess there is nothing I can do to help, or is there?"

"You can say that. Let's leave now," Harper said. Then she intended to move forward, but the guard stopped her abruptly.

"What the hell do you think you are doing?" Harper asked in confusion.

"Lady Harper, what are you trying to take away from the Secret Pavilion?" the guard asked as she furrowed her eyebrows. She had a smell and found that there was a distinct aroma emitting from Harper. It belonged to something in the Secret Pavilion. Every object in the Secret Pavilion had its own unique aroma.

Harper was quite surprised that she discerned this. She admitted honestly, "Yes, I brought something out."

Matthew squinted his eyes upon seeing that. He immediately moved to stand beside Harper. He threw out his palm, pushing the guard away. Suddenly, Harper witnessed something surprising. The small tripod which she had held in her hand had absorbed the beads of blood that came out of her hand. Out of amazement, she threw away the tripod, but it couldn't be thrown out. The tripod seemed as it was stuck in her palm and was absorbing her blood!

"What's happening?" Harper murmured in surprise. She then activated her spiritual power to heal the wound, and the mysterious little tripod stopped absorbing her blood as the wound healed. Everything was back to normal, but the only difference was that the tripod looked much uglier than before.

With a disgusted expression, Harper threw the tripod to the guard and said, "Keep it. I am not taking it with me now."

But there was an unbelievable spectacle that was about to happen. When the tripod was about to land in the guard's hand, it suddenly stopped in midair unexpectedly. Then it flew back to Harper's hand.

Everyone was taken aback at the sight of this. "I did nothing to it. It just flew back to my hand by itself," Harper said in awe.

The woman found it hard to believe her. She stepped forward, snatched it from her, and demanded in a stern voice, "Prince Matthew, Lady Harper, please leave now!"

Harper shrugged helplessly and walked out with Matthew. However, as soon as they left, the tripod got rid of the guard's custody and chased after Harper. The guard got flabbergasted and rushed forward, trying to get it back. It had intelligence, and she couldn't allow it to go with Harper.