Chapter 3: A desire that went against the law of nature!

It was unclear just what it was about that book, but it seemed like something that shouldn't have existed. It was the kind of feeling that he received from that book.

Xu Shan didn't know how to bring those two items out of the space. It was his first time using a Spatial Storage Ring, even though he had read a lot about it in the books. 

He tried testing something. He still remembered how the space opened up when he thought about it. That meant his mind was the key. 

He focused on the Journal first as he was still somewhat hesitant about the black book. 

His thoughts focused on the ordinary-looking journal as he thought about bringing it out of the storage space. 

Miraculously, it worked! The journal appeared in his hand out of nowhere, as if it was no longer an Illusory thing but completely real. 

Xu Shan closed the storage space for now, focusing entirely on the journal in his hands. 

From the looks of it, the journal wasn't new. He could already see some wear and tear in the corner of the journal's cover. It was probably used by someone for a really long time. 

Moreover, since that strange woman told him the answers he sought were inside the ring, he believed she was talking about the journal. 

Xu Shan didn't worry about anyone entering his room out of nowhere. With how scared the guard was acting before, he was sure that people in the Castle were scared of him. They wouldn't be stupid enough to barge inside the room without his permission, which allowed him some privacy for the time being. 

He walked to the nearby chair. His heart was filled with uncertainty about what he was going to find. At times, he even felt as if he had seen a similar journal before. He just couldn't recall where. 

He sat down on the chair. Straightening his back, he calmed his heart before opening the Journal. 

As soon as he opened the journal, he couldn't help but frown. He had only read the first word, yet he recognized the writing! It was the writing of his father! There was no doubt about it! This journal belonged to his father!

With the sudden realization, Xu Shan no longer hesitated and started going through the journal. 

The journal started with his father writing down the date. However, what followed was enough to shock the young man. 

In the journal, the first entry itself was something that sounded incredulous. If his father had told someone, instead of writing it down, people would've called him crazy! However, after what happened to him, Xu Shan wasn't in any position to doubt his father!

In the journal, his father wrote about finding a mysterious black book. Reading that, Xu Shan couldn't help but think back to the black book that was inside his storage ring!

Xu Shan was reading the entry of his father. However, even though it was just words, he could still feel his father's excitement when he wrote about his wish coming true!

As for what the first wish was... It was obviously wealth! 

Xu Shan still remembered that just six or seven years ago, his family used to be poor. They could barely afford to send him to school, let alone maintain other expenses. 

However, it wasn't long after that something strange happened. It was revealed that one of the wealthiest men in the world had died suddenly, and in his will, his entire property was given to Xu Shan's father! That's when his family suddenly became the richest out of nowhere!

Xu Shan always wondered about the relationship between his father and that wealthy man. He wasn't the only one who wondered about that. Many thought that the wealthy man was some unknown family member of his father, so people didn't think much of it. 

The entry date in the journal matched the timing perfectly, so much so that Xu Shan didn't even know how to react! He finally realized just why they became the wealthiest family out of nowhere!

Unfortunately, the happiness didn't last long, and many more tragedies followed soon after.

Within one week, his mother went crazy. She was forced to be admitted to a mental asylum. 

As Xu Shan read more, his face became white like a thin sheet of paper. The happiness that his father experienced changed into a grim disaster! It was only then that his father realized that the Book of Desires was more than met the eyes. 

His father tried to use the Book of Desires again, writing a wish for his wife to recover. Unfortunately, that wish wasn't granted. 

Even the Book of Desires had limitations. It couldn't change the after-effects of a previous wish. One couldn't just erase the price with another desire. 

Only those wishes which didn't affect the previous price were granted. 

Just as his father was going through mental torment over his helplessness, he received the news that his mother had killed herself in the mental asylum. 

Xu Shan still remembered hearing that news which almost broke him that day. He didn't know that everything that he and his family went through was caused due to a deal with the devil! 

He could feel his body tremble with anger. His family was destroyed! His father wanted happiness in the form of money! However, in exchange for happiness, he had to pay with happiness! For material happiness, he paid back with familial happiness!

It wasn't long after that Xu Shan developed a strange sickness. Because of that, for five years, he had to stay in the hospital. His father had all the money in the world, yet he couldn't save his life. 

Year after year, Xu Shan watched all hopes being crushed as he realized that he was going to die soon. The doctors didn't even recognize what was wrong with him after all. 

According to the journal, his father had already stopped using that Black Book around that time, promising himself that he was never going to use it. 

He placed all his hopes on the doctors, bringing the most outstanding doctors from around the world to help his son. In his father's eyes, this sickness was caused by the book, so it couldn't be healed with the book. 

Unfortunately, the doctors failed. In the end, just as Xu Shan was at death's door, taking his last breath, his father broke his promise and picked up the Black Book again, ready to sacrifice his life in exchange for his son's life!

His father didn't know if the wish was going to be accepted by the black book or not. However, no matter how slim the chance, he had to grasp it! Since his son couldn't be healed due to the cost of his previous payment, he changed his wish! 

Instead of wishing for just a simple healing of his son, he wished for something else! Something much more grand!

He didn't know if that wish was going to be accepted, but he didn't let the small flame of hope inside his heart extinguish and wrote his last desire... A desire that came at the cost of his own life... A desire that went against the laws of the universe... A desire that changed everything!