User blog comment:Master Sima Yi/Assassinews 05-08-'14 – Assassin's Creed: Rogue announced/@comment-173.189.47.87-20141118042127/@comment-1888015-20141118214546

He does also refer to the prize as a "cornucopia", which would be considered a way of saying the item could give bountiful knowledge. Also, with cornucopia being a vessel holding food, and the item potentially being an "apple". Apple = food, food goes in the cornucopia.