Master of Strange Dao

The sealing techniques of Dadui are indeed useful, but there must be a significant issue with them.

Otherwise, by now, Dazhen, Dali, and Daqian would not be entirely without such sealing methods.

Besides, not to mention Dadui's proficiency in sealing, not even a trace of it has circulated outside.

Even someone like Yang, a former Dean of Langya Institute, only knows the words "Dadui Divine Dynasty" and a scattering of minimal intelligence.

If it were truly that beneficial and without major issues, the Three Divine Dynasties would not have uniformly ignored it; facing any matter, they are now confronting it head-on.

Furthermore, consider the complete disappearance of the Dadui Divine Dynasty.

In the southern part of the Wilderness, and even further south of that, within the territories that once belonged to the Dadui Divine Dynasty, not a single city's ruins remain.

Yu Ziqing even speculated whether the Dadui Divine Dynasty had encountered some incredible calamity that forced them to seal the entire dynasty.

Looking at the situation we just visited, unable to resolve even that trivial issue, it's likely they no longer have the resources or manpower.

The more he thought about it, the more probable it seemed, and as Yu Ziqing looked through that An History Book again, he felt it was not only too hot to handle but could indeed crush a person to death.

Forget it, better retrieve the others first and then join forces to rescue the people of the Yin Family.

And, incidentally, kill those kidnappers in the process.

Flipping back to the entry of the meteor's fall, Yu Ziqing stretched out a hand to touch it, and with a single thought, vanished on the spot.

No matter who was inside, the blood markings on the characters were still moving, signifying the person inside was not dead.

The scenery changed in an instant, and Yu Ziqing appeared just outside of Jiayin City.

He slightly levitated and looked around. The scene was serene, with many people entering and exiting the gates of Jiayin City.

It appears that the day of the meteor's fall has not arrived yet.

First, he used the official seal to ensure he could return immediately at any moment, then he breathed a sigh of relief.

Closing his eyes, he focused on sensing but did not detect the presence of Feng Buju and King Xiang.

Landing on the ground, he pulled out Lou Huai.

"Do you smell anything unusual, like the foul odor you sensed before?"

"No, not at all," Lou Huai replied.

Checking his direction, Yu Ziqing confirmed he was north of the city; he traveled northward at maximum speed in a straight line.

After flying for three thousand li, he still had not seen the boundary.

Apart from Jiayin City, he also spotted other cities.

Only when he reached four thousand li did he finally come upon the boundary.

This meant that the meteor's impact and its range of destruction had a radius of about three and a half thousand li.

Roughly estimating the scale of this impact, he concluded he could not precisely calculate the force, but it was undoubtedly beyond what he could withstand.

If he were directly hit, he would certainly die—a clean death, without even leaving bones behind.

Now the problem arose: within a range of thousands of li, he did not know who was out here, so how would he find them?

"You remember the qi of Feng Buju and King Xiang, right?"

"I remember, big brother," Lou Huai quickly responded. Nowadays, no matter who he met, if there was a chance, he would remember their qi.

Who knows, one of them might become an adversary to his big brother in the future.

Then, when the time came to kill that person, at least he could locate them.

Now, looking for someone is precisely when this would come in handy.

After all, if such powerful individuals concealed their qi, ordinary methods of a cultivator's inquiry wouldn't be very effective.

"Let's go, let's start by looking for the person."

Searching for a person within a 4,000-li radius was indeed no easy task.

However, they had only just begun their search over an area spanning a thousand li and had just passed two small cities when Yu Ziqing already sensed something.

He flew up into the sky, closed his eyes, and focused his senses, feeling the hairs on his body stand on end.

Following that, he extended his hand, sensing a subtle fluctuation in the air, the changes in the Xin Metal Qi and the Geng Metal Qi.

"Let's go and take a look."

After flying for eight hundred li, Yu Ziqing saw, in the distant sky, the Geng Metal Qi coalescing, its sharp energy piercing the heavens.

A figure in a long robe, holding a Big Seal in one hand, followed by hundreds of cultivators, was embroiled in a fierce battle with King Xiang.

At first glance, King Xiang appeared to have the upper hand, but the group opposite him remained unflustered and steady as if they planned to wear down King Xiang.

Yu Ziqing sighed; he hadn't anticipated such a scenario.

The ones who came to resolve the Sealing were actually fighting with the natives here.

"Stop!"

Yu Ziqing took a deep breath, his voice booming like thunder, resonating across the sky.

This time, he spoke using the dialect of Dinghai City.

Hearing the voice, the robed figure saw Yu Ziqing flying towards them, holding the Big Seal, and immediately retracted his Divine Skills.

King Xiang, seeing Yu Ziqing and not understanding what he was saying, also ceased his actions.

Yu Ziqing ignored King Xiang and flew directly towards the robed man.

"The County Magistrate of Dinghai City, Qing Ziyu, greets you."

"The County Magistrate of Jiayin City, Xu Yang, greets you."

After the exchange of greetings, Yu Ziqing asked,

"Do you know where this is?"

Xu Yang hesitated, as if unlocking a chest of memories, and after a moment's contemplation, looked at Yu Ziqing and then at King Xiang.

"Sealing."

"That's right." Yu Ziqing nodded and pointed to King Xiang in the distance, "He is the powerful ally I've invited to help with breaking the Sealing, and we have a very close private relationship."

"It turns out to be a misunderstanding, I apologize for the trouble," said Xu Yang, suddenly realizing, and then gave King Xiang a respectful bow from afar, "I'm truly sorry, please forgive us."

King Xiang, seeing the situation was under control, flew over and asked,

"What did he say?"

"He said it was a misunderstanding, and he's very sorry, asking for your understanding."

"Oh, it's fine, it's fine. Do you know what's going on with this damn place?" King Xiang looked around, "I tried Flying Escape for thousands of li, but I was silently redirected. This place is strange."

"Don't worry about that for now, how did you end up fighting them?"

"I don't even know; I couldn't understand what they were saying, they couldn't understand me, and then I felt that their tone was not quite friendly, and eventually, we started fighting..."

"..."

Yu Ziqing sighed.

If this guy wasn't born into privilege, spoon-fed from birth, he would probably have been beaten to death long ago.

Just because of a language barrier, you expect a city's County Magistrate to bring hundreds of cultivators just to go head-to-head with a Ninth Tier master like you?

Could you make it any more far-fetched?