Master of Strange Dao

I had heard before that within the Lihuo Institute, each of the two families had a Dao cultivator, but I never expected that they had already fallen more than a hundred years ago.

You guessed right. If the two Dao cultivators dispatched by the Lihuo Institute back then were them, even if they had not yet entered the Dao, the two of them, joining forces and willing to pay the price, could absolutely accomplish this step.

This also meant that from the very beginning, their purpose was very clear. It wasn't a mere exploration, was it," Yu Ziqing added.

Who, in a normal exploration of a grotto heaven, would bring people from both the Seal and Yin families, and both not necessarily Dao cultivators? It was madness.

It clearly showed a definite purpose.

But now things were getting a bit complicated. This object used to be a book, and now it's all scattered. Does it mean there's a problem with the seal, or is this how it should be?

Don't ask me, do you really think I know everything?

Back then, Old Yang really sometimes felt like this, that he knew heaven above and earth below, and a bit about everything under heaven.

Now, having fallen into hardship and with his mindset thoroughly settled, he felt a little annoyed and thought he knew nothing.

Instead, he felt there were more and more things he didn't understand.

He thought this was a good thing, as Yu Ziqing would say, he used to float occasionally.

For a Dao cultivator, floating wasn't a good thing.

The knowledge accumulation needed for sealing secret techniques was extremely high, indeed aligning with the path of a Dao cultivator, but not everyone could master it.

Only the Seal and Yin families, with their long-lasting and complete legacies, could master it so well.

Even the Langya Institute's grasp of sealing secret techniques was far less powerful than these two families.

Especially when the two families worked together, the sealing secret techniques since the ancient era, none could surpass them under heaven.

After Old Yang finished bragging, he pointed to those metal book pages.

However, I speculate that there might be a problem. Look at those metal book pages.

Only one is golden, giving a sense of righteousness and grandeur. This one should be the appearance during the sealing by those two guys. I don't recognize that Seal, but I speculate it might be a Seal used for sealing.

And the devil one is already pure black, just looking at it makes one uncomfortable, as if the devil is about to break out of the painting.

Also, the page with the severed limb is black too, full of oppressive feeling, as if ready to step out of the painting at any moment.

Though the Tombstone Mountain page is also black, it only gives a sense of deathly stillness.

Yu Ziqing felt a headache coming on as he looked at it.

And then there's the page with a full screen of evil entities.

This meant, at that time, what was sealed wasn't just one devil.

There was also a huge movable severed limb.

A large group of evil entities.

And the real mausoleum of Heavenly Monarch Luoge.

And No. 4 said a dead spirit was sealed at that time.

So, the corpse or undead of Heavenly Monarch Luoge might even jump out for a bit of fun.

Altogether four, except for the quite proper-looking devil, Yu Ziqing felt there might still be a bit of hope, not completely unsolvable. If any of the others came out, he couldn't handle them.

Do you think that Lei Yu, or the Lei Clan, did it on purpose?

It's unlikely. For something I have no memory of, no matter how deliberate the Lei Clan was, they wouldn't let their primary heir take such a risk.

Alright then…

Yu Ziqing also thought it was unlikely. Old Yang had no recollection, the records of the Shadow Department differed, and a hundred years ago, the Lei Clan wasn't even involved in that incident.

With so many covering it up, it was normal for the Lei Clan not to know the inside story.

If they knew the inside story of that year, it would take such courage to let Lei Yu mess around there.

So, this incident became a matter of chance, and Lei Yu wasn't that greedy, was smart enough, and thought he had gained so much from this, so he casually split his half, and it just so happened to include some book pages.

Yet, the combination of those book pages was probably not completely intact, with some possibly still left in Lei Yu's half.

Yu Ziqing's mindset began to explode.

He had only heard about the past events cautiously, not daring to enter the Sorrow Cave Heaven.

The final result was that almost the entire Sorrow Cave Heaven fell into his hands.

What's this, a handheld bomb?

Choosing a lucky player to blow up?

Ever since Lei Yu came out unscathed, there was no reaction from Crown Prince Dazhen's side, no reaction from the Shadow Department, and no reaction from the Lihuo Institute.

It seemed as if no one had noticed this matter.

Yu Ziqing didn't believe they had no records at all.

If the situation was so critical back then that the Dao cultivators from the sealing families sacrificed themselves, directly sealing the entire Sorrow Cave Heaven in a metal book, those who escaped dared only reinforce the entrance's protection first, not daring to enter and take the sealed items.

The lack of current focus and response actually became the biggest abnormality.

Now, it's way too abnormal, Old Yang. I think there's absolutely more to this than it seems.

This thing absolutely can't be left with me, who knows when it might explode!

Yu Ziqing merely stared at those metal book pages, feeling his whole body's hair stand on end. He wanted to take some things and get far away from Jinlan Mountain.

But then he thought, for sure some people knew the inside story and still showed no reaction. If he rushed out in a panic now,

wouldn't that play right into those people's expectations?