Chapter 122: Chapter 116: Seal
"The Seal won’t hold for much longer..."
Zheng Tianheng’s brow furrowed, and he fell into a brief, deep thought.
After a long moment, Zheng Tianheng looked at Mo Pengchen and suddenly said, "When it comes down to it, this is ultimately a matter for your Beast Taming Lineage. What are your plans?"
Mo Pengchen was taken aback, his expression complicated. He shook his head. "I... I don’t know for now either."
After a pause, Mo Pengchen continued, a worried look on his face:
"At this point, it’s nearly impossible to reinforce and repair the Seal. Back then, it took eight Purple Mansion masters working together at full strength to set up this Cloud Platform Array, and that was only because the one being sealed didn’t resist."
"But now, so much time has passed. Setting aside the issue of materials and costs for setting it up again, the most important thing is... the attitude of the Profound Turtle Ancestor sealed within."
"It might not want to wait any longer, or perhaps it wants to leave our Wanxiang Sect," Mo Pengchen said hesitantly, glancing at Zheng Tianheng.
"Its condition is much worse than we imagined. Our Purple Mansion ancestor back then promised to help it solve the problem with its physical body, but that ancestor died in the great war."
"So many years have passed, and its condition has been constantly deteriorating, yet all we can do is keep it sealed. Anyone in that position would be furious, right?"
Hearing this, Zheng Tianheng rubbed the bridge of his nose, his head aching. He sighed and exhaled. "Then what do we do? We can’t just let the Seal be broken, can we?"
Mo Pengchen’s expression was troubled. He finally shook his head slowly, saying nothing.
After a moment of silence, Mo Pengchen seemed to think of something and said in a low voice, "Let’s wait and see. I want to ask Elder Wei about this before making a decision."
Zheng Tianheng nodded with a look of understanding and waved his hand, saying:
"Fine. You all can clean up this mess your Beast Taming Peak left behind. Just try your best not to let it threaten the sect. Report to me if you need anything. As for... the Seal, I’ll go take a look myself."
"Alright." Mo Pengchen nodded, not objecting. After a cupped-fist salute, he hurried away.
...
Meanwhile, Yu Changsheng, having finished the trial, had also returned to the Beast Garden and was now talking with Elder Wei.
He hadn’t told anyone else about what happened in Yuntai Valley, but he felt he could trust Elder Wei. ’Perhaps he knows something about it, too.’
"You’re saying... inside Yuntai Valley, you couldn’t recall your Jade Tube... and you were also attacked by that strange Biluo Snake?"
Elder Wei listened quietly to Yu Changsheng’s account. After a moment of surprise, a sharp glint flashed in his eyes.
"Yes," Yu Changsheng nodded, adding uncertainly, "but I’m sure it was only identical in appearance. It shouldn’t have been a real Biluo Snake."
"Oh? Then what do you think it was?" Elder Wei asked with great interest.
Recalling the scene, Yu Changsheng answered hesitantly, "It was probably... manifested through some other means?"
"Biluo Snakes don’t normally grow to that size. Also, its eyes weren’t right. They lacked the intelligence and the unique ferocity of a snake."
"Not bad. To be able to observe such details under those circumstances." Elder Wei gave Yu Changsheng an appreciative glance.
He stroked his beard and said, "That was indeed not a real Biluo Snake. It was merely a Spirit Body that had been manifested and was being controlled."
"Huh?" Yu Changsheng was astonished.
He remembered the data his system had detected back then. Under the Status of the Profound Yin Illusion Turtle, there was one entry: Divine Travel!
’So that’s what it meant!’ Yu Changsheng realized with a start.
"Although it was just a manifested Spirit Body, it was virtually identical to the real thing. Whether in terms of bloodline or Talent Divine Techniques, it was no different from a real Biluo Snake—in fact, it might have even surpassed one."
Elder Wei glanced at Yu Changsheng and spoke slowly.
"Then... who was controlling it?"
Yu Changsheng asked after a moment’s hesitation.
Although he knew the controller behind the scenes was that Profound Yin Illusion Turtle, he couldn’t just say so. After all, with his level of strength, it would have been impossible for him to distinguish anything in that mist, let alone identify the mastermind.
Elder Wei fell into thought. After a moment, he chuckled.
"You want to know?"
"If it’s something I’m allowed to know, then I want to know," Yu Changsheng answered honestly.
"You’re a sharp kid," Elder Wei laughed, a nostalgic look on his face.
"Fine, there’s no harm in telling you," Elder Wei said, his voice tinged with emotion as he reminisced.
"This isn’t much of a secret among the Peak Masters of the Wanxiang Sect. The Yuntai Valley, where you went for your trial—do you know why it has so many complex and varied terrains?"
"One area is a glacier, one is a swamp, one is a Sea of Fire, and another is a forest... For such diverse terrains to appear simultaneously is, in itself, illogical!"
Yu Changsheng nodded, showing he understood.
"The reason is that it wasn’t formed naturally, but artificially. The entire Yuntai Valley is, in fact, an Array! Everything within it—the wind, flowers, snow, and moon; the changing of the seasons—is all controlled!"
Elder Wei’s words were shocking, and his expression grew uncharacteristically serious.
"Huh? An Array?" Yu Changsheng was slightly stunned. Thinking it over, it seemed to explain everything.
"That’s right, an Array. And the twenty Spirit Platforms inside are actually the twenty array cores. Teleportation is just one of their insignificant functions."
"And the purpose of the Array... is actually to Seal!"
"Seal? Seal who?"
Elder Wei let out a soft breath, his gaze profound. Glancing eastward, he continued:
"As for who exactly is sealed, we don’t know their specific name. We only know that... the Purple Mansion True Monarch of the past called it the Profound Turtle Ancestor!"
"The Profound Turtle Ancestor?" Yu Changsheng was stunned.
"Yes, the Profound Turtle Ancestor. Its origins are mysterious and unfathomable. It is not a person, but an Exotic Beast!" Elder Wei nodded.
"An Exotic Beast?" Yu Changsheng said in surprise, speaking his thought aloud. "Could it be that the Profound Turtle Ancestor is a Profound Turtle that has reached a high level of cultivation?"
Hearing this, Elder Wei shot Yu Changsheng a look and shook his head disdainfully. "It’s not that simple. No matter how much an ordinary Profound Turtle grows, its limits and potential are fixed. How could it possibly be compared to the Profound Turtle Ancestor?"
"Heh heh. True." Yu Changsheng scratched his head.
"Specifically what the Profound Turtle Ancestor is, or where it comes from, we don’t know. However, some have speculated that the ’Xuan’ in Profound Turtle Ancestor’s name..."
Elder Wei gave Yu Changsheng a meaningful look.
"The ’Xuan’ in Profound Turtle Ancestor is the ’Xuan’ from the legendary Divine Beast Xuanwu! It is a descendant of the Black Tortoise!"
"The Divine Beast Xuanwu?" Yu Changsheng was surprised. As a Beast Master, he was of course intimately familiar with the name of the Divine Beast Xuanwu.
Even if the Profound Turtle Ancestor wasn’t the Black Tortoise itself... just possessing Black Tortoise bloodline was astonishing enough. That alone represented immense potential.
And what truly made Yu Changsheng’s heart pound was...
’If the Profound Turtle Ancestor really is a descendant of the Black Tortoise and possesses the Black Tortoise bloodline... then with my Golden Finger, if I could form a Contract with it, wouldn’t that mean...’
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