186: seal

Wei Xun buried Xiao Ling’s body in the most flourishing part of Hundred Flowers Valley.

Then, he erected a stone tablet and used his long spear to carve the four neat characters “Xiao Ling’s Tomb” onto it.

After he finished, Wei Xun stood before the grave for a long time, lost in thought, until the wind blew a small purple flower from his shoulder onto his face, bringing him back to his senses.

“Xiao Ling, thank you!”

Wei Xun spoke earnestly to the grave, then turned and slowly walked towards the West.

Although he could move now, his condition was still very poor.

At this moment, he probably couldn't even defeat a human in the Qi Refining Realm if one appeared before him.

Therefore, he had to quickly return to the Black Abyss Mountain Range to recover.

“Qingfeng, you old scoundrel, if I don't kill you, I swear I am not human!”

Wei Xun walked through the forest bare-chested, using his long spear as a crutch.

At this speed, it would take at least two days to return to the Black Abyss Mountain Range, and at least five days to reach Jiaolong Lake or Black Tiger Mountain.

He was still on human territory, so Wei Xun could only travel slowly under the cover of night after the sun set.

It took him an entire night of walking to finally emerge from Hundred Flowers Valley.

Accustomed to traveling with the Shadowless Step, Wei Xun found it very difficult to adjust.

But there was nothing he could do; he could only walk slowly, step by step.

After another day of walking, just as Wei Xun could faintly see the outline of the Black Abyss Mountain Range in the distance, an unforeseen event occurred.

“Oh, isn’t this the monster Revered Master is looking for, the one with a hundred purple gold stones bounty?”

Two Disciples from Qingfeng Sect, dressed in white robes, suddenly descended from the sky, blocking Wei Xun’s path.

Seeing the two of them appear, Wei Xun’s heart tightened.

At this moment, he couldn't even exert the strength of an ordinary monster, and these two Qingfeng Sect Disciples had at least the strength of the third layer of the Qi Refining Realm.

He was no match for them now.

“Is it him?”

Another Disciple held a portrait, comparing it to Wei Xun’s face, seemingly a bit doubtful.

“Who else could it be?”

The other Qingfeng Sect Disciple sneered, “Our brothers are really lucky; we came out to play and managed to catch a big one!”

“But I heard Revered Master say this monster is not easy to deal with!”

“Not easy to deal with what! Look at him now, a strong gust of wind could blow him over!”

“That’s true. Are we capturing him alive or dead?”

“Alive, of course, alive is worth more!”

These two Disciples from Qingfeng Sect conversed among themselves as if they didn't even put Wei Xun in their eyes.

Wei Xun sighed softly, his mind racing, trying to figure out how to escape.

“Attack!”

Just then, one of the Qingfeng Sect Disciples suddenly shouted, and then the two of them lunged at Wei Xun from left and right.

Seeing this, Wei Xun ignored his discomfort, gritted his teeth, and pushed out his palms with all his might, instantly releasing rolling black mist that enveloped the surroundings.

After a day of recovery, Wei Xun had eaten several spiritual peaches and could barely begin to circulate the Spiritual Qi within his body.

However, he had been afraid to use it, fearing that his body couldn't withstand such an impact.

But facing the current crisis, he could no longer afford to hesitate.

Facing the black mist, the two Disciples from Qingfeng Sect exchanged glances and then simultaneously pushed out their palms.

After the palm wind dispersed the black mist, Wei Xun had already turned tail and scurried away.

“I cannot die, I must live, I must kill Qingfeng, that old scoundrel!”

Wei Xun ignored the pain in his body, gritted his teeth, and used the Shadowless Step to desperately widen the distance between himself and the two Qingfeng Sect Disciples behind him.

However, these two Disciples from Qingfeng Sect were also very fast, following closely and getting closer and closer.

Forcibly using Spiritual Qi and his Cultivation Technique worsened Wei Xun’s already dilapidated body, and blood even began to trickle from the corners of his mouth.

“I cannot die, I cannot die!”

Wei Xun muttered to himself, brainwashing himself over and over, urging his body to keep going.

But Wei Xun was already at the end of his rope, feeling the figures of the two Qingfeng Sect Disciples behind him getting closer and closer.

Wei Xun no longer knew what to do. Just then, Wei Xun saw a desolate dry well in an open space ahead.

So Wei Xun could only rush towards the dry well and then jumped into it without hesitation.

At the same time, he took out a bell with a backhand and tossed it above the wellhead.

After the bell was thrown out of the wellhead, it instantly transformed into a large golden bell, which then crashed to the ground, perfectly covering the wellhead.

When the two Qingfeng Sect Disciples arrived, they immediately tried to overturn the large bell.

However, they found that the large bell, once on the ground, could not be moved from the outside at all; no matter what strength or methods they used, they could not budge it in the slightest.

“What should we do!”

“What on earth is this thing? Why is it so sturdy?”

This Qingfeng Sect Disciple looked at his long sword, whose blade was chipped from hacking at it, somewhat dumbfounded.

“You stay here and guard it; I’ll go back and report to the Sect!”

The other Qingfeng Sect Disciple threw out this sentence to the person and immediately turned and left.

Meanwhile, Wei Xun, who had fallen to the bottom of the well, was soaking in the icy well water, barely clinging to life.

“I cannot die, I still need to take revenge!”

Wei Xun kept muttering this sentence, then glanced slightly to the side and discovered a large hole in the water.

Wei Xun gritted his teeth and crawled from the water into this large hole. It was pitch black inside, and he couldn't see anything.

Wei Xun wanted to use the Earth Escape Technique to seize the opportunity to leave, but he found that he could no longer regulate the Spiritual Qi within his body.

“Rest for a bit!”

Wei Xun lay at the mouth of the cave, feeling utterly exhausted, so he slowly closed his eyes and fell into a deep sleep.

An hour later, Qingfeng Old Ancestor suddenly descended from the sky, landing beside the wellhead.

Seeing Qingfeng Old Ancestor descend, the Qingfeng Sect Disciple guarding the side immediately clasped his fists and bowed in salute.

“Greetings, Revered Master!”

Qingfeng Old Ancestor saw the large golden bell sitting on the ground and immediately confirmed that Wei Xun was inside.

“I thought he was dead, but I didn’t expect him to have such a strong life force; he’s actually still alive!”

Qingfeng Old Ancestor walked to the large bell, then raised his palm and heavily struck the large bell.

But what Qingfeng Old Ancestor didn't expect was that his palm strike on the large bell only produced a tremendous clang, and the large bell remained completely motionless.

“How can this be?”

Qingfeng Old Ancestor frowned slightly. When Wei Xun had covered it with the bell before, there hadn't been this feeling of being unable to move it at all.

“Could it be that this thing can only be opened from the inside?”

Qingfeng Old Ancestor then struck two more palms, but again, only a bell sound rang out, and the large bell remained motionless, like an unshakeable mountain.

Qingfeng Old Ancestor looked down at the ground and only then realized that the ground covered by the large golden bell seemed to be sealed by a layer of Seal, making the earth as unshakeable as the large bell.

“Let’s see how long you can stay in there!”

Qingfeng Old Ancestor snorted coldly, then flipped his hand to reveal six command flags.

“Since you like staying underground, this Old Ancestor will Seal you down there forever!”

After Qingfeng Old Ancestor finished speaking, he tossed the command flags in his hand into the sky. The six command flags flew to six positions near the large bell, surrounding it.

When the command flags embedded themselves into the ground, they astonishingly transformed into upright stone tablets. Each tablet was human-height and inscribed with dense runes.