Chapter 243 - 218: Sixfold Celestial Key Seal!
Chapter 243: Chapter 218: Sixfold Celestial Key Seal!
"Woo woo woo!"
The gloomy wind howled, and the beastly roars were incessant.
In an ancient forest with towering trees and treacherous mountains, a group of people carrying large and small bundles, composed of men, women, old, and young, were cautiously making their way through the sheep-like paths in the mountains, heading towards a lush green peak.
Giant trees cast dense shadows, the Great Sun overhead was obscured by dark clouds, the gloomy wind wailed at the ear, and sheer cliffs and precipitous rock faces met the eye.
In the mountain forest, scattered remains of various white bone carcasses could occasionally be seen.
This was not a Spirit Mountain for Human Race cultivators; clearly, it was a Demon Mountain and a monster cave!
"Sister Yunyan, are we really going to settle our new home in this Yinfeng Mountain Range?"
In the team, a few young boys with tender faces asked uneasily to the plain-clothed young girl ahead.
The rest of the people behind them all perked their ears.
"That’s right, this will be our new home from now on!"
"It is the Moo Family’s Spirit Mountain!"
The plain-clothed young girl raised her head, looking at the mountain range ahead shrouded in ominous clouds and wails, her eyes revealing determination and yearning.
"But, but this..."
The young boys and the Moo Family disciples were all anxious.
But the young girl had always been the most decisive person in the Moo Family, with the highest cultivation, never speaking without absolute certainty. For a moment, everyone didn’t know how to retort.
"Roar!"
At that moment, in the sky, a massive dark cloud rolled up.
On top of the dark cloud, a large striped tiger several meters in size was crouching, its aura as deep as an ocean. With just one glance, it terrified all the Moo Family members.
"Mountain... Mountain Monarch!"
Someone shouted in despair and turned to flee.
But the plain-clothed young girl was fearless, instead boldly stepping forward.
The girl was at Qi Refining Seventh Layer, her figure was thin.
The great tiger was at the Late Stage of Earth Demon, majestic and powerful.
Their existences were simply not on the same level; a breath from the tiger could take the girl’s life.
However, contrary to expectations, the latter descended from the clouds first, grinned widely, and revealed a gentle smile: "Fellow Daoist Moo has finally arrived, all of us in the Yinfeng Mountain Range have been eagerly awaiting!"
"Quick, quick, play the music and beat the drums to welcome Fellow Daoist Moo to take over Jadecloud Peak!"
The fierce tiger raised its head and called, and suddenly the whole mountain range was filled with Little Demons, all beating gongs and drums joyfully.
On the lush green peak ahead, colored lights were hung, and flowers and fruits were everywhere.
"Ah, Fellow Daoist Moo has finally arrived!"
"From now on, we are neighbors, come, come, quickly bring out the Drunken Cloud Wine I have cherished for years to greet Fellow Daoist Moo and the Moo Family!"
"Fellow Daoist Moo has arrived, bring up the housewarming gift I prepared!"
"Wolf Dog Mountain congratulates the Moo Family on taking over Jadecloud Peak, specially offering a hundred Tier One Spirit Fruits and a hundred Spirit Ores!"
"And me, and me!"
The waves of congratulatory voices echoed throughout the mountain range.
The Moo Family disciples stared dumbfounded at the powerful Earth Demons, whom they wouldn’t even dare to look at in the past, coming with "obsequious" expressions to offer their gifts.
"This is, this is..."
A few young boys couldn’t help rubbing their eyes, wondering if they were seeing things.
But the overwhelming Demon Qi and Little Demons everywhere were impossible to fake.
Meanwhile, the Moo Family disciple who turned to flee upon seeing the Mountain Monarch was carried back into the Moo Family team by two monkey-like Little Demons, one on each side, respectfully.
"The Moo Family has found a Sword Immortal to depend on, better days are ahead."
"In the future, the Yinfeng Mountain Range, we will all be brothers and neighbors, why run away!"
The two monkey-like Little Demons admired and said.
"Ah?"
The Moo Family members were all stupefied, at a loss for words.
"Thank you, seniors. From now on the Moo Family will cultivate in Jadecloud Peak and will never disturb you, seniors!"
The young girl elegantly saluted, respectfully addressing the Great Tiger and several Earth Demons ahead.
"Disturb us, disturb us, how can it be that you don’t disturb us!"
Upon these words, the Great Tiger was anxious.
A day before, the reason he survived the great battle was because someone wanted him to continue guarding the Yinfeng Mountain Range and to take care of the Moo Family.
Otherwise, the entire Yinfeng Mountain Range probably wouldn’t even have a single Earth Demon left.
Even now, there was still a brilliant Sword Qi lingering in his abdomen, a warning given by that Sword Immortal.
He hoped to establish a good relationship with the Moo Family, wishing for that person to remove the Sword Qi lingering in his abdomen soon and to gain a powerful ally.
"Since that’s the case, this young lady will definitely visit all you esteemed seniors more often!"
Moo Yunyan smiled sweetly, her smile blooming like a flower.
"No problem, no problem!"
Big Tiger grinned instantly, his laughter blossoming wide.
The young girl, however, inadvertently raised her eyes, gazing into the distance, and sighed deeply in her heart.
Such a person, like a rainbow, may be encountered but not sought.
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Gu Yuan was unaware of what happened next.
Having vanquished the black bear and subdued the Mountain Monarch, it was enough to ensure the Moo Family’s safe and unhindered cultivation in the Yinfeng Mountain Range.
He had already fulfilled his promise.
At this moment, he was sitting cross-legged within the Mirage Forest Sea Mountain Array, a silver Jade Scroll hovering endlessly above his forehead.
Inside his Dantian, a golden Dharma Seal bore an immortal aura, reflecting a profound mystery.
"Six Heaven-locking Key Seal!"
"Reflecting Restrictions, converging six keys; truly miraculous, worthy of a Tier Three Seal!"
After a long while, Gu Yuan slowly opened his eyes, a golden light flashing within them.
He had already broadly grasped the cultivation method of this Seal.
This Seal contains the profound mysteries of nature, created with an unparalleled perspective, absorbing the spiritual mechanism, enabling cultivators to condense six celestial keys within themselves.
These celestial keys function like "master keys," detecting any worldly restriction, automatically formulating an unsealing technique to break it easily.
The more keys condensed, the higher-level restrictions can be undone; if six keys are condensed, even Tier Three Restrictions will be unstopped.
"However, there’s a lingering sense this Seal isn’t complete, presumably there’s a next volume..."
Gu Yuan stroked his chin, pondering slightly.
With the Three-Heart Gold Seal in his hand and unparalleled understanding, he is unmatched by any prodigy, no different than Golden Core Cultivators.
Any peculiarity in the Seal, he can discern.
"If there is a next volume, wouldn’t even Tier Four Restrictions be unraveled?"
"What exactly is the Moo Family’s heritage to obtain this Seal?"
Gu Yuan’s thoughts surged, considering many things at once.
A Tier Four Seal, reflecting the Daoist Embryo Realm.
"When there’s time, it seems another visit to the Moo Family is warranted."
"But for now, the priority is cultivating this Seal, first condensing three celestial keys."
Gu Yuan murmured slightly, then retrieved three stalks of Spirit Grass from his Storage Bag.
These grasses were about a finger long, tips crimson, roots azure, displaying blue-red colors; dense Dao Patterns slightly flickered atop the leaves.
Tier One Spirit Grass, Six-Grasping Yin Yang Grass.
This grass thrives at the convergence of Yin Yang Spiritual Veins; despite its resounding name, it doesn’t possess great mysteries, typically serving only as a mild pill’s auxiliary ingredient.
Yet precisely it’s the main material for the Dao Patterns of a Tier Three Seal.
Seals differ from Artifacts, the Dao is simplistic, glimpsing a leaf perceives heaven and earth.
One merely needs to comprehend the seal pattern; even a Tier One Spirit Grass’s Dao Pattern can transform decay into magic.
"Fuse!"
Gu Yuan flicked his hand, enveloping the Six-Grasping Yin Yang Grass in green Spiritual Liquid, flawlessly refining the Dao Patterns atop the leaves.
Afterward, within Gu Yuan’s Dantian, the Three-Heart Gold Seal glowed brightly, six-capturing and converging the seal patterns of the Six Heaven-locking Key Seal as if a Spiritual Spring flowed in his heart.
In his eyes, it seemed as if endless Seal Texts swirled.
"Condense!"
He softly uttered, the Dao Patterns of the Six-Grasping Yin Yang Grass began disassembling with a profound trajectory, then, with an inconceivable arrangement, converged into a peculiar Seal Text resembling a key.
"Clang!"
The Seal Text floated, landing on a pre-forged blank Seal; as they merged, a bell toll resonated, the Spiritual Light surged grandly.
Yet it was not over.
Gu Yuan suddenly looked up, pointed one hand toward the heavens, the other toward the earth.
Inside his Dantian, mana flowed torrentially, integrating into the Six Heaven-locking Key Seal.
"Whoosh!"
It was as if intriguing Qi had been stirred in the celestial vault above, and dim earth Qi had been drawn from below, surging along with Gu Yuan’s mana into this newly born Seal.
"Buzzing!"
The Six Heaven-locking Key Seal quivered unceasingly, its base’s seal text shone brightly, refining heaven-earth spiritual mechanism, slowly condensing three dazzlingly green "keys" beneath.