Walking by the Abyss on Thin Ice

Chapter 200 – Seal

Chapter 200 – Seal

Dao Saint and others looked at the runes, only to see that these sealing runes were extremely gorgeous, but behind the runes was a surging darkness, which changed strangely behind the light of the runes.

They even faintly heard chanting coming from behind the sealing barrier of the runes, like the whispering of a demon, tempting people to fall.

Light and darkness clashed and struggled fiercely.

Behind the darkness, vague images could be seen, but with the sealing wall in place, it was impossible to see what it was.

"Dao Saint, have you seen such a strange seal before?"

Ying Ying said, "The last time I saw this kind of strange memory seal, I was really scared."

"I dare not call you senior. If we go by age, I may be one or two years younger than you."

Dao Saint exchanged pleasantries and examined Su Yun's memory seal. After a moment of contemplation, he hesitated and said, "I have seen these runes before."

Chi Xiaoyao and Ying Ying were excited and waited for him to continue.

"Seven years ago, Qu Jin, the Minister of Rites, sent someone to deliver a letter to me. The letter contained this kind of rune, but it was not complete."

Dao Saint hesitated, took out a letter, which was made of gold paper, and the words on it kept changing under the impetus of Dao Saint's vitality.

Chi Xiaoyao and Ying Ying read it. The letter stated that Qu Jin, the younger generation, was ordered by the Emperor of the Eastern Capital to study the ghost market phenomenon in Tian Shi Yuan, and they had discovered something. They would publish their findings to the public in the future. Now they needed Dao Saint's help. They had designed some runes and needed Dao Saint's help to perfect them. They earnestly requested Dao Saint's guidance and so on.

"At that time, I was in seclusion, trying to prolong my life. When I received this letter after leaving seclusion, the catastrophe of Tianmen Town had already happened."

Dao Saint said slowly, "I was very sad in my heart. Perhaps if I had received his letter earlier, I could have saved these people. But when I studied these runes, I found that they were a kind of sealing runes. These runes were not complete, but the seal hidden in the divine power of the runes was extremely terrifying. I don't even know what they wanted to seal...even I feel afraid..."

He shuddered a few times as he spoke.

Chi Xiaoyao and Ying Ying exchanged glances, and a terrible thought arose in their hearts: "Qu Jin and others created these sealing runes to seal Su Yun, the scholar!"

"I couldn't help, and after I came out of seclusion, Qu Jin and others had died, and their spirits were nowhere to be found. My questions have remained unanswered."

He had been to the site of Tianmen Town and only found tombs there, but did not find Qu Jin and others.

At this time, the sealing wall in Su Yun's spiritual realm trembled, pressing back the darkness and memories behind it, becoming increasingly faint and blurry.

Ying Ying was about to speak, but Chi Xiaoyao was already one step ahead, repeatedly saying, "Qingyu Town! Qingyu Town!"

Su Yun, who was in a coma, twitched twice, and his spiritual realm also twitched incessantly. The sealing wall surged forward again and gradually became clear.

Chi Xiaoyao blinked her eyes and thought, "Su Junior Brother shouldn't be dead, right? But he has such a powerful seal in his spiritual realm and he's not dead..."

"I know that these runes are sealing runes, so I thought about what they were trying to seal. If we forcibly decipher them, we might be able to help Su Scholar. But..."Dao Saint looked at the seal wall with a difficult expression and shook his head, "I didn't know before that there was another layer of darkness behind these runes. Now, I am hesitant to unseal it."

Chi Xiaoyao asked in confusion, "Does Senior mean that the darkness is also a type of seal?"

Dao Saint was uncertain and said, "It could be a seal, but it could also be a type of creature or spirit."

Ying Ying and Chi Xiaoyao were stunned.

Dao Saint walked back and forth in front of the seal wall, constantly observing the unpredictable changes in the darkness behind the wall. He said, "I suspect that someone may have sealed a terrifying creature or spirit in Su Shi's memory, then sealed his memory and locked the creature or spirit to prevent it from escaping."

"How is it possible to seal a creature or spirit in someone's memory?" Chi Xiaoyao was extremely shocked.

"It's possible," Dao Saint replied.

Ying Ying's expression became serious. She waved her hand and countless text patterns flew out and arranged themselves in front of them.

"The books in the Heavenly Academy have records on this topic. Qu Jin Qu Taichang is an expert in this field," Ying Ying said as she called up a series of text patterns. "Qu Taichang has conducted many studies on this topic. He said that spirits are part of the mind, and memories are also part of the mind. It is entirely possible to seal another person's spirit in someone's memory."

Chi Xiaoyao looked at the text patterns flying in front of her, and some of them were terrifying monsters!

These monsters were tall and sturdy, and there was always an old man with a kind face and an axe standing next to their toes, smiling as if he was looking at Chi Xiaoyao and the others outside the picture.

"Whenever the scholars of the Heavenly Academy conduct research, they always bring along scholars who are good at drawing to make sketches. These sketches record Qu Taichang's research at the time," Ying Ying explained. She waved her hand lightly, and one picture after another flew past them. Some of the pictures were extremely bloody and showed Qu Taichang conducting experiments on human bodies.

They tried to seal the monsters in the memory of the spiritualists, but some of the seals failed and the monsters rebounded, devouring the spiritualists' spirits. Some of the spiritualists' spirits exploded, and their bodies followed suit. The scene was extremely tragic!

"Qu Taichang was a madman back then," Ying Ying said. "Many of his records were extremely crazy, but fortunately, the emperor backed him up, so he didn't cause a big mess. The emperor ordered him to go to Tianmen Town to conduct research, probably because he valued his madness... Qingyu Town! Qingyu Town!"

Su Yun was about to wake up, and he twitched uncontrollably when he heard this. The seal wall became clear again.

"Some creatures, such as the Lingxi, live in the spiritual realm. Therefore, some special creatures can also be sealed in memory. But at that time, Su Shi was only a five or six-year-old child, right?" Ying Ying frowned and said, "Why did Qu Taichang and others use a five or six-year-old child for their experiments?"

She couldn't figure it out, and Chi Xiaoyao couldn't either.

"Master... Senior Dao Saint!" Chi Xiaoyao quickly corrected herself and asked, "Senior mentioned two possibilities just now. One is that some creature or spirit is sealed in Su Junior Brother's memory, and the other is a seal. What does this seal mean?""If it were some kind of creature or spirit, it would be manageable. They couldn't kill it, so they sealed it in Su Shi's memory. But what they can't do, the old Dao might be able to. Besides, the old Dao can also bring in a few good friends to help, and they should be able to solve it, right?"

Dao Saint sighed and said, "But what I fear most is another possibility. If this darkness is also a seal, and the two seals are overlaid, I have never seen a seal of this caliber before."

A hint of fear flashed in his eyes.

Qu Jin and Qu Taichang were the most top-notch existences in the world today, with extremely high wisdom. What exactly were they trying to seal with such effort?

Is it some kind of terrifying creature in Su Yun's memory, or...

Dao Saint's throat was dry, and he whispered, "What they want to seal may not be some kind of creature or spirit, but perhaps it is Su Shi himself..."

Chi Xiaoyao was stunned and hurriedly looked at Ying Ying.

Ying Ying's face was solemn as she nodded lightly and said, "Dao Saint's guess is very reasonable. Qu Taichang and the others have these two possibilities in mind. If we want to know the truth, there is only one way... to go to Qingyu Town!"

Su Yun twitched again.

Dao Saint said slowly, "What Ying Dao friend said is right. The word Qingyu Town, as a condition for triggering the seal, must be related to the secret behind the seal. Qu Jin, Qu Taichang, and the others clearly don't want Su Master to recall Qingyu Town and some things."

"In that case, we can only go to Qingyu Town to find out what's behind it!"

Su Yun woke up again in a daze, only to find himself lying on the table, with the sound of a melodious dragon chant ringing in his ears.

He hurriedly got up and saw himself on the moving candle dragon carriage. The trees outside were flying backwards, and in the distance, he could see a huge mine. Further away was the tall buildings and wide streets of Shuofang City.

He was getting farther and farther away from Shuofang City. The candle dragon was galloping along the post road towards Tian Shi Yuan.

Due to the invasion of the Khan from outside the Great Wall, the candle dragon carriage to the outside had stopped. The current candle dragon carriage was only traveling to the Tian Shi Yuan post station.

"I remember that before Ying Ying knocked me out, I was at the Xinglin Medicinal Shop. How did I end up on the candle dragon carriage now?"

Su Yun had a splitting headache, and his ears were ringing. His head felt like it had been hit by a big axe, much worse than the last time he triggered the seal himself due to the after-effects of Ying Ying triggering the Qingyu Town seal.

"Ying Ying must be taking revenge on me for reciting the Sixteen Chapters of the True Dragon. Her revenge is so fierce..."

At this moment, the candle dragon gradually slowed down and stopped outside a small town.

Strangely, there used to be a spiritualist guarding the candle dragon carriage who would report which station they had arrived at, but this time, no one reported.

Su Yun was surprised as he looked outside. The sun was hanging in the sky, and although it was spring, there was a hint of summer outside.

The small town was picturesque, nestled among the mountains and by the water.

Su Yun looked around and found that he was the only one in the carriage, and the book monster Ying Ying was not in her spiritual realm at the moment.

He hesitated for a moment and looked towards the small town.

There was a five-door archway at the entrance of the town, somewhat similar to the Tianmen of Tianmen Town.

He walked to the door of the candle dragon carriage as if possessed by a ghost, opened the door, got off, and came to the archway, looking up at it.On the gateway in the center of the archway were three black characters.

Qingyu Town!

Su Yun was absent-minded, lifted his foot, hesitated a bit, but still stepped down and walked into Qingyu Town.

Outside the town, Dao Saint, Chi Xiaoyao, and Ying Ying watched this scene silently. Chi Xiaoyao hesitated for a moment and didn't say anything.

"Auntie, have you heard that someone in the town lost a child?" They heard Su Yun ask, "Seven years ago... No, thank you..."

"Uncle, have you heard that someone in the town lost a child... Thank you."

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