Chapter 19: The Seal
"Responsibility?"
Cao Daoping nodded: "You come with me." ”
He led Sun Yang to the locked door.
"I can't open it anymore." He said to Sun Yang, and then pointed to two inconspicuous places on the door. "You type some real Qi into these two points."
Sun Yang did as he instructed, and just after he injected True Qi, a faint white light suddenly lit up on the ordinary-looking wooden door, and gorgeous and complex stripes appeared on it, and finally turned into a complex formation.
"This is ......," Sun Yang said in surprise.
"It's not something I can do, I just found it and used it here." Cao Daoping said. "Now enter the real Qi into these places......"
Under his guidance, Sun Yang continued to input True Qi into the formation on the wooden door, and those stripes became brighter and brighter, and then flowed.
"You have to remember the positions and the order." Cao Daoping continued. "If there is red or black in the stripes on the door, it means that there is a problem inside, you should click on these places immediately to prevent the door from continuing to open, and open the door after being sure of everything."
Under his direction, after several minutes of complicated operations, the door finally opened.
A rudimentary staircase that leads deeper underground.
"It took me a year to dig the place, and then it took three years to set it up." Cao Daoping said. "The entire basement is watered with refined glutinous rice and cinnabar, but this door is the most critical protection."
He took a flashlight from the side and walked in front, Sun Yang saw that the stairs were very steep and wanted to help him, but he struggled away: "I'm not so weak that I can't even walk." ”
The walls of the passages on both sides of the stairs were painted with charms and formations, and when they walked to the end of the stairs step by step, Sun Yang saw that it was a small room of about ten square meters, and on the shelf in the middle of the room, there were about a dozen containers wrapped in layers of charms. Some of the vessels themselves are also carved or painted with runes. Each container is secured with special shelves to prevent it from moving.
"This is ......" A cold aura came to his face, making Sun Yang feel a huge pressure.
"This is the monster, the demon or the evil thing that I have captured over the years but have no way to deal with. Those few were caught by Lu Lou, and after he died, I tried to transport them here for safekeeping. Cao Daoping said with a mixed emotion of pride and worry.
"Master Cao......" Sun Yang felt his throat suddenly dry and hoarse.
"I used to have to harden or replace these charms every once in a while to prevent them from escaping, but now, I don't have the ability to do so." Cao Daoping said. "Each of these things has taken a lot of effort for us to trap, and it will be unimaginable for any of them to escape."
"Do you understand now?" He looked at Sun Yang and asked.
Sun Yang nodded silently.
"With your current ability, it is very dangerous to move them, so I said that you had better move to Linjiang."
"Why don't you hand them over to the Special Cases Bureau?" Sun Yang suddenly asked. "Wouldn't it be safer and more efficient to suppress them with the resources of the state?"
Cao Daoping's face changed suddenly.
"Why do you think that?" He shook his head in anger. "What can the bureaucrats, the bureaucrats, the ones who have nothing to do and only come after the fact to clean up the mess or take the credit? You don't know how much trouble you've gotten into them? And how many things have fallen into their hands. Let me call on them for help, unless I'm dead! ”
Sun Yang couldn't understand where his anger came from, he felt that what he saw in the Special Case Administration and what Cao Daoping saw seemed to be two completely different things, but he knew that he couldn't convince Cao Daoping with a few words, so he didn't insist any longer, but checked those seals one by one under Cao Daoping's guidance.
"These two spells can only last for another half a year at most." Cao Daoping said with some concern. Sun Yang looked at the two charms he had mentioned, their colors were obviously much darker than the ones next to them.
"No matter how hard you and Xiaoling work, it is impossible for you and Xiaoling to cross so many levels at once." Cao Daoping kept shaking his head, as if he was thinking about who he was going to find to draw two new spells.
Sun Yang remembered that there was also a "Zhenyue" talisman in his talisman book, but it was indeed too far away for him.
Even the "Filthy" talisman that he had successfully drawn once before when he faced that Spiritual Sect monk had never succeeded in drawing it again until now, and even the simplest "talisman" talisman, the ones he could draw now were far from comparable to the one he had been wearing since he was a child.
In terms of cultivation, he is far from being able to claim success.
It took the two of them about an hour to check all the thirteen seals, and Cao Daoping's spirit became a little sluggish, but he still commanded Sun Yang to close the door again.
"When you inject True Qi, you are also replenishing the energy of this gate." Cao Daoping said. "In order to prevent any accidents in the middle, it is necessary to check at least once a quarter."
"Where did Master Lu put these things before?"
"It's right below the Zhouyi Research Society." Cao Daoping replied. "The entrance is at the shrine under the stairs, suppressed by the statue of Lao Tzu of the Jin Dynasty."
Sun Yang was speechless, the things used by these monks are really inconspicuous, and he often goes to incense on that seated statue, but he never thought that it turned out to be an antiquity of the Jin Dynasty.
"What do you think now?" Cao Daoping asked.
Sun Yang shook his head.
"Master Cao, let me think about it again. But don't worry, I'll come over often, no matter what, as soon as you call me, I'll come right away. ”
Cao Daoping shook his head, this was not the result he wanted, but he didn't hold on any longer.
The two of them walked to the courtyard outside together, Cao Fang, Lu Xiaoling and Yue'er were busy getting barbecue things, and when they saw their grandfather coming out, Yue'er excitedly opened her arms and ran towards him.
"Why don't you consider Xiaoling?" Sun Yang asked.
"She's not a good fit." Cao Daoping replied simply.
This kind of family life is obviously a rare experience for Lu Xiaoling, Sun Yang observed her from the side, and found that she wanted to fit in, but always unconsciously alienated herself again.
Xu Hai sent the two to take a plane, and while Lu Xiaoling was away, he quietly asked, "Did you two have an awkward quarrel?" ”
"No~"
"Then why don't you speak?"
Sun Yang squeezed out a smile and shook his head.
Sure enough, just as he had feared, when everything was clear, it was difficult for the two to maintain their relationship as friends.
"Don't you want to know what Master Cao told me alone?" When Xu Hai left, he finally couldn't help but ask Lu Xiaoling.
"What did you say?"
But Sun Yang was stunned for a moment.
It is impossible to tell Lu Xiaoling about Lu Lou's matter, with her character, she will definitely put down everything at hand to investigate that matter.
"He's completely lost his true qi." All he could say was in the end.
Lu Xiaoling nodded, she had already guessed such a result.
"He wants me to come to Linjiang." Sun Yang whispered to Lu Xiaoling about the things in Cao Daoping's house, and also told her Cao Daoping's thoughts.
"You promised him?"
"Nope." Sun Yang shook his head. Maybe coming to Linjiang will be an opportunity for him to naturally fade out of Li Wei's life? But he was not sure about Li Wei's reaction. With her personality, it is not impossible to quit her job and come to Linjiang to find another job.
"Do you want me to come?" He asked softly.
Lu Xiaoling looked at him and didn't answer.