Chapter 282: The Seal

Because he was traveling with the current of the river, Li Luo reached the outskirts of the forbidden zone mountain range faster than he had imagined.

In just half a day, the outline of the forbidden zone mountain range had already appeared within his field of vision.

Looking at the approaching forbidden zone mountain range, Li Luo's expression became grave; his plan this time indeed had many difficulties.

In truth, he was not worried about how to lure out the spirit beast from the forbidden zone, because after the incident at the Dark Spirit Pool previously, he had speculated afterward and was quite certain that the reason the spirit beast had gone on a rampage back then was likely due to the eruption of the dual-phase power within his body.

The spirit beast must have sensed the dual-phase power, which was why it was alarmed.

After all, dual-phase power was the mark of a Marquis-level expert; the spirit beast might have initially thought that the academy had sent another Marquis-level expert to surround and suppress it, but later it must have sensed that the dual-phase power was not from a true Marquis-level expert, but from a weak youth possessing a dual-phase palace.

Consequently, it developed a greedy heart; perhaps, devouring his dual-phase would bring some special benefits to that spirit beast.

Therefore, Li Luo had come to the forbidden zone mountain range this time to use himself as bait to lure that spirit beast.

Of course, there was still one difficult problem...

That was the seal left by the Dean that Duze Honglian had mentioned.

On a mountain peak at the outskirts of the forbidden zone, there was a seal left by their mysterious Dean; Li Luo had previously seen its power with his own eyes.

It was precisely because of the existence of this seal that the spirit beast was unable to step out of the forbidden zone mountain range.

So, if Li Luo did not resolve this problem, then no matter how tempting he was as bait, that spirit beast would still be unable to come out...

And if it could not come out, then Li Luo's plan would lose its effect.

No one had expected that this seal left by the Dean would instead become the biggest problem Li Luo had to face at the moment.

Li Luo's eyes showed a look of contemplation, but he was not entirely without a solution for the Dean's seal when he proposed this plan, and the most likely method among them was...

To beg!

Beg whom? Naturally, to beg the seal left by the Dean!

According to what Jiang Qing'e had said before, the seal left by the Dean already possessed spirituality; furthermore, with a powerhouse of the Dean's level, perhaps even a sliver of his will was connected to the seal, so if Li Luo could go before the seal and beg, it might even trigger a sliver of the Dean's response.

Although this method sounded extremely unreliable, Li Luo felt that the means of a King-level expert were far beyond what people like them could fathom.

A seemingly absurd method might not necessarily be unworkable.

And regardless of whether it worked or not, he had to try it to know.

If it really didn't work...

He would stand outside the seal and try his best to provoke that spirit beast, to see if he could make it go crazy enough to break through the seal.

It was just that this method was too extreme; he was afraid that if he provoked the spirit beast too severely, it might ignore everything and, even at the cost of being killed by the seal, insist on devouring him, which would not quite fit his plan.

Thinking of these things in his heart, Li Luo took out the map and compared it slightly with the terrain; he quickly identified the mountain peak where the Dean's seal had been placed that day, and then he did not hesitate, setting off immediately and rushing toward that towering mountain peak.

Two hours later, Li Luo's figure appeared on that mountain peak; he caught his breath for a few moments, then cast his gaze toward a piece of bluestone on the summit.

Because on the surface of that bluestone, an ancient character for "Seal" was carved.

On the surface of the "Seal" character, the light was barely perceptible; if Li Luo had not seen the power emitted by this inscription with his own eyes that day, he would likely find it hard to imagine that it was left by a King-level expert.

Li Luo cautiously stepped forward and approached the bluestone, but fortunately, the seal did not have any resistant reaction, which made him heave a sigh of relief.

"Ahem..."

"Dean, student Li Luo, a student of the One-Star Hall of the Astral Sage College, has come to disturb you because this No. 13 outpost has suddenly encountered a great disaster. A Great Calamity-class Other has escaped from the depths of the Dark Cave and has now besieged the outpost. The student wishes to release the spirit beast from the forbidden zone and lure it to fight that Great Calamity Other."

"Although the plan is very exaggerated, fortune favors the bold; to save my life, I can only treat a dead horse as a living one. I hope the Dean, with your vast supernatural powers, can provide some help."

Li Luo bowed to the bluestone and then went on a long, rambling speech.

However, after he finished speaking, the seal on the bluestone still had no movement. Li Luo hesitated for a moment, then slowly reached out his palm and touched the ancient seal on the bluestone.

The moment he touched it, a cold sensation traveled along his fingertips; Li Luo's spirit seemed to be slightly dazed for a moment, and then he did not feel any unusual movement.

This made Li Luo frown in disappointment, and he muttered, "No way, Dean, standing by and watching someone die doesn't fit your status."

He had a bit of a headache; if his thoughts could not be realized, then he would really only have to adopt the most extreme method, but that could only be considered a last resort.

However, it was at this moment that Li Luo felt something was wrong, because it was too quiet.

Originally, the mountain wind was howling on this summit, but at this moment, it was as if all sounds had disappeared.

Li Luo suddenly had a feeling; he looked up abruptly at this huge bluestone, and then he saw that on the originally empty bluestone, there was now a figure sitting cross-legged.

That figure wore a green shirt, had a middle-aged face, white eyebrows, and deep eyes like an abyss, giving one a sense of being unfathomable.

He just sat there quietly, yet he gave one a sense of heaviness and vastness, as if he were a mountain supporting the sky.

And at this moment, this middle-aged man in a green shirt with white eyebrows was looking at Li Luo quietly.

Under his calm gaze, Li Luo felt as if he were being stared at by an ancient ferocious beast, and he had an indescribable feeling of fear.

He swallowed a mouthful of saliva; the identity of the middle-aged man in the green shirt with white eyebrows before him was self-evident. The only person who could appear after he touched the ancient seal was clearly the mysterious Dean of their Astral Sage College.

"Student Li Luo, greets the Dean." Li Luo bowed respectfully; this person was likely the strongest existence he had ever seen to date.

The middle-aged man in the green shirt with white eyebrows looked at Li Luo with his deep, abyss-like eyes, then seemed to smile, and a voice came.

"Li Luo..."

"Born with a Heavenly Phase, yet possessing a Three-Phase Palace, and forging your phase with the method of the acquired, that is indeed rare."

"You are the son of Li Taixuan and Tantai Lan, right?"

These few words, falling into Li Luo's ears, stirred up monstrous waves in his heart; he could not help but take two steps back, because this was the first time he had ever been seen through regarding the secrets within his own body.

Was this Dean before him actually this terrifying?