Chapter 215: The Truth of Kongsang Mountain

"Regardless of how you put it, a Seal Beast is a primitive and cruel existence," Luo Qi said.

"But just like countries that possess nuclear weapons can never achieve denuclearization, no generation of the Supreme Committee has ever managed to completely abandon Seal Beasts," Du Zhengyi said. "Pei Shu was the first Supreme Mage to issue an order to actively destroy a Seal Land."

Luo Qi could tell that this was also one of the reasons Du Zhengyi followed Pei Shu. "Are all Seal Lands destroyed because their locations were leaked?"

"Not at all. The Kongsang Mountain case was an accidental leak of a Psychic Beast, and Kongsang Mountain was dealt with after the incident. In other cases, it was simply because the scale of human development expanded, and when it became truly unavoidable to cede space, the only option was to destroy the Seal Land," Du Zhengyi said.

Maji asked from the side, "Are they on all the continents?"

"Not even Antarctica is an exception," Du Zhengyi said.

"Does Antarctica also have Mages monitoring it?" Maji couldn't help but ask; this was purely out of curiosity.

"Mainly on Eurasia," Du Zhengyi said.

"Then how many Seal Lands are left on Eurasia? Do you know where they all are?" Maji felt somewhat frightened this time; Qiongqi was not exactly a lovable little cutie. The one Luo Qi took out could be called cute, but once he thought about how those things were not all the same, with unfixed sizes and unfixed forms, he wouldn't even know if he bumped into one while walking at night.

"I don't know the specific locations. I only know that the Seal Lands that still remain today should be in ancient ruins or the countryside of today," Du Zhengyi said.

"Wait," Luo Qi suddenly called out. He had always had a strange feeling, and now he suddenly felt he had found some kind of key point.

All three of them looked at him. Luo Qi said, "Hold on, brother, you just said Pei Shu was the first to order the destruction of Seal Lands. Then in the Kongsang Mountain Qiongqi case, the Seal Beasts involved were not destroyed—does that mean there were only Qiongqi there? Are those Qiongqi the Scavengers of Qionglin now?"

Du Zhengyi looked at him with a subtle expression and said nothing.

Luo Qi continued as if talking to himself, "The creatures I saw in that pet shop were not just Ruiqi. I can understand why Seal Beasts are kept scattered. If Seal Lands were activated simultaneously during a state of war, even humans with a high level of civilization would be unable to cope with the sudden appearance of ferocious beasts, especially in residential areas; that would be a large-scale massacre targeting civilians. But from a strategic perspective, it is best for the creatures to be diverse. Not only can they produce various forms of attack, but in the face of an ecological environment that might be completely different a thousand years later, a diverse group of creatures has stronger adaptability. Yes, it must be like this. The thick fur of the Qiongqi clearly shows it is a creature that can only adapt to cold weather."

He looked up. Du Zhengyi was watching him. The moment their gazes met, he realized that Du Zhengyi had given up on hiding it.

"The Seal Land of Kongsang Mountain is still there," Du Zhengyi said.

"What?" Luo Qi let out a loud shout and couldn't help but tremble.

"Qiongqi is only a creature in the first layer of the seal at Kongsang Mountain," Du Zhengyi said in a low voice.

"You told me that Ganzhou was definitely not a problem," Luo Qi couldn't help but shout loudly.

"Because place names have long since changed from the past to the present, the real Kongsang Mountain is not in Ganzhou," Du Zhengyi said calmly. "As far as I know, Kongsang Mountain is not even a mountain at all. So, I didn't pay much attention to what Wen Lin said; I always thought it was just someone who wanted to find Seal Beasts spreading rumors with ulterior motives in a fake location."

"Then you don't think so now?" Luo Qi asked.

"With the matter of Xingtai Mountain, what else do you not understand?" Du Zhengyi said.

Luo Qi realized. He had originally thought Xingtai Mountain was a decoy tomb to cover up the real Seal Land in Ganzhou. But he never expected that even the Kongsang Mountain in Ganzhou was not real. "Then what is the reason? Even if you don't destroy Kongsang Mountain, you could completely empty it out, right? Why go to such great lengths to build a fake Kongsang Mountain?"

"Because Kongsang Mountain seals the largest number of Seal Beasts on this continent. To empty out Kongsang Mountain is far beyond what Qionglin could contain. It can only be said that Kongsang Mountain is the Seal Land that Qionglin least wants to be discovered," Du Zhengyi said, frowning. "I don't know who the Guardian of this outpost in Ganzhou is. Now we really should notify the teacher and Qionglin."

Luo Qi was truly shocked. He believed that the Qionglin Du Zhengyi spoke of was not the place where Qionglin was located. Du Zhengyi was saying that even the Mage Supreme Committee did not have the confidence to digest it, so the scale of the Abnormal Beasts must be quite objective, and perhaps even... "Qiongqi is a creature under the first layer of the seal. Does that mean Qiongqi might be considered the safest Seal Beast?"

Du Zhengyi said in a low voice, "I believe that is the case."

"Then we really need to be cautious," Luo Qi's cold sweat was about to break out. "Ruiqi must have an origin; something must have gone wrong somewhere. If Ruiqi ran out of Kongsang Mountain, that would be fatal."

"Luo Qi, calm down," Du Zhengyi said. "The first-layer Seal Beast of Kongsang Mountain is the Qiongqi. Your little cat doesn't have the combat power of a Qiongqi."

Luo Qi was indeed agitated, and he had every reason to be anxious. "Don't forget that the High-energy Crystals of the Six Great Black Markets have all been bought. Only the Lotus Burners have such an appetite. Most importantly, Clownfish is a Mind Archmage. Leader Zhao shares the same source of genes as you and also holds an Unlock Key for the seal. All they lack is a specific address."

"Calm down." Du Zhengyi only responded with these two words to his barrage of chatter. Luo Qi looked at him in confusion. He suddenly reached out, placed his hand on Luo Qi's shoulder, and squeezed it firmly. "Luo Qi, calm down. Stop outputting anxiety."

Luo Qi froze for a moment, then turned his head to look apologetically at the frowning Maji and Guan Xinyue, who was holding her arms. "Sorry," he said in a low voice, not noticing just how anxious he had been.

"I think it's time to contact the teacher," Maji said from over there. "We might need to activate the emergency line and send word to Gushan."

His words were directed at Du Zhengyi. Du Zhengyi did not object but reminded him, "Even so, we have no way to contact Teacher Pei in real-time."

"That's even better," Maji said. "Leave it to him to judge. I really don't want to worry about it anymore. It would be best if we don't have to bother with burning the mountain down in the end. Whoever is good at setting fires should be sent; I think Fan Shi is quite good."

"We will also appropriately disclose some information to Wen Lin, at least to remind her to keep an eye on the Mages living in Ganzhou. She should have the ability to get a list from Qionglin," Du Zhengyi said, looking at Luo Qi.

Luo Qi nodded, noting that this "we" referred to him and Du Zhengyi.