Chapter 647

Ye Lin exclaimed in surprise: "Is there such a treasure?"

"Hmm, but that was only for a while earlier, but now the sect doesn't require us to go there anymore; maybe they think it's too dangerous to let us continue using it."

"Dangerous...?" Ye Lin was a bit curious, after all he had only entered Paolong Sacred Land a few years ago, and most of the time he was cultivating, so he wasn't very familiar.

"What danger does the Spirit-Evil Heaven-Suppressing Seal pose?"

"I heard it's because accelerating cultivation too fast causes those who use that treasure to suffer qi deviation and fall into demonic possession."

Ye Lin suddenly realized: "The path of cultivation is best taken step by step."

"But this has nothing to do with what we were talking about, right?"

"It might be related; perhaps those who are chasing Ye Shidi came for the Spirit-Evil Heaven-Suppressing Seal."

"But..." The disciple beside him had a strange expression: "Who could steal something from our Paolong Sacred Land?"

"This person sometimes is careless; if he's always arrogant and complacent, one day someone might really steal his things."

Ye Lin thought for a moment, feeling something was off: "But... the people chasing me don't seem to be after the treasure. And if they wanted to steal the treasure, they'd have to sneak inside first, right?"

"Maybe there are their insiders among us in the Inner Gate," the person beside him said.

Ye Lin shook his head: "If that's the case, rashly investigating would surely bring danger. After all, the enemy is in the dark, and with no clues at all, we can't even start an investigation."

"Hey, Ye Shidi, you say that." The disciple beside him laughed: "When the cart reaches the mountain, there will be a way; doing nothing accomplishes nothing. Since you trust us, let's act—let's go investigate first."

"If... there really are their insiders, wouldn't that implicate the two senior brothers? I should handle this myself!" Ye Lin felt he was still a bit naive; if this went badly, it could involve something huge, and the three of us disciples definitely couldn't bear it.

"Hey!" The disciple beside him patted Ye Lin's shoulder: "We cultivators ought to meet difficulties head-on; how could we fear such minor danger?"

"Moreover, since Ye Shidi invited us over and spoke of this, it shows you trust us. No matter what, Ye Shidi is also considering the sacred land's safety, so if we foil their plot, we'll surely earn the elders' approval!"

"Exactly!"

"Good!" Ye Lin smiled, seeing the two so determined, he felt deeply moved: "We will surely resolve this trouble and restore peace to the sacred land!"

"Mm, keep it up!"

The three passionate youths began their action, afterwards they each split up to gather information.

Soon after, the three gathered again, exchanging the information they had gathered.

"Let me speak first." A disciple stood up: "It's said that the Spirit-Evil Heaven-Suppressing Seal was sent to Paolong Sacred Land by someone, but it seems the sacred land's elders wanted to fully understand the treasure's function, so they allowed disciples to use it. However, because many disciples suffered qi deviation, the Lian Dan Tang lacked manpower, so they drafted alchemists from the Outer Gate. Even that wasn't enough, they also bought many medicines to suppress qi deviation from outside."

Upon hearing this, Ye Lin felt he had heard something similar before in Long Qi Cheng.

"On my end I haven't found anything; those injured fellows dare not speak much about what happened earlier—I guess the elders ordered them to keep silent."

Ye Lin sighed: "I inquired nearby; the situation in the Outer Gate is even more complicated than I imagined. Although two Inner Gate elders have been sent to oversee the Outer Gate, the Internal Affairs Hall's matters remain undecided, and the Outer Gate disciples are anxious, unable to find peace."

"In that case, even though there must be someone in the Inner Gate who knows the news, if we rashly go over, we probably won't find out anything."

Boom—!

Before the three could decide what to do next, the earth suddenly trembled, then in an instant returned to calm.

"Another earthquake?"

"Lately the tremors have been getting more frequent."

Ye Lin found it strange: "Why would the Inner Gate tremble for no reason?"

"It's not without cause; rather, there's a problem in the forbidden zone."

"Forbidden zone?"

Although Ye Lin had only recently come to the Inner Gate, he knew where some of Paolong Sacred Land's forbidden zones were.

For example, the graveyard behind the main peak, the mining area, and the Lingyu behind it are normally closed to outsiders, only opened at special times for disciples to enter.

These places are usually called forbidden zones.

Feeling the direction of the tremor, Ye Lin discovered it came from the Lingyu side, and wondered: "What's wrong with the Lingyu?"

"I don't know; I heard it's a problem with the earth veins, but the elders are busy repairing it, and it should be fine after a while."

The disciples naturally couldn't know the inside story, and Ye Lin didn't dwell on it, after all the forbidden zone isn't somewhere he can just go whenever he wants.

After investigating for a while, Ye Lin wrote a letter telling Yan Buji what he knew.

Outer Gate Lian Dan Tang

Yan Buji received Ye Lin's reply, furrowed his brow: "It seems the Inner Gate's information blockade is tight; the disciples hardly know any changes in Paolong Sacred Land."

"Right, the Spirit-Evil Heaven-Suppressing Seal? This treasure, while it can speed up cultivation, causes users to suffer qi deviation... the Heart-United Carnage Pill..."

Yan Buji thought carefully: originally, we outside alchemists were invited by Paolong Sacred Land to refine this kind of pill; thanks to this opportunity, Yan Buji could become Hall Master of Lian Dan Tang.

But after reconsidering, looking at the changes before and after and seeing that those people are still refining this pill: "By harming one's own flesh and blood to increase spiritual energy absorption speed, then combining it with the Spirit-Evil Heaven-Suppressing Seal, could it reduce the danger of qi deviation? This hardly seems like an upright cultivation method."

Yan Buji thought carefully, but since it allows rapid cultivation, he also wanted to give it a try.

However, the Heart-United Carnage Pill and the Spirit-Evil Heaven-Suppressing Seal are both crucial parts of Paolong Sacred Land; Yan Buji felt this matter isn't really related to the current situation.

"Unless those Youming Jie cultivators came for the Spirit-Evil Heaven-Suppressing Seal... but that doesn't seem right."

Yan Buji thought it over carefully and decided to investigate something.

Soon, Yan Buji went to the Transmitting Skills Hall and arrived at the Scripture Pavilion.

In the Scripture Pavilion there are not only techniques and arts, but also various strange tales, some ancient classics and historical records; Yan Buji wanted to investigate just what that so-called Fu Hai Gate actually is.