Chapter 881: Extra Chapter 4: 118

Liu Junyan still wanted to continue telling Xiao Jiu the specific details inside.

He had gone down before, but after reaching a certain depth, he sensed that seal and was pushed back, not even seeing what the seal looked like.

He hadn't finished speaking when Xiao Jiu already dove down headfirst.

Liu Junyan hurried to follow.

Xiao Jiu wasn't impulsive; rather, the closer she got to that cold pool, the more agitated the Mòyù Bānzhǐ became.

She clearly felt that beneath the cold pool there was a mysterious force pulling her.

Xiao Jiu dove down quickly; by the time Liu Junyan caught up, Xiao Jiu had already stopped at the outer edge of that repelling force.

Liu Junyan remembered that last time he had been pushed back here by that repelling force.

At this moment, Xiao Jiu extended her right hand, slowly moving downward.

Liu Junyan saw the Mòyù Bānzhǐ on Xiao Jiu's right thumb.

The water surface below, centered on that Mòyù Bānzhǐ, was gradually cleared away.

Xiao Jiu was like a fish, or like a sword, cleaving the water surface.

Her body was still slowly sinking; Liu Junyan immediately followed.

With Xiao Jiu leading the way, Liu Junyan was no longer pushed back by that repelling force.

But after they dove a little deeper, Liu Junyan felt a compressive force coming from behind.

That was not natural water pressure, but the compressive force caused by the seal that Xiao Jiu had broken, which was re-closing behind Liu Junyan.

At this point, Liu Junyan could no longer turn back.

Of course, he also could not turn back.

He wanted to accompany Xiao Jiu and also see what that seal was, and what was sealed.

Time flowed by second by second.

From jumping into the cold pool to diving downward, it took less than a minute, yet Liu Junyan felt as if an eternity had passed.

Soon, Liu Junyan saw what he wanted to see.

And Xiao Jiu, upon clearly seeing the seal at the bottom of the cold pool, froze.

The bottom of the cold pool had no silt, no living things; the pool water was bone-chillingly yin-cold, and on a patch of broken stone at the bottom lay a crossed seal strip.

The seal strip bore three seal impressions.

One came from the Earth Mother Goddess.

One came from the Dìmài Lóngshén.

And another… was actually a seal from the Yin Dang Hang!

This seal of the Yin Dang Hang dates back over a thousand years; it is the predecessor of the present Yin Dang Hang.

Upon seeing that seal impression, Xiao Jiu vaguely understood.

Back then, the earth veins were in turmoil; there were some exposed on the surface, and some hidden and not yet erupted.

These hidden, dormant dangers could only be suppressed first, awaiting a suitable moment to lift the seal and properly deal with them.

The Dìmài Lóngshén and the Nether Realm wished to cooperate, so they introduced this mediator—the predecessor of the Yin Dang Hang—as a compromise.

No matter how the Yin Dang Hang or the Dang Pu changed over time, this remains a lingering issue of the Yin Dang Hang.

In short, after this seal is lifted, whatever happens will be handled by the Yin Dang Hang.

And as the Earth Deity Maiden, Xiao Jiu's duty includes guiding the earth vein's qi.

After all twists and turns, this difficult problem ended up in Xiao Jiu's hands.

More importantly, this seal before them is merely a tiny spot on the vast earth vein network; there are others elsewhere!

Xiao Jiu hovered in the water, hesitated for a while, then turned her head to look at Liu Junyan.

She was very torn.

If she opened the seal now, she did not know what she would soon face.

But if she did not open it, the problem could never be resolved.

Even a seal that Liu Junyan could not touch, trying to find useful clues outside, is basically impossible.

After all, both Liu Junyan and Xiao Jiu have looked through the records concerning this matter.

The records only state that an unformed ferocious beast is sealed here, with nothing else.

No! Unformed!

Xiao Jiu suddenly realized something!

In the days before she saw the Earth Mother Goddess, her spiritual sense had been restrained by a force, drifting all the way, discerning qi.

Xiao Jiu saw many kinds of 'qi'.

Among them, some 'qi' after condensing, after long nourishment by Spiritual Qi, gradually took shape, becoming spirit beasts, demon beasts, ferocious beasts, and so on.

Perhaps Xiao Jiu's spiritual sense had also passed through this place?

Thinking this, Xiao Jiu dove a little deeper, closed her eyes, activated her spiritual sense, and tried to feel.

Sure enough, she soon sensed a mass of almost congealed blood-qi below, and within that blood-qi, a throbbing pulse that never ceased!

This reminded Xiao Jiu of the egg she had once seen!

At that time she had also thought that if she could confirm the egg's location, when the egg hatched she could still have Shan Shan go over to collect it.

However, what is down there may not necessarily be an egg.

Even if it is an egg, it may not be the one Xiao Jiu once saw.

Xiao Jiu opened her eyes, then turned her head to look at Liu Junyan.

She was seeking Liu Junyan's opinion.

Should we wait a bit longer?

Or should we open the seal now?

Liu Junyan, however, was more resolute than Xiao Jiu.

At the moment Xiao Jiu's questioning gaze fell on him, Liu Junyan nodded.

To Liu Junyan, no matter how great the danger below, he could face it.

What he worried about most was not how strong the opponent was, but the unknown.

The unknown is uncontrollable.

As long as he knows what the opponent is, even if he cannot control it at first, he will always have a way to eliminate this hidden danger later.

Thus, Liu Junyan immediately gave Xiao Jiu an encouraging look.

And Liu Junyan's firm decisiveness also dispelled the slight worry in Xiao Jiu's heart.

Xiao Jiu reached out and slowly tore open that seal.

This action was very easy for Xiao Jiu, just like tearing a piece of paper in everyday life.

But Liu Junyan behind him, watching as Xiao Jiu tore open the seal, saw the ley‑line runes continuously spreading out in all directions across the whole water area, and the surge of the surrounding Qìchǎng—everything indicated one fact: only Xiao Jiu could accomplish this!

The situation was not as Xiao Jiu had imagined.

Xiao Jiu thought that the moment she tore off the seal, a powerful unknown force would surge up from below…… but there was nothing; the below was eerily still.

For a moment, it even gave Xiao Jiu the illusion: could this seal bearing the three‑direction great seal be fake?

Otherwise, how could there be no reaction at all?

Xiao Jiu refused to believe it, closed her eyes again, activated her spiritual sense to sense the 'Qi' below.

The next instant, she fiercely opened her eyes, formed a hand seal, and with a reverse palm struck downward.

Liu Junyan's reaction was also swift; as soon as Xiao Jiu moved, he had already received the signal, and almost simultaneously formed a seal and struck a palm together with Xiao Jiu.

The water surged.

Sand and stones flew about.

Underwater, black bubbles gurgled up like a pot of herbal medicine boiling……

Immediately, a roar came from underground, the whole cold pool trembled, and shortly after, a stout black horn burst out from beneath the sand and stones at the bottom of the water……