The fortune telling was so accurate that I accidentally accumulated a huge amount of merit!

Chapter 461 What kind of seal is so powerful?!
Xuan Chu, who was in pain and despair, became peaceful after the golden light of merit merged into his body.

Yun Ran breathed a sigh of relief, relieved that she hadn't been dragged into the endless abyss by the sacrificial creature.

That was close! She was almost scared to death.

If other people, especially her former 'friends,' knew this, they'd laugh their heads off.

Xuan Chu certainly wouldn't be able to detach himself from empathy so quickly, so Yun Ran had no choice but to stay by his side to protect him, lest Xuan Chu accidentally die.

Time passed by, and the sky gradually brightened. Yunran had already changed her sitting posture eighty-one times.

The bad news is that Xuan Chu hasn't recovered from his empathy yet, but the good news is that he's not in any danger.

Yunran stretched lazily, shifted to a more comfortable sitting position, then took out a biscuit from her bag and started crunching it down.

It was at this moment that Xuan Chu opened his eyes without warning.

"Hey, you're awake~"

Xuan Chu looked at Yun Ran's fair hair, his eyes flashing.

When he realized that he wasn't injured as expected, he understood what was going on and frowned slightly.

"How much merit have you bestowed upon me?"

Yun Ran rolled her eyes at Xuan Chu, annoyed: "Don't flatter yourself. I'm just afraid that if you die here, the people from Tiandao Village will hunt me down!"
"Let's get down to business. What kind of creature is it that's empathizing with you? I was the one who discovered it first, but it's empathizing with you! That's such unfair treatment!"

Mentioning this, Yunran felt somewhat resentful. The creature that could be sacrificed was definitely a powerful demon, and it was very dangerous to empathize with it.

But there are also many benefits; you might receive some incredible inheritance and learn many secrets.

Xuan Chu could tell from Yun Ran's eagerness to know what the benefits were that Yun Ran truly didn't care about the merits bestowed upon him.

Thinking back to how I used to follow Yun Ran closely, keeping a close eye on her for fear that she would do something bad.

Now it seems that he was really narrow-minded; Yun Ran was much more insightful and magnanimous than he had imagined.

However, upon seeing Yun Ran's resentful expression, which seemed to indicate she had suffered a great loss, the despair that had been affected by empathy vanished instantly.

Xuan Chu said with a wry smile, "This is not a matter of preferential treatment. Your destiny is different, and you already have the aura of a dragon spirit on you."

Unless they are beings more powerful than dragon spirits, they wouldn't dare to make a move against you.

I'm different; I'm bound by the Heavenly Dao's restrictions, which are harmless to it. Given this comparison, it naturally chooses to empathize with me.

Even though Xuan Chu said that, Yun Ran wasn't comforted at all; instead, her expression became even more sour.

Xuan Chu pretended not to see it.

He continued, "The one sacrificed was a peacock demon, who not only suffered the pain of being pierced by ten thousand arrows, but also witnessed the extinction of his wife, children, and clan."

Those who offered sacrifices to it were followers of an evil god, whose intention was to break the seal with an endless stream of overwhelming resentment.

Unfortunately, those followers of the evil god underestimated the strength of the seal and the resentment of the Peacock Demon.

The seal had loosened considerably, but the resentment it emitted had devoured all living beings nearby, including the followers of the evil god.

Whether it was her imagination or not, Yun Ran clearly saw a flash of coldness on Xuan Chu's face when she heard the last sentence.

This is completely inconsistent with Xuan Chu's previous 'cold and neutral' personality.

However, considering that Xuan Chu was bound by the restrictions of the Heavenly Dao.

Yun Ran felt a little relieved, thinking that she wouldn't be so easily swayed by the great demon's resentment. "It's actually a peacock demon! The peacock clan has produced powerful figures before. Those foolish believers are really courting death!"

Yunran wanted to continue cursing those people whose brains were filled with mush, for doing stupid things.

Xuan Chu added leisurely, "The matter of the sacrifice happened a thousand years ago!"

Yunran: ...

Her eyes widened as she looked at Xuan Chu: "Are you sure? A seal that had already loosened had actually held firm for nearly a thousand years?"

What kind of seal is this?!
Yunran is now eager to see the seal.

This is something only a top-tier expert could achieve, comparable to the level of the Qingfeng Temple Ancestor.

"Then I have to go and see it. It's absolutely a miracle. I'll definitely learn a lot from observing it."

Seeing Yun Ran's eagerness to snatch up the bargains, Xuan Chu quickly reached out to stop her.

His face was full of helplessness: "You're too impatient. I haven't finished speaking yet."

Yunran disdainfully shook off Xuan Chu's hand.

"You don't know anything! If you don't run fast when there's good stuff, you won't even get the scraps!"

"You sacrificed a seal that even the Peacock Demon couldn't break. Do you think an evil god who can be sealed by such a seal is easy to deal with?"

From my previous empathy, I saw someone accidentally touch the seal, opening a corner of it, with disastrous results.

The two of us are no match for this; we need to call in more people.

No one knows how long this seal has existed, let alone what it is. We'd better not touch it.

If, like those people before, we accidentally break the seal, we'll all die here.

Yunran was someone who listened to advice. Although she was very unhappy, after thinking about it, she felt that Xuan Chu was right, so she could only suppress her eager thoughts.

The two started splitting up to use secret techniques to call for help. The magnetic field here was faulty, and even using the Special Administration Bureau's special signal, they couldn't make a phone call.

Most of the people who were on good terms with me before were 'sent out' during the Xuanmen Grand Competition.

Yunran naturally went to Xie Xuzhi; this guy had many trump cards and was much more reliable than her randomly looking for someone else.

Besides, this is originally a matter for the Special Administration Bureau, so it's perfectly reasonable for her to go to the highest-ranking official above her!

Xie Xuzhi has now returned to the Xie family's old house, but he is obviously busier than ever.

If his injuries hadn't fully healed, he would have shown up right now and crushed those who were jumping around.

The little paper figure that had stayed by Xie Xuzhi's side received the message from its master and immediately squeezed through the crack in the study door.

It dusted itself off, flew to the pile of documents in front of Xie Xuzhi, sat down, and casually crossed its legs.

Her voice was soft and sweet: "Director Xie, my master needs to speak with you."

Xie Xuzhi, who was engrossed in signing stacks of documents, immediately looked up when he heard the little paper figure's words.

Even though he was facing a paper doll, Xie Xuzhi subconsciously switched his attitude.

Fearing that the little paper doll might complain, and that Yunran would turn the tables on them.

A slight smile appeared on his previously tense face.