Hm?

As Chen Mobai’s brows furrowed, a pitch-black shadow burst forth like a spirit snake from Yang Jing’s open mouth.

A scorching breath erupted, and a wisp of purple flame rose from Chen Mobai’s palm, incinerating the dark shadow. However, the intangible consciousness within it penetrated the blockade of the purple fire sword qi and entered Chen Mobai’s Purple Mansion Sea of Consciousness.

Consciousness leaving the body!

Could it be that Yang Jing had already reached Foundation Establishment?

Chen Mobai’s brows knitted together, but since it concerned his own Purple Mansion Sea of Consciousness, he dared not neglect it and decided to meditate immediately to investigate.

At the same time, the usually quiet Yang Jing now had his mouth agape, his eyes flickering with a cold, beastly light, and he sneered as he bit towards Chen Mobai.

“What’s going on? Did something go wrong with the seal?”

At this moment, Kong Feichen, who was watching from the side, wanted to come over anxiously.

“Could it be that what he said was true?”

Muttering to himself, there was a crackling sound.

Chen Mobai’s right arm sleeve revealed patches of mysterious cyan light, which shot out in an instant, transforming into fine cyan scale chains that bound both Kong Feichen and Yang Jing’s limbs, suspending them in mid-air.

“Until I figure out what’s going on, both of you stay quiet.”

After saying this, Chen Mobai sat on the sofa and closed his eyes.

His mind sank directly into the Purple Mansion Sea of Consciousness.

Then, he saw a shadowy serpent coiling around the green paulownia sapling that his consciousness had split off, its two crimson points like snake eyes, flickering with unconscious chaos.

Without a word, Chen Mobai urged his consciousness to directly crush the shadowy serpent.

If it were a matter of spiritual power, he had only been in Foundation Establishment for half a year and still had lingering poison, which might have some flaws.

But in terms of consciousness, that was his strongest aspect.

The solid foundation of the Nourishing Thoughts into Divine Technique, his self-created painless split consciousness, plus the recent refinement of the Bi Mu Spirit Heart that opened up a Purple Mansion Sea of Consciousness more than twice as spacious.

Purely in terms of consciousness, he was already at the very top of the early Foundation Establishment stage. Even compared to those mid-Foundation Establishment cultivators who did not cultivate consciousness and only relied on cultivation to boost their consciousness, he was not inferior.

After the green paulownia sapling of consciousness tore the shadowy serpent into shreds, Chen Mobai carefully inspected his Purple Mansion Sea of Consciousness again. After confirming there were no hidden dangers, he opened his eyes with relief.

“What exactly are you trying to do?”

Kong Feichen, who was hanging in the living room in mid-air, protected by cyan scales, was still struggling violently.

His eyes widened, trying to gather his wind spiritual power to cut the cyan scale chains binding his limbs, but the power of a second-order magical instrument was not something he, a mere Qi Refining cultivator, could break free from.

As soon as his spiritual power tried to surge out of his body, it would be instantly shattered by a scale, unable to form a wind blade spell.

On the other side, Yang Jing, who had been grinning and writhing, went limp and fainted the moment the shadowy serpent was shattered.

“Quiet down.”

Chen Mobai snapped his fingers, and five more cyan scales flew out, sticking to Kong Feichen’s lips, then placed him on the floor to make him a bit more comfortable.

Then he beckoned with a finger, and the cyan scale chains on the unconscious Yang Jing in mid-air lit up with spiritual light, carrying her over and landing on the sofa.

Looking at the sleeping girl with steady breathing, Chen Mobai reached out his finger and touched her forehead.

A golden diamond pattern lit up; this was the seal he had just set, indicating a successful application.

“Wuu wuu wuu!”

On the side, Kong Feichen was still struggling on the floor. Chen Mobai, annoyed by the noise, waved his left hand, and twelve golden needles flew out from his sleeve.

The needles, shining with golden light and cold tips, pressed against Kong Feichen’s skin, causing his body hair to stand on end.

He dared not move.

“Qing Nv is refining the Clear Vision Bamboo Spirit Dew, so I won’t call her now to avoid distracting her.”

After saying this, Chen Mobai withdrew the finger from Yang Jing’s forehead and then stood up to go to the balcony.

He took out his phone, frowned in hesitation, but still sent a message to Lan Haitian.

“Although it’s not what you expected, something unexpected did happen.”

Beep beep beep, the reply came instantly.

“Can you elaborate?”

“It’s not convenient right now, let’s find a place tonight.”

“Then let’s meet at the place where we first met, I’ll wait for you.”

“Okay.”

After making the appointment, Chen Mobai remembered the words Lan Haitian had said to him on the bus.

Yang Jing’s foster parents had once joined a cult, and Gu Changfeng, when he was young, was also a follower of this cult.

Moreover, the fact that Qing Nv, Kong Feichen, and Yang Jing, with such heaven-defying spiritual root talents, were all in the same orphanage, one could tell there was a mystery involved.

But Lan Haitian had checked the orphanage and found no problems.

Standing on the balcony, Chen Mobai thought through all the clues and finally found that the problem lay with Yang Jing.

Her foster parents had her practice forbidden arts, but they were discovered by the Immortal Gate law enforcement cultivators.

Later, Gu Changfeng appeared, took Qing Nv as his disciple, and naturally took action to seal Yang Jing’s second personality, “Serpent.”

Moreover, in the years that followed, it was Gu Changfeng who helped reinforce Yang Jing’s seal until he was suspected of practicing forbidden arts and was captured by Lan Haitian.

So, why did the seal I applied have problems?

After sorting through all the clues, Chen Mobai returned to the starting point.

He thought for a moment, took out his phone, opened the Immortal Gate spell library, and searched for this sealing technique.

With his current authority as a true Foundation Establishment cultivator, he easily found this sealing technique called “Tao.”

After spending six hundred points to download the complete content, Chen Mobai finally found the problem.

The sealing technique taught to him by Qing Nv and Kong Feichen differed from the one in the Immortal Gate spell library. Although it was only a slight difference, such a precise spell like the sealing technique could not tolerate any errors.

It turned out that they had given the wrong sealing technique, no wonder it took me so long to comprehend.

Chen Mobai, in a moment of realization, put down his phone and walked to the center of the living room.

He snapped his fingers, and the cyan scales on Kong Feichen’s mouth and limbs turned into patches of mysterious cyan light that flew back into his right sleeve, reattaching to the protective arm.

“Who taught you this sealing technique?”

Chen Mobai began to ask questions. Since the needles had not been withdrawn, Kong Feichen still dared not move. He looked at Yang Jing with wide eyes and remained silent.

With another snap of his fingers, the cyan scale chains binding Yang Jing were also withdrawn.

“Don’t worry, I have no interest in you two. And if it weren’t for Qing Nv’s relationship, you two wouldn’t have been able to invite me, a true Foundation Establishment cultivator.”

Although they were two geniuses with different spiritual roots, under the gap of the great realm, Kong Feichen and Yang Jing had no chance to resist.

Knowing the problem, Chen Mobai also lost interest.

He withdrew the needles and edited a message about the situation, sending it to Qing Nv.

Qing Nv should have completed the refining of the Clear Vision Bamboo Spirit Dew for the day and could be called over to take charge.

Beep beep beep!

Just as he sent the message, Qing Nv called him directly.

“I’ll be right there!”

After hearing his description, Qing Nv only said this sentence and hung up the phone.

About ten minutes later, the door was opened with a “bang,” and Qing Nv rushed to the sofa first to check the sleeping Yang Jing’s condition. After confirming she was fine, she breathed a sigh of relief.

“This is the ‘Tao’ downloaded from the Immortal Gate spell library, and it has six different patterns from what you taught me.”

Chen Mobai patted the sofa next to him, signaling Qing Nv to sit down and rest for a while, then sent her the link about “Tao.”

Qing Nv didn’t care about wasting points and downloaded a copy with her account as well. After carefully reading it and recalling the sealing technique in her mind, she found that it was indeed different from what Chen Mobai said, with six patterns deviating.

This would lead to errors in the seal, so why hadn’t there been any problems with Yang Jing before?

“Before, it was Gu Changfeng who was sealing it. Maybe he was always using the correct seal on Yang Jing, but he held back when teaching you.”

Chen Mobai proposed his idea, but this raised another question.

Why would Gu Changfeng do that?

“Our sealing technique was learned from the law enforcement cultivator who helped seal Yang Jing’s foster parents. After she helped seal Yang Jing’s second personality, she told us about the possible future effects. To protect our sister, we pestered her to learn this sealing technique. She was very kind and taught us when we took Yang Jing away.”

After Qing Nv returned, Kong Feichen finally spoke up, cooperatively revealing key information.

“What’s her name? Do you remember?”

“I don’t remember, but I only remember that those people called her Captain Gan.”

Hearing Kong Feichen’s words, Chen Mobai noted the surname, thinking that with Lan Haitian’s power, he should be able to pull up the archives of those involved in the capture of Yang Jing’s foster parents.

“She should be fine. I could feel her genuine pity for Yang Jing back then.”

But at this moment, Qing Nv suddenly spoke up.

She stroked the sleeping Yang Jing, who was still frowning, with a look of distress.

“There’s someone who definitely knows all the truth.”

“Who?”

“My master.”

Chen Mobai saw Qing Nv’s determined face and couldn’t help but shake his head.

“He seems to have been transferred from Danxia City’s prison during our first year of college, and now I don’t know where he is serving his sentence.”

“I will apply for a prison visit as his disciple, whether it can be approved or not, at least I can try to arrange a phone call.”

“Mm, part of Yang Jing’s second personality’s power entered my Purple Mansion Sea of Consciousness and was crushed by me. She doesn’t have to worry about this problem for at least the next half year. However, I only need about three days to retrain ‘Tao.’ Once I apply the correct sealing technique, as long as she doesn’t reach Foundation Establishment, she won’t be able to break my seal for two or three years.”

Chen Mobai comforted Qing Nv. At least the problem was discovered on the spot, which was a fortunate outcome compared to if Yang Jing had returned to school and then erupted.

“Thank you, it’s really been a lot of trouble for you.”

“Do we still need to say these things between us?”

Hearing this, a rare smile appeared on Qing Nv’s originally sad face.

“It’s getting late, I’ll go back first. I’ll come again in three days.”

Chen Mobai looked at the setting sun outside and proposed to leave.

Qing Nv asked Kong Feichen to take care of Yang Jing, and she personally escorted Chen Mobai downstairs.

“Don’t worry, I’ve got this.”

After saying this last sentence, Chen Mobai boarded the bus.

At night.

At the bus stop not far from the front door, Chen Mobai checked the time and didn’t wait for Lan Haitian.

He frowned, then remembered that their formal conversation took place at Changqing Pharmacy.

“You’re late, I thought you weren’t coming.”

Sure enough, in the backyard of the pharmacy, Lan Haitian sat on the edge of the medicine vat, looking up at the moon, greeting Chen Mobai who descended from the sky.

“Our first meeting was at the bus stop at the intersection outside.”

“Oh, is that so? Then it might be that I misspoke.”

Lan Haitian said with a smile, then threw a file to Chen Mobai, who didn’t need to open it. His consciousness scanned it directly, read the contents, and threw it back to him.

[Gan Rongxia, retired four years ago, now at home taking care of her husband and children.]

[Verified, no traces of involvement with the Ascension Sect.]

[However, the law enforcement minister who made her retire died from cultivation deviation a month ago, and the autopsy is still ongoing, but it can be basically confirmed that she practiced forbidden arts.]

“Ascension Sect?”

Chen Mobai caught the key information in the file.

“A cult founded by some ancient sects, the current leader is the master of the Ascension Gate, hence the name Ascension Sect. He practices the method of Corpse Dissolution Immortal, has undergone two cycles of bone dissolution reincarnation, and is highly skilled. You can consider him a very powerful Elemental Infant senior.”

“Consider? With so many Elemental Infant seniors in the Immortal Gate, can’t they take down a mere cult?”

Chen Mobai was puzzled. A mere cult leader dared to be rampant in the Immortal Gate!

“That’s only if he’s within the Immortal Gate’s territory. Ever since he founded the sect, his true body has always been outside, condensing stars and evil spirits.”

Lan Haitian also looked helpless. The Immortal Gate was indeed powerful.

Over the past six thousand years, it had annihilated twenty-eight ancient sects.

Three thousand three hundred years ago, it killed nine masters of the Divine Sect.

A thousand years ago, the master of the True Yang View achieved Elemental Spirit, but before he could boast for two days, he was beaten to soul dispersal by two Divine Transformation ancestors of the Immortal Gate.

But now, these descendants of the ancient sects no longer confront the Immortal Gate directly. Many have surrendered.

Stubborn elements like the Ascension Sect leader have built a starship overseas and directly fled Earth Yuan Star, only leaving seeds in the Sea of Consciousness of some followers, ready to descend and possess them to preach at any time.

“So, Gu Changfeng is from the Ascension Sect?”

“Preliminary judgment is so, and he may be a core disciple of the sect. According to my four years of observation, a divine seed has been planted in his Sea of Consciousness.”

“Whose? That Ascension Sect leader?”

“If he practiced the Devouring God Technique, then it should be another ancient master, one of the vice leaders of the Ascension Sect, the master of the Divine Command Pavilion.”

“Does the Ascension Sect have many vice leaders?”

“We’ve confirmed three: the master of the Divine Command Pavilion, the master of the Blooming Courtyard, and the master of the Life and Death Hall.”

“All outside?”

“Mm.”

Hearing Lan Haitian’s words, Chen Mobai felt an indescribable emotion.

To say pride, the Immortal Gate scared these ancient masters from daring to step on Earth Yuan Star, and just listening to it was somewhat proud.

But thinking that the Immortal Gate, which he thought should be very peaceful and stable, actually had hidden evil forces like the Ascension Sect, it felt like the many Elemental Infant seniors and the two Divine Transformation ancestors were somewhat negligent.

Evil must be eradicated!

“Why suddenly tell me all this?”

He asked Lan Haitian again.

“What’s your identity now? A disciple of the Weapon Dancing Academy, a legitimate and direct descendant of the Immortal Gate. You and I have the duty to suppress the ancient sects.”

After hearing this, Chen Mobai didn’t react, pointing to himself with a puzzled face.

“I’m still just a student.”