Chapter 469: Chapter 468: The Secret of Sealing
Upon hearing the voice, Ginsengfruit was stunned, looking incredulously at the lynx not far away.
"Is it you talking to me?"
The lynx nodded: [If it weren’t for you, I wouldn’t have awakened so quickly. The pact was my gratitude to you, but it failed.]
Ginsengfruit was speechless for a moment, being a system, and this body was fake, what kind of pact could he possibly form?
But the Mountain Spirit possessing the lynx did not know this.
Just because Ginsengfruit’s body was refined by Heavenly Thunder, any being that feared Heavenly Thunder couldn’t see through his true form.
Seeing the lynx looking puzzled, Ginsengfruit quickly waved his hands to refuse.
He himself was accidentally bound to the Host, like an accessory.
Now he, an accessory, was about to be bonded with another accessory. Wouldn’t that be a nested doll situation?
"No need for thanks, we saved you not for gratitude, just in passing."
The lynx clearly hadn’t expected someone to give up the benefits so easily.
However, seeing Ginsengfruit in such a small form, the lynx thought he didn’t understand the benefits of forming a pact with it.
[Once you form a pact with me, all the beings in this mountain forest will bow to you, and it could even become your dojo.]
If it were someone else, facing such immense benefits and temptations, they definitely couldn’t resist.
Although this place was currently tainted with Death Energy and Evil Energy, there were still plenty of Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures.
Once bonded with the Mountain Spirit, it would be like having a living map, even those spiritual medicines that have become spirits and learned to hide could be easily found.
Yet, Ginsengfruit stubbornly shook his head, "No need, even without forming a pact, the beings here will still bow before me and my master."
This time, the lynx possessed by the Mountain Spirit was dumbfounded, never having heard such a refusal since its inception.
"Since you’ve awakened, I just need to ask you, what’s the deal with the seal in this mountain?"
Only then did the lynx look around, noting its proximity to the seal.
Back when the seal had issues, it expended the last of its energy to resist the Evil Energy, leading it to slumber.
Now awake, it was still too weak, otherwise, it would’ve noticed the anomaly in the mountain sooner.
[Before my consciousness emerged, this seal already existed, my mission is to guard everything here, as long as there’s enough life force, the seal will never break.]
Upon hearing this, Ginsengfruit immediately understood the key to the seal and needed to quickly relay this discovery to the Host.
Yun Ran, who received the information simultaneously, slapped his thigh.
"So that’s it, using life force as the array’s source for the seal, as long as life force continues, the seal won’t break.
If life force depletes, it indicates this place has become devoid of life, and whether the seal breaks or not would be irrelevant."
Xuan Chu was also somewhat shocked but didn’t ask Yun Ran how exactly these words were extracted from the Mountain Spirit’s mouth since Xuanmen people all have their own secret techniques.
"It seems, as long as we completely clear the Death Energy and Evil Energy from this deep mountain, restoring the forest’s original vitality, the Evil God’s avatar will never emerge."
Yun Ran nodded, "In theory, yes, but the flora, fauna, and wildlife in this mountain have been gravely harmed.
They seem half alive, restoring them to health, revitalizing them is not a simple task."
Xuan Chu suddenly recalled the Weird Forest they encountered earlier, those trees, weren’t really alive anymore.
And many such trees exist, along with severely polluted soil and air by Evil Energy and Death Energy.
Mo Zhi, who was crouching nearby like a quail, upon hearing this, immediately flew over.
Pointing at himself, "Master, I, I can absorb most of the Death Energy here~"
Only then did Yun Ran remember that he had Mo Zhi, a helper who specializes in absorbing Death Energy.
Now that they had direction, there was no need to wait around aimlessly.
"Alright, you’ll be responsible for the Death Energy!"
As for the Evil Energy, Yun Ran beckoned, and the Little Paperman flew over immediately, ready to act.
After assigning tasks, the Little Paperman and Mo Zhi promptly took action.
Naturally, Yun Ran and Xuan Chu didn’t stay idle either, starting to purify the Evil Energy.
Although Mo Zhi had shown timidity facing danger before, simply absorbing the power useful for her cultivation from the Death Energy was like a mouse falling into a rice vat for her.
A continuous stream of Death Energy was absorbed by Mo Zhi at a whirlwind speed into her body.
Theoretically, such a large amount of Death Energy should cause Mo Zhi, even being a Ghost General, to explode.
Yet, Mo Zhi seemed like a bottomless pit, no amount of Death Energy could fill it.
Until a crisp cracking sound was heard, drawing both Xuan Chu and Yun Ran’s attention while purifying Evil Energy.
Mo Zhi, originally seated cross-legged and suspended mid-air, appeared with a shattered-glass effect around her.
The ripple effects in the Death Energy-laden air could be seen with the naked eye.
Yun Ran’s heart skipped a beat.
Before he could do anything, a brand new Mo Zhi emerged, looking completely transformed.
What was more shocking was a pair of demon horns, barely the size of fingers, appearing on Mo Zhi’s head.
Yet this development did not hinder Mo Zhi’s pace of absorbing Death Energy; on the contrary, it seemed to accelerate.
Xuan Chu turned to look at Yun Ran, only to see him wide-eyed in astonishment.
"What’s the background of this Ghost General you’ve raised?"
Yun Ran looked back helplessly, "Can I say, I actually don’t know?
Initially, I captured her casually during a mission. She had little guilt, so I locked her up and only enslaved her when needed.
Later, I even returned her to the Ghost World, but she insisted on staying with me, so she’s temporarily here..."
As Yun Ran spoke, he suddenly recalled encountering Master Ling Buqu, whose identity had been confirmed as part of the Evil Cultivators, when capturing Mo Zhi.
Now, the pair of demon horns on Mo Zhi’s head had grown to the size of fists.
Anyone with eyes could see something wasn’t right.
Yun Ran finally realized that he might have inadvertently seized something significant from those Evil Cultivators.
"Well, you know, I’m truly righteous, with no ulterior motives whatsoever, do you believe?"
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