The Sealed Place

A path behind the mountain peak!

Layer upon layer of stone steps are built on steep cliffs. The mountain path is winding and twisting, sometimes going up, sometimes down, sometimes left, sometimes right, with trees on both sides like sentinels guarding the way.

A cold wind howled, the trees swayed in the wind, their branches and leaves dancing, and the dark shadows reflected on the stone steps made the quiet path seem very eerie.

But on this path, a figure remained unmoved and sped away at great speed, leaping over several steps in one stride and heading up the mountain.

Not far from the mountaintop, four dark figures darted out from the dense woods beside the path. These four figures were dressed in black and wore black masks, making it impossible to see their true faces. Especially in the darkness of the night, hidden in the dense woods, you might not even notice them if you walked right past them, as long as they didn't move.

Logically speaking, if someone is walking alone on a quiet, dark mountain path and suddenly four people jump out in front of them, even if they are not weak, they would be frightened by the sudden situation.

But the man showed no panic whatsoever; his expression changed slightly, as if he had known all along that someone was hiding there.

Sure enough, the four figures that had suddenly appeared bowed to the newcomer and replied, "Sir, we have been waiting for you for a long time!"

"OK!"

The newcomer waved his hand, signaling the four dark figures to disperse, and then sped off along the path again, this time even faster than before.

Meanwhile, on the other hand!

Kakashi cautiously made his way to the edge of the altar. The altar was a very important thing for a clan, and it was very likely that someone would be guarding it, so Kakashi was very careful and did not make a sound.

But Yemo acted as if no one was around, showing no caution whatsoever, and swaggered towards the altar, leaving Kakashi completely stunned. This guy was far too bold.

"Hey, Yemo, you're being too reckless! Even though we're guests, it'll cause a lot of trouble if we're found out we've trespassed on someone's altar," Kakashi stepped forward and grabbed Yemo's arm.

Shaking off Kakashi's hand, Yemo said dismissively, "Don't worry, we won't be discovered. Although the altar is guarded, it's on a small path behind the mountain. There are clan rules that no one is allowed to come to the altar except on the day of the sacrifice, not even the four elders. Violators will be severely punished."

"Oh, is that so?"

Upon hearing this, Kakashi also became cautious, openly walking around the altar, looking here and there, but no matter how he looked, he couldn't find anything wrong. The entire altar was nothing special, except that it was ancient and didn't look like an ordinary altar.

Yemo climbed the stone steps to the top of the altar, glanced around, Yemo squatted down, gently touched the ground with his hand, and looked up to see that his fingers were blood red under the Yemo.

This is not fuel, but real blood, all of it donated by the Uzumaki Clan. Yemo couldn't help but recall that year when he stood on this very altar, cut his wrist with a knife, and let the blood drip onto it.

Kakashi stepped onto the altar. He had just circled around below without finding anything before coming up. As soon as he reached the altar, a pungent smell of blood filled his nostrils. Kakashi frowned slightly, "Such a strong smell of blood."

"This is covered in the blood of our people," Yemo suddenly said. "Even though it's exposed to wind and rain Tenten, the stench of blood on it is hard to dissipate."

Although Yemo spoke calmly, Kakashi could still feel a chill creeping up his body from his heels. How much blood would it take for the stench of blood on the altar to linger?

"By the way, did you find anything?" Kakashi didn't want to continue the conversation and changed the subject.

Clapping his hands, Yemo stood up, his eyes slightly narrowed, and said, "Such a simple investigation certainly won't reveal anything. If it were that easy to find something, someone would have noticed something was wrong long ago. There must be some secret hidden on this altar, otherwise, how could such a strange scene have occurred on the night of the last sacrifice?"

"That's what they say, but we have no way of investigating. We only know that the source of everything is related to the blood sacrifice, but we don't even have a clue what the specific relationship is," Kakashi said, spreading his hands in helplessness. "If you want to investigate, you have to give us a direction before we can continue."

Yemo frowned deeply. Kakashi was right; they were currently at a loss for clues, which was also what troubled him.

Suddenly, Yemo sensed a surge of Chakra heading towards the mountaintop. Yemo's expression changed, and without thinking, he immediately knelt down and pressed Kakashi onto the altar.

"Yemo, you..."

Kakashi was pinned down by Yemo, his face making intimate contact with the stone slab beneath his feet. Just as he was about to get angry, he suddenly heard light footsteps and realized that someone had come. He immediately stopped moving and lay quietly on the stone slab.

The person who came was the same one who had just been stopped on the mountain path. He was very cautious. He first looked around warily and found nothing amiss before walking to the back of the altar.

Yemo and Kakashi were lying on the altar, while the newcomer stood below observing the surroundings. Naturally, he didn't notice Yemo and Kakashi, and probably wouldn't have imagined that there were two little devils lying on the altar.

The person stopped behind the altar, suddenly extended his right middle finger, bit it, and gently flicked a drop of blood towards the altar.

Just as the drop of blood was about to hit the altar and shatter into pieces, it stopped in mid-air and remained suspended there quietly.

Then, the newcomer skillfully raised his middle finger and used his blood to draw strange runes in the air. The air seemed to become a sheet of paper, his finger a pen, and his blood ink.

Under the moonlight, Yemo and Kakashi on the altar clearly saw that the person who came was actually the fourth clan elder who had asked Yemo for trouble during the day. The two turned their heads to look at each other, and both saw surprise in each other's eyes.

Just then, the four elders finished drawing the runes. The void in front of them distorted, and a constantly rotating black hole appeared. Before entering, the four elders carefully checked that there was no one around, and then stepped inside. As they entered, the black hole slowly dissipated into the void. Only then did Yemo and Kakashi climb up from the altar.

"It seems our guess was right; there really is something wrong with this altar. If the four elders hadn't suddenly appeared, we wouldn't have discovered this problem."

As Kakashi was speaking, he suddenly heard Yemo muttering to himself beside him, "So that's how it is, so that's how it is, no wonder no one could discover that there was something wrong with this altar. Who would have thought that there was Space Seal on the back of the altar?"

"Wait, Yemo, what did you say about Space Seal?" Kakashi listened to Yemo's words in a fragmented and unclear manner, looking completely bewildered.

Seeing Kakashi's puzzled expression, Yemo explained, "Space Seal is a special Sealing Jutsu. It can Space Seal as if it has disappeared from the world. In reality, it hasn't disappeared, it's just been sealed. Only a specific method is needed to enter it. In other words, unless the person who sealed it reveals the coordinates, no one can find the sealed space."

"Does such a powerful seal really exist?" Kakashi asked with a skeptical look. He was an idiot when it came to Sealing Jutsu, and his knowledge of them was limited to Sealing Jutsu used to seal some monsters.

"Of course! This sealing principle sounds similar to how we usually seal things into scrolls, but the two are worlds apart. Even our Uzumaki Clan only recorded a little bit about it in ancient books," Yemo said.

Hearing Yemo say that even the Uzumaki Clan was only mentioned briefly, Kakashi actually believed it. After all, the Uzumaki Clan was the number one sealing clan in the Shinobi World, and even they were mentioned very little. It was even more true that other clans were mentioned, and he probably hadn't even heard of them. It was normal that he hadn't heard of them either.

"Then can you break this seal?" Kakashi looked at Yemo with anticipation.

The source of everything is right in front of them, separated only by a seal. Now all their hopes rest on Yemo. If he can break the seal, they can go inside and explore the secrets of the Blood Sacrifice, and perhaps they can unravel the mystery.

"Let me think about it!" Yemo rested his chin on his hand and fell into deep thought.