Sound of the Great Dao

When their eyes met, Zhang Caicai felt as if her consciousness had fallen into darkness, and she lost all feeling.

But in reality, Zhang Caicai's body was moving, her Spiritual Power constantly overflowing and targeting Zhang Ke's entire body.

"Strange? Why can't it be broken?" Zhang Ke's initially joyful expression gradually faded, because he realized that no matter how he tried to control Zhang Caicai to break the seal within his body, he couldn't eliminate the purple gas inside him.

If the purple gas within the body cannot be eliminated, then the seal cannot be broken and cultivation cannot be regained.

"Whoosh~"

"Whoosh~"

Zhang Ke controlled Zhang Caicai and tried various methods. Spiritual Power continuously entered Zhang Ke's body to fight against the purple gas, but all of them were devoured by the purple gas, and there was no sign of breaking the seal at all.

"I refuse to believe it!" Zhang Ke became furious and directly controlled Zhang Caicai to increase the flow of Spiritual Power into his body.

"Hmph!" Zhang Ke felt a tightness in his chest. The powerful Spiritual Power surging into his body was almost too much for him to handle. Coupled with the struggle against the purple gas within his body, he was greatly shaken, and a mouthful of blood gushed from his throat.

"What are you doing?" Xun Ling had arrived at the kitchen door at some point. He glanced around, then looked at Zhang Ke in the kitchen and whispered.

"Uncle-Master! Come quickly and see why I can't break this seal." When Zhang Ke saw Xun Ling arrive, a look of joy appeared on his face. Xun Ling was Third-rank Author, whose rank was much higher than his. The seal that Zhang Ke couldn't break might not be unbreakable by Xun Ling.

"You controlled his mind?" Xun Ling glanced at Zhang Caicai, whose eyes were lifeless, and asked in surprise. Their cultivation had been genuinely sealed, so in this situation, they should have been unable to control anyone's mind at all.

"This is a seed that my nephew planted on the continent. I originally planned to bring him back as a personal page after he cultivated to the Immortal Realm, but who would have thought that this would happen? I have no choice but to use him ahead of schedule." Zhang Ke said with a wry smile. If the seal were broken today, Zhang Caicai, this pawn, would definitely be discarded by him. Cultivators who haven't broken through to the Immortal Realm simply cannot leave the Azure Dragon Continent, not to mention that Zhang Ke and the others are currently prisoners and can't even take care of themselves.

Xun Ling nodded slightly upon hearing this, knowing that now was not the time to discuss such matters, and said in a deep voice, "Ma Feifei's Spiritual Power is different from others; it is indeed somewhat strange. To break the seal he has set, one would need at least the cultivation of the Fifth-rank Immortal Realm. Your seed's current cultivation is not yet sufficient."

"Alright, let your martial uncle investigate first. You control his Spiritual Power and channel it into his Tianchi acupoint to break the seal set up by the purple gas from the side."

Zhang Ke was taken aback by what he heard. He glanced at Xun Ling and said in a low voice, "Uncle-Master, isn't this a bit inappropriate?"

Zhang Ke has lived for tens of thousands of years, so how could he not know what Xun Ling was thinking? Not to mention whether this could break the seal in his body, even if it could, Xun Ling would probably just run away and wouldn't care about his life or death at all.

"Junior nephew, don't overthink it. I am your senior uncle, how could I do something like running away alone?" Xun Ling said with a frown, his tone quite displeased, seemingly unhappy that Zhang Ke thought he was that kind of person.

"Uncle-Master, why don't you try it on your nephew? If anything goes wrong, your nephew can take responsibility for you, right?" Zhang Ke said meaningfully.

Xun Ling gave Zhang Ke a deep look and said in a deep voice, "Are you threatening me?"

"I wouldn't dare, Uncle-Master, you're overthinking it," Zhang Ke said with a respectful smile.

Xun Ling glanced at Ba Jiu and Mu Qingyi, who were about to finish washing the vegetables, and finally nodded, murmuring, "Control the spiritual energy and enter through the Quchi acupoint."

Upon hearing this Zhang Ke sneered inwardly. He knew that what the old fox had said earlier was just a lie. However, Zhang Ke had no mood to fight with Xun Ling right now. He immediately controlled Zhang Caicai to shoot out gentle Spiritual Power from the Quchi acupoint, which rushed straight into the purple gas in his body.

"Buzz~!"

The purple gas indeed failed to detect the white Spiritual Power in time and was caught off Spiritual Power. One corner of it was directly broken through, and Zhang Ke felt that the seal within his body had begun to loosen. He was overjoyed.

"Increase the pressure by three points!" Xun Ling's voice came again at this moment.

Zhang Ke calmed himself down and once again controlled the intensity of the Spiritual Power transmission to Zhang Caicai.

"Hmm!" The intensity of the Spiritual Power transfer increased significantly. Zhang Caicai felt her Quchi acupoint swell up, as if she couldn't withstand the surge of Spiritual Power flowing into her body.

However, the effect was also obvious. The purple gas in his body shattered again under the impact of the powerful Spiritual Power, and Zhang Ke even felt that he could control part of his own cultivation.

But that was all. The continuous influx of Spiritual Power could no longer break any more seals. Seeing this, Zhang Ke knew that a new method was needed to break the seals.

The problem is that this time, Uncle Xun Ling's voice was nowhere to be heard.

"Uncle-Master?" Zhang Ke called out.

There was no response, which made Zhang Ke curious, so he turned his head to take a look. What he saw almost scared him to death. He immediately lost control of Zhang Caicai, and the Spiritual Power in his body vanished instantly.

"Go on!" Ma Feifei said with a smile, arms crossed, looking at Zhang Ke.

Beside Ma Feifei, Yun Qingyang held the Qingshuang Sword to Xun Ling's neck, while behind them, Ba Jiu and Mu Qingyi watched the scene inside with great interest.

"Hehe..." Zhang Ke chuckled awkwardly, unsure of what to say. He just stood there, but he was extremely anxious. He kept glancing at Zhang Caicai out of the corner of his eye, afraid that Zhang Caicai would regain her senses and reveal their relationship, causing him to lose the seed and the chance to leave.

Ma Feifei found this amusing; Zhang Ke really was using Zhang Caicai as a life-saving talisman.

"Just stay here obediently. I'll consider taking you back when I'm finally able to go to the Book Battle Continent." Ma Feifei shot out a purple gas, reinforcing the loosened seal within Zhang Ke's body.

"Shopkeeper, we can make a deal!" Zhang Ke shouted hurriedly when he realized he had no chance to escape.

"You have nothing of value, so where will you conduct this transaction?" Ma Feifei asked curiously.

"I don't have any, but the Book Battle Continent does! As long as you let us go back, I, Zhang Ke, will definitely offer you a thousand Book Spirit Stone!" Zhang Ke said, determined to run back.

"A thousand Book Spirit Stone?" To be honest, that's quite Captivate. However, it's like a worthless check. Ma Feifei doesn't have enough strength to go to the Book Battle Continent to ask Zhang Ke for it, so this deal is destined to fall through.

Just as Ma Feifei was about to speak, a system notification sounded in his mind.

"Ding! The progress of Confucianism's prosperity has reached 100%."

"Ding! Congratulations, host, on completing the Flourishing of the Confucian Way. The incomplete Great Dao is beginning to be completed."

"Buzz~~~"

Accompanied by the system's notification sound, a faint ray of light slowly rose from the roof of the Mysterious Bookstore and drifted towards the roof.

"Clang!"

A distant, resonant voice echoed throughout the entire Azure Dragon Continent.

"The Sound of the Great Dao!"