"There's an extra door here."
Orochimaru looked at the wall beside him and discovered that the room had actually doubled in length.
"So this sealing jutsu seals the space along with everything else?"
The two pushed open the heavy stone door, and an ancient fragrance washed over them.
"Could it have sealed time as well?"
"Just how powerful was the Uzumaki Clan's sealing jutsu?"
They switched on their flashlights and entered the seemingly well-preserved secret chamber.
Each of the three walls other than the one with the door had three scrolls hanging on it.
Orochimaru took them down one at a time and began examining each of them.
"Great Path, two forms, three powers, four symbols, five elements, six lines, seven stars, eight trigrams, nine palaces!"
While Orochimaru pondered the mysteries behind them, Xuanhui noticed the ceiling overhead.
"How sneaky! The Uzumaki Clan really was clever!"
Orochimaru followed Xuanhui's gaze.
On the ceiling...
There really was something!
A rectangular protrusion!
Orochimaru could tell it was a book!
A white snake slipped out of his sleeve, twisting its body as it retrieved the cowhide-bound book embedded in the ceiling.
Both the cover and the ceiling were black, and the side bearing the title had been hidden.
No wonder Xuanhui had praised the ingenuity of their predecessors.
The two took a closer look!
Well, would you look at that!
"Complete Sealing Jutsu Compendium"!
What a straightforward, powerful title!
The Uzumaki Clan sure liked to tell it like it was!
They opened it and found the writing just as powerful.
The nine sealing jutsu Orochimaru had just taken down were all exceptionally powerful techniques.
An ancestor of the Uzumaki Clan had developed them after observing the stars at night.
Each sealing jutsu had different strengths, but they all held equal standing!
For example,