Chapter 527
After leaving the main hall, Zhang Yu returned to the lavish residence Tang Xianzun had prepared for him.
He understood clearly that Tang Xianzun had gathered them together precisely to make them compete against one another and bring forth their best abilities to perfect the seal.
This sort of method might well have been used by the man more than once before. Yet judging from the circumstances, the results he had obtained likely had never fulfilled his wishes.
Zhang Yu could understand this.
Ordinary profound cultivators had to weigh every bit of their spiritual essence with care, for their choices now could very well determine their future path of the Dao. Those aspiring to climb to the higher realms could never be too cautious. Using a few little tricks was not much at all.
Moreover, Tang Xianzun had not forced anyone. Whoever was unwilling to exchange was free to leave.
Once seated, Zhang Yu took out the jade slip again.
He had already examined it. Within was an incomplete seal, one broadly inclined toward defense. This did not stray from what Tang Xianzun had sought earlier, though his requirements were now somewhat higher than before.
Zhang Yu actually knew quite a bit about defensive seals. After all, he had memorized most of the large and small seals in Azure Yang Profound Residence, and had also seen many visualization diagrams from Zhe Yi. He had considerable insights of his own in this regard; otherwise, he could not have earned Tang Xianzun's approval during their earlier discussion of the Dao.
Yet after examining it now, he found that most of the seals he knew did not compare to this one, even though this was merely an incomplete seal.
Completing it would indeed take some effort.
However, he had a rather