Qian opened his eyes, looked at the Shadow Clone in front of him and the scroll in its hand, then nodded and had it release the Shadow Clone Technique.
Poof~
As a cloud of chakra smoke dispersed, the Shadow Clone vanished.
Immediately after, a set of memories surfaced in his mind.
Qian only skimmed through them roughly, then paid them no more attention.
He opened the scroll in his hand and spread it flat on the ground. Dense sealing formulas were drawn across it, with a large character for "seal" in the center.
Following the memories in his mind, Qian raised his hands and formed a hand seal.
The next moment, the "seal" character on the scroll before him suddenly swelled, instantly turning into a large spread of black sealing formulas, connected to the scroll on one side while spreading outward all around.
Qian casually picked up a stone and placed it within them.
Then he reactivated the sealing scroll.
At once, those sealing formulas seemed like slithering snakes, climbing onto the stone, wrapping around it, and vanishing from sight.
At the same time, the "seal" character appeared once more at the center of the scroll.
After completing this step, Qian slowly closed his eyes.
Just now, in the instant the scroll opened and closed, he had faintly sensed an unknown space. Though it had lasted for an extremely brief moment, it was enough for him to make up the final missing piece.
Almost in the very next moment, Qian formed seals with practiced ease and cast the Sealing Array.
Although it still failed, just like when he had first tried to cast the Guardian Seal, it silently appeared on his panel.
Looking at the Sealing Array showing lv0 (1/100), Qian let out a long breath.
After that, he wasted