The Imperial Seal
Zhao Yunzhong struggled to breathe, opening and closing his mouth repeatedly, before finally pointing into the distance, forcing himself to endure the pain:
"Country, country..."
Before he could finish speaking, he closed his eyes and fainted.
Lin Xiao immediately checked his physical condition and found that his heart meridian had suffered a huge shock, and blood was seeping out from all his internal organs.
Lin Xiao quickly took out the healing pills that Sun Yigao had given him before he left, and used his own Spiritual Power to repair the damage in his body along with the effects of the medicine.
The deathly pale complexion of the Ruler Zhao finally eased somewhat.
His consciousness was thus restored, and the Spiritual Power within his body began to circulate automatically, working hard to repair his body.
After all, the opponent was also at the Golden Core Stage. It was impossible for them to recover so quickly after such a severe injury, unless a powerful expert with a much higher cultivation level intervened. The recovery would still take time.
Lin Xiao fed him the medicine, and now Ruler Zhao's Spiritual Power can circulate autonomously. This injury will not recover twice as fast just because multiple people's Spiritual Power is used to heal it.
So he stopped.
Now that the Ruler Zhao is seriously injured, Yuan Jinsheng went down into the mine alone, leaving him alone outside.
The commotion from the explosion in the distance had not yet completely subsided.
But amidst the swirling dust, a luminous object could be vaguely seen descending very slowly and steadily.
Lin Xiao focused his Divine Sense on a single point and probed at the thing; the distance was barely enough.
However, when he used his Divine Sense to probe the light layer on the surface of that thing, he found that no matter how hard he tried, Divine Sense could not penetrate the light layer to see even a little bit inside.
After a moment's thought, he placed the now-unharmed Ruler Zhao into the large array that encompassed the area of Execution Stone Mine, allowing him to recuperate safely within the array for the time being.
Suddenly, a white mist appeared in the void, and then, according to Lin Xiao's will, the white mist carried the unconscious Ruler Zhao from the ground into it.
He then cautiously and quickly made his way to the center of the commotion.
Judging from the way the Ruler Zhao pointed in that direction before he fell unconscious, it seemed he knew what had happened there.
The explosion site was also within the range of the great formation, and with Lin Xiao's current cultivation level, it wouldn't take long for him to arrive at full speed.
As he hurried on, he kept thinking about the cluster of red lights he had seen earlier in the cave at the center of the underground landscape formed by the white mist.
I originally thought that the sealing array produced by my system should be foolproof, but I didn't expect that someone would still sneak in silently.
Fortunately, I had made some backup plans at the time, otherwise I wouldn't even know where the other side was or how many people they had.
While pondering, Lin Xiao arrived near the place where the earth-shattering commotion had occurred.
The dust in the air lingered, making the whole area hazy and obscuring the interior.
Lin Xiao raised his hand and forcefully flicked his sleeve, clearing away the dust that had been obscuring his view.
The previously concealed epicenter of the explosion was suddenly revealed.
This place used to be a sparse forest, but now it has been completely leveled.
More accurately, it should be described as a large, sunken pit.
In the middle of the large pit, there lay a fat person.
His body was covered in wounds, a mixture of blood and mud, and his two legs and one arm were still attached to his body.
His clothes were so worn that their original appearance was no longer discernible; judging from the remaining scraps, they must have been quite luxurious.
After checking the surroundings and confirming that there were no problems, Lin Xiao cautiously approached the person.
At that moment, the ball of light that had been descending steadily from the sky landed steadily on the open ground beside it.
Lin Xiao glanced at the ball of light but ignored it, focusing instead on observing its movements with his Divine Sense.
He first checked the man's injuries on the ground, only to discover that the man's internal organs were completely burned! A violent Spiritual Power was raging and churning within his body, and his Dantian was shattered.
If this person could remain conscious and have sufficient Spiritual Power to regulate this violent Spiritual Power, there would still be a glimmer of hope. However, this person's cultivation level is only Qi Refining.
Unless Lin Xiao is willing to sacrifice his entire cultivation to rebuild his internal organs and repair his shattered Dantian.
Whether or not one is willing to part with it is another matter.
Considering that he is now in the troublesome place of Huanyou Nation, and unlike the Ruler Zhao Yuan Jinsheng who forced their way into the formation, he appeared out of thin air like the remnants of the Execution Stone incident without anyone noticing.
Clearly, they are enemies, not friends.
He only bestowed some Spiritual Qi upon the people on Earth.
Perhaps it was a final burst of energy before death, but the man on the ground weakly opened his eyes, saw only a young man he didn't recognize beside him, and gave a self-deprecating laugh.
He then glanced at the ball of light beside him, his blood-stained mouth struggling to open and close as he stammered:
"The national seal... it must not... it must not... fall into... extermination..."
Before he could finish speaking, the man closed his eyes, tilted his head to the side, and died.
The instant he died, a chaotic ball of light flew toward the thing that had fallen to the ground.
Looking at the person who had already breathed their last on the ground, Lin Xiao remained silent for a moment, then his gaze followed the gray ball of light to the thing beside him that was enveloped in a layer of light.
The gray ball of light flew near the object and swiftly disappeared into the light layer.
After absorbing the chaotic light cluster that flew out of the human body, the outer layer of light gradually faded away.
However, after a short while, its true appearance was revealed.
This is a square piece of translucent blue jade.
It has a dragon head carved on it.
Lin Xiao used his Object Control Technique to pick up the object and turn it over, revealing four characters engraved on the bottom:
' Huanyou Nation's Imperial Seal '.
He then looked at the person who had already breathed their last.
So this person is the former king of Huanyou Nation who cooperated with Execution Stone...
I just don't know why this person ended up like this here.
Logically speaking, since he had already passed through his own sealing formation, while Yuan Jinsheng, who was tracking them, was trapped inside, they could be said to be temporarily safe.
While pondering this, Lin Xiao picked up the national seal from the ground.
For hundreds of years, Huanyou Nation had always belonged to the Zhao Imperial Clan, and the national seal had always been in their possession until the dynasty changed and the national seal was taken away.
Now that it's in his hands, once the Ruler Zhao wakes up, he can give it to him, and then it will be returned to its rightful owner.
As soon as Lin Xiao got his hands on the Imperial Seal, he discovered that it gave him a strange sensation, or rather, it entered his Sea of Consciousness.
Over the past year, as his Divine Sense has grown, his Sea of Consciousness has gradually expanded and taken shape.
Now, his Sea of Consciousness is filled with a dazzling starry sky.
Senior Liao said that most people's Sea of Consciousness is mostly a concrete image of things in a state of confusion, but his Sea of Consciousness is an entire galaxy, unlike ordinary people.
Not only him, but Jiang Youfu and Sun Yigao, who also cultivated the "Original Essence Heart Sutra" and successfully Foundation Establishment, also Sea of Consciousness that were quite different from ordinary people.