12.The Abnormal Change of the Cyan Seal

Waking up after a night's sleep, Xu Shan felt refreshed. He sat up from the bed filled with the fragrance of rouge, his eyes full of energy.

He had eaten the dishes he cooked himself last night, and it was indeed extraordinary. Although it had no effect on the recovery of his spiritual power and physical strength, the satisfaction of his taste buds and spirit brought him an extremely strong sense of pleasure. This feeling even directly dispelled a lot of the pressure that had accumulated in his heart. When he woke up this morning, he felt that there was hope in everything he saw.

Sitting on the bed, he reminisced about the feeling of last night. He had cooked two dishes, and it didn't hinder the circulation of spiritual power in his body anymore. It seemed that the problem with his cultivation might indeed have a lot to do with cooking beyond his limits. But it was useless to think about these things now. The most important thing at present was to solve the task at hand and deal with the outer sect exam properly.

Xu Shan got up, dressed himself, and went downstairs directly.

The brothel was dimly lit during the day, and there was only a figure standing at the door. When Xu Shan came down, the figure immediately greeted him. It was the pimp.

Seeing Xu Shan appear, he quickly forced a flattering smile. "Master Immortal, are you leaving?"

"Yeah. Is there something wrong?"

The pimp looked embarrassed, hesitated for a while, and then slowly knelt down.

"Can you stop kneeling all the time? It's really annoying to see." Xu Shan said unhappily.

The pimp murmured in a low voice, "Master Immortal... I ate the dishes you cooked yesterday, and now I can't eat anything else. When I eat those ordinary things, I just feel sick... What should I do if I can't eat the things you cook in the future!!"

Halfway through his words, the pimp suddenly burst into tears: "I... I feel like there are ants crawling on my body... I'm sweating all over..."

"Get out of here. Are you addicted to getting a longer lifespan?" Xu Shan kicked the pimp over. "Stop being so melodramatic. You'll be fine after starving for two days!"

After saying this, Xu Shan pushed the door open and walked out. The pimp, who was sitting on the threshold, watched Xu Shan leave with tears in his eyes.

Xu Shan headed straight for the southern suburbs of the town. He asked a few passers-by along the way, and after more than an hour, he finally reached the direction of Chiyun Temple pointed out by the passers-by.

There was a small path on the way, and it was relatively easy to walk. But when he reached a dense forest with lush vegetation, Xu Shan suddenly stopped in his tracks.

He rubbed his eyebrows... He felt something was wrong. His eyebrows were slightly heating up, and this wasn't an illusion. After all, he was at the Great Perfection of the Qi Refining stage. As soon as something strange happened to his eyebrows, he noticed it. This definitely couldn't be ignored. The place where the cyan seal was located was on his eyebrows, and in his heart, nothing was more important than this culprit that had made him cross between two worlds.

When he delved into the sea of consciousness, Xu Shan felt something was wrong in his heart, with a mix of joy and worry. That cyan seal was flashing with a faint light, and a new rune was being continuously lit up from bottom to top...

This was a situation he had never seen before! Both the washing machine and the towel corresponded to a rune. As long as this rune was lit up, it meant that a third item could be obtained! Could the cyan seal continue to generate more things?

At the thought of this, Xu Shan's heart beat wildly, and he walked into the forest cautiously.

The deeper he walked in, the more severe the heat on his eyebrows became. Xu Shan stopped again and took two steps back. The heat on his eyebrows started to subside... It was more or less as he had guessed. This thing seemed a bit like a detector.

Xu Shan continued to move forward according to the indication, and the heat on his eyebrows increased again. After walking more than thirty steps in a row, the heat on his eyebrows, which had been heating up, suddenly dropped a lot. Xu Shan frowned, changed direction and tried, and the heat continued to rise.

Looking at the dense forest ahead, Xu Shan couldn't help but feel vigilant. The cyan seal didn't seem to be giving a warning. Instead, it was more like guiding him through a maze... It was very likely that there was danger if he went in now, and he might not be able to deal with it.

But since it was related to the cyan seal, he didn't want to give up either. Moreover, the items derived from the cyan seal all had unique functions. The towel had already proven its magic, and although he still wasn't sure about the washing machine, he would have a chance to find out sooner or later. With one more item, he would have one more guarantee of survival in this world.

After careful consideration, Xu Shan took a step forward and continued walking.

He had asked the passers-by, and this place was usually passed by people. But there was only that one incident of a ghost harming people that was heard of. It was safe at other times, so the risk should not be high. And anyway, his cultivation aptitude was like this now. If he always played it safe and didn't take risks, he would definitely have no development. It was better to seek wealth in danger!

Xu Shan started to wind his way through the dense forest, marking the way as he went. After walking around for about seven hundred steps, a dilapidated ancient temple appeared in front of him.

A stone tablet covered with a lot of moss was standing outside, with the three characters "Chiyun Temple" written on it.

He had originally thought that he was just coming to an ordinary temple to see if there was a Nether Spirit. But now the situation had obviously changed a lot.

Xu Shan didn't dare to be negligent. Now he clearly felt that the source of the heat was in Chiyun Temple. He channeled his spiritual power into his eyes and walked towards the temple.

As soon as he stepped through the gate of the temple, Xu Shan quickly took half a step back, assuming a defensive posture, with the veins on his hands bulging.

At the main gate of the temple hall, there was a person sitting on the steps with his knees hugged, staring blankly at the sky. He looked honest and simple, with a dull expression, as if he was thinking about the meaning of life.

Xu Shan was just about to step forward when the heat that had originally come from his eyebrows suddenly disappeared, and he stopped in his tracks. And at this moment, the person who had been sitting on the steps raised his head and noticed Xu Shan. His face immediately showed surprise, but then it quickly turned into a look of disappointment, and he continued to be in a daze.

Seeing that this person's reaction was a bit strange and he didn't seem to be hostile, Xu Shan ignored the strange situation with his eyebrows and stepped forward cautiously.

"Brother, what's your name?" Xu Shan asked from fifty steps away.

The person suddenly turned his head and opened his eyes wide: "You can see me?"

Xu Shan looked around and, seeing that the person was talking to him, said in confusion, "What a strange thing to say. It's not even dark yet."

The person stood up suddenly and said excitedly, "My name is Zhang Biao. I've been trapped here and can't get out no matter what. When I walk to the periphery of the forest outside, I'm blocked. I've been trapped here for two months now, and people outside can't see me. Only you can see me."

"Brother, what should I call you?"

Was he a passer-by who had strayed into this place?

"Just call me Master Xu." Xu Shan still didn't relax his vigilance. "Trapped here for two months, what have you been eating and drinking?"

Zhang Biao, who hadn't talked to anyone for a long time, was overjoyed at this moment. He pointed inside the temple hall and said, "There's sesame oil in there. I've been eating sesame oil. I eat it when I'm hungry!"

That's ridiculous! In a temple that has been abandoned for decades, where could there be sesame oil? There were signs of something being wrong everywhere here. Xu Shan tightened his grip on the flying sword in his hand.

"Master Xu, please take me out... I really can't stand it anymore." Zhang Biao said as he walked towards Xu Shan.

Just as Xu Shan was about to shout at him to stop, he suddenly felt a jolt in his heart!

Zhang Biao walked quickly over, and the part below his feet was translucent. He didn't have soles, and it was as if he was walking on air...

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