"Well, let's look for it first to see what the master left behind." Qu Shanling recalled his master's words and knew that Mu Hanyan's guess was correct. He nodded and began to search around the thatched cottage.
Because it was something left by his master, Mu Hanyan and the others were not in a position to intervene and just stood aside looking around.
The thatched cottage was simply furnished with a couch, a table, a chair, a bamboo table, and a few stools. The adjacent rooms contained some miscellaneous items, but not much. Qu Shanling quickly searched every room, even under the stove, but found nothing.
As the sky gradually darkened, Qu Shanling sat on a bamboo stool, staring at the crescent moon in the sky, in a daze.
Seeing this, Mu Hanyan and the others also helped to search everywhere, but Qu Shanling even searched the stove and still found nothing. What else could they find?
"Why is there a pool here?" Mu Hanyan came to the kitchen and looked at the large pool in the corner of the room and said in confusion.
The pool was more than six feet long, three feet wide, and two feet deep. It was much larger than the pools used in most people's kitchens. A closer look revealed that it was made of a single piece of bluestone.
"This is the kitchen. We need a sink for cooking." Qu Shanling looked at Mu Hanyan strangely.
That's impossible. Is this young master really so pampered that he's never even been to the kitchen? If he doesn't even know this, does he think he can cook rice without adding water?
"Of course I know that water is needed for cooking, but is it necessary to make such a big pool?" Mu Hanyan rolled her eyes. She really thought he was a rich and wealthy young man who had everything handed to him, but he didn't even know this.
"Oh, right, the pool!" Qu Shanling suddenly realized. There was a stream not far from the door. A water tank would be enough for daily cooking. Why would such a large pool be necessary?
There must be something strange about this.
Qu Shanling rushed over in a few steps, threw himself at the edge of the pool and looked inside.
The pool had not been used for half a year, and most of the water had dried up. The remaining water had become turbid, and a layer of moss had grown at the bottom.
Qu Shanling picked up the wooden spoon, scooped up the water in a few strokes, then reached out to wipe off the moss on it, and a look of surprise suddenly appeared on his face.
"So that's how it is, so that's how it is!" Qu Shanling was so excited that his whole body was shaking.
Mu Hanyan looked up and saw that the bluestone slab at the bottom of the pool was engraved with crisscrossing lines, and the marks at the intersections were specially deepened. It was clearly an astrological map, but unlike ordinary astrological maps, there were a lot of words marked on it, such as the seven divisions of Louxing and the nine divisions of Shixing. It was probably a map used for divination.
"What is this?" Jiang Yuzhe didn't understand and asked curiously.
"This is the Heavenly Star Seal-breaking Technique!" Qu Shanling replied.
"What, the Heavenly Star Seal-breaking Technique!" Mu Hanyan originally thought it was astrology, but after hearing Qu Shanling's words, she realized that she was wrong and was very surprised.
"Yes, this is the unique secret technique that Master uses to break the seal with the art of astrology - the Heavenly Star Seal Breaking Technique!" Qu Shanling said proudly.
"Can astrology break the seal?" Mu Hanyan was even more surprised.
The art of sealing has been circulating in the Holy Court Continent for a long time. It is said that all major academies and major families have their own secret sealing techniques. However, like the art of barrier formation, most of these sealing techniques have been lost over the long years, and most of those that remain are incomplete.
Mu Hanyan has not been able to learn a complete set of sealing techniques in her two lifetimes. If she reaches the realm of Sword Saint one day, she may be able to barely rely on her strength to forcibly perform one or two incomplete sealing techniques, but their effectiveness will be limited. As for now, she cannot even perform an incomplete sealing technique.
From ancient times to the present, many magical weapons or alchemical tools handed down have seals and restrictions imposed by predecessors. Some blessed places or natural treasures are even sealed and restricted by nature.
In order to open these seals, one must either find the correct method to break them, or use overwhelming strength to break them by force. Fortunately, as time goes by, most of these seals become weaker and weaker. Even if one does not have the correct method, as long as one has a certain strength and puts in a little more effort, one can forcibly open them. Otherwise, who knows how many life-long efforts of the predecessors or rare treasures of heaven and earth would be lost in the world and wasted.
For example, this is the case with the Qiongqi Temple in the Valley of Strange Beasts. Although it was built by an ancient powerful man and the sealing method has been lost, the power of the seal is getting weaker and weaker. Thanks to the efforts of Xia Youchen hundreds of years ago, and the final attack of Qu Fengting and others, the seal was broken and the remains of Qiongqi were brought to light.
However, there are also some seals that are too delicate and powerful, making them difficult to open. For example, legendary artifacts or relics from ancient battlefields are impossible to open by force even by a Sword Saint master if they cannot find the correct sealing method.
Mu Hanyan had never heard that astrology could be used to break seals.
"Of course other people's divination skills can't do it, but my master is a great man. He can predict the present life and the next life, and he has supernatural powers that can reach the sky and the earth. What's the difficulty in breaking the seal?" Qu Shanling had a face full of fanatical admiration.
Looking at Qu Shanling's sparkling eyes, Mu Hanyan suddenly wanted to laugh. Qu Shanling's master faked his death and was buried, and then escaped from the dead again. Isn't this a magical power that can reach heaven and earth?
Of course, this funny idea only flashed through her mind. Just by looking at the Star Fantasy Thousand Machines Technique passed down by Master Qu Shanling, Mu Hanyan knew that this person really had the knowledge and was a true master. He was definitely not comparable to those charlatans who were selling dog meat under the guise of sheep meat. Of course, she would not use this to make fun of him.
Besides, Qu Shanling was brought up by his master and respected him like a god. If she dared to joke about this, it would be strange if the old charlatan did not fight him to the death.
"Then what kind of seal is this?" Mu Hanyan asked.
To be honest, she initially just thought it was a bit strange that the cottage was built beside the stream, but there was such a large water tank in the kitchen. She didn't find anything else unusual until Qu Shanling mentioned the seal. She concentrated her mind and carefully investigated, and then she felt a hint of the breath of the seal, but she didn't know what kind of seal it was.
The only thing Mu Hanyan could be sure of was that the seal was so secretive that even Qu Shanling's master couldn't open it, so what was sealed was definitely not an ordinary thing.
"I'm not quite sure about this." Qu Shanling scratched the back of his head and said.
After learning the news that his master was still alive, Qu Shanling was happy in his heart, and his mentality changed a lot. It was as if he had returned to the days when he was with his master day and night, and he felt younger.
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