You Say You Believe in Science, But You Fly on a Sword - Chapter 78
Chapter 78: At The Bottom Of Dongting Lake, The Imperial Seal
After everything was settled, the Cultivation School was still missing one crucial thing.
A Spiritual Energy Source.
After obtaining Yin Wanshan’s consent, Su Qin’an first used the names of the Four Great Sects in the Cultivation World to widely recruit Formation Masters, and then searched all over China for public places with Spiritual Energy.
It didn’t need to be much, even a little would be enough for cultivators to use for Qi Condensation.
However, the Spatial Nodes in the Cultivation World were scattered, each node belonging to a Sect or Clan, and public areas were extremely rare.
“There’s no place! ”
Su Qin’an and Xie Yingqing searched throughout China for several days, but couldn’t find a suitable place.
They searched places like the bottom of canyons and mountaintops where it was possible, but there was no place they needed.
“What to do? All the work for building the school is done, only Spiritual Energy is missing. ”
Su Qin’an scratched his head: “If there’s no place, then we can only…”
Then what can we do?
I haven’t thought of it yet.
“Don’t worry, China is so vast, there will always be a place. ”
Xie Yingqing squeezed Su Qin’an’s hand: “Look, we’ve already searched mountaintops, canyons, and various plains…shouldn’t we try underwater now? ”
“Underwater? I can’t possibly build the school underwater! ”
Su Qin’an said helplessly: “Even if we use formations to gather Spiritual Energy, the cost is not low! ”
“Something is better than nothing! ”
Xie Yingqing pulled Su Qin’an, flying towards the nearest lake: “Even if we have to attract Spiritual Energy, it’s better than having no Spiritual Energy! ”
“Alright, let’s do it! ”
Su Qin’an smiled helplessly: “We can only do this! ”
…
Dongting Lake, spanning Hunan and Hubei provinces, is located in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, the Jiangnan section, and is the second largest freshwater lake in China.
In ancient times, it had an even more stunning name, called Yunmeng Marsh.
The scenery here is beautiful throughout the four seasons. Sometimes clouds and mist linger, and tourists come to check in all year round.
At this very moment, under the calm lake surface, Xie Yingqing and Su Qin’an had found a Spatial Node.
It was a dilapidated place that looked like a former Clan. The things inside were covered in dust, and some bottles and jars would shatter with a light touch. The dust was so thick it was like a sandstorm that had been blowing for thousands of years, causing Su Qin’an and Xie Yingqing to sneeze constantly.
“Ah…Achoo! ”
Su Qin’an rubbed his nose: “If this ghostly place didn’t have Spiritual Energy, I wouldn’t even come here! ”
That’s right, although this Spatial Node was dilapidated, it did indeed have Spiritual Energy.
And looking at its dilapidated state…
It’s clearly an unclaimed public area.
“This is the place. I’ll tell the people from the Ministry of Construction and the Ministry of Education that the school will be located near Dongting Lake. The scenery is beautiful and the Spiritual Energy is abundant, making people feel refreshed. ”
Su Qin’an smiled and continued walking inside: “Let’s see what’s inside! ”
After walking for a while, Xie Yingqing finally couldn’t help but say: “I feel like this place doesn’t look like a Sect or Clan? There would at least be many disciples’ quarters in a Sect, but here…”
She pointed to the surrounding houses: “Although they are old, you can see their original appearance, they don’t look habitable at all! ”
The most obvious point is that these houses don’t have beds…
“And look at that! ”
Xie Yingqing pointed to something that looked like a tree branch: “I’ve never seen anything like this in the Cultivation World, but I feel like it looks like those robotic arms you’re researching. ”
Not only Xie Yingqing, but Su Qin’an also had this feeling.
The houses, waterside pavilions, and bridges they saw along the way…
Although dilapidated, they didn’t look ancient at all, and even had a strong sense of technology!
It’s as if, as long as they wiped off the dust, they could immediately radiate the brilliance of technology.
Su Qin’an even saw some things along the way that he couldn’t understand, which seemed to be technological products.
“This place is so weird! ”
Su Qin’an opened a door, and it was still an empty storage room: “Everything is abnormal! ”
“Look, there’s a jade piece! ”
Xie Yingqing’s sharp eyes saw a few points of fluorescence in the darkness deep inside the room: “What is that? ”
Su Qin’an waved his hand, and the jade flew over: “This is…”
The whole jade piece was about the size of a palm, heavy and textured, with various patterns, runes, and characters that Su Qin’an didn’t recognize.
“What is this? ”
Xie Yingqing curiously took the jade and played with it in her hand: “It seems like it can be used to crack walnuts! ”
Su Qin’an had already started calling for System support: “Hey? System? What is this? Do you recognize it? ”
“I don’t recognize it. ”
“Your System is useless, you don’t even recognize this! ”
“Hey, I dare say it, but do you dare to listen! It’s not a big deal, it’s just the Imperial Seal made by the ancestors of your China. Taking it is fine, but it will attract great Karma, because…you’re not qualified to know the rest.
Besides the above functions, this Imperial Seal can also ‘beep beep beep～’, and it also contains ‘beep beep beep～’ and ‘beep beep beep～’…”
“Damn! ”
Su Qin’an was startled: “The Imperial Seal? Is it the one that’s been lost for so long? ”
In the past, Ying Zheng unified the six states and obtained the Heshibi Jade, and then ordered Imperial Chancellor Li Si to carve the Imperial Seal using the Heshibi Jade. For a time, the Imperial Seal became a treasure that every feudal lord wanted, no matter when.
During the great chaos at the end of the Qin Dynasty, the Imperial Seal disappeared. When Wang Mang usurped the throne during the Western Han Dynasty, the young Liu Ying hid the Seal with the Empress Dowager in Chang’le Palace. Wang Mang sent people to ask for it, but the Empress Dowager refused to give it up, and in a fit of anger, she threw the Seal on the ground, breaking off a corner. Later, Wang Mang found craftsmen to repair the corner with gold.
After that, the Seal went through various emperors and feudal lords, including Emperor Gengshi Liu Xuan, Former Zhao, Jin Dynasty, Emperor Taizong Li Shimin of Tang, Later Jin, Later Zhou, and other regimes, until the end of the Qing Dynasty, it was placed in the Shenyang Forbidden City, but then disappeared.
It can be said that one Imperial Seal carries the Dragon Veins of China and bears the National Fortune of China.
However, an Imperial Seal, no matter how mysterious, is only a symbol of power in an ancient dynasty. Why did it make the System make a ‘beep beep beep’ sound?
Su Qin’an suddenly remembered the many amazing netizens he usually saw when watching videos.
Question: What would you do if you found the Imperial Seal?
Answer: Before finding it: Hand it over to the Nation.
After finding it: Hand it over to the Nation.
For example, Police Officer: Did you find the Imperial Seal?
Me: I didn’t!
Police Officer: Really?
Me: I speak the truth!
Countless similar jokes all show the importance of the Imperial Seal.
Now the Imperial Seal is in Su Qin’an’s hands?
Su Qin’an thought he should hand it over to the Nation!
“Is this the lost Imperial Seal? ”
Xie Yingqing also heard the System’s introduction: “Then can I use it to crack walnuts…? ”
Imperial Seal：……6!
Su Qin’an handed the Imperial Seal to Xie Yingqing: “Go ahead, crack as many as you want! ”
A Seal is not as important as my wife!
Xie Yingqing smiled and turned the Imperial Seal around: “This is the place the System just mentioned, where Wang Mang repaired it with gold, right! ”
A piece of gold is added to the green jade, looking very abrupt, yet seamlessly integrated.
“If that’s the case, then…”
Su Qin’an looked around again: “What kind of place is this? Why is the Imperial Seal here? ”
This is a Spatial Node, and it can’t be opened without special means.
How could a Seal use means?
So it must have been placed here by someone.
Then who is this person?
How did he put the Imperial Seal here?
What was his purpose in putting the Imperial Seal here?