Hidden Cultivation Artifacts

Looking at it this way, the two sisters still needed more practice.

Why didn't they take down all the Vampire clan members who came to the Heavenly Demon Sect? It was a massive loss of three types of Qi.

As Gu Changyuan was complaining in his heart, suddenly—

His eyebrows twitched slightly.

His fingertips suddenly caught another anomaly on the two jade tokens.

On those two jade tokens, aside from their inherent auras, there seemed to be something else hidden.

In the next second, his originally lazy posture instantly vanished as he abruptly sat up straight.

This movement was so sudden that the surrounding disciples almost instinctively locked their gazes onto their master.

For something to elicit such a reaction from their master, it was definitely not simple.

Gu Changyuan ignored their gazes. With a slight frown, he immersed his entire divine sense into the two jade tokens.

He caught a trace of an extremely faint aura—

A seal.

That aura was so weak it could almost be ignored. If he hadn't investigated carefully just now, it would have been impossible to detect.

But once caught, it was like grabbing a fox by its tail; following that aura, he could trace it all the way to the source.

He probed along the aura and soon caught a glimpse of the whole picture.

Surprisingly, there was a sealing array on each of the two jade tokens.

Moreover, the two arrays were completely different, yet they faintly revealed a trace of connection.

Gu Changyuan frowned even deeper.

The lines of this array, the arrangement of these runes, the way the energy flowed... he had never seen them before.

It was a completely unfamiliar array.

Now this was getting interesting.

In his cultivation journey up to now, he had seen countless formations.

During that millennium in the Ruins of Disorder, he had witnessed countless ancient arrays and otherworldly formations, and had even personally broken many of them.

Yet, he had actually never seen these two small arrays before him.

Gu Changyuan did not give up.

With a slight shift in his thoughts, various deciphering methods flashed rapidly through his mind, then transformed into invisible tentacles of divine sense, probing into the seal.

Attempt—

Failure.

Attempt again—

Another failure.

Continue attempting—

Still a failure.

Constantly trying and constantly failing, not only was there no impatience on Gu Changyuan's face, but a strong sense of interest gradually arose.

It had been a long time since he had seen such a tricky and exquisite array.

To think he would encounter it on two small jade tokens; it instantly aroused his competitive spirit.

The surrounding disciples quietly watched the changes in their master's expression:

From the initial slight frown and solemn expression, to the meticulousness when focused on breaking the seal, and then to the faint helplessness after failing.

Then he cheered up again and continued to try, until finally, an excited light gleamed in his eyes.

Ever since their master returned, this was the first time they had seen something that could make him take it so seriously, and even be unable to solve it immediately.

Thinking of this, everyone could not help but turn their gazes towards Jun Mukong and Jun Anshi, their eyes full of inquiry.

Looking at it this way, the parents of their two new junior martial siblings were definitely not ordinary people from the upper realm.

Otherwise, it would be impossible to lay down such an exquisite sealing array on the jade tokens, making even their master feel a hint of challenge.

Feeling the inquiring and shocked gazes of their senior brothers and sisters, Jun Mukong and Jun Anshi revealed somewhat embarrassed and bewildered expressions, sitting up straight at a loss for what to do.

They truly did not know the identities of their parents, much less that the jade tokens that had accompanied them for over twenty years actually hid a seal. At this moment, aside from shock, their hearts were filled more with bewilderment and curiosity.

But looking at their master's focused and excited appearance, they could also vaguely guess.

The origin of these jade tokens was probably far more terrifying than they had imagined, and their background also hid an even greater secret.

Gu Changyuan ignored the commotion around him; his entire mind was immersed in those two seals.

Attempt, fail, attempt again, fail again...

Every failure deepened his understanding of these two arrays by another fraction.

Then, a flash of inspiration struck his mind.

Every time he tried to break it, he would encounter the problem of imbalance.

He tried to balance it by compensating for the emphasis on one side, but he always failed.

Perhaps the problem lay not in the individual arrays, but in the connection between the two.

He immediately abandoned the idea of individually breaking the array on a single jade token, raising his hand to gently bring the two jade tokens closer together.

Under the control of Gu Changyuan's divine sense, the two sealing arrays faintly produced a certain resonance the moment they came into close contact.

With a shift in his thoughts, Gu Changyuan treated the two arrays as a single entity and began to break them again.

This time—

The lines of the arrays began to blend, the arrangement of the runes began to reorganize, and the flow of energy began to echo each other.

After just a few short breaths.

Hum—

A faint, almost imperceptible chime.

The seals on the two jade tokens dissipated simultaneously.

As expected.

It was actually a twin array.

Any single array was only half of the entire puzzle.

Attempting to break either one individually would only be a futile effort.

Only by merging the two arrays together and breaking them simultaneously could they truly be unlocked.

Gu Changyuan looked at the two jade tokens on the table, which had returned to their original state but faintly emitted a different aura, and a satisfied smile appeared on his face.

Watching this scene, the surrounding disciples felt a few more degrees of admiration in their eyes.

Although their master had attempted many times, the actual time consumed was in fact less than the time it takes an incense stick to burn.

Such a deciphering speed would be absolutely impossible for them to achieve.

Gu Changyuan picked up the two jade tokens again and felt them carefully.

This time, without the concealment of the seal, the aura on the jade tokens was displayed before him without any obstruction.

Boundless power of space and power of time emanated from the jade tokens.

These two jade tokens were actually top-tier cultivation magical treasures.

If worn on their persons, they could greatly accelerate the speed at which the two comprehended the Dao of Space and the Dao of Time.

Not only that.

Gu Changyuan also perceived another layer of spatial fluctuation on these two jade tokens—that was the engraving of a storage space.

He gently probed in with his divine sense and found that the storage space was not huge, but it was piled with a heap of top-tier cultivation materials.

Most of them were closely related to helping the two awaken their space-time physiques. Upon careful comparison, many were identical to the materials Gu Changyuan had used yesterday to create the awakening spiritual liquid.

There were also several cultivation methods lying quietly in the deepest part.

Gu Changyuan's divine sense swept over the contents of those cultivation methods, and a trace of surprise flashed in his eyes.

Each of these cultivation methods was extremely exquisite; they were all top-tier methods of the space-time attribute.

A few of them could actually rival the top-tier methods he had obtained in the Ruins of Disorder, and some... were even superior.

The parents of these two... were probably not as simple as just being people from the upper realm.

Gu Changyuan withdrew his divine sense, his gaze falling on the two jade tokens as he remained silent for a moment.

Then, he handed the jade tokens back to the two.

The seals on these jade pendants have been removed by me.

His tone remained casual, yet it carried a bit of seriousness:

They are actually top-tier cultivation magical treasures that can help you accelerate the cultivation of the relevant powers of the Great Dao.

After you awaken your physiques later, you don't need to put them back into your storage spaces; just wear them on you.

Pausing for a moment, he added:

"Furthermore, the jade plaques bear the engravings of a spatial storage. Inside, there are many materials and cultivation methods suited for your training. You can take a good look at them when you return later."

Jun Mukong and Jun Anshi respectfully accepted the jade plaques, their hands gently caressing the warm, smooth surfaces.

They could clearly feel that the jade plaques in their hands were now completely different from before.

The aura emanating from them seemed to have come alive, faintly resonating with something deep within their bodies.

The two looked up at Gu Changyuan, their eyes brimming with gratitude.

"Yes! Thank you, Master!"

Had it not been for their Master, they would never have discovered the true purpose of these jade plaques.

They might have spent their entire lives treating them as mere ordinary keepsakes, burying them in the deepest corners of their storage bags, only taking them out occasionally to gaze at them and yearn for the parents they had never met.

But now, these jade plaques were no longer just keepsakes.

They were yet another precious gift bestowed upon them by their Master.