At this moment, facing such a large encirclement of undead, he couldn't think of any way to escape.
All his system's magic seemed so powerless in front of the overwhelming undead.
Unless a heavy rain capable of re-igniting a lightning disaster suddenly fell at this moment, it would be impossible to break through this heavy encirclement!
Human power, after all, has its limits!
Perhaps, Space talent...
"Swallow him!" There was no time left. Qin Feng immediately ordered the Corpse-Stomach Undead to swallow Jiang Yuan.
"No, wait! I—" Jiang Yuan's words hadn't completely fallen when he was suddenly swept up by a long greenish-black tongue spat out by the Corpse-Stomach Undead.
The next second, Jiang Yuan felt his vision go dark, and he was already inside the Corpse-Stomach Undead's belly.
Inside, he couldn't hear any sounds from outside, nor could he see any light. The surroundings were dead silent.
He didn't know how much time had passed.
Jiang Yuan suddenly felt his body lighten, followed by being spat out by a powerful force.
The dazzling sunlight instantly made him unable to open his eyes, and he subconsciously raised his hand to block the light.
The night had passed; it was now daytime.
The undead that had densely surrounded them had now vanished without a trace, as if they had never appeared, returning to slumber deep underground.
Jiang Yuan looked around; there were no signs of a struggle outside.
"Roar~~~" Just then, the Corpse-Stomach Undead let out a low, prolonged roar.
It shook its rounded belly, and a mysterious light slowly rose from beneath its feet.
Under the shroud of light, the Corpse-Stomach Undead returned to the Netherworld Space.
This meant that Martial Uncle Qin Feng was still alive, but his current state was simply too strange.
After the Corpse-Stomach Undead left, Jiang Yuan saw Qin Feng and Qin Yun.
Both of them had turned into rigid statues, standing motionless, as if frozen in time.
Between them, the mysterious imperial jade seal still lay quietly there.
Under the sunlight, the imperial jade seal reflected a warm and soft jade luster.
"This imperial jade seal is very wrong," Jiang Yuan muttered softly, his brows tightly furrowed.
Given the undead's craving for flesh and blood, it was impossible for his teacher and martial uncle to be unharmed.
The problem was very likely hidden within this imperial jade seal.
"I won't think about it anymore; let's go back first."
Jiang Yuan made a decisive decision, taking Qin Yun and Qin Feng, and immediately hurried back to the Ancient Capital.
His peculiar appearance of carrying two people by himself attracted a lot of attention, and the closer he got to the Ancient Capital, the more strange gazes were cast his way.
Jiang Yuan, however, paid no attention, focusing solely on heading to the Military Law Enforcer's station guarding the Ancient Capital.
"Hello, may I help you?" As soon as he arrived at the Ancient Capital military headquarters, a guard immediately stepped forward to stop Jiang Yuan, while giving a standard military salute and asking.
His gaze inadvertently swept over Qin Yun and Qin Feng, who were like statues, and his heart tightened.
Jiang Yuan's expression was solemn as he stated directly, "I am a student from Mingzhu Academy. This is my teacher, Qin Yun, the head of the Undead System Department at Mingzhu Academy. The one next to him is Qin Feng, a Forbidden Mage of the Ancient Capital. Something has happened, and I request to see Chief Instructor Fei Jiao."
"Please wait a moment." The guard finished speaking and quickly arranged for someone to send a message to the headquarters.
Not long after, a Military Law Enforcer in a black cloak hurried over.
As soon as Fei Jiao appeared, he immediately asked, "You're looking for me? What happened to them?"
His gaze was instantly drawn to Qin Yun and Qin Feng. For two High-Level Mages to be in such a state, the situation was clearly extremely serious.
"Chief Instructor, it's like this..."
Jiang Yuan clearly and concisely recounted his experiences during this period, leaving nothing out.
"The imperial jade seal?" Fei Jiao looked suspicious, staring intently at the imperial jade seal.
He said in a deep voice, "I will find someone to specifically research this imperial jade seal, but it will take some time."
Fei Jiao's meaning was clear, and Jiang Yuan immediately responded, "Then I'll trouble Chief Instructor. I'll wait here for the results."
"It's my duty, no need to be polite." Fei Jiao turned and loudly ordered, "Take him to the lounge!"
With that, he hurried away.
Jiang Yuan, led by a Military Law Enforcer, went to the lounge to wait.
Most of the day passed in a flash.
During this time, the Military Law Enforcer took Jiang Yuan to eat.
When he returned to the lounge, Fei Jiao was already waiting there.
"Chief Instructor!"
Fei Jiao's expression was solemn as he stated directly, "That imperial jade seal is real."
"How are my teacher and martial uncle?" Jiang Yuan's mind was completely on them, not the imperial jade seal.
Fei Jiao gently patted Jiang Yuan's shoulder and comforted him, "Don't worry, they were just invaded by a large amount of death energy. They'll recover after a period of recuperation; there's nothing serious."
Fortunately, both of them were High-Level Undead Mages. If it were anyone else, they would probably have been eroded by this massive death energy and become undead long ago.
"That's good, that's good..." Jiang Yuan let out a long sigh of relief, his hanging heart finally settling.
At this point, he remembered to inquire about the imperial jade seal's situation.
Fei Jiao continued, "After joint research by our military mages and teachers from the Ancient Capital Academy, it has been confirmed that this imperial jade seal is the one from the qin dynasty thousands of years ago."
"Is there nothing special about this imperial jade seal?" Jiang Yuan pressed.
After all, it had been passed down for so many years and was once the Ancient King's personal item. How could it be ordinary?
It's impossible to be ordinary, even if you think about it with your butt!
"There is indeed something special."
Fei Jiao explained, "This imperial jade seal is currently in a state of revival. It seems to be attracting something. It's just that the imperial jade seal's level is too high; we can't research more key information for now."
"Next, we plan to send the imperial jade seal to the Demon Capital Research Institute for further research."
Upon hearing this, Jiang Yuan's heart was instantly shocked.
qin dynasty imperial jade seal.
Attracting an unknown object.
Could it be the Ancient King?
The more he thought about it, the more likely it seemed, and he hurriedly pressed, "Can the specific revival time be determined?"
Fei Jiao pondered for a moment and replied, "About one to two years. It's still impossible to determine precisely at the moment."
One to two years!
Jiang Yuan's mind quickly recalled the time the Sha Abyss appeared in the Ancient Capital.
That was three years after the Bo City disaster, and it had been over a year now.
Isn't the remaining time within that one to two year range?
He grew more and more suspicious that this imperial jade seal was somehow linked to the arrival of the Sha Abyss.
The original novel never mentioned why the Sha Abyss had to descend on the Ancient Capital.
Since the Black Vatican meticulously plotted to stir up the Ancient Capital disaster, they must have been absolutely certain that the Sha Abyss would appear here.
This matter couldn't withstand close scrutiny.
"There's one more thing..." Fei Jiao looked embarrassed, saying with a wry smile, "The imperial jade seal is tightly connected to them both and cannot be separated. So, your teacher and martial uncle will probably have to go to the Demon Capital Research Institute as well."
"Good, I'll go too." Jiang Yuan agreed without a second thought