Chapter 165 - The Temple Of Seal

When they heard Jason talking about going hunting in a ruin, they couldn't help but frown as they stare at him. Meanwhile, Jason was smiling at them as he expected them to have a shocking look on their face but it didn't happen.

"Do you call you all the way from our territory just so you could crack a joke out of boredom?" asked Austin with a frown?

"Yeah, the only ruin that there is has just been seal not quite long and you happen to be there when it did so what are you talking about" added Diana.

"I know that you guys won't believe me so I won't bother wasting my time explaining things to you instead, why don't you take a look at this map" replies Jason as he opens the map for them to see for themselves.

Looking at the map, Diana begin to study the map and that is when she noticed one of the marked spots is pointing at a location that she is familiar with as she couldn't help but turn to Jason who has a wide smile on his face and asked.

"Why did you get this map?

"What else if it is not from the same place that you took the mystic lamp. While you all were busy picking other treasure, I was busy gathering scrolls although it turns out to be a waste since there was not much cultivation manual that is between my realm" replied Jason.

"So you plan on exploring these ruins" asked Austin.

"Yeah I plan to explore them with you guys and since we don't know if the possessed will still be trapped inside the other ruin, we will need you to have your mystic lamp ready for anything. I believe you must have familiarized yourself with it by now" reply Jason.

"What did you think I have been doing all this while after returning from the ruin. Right now I can use it swiftly without draining myself and I believe there is more to the lamp other than using it for battle" said Diana with a smile. 

"That would be for the better" replied Jason with a nod.

"So when are we leaving" asked Austin.

"Since we don't have anything doing, why don't we set out tonight" reply Jason.

"Don't you think we need to prepare ourselves first before leaving" asked Diana.

"All we need is already here in this ring" replied Jason before passing the storage ring over to her.

Checking the ring and seeing that it is filled with pills, she let out a sigh before throwing it back to him. 

"Since everything is already in place, what are we waiting for, let's get going them" said Diana before getting up. 

After talking with his mother and sister for some time, they left in the middle of the night making their way out of the capital before looking for a place to rest.

"So which ruin are we going to explore first" asked Austin while looking at Jason.

"Who knows how to read the map more between the two of you" said Jason.

"Well don't ask me, my focus has always been on cultivating so I don't have the time to study map reading" Commented Austin.

"I know how to read a map" reply Diana with a smile before Jason handed it to her.

After she was given the map, Diana turned to Jason as she asked.

"So which of the ruin are we heading to".

"Which of the marked do you think is closer to us" said Jason.

Looking at the map for some time, Diana begins to study the location of the two maps before speaking up.

"The temple of seal seems to be the closest among the three" reply Diana.

"Then the temple of seal it is then" said Jason with a chuckle.

"You guys are forgetting something here, the temple of the seal does not belong to any of the family and rumor has it that those living in the temple of the seal are incredibly powerful so you might want to rethink about going there" comment Austin.

There was silence between them before Jason spoke up.

"We are not going inside so there shouldn't be any problem".

"Actually the mark seems to be very close to the temple of seal and my instinct is telling me that it is located inside the temple" added Diana.

"It still didn't change anything, there must be a way to get in without getting caught, all we have to do is find out how," said Jason.

Seeing that there is no way they are going to convince him from not going, they have to make up their mind since just like he said there, there has to be a way to get inside the temple without being seen.

And that is how they sent out for the temple of seal which took them approximately three days due to the fact that they were riding on horses and if they were to travel on foot, it would take them about six to seven days. 

Arriving at an environment that was surrounded by hills with a tall tower standing in the middle and once in a while, some cultivators could be seen coming out of the tower once in a while. 

"Do you see any opening around the temple?" asked Jason as he pulled his out of the hill they were hiding to take a peep at the temple.

"There seem to be none, why don't we go try exploring the other marking instead of risking our lives here" advises Austin.

"Take a look at that spot from the north, there seems to be an entrance" said Diana as she point ahead for them to see.

"That's it Diana keep up the good work" reply Jason with a smile. 

"You have found the entrance great, now how do you plan to make it there without getting seen" said Austin.

"Easy, we will just have to wait for them to leave the place" replied Jason.

"I don't think we will have to wait that long, look if we were to take that path, we will be able to get to the entrance without being seen" said Diana once more.

"Are you trying to help here or you are insisting we charge in there and get killed" yell Austin at Diane.

"I am just trying to make things easier for the team or could it be that you don't want to go in with us" asked Diana.

"That is not it, it just that it is bad news if we were caught going in" replied Austin.

"You don't have to worry about them finding us out, we can just say we get lost and they will let us off the book" said Jason before leading the way through the path that Diana has picked out to be the safe path.

Whenever someone was coming out of the tower, the team will have to hide until they are gone before moving forward before long they have already made their way into the temple.

"Now that we have successfully made it past them, we should look for the ruin before we are found out" said Jason as he begin to search the place in hope of finding the entrance to the ruin.

"Wow, can you take a look at that huge statue over there" said Diana while staring at a statue that was inside the temple.

"It seems to be holding something in his palm" replies Austin.

The team had to climb the statue in other to see what it was that the statue was holding and to their amazement, there was a scroll laying still in the palm.

"What could this scroll be used for" asked Austin.

"Who knows, maybe it is the key to the ruin" reply Jason as he went forward to grab the scroll and the moment that he touches the scroll, the temple begin to tremble and the next thing they saw was a golden ring that has appeared in front of the statue.

"Who dare come into the temple of seal" roar an elderly voice and more people begin to make their way into the temple.

"Let get out of here before they capture us" said Jason before jumping into the golden ring.

Seeing Jason not hesitating before into the golden ring, Diana and Austin also follow suit before the residents of the temple could see them.

Making their way into the temple the group could see a golden ring in the middle of the statue and the old man that was leading them couldn't help but frown as he said.

"Someone has broken the seal that was placed on the statue".

"Who could be so stupid as to destroy the seal that has been holding that demon in place for years" said a middle-aged man.

"There is only one way to find out who it was that broke the seal and that is for us to member our own people after them" said the old man.

Four members came forward as they offer to go after the intruder before going into the golden ring.