Perhaps because it was still calculating that logic, Meteorite Crystal hadn't shown up since it plunged into the subspace. Only now did it pop its head out, and as soon as it did, it said something quite astonishing.

  "Can you tamper with the seal?" Chen Yue raised his eyebrows and asked in a doubtful voice.

  "Of course," Meteorite Crystal proudly lifted its small head and said, "I was wondering what kind of sealing method you would use. Turns out it's just the sealing array of our Garnino civilization. I thought your technology would have improved after tens of millions of years. Who would have known it's far inferior instead."

  Before leaving, Vinia had indeed introduced the sealing method. It wasn't surprising that Meteorite Crystal had overheard it and recognized it. After all, there was originally no sealing magic in this world. Even if some familiars had sealing abilities, they were extremely rare. The Apostle Association of the Tianye Empire probably didn't have a familiar with such a special ability, so they could only choose other methods.

  Chen Yue rolled his eyes. The development directions of the two civilizations were different in the first place, so there was no comparison at all. To be honest, the power of the apostles was far beyond what the magic skills of the Garnino civilization could match.

  "What kind of tampering can you do?" After pondering for a while, Chen Yue said slowly.

  "That depends on which sealing array it is, but I can guarantee that it won't become a dead seal," Meteorite Crystal replied hesitantly.

  Chen Yue fell into deep thought. Although the seal would bring him many benefits and was quite necessary, handing over this process to others was ultimately not safe. If they made the seal a dead one and completely sealed off the severing ability of the Blade Beast, it would be a loss outweighing the gain.

  More importantly, Chen Yue hated the feeling of having his life and death controlled by others.

  However, if he tampered with it, he would have to bear the risk of being discovered.

  After weighing it for a moment, Chen Yue finally made up his mind.

  "Alright then. Meteorite Crystal, you tamper with the sealing array."

  Hearing this, the little guy flew up with a smile, hovered in front of Chen Yue, and stretched out two fingers, shaking them slightly, looking like it was ready to haggle.

  "Helping is no problem, but I should get some reward, right?"

  "Reward?"

  "Yes. How about twenty light crystals for helping once?" Meteorite Crystal smiled and asked for an exorbitant price.

  "Twenty pieces..." Chen Yue had the urge to faint on the spot. You know, there were only thirty-one light crystals in the ruins of the Ice Mountains in total, and they were still under Meteorite Crystal's name.

  "Where would I get so many light crystals?" Chen Yue said through gritted teeth.

  "I didn't ask you to take them out immediately. Just put it on the account. We'll settle it all together later," Meteorite Crystal blinked its big eyes and looked innocent.

  "Put it on the account..." Chen Yue's heart skipped a beat. Hearing these words, he knew that in the future, this little guy would probably often ask for rewards, and they would be sky-high prices.

  "I've been calculating what you said that day for a long time. Finally, I came to a conclusion that if we don't want the ruins to be exposed, we can only find more energy," Meteorite Crystal explained plausibly.

  "Caught in one's own trap," Chen Yue understood. If he hadn't lured Meteorite Crystal, it probably wouldn't be so eager for energy. But if he hadn't done that, he wouldn't have been able to lure it out either. It was a trade-off.

  "Forget it. Anyway, this energy is also useful for familiars. I was also planning to find the manufacturing technology of light crystals and the purification technology of energy crystals. Just consider it as advanced consumption," Chen Yue thought to himself and readily agreed.

  After hearing Chen Yue's agreement, Meteorite Crystal flew back into the subspace and didn't come out again.

  After waiting patiently for a while, Vinia finally came back. Judging from her beaming expression, even if she hadn't taken a big bite out of the three forces, she must have scraped off a thick layer of benefits.

  "The harvest this time is good. Well, Chen Yue, you'll get your share," Vinia said with a smile. However, she wasn't in a hurry to divide the spoils. Instead, she picked up the Blade Beast on the table and said, "Let's seal the Blade Beast quickly. If time passes, I'm afraid I won't be able to suppress it anymore. Moreover, if it stays out of control for too long, the compatibility between you and it will drop significantly."

  Chen Yue was startled when he heard this. He hadn't expected there to be such a hidden danger. Naturally, he wouldn't object at this moment.

  Following behind Vinia, the two walked upwards in the Emerald Tower.

  When they reached the thirtieth floor, they stopped and walked into a room with its door wide open.

  There were already several people waiting in the room.

  Looking up, Chen Yue narrowed his eyes slightly. Among these people, he only recognized Kles Nor and Carlo, whom he had just fought with. Presumably, the rest should be big shots in the association.

  Seeing their pained expressions, it was clear that Vinia had taken a lot of benefits from them.

  Since that was the case, it was understandable that these big shots all showed up. Naturally, they were afraid that Vinia would play some tricks inside and make them lose both the lady and the soldiers.

  Especially Kles Nor. When they were at the Crescent Island Training Base, he had played a little trick in front of Vinia and made Chen Yue fall into a purgatory scene. Of course, he was afraid that Vinia would do the same thing now.

  How could Vinia not see what they were thinking?

  With a cold snort, Vinia handed the Blade Beast to Chen Yue, pointed to a room inside, and said, "Chen Yue, take the Blade Beast and go in. Someone will tell you what to do. I won't go in, so that no one will be worried."

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  Hearing Vinia's words, Kles Nor and the others felt a bit embarrassed. However, it was just what they wanted that she didn't go in, so they just pretended not to hear.

  As for Chen Yue, most of the people present thought that he was only at the second level, so naturally they weren't afraid that he would be able to play any tricks. Besides, he was the owner of the Blade Beast, so it was completely reasonable for him to go in.

  This arrangement was exactly what Chen Yue wanted.

  There was already someone waiting for him in the room.

  At the first sight of that person, Chen Yue felt a bit strange because he wasn't an apostle.

  In the core area of the Apostle Association, inside the Emerald Tower, he actually saw a non-apostle. If he hadn't been certain, Chen Yue would have doubted whether he had gone to the wrong place.

  "Is this the familiar to be sealed?" Looking at the Blade Beast in Chen Yue's hand, the old man with gray hair asked eagerly.

  Chen Yue nodded and handed the Blade Beast over.

  The old man carefully took it over and examined it up and down carefully. His focused eyes seemed to be looking at a rare treasure.

  "What a top-notch item," the old man exclaimed a few times, then looked up at Chen Yue and said, "Do you want to seal it all or just partially?"

  "Just seal the first halo."

  The old man nodded when he heard this. He carried the Blade Beast to a large instrument in the middle of the room. Chen Yue had never seen a similar instrument before.

  The main body of the instrument was a platform that was entirely blue-white in color and made of an unknown material. Nineteen long lines were crisscrossed on it, along with countless tiny dots scattered around the long lines, making it look extremely complicated.

  Taking advantage of the old man's back being turned to him, Chen Yue tapped on the blue-striped card, and with a flash of light, Meteorite Crystal's small head immediately popped out.

  "Can you recognize what kind of sealing array this is?"

  "Don't worry," seeing that there were other people in the room, Meteorite Crystal immediately lowered its voice to an extremely soft level. Fortunately, the old man was an ordinary person and didn't notice that Meteorite Crystal had appeared in the room at all.

  After saying this, Meteorite Crystal's big eyes suddenly turned pale red, like two extremely beautiful rubies. Its expression also became indifferent, and its small face was cold without any expression.

  At this moment, Meteorite Crystal seemed to have lost all emotions.

  Feeling something unusual, Chen Yue immediately looked at Meteorite Crystal. However, when his eyes met hers, it was as if he saw a cold and emotionless machine, or a lofty god.

  Just for an instant, Chen Yue had a terrifying feeling that everything had been seen through.

  "What kind of ability is this?" Chen Yue was shocked.

  Just when he was doubtful and uncertain in his heart, Meteorite Crystal had already returned to normal. It blinked its watery eyes and said, "It's the simplest dot-line sealing array. It has been modified a bit, but the main body remains unchanged. It's easy to tamper with it."

  Chen Yue let out a soft sigh of relief. With Meteorite Crystal's words, there should be no problem. He just needed to create an opportunity for it to tamper with the array later. At this moment, he was instead very interested in the change in Meteorite Crystal just now. So, he asked the question in his mind.

  "You're asking about this," perhaps because it didn't have much guard against Chen Yue, Meteorite Crystal didn't hide it. "This is the True Vision Pupil, the only special ability my father gave me. It can directly see through the appearance to the essence. It's the best for doing research."

  "True Vision Pupil, for research..." Chen Yue smiled wryly. This was the biggest difference in the concepts of the two civilizations. In his view, the True Vision Pupil was basically like an X-ray. All tricks and illusions would be useless under its effect, and its power was unimaginable. He didn't expect that in Meteorite Crystal's eyes, it was just for research.

  "Alright, let's begin," the old man's words interrupted Chen Yue's thoughts and focused his attention on the sealing array. As for Meteorite Crystal, it had already hidden in the subspace.

  After putting the Blade Beast on the platform, the old man pressed somewhere, and suddenly a light shield rose from the sealing array, covering the platform.

  Then, the dozen or so long lines and countless dots on the platform lit up, forming countless red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet, and other light pillars of various sizes, surrounding the Blade Beast.

  Under the influence of these light pillars of different colors, the faint blue layer that was originally attached to the outside of the Blade Beast gradually faded away. When the suppressing force was completely removed, the Blade Beast seemed to come to life again, full of ferocity, and started to dash around in the sealing array. However, these colorful light pillars became soft when they sensed that the Blade Beast had regained its mobility. They wrapped around the Blade Beast one by one, and under their influence, the Blade Beast's movements became slower and slower.

  It was almost time.

  Chen Yue suddenly put his arm around the old man's rather thin shoulders and shifted his body to an angle. At the same time, Meteorite Crystal, who had been prepared, flew out of the subspace, avoided the old man's line of sight, and flew towards the sealing array.

  Before the old man got angry, Chen Yue said, "Sir, I think there's something wrong with your sealing array."

  "What?" The old man was furious when he heard this. He didn't care about Chen Yue's rather presumptuous move anymore and glared at Chen Yue angrily. "What do you know? What's wrong with the sealing array? It's fine!"

  "I think there's a problem with its principle. Look, if we do it like this..." Chen Yue's purpose was just to attract his attention. As long as he was willing to take the bait, it would be okay. Chen Yue just made up a few random words, but unexpectedly, it made the old man even angrier.

  Chen Yue had judged correctly. For an ordinary person like the old man, his status was far inferior to that of the apostles in the first place. If he hadn't had a special understanding ability in the sealing array, he probably wouldn't have received any attention at all.

  However, in this way, the research on the sealing array had become the thing he was most proud of. How could he tolerate Chen Yue's question？What's more, Chen Yue's explanation was completely nonsense. So, he immediately grabbed Chen Yue and started to explain the theory and the principle of the sealing array in detail, determined to make Chen Yue realize his mistakes and shallowness.

  Fortunately, the dot-line sealing array was the simplest sealing array. According to Meteorite Crystal, it was a foolproof sealing array. As long as it was successfully activated and the commands were input, it could operate on its own. So the old man was bold enough to leave it alone. And by grabbing Chen Yue, he also prevented Chen Yue from any possible cheating behavior, so he was even more at ease.

  Even with Chen Yue's strong will, he was bombarded by the old man's large amount of theories that were like heavenly books until he was dizzy and didn't know what was going on. Just when he couldn't bear it anymore, Meteorite Crystal flew back avoiding the old man's sight and gave him a signal that everything was done.