I'm going into seclusion

"Don't rush!" Lin Feng smiled like a cunning fox, shaking his head. "If the Ye family really knew it was us trying to kill Ye Dong, do you think we could still sit here calmly drinking tea and chatting? With Ye Yuanjun's temper, he would have brought people to fight us long ago!"

Rong Rong frowned slightly. "What do you mean then?"

"It's simple. Ye Dong didn't tell his family about this matter!"

"No way!" Rong Rong couldn't believe it. "Unless Ye Dong is an idiot, otherwise he almost got killed by us. Now that he's finally back, he still didn't tell his family about it!"

"Hmph, idiot?" Lin Feng put down his tea cup heavily and said coldly, "Ye Dong is not only not stupid, but also terrifyingly cunning. The reason he didn't say anything is because he doesn't want Ye Yuanjun to come and seek revenge on us. Once the truth comes out, it will be a situation where both sides suffer. Even if the Ye family could destroy both our families, there probably wouldn't be many left of them either!"

Rong Rong began to understand. "So what do we do? Are we just going to let this matter pass?"

"Of course we can't let it go, but Ye Dong is not only highly talented but also incredibly astute. He must have his own plans. So, let's go to the Ye family together tomorrow. We'll say we're visiting Ye Dong. I want to see with my own eyes what Ye Dong is up to!"

"We're going to the Ye family ourselves?" Rong Rong's brow furrowed again. "We should bring more people with us, just in case the Ye family wants to harm us. It could be a trap!"

Lin Feng glared at Rong Rong fiercely. "If you want to be a dog, don't drag me into it!"

Rong Rong was taken aback, realizing he misspoke. Hastily changing the subject, he said, "By the way, Brother Lin, how did you get to know the people from the Beast Seal Tribe?"

"Hehe, Rong, don't you think there are some things it's better not to know?" 

Since Lin Feng didn't want to say, Rong Rong didn't insist. "Since Brother Lin won't tell, I won't press further. But we agreed, tomorrow morning, we'll go to the Ye family together!"

The next morning, Rong Rong and Lin Feng, each with their eldest son, visited the Ye family in person and saw Ye Dong. However, Ye Dong treated them with the same calm and courtesy as before, without any hint of abnormality. If it weren't for Rong Rong and Lin Feng knowing what they had done, they would have even doubted whether Ye Dong had truly forgotten the attempt on his life by their families.

Watching the members of the Lin and Rong families leave, escorted by Ye Yuanjun and others, Ye Dong's lips curled up slightly, revealing a faint smirk.

"They want to probe me, huh? Dream on. But this stalemate won't last forever. The longer it drags on, the worse it is for my family. I need to quickly increase my strength. With the Ninth Rank Spirit Seal and five acupoints unlocked, I should be able to deal with those two families!"

Thinking this, Ye Dong looked at Ye Yuanjun. "Grandfather, can I move into that independent courtyard in our family's deepest area?"

Ye Yuanjun was somewhat surprised. "That courtyard has been abandoned for a long time. Why do you want to live there?"

"I want to seclude myself for a while."

Since it was seclusion, Ye Yuanjun naturally fully supported it. "Good, I'll have someone clean it up. You can move in today!"

The reason Ye Dong chose this abandoned courtyard was its tranquility. No one would disturb him there, as he wanted to make full use of both day and night for cultivation.

After settling in, Ye Yuanjun informed everyone in the Ye family not to disturb Ye Dong without permission. 

Originally, Ye Dong planned to quickly condense the Ninth Rank Spirit Seal and then focus on breaking through the remaining three acupoints on his right hand. However, he quickly realized that the amount of spiritual energy absorbed by his dantian and two acupoints was not enough to condense the spirit seal in his dantian!

To his surprise, despite the spiritual energy adhering to his dantian, it suddenly dissipated when he attempted to condense the seal!

This discovery left him stunned. Although he had condensed up to the Eighth Rank Spirit Seal in just three hours, the Ninth Rank Spirit Seal unexpectedly encountered problems!

Could it be that the Blood Sea Battle Heavenly Dao technique was no longer effective for condensing spirit seals?

Ye Dong then attempted to cultivate his family's original technique, hoping to condense the Ninth Rank Spirit Seal, but still returned empty-handed.

After pondering for a long time, Ye Dong finally realized that, even with such a miraculous technique as the Blood Sea Battle Heavenly Dao, condensing spirit seals wasn't as simple as having enough spiritual energy. It also required a certain level of comprehension and even a bit of luck!

While Ye Dong was able to condense up to the Eighth Rank Spirit Seal in one go, it was actually due to a combination of factors such as repeated setbacks, rebirth, and re-establishment, rather than solely the merits of the technique.

Now, trying to condense the Ninth Rank Spirit Seal, the opportunity had not yet arrived!

Helpless, Ye Dong had to temporarily give up condensing the spirit seal and focus on breaking through his acupoints.

Three days passed in a flash. After relentless efforts, a burst of spiritual energy suddenly shot out from the tip of Ye Dong's middle finger, piercing through the wall. With this, the Central Thrust Acupoint was also opened.

As the Central Thrust Acupoint opened, a thread of acupoint qi flowed out, just like the two threads before it, circulating throughout Ye Dong's body before disappearing into his Sea of Consciousness.

Ye Dong didn't pay much attention to the acupoint qi. In his view, it was only useful after it accumulated into an Acupoint Sea. Before that, it could be ignored.

However, this time was different. When the acupoint qi entered his Sea of Consciousness, Ye Dong distinctly heard a roar similar to that of an ancient beast coming from within his Sea of Consciousness.

"Moo!"

At the same time, the blood droplet hidden deep within his Sea of Consciousness emitted a burst of red light, trembling violently. Then, a black shadow rushed out of the blood droplet!

"Boom!"

After a loud noise, a strong smell of blood permeated Ye Dong's nostrils. At the same time, a tall figure appeared in front of him!