kingnovel Chapter 498 Forbidden Tower
Chapter 498 Forbidden Tower
Jiang Liqian had been in the Northern Snowfield for the past six years and didn't quite understand her senior sister's words.
Even in her own courtyard, Luo Qing'an lowered her voice and said to her, "The demon race has appeared in the world, and the sect has begun to prepare to join forces with the three major sects to wipe out all the demon race's hiding places that have been discovered. Although the last demon in the cultivation world was exterminated five hundred years ago, this time your second senior brother and I were ordered to investigate Bei Du, and the situation is extremely bad. We have discovered hundreds of demon race hiding places, and the exact number of demons is impossible to estimate. It is possible that... another great war is about to begin!"
"It is best to return to the sect now and follow its arrangements. If the situation becomes critical, the disciples outside will be urgently recalled by the sect."
Upon hearing what she said, Jiang Liqian's eyes grew increasingly filled with murderous intent, and her hands, hidden in her sleeves, clenched tightly.
It was a special teleportation array created by magic crystals. Bei Yao died because he was trying to destroy a large teleportation array! Otherwise, with him by Lian Lian's side, they could have survived together!
Demons! Demons!
In her past life, she was falsely accused of colluding with the demons, which led to her tragic death step by step!
She thought that by reminding her master and the others early on, the demons would not be able to make a comeback, but she never expected that their existence and schemes would still exceed her imagination.
"Little Junior Sister, Little Junior Sister!"
Snapping back to reality from her overwhelming killing intent, Jiang Liqian looked up and met her third senior sister's worried eyes. She quickly composed herself and immediately apologized, "I'm sorry, senior sister, I didn't mean to be distracted, I... I just..."
"'Uneasy,' right?" Luo Qing'an walked to her side, put her arm around her shoulder to comfort her, and patted her gently. "Don't be afraid, you still have your senior sister. If the demons really attack the Tianqian Sect, your senior sister will definitely stand in front of you and never let you get hurt."
A warm current flowed into Jiang Liqian's long-parched heart. She leaned wearily against Luo Qing'an's chest and murmured, "Senior Sister..."
Luo Qing'an responded softly.
After a long while, she buried her head in her arms and said in a muffled voice, "Junior Brother... he has isolated his aura. I can't find his trace, and even the Spirit Suppressing Pearl can't sense him."
Luo Qing'an was taken aback.
She also tried to contact Xu Youan, but couldn't reach him. She thought her junior sister must know where he was or be able to communicate with him, but she didn't expect that he had even blocked her.
What on earth is he doing?
Can't we tell them?
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At midnight, three stealthy figures emerged from behind the bushes and slipped away to the Forbidden Tower while the patrolling disciples passed by.
The eldest brother, Si Chuanchao, made a "shh" gesture to his third and youngest sisters, then took out three straw dolls from his sleeves and handed one to each of them.
He transmitted his voice: "These three puppets can completely cover our aura for two hours. If someone's divine sense sweeps over, they will only see us as a blade of grass or a stone by the roadside. Keep them safe and don't drop them."
Jiang Liqian and Luo Qing'an exchanged a glance and nodded in unison.
Seeing that they had all put away the straw dolls, Si Chuan took out a square object. If Shen Qingqing were here, she would be surprised at where he found this "Rubik's Cube".
However, this "Rubik's Cube" is much more complex. Its six faces are covered with tiny, intricate patterns that crisscross and shimmer with a mysterious silver light under the night sky.
Si Chuan threw the "Rubik's Cube" into the layers of formations beneath the Forbidden Tower. Instantly, a cold wave of wind emanated from the "Rubik's Cube" and surged outwards in all directions.
Just then, he grabbed one person with each hand and whispered, "Let's go!"
The three of them transformed into light and rushed into the forbidden tower.
The Rubik's Cube instantly lost its light and returned to Si Chuan's hands.
Jiang Liqian stared wide-eyed in shock, pointing at the "Rubik's Cube" in Si Chuan's hand and asking, "Senior Brother, what is this?"
That's incredibly powerful! It can disable all the external formations in an instant!
Si Chuan scratched his head sheepishly and waved his hand, saying, "This isn't the final version yet. It can basically only be used once. And although there are many arrays outside, they aren't that advanced. That's why we have this opportunity. I plan to ask my master to take a look and hopefully modify the array patterns on it so that it can suppress more complex arrays, eventually turning it into a magic weapon that can be used an unlimited number of times... Hehe, then your senior brother will definitely make a name for himself in the history of the Array Peak!"
At this point, the smile on his face suddenly faded, and he sighed, "I just don't know when Master will return..."
Jiang Liqian and Luo Qing'an also thought of Master Chongdao.
They parted in haste, without even having a proper goodbye to him.
"Forget about that, anyway, Master will be back sooner or later, and I'll definitely give him a good talking to then! Let's hurry up and look for clues, but you have to be careful, there are restrictions everywhere here, if we accidentally trigger them, we'll be in big trouble!" Si Chuan solemnly warned them.
"Senior Brother, instead of worrying about us, you should worry about yourself. Junior Sister and I aren't as careless as you." Luo Qing'an was even more worried about him than he was about them.
Si Chuan immediately felt that he had been looked down upon by his junior sister, and by the worst possible degree.
He put his hands in his pockets and said, "You guys go check the top three floors, I'll take care of the rest!"
Jiang Li frowned slightly: "Senior Brother, can you manage all this by yourself?"
Si Chuan immediately glared at her, and Jiang Liqian shut her mouth, not daring to say anything more.
Luo Qing'an grabbed Jiang Liqian's hand and led her towards the top of the tower: "Senior Brother is very powerful. Let's ignore him and go upstairs. Time is of the essence."
The so-called forbidden tower is actually no different from an ordinary tower. Apart from the statues of gods and deities enshrined on each floor and various stacked forbidden formations, there is not even an incense burner. Even the stairs are the most ordinary wooden willow ladders, which are in disrepair for many years. They creak and groan when you walk on them, and you always feel that they might break at any time.
If this tower hadn't belonged to the Discipline Hall, and if the Second Elder hadn't been an extremely frugal person, the tower would have been demolished long ago by the disapproving disciples.
It's a dangerous building! A dangerous building!
Despite the tower's unassuming overall structure, its tight security and array-like formations make it incredibly difficult to sneak in undetected and steal the Golden Scale Key, which is heavily guarded. It's almost as hard as climbing to the heavens.
But the Golden Scale Key was stolen just like that.
Jiang Liqian didn't believe that the thief possessed extraordinary cultivation; she was more inclined to believe that the person had used some kind of special "magic weapon," like her senior brother's "little box."
However, since it is a "crime", it will inevitably leave traces. What she needs to do is to find these traces, retrieve the Golden Scale Key, and clear her second senior brother's name.