Zhou Qing heard this and couldn’t help but twitch his face slightly.
This seniority is really quite messy. Hopefully, when mixing in the sect, they won’t mistake you for the next successor to be trained.
The second uncle said, "This White Jade Taixu Courtyard is much stronger than the Taiqing Sect. There is a mentor there named Lin Daochen who specializes in array and restriction techniques."
"Although he is a second-level array master, he is already close to touching the third level, and his understanding and mastery of array techniques are quite profound."
"Lin Daochen?" Zhou Qing suddenly found this name very familiar. Thinking carefully, it seemed to be the Elder Lin that the Sect Leader often mentioned.
The Sect Leader had once brought a black-robed puppet from the Cangyan Daoist Palace to secretly visit this master in the Vast Mansion.
Regarding the variable restrictions in the puppet, the master could do nothing after examining them.
It was said that even the County Governor of Longyuan County had to be very respectful and cautious when meeting this master.
Unexpectedly, the second uncle had become his disciple.
It seems this trip to the White Jade Taixu Courtyard will be quite fruitful.
"By the way, uncle, there’s one more thing!" Quickly, Zhou Qing thought of something and took the opportunity to describe various incidents at Canglan Mountain in detail.
The second uncle had probably heard only the general situation regarding the Five Sects in his hurried return, and particularly had no knowledge of such hidden matters.
Sure enough, the second uncle was somewhat surprised after hearing about it.
"This Sikong Yan seems to be a person of great fortune as well. An intact fourth-level restriction, a damaged fifth-level array disc, the Nine Nether Demon Lotus, and those black-robed puppets—interesting!"
The second uncle clicked his tongue in amazement, his eyes sparkling with thought.
Zhou Qing asked, "So how long do you think it will take for the Five Sects to produce a Spirit Severing Realm cultivator?"
The second uncle shook his head and said, "The Old Emperor lied. With just the Nine Nether Demon Lotus, at most there’s a fifty percent chance, and the supposed twenty percent is because that old guy took something else."
Zhou Qing’s face changed after hearing this.
"Will the Supreme Elder and the others be in danger?" Zhou Qing asked anxiously.
After all, no one would easily attempt a Spirit Slash until the very last moment. If they failed, at worst their bodies would be severely injured, and at worst their souls could be annihilated.
The second uncle waved his hand, calmly saying, "Don’t worry. This Nine Nether Demon Lotus is a rare and good item. Even if they can’t break through to the Spirit Severing Realm, it won’t cause them significant harm. On the contrary, it’s a rare opportunity for them."
Only then did Zhou Qing’s worry slightly lessen.
"Wait, we’re here to look for opportunities in such a dangerous place, why are we chatting leisurely?"
Soon, the second uncle slapped his forehead, realizing that the Invisibility Talisman had a time limit.
If the talisman failed and they got exposed in this eerie place, it would cause big trouble.
"You’re now a first-level array master too, show me what you’ve got!" the second uncle said, pointing to the restriction in front.
Zhou Qing said helplessly, "Uncle, this is just an ordinary roadblock restriction, there’s nothing good inside. Why waste time breaking it, can’t we just go around?"
The second uncle: "..."
"Ahem—" The second uncle coughed awkwardly, pretending to be calm, "Actually, I just wanted to test your mastery of array techniques, do you have any objections?"
Zhou Qing hurriedly shook his head and said, "No problem, then I’ll try to break it?"
"Break what? It’s a waste of time, let’s go!" The second uncle immediately put on a stern face, turned around, and walked around the obstruction.
Seeing this, Zhou Qing couldn’t help but chuckle lightly but quickly sped up to follow.
As they continued forward, a towering red tower suddenly emerged from the void, appearing in front of them.
This tower was entirely built of a scarlet stone, with faint dark red patterns flowing on its surface, like blood flowing in veins, eerie and strange.
At the top of the tower, there was a rusty copper plaque, slanting and hanging there, seemingly about to fall at any moment.
"Red Tower Mountain!" Seeing the faint words on the plaque, both Zhou Qing and the second uncle exclaimed simultaneously. ʀᴇᴀᴅ ʟᴀᴛᴇsᴛ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀs ᴀᴛ 𝙣𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙡•𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙚⚫𝙣𝙚𝙩
Then they looked at each other in surprise, as they both felt extremely terrifying restrictions from this Red Tower.
"There must be something good inside!" The second uncle’s eyes lit up, and he licked his lips involuntarily.
Zhou Qing nodded in agreement.
Otherwise, it wouldn’t be protected by so many restrictions.
"Let’s start, let’s start!" The second uncle was excited and eagerly began studying the Red Tower Mountain.
Zhou Qing also let out a long breath, but for caution’s sake, he made an identification.
[Red Tower Mountain: This is a high tower covered by a Three-Color Restriction, nine stories high. From bottom to top, each floor has considerable opportunities, but also a varying number of wretched ghosts guarding it.]
Seeing the information, Zhou Qing was helpless.
He wasn’t worried about the wretched ghosts, as he had the second uncle with him. But the Three-Color Restriction, looking at the two of them, who could break it?
"What are you standing there for? Hurry up!" Seeing Zhou Qing unmoved, the second uncle urged.
Zhou Qing had to pretend to study it. At this time, the second uncle tried injecting one spirit seal after another into the tower, but as soon as they touched the tower, they were repelled as if hitting an invisible barrier.
In contrast, Zhou Qing had slightly better luck, with three spirit seals successfully inserted.