Chapter 115 The Spirit Summoning Tower

Within the Yue Lin Mountains, which are controlled by the Wendao Sect, there are several mysterious places that have been designated as forbidden areas.

In the southeast, amidst the clouds and mist, stands a towering pagoda, its entire body radiating a cold, eerie black light, beneath which mysterious runes faintly flow.

This tower is one of the forbidden areas, called the Spirit-Descent Tower, or the Blessing-Descent Tower.

On this day, cultivators from seven sects, led by the Wendao Sect, appeared in front of the Spirit Descent Tower.

Lou Yuqing and the disciples stood behind the elders, blinking as they looked ahead. From this particular angle, the dark tower displayed a kaleidoscope of colors.

"That's the Spirit Summoning Tower? It certainly looks extraordinary."

A brief commotion arose among the crowd; the disciples' expressions were a mixture of excitement and agitation, even the usually composed Kui Houming was no exception.

Of course, good looks alone are not enough to elicit such emotional reactions from them; the key lies in the function of the Spirit Tower itself.

All disciples who have been to the Spirit Descent Tower can have their cultivation level greatly improved. Moreover, unlike ordinary initiation techniques, its side effects are minimal, which is why it is so tempting.

Looking across the entire continent, no other power dares to claim ownership of such a treasure land. However, given the immense power of the Spirit Summoning Tower, it cannot be used without limit.

Every fifty years, the Seven Sects select disciples who meet the criteria. This year, the Seven Sects held a joint competition, and after discussion, they decided to give the qualification to summon spirits to the winner of the competition.

With favorable timing, location, and people, Lou Yuqing and nine other disciples got this opportunity.

Sect Leader Qingxu coughed to quiet the disciples, then smiled slightly and called out to the closed tower gate, "Junior Brother Ma."

The Spirit Descent Tower can help the geniuses of the seven sects grow rapidly, and its importance is self-evident. The sects have specially sent Nascent Soul stage cultivators to be stationed here to prevent thieves from sneaking in.

"Hey, Senior Brother Sect Leader?" A lazy yawning voice rang out, seemingly right next to my ear, yet also seemingly from afar, truly a wondrous sound.

Lou Yuqing peeked around, wondering why Elder Ma looked like he had just woken up.

Her feeling was right. Ma Yuanmiao was fast asleep next to the array pivot before he heard Qingxuzi's shout. He stretched and suddenly sighed.

Since taking on the task of guarding the Spirit Descent Tower, Ma Yuanmiao has spent ten years here, spending his days in ascetic training, which is utterly dull and tasteless.

Occasionally, he felt regret for coming to the Spirit Tower, but he couldn't leave. The forbidden area guard duty required a minimum of fifty years, and he was still forty years short.

Moreover, there was a great terror waiting for him outside, so he dared not go out. The reason he came to the forbidden area in the first place was to avoid that matter.

Recalling some past memories, Ma Yuanmiao shuddered, completely losing his initial confusion. He comforted himself, "The aura of the forbidden area is completely sealed off; they couldn't possibly have tracked us here."

He calmed himself down, made hand seals, and sent several beams of spiritual light into the array's core. With a click, the array's mechanism activated.

Ma Yuanmiao said, "Wait a moment, I will open the internal restrictions immediately."

At the same time, Sect Leader Qingxuzi instructed the elders of the other six sects to take out their tokens and open the external restrictions. Only when the two were combined could the Spirit Descent Tower be truly activated.

When Lou Yuqing learned of the existence of the Spirit Summoning Tower, she was puzzled about its ownership. Logically speaking, the Spirit Summoning Tower, within the Wendao Sect, naturally belonged to the sect's assets.

In reality, it is a shared treasure land of the seven sects.

Through Captain Wei's explanation, she learned that there was originally no Spirit-Subduing Tower in the Yue Lin Mountains. It suddenly appeared out of thin air two hundred years ago, and countless ferocious beasts poured out of the tower, causing great trouble for the Wendao Sect.

Finally, by gathering the power of the seven sects, they were able to quell the ferocious beasts that were running rampant outside, extract their spirits, and seal them inside the tower. Through the effect of the magic array, the power of the beast spirits was transformed into spiritual power that was beneficial to cultivators.

While waiting for the restrictions to be lifted, the disciples’ attention was drawn back from the Spirit Descent Tower, and their eyes glanced at Lou Yuqing, intentionally or unintentionally.

On the day she and Yan Zice went on stage to compete, they realized that she was the master of the Heart's Voice, and even after several days, the shock they felt had not diminished in the slightest.

Unaware of Lou Yuqing's origins, they were astonished to discover that she possessed such extraordinary abilities, which could be described as being able to glimpse the secrets of heaven. This sparked a strong curiosity about Lou Yuqing within them.

If they weren't restricted from speaking, they would have already run up to Lou Yuqing and asked her all sorts of questions.

Ling Yunxiao knew what these people were thinking. Seeing their increasingly obvious gazes, he subconsciously frowned and shielded Lou Yuqing from their stares.

Everyone was taken aback and reluctantly looked away.

Only the female cultivator from the Su Yin Sect glared at Ling Yunxiao, then turned to another direction and looked at Lou Yuqing, a thoughtful look flashing in her eyes.

Ling Yunxiao turned slightly to the side, once again dismissing her observation.

Gao Xuexi rolled her eyes, shifted her feet to avoid him, who was now a large obstruction. The next moment, Ling Yunxiao completely blocked Lou Yuqing's view.

"..."

Gao Xuexi was furious. What was wrong with this person? He kept interrupting her while she was looking at Lou Yuqing. She coldly transmitted her voice, "Fellow Daoist Ling, if you keep doing this, don't blame me for hitting you."

Ling Yunxiao smiled politely without saying a word, but Gao Xuexi found his expression extremely irritating, as if he were saying, "Can you beat me?"

Gao Xuexi's face darkened. She had watched Ling Yunxiao's match; his techniques were extremely profound, seemingly appearing and disappearing without a trace. She wasn't entirely confident in dealing with him, but it wouldn't be easy for him to defeat her decisively.

Ling Yunxiao ignored her thoughts and said calmly, "If you have any designs on Junior Sister Yuqing, you'd better give up as soon as possible. She is not someone you can scheme against."

His words were both a warning and a reminder.

"I schemed against her?" Gao Xuexi looked incredulous upon hearing this. "While I may not be entirely upright, you can't insult me ​​like that. When did I ever plot against Fellow Daoist Lou?"

Upon hearing Gao Xuexi plead her innocence, Ling Yunxiao said, "Your gaze is different from the others."

Gao Xuexi recalled what he said and subconsciously retorted, "It was only a tiny bit hotter..."

As she spoke, she realized that her behavior just now was a bit abrupt, so she changed the subject and said, "Alright, let's not talk about this anymore. I have something important to discuss with Fellow Daoist Lou, but I haven't had a suitable opportunity to talk to her in person. I'm thinking about how to bring it up with her. Don't be so conspiratorial."

Ling Yunxiao knew that she had her eye on Junior Sister Yuqing's ability and wanted to use her thoughts to achieve some goal. Unfortunately, this ability was uncontrollable. If it became a melon and everyone ate it, that would be quite amusing.

Perhaps because he was thinking of that scene, his smile was particularly bright.

Gao Xuexi suddenly felt a chill.

Lou Yuqing turned around and saw Ling Yunxiao's smile, thinking to herself that he was a cheerful young man, completely unaware that Ling Yunxiao had just had a confrontation with someone.

Just then, with a loud boom, the Spirit Summoning Tower lit up with a dazzling light, reaching the sky and becoming the only color in everyone's eyes.

After the light subsided, the towering gate, three zhang high, slowly opened to both sides.

Sect Leader Qingxuzi smiled and looked at the disciples of the seven sects: "You juniors, hurry up and go in. Remember, the longer you persevere, the greater the benefits you will receive."

In the past, every disciple had improved by a minor realm, and some had even reached the peak of their current realm, just one step away from completing a breakthrough.

"yes!"

Lou Yuqing and Ling Yunxiao stood behind Wei Houming and responded to the other disciples from the sects.

Sect Leader Qingxuzi watched their retreating figures with satisfaction, but a hint of regret flashed in his eyes. It was a pity that Li'er was defeated by her own people and missed her chance to enter the Spirit Descent Tower.

Three days ago, after several rounds of competition, the Seven Sects Joint Competition came to a perfect end, and the top five disciples from the two competition areas qualified to go to the Spirit Descent Tower.

Before entering the finals, Song Li was grouped with Wei Houming. When two kings compete, one of them must lose, and the loser is Song Li, whose foundation is slightly weaker than Wei Houming's.

Of the ten, Wendao Sect had three, making it the biggest winner in the competition, much to the envy of the other sects, especially Haotian Palace and Yaowang Valley, which didn't have a single spot.

"The matter here is settled, we shall return to our sect first," the elder of Haotian Palace said curtly. If it weren't for the fact that the Spirit Descent Tower required the combined power of the seven sects to open, he would have been too ashamed to stay any longer.

Despite the sect leader Qingxuzi's repeated attempts to persuade him to stay, he was still unable to persuade him to remain. On the other side, the elder of Medicine King Valley also proposed to leave, but was stopped by Shi Hua: "Fellow Daoist Xuyang, please wait, I have a favor to ask."

Everyone couldn't help but look over. Medicine King Valley was skilled in planting and alchemy, and True Man Xuyang was one of the best in it. They wondered what Shi Hua wanted to do with him.

Shi Hua seemed to know what they were thinking and whispered something to Master Xuyang. Master Xuyang seemed to be persuaded, and the two flew wildly and soon disappeared from sight.

Everyone: "..."

The remaining people of Medicine King Valley: "..."

Are they still leaving?

Sect Leader Qingxuzi smoothed things over, saying, "It seems that Junior Sister Shi Hua and Fellow Daoist Xuyang have important matters to discuss. Why don't you all from Medicine King Valley stay at Wendao Sect as guests? It will take at least a month, and at most three months, before the Spirit Descent Tower opens. We can then exchange our cultivation insights. What do you all think?"

Master Minghan of Bailing Sect was the first to respond: "We couldn't ask for more."

The leading cultivators from other sects also agreed, as it concerned the cultivation future of their sect's disciples, so they naturally had to wait for them to come out of the Spirit Descent Tower before returning to their sects together.

Upon entering the Spirit Descent Tower, Lou Yuqing immediately felt the rich spiritual energy in the air, which was more than ten times higher than that of Cangtian Peak.

She rubbed her thumb and fingers together, feeling as if they were slightly damp.

It is said that when the spiritual energy content reaches a certain level, it will turn into liquid. Although the spiritual energy of the Spirit Summoning Tower has not yet condensed into liquid, it is already showing this trend.

The Spirit Tower has nineteen floors. The spiritual energy becomes more concentrated as you go up, but the resistance also increases.

Lou Yuqing paused only slightly before landing at the very back. She focused her mind, and lightning surged around her. Her figure became illusory in the purple lightning, and then disappeared in the next moment.

Once the Lightning Escape Technique was unleashed, he instantly surpassed several cultivators who were ranked at the bottom.

"This kind of escape technique is really useful." Gao Xuexi wanted to follow Lou Yuqing closely, but she disappeared in the blink of an eye.

During the competition, she did not think highly of Lou Yuqing because Lou Yuqing's cultivation level was the lowest among all the participants, only at the early stage of Foundation Establishment, while the others were either at the middle or late stage.

As a result, Lou Yuqing won her first match, and her opponent was that difficult swordsman from the Yunxiao Sect. She knew that she didn't have much of a chance against Yan Zice either.

In the following rounds of the competition, Lou Yuqing won one after another, and in one of the matches, she even crossed two minor realms. Only then did Gao Xuexi realize how difficult Lou Yuqing was to deal with.