With the same idea in mind, the two of them chatted nonsense back and forth, but as soon as Zhu Xiangchen finished speaking, his face darkened slightly and became a little ugly.

At the entrance of the stairs, a group of gloomy faces appeared. Except for Ye Congyun who came up to check after hearing the noise, the heads and elders of other families were also among them.

Having been bewitched by the Zhu family for so many years, and having witnessed with their own eyes the tragic deaths of several family heads and elders due to the "Heaven and Earth Soul Tempering", they originally did not have the courage to come up. However, Ye Congyun, Hua Yue and others heard the noise and were worried about Mu Hanyan's safety, so they insisted on coming up to check. Yu Ziqi and several elders of the Yu family followed closely behind them out of gratitude, and they also plucked up the courage to follow.

After all, they have been curious about the secrets of the Soul Forging Tower for many years. With the Ye family, the Yu family and others taking the lead, their danger is much smaller.

Who would have thought that when they reached the fourth floor, they would see the three elders of the Dou family lying on the ground seriously injured and their cultivation completely destroyed. Then when they reached the fifth floor, they heard Zhu Xiangchen say these words in person. One can imagine the anger in everyone's hearts.

In fact, they had already sensed that the discussion conference in the Soul Forging Tower was actually a means for the Zhu family to suppress dissidents and win over their confidants, but this method of concentrating divine thoughts to severely damage other people's divine magic was too mysterious. They had never even heard of it, so they did not think that this was an active move by the Zhu family. They just sighed at the Zhu family's good luck that they actually got such a treasured ancient tower.

When they heard Mu Hanyan's reminder earlier, although they were secretly suspicious, they also couldn't believe it. It was not until they heard Zhu Xiangchen admit it in person that they finally confirmed that the so-called Heaven and Earth Soul Forging was just a cover, and it was the Zhu family that caused the deaths of those family heads and elders!

It's a pity that they've been kept in the dark for so many years, yet they still happily come to the Soul Forging Tower to die. Fortunately, their limited aptitude prevented them from comprehending those divine arts, otherwise, they would have long since followed in the footsteps of those family heads and elders.

"Did you all hear it?" Zhu Xiangchen asked, trying to remain calm.

"Master Zhu, my Peng family is loyal to you. Why don't you even let our patriarch go?" An old man asked with a sad look in his eyes and trembling body.

He is the current head of the Peng family, and the previous head died tragically under the "Heaven and Earth Soul Forging". The Peng family was the first family to submit to the Zhu family. It has been thousands of years since then, and they have always been loyal to the Zhu family. Even several generations of heads of the family died fighting for the Zhu family.

It is precisely for this reason that other families did not blame the Zhu family for the death of the previous head of the Peng family, nor did they suspect that there was another mystery behind this Heaven and Earth Soul Forging.

"Of course I know that your Peng family is loyal to my Zhu family, but if he hadn't died, how could others have such complete faith in the Soul Forging of Heaven and Earth? As a hereditary retainer of my Zhu family, the death of your old patriarch was well deserved." Zhu Xiangchen said righteously.

In fact, as a lower-ranking family, it is only natural to be loyal to the main family until death.

After saying this, without waiting for Patriarch Peng to speak, he continued, "Rest assured, everyone. As long as you remain loyal to our Zhu family, we will allow the disciples of each family to enter this Soul Forging Tower for enlightenment, and our Zhu family will never interfere again. Now, let's all work together to kill Mu Hanyan to prevent future trouble."

When he said this, Zhu Xiangchen regained the dignity and bearing that a superior family head should have.