Chapter 49 049 Ancestors, ancestors, the most terrifying thing here is you...
Yun Tianjiao has always been treated like royalty since birth, and this Miss Shen in front of her has the same treatment. What's worse, this person has been following her around since she was a child, calling her "sister" and acting cute towards her.
So Yun Tianjiao had gotten used to coaxing Shen Qiongzhi, and Shen Qiongzhi had long been used to Yun Tianjiao supporting her. She was noticeably more talkative than before and much more cheerful.
"Sister Tianjiao, you're still alive! How did you get in here?"
Inside the hall on the second floor of the Tongbei Tower, soft couches and pillows had already been set out. Shen Qiongzhi pulled Yun Tianjiao to sit there, while a group of demons, led by the twin water ghost brothers, served them at their side, bustling about and serving them tea, fruit, and snacks.
Yun Tianjiao took a sip of tea to moisten his throat and said, "You died a tragic death, and we all want to find out how you were murdered. Zhiwei and I went to the Ghost Realm to search for your living soul but couldn't find it, so he tried to send me to the Tongbei Tower. We never expected that you were actually brought here."
"The Tower of Sorrow?! My God!" Shen Qiongzhi's eyes widened, and she gasped, covering her mouth. "Isn't that the legendary place where great demons are imprisoned?! So I'm imprisoned here! How terrifying!!"
The octopus monster, who was giving Shen Qiongzhi a leg massage with utter despair, and the scorpion demon peeling grapes for Shen Qiongzhi beside her: "..."
You're the scariest person here, oh my god!
The two demons exchanged an even more resigned look, and then one continued massaging her legs while the other peeled grapes.
Yun Tianjiao, who had regarded Shen Qiongzhi as a younger sister since childhood, naturally did not think there was anything wrong with her words, and comforted her, "Don't be afraid, I will find a way to rescue you from here and send you to the Ghost Realm to stay temporarily. Zhiwei knows some people in the Ghost Realm and will take care of you. However, from ancient times to the present, only one Ghost King has broken out of this Tongbei Tower. I need some time to see if I can ask the Heavenly Venerable to help."
"Why would I need to trouble the Heavenly Venerable? As long as I can prove Zhu Jingxianjun's innocence, he will find a way to save me!" Shen Qiongzhi said confidently.
Yun Tianjiao opened his mouth, but didn't know how to respond. He could only inwardly pound his chest in despair.
Little branch, oh little branch, what kind of bewitching potion did that damned Immortal Venerable Zhu Jing give you?
Lust truly is a double-edged sword!
Knowing that she was now dead and that it would be difficult to return to the mortal realm, Shen Qiongzhi said sadly, "It seems that I will no longer be able to stay with Father and Brother. How are they?"
"Prime Minister Shen is alright, but Shen Hengzhen..."
Shen Qiongzhi immediately became anxious: "What happened to my brother?!"
Yun Tianjiao sighed: "Because of your matter, he had a big argument with the emperor and volunteered to go to Wanxi Mountain to oversee the firefighting efforts."
Shen Qiongzhi paused for a moment, her expression turning dejected. "I didn't even get to see my brother one last time. I even said I never wanted to talk to him again. I..." she said, her eyes reddening again.
Yun Tianjiao patted the little girl's head. "This is not your fault. The fault lies with the person who hurt you."
Shen Qiongzhi sniffed and said angrily, "That's right! This person not only killed me, but also implicated Immortal Lord Zhujing and ruined his reputation. He's truly despicable!"
Yun Tianjiao: "..."
This conversation is going nowhere.
Fortunately, Shen Qiongzhi didn't continue the topic. Instead, she started to cling to Yun Tianjiao's arm and act coquettishly, asking her to stay with her for a few more days, just like before.
Inside the Tower of Sorrow, the demons and monsters trembled in fear, thinking that with only this one ancestor left here, their lives were already difficult. If another one came to back them up and stayed here forever, how could they possibly survive?
The water ghost brother received the pleading looks from everyone, cleared his throat, and cautiously said, "Miss Chen, this Tongbei Tower is a place where demons and monsters are imprisoned. Her Highness the Princess is a person from the mortal world. Staying here for too long may harm her body."
Shen Qiongzhi exclaimed "Ah!" She hadn't thought of that, and quickly said, "Oh dear, Sister Tianjiao, you'd better leave here quickly. I'm fine, I'm very strong, I won't be bullied!"
At this point, she suddenly remembered something, her eyebrows furrowing: "But what about Zhiwei? Why wasn't she by your side? Why were you allowed to come into such a dangerous place alone!"
"He was forced to summon all the gods back to their positions, but he had already left me a protective item beforehand." Yun Tianjiao showed Shen Qiongzhi the vajra pendant around his neck.
Shen Qiongzhi tried touching it with her fingertip, but there was no resistance at all. She couldn't help but wonder, "This thing has no effect on warding off evil spirits at all!" As she spoke, she turned to look at the other demons present, "Are you all afraid of this?"
The demons looked at the sky and the ground, playing with their fingers; naturally, none of them dared to tell the truth.
Seeing that these demons were still reluctant to talk about the vajra around his neck, Yun Tianjiao didn't want to make things difficult for them, so he said, "It seems to be quite effective so far."
Although Shen Qiongzhi was very reluctant, she quickly urged Yun Tianjiao to leave and accompanied her back to the first floor of the tower.
The first floor of the tower was no longer as crowded as when Yun Tianjiao entered. All the demons and monsters that were originally imprisoned here had disappeared and disappeared somewhere.
Looking at the tall tower gate, Shen Qiongzhi said resentfully, "I've tried countless methods to open this gate, but I can't. I wonder if you, as a person from the mortal realm, would be any different, Sister Tianjiao."
Yun Tianjiao recalled how easily Zhiwei had pushed open the door when they entered the tower, so he stepped forward and tried to push it himself.
The tower gate was sealed tightly, showing no sign of being opened.
She increased her strength, even brandishing her demon-slaying sword to pry open the door, and finally punched and kicked, but she couldn't even open the door a crack.
Shen Qiongzhi's expression turned serious. "If you can't do it either, how are we supposed to get out?"
She lowered her head and thought for a moment, then suddenly stomped her foot twice on the ground and said, "Get out here, all of you!"
A group of demons rolled out, dizzy and disoriented, showing signs of coughing up blood from Shen Qiongzhi's two kicks.
"What are your orders, Grandma?"
Shen Qiongzhi pointed to the main door: "If this door can't be opened, are there any other exits?"
The fat orange cat's eyes were filled with stars, and it was on the verge of tears: "Meow, there's never been an exit in this Tower of Sorrow! If there were an exit, would we all still be locked up here? Meow!"
"Yes, this door is just the entrance to the Tower of Sorrow; it's a place where you can only go in and never come out."
The alluring woman who had spoken to Yun Tianjiao earlier was a flower fairy. She seemed to be the person in charge of this floor. She said, "When His Majesty the Ghost King broke out of the tower earlier, he went out from the top floor. I wonder if there is still an exit left."
Despite this, everyone knows that if the exit at the top of the tower were still there, there wouldn't be so many demons imprisoned inside the Tower of Sorrow.
Shen Qiongzhi, however, was unwilling to let any opportunity slip by, and said to Yun Tianjiao, "Sister Tianjiao, why don't we go to the top of the tower and take a look?"
Yun Tianjiao was a little worried, "Everyone says that the demons in the Tower of Sorrow are more powerful the higher they go. I wonder what the situation is like at the top."
To everyone's surprise, Shen Qiongzhi said calmly, "It's alright. I was locked in the top floor after I came in."
Yun Tianjiao: "..."
I feel like, with Shen Qiongzhi around my neck, even the vajra around my neck doesn't seem so appealing anymore.
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