Master Yan Seeks Help

Nothing much happened over the following days, and life suddenly became მშვიდ and uneventful.

Every day, aside from keeping Qing Tan company, Lin Fan refined Pure Yuan Pills and Demon Spirits.

Throughout this process, both his Yuan Power cultivation and Talisman Master cultivation steadily improved.

Of course, this pace was nowhere near comparable to absorbing the Yin Yang Pearl.

Half a month passed like this before something finally happened again.

One day.

Just as Lin Fan stepped out of his room, he saw Lin Dong coming over once more.

Lin Dong said, "Lin Fan Bro, come with me to the Talisman Association. My master needs your help!"

"The Talisman Association?"

Lin Fan's heart stirred. Could the Tower Duel be approaching?

He immediately nodded and said to Lin Dong, "Alright, I'll go with you."

Lin Fan had never acted without profit. The reason he was willing to participate in the Tower Duel was to use the vast Spiritual Power within the Symbol Master Tower to break through to become a Four Seal Talisman Master.

After leaving Ironwood Village, Lin Fan and Lin Dong each rode a Flame Python Tiger straight toward the Flame City Talisman Association.

Since this was not their first visit to the Talisman Association, and Lin Dong was Master Yan's disciple, no one stopped them.

The two proceeded onward and soon arrived at Master Yan's residence.

Knock, knock, knock!

Lin Dong gently knocked on the door and said, "Master, Lin Fan Bro is here."

"Quick, come in!"

An aged voice came from within, and the joy it contained was easy to hear.

Pushing open the door and entering, Lin Fan immediately spotted Yan Xuan seated inside.

Lin Fan smiled and asked, "Master Yan, you wanted to see me?"

"So it's Lin Fan!"

Yan Xuan pointed to the chairs before him and invited, "Please, sit. I truly do need your help with something this time!"

After the two sat down, Lin Fan asked, "Master Yan, what is it?"

"You know that I am the president of the Flame City Talisman Association, and our association possesses a Symbol Master Tower."

Yan Xuan slowly said, "This Symbol Master Tower is a wondrous tower condensed from the Spiritual Power of countless senior Talisman Masters. It is remarkably effective at tempering and cleansing one's spirit!"

After a pause, he continued, "This Symbol Master Tower was condensed through the efforts of generations of the Flame City Talisman Association over more than a hundred years. It can be considered a source of pride for Flame City.

After all, among the hundreds or even thousands of cities throughout the Great Yan Dynasty, fewer than one-tenth possess their own Symbol Master Tower.

However..."

His tone shifted, and Master Yan's expression became somewhat bitter.

With a soft sigh, he said, "The Symbol Master Tower has an extremely powerful unifying effect on the Talisman Masters of a city. It is practically a holy land to many of them. Naturally, the Talisman Associations of other cities also want a Symbol Master Tower, but how could such a thing be so easily obtained?

As a result, those cities without a Symbol Master Tower became resentful and began forcibly trying to seize them... After much chaos, the Tower Duel was ultimately chosen to settle such disputes.

The younger generation of both cities will enter the Symbol Master Tower for a Tower Duel. So long as one side wins three times in a row, they can take the Symbol Master Tower away. The Tower Duel can only be challenged once a year."

"That's not too bad. They would need to challenge us for three years to win."

Upon hearing this, Lin Dong immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

"Ah!"

Master Yan shook his head with a bitter smile. "The Flame City Talisman Association has already lost twice. If we lose again this year, the Symbol Master Tower will be taken away."

As he spoke, he could not help looking at Lin Fan. "That is also why I was so eager to take the two of you as disciples. Unfortunately, you simply refused."

"Master Yan."

Lin Fan said, "Although I did not become your disciple, as a member of Flame City, I am still willing to do my part."

"I already heard about you from Zi Yue. With such strength, I truly cannot be your master."

Yan Xuan asked with some emotion, "Zi Yue said that your Spiritual Power is also quite formidable now?"

"More or less!"

A glint flashed in Lin Fan's eyes, and a nearly tangible Divine Sense surged forth.

Feeling the unusually powerful force of this Divine Sense, Yan Xuan could not help drawing in a cold breath. He exclaimed, "Y-you... your Spiritual Power..."

At this moment, in Yan Xuan's perception, Lin Fan's Spiritual Power was actually no weaker than his own.

One had to know that when he first met Lin Fan, although the latter's Spiritual Power had been powerful, he had yet to condense an Origin Talisman Seal.

How much time had passed? Yet his Spiritual Power was already no less than Yan Xuan's.

Such terrifying cultivation speed was the greatest Yan Xuan had ever seen.

"Ha ha ha!"

At that moment, Yan Xuan, who had worn a bitter expression all this time, smiled for the first time.

Smiling, he said, "With you joining us, Flame City will definitely be able to keep the Symbol Master Tower."

Lin Fan smiled as well. "Master Yan, have you never considered that I might refuse?"

"This Tower Duel will bring you countless benefits. Why would you refuse?"

Yan Xuan said confidently, "First, the Symbol Master Tower contains the lifelong Spiritual Power of countless predecessors. The spiritual pressure within is immensely powerful and can help temper and cleanse one's Spiritual Power.

Cultivating within the Symbol Master Tower can yield twice the results with half the effort. If you can enter the Eighth Layer, your Spiritual Power may even achieve another breakthrough.

Furthermore, a predecessor left behind a Qi-Grade Spiritual Secret Skill on the Eighth Layer. If you can obtain it, it will also increase your strength.

These benefits can only be obtained within the Symbol Master Tower. If you do not participate and Flame City loses this Tower Duel to Skyfire City, then naturally, you will not be able to obtain those benefits either."

"In the end, Master Yan still has me right where he wants me."

Lin Fan shook his head. He did not care much about the Qi-Grade Spiritual Secret Skill.

However, the vast Spiritual Power within the Symbol Master Tower was exactly what he desired.

"Alright, the Tower Duel is in two days. For now, let Lin Dong show you around."

After leaving Yan Xuan's residence, the two arrived in the depths of the compound around ten minutes later.

Lin Fan looked ahead and saw a strange gray tower in the distance.

The gray tower contained an extremely terrifying force of Spiritual Power.

The sheer vastness of that Spiritual Power was something even ten Master Yans could not compare to.

Lin Fan gazed at the Symbol Master Tower with blazing eyes. With this much Spiritual Power, I'll probably be able to break through to a Four Seal Symbol Master very soon.

The two did not linger and continued onward.

Not far ahead was a plaza packed with Talisman Masters.

Two people were sparring in the plaza, while many others around them shouted and cheered. Judging by their clothing, they clearly belonged to two different cities.

Lin Fan could naturally tell that the man dressed in white was a Two-Seal Symbol Master, while the Talisman Master from Flame City was only a One-Seal Talisman Master.

To be honest, there was nothing worth watching in such a match where the strong bullied the weak.