Qiankun Academy

"Someone escaped from the Celestial Master Mansion..."

Li Yan's brows furrowed slightly. "From the Demon Suppression Well?"

The "Demon Suppression Well" of Dragon Tiger Mountain was renowned throughout the Daoist world.

Legend had it that in ancient times, Grand Celestial Master Zhang Daoling subdued the "Eight Ghost Commanders" and the "Six Great Demon Kings" at Qingcheng Mountain and sealed them inside a specially made well.

When the fourth-generation Celestial Master, Zhang Sheng, moved back to Dragon Tiger Mountain, he formally constructed the Demon Suppression Well inside the Demon Subduing Hall of Shangqing Palace, making it a place to suppress demons and monsters forever.

The story of Water Margin began with Grand Commandant Hong opening the Demon Subduing Hall and digging up the Demon Suppression Well. That was the well it referred to.

Of course, Li Yan knew that some matters had been exaggerated.

For example, the Six Great Demon Kings were actually the "Six Palaces Demon Kings," suppressed beneath Luo Feng Mountain.

If his cultivation became profound enough in the future, he would be able to learn the summoning technique.

But it was true that many evil demons had been suppressed inside over the dynasties, and all of them were extremely troublesome.

Therefore, every generation of Celestial Masters had to personally visit the Demon Subduing Hall during the Upper Yuan, Middle Yuan, and Lower Yuan Festivals each year to paste on additional seals and reinforce the talisman seals at the mouth of the well. This was known as the "Three Yuan Reinforcement." In addition, whenever a jiazi year arrived, they had to hold the "Demon Suppression Ceremony" and use the Scripture of Salvation to deliver the lingering spirits inside the well.

Whenever the Celestial Master passed the position on to the next generation, another seal had to be added, and