Seeing their gazes turn toward him, the leader gave a slight nod. After a moment's thought, he slowly said, "Before setting out this time, the sect master bestowed the Locking Demon Tower upon me to bring along."
The original intention was to guard against figures from other secret realms appearing in the world. In case we came into conflict with them, we would have something to rely on.
After all, according to the sect records, when heaven and earth underwent a drastic change and the immortals deployed the All Heavens Seal, other powerful figures had already opened secret realms in advance and moved their sect disciples inside.
Now, so many years have passed, and we know nothing about the situation in those secret realms. On top of that, Junior Nephews Danyangzi and Daqingzi met with misfortune in the outside world, so the sect master bestowed the Locking Demon Tower upon me as a precaution.
Yet, powerful though the Locking Demon Tower is—it is one of our Shangqing Palace's sect-suppressing magical artifacts—if that person can truly display strength at the Dividing Soul Stage, then with the power the three of us can wield after being suppressed by the All Heavens Seal, pulling him into the Locking Demon Tower will probably prove extremely difficult!
Hearing this, the other two members of Shangqing Palace both frowned.
It seemed that if they wanted to avenge Junior Nephews Danyangzi and Daqingzi, they would have to discuss this at length!
Indeed, unless they could find a way to break through the suppression of the external All Heavens Seal, or at least weaken it enough for them to display strength at the Dividing Soul Stage, they could not ensure everything would go smoothly!
The two men said.
"Mm."
The leader gave a soft acknowledgment. Suddenly remembering something,