Shushan's Seventh Prison was also known as the Seven Lunar Mansions.
Horn, Neck, Root, Room, Heart, Tail, and Winnowing Basket.
Horn Prison.
The heavy tolling of a bell echoed among the peaks.
Zhong Wenchang stood on the side facing away from the mountain, his expression grave.
Nineteen sword towers were built along the mountainside around Horn Prison, positioned to support one another, with no blind spots in any direction.
Anyone attempting to break in would inevitably come under attack from the sword towers.
Anyone below the seventh rank could be killed!!
Zhong Wenchang glanced at the disciples on duty in the sword towers, then at the dense forest in the distance. He found nothing suspicious.
He desperately wanted to know what exactly was happening outside, but his duty required him to remain here.
A secret message had arrived: [Hold your ground and guard against all intruders. The Dao-Protecting Elder, the Nine Profound Cave Master, will come to reinforce you.]
The Nine Profound Cave Master?
Zhong Wenchang frowned, but before he could think further,
a guard's voice rang out from the southeast.
"Someone is approaching rapidly."
"It's the Nine Profound Cave Master. Let him through!" Zhong Wenchang ordered.
An opening appeared in the great formation, and the sword towers did not attack.
Within moments, more than a dozen figures landed.
Leading them was none other than the Nine Profound Cave Master, accompanied by over a dozen personal disciples.
"Elder."
Zhong Wenchang offered a simple salute.
"Thank you for your hard work. Who knows what madness possessed them to dare attack Shushan," the Nine Profound Cave Master said.
"How are things outside?" Zhong Wenchang asked.
"The Soul-Seizing Demon Venerable has appeared. Apart from him, there are probably a dozen or so seventh-rank cultivators."
Zhong Wenchang was shocked. "How is that possible!?"
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