Things Have Come to This; Only Revelry Remains

With this thought in mind, Lu Changzhi immediately took out the communication stone.

"Ancestor, is the Nine-Story Tower related to the large number of spirit beasts we mentioned earlier?"

After examining the Memento Jade, he handed it over to the patriarch so they could handle the matter.

Upon hearing this, Gu Qingyang responded, saying:

"It's not certain yet. The Nine-Story Tower is primarily an important cultivation site, but we don't know if there might be any unforeseen circumstances. If there are, the situation described in the Memento Jade is possible, according to the ancestor."

"However, this will only happen when the Nine-Story Tower is activated and manifests in the mortal world."

Upon learning this, Lu Changzhi shook his head slightly, realizing that his plan was not quite working.

At that moment, he took the opportunity to ask a question:

"How long will it take for the Nine-Story Tower to be activated?"

"According to the ancestor, it should be soon, probably within the next few days."

Lu Changzhi nodded slightly.

It seems impossible to know any relevant information in advance.

Since that's the case, I might as well stop thinking about it.

Anyway, I've already reminded the ancestor that if there are a lot of spirit beasts, don't rush to kill them, as they have other uses for us.

As for the present situation...

Construction began on both sides.

On one side were his own disciples, and on the other side was Qin Han.

Of course, it's all up to you; you don't need to do anything specific.

Time passed little by little.

Qin Han, who was furious, finally calmed down a bit.

After all, it has already flown too far.

Of course, there is another reason.

Despite his anger and displeasure, Elder Hua is still being helpful to him.

However, we shouldn't let the relationship become too strained.

After a period of silence, Qin Han spoke up:

"Elder Hua, I'm sorry, I was too impulsive earlier."

"What I said was just something I said in anger, so don't take it to heart."

After a pause, Qin Han explained:

"This is something I simply cannot accept, and these people seem to have come on purpose, as if they were targeting me, which is why I..."

Qin Han took a deep breath and couldn't continue speaking.

Thinking of the words of thanks to the kind person for the gift, he felt a slight pain in his liver.

"It's alright," Hua Yunfan said.

"I understand you. After all, you've given so much. I never expected something like this to happen."

"If they were ordinary people, I wouldn't stop you, but the methods they used are unlike anything I've ever seen in my entire life. With your current strength, you simply have no way to deal with them."

After a pause, Hua Yunfan continued:

"Even I'm afraid I couldn't stop this attack for you."

"Even Elder Hua, you can't do anything about it?" Qin Han's voice was full of surprise.

"Spirit-Restraining Stone are an extremely precious and unique material that can ignore attacks and defenses from spiritual power. Objects made of Spirit-Restraining Stone, aided by the previous terrifying impact, possess extremely strong destructive power."

"If I were in my prime, I might not be afraid of such methods, but now, my physical body is gone, and I was greatly exhausted last night. If I were to encounter such a situation, and there is any slip-up, the consequences would be unimaginable."

Upon hearing this, Qin Han fell silent, not saying anything more about the matter, but instead changing the subject and asking:

"Can Elder Hua discern their identities or origins?"

"It's surprising how sophisticated their concealment methods are; they must have made ample preparations before coming here."

"But their timing is too coincidental," Qin Han said.

"Could it be that Jiang Xin discovered what I've been doing?"

"It shouldn't be," Hua Yunfan said.

"These people must have noticed your gathering of spirit beasts last night. They took advantage of the darkness and the concealment of your presence to make me overlook them. They made some preparations today and came here specifically for this purpose."

After hearing this, Qin Han was immediately filled with unease.

This feeling of being deliberately targeted is incredibly unpleasant.

In particular, having just been targeted by Dai Tianfeng, they are now being targeted again.

"What are we going to do after that? Such a good opportunity has been ruined like this," Qin Han said.

"We'll have to find another way. After this incident, Jiang Xin will definitely be on her guard."

Hua Yunfan said, then changed the subject, saying:

"There's a cave there. Let's go inside and rest for a while; those people shouldn't be chasing us then."

As they spoke, Hua Yunfan manipulated Qin Han's body, lifting up several layers of soil to enter the cave. At the same time, she set up an isolation array at the entrance of the cave.

The cave wasn't narrow; it sloped downwards into the depths of the earth.

At the lowest point, there is a relatively spacious area where, after blowing away the dust, some messy footprints can be seen.

On one side of the space, a pile of bones lay scattered on the ground; judging from the number of skulls, it should belong to two people.

"There seem to be words there," Qin Han said.

Then, a bright light shone, and spiritual energy surged through, revealing the words that had been obscured by dust.

"A shocking event has occurred in the secret realm; the elder has perished."

With no way to escape, they are trapped here.

Fortunately, I had my junior sister by my side;

Now that things have come to this, all that's left is revelry.

After reading these words, Qin Han pondered for a moment and said:

"Judging from this, it seems something terrible has happened in the canyon."

"Thinking back to where we found the map earlier, could that be the place where the upheaval took place?"

"But this escape route..."

At this point, Hua Yunfan spoke up:

"In secret realms like this, the forces that use them for trials usually have teleportation arrays or other means of connection. The place you passed through when you entered can be considered your escape route."

"The fact that he said that suggests a great danger must have occurred in the secret realm in the past, otherwise there wouldn't be so many skeletons remaining in this secret realm."

"And this revelry..." Qin Han spoke again.

Hua Yunfan examined the skeletons on the ground and then said:

"Judging from the posture of the skeletons, they must have been engaged in 'dual cultivation' before they died."

After a pause, Hua Yunfan said:

"You can go and look for them; perhaps they possess some kind of dual cultivation technique."

Qin Han nodded, then got up and went forward to search.

Soon, a storage ring appeared in his hand, covered in dust.

Qin Han probed into it with his divine sense, and soon, a jade bamboo tube appeared in his hand, with six large characters on its front: "Art of Spirit and Flesh Cultivation".

On the side, there are many small characters that record the uses of this technique.

"Elder Hua, you were right after all." Qin Han said excitedly and with emotion.

Hua Yunfan scanned the surface of the bamboo tube with his mind, instantly seeing all the contents on its surface, and his heart was slightly shaken:

"The method of dual cultivation of the soul?"

"Open it and take a look."

Qin Han did as instructed, and with a click, the lid was opened.

Qin Han quickly turned the object towards his outstretched palm, and then his brows furrowed.