Chapter 369

The Demon-Locking Tower was of great importance and could only be placed on Tongtian Peak, suppressed by Jiang Yan himself.

But calling it suppression was just keeping watch.

There were still beings at the peak of Refinement of Void into Dao inside; for the current Jiang Yan, the word "suppression" didn't apply.

The matter of what big BOSS was inside the Demon-Locking Tower also spread throughout Shushan, and at first, the disciples were a bit panicked.

Those were demons stronger than the Sect Master.

But after knowing that it was a Demon-Locking Tower forged by a Golden Immortal powerhouse, the disciples started blowing up Shushan again.

With the Demon-Locking Tower appearing in the world, Zhongli was the first to come up and request to enter it to start cultivation.

However, he was rejected by Jiang Yan.

For one, the Demon-Locking Tower had just recovered, and it was still a bit chaotic inside, with more demons on the lower levels, causing it to be a mess inside.

Rushing in would only lead to a dead end.

Moreover, Zhongli also had to hold the Rite of Descension to completely resign and retire, so it was better to be safe these few days.

From then on, for a short time, the Demon-Locking Tower just became a major scenic spot in Shushan.

However, not many people were qualified to visit it.

Tongtian Peak wasn't a place anyone could just come and go as they pleased.

After dual cultivating with Jiang Yan these past few days, Ganyu was already close to undergoing the tribulation.

She was currently in seclusion preparing, and once she came out, it would be time for Ganyu to undergo the tribulation and become a Refinement of Qi into Spirit expert.

Furina, Miko, and the others were almost green with envy at Ganyu's opportunity.

They wanted to learn, but when it came to the final step, these two big talkers turned into cowards again.

The cultivation of many other disciples was also quite smooth.

The Outer Sect disciples completed their re-cultivation, most of them at Foundation Establishment, with few at the early stage of Refinement of Essence into Qi.

And the Inner Sect disciples, even Collei, had already achieved the early stage of Refinement of Essence into Qi.

The talent of Inner and Outer Sect disciples was, after all, a chasm.

These past few days, Hu Tao and the others had also initially mastered the Sword Control Art, and even the cultivation methods they chose themselves, perhaps because they were too compatible,

had also been mastered.

It was just that Hu Tao's *Ten Thousand Ghost Records* hadn't been able to record a single evil ghost for the time being.

Tartaglia's Inverse Blood Demon Blade could only target fierce beasts and demon beasts for now.

Yelan's *Knight-Errant Travel* was also testing the waters with fierce beasts and demon beasts, and she could save up contribution points along the way.

The three most lethal cultivation methods were currently the slowest in progress.

After all...

The cultivation methods of the three of them were either for killing people or for capturing souls.

Without these two channels, it was hard to become strong.

On the other hand, Xingqiu and Chongyun were practicing *Alluring City and Love* secretly every day, and their strength was soaring the fastest.

As for Furina, it was the same as usual; she had been pondering the Kingly Way these past few days, but she never found the right path.

Currently, she was still stuck at the initial stage—a single command calling upon nature.

Although the form of expression was already very powerful, Furina was always dissatisfied.

Clorinde, on the other hand, was the most comfortable; as Furina kept studying the Son of Heaven Conferring God Art, she, who was bound to Furina, could lie down and borrow the nation's fortune to become stronger.

This made Furina furious, and she once accused Clorinde of who the real king was.

Why was it that she worked hard, while Clorinde, as a guard, could sit back and enjoy the fruits of her labor?

Then, based on this reason, Furina wanted to consult Jiang Yan and connect with him personally along the way.

But when she reached the door, Furina shrank back and left.

The new disciples had the most abundant gains, after all, they had just started immortal cultivation.

And Ningguang and the others were a bit slower, following the steps, and even a bit boring.

Cultivating, fighting, doing tasks, saving up contribution points...

And then drooling over the powerful spirit artifacts in the Merit Hall to motivate themselves.

Basically, every day was spent like this.

The entry of new disciples was just a bit more lively for the veteran disciples, but there was no major change.

After all, everyone was cultivating for themselves.

It was just that there were more people when discussing the Dao.

Tartaglia challenged all the new and veteran disciples as expected.

And then...

He, who was basically invincible among the new Inner Sect disciples,

faced the veteran disciples.

Except for Barbara and Paimon, who were at the early stage of Refinement of Essence into Qi, the others...

Tartaglia couldn't beat any of them.

Even Paimon, relying on the Star Body, made Tartaglia suffer a silent loss.

Then Paimon bragged for five days about how she almost fought across levels.

Tartaglia finally knew what it meant to have people beyond people.

Challenging Keqing again, this time, Keqing drew the Frost Sword.

After one move, Tartaglia was defeated and took medicine to recover.

Learning from his mistakes, Tartaglia decided to challenge Ningguang.

After the battle started, the Sky Heart Bell rang, and Tartaglia was knocked unconscious on the spot by dozens of Five-Thunder Talismans.

Tartaglia said this was not a crime of war, but that his equipment was inferior to others.

Ningguang heard this reason and disdainfully expressed that magic treasures were also part of strength.

So, the Purple-Gold Gourd was brought out, with a shout of "Tartaglia, if I call your name, do you dare to answer?"

Then Tartaglia was put into the gourd, and Ningguang shook him for an hour.

After coming out, Tartaglia vomited for an afternoon.

Tartaglia decided not to challenge those who were either invincible with the Sword Control Art or had countless magic treasures.

He turned to find another expert of the same level, Baizhu.

Baizhu didn't use any magic treasures, just swallowed a few pills and hung him up to hammer him for a long time.

After the battle, Tartaglia summarized that besides those invincible with the Sword Control Art and those with many magic treasures, those who could take medicine at any time shouldn't be provoked either.

After comprehensive consideration, Tartaglia chose Diluc, who had just entered the mid-stage of Refinement of Essence into Qi.

He thought he would be able to fight for a longer time this time.

Who knew that Diluc, who looked like a noble son, would become a different person as soon as the fight started.

With the Vajra Dharma Body opened and sitting on a lotus pedestal, Tartaglia was almost physically converted by Diluc.

Now, Tartaglia understood.

It wasn't that others were cheating, it was just that he wasn't fully familiar with the combat style of immortal cultivators.

This wasn't something that could be changed overnight; it required time and battle.

Tartaglia stopped challenging and settled down to continue studying the way of immortal cultivation.

Of course, it was also possible that he was beaten silly.

The powerful opponents he had craved before were everywhere in this Shushan Inner Sect.

He could be hung up and hammered by anyone he met.

This was a good thing, but Tartaglia couldn't help but wear a mask of pain.

Having a fight is happiness, but not being able to win is truly suffering!

The Inverse Blood Demon Blade couldn't be used, and he had no magic treasures; frankly speaking, he was just a novice at immortal cultivation.

It was better not to keep jumping around looking for people to fight.

Besides that, quite a few interesting things had happened in Shushan these past few days.

For example, Tighnari, a disciple of Bamboo Peak, didn't study alchemy but instead studied raising demon beasts with Baishang of Luoxia Peak.

Venti was messing around in Shushan again and had quite a few contribution points deducted.

Liuyun and Pingzi, under Alice's crazy ideas, forged more wonderful magic treasures.

Lumine's simplified version of the God-Sword Thunder Control True Art was finally mastered, but the first thing she did after mastering it was almost stabbing Alhaitham, who was passing by, through.