The whole family went mad, but the junior sister turned the tables and her luck soared.

Yun Yici and the others' four water mirrors were all destroyed, in addition to the words Xie Qianjue roared like a madman before the water mirrors went out.

The once bustling crowd fell silent, a nameless fear and oppression hanging over the Nanhua Temple.

After a long while, a disciple stammered, "That's impossible... how could there be a demon?"

"Yeah, Senior Brother Xie stayed in that sphere with Senior Brother Rong the whole time and never came out. That's just nonsense."

"But he was so scary, talking as if it were the truth."

“I am a disciple of the Medical Peak. I noticed that Xie Qianjue’s wounds seemed to be expanding. It’s possible that the venom on the upper layer is corrosive and has spread to his brain.”

This was the most likely explanation, which brought a sense of relief to all the disciples watching.

Xie Shiqing, who was mixed in with the crowd, could no longer hold back. He pushed through the crowd and headed towards the water mirror.

Xie Qianjue is definitely not allowed to continue participating in the selection process in his current state.

Both his master and Xie Qianjue's master were imprisoned in the Buddha-Demon Tower. He had no other choice but to risk offending the sect leader and plead with him to release Xie Qianjue so he could receive timely treatment.

Suddenly a hand patted his shoulder. Xie Shiqing turned around in confusion and saw Yan Jing.

He was no stranger to Yan Jing, who was in charge of the Law Enforcement Hall and was an elder of Wugou Peak.

Yan Jing said, "I know what you want to do. Come with me."

Xie Shiqing followed Yan Jing and entered the main hall of the Nanhua Sect openly, where he saw Gu Ruyi standing high in the main seat.

A black wooden key floated in her hand, emitting a soft glow, while in front of her were the water mirrors of the remaining nine visible disciples.

Xie Shiqing was about to speak when he noticed that Gu Ruyi's expression was solemn.

Yan Jing stepped forward and bowed, saying, "Sect Leader, this disciple is Xie Qianjue's brother."

Gu Ruyi raised her beautiful eyes and looked at her, saying, "I originally wanted to ask Peak Master Baili, who is in charge of looking after your four brothers, to bring your brother out for treatment."

"But at this point, we realized that there was something unusual about the tower; they seemed to be isolated and lost in another space."

Xie Shiqing looked shocked and asked, "What does that mean? They can't get out?"

Yan Jing said, "Peak Master Baili is still tracking them, do you understand? Peak Master Baili inside can still see them but can't make contact with them."

Gu Ruyi exhaled, flicked her sleeve, and a new scene appeared.

Inside was Peak Master Baili, who was standing outside Rong Xuan's glass sphere. However, when he tried to enter Rong Xuan's glass sphere, he passed through like a ghost.

Rong Xuan and Xie Qianjue finally appeared before them.

They could even hear Rong Xuan's words: "...This God and Demon Tower has stood for hundreds of years, there should be a spirit inside the tower, it should know something."

"And our most important task right now is to inform Junior Sister Yun and Junior Brother Mu. They are in the most danger; they are still outside."

The last sentence made Xie Qianjue's eyes flicker. His face regained some color, and he said, "Thank you, Senior Brother Rong."

In the scene, Baili Peak Master, who is the main figure, reaches out to touch Xie Qianjue, but the next moment, his hand passes right through Xie Qianjue's body.

Peak Master Baili, who had been following Yun Yici and the other three, was somehow blinded by the consciousness within the tower, and because of the rule that he could not contact his disciples in private, he overlooked this fact.

The people in front of them were indeed Xie Qianjue and his group, but they were trapped in another dimension.

Yan Jing said, "After we discovered this, we realized that there might be something wrong with the spirit of the Buddha-Demon Pagoda."

"I originally intended to evacuate all the disciples immediately, but the whereabouts of your four elder brothers are unknown."

“We were worried that rashly withdrawing the other disciples would alert the enemy and cause us to lose track of your brother and the others completely, so we came to you.”

"There is a secret method that can use the power of bloodline to find one's relatives, but it may require a drop of your heart's blood."

Xie Shiqing clenched his fist and answered without hesitation, "Yes, I'm willing."

He was willing to pay any price.

Xie Qianjue had no intention of participating in the disciple selection. He even planned to sneak down the mountain the night before to get completely drunk. It was Xie Qianjue who half-forced him to go.

Moreover, once Xie Qianjue was found, Yun Yici and the other three were also found.

Yan Jing wasted no more time and pointed directly at Xie Shiqing's chest.

A bright red bead of blood slowly flowed from Xie Shiqing's chest.

Xie Shiqing endured the pain of having his blood drawn without uttering a single groan.

Yan Jing's movements were clean and efficient. Xie Shiqing's heart's blood floated in the air. After the blood was drawn, Xie Shiqing immediately turned pale and knelt on the ground.

Since the heart's blood is the essence of human blood, Xie Shiqing's weakness was inevitable.

It will get better with rest.

Yan Jing sent a message out, and soon a disciple came in to help Xie Shiqing up, intending to take him to the Medical Peak to recuperate.

After being helped up, Xie Shiqing sat down cross-legged and said, "I'm fine. I'm not leaving. I want to stay here and watch them come out."

Yan Jing looked at Xie Shiqing's stubborn expression and didn't know what else to say.

He formed a hand seal, and Xie Shiqing looked at the blood in his heart floating in the air. It quickly stretched into a blood line and extended into the tower.

The line changed from crimson to blood red, then from blood red to pale red, and finally became so pale that it was almost invisible.

Those of them outside the tower could no longer see with their naked eyes where the line ended.

After a very long time, a wisp of red light finally appeared in the water mirror belonging to Peak Master Baili.

Gu Ruyi immediately sent him a telepathic message: "Follow this lead and you'll find Xie Qianjue and the others."

She then immediately sent a telepathic message to Wen Fuyue and the others: "Everyone be on alert. Wait for my order and immediately take the disciples under your charge out of the Buddha Demon Tower."

Gu Ruyi's words gave Xie Shiqing great confidence, and he looked expectantly at the Hundred Peak Master in the water mirror.

But then, something unexpected happened. The black wooden key in Gu Ruyi's hand began to spin rapidly, and it seemed to be trying to shut down on its own, even beyond Gu Ruyi's control.

Gu Ruyi's outstretched fingers suddenly clenched, and all the spiritual energy in the hall converged into her hand.

The key in her hand, caught between two forces, had begun to show signs of cracking.

The suffocating silence forced Yan Jing, who was controlling the blood in his heart, to ask, "Sect Leader, is it the spirit of the Buddha Demon Tower? Could the demon Xie Qianjue mentioned be that spirit?"

Only the artifact spirit has the authority to disable the illusion of the Tower of Gods and Demons without using the key.

Gu Ruyi carefully controlled the force; too little force would allow the spirit to successfully close the exit, while too much force would cause the key to break.

When Zenyin Temple presented the key that could open the Buddha-Demon Tower, they said that they used the main body of the Buddha-Demon Tower to separate the twelve illusions of the Buddha-Demon Tower, which corresponded to the twelve keys they gave out.

The twelve keys correspond to twelve illusions, and the key controlled by their Nanhua Sect is merely one of those illusions.

The original intention of this move was to facilitate the separation of different sects.

However, today, this well-intentioned act has brought disaster to the Nanhua Sect—the originally benevolent spirit of the artifact has suddenly turned against them and seized control of the entrance and exit, forcing Gu Ruyi to use the key to fight against it.

Once the key is broken, this phantom is like a demonic abyss without a key, beyond the reach of those outside.

No one knows what will happen to those who didn't escape in time and are still inside.