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

In the main hall of the Nanhua Sect, Yan Jing was still trying his best to maintain the bloodline in his hand, but the bloodline in his hand had begun to fade.

He looked at Peak Master Baili, who still hadn't found Yun Yici and the others in the screen, then turned to look at the broken key in Gu Ruyi's hand, which looked like it could break at any moment.

Yan Jing said, "Sect Leader, make a decision as soon as possible. If this continues, the key in your hand will break, and no one will be able to get out."

The Buddha-Demon Tower is named after the achievement of refining demons a thousand years ago. Now, this phantom is controlled by demons.

To put it bluntly, if the demons control the Buddha-Demon Tower and turn it around to refine the human race, then... even the Nine Peak Masters will be in trouble.

Gu Ruyi looked at the key that was almost broken. She frowned and remained silent, making her final decision.

Besides searching for the person based on blood ties, they kept stalling for time and even sent other elders to the Chanyin Temple to request a reclusive master from within the sect to come out of seclusion...

But all of this depends on time.

There's no time to linger any longer.

Should we abandon the four lost disciples whose whereabouts are unknown, or stubbornly continue the search, risking the possibility of leaving everyone trapped in the tower?

Gu Ruyi took a deep breath and, just before the key was about to break, transmitted her voice to Wen Fuyue and the other nine peak masters.

"Now, immediately, withdraw your disciples from your surroundings! Right now!"

As soon as Gu Ruyi said this, all the water mirrors in the square that had not been turned off in order to maintain stability were turned off.

The next moment, the heavy black ancient tower that had been looming over everyone was taken into the main hall, and the peak masters and their disciples descended out intermittently.

This unusual order left all the peak masters bewildered, not to mention the disciples they had been forced to bring out.

The first thing Wen Fuyue did upon emerging was to search for those four familiar figures.

He first saw Ning Tinglan, then his gaze swept over the group of disciples several times but he didn't see those familiar figures.

He frowned, seemingly incredulous that Rong Xuan and the other two would be eliminated so easily.

Upon seeing Xie Shiqing slumped in the corner, his eyes lifeless, he seemed to realize something and pressed, "Has any of you seen my three disciples?"

The other peak masters looked at each other in confusion. Lin Qinyin said, "When I was supervising the first level, I saw Yun Yici and Mu Yunjian together."

The last peak master to emerge happened to hear Wen Fuyue's question. He showed a guilty expression and said, "I'm sorry, Peak Master Wen, Peak Master Fang, I really couldn't find them and had no way to bring them out."

Ning Tinglan didn't think anything of it until he heard these words. He looked incredulously at the Buddha-Demon Tower, which was already teetering on the verge of collapse and about to disappear.

Wen Fuyue had already realized what was happening. He looked at the key in Gu Ruyi's hand, which was about to break, and said, "Is the entrance to the Buddha-Demon Tower going to disappear? What about the spirit of the Buddha-Demon Tower?"

Gu Ruyi said, "During the selection process, Xie Qianjue suddenly issued a warning, saying that there were demons in the tower. I wonder if the spirit of the artifact has already fallen into demonic possession."

"It was because the spirit of the artifact was fighting with me for the entrance and exit that I hurriedly summoned you to leave."

Xie Qianjue's warning was effective, and everyone was saved.

This also means that his other three disciples may be lost forever in this illusion.

Wen Fuyue calmly took out the Peak Master's Token from her sleeve and handed it to Ning Tinglan, who was standing to the side. "If I hadn't come out, you would have been the Peak Master of Wangchen."

Ning Tinglan felt as if he had been struck by a heavy blow. He couldn't understand why an ordinary sect selection had turned out to be like this.

He grabbed Wen Fuyue and said, "Master, I am willing to go with you."

Gu Ruyi almost couldn't resist crushing the key in her hand to the ground, hoping to put an end to Wen Fuyue's hopes.

She angrily shouted, "Fuyue!!"

"Do you think I'm not heartbroken by what happened? But people have to make choices, to give up the small for the big, or the big for the small. Is there any way to have it all in this world?"

With four direct disciples and a peak master who was already famous, what could she, as the sect leader, do?

Wen Fuyue said, "I have no choice. My master abandoned me, and I must not repeat the same mistake and abandon my disciple again."

"This is my responsibility as a mentor."

His three disciples were all people with weak ties to their parents.

He brought them to Wangchen Peak, and from then on they were family.

If he cowardly chooses to protect himself today for his own safety, how can he be worthy of being their master?

Gu Ruyi warned again with a cold face: "This key can only support the entrance and exit for another 15 minutes at most. If you can't find them within 15 minutes, you won't be able to get out either."

Wen Fuyue was determined to leave, and the other peak masters remained silent. The disciples present also fell silent as they looked at their master, who was different from usual.

After a deathly silence, Yan Jing said, "What I have in my hand is a blood thread woven from Xie Shiqing's heart's blood. You can find Xie Qianjue by following this thread. The four of them should be together."

Wen Fuyue said, "Thank you."

Ning Tinglan wanted to tug at his sleeve, but only saw Wen Fuyue's back as he resolutely fled into the Buddha-Demon Tower.

Ning Tinglan was about to follow without even thinking.

The next moment, he was pinned to the ground by Chu Chen: "You won't be of any help even if you go. Don't waste your master's good intentions."

Chu Chen pressed his knee down on Ning Tinglan's back without any mercy. The young man, who was usually as noble as frost and snow, struggled on the ground without any decorum, constantly uttering meaningless roars.

His fingers gripped the white jade brick surface as he tried to crawl forward, his smooth nails sinking into the cracks between the bricks.

This tragic scene caused even her fellow disciples to turn away one by one, and Liu Wan, who was always soft-hearted, couldn't help but burst into tears.

"If your master and your fellow disciples all perish inside, you wouldn't want your lineage to end, would you?!"

Chu Chen shouted, which made the struggling person suddenly stop as if frozen in place.

Although his words were harsh, he genuinely feared that Wen Fuyue's efforts would be in vain, and that another disciple would be lost before the three disciples on the other side were found.

Seeing that Ning Tinglan had finally listened to his advice, he got up and let her go.

But whether it was his imagination or not, a few drops of water had somehow fallen onto the white jade floor.

Everyone in the main hall held their breath, waiting for the final result, their eyes fixed anxiously on the key in Gu Ruyi's hand and the bloodline controlled by Yan Jing.

Lin Qinyin asked, unable to bear it, "Can't we really go in to rescue them?"

Chu Chen rebuked, "Have you lost your mind like Wen Fuyue? If it were just a demon, we could probably kill it with the full strength of our sect outside."

"The problem now is that he has controlled one of the illusions of the Buddha-Demon Tower, and this illusion is almost a replica of the Buddha-Demon Tower itself."

"Back then, even demon generals who entered the Buddha-Demon Tower were reduced to ashes. Imagine if that demon used the Buddha-Demon Tower under his control to refine us instead?"

"The most urgent task is to quickly notify Chanyin Temple and other sects that hold the key, and destroy the key before more disciples fall."

"As for the Buddha-Demon Pagoda itself in Chanyin Temple, we will send people to strengthen its guard before making a decision."

Gu Ruyi nodded and said, "I have already sent messages to the leaders of the various sects and the abbot of Chanyin Temple."

"We'll talk about that later."

The most important thing now is for Wen Fuyue to get out of there alive with her four disciples!