This scoundrel is a bit of a swordsman.

Xiao Xingchen advanced with lightning speed, his feet treading the lake surface as if it were flat ground. Each step seemed to leave a dazzling golden footprint on the lake, the footprints reflecting each other. At the end of his vision, the Buddha's figure stood there like a majestic mountain, silently waiting for him.

Behind him, a crowd followed closely, their faces radiating barely suppressed excitement.

If it weren't for this man, Xiao Xingxue could say with certainty that neither she nor anyone else would have been able to find this entrance.

This place is hidden too well; it's not something that can be easily found and entered. There must be some key factor that triggered the mechanism.

Could it really be that man from before? Could he really be an immortal? She hadn't taken this speculation to heart at first, but now she had to take this man seriously. His knowledge and methods far exceeded her imagination.

If the Xiao family had such a person… her thoughts had already been racing like wild horses. However, when she saw the golden footprints flashing, she suddenly realized that all her imagination had to be based on successfully getting out of here.

"Slow down, be careful, there's danger ahead!" she kindly reminded him, but her words were like a stone sinking into the sea, failing to slow Xiao Xingchen down in the slightest.

Closer and closer, the Buddha's figure increasingly overlapped with the person in his memory, dressed in a brocade cassock, with a nine-ringed staff standing to one side. Coupled with the image of Pigsy he saw outside, his guess became more and more certain. The figure in the distance was clearly a Buddha, and he had a resounding name: Tang Sanzang.

The young monk Miaowu must have come for Tang Sanzang. At this moment, he directly connected the purpose of the Burning Temple. Searching for Tang Sanzang was not the young monk's doing, but Bajie's doing. How could that Bajie statue not sense his master?

Once Pigsy and Tang Sanzang appear, how far away are Monkey King and Sandy? Why are the four pilgrims here? This curiosity, like a reptile, kept tugging at his mind.

"What's going on? Why do you seem so anxious?"

Before he knew it, Ling Xue's ghostly figure had appeared behind him, and she whispered in his ear, "..."

"It can't be explained in a few words, come with me, this time we might have a big reward,"

"I hope so. For some reason, my demonic arts are becoming increasingly easier here, as if this were my home. This strange feeling makes me quite uneasy."

"Could it be because the environment here matches the magic of ghost arts? This place has never been born, so there shouldn't be anything related to ghost swords here, right?"

Xiao Xingchen suspected that they had noticed from the first time they saw Ling Xue enter that Ghost Sword moved exceptionally smoothly here, without any apparent obstacles or danger, which contrasted sharply with the others.

However, he didn't think much of it. Instead, he felt it was good that Ling Xue was doing this; it meant she was safe here, and he didn't need to worry about her safety too much.

As for himself, he really didn't think the Demon Lord would go back to kill him before achieving his goal. Since he was so sure of these things, what was there to hesitate about?

He charged forward relentlessly, running straight to the other side of the lake. The moment he stepped onto the ground, the scenery before him changed once again.

A loud "thud" rang out, deafening him. Following the bell's ringing, beams of golden light spread out, illuminating everything before him.

"This is the first level of the Demon Tower. We've really made it in!" Xiao Xingxue's joyful voice came from behind.

Looking around, they indeed entered a sealed space, but this space resembled the main hall of a temple. In the very center of the hall, a monk stood holding a staff.

It really was Tang Sanzang.

After seeing the Buddha statue clearly, Xiao Xingchen's heart sank. If this Buddha statue was Tang Sanzang, did that mean that the person being suppressed here was him?

The idea that Tang Sanzang was suppressed is truly outrageous. He was a virtuous man who had lived nine lifetimes. Who would suppress him here?

"Why is there a Buddha statue inside the Demon-Suppressing Tower?" Questions arose one after another, and both the Xiao family members and Ling Xue were somewhat confused by the scene before them.

The main hall gleamed with gold, even the floor was paved with gold bricks. Besides the central statue of Tang Sanzang, the surrounding walls were covered with countless niches, each containing a statue of a monk.

Besides these, there is nothing else.

"Mountain dweller, have you noticed anything?" Everyone scattered to search, but Xiao Xingxue secretly approached him and asked.

Xiao Xingchen shook his head. This time he wasn't lying; he was also filled with doubt.

"No, your question is also my question. The Buddha is suppressed here, but what about the demon?"

This question remained unanswered. He knew the demon was here, but in another silent temple. However, aside from that silent temple, what was the origin of this tower?

Outside the Demon Tower, there were pillars carved with demons, and even the totem symbols of the Moon Wheel Clan. But inside, they were told that it was actually suppressing a Buddha.

This completely unrelated matter was baffling, and even he himself began to doubt whether he had guessed wrong.

"There doesn't seem to be anything special here. Think quickly, is there some kind of mechanism?" Xiao Xingxue returned to his side after circling around. The place was too empty; there was nothing of value to be seen.

"You really think highly of me. What I can see, you can see too. If there is anything different, perhaps it is that Buddha statue."

Xiao Xingchen stared at the Tang Sanzang Buddha statue for a long time. It was a golden Buddha statue, with three incense sticks burning beneath it, just like the one he had seen the first time at the Silent Temple.

The three incense sticks were likely the suppressing force here, but he wasn't sure whether to remove them now. The last time he did this, he released the powerful demon Fei Fei, but now Fei Fei had vanished from his body.

He couldn't accept the possibility of another Tang Sanzang entering his body today, so he hesitated for a moment.

"Ugh, how could this be wrong? Our records don't say it like this. What went wrong? This is giving me a headache."

"Could we have gone to the wrong place?" Ling Xue frowned, somewhat doubtful.

"Yes, we must have come to the wrong place. Maybe it was that lake that teleported us to the temple. This is not the Demon Suppression Tower at all."

Xiao Xingxue was awakened by Ling Xue's words.

"Not the Demon-Suppressing Tower?" Xiao Xingchen began to have doubts. If a teleportation array had transported them to another place, it was indeed possible.

But he wasn't sure if the three incense sticks were still burning. This familiar scene suddenly made him shudder, and he looked at Xiao Xingxue in disbelief.

"Let me ask you a question. Will the slave seal that the Shen family uses to control Xiao Xingchen turn his Three Fires into Three Incense Sticks?"