btth: receive your own sucide note

  Tower. On the top floor of Dan Tower, outside a large hall

  , Chen Guan waited for a long moment, only pushing the door open after the last elder had left.

  On the main throne, Xuan Kongzi, dressed in a pale white robe, rubbed his brow, appearing somewhat exhausted. To his left and right, Tian Leizi and Xuan Yi were in a similar state of mind.

  The fact that they were all so exhausted spoke volumes about how demanding their recent workload had been.

  "Teacher, two senior brothers,"

  Chen Guan bowed. It was their first time meeting in such a formal hall, and he felt quite unaccustomed.

  Hearing the voices, Xuan Kongzi looked up. Upon realizing Chen Guan's strength had reached the Two-Star Dou Zun level, he was slightly startled, and his smile deepened.

  "Well, not bad. This time... after I learned you'd invited the guy from Yin Gu, I guessed the outcome. You're really not afraid of making a big deal out of it. These are four Celestial Sovereigns, one of whom is a Semi-Saint. Soul Palace hasn't suffered such a heavy loss in decades. It's

  only natural that they'll jump off the cliff when cornered." Without further ado, Xuan Kongzi got straight to the point. His accusations, shrouded in a gloating expression, seemed completely blameless.

  Chen Guan, aware of the commotion, waited below, chuckling.

  "As for the Soul Palace, as far as I know, their leader is a true Dou Sheng, but his whereabouts are elusive and he rarely appears in public. Rumors say he's from one of the Eight Ancient Clans. If he gets wind of this, he'll personally take action against you. The three of us won't be able to protect you."

  "But..."

  "The fact that our Danta is as famous as the Soul Palace is far more than just superficial strength. Our true strength lies with the veterans of the Small Danta. I've already spoken with them before you returned, but unfortunately, they're too pedantic. I've worn my lips out, but they still won't take action. They're so pedantic!"

  Xuankongzi was furious at the mention of the Small Danta.

  Hearing this, Chen Guan's expression grew more serious. Without the Small Danta's support, if the Soul Palace's Dou Sheng took action himself, wouldn't he be at their mercy?

  Perhaps the only way to ensure safety is to move the whole family to the underground magma world of Canaan Academy, relying on the support of the Old Dragon Emperor.

  Seeing Chen Guan starting to get nervous, Xuan Kongzi finally changed the subject.

  "Although we didn't convince them this time, it wasn't all in vain. At the insistence of your Uncle Xuanyi and I, the Grand Council of Elders of Xiaodan Pagoda has decided to select the final of the Ten Elders two years early. As the champion of this year's Alchemy Competition and a candidate for Dan Pagoda Grand Master, you are eligible to participate in the selection. If you are selected, we will have six votes, and they will have no choice but to participate!"

  "Grand Council of Elders?"

  Chen Guan had a vague impression, but not much.

  Truly, information about Xiaodan Pagoda is scarce in the original novel.

  "That's right. Unlike the three of us in the outside world who have absolute say, in Small Danta, any decision must be approved by a vote of the Grand Elders' Council."

  "There are a total of ten seats in the Grand Elders' Council. As the three giants of Danta, the three of us don't participate in the internal affairs of Small Danta on weekdays, but

  we also have the right to vote when there are major events, which means we occupy three of the seats." "In addition to us, there are two other elders who have a great hatred for the Soul Palace. Their disciples have all fallen at the hands of the Soul Palace. Including them, we already have five votes."

  "Originally, there were only nine seats in the Grand Elders' Council now, and the candidate for the last seat has not yet been determined. Our five votes are enough to decide everything, but the problem lies in the candidate for this last seat. If you hadn't appeared, this last seat would almost be in the pocket of Old Monster Hou. Therefore, although there are still two years before the official selection of the last seat, after unanimous agreement, he was given the right to participate in the vote in advance. He never thought that he would come out to sing a different tune from us at this time, which is like shooting himself in the foot."

  Xuanyi took over the conversation and explained. With her temper, she felt helpless when she spoke at this time.

  This was probably a true reflection of plans failing to keep up with change.

  Xuan Kongzi and Tian Leizi were equally frustrated, and they also came up with a solution.

  "After our efforts, the Great Elders' Council decided to select the tenth elder ahead of schedule. Your only opponent is Old Monster Hou. As long as you defeat him in the assessment, we only need to win over the two elders who have grudges against the Soul Palace, and we will have absolute dominance in the future of the Small Dan Tower!"   

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  Chen Guan nodded slightly, seemingly understanding the basic operating procedures of the Small Dan Tower.

  "Is this Elder Hou also an eighth-grade alchemist?"

  Since they were in the Dan Tower, the assessments certainly wouldn't be a competition of Dou Qi strength, but rather the most common alchemy techniques.

  Xuan Kongzi nodded and smiled, "Speaking of which, Old Monster Hou, Yao Chen, and Qinghua are old acquaintances. At that Alchemy Conference, he was a strong contender for the championship. Back then, he was able to refine an eighth-grade elixir with three-colored Dan Lei. Now, decades later, I estimate he can at least refine an eighth-grade elixir with seven-colored Dan Lei!"

  The minimum is seven-colored Dan Lei, the maximum unknown.

  With this level of skill, he's indeed a formidable opponent for Chen Guan.

  After all, he'd only refined eight-colored Dan Lei at the Alchemy Conference.

  With a slight nod, Chen Guan took the challenge seriously, but wasn't intimidated.

  Eight-colored Dan Lei's eighth-grade elixir was his skill level at the Alchemy Conference, but it wasn't his current limit!

  "It's a pity that the ancestor hasn't been contacted. Otherwise, there wouldn't be any need for all this trouble,"

  Tian Leizi lamented with regret.

  The speaker may not mean anything, but the listener may take it seriously. Chen Guan also recalled some information from the original trajectory.

  Seeing his expression, Xuan Kongzi thought he was curious and immediately gave a simple explanation.

  "You've only been in Zhongzhou a short time, so you might not know this. This old ancestor is one of the founders of Danta and the most senior person there. His words influence every decision made by Danta."

  "If the old ancestor were present this time, with his protective nature, there would have been no problem."

  Xuankongzi hesitated, then added, "Unfortunately, this old ancestor likes to play around with the world. He's like a dragon that's hard to find. Even the three of us have only seen him once in all these years. His favorite thing to do is to find pregnant women. Of course, his target isn't the pregnant women themselves, but the fetuses in their bellies. To be more precise, those fetuses that have lost their life force before they were born due to accidents."

  "After finding these stillborn fetuses, he will enter the pregnant woman's body in a special way and eventually become an ordinary baby. He will be born, grow, and live his entire life under another identity until the body finally dies. Only then will he leave. In the old ancestor's words, this is experiencing life."

  "The last time we saw the ancestor, he acted like a young man. It's been decades since then. If it weren't for the ancestor's soul jade slip still intact, we would probably have thought he'd met with some kind of accident."

  "Precisely because of these reasons, unless the ancestor contacts us, it's almost impossible for us to find him."

  Xuan Kongzi's tone was filled with resignation when he mentioned this ancestor.

  The good news is that we have someone behind the scenes, a very powerful figure. The

  bad news is that we've been out of contact for years...

  Chen Guan nodded slightly, and a few more plans came to mind.

  In his memory, the Danta ancestor seemed to have first appeared on the plains where the Pure Lotus Demon Fire was located, in the form of a shepherd boy riding a green ox.

  With this information, could he secretly try to search for him?

  Zhongzhou may be vast, but once we've locked down the area, there probably aren't many people who fit this description.

  If we can't find him, it's no big deal. If we do, he'll be a giant, the kind who can practically walk all over the place without the Eight Ancient Clans' presence!

  "The ancestor has a free-spirited personality, which may be related to his original form being a pill. The elder who refined it was once one of the founders of the Pill Tower. If a trace of his consciousness had not been strangely integrated into the pill during the refining process, causing this ninth-grade Xuandan pill to mutate, the ancestor probably wouldn't have cared about the Pill Tower."

  "Though these things are secret, they're not secrets. Just listen to them. Get a good rest tonight, and tomorrow morning, join us for the Small Pill Tower!"

  (End of this chapter)