Am I the old man who's always by my apprentices' side?

Chapter 116 Demon Locking Tower

On the other side, Tang Xiaoyu, who was the first to enter the secret realm, was hiding behind a red wall, cautiously observing her surroundings.

"Miss Tang, do we... really need to be this cautious?"

A young scholar-looking man followed behind Tang Xiaoyu and couldn't help but ask in a low voice.

"Lu Lin, you don't know, there's something strange about this place!" Tang Xiaoyu also lowered her voice and replied, "I've felt that something's off about the White Stone Immortal Sect for a long time! Just now I saw a huge pond over there! It's a blood pool! Didn't you smell a strange bloody smell in the air?"

Lu Lin sniffed hard and nodded seriously: "Huh? It seems like it!"

Tang Xiaoyu said with a serious face: "So you see, there's definitely something wrong with that thing up ahead! Who is covered in ice and floating in mid-air? Look at its blood-red eyes, it might even eat people!"

Lu Lin scratched his head awkwardly and tentatively said, "Ah... well, what if she's not a bad person..."

Tang Xiaoyu's eyes widened, and she couldn't help but raise her voice: "What kind of joke are you talking about! Those aren't even human! How could they possibly be good things!"

"Uh……"

Before Lu Lin could say anything, the "thing" that Tang Xiaoyu was secretly watching suddenly looked in the direction where the two were hiding and shouted, "Who is it? Who's there!?"

Tang Xiaoyu glared at Lu Lin angrily, pushed him behind her, whispered "Hide it well," and then turned around the red wall to confront the "thing."

The "thing" opposite Tang Xiaoyu was actually a "person" sculpted from ice, and it was in the shape of a woman. Her long hair was draped behind her back, each strand distinct, and it was also sculpted from ice crystals. The only thing missing was her eyes, which were crimson red, like two beautiful rubies.

"Who are you? Why are you sneaking around in the Demon-Sealing Tower?"

Upon hearing the question, Tang Xiaoyu retorted, "And what are you? What are you doing here?"

"Hmph, since this is the Demon-Sealing Tower, the reason I'm here is obviously because I'm a demon!"

As the woman in the ice sculpture opposite them spoke, she suddenly floated in front of Tang Xiaoyu, her blood-red eyes scrutinizing her from head to toe. Finally, she chuckled and said, "You're not a demon, so how come you're here?"

Tang Xiaoyu was startled and jumped back a few times to create distance between herself and the other person. She then asked, "What did you say? Are you a demon?"

"You know perfectly well what I'm asking. Don't you humans always call us... Ice Crystal Banshees?"

The Ice Crystal Banshee scoffed, "What, you don't know?"

How could Tang Xiaoyu possibly know! She'd never even seen a "demon" before!

No, it should be said that this was the first time she realized that "monsters" really existed in the world!
Tang Xiaoyu, whose worldview was somewhat shattered, stammered, "Then, then, then why were you locked up in this Demon-Sealing Tower? Did you kill someone? That pool full of blood, did you do that?"

"What joke are you talking about? Why was I locked up here? Hahahaha... Isn't it because I'm a demon that I was locked up here? Aren't you humans always this vicious? How can you even ask such a question? It's ridiculous!"

The Ice Crystal Banshee seemed to have heard a joke, laughing uncontrollably until blood welled up in her red eyes, rolling down her delicate, transparent face and dripping onto her chest.

Tang Xiaoyu wasn't stupid; she naturally sensed the resentment and unwillingness in the Ice Crystal Banshee's laughter. She stammered, "Demon, demon, do you eat people?" "Perhaps we do," the Ice Crystal Banshee said, seeing that Tang Xiaoyu genuinely didn't understand. She composed herself, her expression returning to calm, and continued, "However, our clan lives on the snow-capped mountains, nourished by the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, the essence of the sun and moon. That place is rarely visited; not even ordinary people can go there. How could we possibly eat people?"

Tang Xiaoyu became even more curious: "Then, what did you do to get locked up here?"

The Ice Crystal Banshee glanced at Tang Xiaoyu indifferently: "Have you really not understood the name 'Demon Locking Tower' or are you pretending not to?"

Tang Xiaoyu boldly concluded, "So, you mean you didn't do anything, just stayed on the snow mountain, and someone still dragged you in?"

"Hmph, what else?"

Tang Xiaoyu's eyes were filled with indignation: "That's terrible! Was it done by people from the White Stone Immortal Sect?"

"White Stone Immortal Sect? Never heard of it! I was imprisoned here by those people from Mount Shu!" The Ice Crystal Banshee shook her head, but then sneered, "But all sects of your human race are like this. This White Stone Immortal Sect is probably just like them!"

Tang Xiaoyu asked, puzzled, "Mouse Mountain? Uncle Mountain? Which Shu Mountain?"

I've never heard of such a sect!

The Ice Crystal Banshee replied, "It's the Shu Mountain in Shu!"

Tang Xiaoyu stared wide-eyed and denied it categorically: "Impossible! There is no sect in Sichuan called Shushan! There isn't even a mountain called Shushan!"

Seeing that Tang Xiaoyu's expression seemed genuine, the Ice Crystal Demoness became curious: "You're not from Mount Shu, so how did you get in? How come you don't know anything?"

Tang Xiaoyu replied, "I participated in some kind of trial formation of the White Stone Immortal Sect, then entered a secret realm and ended up here! I don't know how this happened! I don't even know what kind of trial this is!"

"Trials..."

Unexpectedly, upon hearing these two words, the Ice Crystal Banshee suddenly froze, as if dead, her eyes staring blankly ahead. But after a few breaths, she recovered and said to Tang Xiaoyu in a gentle tone, "I know this trial is just to help you break through the Demon Locking Tower!"

Tang Xiaoyu looked doubtful: "You really know about the trial? But you just said you didn't know anything about the White Stone Immortal Sect!"

The Ice Crystal Banshee replied, "Whether I know anything about the White Stone Immortal Sect or not, you're trapped in the Demon Locking Tower now, aren't you? If you don't want to be trapped here for the rest of your life, you'll have to find a way out... This is probably the trial."

Tang Xiaoyu said, "Then how are we going to get out? You're trapped in here and can't get out, how am I supposed to get out?"

“I am a demon, so of course I am trapped by various formations, but you are human, so some formations have no effect on you, so of course you can get out.”

At this point, the Ice Crystal Banshee tilted her head, looked at Tang Xiaoyu with a leisurely air, and added: "However, although our race does not eat people, there are hundreds or thousands of demons in the Demon Locking Tower. Many of them like to eat people, demons, and even gods. If you encounter them, you should be careful."

“Each demon has its own territory, mostly conquered by the major demons themselves. This area belongs to me, so it's relatively safe for a little girl like you. But if it's somewhere else… hehe, the fewer minor demons there are, the safer it is, but also the more dangerous it is…”

"Be careful, don't lose your life..."

(End of this chapter)