The nine-story Iron Tower, known as the Guard Tower, is an exceptional spiritual instrument crafted for defense.

Once the defensive formation is activated, it releases a protective light screen.

It can withstand continuous attacks from a Foundation Establishment stage cultivator for seven days and nights.

If a Foundation Establishment stage cultivator is stationed inside the tower, the defense of the formation's light screen becomes even stronger.

Every city within the Spirit Creek Sect's territory, above the county level, has such a Guard Tower.

The higher the status of the city, the higher the grade of the Guard Tower.

In this cultivation world, there are many demons hiding in the shadows, and they are humanity's greatest enemies.

They feed on humans, using cultivators as supplements for their cultivation.

They can disguise themselves as humans, cunning and deceitful.

The primary purpose of the Spirit Creek Sect cultivators stationed in the cities is to monitor the area, and they are to kill any demons they discover immediately.

If they encounter a powerful demon they cannot defeat, they are to hide in the Guard Tower and wait for the sect to send elders of higher cultivation stages.

Every Guard Tower has the ability to sense demons.

Once a demon enters the sensing range, the tower's defensive formation light screen will instantly activate, marking the demon with an orb of light above its head.

It's like suddenly having a glowing bulb above one's head at night, making it extremely conspicuous.

Of course, nothing is absolute.

There are some particularly high-level demons or those with special abilities that the Guard Tower cannot detect.

However, such demons are extremely rare.

And demons are very cunning and deceitful; they won't easily infiltrate the Guard Tower to slaughter the cultivators inside unless absolutely necessary.

Because once a demon's aura is exposed inside the Guard Tower, an orb of light will appear above its head, and it will be hunted down by high-level human cultivators.

These demon-detecting Guard Towers are available for purchase.

During his hundred years as an Outer Disciple of the Spirit Creek Sect, Guo Feilong worked odd jobs in the Crafting Hall for over a decade.

He knows that the price for selling these exceptional spiritual instrument Guard Towers is 200,000 low-quality Spirit Stones, which is beyond the reach of ordinary cultivator families.

"I wish I could have a Guard Tower someday," Guo Feilong thought enviously as he touched the large iron door of the Guard Tower and walked inside.

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The first floor of the tower is an office hall, where two cultivators wearing the Spirit Creek Sect's servant disciple robes were drinking tea out of boredom.

The status and treatment of servant disciples in the Spirit Creek Sect are very low, and they don't even have the qualification to enter the sect's Heavenly Abode.

Yet, even so, the lowest-ranked servant disciples of the Spirit Creek Sect hold a status that countless low-level wandering cultivators would do anything to obtain.

It's like those government jobs on Earth, where the salary isn't particularly high, but it's a stable position with guaranteed safety and benefits.

The two servant disciples drinking tea were at the second and third levels of Qi Refining.

They appeared to be in their forties or fifties, but their true ages were unknown.

This is the mystery of cultivators; age is always an enigma.

A young woman who looks eighteen or nineteen might actually be a Golden Elixir stage cultivator over a thousand years old.

Guo Feilong, at the sixth level of Qi Refining, had a much higher cultivation stage than the two of them.

However, they didn't pay him any attention. When they saw him walk in from outside, they continued to sit there drinking tea and chatting, acting superior.

Their attitude was because they had the backing of the Spirit Creek Sect. Even as the lowest-ranked servant disciples, they were still more noble than ordinary wandering cultivators.

Green Sun County is remote and resource-poor, with no valuable specialties, and it might not see a Foundation Establishment stage elder visit in a hundred years.

Spirit Creek Sect disciples traveling outside either wear the sect's standard robes or carry a badge symbolizing their identity with the sect.

Guo Feilong was neither a Foundation Establishment stage elder nor a Spirit Creek Sect disciple, so their attitude was quite normal.

"Fellow Daoist, what brings you here?" one of the servant disciples asked indifferently, putting down his teacup.

"I'm here to visit Deacon Wei," Guo Feilong replied, taking out the Yellow Rock Town fiefdom token and casually tossing it to the other.

"Oh, so it's Senior Brother Guo." Upon seeing the fiefdom token, the two servant disciples immediately stood up from their chairs with smiles, their attitudes taking a complete 180-degree turn.

Although Guo Feilong was no longer an Outer Disciple of the Spirit Creek Sect, he was part of a subsidiary force directly under the sect, making him one of their own, with a status much higher than that of servant disciples who were akin to slaves.

"Senior Brother Guo, Deacon Wei is resting on the second floor. Let me take you there."

The servant disciple who caught the fiefdom token returned it and enthusiastically led Guo Feilong to the second floor of the tower.

Those who could serve as deacons at the outpost were all Inner Disciples of the Spirit Creek Sect with a cultivation stage of Qi Refining level nine. They were like local despots at the outpost, wielding supreme power over life and death.

During his time in Green Sun City, Guo Feilong had learned about the number and cultivation stages of the Spirit Creek Sect cultivators stationed there.

Deacon Wei was at the ninth level of Qi Refining.

The two deputy stewards were at the eighth level of Qi Refining.

The ten enforcers were Outer Disciples with cultivation stages at the fifth or sixth level of Qi Refining.

In total, there were thirteen cultivators, which was the number of Spirit Creek Sect cultivators stationed at the county-level outpost.

The term "local despot" wasn't just for show. When Guo Feilong and the servant disciple reached the second floor, they could hear the laughter and chatter of a group of women coming from a room down the corridor.

When Guo Feilong was allowed to enter the room, he was greeted by a lavishly decorated and opulent room.

Deacon Wei, over 130 years old, was sitting on the edge of a bed with a beautiful young woman who appeared to be in her teens on each of his thighs.

In the room, there were also seven or eight other young and beautiful girls, dancing gracefully.

Their clothes were all semi-transparent silk gauze, revealing just enough to be tantalizing to any normal man.

To Guo Feilong's surprise, the beautiful girl leading the dance was actually a Qi Refining level two immortal cultivator.

"Greetings, Deacon Wei," Guo Feilong said, cupping his hands in a slight bow.

"Junior Brother Guo, you were once a disciple of the Spirit Creek Sect too, we're all from the same sect, just call me Senior Brother from now on.

Junior Brother Guo, come, come."

Deacon Wei pointed to the beautiful girls dancing gracefully and enthusiastically said, "Take a look, pick any one you like and take her with you. There's a room next door, feel free to enjoy yourself."

Whoa! Guo Feilong was taken aback.

This was their first meeting.

Such generosity.

This was truly bold.

However, this was quite normal in the cultivation world.

As cultivators age and experience more, in their eyes, women are just playthings that come and go.

When one is gone, they find another.

There are eighteen-year-old women every year, why be fixated on just one?

Guo Feilong had heard many senior brothers talk about this while he was in the sect's Heavenly Abode.

Some cultivators specifically keep young and beautiful mortal dancers to entertain other immortal cultivators.

Today, he witnessed it firsthand.

If it weren't for the dense spiritual energy in the sect's Heavenly Abode that aids in cultivation, they wouldn't like staying there.

Because, in the sect's Heavenly Abode, unless permitted, non-married disciples and elders are not allowed to engage in romantic affairs.

Many Inner and Outer Disciples, when they desire women, take on missions outside, enjoy themselves for a while, and then return to the Heavenly Abode to cultivate.

Having transmigrated to this cultivation world, Guo Feilong had been diligently cultivating, completing tasks to earn Spirit Stones.

He constantly dreamed of cultivating to immortality, living as long as the heavens, and since the world outside the Heavenly Abode wasn't safe, he hadn't ventured out to enjoy himself.

Guo Feilong shook his head slightly, declining, "Thank you for your kind offer, Senior Brother Wei."

"Haha, since Junior Brother Guo isn't interested, I won't insist. Come, come, have a drink with me, we won't stop until we're drunk today."

Wei Ting waved his hand, signaling the dancing girls and the two sitting on his lap to leave. Soon, a chef brought in a table full of fine wine and delicious food.