Life After Prison

Chapter 1763
Severin smiled. That may be, but I’m worried that disciples from other sects might become jealous. I’ll have to keep this under
wraps if I succeed, and my priority would be to prepare more fifth–grade pills for our sects’ saints to become royal saints. It would
be best for the level two and level three royal saints to have a breakthrough as well. Having more royal saints would naturally be
better because we won’t need to fear other sects even if they attempt to cause trouble.”
Elsa nodded and agreed. “That would allow the overall strength of the sect to experience very significant growth. We no longer
have to fear the other sects! The highest–ranked elders and the sect leader’s attainment levels would need a bit of catching up
though.”
Severin smiled and acknowledged that fact, “You’re right. However, it would still be best not to flaunt our strength even if we do
end up having more royal saints. We should keep it as discreet as possible unless we have individuals who are level nine royal
saints. After all, the Horizon Sect has such individuals already, but my uncle–master is only a level seven royal saint. It’s a very
big gap in attainment.”
Elsa remarked playfully. “In any case, the future of our sect rests on your shoulders. Small fry like me won’t make much of an
impact.”
“Small fry?” Severin chuckled at Elsa’s modesty. “You’re already a second–grade alchemist who has shown tremendous
potential. All you need is time. Besides, who isn’t a small fry before reaching their peak?
To their surprise, the Soul Compass in Severin’s possession began emitting an alarm–like sound. Severin then noticed a faint but
constantly flashing light on the compass.
“Has it sensed the miniature black tower already? Elsa asked in anticipation.
Severin’s excitement mirrored hers as he replied, “Haha, looks like it to me! This seems to indicate that the black tower is now
within a hundred miles of us. Let’s hurry! We’ll need about ten or so minutes to
reach it.”
Severin accelerated in the direction of the blinking light, and the flying sword left fleeting afterimages in its wake as they streaked
through the air. However, Severin noticed that the flying tower was moving as well. He remarked with a frown, “Something’s not
right here. Why is the black tower moving too?”

Elsa noticed the same anomaly. Though they would be catching up to it very soon, they did not doubt that the tower was moving
slowly. “Why is it moving? Is it capable of moving on its own?”
After pondering the situation, Severin shook his head and reasoned, “Probably not. Someone must have found it already.”
“It would be great if the disciples from our sect found it, but we might need to seize it forcefully from
them if it turns out that someone else has it,” Elsa said.
Severin concurred, “Yes, we’ll have to take it by force if disciples from other sects have gotten to it first. That being said, I
wouldn’t want to snatch something from someone else unless they’ve provoked us. The
key is not to have any unnecessary bloodshed.”
“Why not just take it without resorting to killing them? Elsa suggested. She agreed that killing someone for the tower would be
too cruel, especially since they might have just stumbled upon it by chance.
“That’s not possible.” Severin shook his head. “If we do that, then they might suspect it of being useful in one way or another. It
would be best if the disciple who finds the black tower is our enemy because then we could just kill them. However, if the disciple
was from a second–tier sect, then I feel it would be a little
excessive to end their lives just because we want the tower from them.”