Life After Prison by Silencieux novel 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 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."