Chapter 328: The Height of Ten Thousand Meters

Not only are you curious, the other few companions are also very curious.

"That one?"

Gu Qing smiled, "No one knows; if you want to find out where she is, you must strive to reach her side and ask her yourself."

"Telling you now would only leave your bodies battered and scarred."

Gu Qing feels deep reverence toward that one.

Even if you display an extraordinary talent, he still does not think you can catch up.

Li Tongxuan asked again, "Besides that one, who holds the highest record?"

"Fine!"

Gu Qing urged, "You're so young, why ask so many questions? Go yourself once, and you'll know everything."

"Everyone ready!"

"The trial begins!"

At Gu Qing's command, a gap opened in the light barrier near the Jing Shi Zhu.

You and Li Tongxuan and the others entered it.

The Jing Shi Zhu towered into the clouds, its surface etched with dense, intricate characters and patterns, incomparably arcane.

You and the companions exchanged a glance and began climbing.

At first, you climbed quite easily.

Only when you saw the "kilometer" marker did you begin to feel some pressure.

At fifteen hundred meters, several companions had beads of sweat on their faces, their breathing grew heavy, and the smiles vanished.

"Tch! How is it only fifteen hundred meters!"

Li Tongxuan began using interjections to express his inner feelings.

At sixteen hundred meters, a name flashed across the Jing Shi Zhu; you saw it clearly—it was "Tu Shan Lu Lu".

"Hahaha!"

Li Tongxuan laughed loudly, "Tu Shan Lu Lu? That unlucky fool can't be the last in history, can he?"

"Whoa! The Jing Shi Zhu is so..."

"Whoever is last! They're nailed to the Chi Zhu; each time someone climbs, they get repeatedly whipped."

"That's too brutal."

After speaking, Li Tongxuan let out a series of sighs, "I wanted to give up earlier, but fortunately I held on."

Another companion was already drenched in sweat.

"Climbing the Jing Shi Zhu is too torturous; the Physical Body and the soul must endure enormous pressure. I truly can't imagine how a monster manages to reach over five thousand meters on the first try."

Soon after that companion sighed, they fell from the Jing Shi Zhu.

They became the first eliminated member of your party.

The climbing height was one thousand seven hundred nine meters.

With a start, the other companions also gradually withdrew.

You arrived full of confidence, but left with bodies battered and scarred.

At two thousand five hundred meters, only you, Li Tongxuan, and a girl remained; her name was Duan Xiao Rou.

At two thousand seven hundred meters, Li Tongxuan could no longer hold on.

"Three thousand meters!"

"I only wanted to reach three thousand meters, why is it so hard!"

Accompanied by a wail, Li Tongxuan was also eliminated.

You and Duan Xiao Rou continued onward.

At three thousand five hundred meters, Duan Xiao Rou's clothes were completely soaked, and her face was covered with pea-sized beads of sweat.

Duan Xiao Rou blinked at you, "Shu, are you really eight years old?"

You honestly replied, "Eight and a half years old."

"That's simply perverse!"

After saying that, Duan Xiao Rou also fell from the Jing Shi Zhu.

The only thing you can feel fortunate about for her and Li Tongxuan is that both received recognition from a Jing Shi spirit artifact.

Thus, it should count as passing the first stage of the Seed Trial.

You continue climbing upward.

On your Physical Body you indeed felt considerable pressure, but the soul pressure they mentioned you did not sense at all.

You received no oppression from the soul.

This is purely a Physical Body's honing.

Your limit is still far away.

"Preparing to accelerate."

You no longer need to mind the companions' pride, and you accelerate the climb.

Four thousand meters! Five thousand meters! Six thousand meters!

You easily broke Elder Gu Qing's record, yet you feel it is far insufficient.

Seven thousand meters! Eight thousand meters! Nine thousand meters!

Ten thousand meters!

The instant you stepped onto the ten‑thousand‑meter mark, the pressure on you surged again; this seems to be the limit attainable by the Mortal Dust Eight Realms.

Higher up, a mysterious force already permeates.

It belongs to legend.

Buzz—

You heard numerous sounds.

In your sight, countless Jing Shi Spirit Vessels flew toward you, surrounding you, expressing a sense of closeness.

"Do you all want to become spirit vessels?"

You mutter to yourself.

Those Jing Shi Spirit Vessels trembled continuously, as if nodding, showing agreement with your words.

"It seems Jing Shi Spirit Vessels also possess great spirit."

You laugh, "In that case, I certainly can't take you away, because I already have a Jing Shi Spirit Vessel."

"I cannot abandon it."

"So, I can only apologize to all of you."

You clasp your fists toward the many Jing Shi Spirit Vessels and climb higher.

Pressure suddenly spikes!

One step! Two steps! Three steps!

You fell from the Jing Shi Zhu, the final record being ten thousand and one meters.

Congratulations on unlocking the rare achievement—First Ascend to Ten Thousand Meters.

Lin Chuan discovered a pattern.

In the dream Reincarnation, Shu pledged to accomplish the things he promised, and they are essentially achievement events; both daily and rare achievements display their names, leaving a trace.

"It seems that surpassing the Second Jing Tu Elders Group before the age of eighteen will definitely be a special achievement!"

"The goal is set really high!"

"Even crazier than the current me! Too crazy!"

According to Lin Chuan's speculation, the strongest of the Second Jing Tu Elders Group absolutely reaches the Wangxian Realm, achieving this realm at eighteen?

That's absurd!

It seems that no cultivator in the Nine-phase World can accomplish it.

Not to mention in that era of thin spiritual energy in Jing Tu, without a special encounter, it would be utterly impossible.

"For the ultimate mysterious reward!"

"No matter what, we must fight for it."

…

The dream Reincarnation continues.

The Jing Shi Zhu is sentient; its gentle power protected you, escorting you to the base of the pillar, back to Gu Qing's side.

Gu Qing's expression froze.

"One! Ten thousand! Zero! One! Meters!"

"Shu, earlier I spoke too loudly, I underestimated you; you have the right to say all the previous words."

Perhaps Gu Qing still doesn't understand you, but at this moment he seems to grasp the hearts of those elders of the Ninth Jing Tu.

Gu Qing, excited, grabs your shoulder tightly, staring at you.

"Shu, why is your expression so calm? Do you know what ten thousand and one meters means?"