Chapter 155: Tempering of Body and Soul

Gazing across the distance at the owner of that gaze, Yu Changsheng's eyes narrowed slightly.

"Huang Suyu..."

Yu Changsheng muttered to himself, "Looks like in this Inner Disciple Trial, he really does intend to make a move against me, but..."

Thinking of this, Yu Changsheng blanked for a moment, then across the crowd he also revealed a smile toward Huang Suyu, the kind that looked very sincere.

Those who didn't know would think the two were old friends of many years.

Huang Suyu obviously blanked for a moment, and after locking eyes with Yu Changsheng for three seconds, he then turned his head away, his expression slightly cold.

"Interesting... hope you can still laugh when the time comes."

Quite a few people around also noticed this scene, their gazes toward Yu Changsheng carrying a trace of curiosity.

Yu Changsheng simply laughed heartily, glared at the onlookers, and said proudly, "What are you looking at? That's my brother Huang Suyu, Yujian Peak's Absolute Genius, say it and it'll scare you to death, he's a Foundation Establishment Cultivator!"

"You'd best not provoke me inside, otherwise I'll have my Brother Huang finish you off!"

Once these words were spoken, the clueless people subconsciously distanced themselves from Yu Changsheng, retreating three shelters; Huang Suyu's great name, they still knew it.

"Hmph."

Yu Changsheng let out a cold hum.

Right at this time, Wang Luyi also began distributing Jade Tubes to everyone.

"These are Transmission Jade Tubes, they have functions recording ladder layers and teleportation; this First Layer Trial still has some danger, anyone who can't persist for three hours midway and wants to withdraw, just crush the Jade Tube and you'll automatically be teleported out."

Wang Luyi explained casually, and over a thousand Jade Tubes instantly floated down before everyone.

Yu Changsheng gripped the Jade Tube, looked up at Wang Luyi, his eyes narrowing slightly, but he didn't say anything.

"My Jade Tube probably has some tricks played on it... but never mind, if Wang Luyi and Huang Suyu are really in cahoots, besides the Jade Tube there are plenty of ways to deal with me."

"Soldiers come, generals block; water comes, earth dams. You want to finish me here, and I've never not had the same thought..."

Before long, Elder Cao announced the start of the Inner Disciple Trial.

"Now, the Inner Disciple Trial begins! Disciples, ascend the Heavenly Ladder, seek the Immortal Path!"

At the command, over a thousand disciples rushed toward the Main Peak Heavenly Ladder in an orderly, uniform swarm; fortunately the Heavenly Ladder was large enough, accommodating over a thousand people with room to spare.

Yu Changsheng and the others set off too, Miao Wenlun and Sun Shihan following at his side, together stepping onto the First Layer Heavenly Ladder.

The moment he stepped on, Yu Changsheng felt his body sink, a pressure crowding in from four directions, as if he were carrying a person on his back.

But it was merely the First Layer, just a slight sensing, and after fully adapting, the disciples stepped onto the second stair.

Yu Changsheng didn't hesitate either, expression normal, steps unhurried, slowly and continuously ascending.

One layer... two layers...

Thirty layers... forty layers... ninety layers... ninety-nine layers...

Ascending ninety-nine layers in a row, Yu Changsheng felt no great obstruction, his countenance unchanged.

Lightly stepping onto the hundredth stair, Yu Changsheng instantly felt his body sink, but the influence wasn't too great; his cultivation base circulated slightly, and he basically suffered no obstruction.

Looking around, some disciples with low cultivation bases were already dripping with sweat, gritting their teeth, unable to advance an inch. "It's only a hundred layers, and you're already weak like this, you need more practice."

Yu Changsheng shook his head, looked up; the front batch had already reached nearly a thousand stairs, and Miao Wenlun and the others were also up there. Only he was strolling leisurely, unhurried, yet had become the rearmost echelon.

But Yu Changsheng didn't mind; slow was a bit slow, but one step one footprint, coming very steadily.

A hundred layers... two hundred layers... three hundred layers...

In the blink of an eye, over nine hundred layers had been trodden, and the people lingering on these stairs were the most numerous, each step requiring a long dawdle.

Yet looking at them, each dripping with sweat, breathing rapidly, steps trembling slightly as they lifted and set down; however three hours was still far off, so no one chose to give up, all gritting teeth and persisting bit by bit upward.

Yu Changsheng's countenance was normal; although there was pressure, it was still far from reaching his limit.

"Huh? This pressure, it's not just targeting the flesh body?"

Yu Changsheng was somewhat surprised; when his foot landed on the previous stair, he suddenly felt his Shenjue had a faint sense of suppression.

But relying on his Divine Sense strength, merely a single thought, and this suppression vanished; Yu Changsheng carefully sensed for a while, then discovered this suppression and the surrounding pressure shared the same source, only compared to his own volume, this bit of Shenjue pressure was simply a mayfly shaking a tree.

"This Heavenly Ladder is truly clever, it can temper the flesh body and also hammer the Shenjue, good; wait until I go higher, persisting long in this environment, flesh body and Shenjue will surely break through further."

Yu Changsheng exclaimed in admiration, looking at the surrounding disciples each pale-faced, eyes dazed, feeling a slight sympathy; no wonder this stage has such a high elimination rate.

Perhaps there are those with strong flesh bodies, but Shenjue improvement is far more difficult than flesh body, except for Yu Changsheng this cheat; at this stage, many will likely suffer.

And Yu Changsheng's leisurely strolling appearance was also very conspicuous in the crowd; the surrounding gasping people looked at Yu Changsheng, glaring angrily.

"This guy puts on quite an act, really thinks he's here for a mountain sightseeing trip?"

Some exhausted, coldly laughed secretly at Yu Changsheng.

"But you can't say, he probably still has some strength, steps not slowing a bit, looks quite steady too, just don't know how long he can keep up the act."

Some also clicked their tongues in wonder, casting jealous gazes at Yu Changsheng.

"Just an act, probably wants to attract Elder attention this way; truly strong people would've run to the front long ago, why stay here muddling through with us? Just watch how long he can force it? At a thousand layers his true colors will show!"

Some also gazed with disdain, sneering at Yu Changsheng's behavior.

What he said was also right; the front echelon had already nearly reached three thousand stairs, and this part of his belonged to the very bottom portion.

A thousand layers is a huge watershed; every thousand layers, pressure doubles, and Yu Changsheng ignored the surrounding gazes, under everyone's attention, expression normal as he stepped onto the first thousandth stair.

One step down, a doubled pressure instantly swept in like mountains overturning seas, Divine Sense also faintly had a moment of suppression.

Yu Changsheng's steps paused slightly, but only that; speed undiminished he stepped onto the thousand-and-first stair, face not red breath not panting, not a trace of weakness from flagging stamina visible.

Merely a thousand stairs, to Yu Changsheng it counted for nothing.

"What?"

And quite a few people stuck at a thousand stairs watching this scene widened their eyes in disbelief.

(Chapter End)