Chapter 743: A Bountiful Year

"Six people."

Li Rui scanned them indifferently.

As expected—

Here, he saw the few people Cui He had pointed out to him downstairs.

All were geniuses who had once been in the top ten of the Human Register.

Of course—

These people were not on the Human Register at the same time, but spanned three generations.

Perhaps he was the only freak.

Li Rui could clearly feel that their gazes lingered on him for longer.

After all, there were no unfamiliar faces among those who could climb to the eighth floor, but their gazes only lingered for a breath.

The cultivation world is vast; it is perfectly normal for there to be hidden geniuses they don't know about.

Those who can walk to this point cannot be weak.

If they were to stare any longer, it would be inviting enmity.

In the cultivation world, spying on others at will is a major taboo.

Ji Mingyue just now was a good example.

They came here to obtain the fortune of the ninth floor, so naturally, they did not want to fight in the Heaven-Gazing Tower.

For a time—

The eighth floor was dead silent, one could hear a pin drop.

A full hour passed.

Only then did a young man in white robes take a step forward.

Li Rui recognized that this person was exactly the one Cui He had mentioned before: sixth on the Human Register, Fu Fengyang.

Fu Fengyang stepped onto the stairs.

But the next instant—

His whole body was like someone under a immobilization spell, his feet half an inch from the stairs, stiffly frozen in place.

Li Rui and the others all knew—

This was his soul being pulled into that profound space.

It was the moment of battle between heaven and man.

Only half an incense stick of time passed.

Fu Fengyang sat down on the ground, smiling bitterly: "Forget it, it seems I have no fate with it."

After speaking—

He actually sat cross-legged on the spot and began to absorb the fortune and luck of the eighth floor.

Seeing this—

The others became even more cautious.

A full day passed before someone tried again.

But the outcome was the same.

All ended in failure.

In the end, only Unlike Ji Fan and Li Rui remained.

The failure of the others was actually not surprising; after all, the highest-ranked person on the Human Register was only fifth, and since the Heaven-Gazing Tower was built, the worst person to climb to the ninth floor was third on the Human Register.

There are not so many miracles in the world.

Failure is normal.

Unlike Ji Fan's expression was solemn, and he took a deep breath.

He took a step forward.

Like the others before him, he was also pulled into the state of battle between heaven and man.

But what surprised everyone was—

A quarter of an hour later.

Boom!

A muffled sound.

Unlike Ji Fan actually landed steadily, stepping onto the stairs.

"This..."

The expressions of Fu Fengyang and the others all changed in unison.

They—

Were either fifth or sixth on the Human Register.

Yet who would have thought that Unlike Ji Fan, who was ranked eighth, would actually climb to the ninth floor.

Unexpected.

At this time—

Outside the Heaven-Gazing Tower—

The sky was already filled with purple clouds above the nine heavens.

"Ji family?"

"A promising little fellow."

Fufeng Zhenjun Xuanguang narrowed his eyes slightly, a smile appearing at the corner of his mouth.

Someone climbing to the ninth floor—

For the Heaven-Machine clan, it could also bring many benefits.

He was naturally happy to see it.

"Hiding his clumsiness?"

A flash of surprise crossed Fufeng Zhenjun Zihuan's eyes.

At their level, they naturally knew there were no "dark horses," only those who had been hiding their strength and had not been discovered.

Unlike Ji Fan was clearly hiding his clumsiness all along, and only today did he begin to truly reveal his edge. ===== CHAPTER 744 =====