Chapter 502: The Hard-to-Enter Heaven-Reaching Tower

"To enter the Heaven-Reaching Tower, the conditions are too harsh. It requires having reached the top of Martial Dao Mountain. How many people in the entire Flame Yan Yan Huang Chao have done that?"

"The Heaven-Reaching Tower launched by the royal family—do you think it's prepared for everyone? Even the most basic Martial Dao Mountain requires genius to enter the top 100,000. This Heaven-Reaching Tower is prepared for Innate powerhouses."

In the restaurant, martial artists expressed their opinions. Some guessed how generous the rewards would be, some guessed how difficult the Heaven-Reaching Tower challenge would be. Each had different views, but there was one point that everyone recognized.

The Heaven-Reaching Tower launched by the royal family is not prepared for ordinary martial artists, and it's not even prepared for genius martial artists, but for those top-tier geniuses.

The number of martial artists who reached the top of Martial Dao Mountain in the last hundred years is, on average, about one every four months. Excluding the first dozen years, under the age of one hundred, there are actually fewer than three hundred.

"There are nearly three hundred?"

Lin Chen listened to the number estimated by the martial artists in the restaurant, a look of surprise on his face. Beside him, Yin Yue said faintly: "Except for a few sessions, such as your session and the session before you, many of the first-place finishers on Martial Dao Mountain were about to turn twenty. They would fall off the list a few months after reaching the top, and then the next person would follow. On average, each person stayed in first place for three months. Occasionally, a few stronger sessions would stretch the time a bit."

Hearing Yin Yue's explanation, Lin Chen suddenly understood. It was also... those who could enter the top ten were all top-tier geniuses of various sects. There were gaps between them, but the gaps wouldn't be too big. The ranking was more determined by the length of cultivation time.

Being a few months older, cultivating for a few more months, the strength would be a bit stronger, and the ranking would be one place higher.

There was a feeling that everyone was following the rules. The first place fell off the list, the second place topped up, and the rankings behind followed in order...

It was rare for someone like him to kill his way up from behind.

Calculated by the number of more than two hundred, the probability of being on the top 100 list of the Heaven-Reaching Tower was not low.

"In reality, there are only about two hundred powerhouses who have the opportunity to enter the tower. Don't forget that some powerhouses who reached the top of Martial Dao Mountain have already fallen. But for these two hundred spots, I fear there will be a fierce competition."

"How so?"

In the restaurant, an old man who expressed his opinion stroked his beard: "Those who can reach the top of Martial Dao Mountain are all top-tier geniuses. But there are also many geniuses who failed to reach the top, but caught up or even surpassed them in the subsequent cultivation process. The royal family gave these powerhouses a chance. Defeating a first-place finisher of the same realm can replace the other party and possess the qualification to enter the tower."

"So, rather than saying the royal family gave the spots to those first-place finishers on Martial Dao Mountain, it's better to say they are selecting the strongest martial artist in each realm of the Sixth Stage of the Innate Realm."

First place on Martial Dao Mountain, within a hundred years...

"Let me take the most recent one as an example. Qin Mu of the Creation Gate just came down from the first place on Martial Dao Mountain and is currently at the First Stage of the Innate Realm..."

"Qin Mu?"

Lin Chen, in the private room on the second floor, was stunned when he heard the old man's words.

"You thought the most recent one was you?"

Yin Yue saw Lin Chen stunned and also laughed: "You have already come down from Martial Dao Mountain for several months. The first place on Martial Dao Mountain has already changed twice. Actually, the most unlucky ones are those few who were ranked behind you in the same session as you. Originally, they also had the opportunity to reach the top, but they were rawly 'boiled' away by you."

Listening to Yin Yue's words, the first name that appeared in Lin Chen's mind was Ceng Xi.

If he hadn't suddenly appeared, after Sima Kong reached the top and fell off the list, it should have been Ceng Xi's turn.

Thinking that Ceng Xi was 'boiled' away by him and didn't hate him for it, Lin Chen held Ceng Xi in even higher regard.

"That Qin Mu is at the First Stage of the Innate Realm, but he is definitely not at the peak of the First Stage of the Innate Realm. If someone wants his tower-entering spot, they will definitely challenge him. But succeeding in challenging Qin Mu doesn't mean one will have the qualification to enter the tower. There will be other martial artists challenging him again. Unless one has the strength to be invincible in the same realm, one cannot keep this qualification."

The old man's words made many people suddenly understand. Thinking carefully, it was indeed this logic.

"What if this Qin Mu is invincible at the First Stage of the Innate Realm? Don't forget that the one before him, Lin Chen of the Canglan Sect, was an invincible existence at the First Stage of the Innate Realm back then."

"You think Martial Dao Mountain can produce a few geniuses among geniuses like Lin Chen? It's not certain that one can be produced in a dozen sessions."

The old man snorted: "And even if it were Lin Chen, he is now only at the Second Stage of the Innate Realm, and he is still far from being invincible at the Second Stage of the Innate Realm. I fear he won't be able to keep this spot either."

"Your previous words have some logic, but I don't agree with this last sentence."

A middle-aged martial artist in the lobby on the first floor had a look of doubt on his face: "If I were these geniuses who reached the top of Martial Dao Mountain, I could completely refuse to accept the challenge. Which of these Martial Dao Mountain top-reachers doesn't come from a super sect? As long as they stay in the sect, who else dares to come to the door to challenge them?"

The middle-aged man's words made many martial artists in the lobby nod in agreement. As long as they felt they couldn't be invincible in the same realm, they would hide their tracks, or simply not go out while staying in the sect. With the sect behind them supporting them, I fear there was no one who didn't have eyes who would dare to find their way to the sect to challenge them.

"Can you think of it, and the royal family can't?"

The old man's face carried a look of contempt and mockery: "The first time entering the Heaven-Reaching Tower will be announced to the world. Everyone who possesses a Martial Dao Seal can receive notification. At that time, those who want to challenge can head to the Heaven-Reaching Tower to intercept. As long as they defeat the challenger, they can snatch away the other party's qualification to enter the tower."

"What you said is true?"

"As long as you have a Martial Dao Seal on you, you will know if what I said is true."

Hearing the old man's words, many martial artists on the scene looked at each other. There were no martial artists under twenty in the restaurant. Even if they had originally had a Martial Dao Seal, it had long since disappeared.

Martial artists who possessed a Martial Dao Seal in other domains would still store the Martial Dao Seal at home as a witness to their youth.

But this is the Thousand Machines Domain, the Thousand Machines Domain known as 'everything can become an artifact refining material'. The Martial Dao Seal had long since been sold by them.

The recovery price of ten Flame Coins was also enough to exchange for a few bottles of elixirs needed by ranked martial artists.

In the private room on the second floor, Lin Chen took out the Martial Dao Seal. His spiritual sense poured into it. A few breaths later, his spiritual sense withdrew and looked at Yin Yue: "There is indeed a change."

When his spiritual sense poured into the Martial Dao Seal, he also perceived the update of the Martial Dao Seal.

The Martial Dao steps had disappeared, replaced by a treasure tower shrouded in mist.

Just as Lin Chen's voice fell, the Martial Dao Seal suddenly transmitted a vibration. Lin Chen picked up the Martial Dao Seal, and text flowed on the surface of the Martial Dao Seal.

【Third Stage Innate Zuo Chuan opens the Heaven-Reaching Tower challenge. Those who possess the Heaven-Reaching Tower entry qualification, and all Third Stage Innate martial artists, can enter to observe.】

Seeing the text revealed, Lin Chen looked at Yin Yue: "I'm prepared to go in and take a look. Return to the courtyard first?"

"No need, we can go in directly."

Yin Yue also took out a Martial Dao Seal from her bosom, which was a silver Martial Dao Seal.

"This is a Martial Dao Seal created by the royal family for our Moon Soul Clan. Even if I haven't reached the top of Martial Dao Mountain, and am not at the Third Stage of the Innate Realm, I can still go in to observe."

Ubiquitous privilege!

Lin Chen sighed in his heart, but didn't care too much. Coming from an ancient remnant clan princess like Yin Yue, possessing some privileges was very normal.

By now, Lin Chen also had a rough understanding of the Flame Yan Yan Huang Chao.

The strength of the Flame Yan Yan Huang Chao's royal family was undoubtedly the strongest, because they controlled the Divine Seal. But precisely because of the Divine Seal, the royal family's actions were restricted, and they couldn't do whatever they wanted.

In some situations, the royal family still had to win over other major forces, and these ancient remnant clans should be one of the forces the royal family wanted to win over and befriend.

Both of them moved their hearts at the same time and entered Martial Dao Mountain. Only two floating Martial Dao Seals remained in the private room.

The floating Martial Dao Seal meant that the owner had entered Martial Dao Mountain. This was common knowledge known throughout the Flame Yan Yan Huang Chao. When the restaurant manager and waiter came in and saw it, they wouldn't suspect that the people had run away. They just needed to wait quietly for them to come out of Martial Dao Mountain.

Martial Dao Mountain.

This time, after Lin Chen entered, he didn't appear on the steps, but appeared in an illusion.

"Choose true appearance or anonymous entry into the Heaven-Reaching Tower square?"

Hearing the voice coming from his ear, Lin Chen chose anonymous without hesitation.

Following his selection of anonymous, Lin Chen discovered that he was enveloped in a black robe and a black cloak, and his spiritual sense was also sealed.

"This is what's called anonymous."

Lin Chen understood what the so-called anonymous was. Wearing a black robe and cloak covered his face, and spiritual sense couldn't peek at it either. And in this loose black robe, even his figure couldn't be determined. The only thing that could be determined was his height.

As for the voice of speaking, for an Innate martial artist, changing the way of vocalization was an easy thing.

After the disguise was completed, the environment around Lin Chen changed again. He appeared in a square. ===== CHAPTER 503 =====