Chapter 252: Soul-Severing Ladder

Seeing Chen Fan open his eyes, Ye Wentian and Ye Tingxuan were both stunned.

"Little Fan, where is the Indestructible Divine Thunder?"

"Absorbed and refined." Chen Fan nodded.

The two couldn't help but widen their eyes.

Ye Wentian: "Ah? Does your body have any discomfort?"

Ye Tingxuan: "When you were refining it, did that Indestructible Divine Thunder not resist?"

Chen Fan scratched his head, feeling uncomfortable being stared at by the two: "It was quite smooth."

Ye Tingxuan grabbed Chen Fan's arm in disbelief, full of curiosity: "Little Junior Brother, what kind of thunder-type ability are you exactly?"

Chen Fan thought for a moment and didn't intend to hide it; after all, stronger talent would lead to greater cultivation and importance.

"My thunder-type ability is the SSS-rank Supreme Thunder-Devouring Dao Body."

"SSS-rank thunder-type ability?!!" Ye Wentian and Ye Tingxuan said in unison.

Ye Wentian hugged Chen Fan's shoulder and laughed loudly: "Good disciple, I heard you also have space ability. Possessing two SSS-rank abilities, in the future, I'm afraid no one will be able to compete with you, hahaha."

Ye Tingxuan's pretty face also flushed with excitement; this little junior brother was truly a treasure found.

At this time, Chen Fan took out a lady's ring and handed it to Ye Tingxuan: "Little Senior Sister, you gave me a gift, so I'll give you one too."

"Huh, a ring, it's quite pretty." Ye Tingxuan smiled and put it on, but the next moment she opened her small mouth wide.

"Spa... space ring? And it's 10 cubic meters?!!"

"First meeting, didn't prepare anything precious." Chen Fan scratched his head.

Ye Wentian was also stunned; he couldn't believe it: "Tingxuan, are you sure it's a space ring? And it's 10 cubic meters?"

Ye Tingxuan nodded excitedly and incessantly.

Ye Wentian said: "Tingxuan, let me see."

"No!!!" Ye Tingxuan pouted her small mouth: "That space ring of yours is precious, you wouldn't even let me see it before, want to see mine? No way!!"

Ye Wentian couldn't help but feel embarrassed; the space ring he snatched from the Beast Worship Cult was only 5 cubic meters, which he had always cherished, but the disciple he newly accepted took out a 10-cubic-meter space ring right off the bat.

"Master, I have another 10-cubic-meter one here, do you want it?" Chen Fan took out another one.

"Ahahaha, good disciple." Ye Wentian didn't hesitate in the slightest, grabbed it, and put it on directly.

"Good, good, good." He played with this space ring, his mouth unable to close from happiness.

"Old Meng got a seven-cubic-meter one before and showed off in front of me for a long time; this time I've surpassed him again."

At this time, on the rattan chair, the Long-Armed Magic Ape's ears moved, and it instantly became interested.

It appeared in front of Chen Fan with a "whoosh," pointed to Ye Wentian's space ring, then pointed to its own empty finger, full of excitement.

This time Chen Fan understood its meaning; it was asking him for a space ring.

Chen Fan smiled and took out another space ring and handed it over.

"This is the last 10-cubic-meter space ring."

The Long-Armed Magic Ape hurriedly put it on, instantly incredibly excited.

It hugged Chen Fan's shoulder, patted its chest, and gestured.

This sign language was too complicated; Chen Fan scratched his head, really not understanding it.

Ye Tingxuan to the side covered her small mouth and smiled: "Little Junior Brother, you have to learn more sign language in the future. Uncle Yuan means that you are not bad, and in the future, this Tianchi Fortress will cover you. If anyone bullies you, you can come to find Uncle Yuan, and Uncle Yuan will help you teach them a lesson fiercely."

The Long-Armed Magic Ape nodded, indicating that was correct.

Chen Fan was incredibly excited in his heart; a space ring bought a ninth-tier strange beast, this deal wasn't a loss.

Ye Wentian said: "Little Fan, Master is relatively busy usually and can't guide you every day. However, Master will squeeze out one day a week to guide you. Usually, you can train in the Jiangcai Camp."

"What is the Jiangcai Camp?" Chen Fan asked puzzled.

Ye Tingxuan handed Chen Fan a cup of coffee and smiled: "The Jiangcai Camp is a place specifically for cultivating Grandmasters for the military. The trainees are all soldier kings selected from various places. After systematic learning and passing the assessment, they will be arranged to hold important positions in various other-dimensional spaces or even fortresses."

Ye Tingxuan added: "Little Junior Brother, Senior Sister is also a trainee of the Jiangcai Camp. Our Jiangcai Camp requires trainees to advance to Grandmaster before they can graduate. I'm only at the mid-stage of the sixth tier now, still quite a bit off."

Chen Fan was shocked; Ye Tingxuan's age, if placed in university, should be a senior, yet she had already reached the mid-stage of the sixth tier.

This talent was simply terrifying.

"Heehee, Little Junior Brother, the Jiangcai Camp is very tempering. There are life-and-death crisis missions almost every week, and the resources of the entire Zhenyuan Army are tilted toward us. It's hard to break through slowly."

Chen Fan instantly became interested in the Jiangcai Camp.

Ye Wentian said: "Little Fan, have a meal at home at noon, and in the afternoon, let Tingxuan take you to familiarize yourself with the Jiangcai Camp."

"Okay, Master."

Xuanxin Island was equipped with a professional chef team responsible for Ye Wentian's three meals a day.

The ingredients were top-tier spirit materials, among which there was a dish of red-braised venison, actually taken from a seventh-tier Tianyuan Spirit Deer.

Chen Fan ate until his mouth was oily; being able to use such a high-level strange beast for a meal was probably a treatment only available at a Martial Saint's family banquet.

After lunch, Ye Tingxuan took Chen Fan and walked toward the station of the Jiangcai Camp.

This was a huge valley, gathered 80-plus kilometers from Xuanxin Island, and had been built into a special training base inside.

From the top of the mountain to the bottom of the valley, a stone staircase with a width of 20 meters and a length of 1,000 meters was laid.

Ye Tingxuan explained: "This staircase is called the Soul-Severing Ladder. Each step has built-in gravity and anti-gravity devices, with an adjustment range of 0 times to 100 times, and it fluctuates randomly, which means the gravity you bear in the previous step might be 10 times, and in the next step, it might be 50 times. Of course, it might also suddenly become 0.5 times, or even zero gravity."

"This makes this stone staircase very difficult to walk. You have to feel the change in gravity at all times and make adjustments in strength, otherwise, you will fall very miserably."

"Generally, newcomers who walk this path for the first time will fall hundreds of times from the top of the mountain to the valley. This is also why this stone staircase is called the Soul-Severing Ladder."

Chen Fan nodded. With his physical fitness, even if he bore 100 times gravity, he could walk down the steps safely, but with the gravity changing randomly, the difficulty was high.

"Little Junior Brother, see the screen next to it? It displays the number of times newcomers who walk this stone staircase for the first time fall."

Chen Fan looked over; this huge screen displayed lines of dense text.

The person ranked first was named Gao Wei, who fell a total of 623 times.

Ranked second was Zhong Yuan, who fell a total of 608 times.

Third, 607 times.

Chen Fan couldn't help but be speechless; this wasn't an honor roll, it was a proper shame roll.

This shame, if not broken by future generations, might hang for a lifetime.

Chen Fan kept looking down the list; this list had a total of 423 people, which meant the Jiangcai Camp had a total of 423 trainees to date.

Soon, he found Ye Tingxuan's name on the 382nd line.

382nd place, Ye Tingxuan, fell a total of 86 times.

Chen Fan kept looking down.

1st place, Xiao Wuya, fell a total of 12 times.

Ye Tingxuan smiled: "Junior Brother, you have to work hard, oh. This is a shame roll, ranking high is very embarrassing."

At this time, quite a few trainees entering and leaving the Jiangcai Camp stopped to watch. ===== CHAPTER 253 =====