Chapter 551: Various Forces

This game of chess lasted for three full days, during which the number of Jin Dan cultivators gathered here increased quite a bit.

Not only did Song Qingming realize something from this, but many Jin Dan cultivators standing around the chess game also felt different feelings. Of course, there were not a few cultivators who were still confused and couldn't figure it out.

Just when everyone was immersed in the chess game of the Nascent Soul cultivators, a red spiritual light flew from the high sky and stopped directly on this small mountain.

After the spiritual light dissipated, a yellow-clothed big man with thick eyebrows, square face, burly figure and some sideburns jumped down from the flying boat above and fell into the crowd watching the chess game nearby.

"All get away from me!"

The yellow-clothed big man roared in the crowd, which directly made the ears of several nearby Jin Dan cultivators numb, and they almost couldn't stand firm.

After everyone reacted and saw that the yellow-clothed big man was another Nascent Soul cultivator, they immediately changed their faces and quickly stayed away from this place, giving this open space to him.

Seeing the frustrated look of these people who dared to be angry but didn't dare to speak, the yellow-clothed big man couldn't help but chuckle twice. Before long, eight or nine cultivators wearing various Daoist robes fell from the sky and carefully followed behind the yellow-clothed big man.

"I said Old Ghost Zheng, can you not make such a big movement every time? My game of chess with Fellow Daoist Li hasn't been decided yet, and you messed it up again."

Situ Yan looked at the chess pieces on the chessboard that had been messed up by the yellow-clothed big man's voice just now, shook his head helplessly, and couldn't help but blame the other party.

Facing Situ Yan's accusation, the yellow-clothed big man seemed not to hear it, still looking disdainful, not caring about the other party's opinion of him at all.

Just when several Nascent Soul old monsters were bickering, a golden light appeared in the sky, and a very exquisite flying car drove the clouds and mist, approaching this side quickly, and fell on a mountain peak next to the one where the Xiaoyao Sect and others were sitting.

"Haha! Fellow Daoist Situ's words are nice. If you don't want to take too much risk, if you find good things after entering, just say hello to Zheng, and I am willing to take this risk for you. At that time, if you get good things, I can share half with you. What do you think!" Zheng Zitong looked at Situ Yan and smiled lightly.

This yellow-clothed big man is another Nascent Soul Supreme Elder of the Star Sect in the Wu State, Zheng Zitong, who is also a Nascent Soul early-stage cultivator, but Zheng Zitong's cultivation base is slightly worse than Li Mufeng, and he is only at the second layer of Nascent Soul.

Situ Yan nodded and said: "Fellow Daoist Li is right. The old man actually just wants to see if he can pick some spiritual medicine to refine pills this time, and has no intention of competing with you for things at the top of the tower. After practicing for so many years, I also want to live a few stable days."

"Fellow Daoist Zheng, don't be too anxious. Judging from the current situation, the opening time of the Heaven-Reaching Tower is not that fast, and Fellow Daoist Yang and the others haven't arrived yet."

"Fellow Daoist Zheng is joking. The old man just doesn't want to compete with others, not that he doesn't want spiritual items. If he really sees any spiritual items inside, that is also a chance given to the old man by heaven. How can it be transferred to others at will? Doing so is against the law of heaven."

Hearing the displeasure in Zheng Zitong's words, Li Mufeng and Situ Yan looked at each other and could only smile helplessly.

"Humph! You two old guys can play a game of chess for months. If I don't remind you, I'm afraid you won't be willing to decide the winner when the Heaven-Reaching Tower opens. I don't have your good mood to spend time with these juniors here."

Li Mufeng, who was sitting opposite, stood up and arched his hands calmly: "Although this game of chess hasn't been finished, Fellow Daoist Situ has already had the upper hand. Continuing should be my loss, so you don't have to worry about it!"

"Humph! This group of people from the Wanling Sect always likes to make such a big show every time they appear, for fear that others won't know they are the first sect in the Fuyun Mountain Range."

Seeing this scene, there was a burst of exclamation on the surrounding mountain peaks, and even the Jin Dan cultivators from the Nascent Soul sect among the Xiaoyao Sect group showed a trace of surprise.

Since the rise of the Wanling Sect more than two thousand years ago, the Star Sect has lost the throne of the first sect in the Fuyun Mountain Range. Over the years, they have been suppressed by the Wanling Sect cultivators everywhere. Zheng Zitong's performance is indeed within their expectations.

In the next ten days or so, there were still cultivators coming from all over the place every day around the secret realm. There were also many low-level cultivators at the Foundation Establishment and Qi Refining stages who had already arrived here. After seeing so many high-level cultivators gathered here, they were scared and retreated, and took the initiative to flee from here.

On the mountain head gathered by the Xiaoyao Sect, except for some Jin Dan rogue cultivators who didn't dare to get too close, there were also many cultivators who came from other countries around the Wei State, including Jin Dan sect cultivators like the Xuanyue Sect and Huorong Sect that Song Qingming had seen at the Taiyue Lake Market back then.

In addition, there was another Nascent Soul sect cultivator on the mountain, which was the Tianji Sect cultivator in the Shangyang State located in the southeast of the Wei State. The one leading them here was the Tianji Sect Supreme Elder, Yang Fengyu, at the fifth layer of Nascent Soul.

The cultivation sects of more than a dozen countries in the east of the Fuyun Mountain Range have always been headed by the Star Sect, and most of the cultivators who came from that side gathered on this mountain head.

The mountain head near the middle position was occupied by several Nascent Soul major sects headed by the Wanling Sect. The cultivators gathered around them were also mostly cultivators from countries in the west of the Fuyun Mountain Range.

Except for these two mountain heads closest to the bottom of the secret realm, individual Nascent Soul cultivators also appeared in the vicinity on those small mountain heads. It's just that these people didn't gather in one place like the Nascent Soul cultivators on the two mountain heads in the middle, but occupied a small mountain head separately, and there were not so many Jin Dan cultivators surrounding them.

Every time the "Heaven-Reaching Tower" opens, in addition to the many cultivators in the cultivation world of the Fuyun Mountain Range, there will also be some cultivators from other cultivation worlds who hear the news. However, whether it is from any sect in the Fuyun Mountain Range, or rogue cultivators, or cultivators from other places, basically everyone only dares to gather in this area in the south of the secret realm.

The side near the north of the secret realm is the territory occupied by the demon race. Although Song Qingming has not seen a demon cultivator appear so far, as long as an ignorant low-level cultivator runs to that side, he will soon disappear and have no trace at all.

As time passed day by day, the seven-colored glow on the secret realm became more and more intense, and the huge shadow in the sky slowly revealed its true appearance.

This is a tall palace covered by glow. Except for a huge bronze door that can be faintly seen in the middle of the palace, other positions are all pitch black, occasionally revealing some huge murals, but soon fell into darkness again.

Just before the "Heaven-Reaching Tower" secret realm was about to open, Song Qingming saw another acquaintance he hadn't seen for many years, Li Xianyun, a rogue cultivator who helped the Xiaoyao Sect solve the siege during the demon beast chaos back then. After decades of not seeing him, Li Xianyun's cultivation base has improved again, and he has reached the eighth layer of Jin Dan.

Li Xianyun didn't come alone this time. Accompanying him was a white-clothed woman wearing a veil, who was also a Jin Dan late-stage cultivator with a high cultivation base.

After seeing Li Xianyun's figure, Li Mufeng was also a bit surprised and immediately let Chen Xuanfeng go over to say hello to him, wanting to invite him to enter with the Xiaoyao Sect.

However, it is a pity that Li Xianyun did not agree to this proposal of the Xiaoyao Sect this time. It seems that he does not want to get involved in the struggle between these Nascent Soul forces.

A few days later, a dazzling white light suddenly lit up in the sky. After about half an hour, as the white light dissipated, the seven-colored glow surrounding the palace in the sky also began to disappear slowly, revealing the true appearance of this huge palace.

Afterward, this palace began to pass through the clouds in the high sky and move downward quickly, until it sank to a high altitude of several hundred meters from the ground before slowly stopping. At this moment, everyone standing below finally saw the general appearance of the bottom of this palace and couldn't help but let out bursts of exclamation.

This palace is a giant tower falling from the sky. The bottom layer is dozens of miles in radius. Because the top of the giant tower is covered by clouds and mist, plus a thin layer of white light, it cannot see its full picture completely.

The bronze door below, which had been tightly closed, had also opened automatically at this time, and the pitch-black color that was constantly surging inside was revealed, like a dark vortex with no bottom.

"Senior Uncle Li, has the Heaven-Reaching Tower already opened?"

Seeing this amazing scene in the sky, Jin Ziyuan, who was already extremely excited, saw that many cultivators around had begun to fly toward the sky, and immediately asked Li Mufeng in front of him.

Like those cultivators who had already set off, Jin Ziyuan was also extremely excited at the moment, and he was eager to try.

Li Mufeng, whose eyes were still tightly staring at the "Heaven-Reaching Tower" in the high sky, shook his head calmly: "Don't be anxious, it's not the time to enter the tower yet."

Just after Li Mufeng finished speaking, an elderly Foundation Establishment cultivator who was closest to the big door in the middle of the "Heaven-Reaching Tower" saw that the entrance to the secret realm was right in front of him, looked at the crowd behind him proudly and smiled:

"Hehe! The old man will take a step first!"

Just when this old man thought he had taken the lead, a purple light suddenly shot out from the seven-colored glow that had not completely dissipated near the "Heaven-Reaching Tower" and passed directly through his body.

This old man, whose cultivation base had reached the late stage of Foundation Establishment, hadn't had time to scream before his body was immediately covered with a layer of strange purple fire, and soon fell from mid-air directly.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 552 =====