Chapter 571: Heaven-Reaching Pavilion

Hearing Long Feng mention the ninth layer of the "Heaven-Reaching Tower," Song Qingming felt somewhat excited in his heart at this moment, and a look of anticipation could not help but appear on his face involuntarily.

The scroll within the Xiaoyao Sect did not record much information about the top three layers of the "Heaven-Reaching Tower." Song Qingming had only learned a little about the situation of the ninth layer of the "Heaven-Reaching Tower" these past few days while following Huo Feng.

Unlike the very vast space of the bottom eight layers, the scope of the ninth layer of the "Heaven-Reaching Tower" was not large; there was only one place named the "Heaven-Reaching Pavilion."

Any cultivator who entered it would receive one chance for a trial. Those who succeeded in passing would not only have the opportunity to obtain a decent reward but could also experience some insights into cultivation during the trial.

It is said that there were even some cultivators whose cultivation had been trapped at a bottleneck for many years who, after coming out from within, entered into a state of sudden enlightenment not long after and subsequently broke through the bottleneck of their own cultivation in one fell swoop.

This kind of rare trial opportunity was something an ordinary Jin Dan cultivator like Song Qingming could not hope for in a lifetime. Even if he couldn't pass the trial to obtain other rewards, as long as he could experience some insights into cultivation within, Song Qingming's trip would not have been in vain.

"Calculating the time, the Heaven-Reaching Pavilion will also open soon. Let's prepare here first; after they go up, we'll set off again!" After Huo Feng finished speaking, she led the two to land on a high mountain below.

On a flat piece of ground several hundred li in front of them, several Nascent Soul cultivators stood high in the sky, looking at a huge ring of light that had already slowly stabilized in front of them. One after another, they revealed looks of satisfaction and put away the magic treasures in their hands.

Not far behind each of them stood more than ten Jin Dan-stage cultivators with varying cultivation levels, basically all of whom were at the mid-stage of Jin Dan or above.

Hearing the sarcastic words in the speech of a white-robed old man opposite, Wu Jiuyuan, the Supreme Elder of the Nine Yuan Sect, whose face was slightly unsightly, looked at the other party and replied unhurriedly:

Not long after, following the last cultivator disappearing behind the ring of light, the scene suddenly quieted down until several streaks of light flew over from the sky again.

Seeing that the Golden-Horned Python had successfully passed through the golden ring of light, the black-robed man then waved his hand at the crowd beside him: "The restrictions have already stabilized; everyone, let's set off!"

Hearing Wu Jiuyuan say this, the white-robed old man revealed a trace of smugness: "Fellow Daoist Wu, these words are wrong. My Hunyuan Sect has stood for thousands of years; being able to have today is merely relying on the foundation left by the predecessors of this sect. Compared to Fellow Daoist Wu relying on his own strength to revitalize the Nine Yuan Sect, I am still far behind now."

Upon hearing this, the white-haired old man also immediately revealed a few smiles, bowed slightly toward the middle-aged man, then turned to look at the circular ring of light in front of the few people. The scene soon returned to quiet.

Hearing the black-robed youth's words, although Wu Jiuyuan still felt slightly unhappy in his heart, he did not say anything more and took the initiative to withdraw his hostile gaze toward the white-haired old man.

As soon as the words fell, the black-robed man flew toward the ring of light first and soon plunged into it headfirst. Seeing this, the others did not delay and one after another transformed into streaks of light, rapidly entering it.

"Hehe! Fellow Daoist Wu's cultivation has indeed grown quite a bit again. No wonder your Nine Yuan Sect has been flourishing these years, expanding your territory everywhere, even daring to pull the tiger's whiskers of the Xiaoyao Sect."

Seeing the other party belittle his own sect in front of everyone, Wu Jiuyuan was also somewhat angry. Just as he was about to open his mouth to refute the other party, a somewhat cold voice sounded from the side, interrupting their conversation.

After the Golden-Horned Python appeared, under the black-robed man's driving, it slowly arrived before the ring of light in front. After flying around the ring of light a few times, it transformed into a streak of light and rapidly drilled into it.

"Fellow Daoist Qiu, don't flatter me. The Hunyuan Sect just swallowed up the territory of two counties in the Chen Kingdom without a sound. Compared to you, my Nine Yuan Sect is merely playing small games!"

Although this white-haired old man kept praising Wu Jiuyuan's personal ability on the surface, a few words also directly exposed the shortcoming of the Nine Yuan Sect's lack of foundation, not being as good as their large sects that had stood for thousands of years.

A moment later, seeing that the spiritual power fluctuations emitted from the ring of light in front of the crowd had completely stabilized, the black-robed man who had just spoken waved his right hand lightly, and a giant python with two golden horns growing on its head immediately appeared beside him.

The person speaking was a young man clad in a loose black robe. The cultivation on this person had already faintly surpassed Wu Jiuyuan and that white-robed old man, and the tone of his speech also carried a bit of unquestionable authority.

"Your Highness, they have all gone in. Shall we go in now, or wait a while?"

Looking at the ring of light that had already slowly begun to shrink in front of her, Huo Feng shook her head slightly: "This restriction is already somewhat unstable now. Rushing in directly might lead to being torn apart by the spatial restriction; it's better to wait a while!"

"Two fellow daoists, we didn't come here to listen to you talk about these boring things. If there is any unhappiness, let's talk about it slowly after we go out!"

The three waited on the spot for about half an hour. Until the golden ring of light had closed and disappeared, Huo Feng slowly took out a crimson long spear carrying a trace of raging flames and flew high into the sky.

After stopping in the air for a moment, bursts of raging flames suddenly erupted on Huo Feng's body. Subsequently, the long spear in her hand also instantly lengthened several times. After she exerted force to slash a spear strike toward the empty void in front of her, a crimson light blade instantly flew into the sky, and soon a golden light was revealed again ahead.

After seeing the golden light appear, the long spear in Huo Feng's hand did not stop and slashed out several more light blades with not-weak power, opening the restricted passage in front of her a bit more.

The passage leading to the ninth layer was different from the other few layers; there was no teleportation formation to go up directly. Instead, one had to find the weak points hidden in the two layers of restrictions in the air and forcibly open a passage to have a way to enter it.

After waving more than ten spear strikes in a row, until the golden ring of light in front of her was large enough, Huo Feng slowly put away the magic treasure in her hand and landed from the sky.

"The restriction still needs a little time to stabilize; you two watch this place."

Not knowing if it was because she had consumed too much magic power just now, after Huo Feng gave a word to Song Qingming and the other, she immediately sat cross-legged to the side, took out a precious top-grade spirit stone, and began to meditate to recover.

After a long time passed, seeing that the spiritual power of the restriction in the air had stabilized, Song Qingming hurriedly came over to notify Huo Feng, only to discover that the top-grade spirit stone in her hand had long since turned into a pile of powder.

Seeing such a precious spiritual object being used up by Huo Feng in an instant, Song Qingming was also slightly surprised in his heart. The consumption of spiritual objects by Nascent Soul cultivators was indeed something a Jin Dan cultivator with shallow experience like him found difficult to imagine.

Under Huo Feng's lead, the three soon passed through the spatial restriction passage one after another and arrived at the very mysterious ninth layer of the "Heaven-Reaching Tower."

Looking at the vast, empty, and white ninth layer in front of him, although he had already heard Long Feng mention some of the situation above, after seeing it with his own eyes, Song Qingming still revealed a look of surprise on his face.

"Your Highness! Where is this Heaven-Reaching Pavilion located, and which way should we walk next?"

"We have already arrived here; where else do you want to go!"

Huo Feng glanced at Song Qingming calmly, then did not pay any more attention to him. After casting a spell to release a concealment restriction on the spot, she closed her eyes and sat down.

After seeing Huo Feng's performance, Song Qingming revealed a few more looks of confusion on his face and turned his head to look at Long Feng at his side. Under his intentional guidance, Song Qingming looked up at the sky and only then discovered that in the white mist directly above their heads, a tall shadow was vaguely hidden.

Because white mist was floating everywhere in the ninth-layer space, the main body of this shadow in the sky had been completely shrouded, and only a rough appearance could be seen, which seemed to be a tall palace pavilion.

"Let's wait patiently here first. The opening of the Heaven-Reaching Pavilion probably won't be that fast; there are at least a few more days."

After Long Feng explained with a smile, he also followed by taking out a large flag to create a concealment restriction on the spot.

Seeing this, Song Qingming immediately followed Long Feng inside and said with some regret: "If I had known, we wouldn't have needed to come up so early. If we had wandered around the eighth layer, maybe we could have found a few more good things."

"Hmph! You're thinking too beautifully. Before we came up, those Nascent Soul old monsters had long since searched the eighth layer once over. Being able to let you find a few spiritual objects below is already because you, kid, have pretty good luck!"

"Hehe! How could I have such good luck? This wasn't me following you, Big Brother, and His Highness, so I was able to be allocated a few good things."

After the two chatted for a few sentences, Huo Feng at the side suddenly opened her eyes and looked into mid-air. Not far from where they were, a black shadow that looked like a crow flew past here rapidly.

After seeing the black shadow disappear, Huo Feng closed her eyes calmly again and did not pay any more attention to what had just happened.

After this black shadow flew past them, it landed on an empty space not far away and suddenly transformed into a thin young man clad in a blue robe.

After observing on the spot for a moment, the blue-robed youth then took out a black spiritual talisman from his body and cast a spell to control it to fly toward a place not far in front of him.

When the black spiritual talisman reached mid-air, it suddenly encountered a layer of obstruction and stopped. Not long after, a huge tent appeared out of thin air in front of him.

After seeing this scene, the blue-robed youth hurriedly put away the black spiritual talisman in mid-air and walked quickly into the tent in front of him.

In this not-very-conspicuous large tent, more than ten people who were meditating and resting had already gathered, all of whom were demonic cultivators notorious in the Floating Cloud Mountain Range.

Seeing the blue-robed youth walk in, a middle-aged man with a red face and long beard immediately took the initiative to walk up and asked: "Yucheng, how is the situation outside?"

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