216: Tower of Heaven

Through their conversation, the three gained a lot of useful information.

Liu Mo was very happy because of the newcomers and spoke quite a bit; having to face Fan Bai every day, God knows how he survived this past year.

As for Fan Bai, having successfully achieved Second Awakening, he felt a weight off his shoulders, and since he was about to leave, he felt a bit reluctant, making him even more talkative.

The group chatted until late.

After a hotpot meal.

Fan Bai and Liu Mo departed.

Xiao Weiqing and the other two returned to the Attic.

Although it was one building, the Attic was very large, and the three of them had independent spaces.

Back in his room, Xiao Weiqing opened his Wristband; the interface of the one used in the Training Camp was very simple with little content, everything related to Cultivation, with no entertainment sections.

He carefully read the information on it, as well as the Trainee instructions.

"Heaven-Reaching Pillar, Bright Moon Pool, Quicksand Myriad Worlds Pagoda?"

"Shenxiang Mountain, Spiritual Energy Cave."

"This is an alternative version of the Ladder, but the competition is much more brutal than the Ladder."

Because this actually gives divine charm substance, as long as your Combat Power is high enough.

"Hmm?"

Xiao Weiqing's eyes suddenly lit up, "Recording at the Myriad Worlds Pagoda rewards Innate Skills."

"A recording on the 6th floor rewards a Level 5 Talent Skill, and a recording on the 12th floor rewards a Level 6 True Art?"

Continuing to browse the Wristband data, those divine charm treasures, Cultivation methods to increase strength, and powerful Innate Skills made Xiao Weiqing's mouth water; he suddenly felt that his Blazing Sun Body Tempering Method needed to be replaced.

Half an hour later, he closed the Wristband.

Xiao Weiqing withdrew his thoughts and began to Cultivate; no matter how good the things were, one needed strength to compete for them; the people here were not pushovers, they were Geniuses among Geniuses.

According to Fan Bai, those who possessed True Arts and companion weapons were not few.

Of course.

Level 6 True Arts were still few and far between.

Nothing more was said that night... the next day.

After the three finished breakfast, they discussed in the courtyard.

"Where are we going first?" Su Yunfei asked.

"According to Fan Bai, we should visit the Heaven-Reaching Pillar, Shenxiang Mountain, and Lingshen Peak at least once. Xiao Weiqing, what's your opinion?"

"The Heaven-Reaching Pillar."

Su Yunfei said, "I'm fine with anything, it doesn't matter."

Dongfang Xuan nodded, "Sure, is there a reason?"

"Does there need to be a reason?"

"Doesn't there?"

Xiao Weiqing thought for a moment, "Does being close count?"

"..."

As the three walked out, they ran into Liu Mo just outside the door.

"Let's go together."

"Brother Mo is also going to the Heaven-Reaching Pillar?"

"No matter where you're going, let's go together, hurry up." Liu Mo seemed a bit anxious.

"Heizi, where are you? Aren't you going to drop by Wuyan Mansion with me?"

Liu Mo shouted back, "Xiao Weiqing and the others want me to take them to the Heaven-Reaching Pillar. It's their first time here, so I'll accompany them."

"Go, go, go... let's go quickly."

Liu Mo quickened his pace, for fear that Fan Bai would catch up.

"Brother Mo, are you really not going to drop by with Brother Bai?" Su Yunfei laughed.

"Go for what? He goes there to show off every day; I can already recite those lines of his from memory."

Dongfang Xuan said, "Brother Bai probably wants to introduce you to more people."

Liu Mo was silent for a few seconds before saying, "Yeah, the Training Camp isn't peaceful right now. There are more and more foreign Geniuses, and conflicts often occur. However, he's going to leave eventually, so I still have to rely on myself here."

After walking for less than ten minutes, they arrived at a wide grassland.

A stone pillar with a diameter of over a hundred meters came into view, its top hidden in the clouds.

The stone pillar was pitch black, and starting from the very bottom, there was a spiral walkway rising around it, with a total of 50 levels; each step of the walkway was very large, about ten square meters.

Starting from one-third of the height, an Azure Dragon was carved above, lifelike, as if it could come to life at any moment.

Strangely, the grassland around the stone pillar was full of pits and hollows.

It was just after dawn, and people were already up there.

"Eh?"

"What is that person doing?" Su Yunfei exclaimed.

"He jumped, but didn't make it. Holy crap! He fell down."

"Swoosh—Boom!"

A figure fell from a height of thirty meters, smashing a human-shaped pit into the grassland.

A few seconds later.

A young man suddenly jumped out.

"Pah! Pah! Pah!"

The young man didn't mind, turning around and running back to the base of the Heaven-Reaching Pillar to start climbing again.

"Let's go, we'll go too."

The four arrived at the base of the stone pillar.

Just by getting close, Xiao Weiqing felt a hint of something unusual.

"This..."

It shouldn't be an illusion; his body had become heavier.

Liu Mo watched as Xiao Weiqing and the other two kept lifting their arms and legs, and smiled, "It's gravity!"

"The Heaven-Reaching Pillar has a total of 50 levels of walkways."

"After reaching the top, your Combat Power increases by 500, representing that your Physical Body has reached the requirements for Second Awakening."

Just then.

"Swoosh—Boom!"

Someone else fell down.

The dull thud made the group frown.

"Brother Mo, do people fall often?"

Liu Mo laughed loudly, "Often. Everyone has to go through it. Cultivation requires moving forward without hesitation. If you go back the way you came and walk down, you'll be mocked."

"You'll get used to it after falling a lot."

"I'm going up first. It's your first time, so take it slow."

Liu Mo strode onto the walkway, covering several meters in one step, and disappeared after a few leaps.

"Let's go, let's try it."

Xiao Weiqing stepped onto the walkway, and the Spiritual Qi in his body felt like it had fallen into a quagmire, suppressed within his acupoints.

Every part of his body felt like it was carrying weights; an invisible force enveloped his entire body, and every cell was being squeezed.

However, this was only the first level, and he soon adapted.

Ahead.

Dongfang Xuan kept leaping, reaching the tenth level of the walkway.

Xiao Weiqing warmed up a bit and also began to move forward.

The higher he went.

The more obvious the feeling of his body being squeezed became.

Gradually.

Dongfang Xuan had already disappeared from view, and behind him, Su Yunfei's speed was getting slower and slower.

Xiao Weiqing carefully felt this pressure, climbing level by level.

As the height increased, the distance and height of the next level of the walkway would also increase.

"Phew—"

Xiao Weiqing stood on the 27th level and exhaled a breath of hot air.

He could now clearly feel his heartbeat like a beating drum, and the sound of blood flowing was right in his ears.

"Dongfang Xuan, how is it?"

Dongfang Xuan, standing on the 30th level, did not look back, only saying, "My body is very heavy, I can't move my legs."

Just then.

A burly man quickly leaped up from behind Xiao Weiqing.

"You look very unfamiliar, are you a newcomer?"

Xiao Weiqing nodded.

"First time, right? You'll get used to it. Every ten levels correspond to a Realm of Body Tempering, but it's different from Body Tempering."

"It's hard for our Body Tempering to train down to the cellular level, but gravity is different; it constantly compresses and tempers every cell in the body, making our bodies stronger."

"Thank you for the advice."

"Keep it up. To be able to reach the 30th level on your first visit, you must not be ordinary people."

After the burly man finished speaking, he strode forward and soon passed the 35th level.

"Dongfang Xuan, can you do it? I'm about to catch up."

"Xiao Weiqing, you're playing psychological warfare with me," Dongfang Xuan said playfully.

"Talk to me after you catch up."