NOVEL NEXT Chapter 35: Let's go and pay our respects.
Above Xing Zhi's head, the flame flowers were as bright as rosy clouds under the sunlight. At his feet, the corner of the wall, which was out of the reach of the sunlight, was gloomy and peeling. Standing between light and shadow, he made this somewhat fragmented picture look surprisingly harmonious. Lan Zhi looked at him from a distance. She always felt that there was an inexplicable attraction about him. No matter what environment he was in, he could turn it into an unforgettable beautiful scene. Truly adding luster to the place. It was Xing Zhi who turned his head first and asked her, "What's the matter?" Lan Zhi came to her senses, her face a bit flushed, and said, "Nothing much. I just came to ask you if you want to make some money?" A moment later, Lan Zhi led Xing Zhi into the alley. Jin Yuman looked up when she heard the sound. The moment she saw Xing Zhi, her face turned red. She quickly turned around, wiped her face again and again, tidied her clothes and hair, and then gracefully got up with the reserved demeanor of a young girl to greet the two of them. Lan Zhi was just about to make an introduction when Jin Yuman took the initiative to speak, "Hello, I'm Jin Yuman. I'd like to ask you and Lan Zhi to help me with the filth-removing task. Is that okay?" Xing Zhi had an indifferent expression and said, "Sorry." Jin Yuman's expectant girlish heart was instantly shattered into pieces. She thought that Lan Zhi had already talked to him and that he had agreed, which was why they came together. She was completely unprepared for being rejected. Caught off guard by the refusal, she felt both embarrassed and humiliated. The shadows of being rejected every time when she asked to form a team in the past came flooding back, almost suffocating her. Seeing that her expression was wrong, Lan Zhi quickly explained, "He's injured, so it's inconvenient for him to take the job. But he wants to go to the Filth Abyss to have a look, so he'll go there with us. Is that okay?" Jin Yuman came to her senses and found that when Xing Zhi looked at her, there was no air of superiority, no ridicule or contempt, and not even the disgust as if seeing something dirty. He wasn't like the people from the Fengtian Star Academy who deliberately humiliated her. He just couldn't take the job because of his injury. Jin Yuman breathed a sigh of relief and once again pulled herself together, "It doesn't matter. I'm already very happy that Lan Zhi is willing to help me." The three of them set off for the Sentiment Tower. The Sentiment Tower was a tower and also a landmark of the Filth Abyss in Pingzhou. Crossing the Sentiment Tower meant entering the territory of the Filth Abyss. Therefore, cultivators usually went to the Sentiment Tower to get information before doing the filth-removing task. There was a teleportation array in Pinglan City that led directly to the Sentiment Tower, and it was extremely fast. In less than half an hour, the three of them were already at the foot of the Sentiment Tower, and they could see the ancient tower that towered into the sky just by looking up. Near the Sentiment Tower, a small market had formed with the tower as the center. There were people coming and going in the market. Some were gathering teams to prepare for the task, some had just returned from the task covered in blood, and others were setting up stalls to do business nearby. When they saw the three of them coming out of the teleportation array, they all started shouting at the top of their voices, making it especially noisy for a while. Lan Zhi unconsciously cast her eyes on the vendors, wondering if setting up a stall under the Sentiment Tower could make money. However, Jin Yuman couldn't wait to pull her and run towards the Sentiment Tower, "Come on, let's go and pay our respects." Lan Zhi was a bit confused for a moment and asked, "Pay respects to what?" Jin Yuman took it for granted and said, "Of course, to the Lord of the Xingling." Lan Zhi was a bit surprised and said, "Do you usually have the habit of paying respects to the Lord of the Xingling?" Jin Yuman laughed when she heard this and said, "Don't you two know the legend of the Sentiment Tower? Do you know that the Filth Abyss was formed by a meteorite sword falling from the sky?" Lan Zhi was astonished and said, "Is that true?" Jin Yuman mistook her astonishment for confusion, so she explained to her, "When the meteorite sword fell from the sky, it was said that its power was enough to split our continent in two. It was the Lord of the Xingling who dropped a nail from the sky and nailed it to the earth's surface, which prevented the meteorite sword from succeeding. This nail fell to the ground and became a tower, which is the one we're seeing now."