NOVEL NEXT Chapter 318: Towers 1
"They agreed too easily." Xiao Weimin said as soon as Zhen Yuan and Shen Xu left.
"Mmh." Zhu Huang nodded with a thoughtful expression.
He and Xiao Weimin had dealt with Zhen Yuan and Shen Xu more than once.
In the academy assessment, Zhu Huang lost to Zhen Yuan.
After that, he and Xiao Weimin lost again in the struggle for red-veined loquats, but that was not the end.
Not only did they fall out in the fight for longevity fruits, but they had small frictions here and there since then.
Seeing how the two easily agreed to follow them to the Tianxuan continent, Zhu Huang and Xiao Weimin felt Zhen Yuan and Shen Xu were up to something.
"What's there to worry about? Tricks are nothing in the face of absolute strength." Bai Qing said in an unconcerned voice.
"Don't underestimate them." Xiao Weimin reminded with a solemn expression.
He still remembered how Zhen Yuan blocked three nascent soul realm attacks in the Demon Plants' Forest.
After that, he defeated Ancestor Xiao and reduced him to nothing.
These feats were nothing to spirit transformation realm and void refining realm cultivators.
However, Zhen Yuan was a golden core realm cultivator when he achieved them.
Although Xiao Weimin could also challenge above his level, he instinctively knew he couldn't achieve the same feats as Zhen Yuan.
'He is a monster.' He thought, and a trace of unwillingness flashed in his eyes.
After all, he was reborn and also a child of luck, but he couldn't seem to measure up to Zhen Yuan.
"You worry too much." Bai Qing said and quickly continued.
"There is an insurmountable gulf between the fusion realm and the Mahayana realm. Most importantly, I will regain my true cultivation after we reach the Tianxuan continent. Do you think they can still make waves after I regain my cultivation?" She sneered.
Hearing this, Xiao Weimin and Zhu Huang fell silent but kept the matter in their hearts.
At this moment, Zhu Huang suddenly remembered something and turned to Bai Qing.
"Senior Bai, do you know a tribulation transcending realm, female cultivator named Feng Xue?" He asked.
"Feng Xue…" Bai Qing muttered and soon nodded.
"I know one." She said and quickly continued.
"Ancestor Feng Xue is the former partner of Tianxuan sect's master."
"Former partner?" Zhu Huang asked, his eyebrow raised in question.
"Ancestor Feng Xue is the adopted daughter of Tianxuan sect's supreme elder Chen. She is the most beautiful and most talented female cultivator in the Tianxuan continent."
"She once had many suitors, but after marrying the sect master, no one dared to approach her. Later, she and the sect master had triplets, but their marriage didn't last."
"From what I heard, the two divorced, and the sect master remarried. As for Feng Xue, she went out to practice."
After saying that, Bai Qing looked at Zhu Huang with a curious expression.
"Why do you ask about ancestor Feng Xue?" She asked.
"I encountered her a while back." Zhu Huang said, but didn't reveal that Feng Xue was part of Zhen Yuan's group.
"In the Tianqi continent?" Bai Qing asked with a surprised expression.
After all, Ancestor Feng Xue was a tribulation-transcending realm cultivator.
Why would she come to the Tianqi continent instead of looking for opportunities in the Tianxuan continent?
Thinking of this, she turned to Zhu Huang.
"You didn't offend her, did you?" She asked with a worried expression and didn't feel at ease until she saw Zhu Huang shake his head.
"That's good."
Generally, Feng Xue was an ice beauty, but when angered, her ice turned into a fiery inferno.
Excluding loose immortals and a few tribulation-transcending realm ancestors, no one could handle her when she went on a rampage.
Because of this, no one dared to mess with her even after she divorced the sect master.
After that, the four left the inn and planned to reunite with the rest of their group.
…..
Three real days after arriving in Weapons Tower City, Shen Xu and Zhen Yuan exited the space.
"Ayuan, I will enter the Weapons Tower first." Shen Xu said, and Zhen Yuan nodded before speaking.
"I will go to the Talisman Tower while you are in the Weapons Tower." He said and quickly continued.
"Whoever exits the tower first can leave a message for the other in the space."
"Alright." Shen Xu agreed.
This time, the two didn't plan to act together.
After all, Shen Xu needed to conquer the weapons, food, and alchemy towers while Zhen Yuan needed to conquer the formations, talismans and inscription towers.
Only after they conquered three towers each would they meet up to enter the martial and sword towers.
Soon after, Zhen Yuan escorted Shen Xu to the weapons tower and watched him enter before leaving the city.
After arriving in the Talisman Tower City, Zhen Yuan didn't walk around and instead went straight to the tower.
"First or subsequent time?" The guard asked when it was Zhen Yuan's turn to enter the tower.
"First time." Zhen Yuan answered, and the guard nodded.
"The entrance fee is ten thousand spirit stones."
Zhen Yuan nodded when he heard this and immediately paid the entrance fee.
Soon after, he received a jade square with a number on the front and nothing on the back.
"This is?" He asked.
"Your talisman tower identity. The jade square will record your progress and will also serve as an entry token if you need to re-enter the tower in the future."
"Thank you for telling me." Zhen Yuan said and tipped a spirit stone before entering the tower.
The first floor was about ten thousand square metres.
It had murals on the East and West walls, while a long table was placed against the South and North walls.
On each table were thousands of wooden boards.
At a glance, the wooden boards were empty, but Zhen Yuan saw several cultivators place their identity jade squares on the wooden boards before they began drawing.
'So that's how it is.' He thought.
From what he understood, the murals on the East and West walls contained the talisman inheritance.
After studying the inheritance, the masters had to take an assessment before going to the next floor.
This assessment involved drawing the required talismans on the wooden boards.
However, the boards were not ordinary planks but weapons refined for assessment purposes. After the examination, the boards would check and score the talismans before recording the results in the jade square.
After figuring it out, Zhen Yuan walked to the East wall and began studying the inheritance.