Chapter 591: Tower of Trials
"Oh, you have a way?"
Leng Qi stood still and glanced at Su Yanmo suspiciously. Since he heard everything, he didn't have to make many detours.
Su Yanmo smiled skillfully. After listening to the conversation just now, he remembered that Leng Qi used to be a homeless child, and even food and clothing were a problem every day, and it was the master who adopted him. Although his life was still hard, he was extremely diligent and self-motivated, which was also used by the Master as an inspirational model and repeatedly preached to his disciples.
But Su Yanmo could see that for these poor and scared people, no cultivation path was as important as getting them out of poverty as soon as possible. Leng Qi wanted to enter the Tiangong Gate, but he just hoped to live a life of "human beings". In order to get this opportunity to ascend to the sky, he is willing to pay any price......
Thinking of this, Su Yanmo raised a bright smile at him: "As long as there is money in this world, there is nothing that cannot be solved." I can try to dredge it, and I will definitely help you get the best referral position!"
Leng Qi's eyes rolled, but he didn't show too enthusiasm: "No merit, what do you want me to do?"
Su Yanmo smiled indifferently: "As a junior brother, do a little care for your senior brother, what do you want in return?" The words changed smoothly, "But speaking of which, I do have a small matter, and I want to ask my senior brother for helpββ"
"I want to kill someone. β
This sentence was said lightly, and when he heard it in Leng Qi's ears, it made his eyes widen instantly, and he shook his head and refused without thinking about it: "No! I must not do anything that violates the law!"
Su Yanmo secretly scolded Leng Qi's dead brain in his heart, but on his face, he deliberately sighed and poked his fingertips twice in his chest: "But if you don't kill him, he will kill me." If Senior Brother thinks that my current life is worthless, you can not meddle in this idle matter. β
When Leng Qi heard this, he really hesitated, Su Yanmo struck while the iron was hot, stepped forward and said, "I've thought about it, and I won't embarrass Senior Brother." One more month will be the day when all the disciples will enter the Tower of Trials, where you, Senior Brother, have always been in charge. As long as the room of the rookie disciple Ye Shuo is increased, the impact of the spiritual power inside will be increased several times...... That's it. Once the mental center is irreparably damaged, he will be stupid at least and die at worst, and it will only be an accident when investigated......"
"Ye Shuo?", the name that has been in the limelight in the division recently, Leng Qi is no stranger. He didn't intend to ask more about the grievances between Su Yanmo and Ye Shuo, but the possible consequences were something he had to consider.
"But he has been the focal point of the sect lately, and with his potential, both the master and the master are very important. If they really abolish him in the Tower of Trials, they will definitely investigate it thoroughly in their rage......!
Su Yan waved his hand disdainfully: "Don't worry, a living genius is a genius." As for the dead one, it was nothing more than a dead dog. β
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A month has passed, and the day of the opening of the Tower of Trials has finally arrived.
According to the rules of the sect, the tower can only be opened once a year, and the time limit is only six hours. But this short period of less than one day is what all disciples are looking forward to the most in a year. Because cultivating in the tower, while resisting the spiritual shock wave, it will also be a good sharpening of their spiritual power, and the cultivation effect can be called twice the result with half the effort.
It's just that everything is too much, and the spiritual shock wave is always harmful to the human body, and the appropriate amount of use may improve cultivation, but if it is taken too much, it will inevitably cause mental damage. Because of this, the Fu Shimen set up this rule of "you can only enter the tower once a year".
Early in the morning, the bottom of the tower was already crowded, and a large number of disciples were talking excitedly. Looking at the towering tower, even though it was not the first time they had entered the Tower of Trials, their anticipation every year had not diminished in the slightest.
"Senior Brother Ye, this tower has eleven floors, and they roughly correspond to each other according to the level of the talisman. In the crowded crowd, a disciple was explaining to Ye Shuo beside him.
"The first layer to the seventh layer is the usual activity area of our disciples, that is, from the junior talisman master all the way to the seventh seal, and the eighth layer can only be reached by the senior brother alone. As for the ninth layer, no one on our side can enter, but Ming Jitong, who competed with you that day, was at this level. Then the tenth and eleventh layers at the top correspond to the spirit rune master and the heavenly rune master, I heard that the master and the master teach them, and they will cultivate in it at this time of year. β
Ye Shuo nodded with a deep groan. During this period of time, he also had a preliminary understanding of the entire rune master system, and knew that it was divided into three stages, the rune master, the spirit rune master, and the heavenly rune master, which were divided by seal levels, and each stage had a total of nine seals.
Nowadays, the strength of the disciples in the sect is mostly mixed between the six-seal rune master and the seven-seal rune master, ranging from high to low. Then there are the Five Seal Talisman Masters, who also barely occupy a small group. And the Eight Seal Talisman Masters, and junior Talismans like himself, can be said to be only a handful.
"I'm now a six-seal talisman master, I'll enter the sixth layer later, Senior Brother Ye, you're a newcomer, let's start with the first layer first. At the end, the disciple gave another serious admonition.
"Although we all know that your strength is much more than that, after all, this is your first time entering the Tower of Trials, so it's always right to be cautious. Hey, cultivation is all about graduality!"
Ye Shuo's brows furrowed deeply. He knew that his start was too far behind others, and he originally wanted to take this opportunity to give himself a dose of fierce medicine and improve his mental power as soon as possible. If it was really as the disciple said, simmering slowly on the first floor, it would be safe, but how effective would it be? Besides, the opportunity for this trial was only once a year, so how could he have time to spend it here year after year?
"I want to go to the ninth floor. After thinking about it for a while, Ye Shuo spit out this sentence.
The disciple thought that he had misheard, and just wanted to confirm again, but Ye Shuo had already walked directly to Leng Qi, who was the person in charge, and reiterated his request again: "I want to enter the ninth layer." β
The uproar among the disciples stopped abruptly at this moment.
Although they also knew that this junior disciple had always "taken an unusual path", wouldn't it be too self-conscious to say that he wanted to enter the ninth floor when he entered the tower for the first time? Besides, the ninth floor couldn't even go up to Leng Qi, wouldn't it be a shame to openly make such a request?
On the other side, Su Yanmo was overjoyed. In his opinion, Ye Shuo was really carried away, as long as he entered the ninth layer, he didn't even need them to do anything else, his spirit would be directly crushed by that powerful shock wave! And now that there are so many disciples watching, when the master really investigates it, it is enough to prove that Ye Shuo was killed by his own arrogance...... At this time, he was constantly glaring at Leng Qi, signaling him to agree as soon as possible.
Leng Qi turned a blind eye to Su Yanmo's anxiety, his eyes flickered slightly, and he asked officially: "Bear the consequences?"
Ye Shuo nodded firmly: "Bear the consequences!"
Leng Qi bowed, but before he could make his decision, an angry voice sounded on the side.
"Wait!"
The one who strode out of the crowd was the real person in charge of the Fu Master Sect. It's just that this old Taoist who has always been immortal and bone-lining, his face is cloudy at this time.
"Leng Qi, how did you become a senior brother? Your junior brother is a newcomer and is not sensible, and you are not sensible? On the ninth floor of the Tower of Trials, is it a disciple of his who has just started to enter as soon as he says? Do you know that once there is an accident, it is likely that he will become a paralyzed person and a fool from now on!"
Leng Qi was just about to plead, but Ye Shuo interjected first: "Teach you, I have my own ...... of proportion"
The head of the Fu Master Sect was also completely angry in the face of him: "What measure do you have! I have heard Mi Shen say about your affairs before, and you are the one who can produce the most moths during this time! Not to mention that as the head of the sect, I have to be responsible for the entire sect, so naturally I can't just watch it, and one of the most potential disciples is lost like this." After that, he glared at Leng Qi again: "I'll leave it to you here, keep an eye on your junior brother a little more, don't let him mess around!"
This master was really in a hurry, and after a few words, he quickly turned around and left.
Why is the group of disciples of the Fu Master Sect peaceful, but the tempers of these Dao Masters are so hot? Ye Shuo sighed and asked Cang Tian speechlessly.
After this little commotion stopped, the Tower of Trials was finally officially opened. Ye Shuo followed the group of disciples into the ground floor, and the instant change of light and darkness made him squint slightly.
It was a narrow corridor with numerous small rooms, and each disciple was free to choose their cultivation room. On the same floor, the intensity of the psychic shock wave is the same, so for the room, it is actually the same for whichever room you choose.
Ye Shuo had already seen the stairs leading to the upper floor, and a group of disciples laughed and rushed upstairs, but the world above had nothing to do with him...... Sighing again, Ye Shuo could only put away his extra thoughts and look for a room in the corridor.
In the end, he chose a room in the deepest part of the first floor.
He has always been a person who likes to be quiet, even to the point of being a little withdrawn, and it is even more slow to make friends. So much so that he is almost twenty years old now, and the only people who can really entrust his heart are the advisors and the small group of Sugaki Gara. Therefore, knowing that he was the only one left on the first floor, he still subconsciously chose the one furthest away from the crowd.
Unscrewing the doorknob, Ye Shuo stepped into the door and looked around. It's not so much a room as a clean-cleaned cavern, with empty walls and no furnishings, but the walls seem to be made of special materials, and the soundproofing is good. I think it is to prevent some disciples from making abnormal noises because they can't withstand the shock wave when they are cultivating, which will disturb the disciples next door.
After sitting down cross-legged, Ye Shuo closed his eyes quietly, and sure enough, he could feel a faint spiritual impact coming into his mind. But this also made him complain in his heart, this level can also be called a shock wave?!
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In the control room outside, Leng Qi sat on a leather chair and looked at the huge screen in front of him.
The screen was dotted with dynamic thumbnails of all the rooms, and at this time, almost all the disciples had entered each room. At the bottom of the screen, there is an equally wide console, dotted with a large number of buttons, through which the window of any room can be called up and the disciples in it can be observed in detail.
Leng Qi looked at the screen and exhaled deeply, the speed of his heart beating was always high. Lifting his finger, he first pressed a large red button in the center, which was the main switch representing the shockwave. As soon as the button was pressed, all the room windows on the screen rippled and quickly returned to normal. However, in the Tower of Trials, the waves of materialization have begun to wash away the spiritual consciousness of all the disciples......
Frowning and silent for a long time, Leng Qi's sleeves shook, took out a piece of sound transmission jade from his arms, and with a few clicks between his fingers, a message jumped out: "Senior brother, it's all up to you!"
It was a message from Su Yanmo in the Tower of Trials. Leng Qi was even more irritable when he saw it, and almost deleted the text message in a hurry. That short sentence seemed to be evidence of his guilt, reminding him that he was about to do something wrong......
Since childhood, although he often complains about the injustice of fate, Leng Qi has never hurt others. Part of it was because of the law, and part of it was something he didn't want to recognize...... That is, with his position, even if he harms others, it is impossible to win much benefit for himself.
But this time it is different, as long as Ye Shuo is abolished, he will have the opportunity to enter the Tiangong Gate, and the trajectory of his life can be changed from now on. In front of the huge temptation, he almost chose to deal with Ye Shuo without hesitation, to deal with this person who had no grievances with him. As for the law...... He didn't kill anyone, it was just an accident, was it?
However, through this incident, Leng Qi inevitably saw the dark side of his heart. It turns out that he is not as noble as he imagined, and the difference is only whether the benefit obtained by harming others is not big enough......
The process of examining oneself is never easy. This realization made Leng Qi feel deeply sad, and perhaps this is also the sadness of many little people. And what is even more sad is that even though he has realized the distortion of his soul, he still has no hesitation to continue on this path-
There is a control lever on the countertop, which is the gate that manages the intensity of the shock wave on each layer. Generally speaking, the current impact frequency is the most suitable for the disciples of the corresponding stage after repeated trials and trials, and it has been stable for decades. And even if it were to be changed, it would usually work on an entire layer at the same time.
However, Leng Qi has been in charge of the control room for many years, and he is already quite proficient in the operation of Yiying. He knew that by toggling it at the touch of a button, he could lock the change to a specific room......
It's just that Ye Shuo made such a fuss just now, which caused the head of the sect to go out in person, and in case there was any further change, most of them would still be watching for a while. In other words, you can't do it right away...... Leng Qi lit the dry tobacco pipe, took a deep puff, and tried to calm his mood.
By the time this tube of cigarettes is finished, his fate, the fate of that rookie disciple, will change at the same time!
(End of chapter)