"Eight thousand nine hundred and ninety-seven, eight thousand nine hundred and ninety-eight, eight thousand ......" Zhang Yunfan counted every time he went up a step up, at this moment he had already traveled more than eight thousand steps, and the time it took was not long, nor was it short, but the astonishing consumption was all real.

Now he has begun to use the aura in his body to assist, fortunately, the prohibition on the climbing steps does not restrict the use of aura, otherwise Zhang Yunfan can only use it to climb now.

But even so, Zhang Yunfan's feeling was still not easy, at this moment, his whole body was already wet with sweat, every time he went up to the next level, every time he vibrate, the sweat on his forehead would drip down his cheeks and fall on the stone steps under his feet.

Now, in order to maintain his progress and not fall, Zhang Yunfan has even begun to use the spiritual power he used to awaken his soul and stay behind, and at the same time, Zhang Yunfan's effect of absorbing spiritual energy is also going on simultaneously, and the spiritual energy in the entire area is like him surging, slowly attaching to his body, and then being absorbed into his body.

But this is just a drop in the bucket, and it can't match the huge amount consumed by Zhang Yunfan.

Slowly, Zhang Yunfan stepped forward a lot and stepped on the nine-thousand-step stone steps. And at this moment, Zhang Yunfan heard the bell ring above, and Zhang Yunfan heard it clearly, this should be the sound of the morning and evening bells, and it was the signal for all the people of Tianyu Palace to gather.

"Is something happening to Tianyu Palace?" After Zhang Yunfan heard the bell, he was immediately a little nervous, his heart was relieved, and he suddenly became a little unstable under his feet. He squatted down in a hurry and sat down on the stone steps and began to readjust his breathing.

This kind of action was carried out more than a dozen times in the whole process of ascending the stairs, and every time Zhang Yunfan was unable to step forward, he would sit down and adjust his breath before continuing to move forward.

However, he was not in the mood to reserve any rest time now, and the morning and twilight bells above reminded him that something must have happened to the Tianyu Palace, and he must climb it as fast as possible.

Although, Zhang Yunfan also wanted to summon the spirit armor directly and fly up directly from here. However, it is a pity that the spiritual power consumed by the spirit armor is no longer enough for Zhang Yunfan, and now he can't summon a whole set of spirit armor, even if he summons a simple feather blade.

But even so, Zhang Yunfan still did not have any idea of wavering or relying on external forces, and with a little calm, Zhang Yunfan got up again and set sail again.

And at this time, in the main hall of the Fengyu Palace, not only the palace master of the Tianyu Palace, Qingyun, but also the elders of a sect, and even the elders of the Taishang who had been living in seclusion also came a lot.

Above the main hall, Qingyun was obviously a little absent-minded, of course, because her precious son was about to arrive in the near future, and she was already a little anxious to wait, and she was naturally a little perfunctory about the complicated sect affairs.

But with such a formal note, it was impossible for Qingyun to be perfunctory even if he wanted to, so he coughed lightly and said, "Elder Drum, why are you striking the morning and dusk bells?" ”

"Someone is climbing the stairs!" Elder Sigu said these words lightly, but this did not surprise everyone, but his face was unusual!

The ladder is the only way for outsiders to enter, and it is not a forbidden place, and it is nothing new for someone to climb it.

Immediately, a rebuttal was raised. "What's all the fuss about! Isn't that a regular occurrence? ”

As soon as the words fell, someone immediately echoed jokingly: "Yes, Elder Drummer, you can't do this, do you want me to tell you a story about the wolf?" ”

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One after another, the elders or officials of the same rank as the elders began to sarcastically face each other, and this Drum Elder suddenly reached the limit, he stood up abruptly, and said loudly: "This person has reached the nine thousand level, isn't it still worthy of our attention!" ”

As soon as this remark came out, everyone was shocked. What is the concept of nine thousand level?

According to legend, there are 9,999 levels of this ascension step, but no one has confirmed it, because no one can go all the way from the beginning to the end, and there are only a few people who even cross the 8,000 mark, let alone the terrifying number of 9,000.

Actually, there is an end to this staircase, but that doesn't mean you have to go through it all. The essence of the ladder is to squeeze people's limits, so you only need to do your best, and when you are unconscious, you will be sent to the recuperation room above for treatment.

And at this moment, Qingyun, who was still a little absent-minded, now began to concentrate and said slowly: "Release the picture!" ”

"Yes!" Elder Drum immediately answered. Then, with a wave of his hand, an image of the incomparably breathing ascending stairs appeared in front of the individual.

Zhang Yunfan is a very dazzling existence in Tianyu Palace, except for some elders who don't care about the world, most of them still know him. But unfortunately, this drum elder happened not to fall into this category, and obviously, he didn't know Zhang Yunfan.

And when the picture of Zhang Yunfan climbing the 9,000-step ladder appeared in front of everyone, everyone's first reaction was to Xiang Qingyun, who was sitting in the position of the palace master. And Qingyun was looking back at everyone with a proud face at the moment, and this naked "showing off" behavior made everyone look away immediately.

Then, the hall returned to calm again, and the drum elder saw this scene, and immediately felt very strange, and was about to speak, but the colleague next to him stopped him, and fell in his ear, and introduced Zhang Yunfan's true identity and ability one by one, which made the elder shocked for a while.

(Modified later)

Regardless of the ability of the person in front of him, just looking at the fact that he can still stand there without changing his face in the midst of so many gun-wielding enemies, it shows that this person's psychological quality is extremely good, and he must rely on it.

"You are the supreme commander of this fleet?" Zhang Yunfan tilted his head, looked Xiao Yuyuan up and down, and asked lightly.

"That's right! Now I'm in charge of this fleet! ”

"Below is Zhang Yunfan, a lieutenant colonel officer of the Alliance's Third Fleet, salute Your Excellency!" As he spoke, Zhang Yunfan made a standard aristocratic salute to Xiao Yuyuan, who was directly opposite.

Originally, no matter what his identity was, he didn't have to take the initiative to salute the prince of a small country like Xiao Yuyuan, but thinking of the treatment that this noble prince would suffer in the future, Zhang Yunfan could be regarded as making a compensatory in advance.

"Down there are the Seven Princes of the Kayun Empire." As he spoke, Xiao Yuyuan pointed to the girl beside him again, "This is my sister, the thirteenth princess of the empire, Xiao Zhirou." ”

"I've seen the Thirteenth Princess." Zhang Yunfan saluted to the side again.

"You're welcome!" Xiao Zhirou hurriedly waved her hand. "It stands to reason that you don't have to salute us."

Of course Zhang Yunfan knew about this kind of thing, but he didn't care at all, and he was still a little happy in his heart. Just now, the goal of his actions has changed. Fools can see that compared with the sturdy Xiao Yuyuan, the delicate and frail eldest lady in front of him is more suitable for the current Zhang Yunfan and the two.