After reading the letter, the letter in my hand slowly turned into a pair of black powder, I reached out and waved, and the powder disappeared after falling to the ground.

Next to the table, there is a staircase leading upstairs.

I walked to the stairs and looked back at the table, behind the desk, Xuanwu appeared there again, he was nodding at me slightly, he opened his mouth and said, "There will be a date later." ”

I nodded and said thank you, then turned my head and waited until I reached the fifth floor.

There was nothing here on the fifth floor, only five empty futons, the kind that made people kowtow in the temple.

As soon as I took my first step, the staircase disappeared and was replaced by the light of one of the futons, which was lit up with a raging fire.

The flames are purple-red, I can't feel the slightest temperature of this fire, but it gives me a feeling of extreme danger, this thing is probably going to test the soul, right?

At this time, a familiar voice appeared: "Qiu Yan, we meet again." ”

Xuanwu suddenly appeared next to me at this time, his eyes narrowed into a slit with a smile, this sudden appearance did not startle me, because I knew that there must be a caretaker on this fifth layer, but I didn't expect it to be him.

He said, "I said we'd have a date later, didn't I?" ”

"You're you again?"

"That's right, it's me again." After he walked up to me, he said: "The Tower of Babel has nine floors, divided into three stages, the first, second and third floors have small capillaries, the fourth, fifth and sixth floors are under my jurisdiction, and I am the guide, as for the seventh, eighth, and ninth floors, ......."

"Who's on the seventh, eighth, and ninth floors?"

"Hey, don't say it, don't say it." He looked at me with a smile and said, "That's where the immortals live, I'm just a spirit beast primordial god, how can He De reach that level?" ”

"Cut, don't say it if you don't want to say it." I gave him a blank look, and then said, "Xuanwu senior, what is the test of this level?" ”

"Ten thousand arrows of gold pierce the heart, wood pierces the heart, water that seduces the soul, fire that burns the soul, and earth that buries the flesh." Xuanwu touched his chin and said.

I shook my head and said, "I don't understand." ”

"To put it simply, these five futons each represent the five elements of gold, wood, water, fire and earth, and also represent the five tests, representing the golden futon after you sit on it, you will experience thousands of knives, ten thousand swords through the heart, this is the first level, the piercing wood is theoretically the most uncomfortable, because you have endured ten thousand arrows through the heart and a thousand knives after the cut, as long as you are still in this layer, your wounds will not heal, but you still have to let those thorny poison ivy through your wounds into my body, into your internal organs, Drilling back and forth between your bones and flesh and skin, and after making you suffer so much, there is a layer on top of this pain; Of course, if you can't resist it, just admit defeat in your heart. ”

"What about the rest? What is the difference between the water that seduces the soul, the fire that burns the soul, and the soil that buries the body? I looked at Xuanwu curiously.

Xuanwu said: "This soul-grabbing water is a woman, it is said that women are like water, so there is no pain in this third level, and there is a tender woman like water next to you biting your ear, hook. Lead you, the people who have been able to pass this level throughout the ages can be counted in a slap, but I have faith in you, and I don't know where this blind faith comes from, as for this soul-burning fire, if you can pass the soul-seizing water, then it represents your desire. Hope has been abandoned by you, and then the fire will scorch the rest of your soul, your desires. The heavier the look, the heavier the pain the fire will bring you, on the contrary, if you desire. The less you see, the smaller the fire, but there will still be pain, as for the soil where the body is buried, you have died at this level, and your body will be thrown down from here, and there is a mass grave under this ethereal peak, and the dead will be in that place, so it is called the soil where the body is buried. ”

"That's what it means." I said, "Can you choose the way of the five elements?" ”

"Of course, which one do you want to pass first?"

"A fire that burns the soul." I looked at Xuanwu and said, "I'm powerful now, and I have two women who love me, so I feel my desire. I can almost say no, so I wanted to try this first. ”

"Okay." Xuanwu snapped his fingers, and rows of white candles appeared around the fiery futon, and my eyelids jumped a little when I saw it.

He said, "Go in, the fire that burns your soul, and if you can't stand it anymore, just stop it." ”

"Thank you, senior." I finished speaking, tapped under my feet, and then farted. The strand sat on top of the futon.

The futon is like a sauna, and it feels like a fart when you sit on it. It's too hot.

Xuanwu shouted at this time; "Close your eyes and be tested."

I obediently closed my eyes, and at this time, countless flames rushed towards me without warning, and I instantly fell into the sea of fire, these flames were just as Xuanwu said, and I could feel that my soul was being tortured inhumanly, which was incomparable to all the pain in my body.

Now I have only one thought, and that is that I would rather pass through the gold of ten thousand arrows piercing my heart twice than the fire that burns my soul again.

After shouting, Xuanwu waved his hand, and my whole person flew to his side uncontrollably.

I was sweating profusely, and even my clothes were wet with my sweat.

I lay on the floor and looked at Xuanwu and said, "It's so uncomfortable, I obviously don't want to. Hope. ”

"You're wrong, you don't have desire. The one who hopes has already become the positive result, what is the positive result? It's the seventh level of heaven, and now you have just passed through the fourth layer, and you say that you have no desires. Hope? If you want to pass this fifth level of testing, this is desire. Hope, do you understand? ”

"Got it." I nodded feebly.

Xuanwu said: "The qi of the five elements is in your body, you should study it well after you go back, you can't eat everything and become a fat man, right?" ”

"Thank you seniors for their teachings, I don't know if my seniors can tolerate me for a moment, I don't have any strength now."

"That's okay, I'll send you down." Then he waved his big hand and I just felt the body. The next day, and then my whole body was falling rapidly.

Then he slammed into the floor of the first floor, and the cold floor was different from the previous floors.

At this time, Yin Xiujuan and Mao Feiyu were both guarding the staircase, and my appearance startled Yin Xiujuan, but Mao Feiyu was very satisfied with my eyes.

After I was helped up, Yin Xiujuan helped pat the dust on my body, and then asked with concern, "How is it?" Did it pass? ”

At this time, Mao Feiyu said: "Congratulations, this Five Qi Dynasty Yuan is not something that anyone can achieve. ”