The only magic tower Xiao Chen had ever been to was Suero's Spirit Eye Tower, but the appearance of that tower had no resemblance to the one in front of him at all.

The Tower of Alchemy has twenty floors inside, each floor is a circular platform, and the middle is empty, much like the structure of the previous world shopping mall. Connecting these platforms is a long staircase that spirals up all floors and leads to the top of the Magic Tower.

The staircase is divided into two halves, the inner handrail is black, and the outer walkway is white.

When Xiao Chen entered the hall, it was as if he was inside a huge steel pipe, and the staircase was like a thread inside the "steel pipe". The roof at the end of the "steel pipe" is carved with lighting runes, and from below, it looks like a small sun hangs from the roof.

"This is the path of refining the gods. Feng Qi walked by Xiao Chen's side and accompanied him to look up at the top of the tower, "The day I first stepped into this tower as a child, I longed to walk to the source of the white light. However, many years later, I realized that it was just imagination. ”

"Is there any limit? I can vaguely feel a strange power hanging over this path. Xiao Chen said, and when he observed this path, he felt an inexplicable pressure, as if it was a giant snake, entrenched in this tower.

Feng Qi nodded and said, "Your spiritual power is very sharp, this is a path of trials and tests. People walking on the black side of this staircase will be subjected to various spiritual attacks, and the higher they go, the greater the intensity of the spiritual attacks, and those who go upstairs must reach a certain spiritual cultivation level in order to reach a certain floor. This is also a unique way for the Tower of Alchemy to train mages and test apprentices. ”

"In the confrontation with the outside world, exercise mental strength?"

"That's right. The first five layers belong to the level of magic apprentices, the fifth to tenth floors belong to low-level mages, the eleventh to fifteenth floors belong to the intermediate level, the sixteenth to eighteenth floors belong to high-level mages, and the last two layers can only be set foot in by great magicians. Feng Qi explained, he paused, and whispered, "Maybe someone will talk to you about the twenty-first layer, don't pay attention." ”

"Above the Great Magician, it's naturally the Holy Domain. Xiao Chen asked.

"Twenty-one does not exist. That's just a joke that belongs to the Tower of Alchemy, if someone says: one day you will climb the twenty-first floor. It means that you can't go anywhere, you can only dream. ”

"Okay, so how many floors can you go to?"

"On the eighth floor, I can only accompany you there. Master Kona will be waiting for you on the same level where you stopped. ”

Xiao Chen followed Feng Qi up the stairs, and when he walked to the second floor, Feng Qi turned around and asked him, "How do you feel?"

"What, has it already begun?" Xiao Chen said in surprise.

"Didn't you feel anything?" Feng Qi was also surprised, "For example, the wind swept by?"

"Wind??" Xiao Chen only felt some breeze blowing on his face at this time, he felt very comfortable, and secretly sighed that the fresh air system of the magic tower was very good.

As soon as he thought about it, he understood that no matter whether it was a strong wind or a breeze, it didn't exist, it was just a spiritual interference on the path of refining gods. But what was this compared to the storm he had experienced in the meditation world? He concentrated, and sure enough, the breeze disappeared in an instant.

"Ah, there's a little wind, but I don't want it to show up, and it's gone. ”

The two of them continued to walk up.

Xiao Chen embarked on the road of refining gods, only to find that the humble and polite Feng Qi was completely different. Since there was only one way to get up and down the magic tower, they encountered a lot of magic apprentices and low-level mages who were active at the bottom. Although their cultivation is not high, most of them have the dual identity of great nobles and mages, and for ordinary mages like Feng Qi, arrogance is engraved on their faces.

Feng Qi would greet them one by one, but most of them responded with a snort, or...... No snort.

"I thought the Magic Tower would be a place where strength reigns. Xiao Chen said.

"You're right, but in the royal capital, birth is the best strength. This is true outside the magic tower, and the same is true inside the magic tower, as long as there are people, the rules are always similar. Don't you think so?"

"Me?" Xiao Chen smiled, "You're right, being born in many places represents resources and power, but it doesn't mean that this is the truth. ”

"And what is your truth?"

"When you feel that you have the truth in your hands, the error has long been in the palm of your hand. I don't have the truth, I just think that a society where everyone is more respected and recognized for their individual efforts will be lovelier. Xiao Chen smiled, with a hint of deep meaning in his eyes.

The two of them walked to the seventh floor, Feng Qi was obviously struggling, and all kinds of visible hallucinations began to appear on the fifth floor, hail fell from the sky, and flames came out of the ground.

All these realistic scenes, coming from all directions, enveloped the trialists in them.

These hallucinations are not something that can be ignored with your eyes closed. As long as you can't resist this spiritual attack, the place hit by the hail will hurt, and the place burned by the flame will be scorched.

For Xiao Chen, these are cool VR games, all these attacks, at the moment, are faint shadows in his eyes, but for Feng Qi it is much more difficult, he began to arch his back, protect his face with his hands, and let out a muffled snort or two from time to time.

It turned out that this guy went to the eighth floor and resisted hard. Xiao Chen saw that he was getting more and more struggling, so he slowed down.

"I'm sorry, Your Excellency Xiao Chen, but I'm slowing you down. My teacher said that it would be much easier to cope with it if you were convinced that everything you saw was fake. But to me, they're too real. ”

Xiao Chen felt that this person was good, and decided to help him, he thought for a while, and then asked, "Feng Qi, what is the difference between real and unreal?"

"This ......" Feng Qi was difficult to answer.

"It seems to me that it is logic. As long as it is fake, there will be flaws, and there will be impossibilities. Finding this may help you believe that what is in front of you is an illusion. ”

Feng Qi showed a puzzled look: "But this hail, this fire, is exactly the same as what I have seen, I don't quite understand." ”

"If you're going down this path alone, it's a bit difficult. But now that we go together, it's obvious. Look at me, that's the flaw. Xiao Chen stretched out his arms and stretched his waist, "You and I are both hail, in the midst of the fire, I can be comfortable in front of you, but you are so difficult, this is what doesn't make sense." ”

"Yes...... It doesn't make sense. Feng Qi slowly lowered the arm that covered his forehead, his face was full of excitement, "Really! This works, those painful sensations are getting smaller and smaller." ”

He took a few steps up and said excitedly, "Your guidance has helped me a lot, maybe, maybe I will have a breakthrough today." ”

Xiao Chen stepped on the next step, turned around and beckoned to him, "Come on, see where you can go with me today." ”