From the town, after the relatively flat wilderness area, you enter the mountains, although most of the road winds at the foot of the mountain, but there are also eighteen bends in the mountain road.

Over a mountain, a dilapidated breath came to my face.

The city of ruins really lives up to its name, there are broken walls and ruins everywhere, full of gloom, at a glance, the whole city is a large area of gray and abrupt, lifeless, only in the edge of the city there is a green spread, for which there are many people in the rivers and lakes call it "the ruin capital".

In the middle of the city is a huge lake, in the middle of which is an island with a huge nine-story stone tower erected.

"Is that the Ascension Tower?" Qian Yu was a little curious and a little puzzled, he originally thought that if he wanted to ascend to heaven, he would have to build it on a high mountain closer to the sky.

"Oh, strange, when I first saw it, I thought the same way you did. Today, the nine Ascension Towers are all like this. Uncle Nine and Qian Yu stood on the side of the mountain road halfway up the mountain, and the vision in front of them was unobstructed.

"Why?"

"I don't know, but it is said that cultivating in the Ascension Tower can get twice the result with half the effort, and only a few people are qualified to enter. "Uncle Nine's words are unknown, and he can't reach that level, so he can't speak clearly.

"I've heard some rumors. Aunt Jin didn't know when she came behind them and said: "It is said that ten thousand years ago, there was a great turmoil in the entire human race, and the dense bombs that fell from the sky destroyed the world, not only destroying this city, but also many cities, thousands of people died instantly, and there was hell on earth everywhere, which was unbearable." These are still recorded in some ancient books, and it just so happens that I have some in my family. ”

Aunt Jin's expression was a little uneasy, I really don't know how human beings survive under that kind of change in heaven and earth, it must be very miserable, definitely worse than the people I saw when I was a child.

"As for the islands and the stone towers, they were built by later generations. In the thousands of years since the great upheaval, the surviving human beings have gradually adapted to this harsh environment, and have gradually explored a variety of cultivation techniques that can greatly improve their physical fitness and increase their ability to survive. Most of the early cultivators cultivated in the deep mountains, which were suitable for human survival, and later, when humans were gradually able to adapt to the environment below the mountains, they found that the closer they got to those explosion areas, the better the effect of their cultivation. ”

"When a cultivator reaches a certain stage of cultivation, there will be some sensations in the underworld, and even if they can hear the sound of the Heavenly Dao and get the hint of ascension, they don't know if this is an illusion, and even the ascendant himself can't tell clearly. In short, after that, there were people who kept trying, some people who succeeded in ascending, and never returned, glorifying their ancestors, and some people failed to ascend, and their souls were scattered, leaving behind a place of remains. ”

"Slowly, the cultivators discovered these nine lakes, when they ascended in the center of the lake, the rich heaven and earth vitality at the bottom of the lake could provide assistance to the ascendants, greatly improving the success rate of the ascension, and later after several generations of efforts, these nine ascension holy places were finally built, but they were all in the hands of the cultivation sects and families, until after the unification of the empire, it was under the jurisdiction of the empire. ”

Aunt Jin's introductions were all focused on, simple and concise, but they made Qianyu and Uncle Jiu listen to them with relish, and in just a few words, they depicted the epitome of the development of the cultivation world over the past ten thousand years.

"In this way, the smiling face formed by the white clouds in the sky, I wonder if it is also my own hallucination, or is it implying something?"

It was noon when the convoy descended the mountain into the city.

The main road divides the city in two, just past the lake.

Although the whole city looks dilapidated from afar, there are still a lot of food, clothing, housing and transportation shops near the lake, and the Ruyi Inn led by Uncle Nine is one of them, and the business is booming.

Because they were sleeping in the suburbs last night, after everyone checked into the inn, they hurriedly washed and combed first, and then had a full meal, and Meimei slept well.

Ruyi Inn is the foothold of Uncle Nine who travels back and forth between the two places all year round, and the boss is an old acquaintance, after purchasing VIP tickets, he led the team to Feisheng Lake.

The lake has been surrounded by a two-man high stone wall that has been surrounded by patrols from time to time. The gate was already crowded, and there were several long queues.

Where there are people, there are rivers and lakes, and where there are people, there are nobles. However, there are some things that cannot be bought with money, such as the VIP tickets in the hands of Uncle Nine now.

It seems that the tickets purchased at a high price played a role, and the group entered through the side door fast lane, and found a place to sit in the stands of the VIP area near the lake, Leng Bing and Xiao Bai sat in the middle with Aunt Jin on their left and right, Qian Yu sat on Xiao Bai's right hand, Qian Yu was Uncle Jiu in the past, and the guards also chose their own positions on both sides to sit down.

As far as the eye can see, the top of the Ascension Tower in the distance is slightly lower than the stands, and below is a huge circular lake, giving the spectators in the stands the feeling of being on a giant ship.

There are four large areas around the lake that can be viewed, each with a VIP area and a general area, giving people the feeling of watching a vaudeville show, how awkward to watch.

When twilight fell, most of the people who came to observe also entered the venue one after another, surrounded by dense human heads, buzzing, and the sound of people's private discussions.

With the extinguishing of the huge fire candles on the edge of the surrounding stands, the edge of the Ascension Tower lit up with a bright yellow and white light, and the ground at the top of the tower was also lit up in the shape of a "swastika", according to Uncle Jiu, it was a large array to protect the tower to prevent the Ascension Tower from being destroyed when the Ascendant crossed the Heavenly Tribulation, and Qian Yu initially estimated that at least no less than a hundred soul cores above the third order were placed, which was really a big deal. However, Qian Yu estimated that the organizer of this ascension had earned a lot of money just for the tickets, and these soul cores were basically negligible.

At this time, a white shadow slowly rose from the middle of the top of the tower, and from a distance, with the eyesight of Qian Yu, it could only be vaguely judged that it was an old man with a long beard and a white robe, with a long sword at his waist.

"It is said that this old man carries the imperial approval, and the Longines country is open to him this time. "Uncle Nine is well-informed, and he found a lot of news in one afternoon.

"Isn't it true that no one in the empire has been ascending for twenty years? How can there be an approval this time?" Qian Yu still has some questions, the empire has eight heavenly towers, why do you need to do it many times, you have to come all the way to the Longines country to ascend.

"I don't know about this, but I heard that the old man is the master of a big man in the capital, on the one hand, he feels that his life is approaching, and on the other hand, he seems to feel the call of heaven, so he plans to give it a go. ”

Since the appearance of the white-robed old man, the room has been a lot quieter.

The hazy sky during the day looks like it has dispersed a lot, and the moon is bright and the stars are scarce.

"How did the Ascended Ones generally survive the Tribulation?" Qian Yu asked Uncle Nine sideways.

"The Ascension Tribulation I watched more than 20 years ago was 1-3-6, I wonder if there will be some changes after such a long time?" Uncle Nine was also a little unsure.

“1-3-6？”

"This is a simple statement, people who look at the transition tribulation know, the specific is to warm up with a lightning strike first, if this can not resist, the back is basically a break, after a short rest followed by three lightning strikes in a row, and then leave the ascendant a choice of time, about a dozen breaths, feel that they can't hold the next wave of ascendants can leave as soon as possible, although it will be very faceless, but at least it can protect the lives of the ascendants, anyway, the lightning strikes on the top of the tower are fine, and finally there are six lightning strikes in a row, one after another, one is more fierce than the other, the speed is extremely fast, and then I want to regret it, but this round can be successfully soared。 ”

"It doesn't seem complicated, and it's less than a minute before and after, I hope the old man can hold on and get through, and he can see how he ascends. "Qianyu is relatively simple-minded, and in the face of life and death, he always hopes that the good side will happen.

The white-robed old man stood proudly on the top of the tower, looking at the momentum of a great grandmaster.

The wind, rising, from weak to strong, blew the old man at the top of the tower to hunt and hunt.

Suddenly there were clouds in the sky with a wide field of vision, and dark clouds continued to gather rapidly from afar, and soon the top of the lake was covered with dark clouds, as if a huge rod was stirring, forming a huge whirlpool with amazing momentum, blocking the bright moon and bringing a huge sense of oppression to everyone.

"Here we go. ”

With a whisper from Uncle Nine, there was a "rumbling" sound in the clouds in the sky, and thunder was rolling.

A dazzling small point of light fell from the cloud vortex at an extremely fast speed, and continued to magnify in the eyes of everyone, and instantly arrived in front of the white-robed old man.