Chapter Thirty-Six: The Guardian Matthew
? "Huh?"
Chen Yuxiang stopped and looked at the guy in front of him. Between the flashes of lightning just now, he didn't pay much attention to this person. Looking at it now, this guy is tall and has a melancholy expression, although his face is full of smiles at this time, but the sorrowful 'color' between his eyebrows cannot be concealed.
"Zhang Tiezhu, it's you!"
"Daoist friends still remember me!" said the depressed young man Zhang Tiezhu excitedly, "I saw Daoyou in the City Lord's Mansion a few days ago, and then I waited in front of your 'door' for many days, but I never saw Daoyou appear. I thought you had left Luoyang City, but I didn't expect you to show up here today!"
Chen Yuxiang nodded, what this guy said was naturally about his own entry into the Demon Punishment Array in the City Lord's Mansion. That day, he was in the Demon Punishment Array, and almost raped the young 'girl' after the transformation, but was directly kicked out by the other party. At that time, I was in a hurry, and I didn't dare to stay in the hall of the City Lord's Mansion at all, but left directly. No matter how powerful the divine consciousness of the non-transitional tribulation period was, although it left extremely quickly, the tens of thousands of monks present at that time still fell into Chen Yuxiang's sea of consciousness.
There was this guy named Zhang Tiezhu who was present at the time. And the other one that impressed Chen Yuxiang more deeply was a monk at the peak of the Jindan period! That monk's clothes and ornaments were very similar to Yan Cangtianfu's 'wife', so he should have something to do with them. And the moment he came out, that guy actually locked himself, and his qi was full of killing intent. Although it was just a fleeting, Chen Yuxiang still remembered that guy firmly.
For those who want to kill themselves, Chen Yuxiang will naturally not be polite. I didn't go to that guy now, but I just can't spare time.
And although Zhang Tiezhu also locked himself with a gas machine for a moment at that time, at least he had no malicious intent, it is estimated that he saw that he had been in the Demon Punishment Array for a long time, and he felt that his strength had improved again, and he wanted to come and fight the autumn breeze or something!
Later, Zhang Tiezhu appeared outside the Baron's Mansion, and Chen Yuxiang naturally knew about it. However, he didn't plan to see this guy, so he naturally ignored him. And this time, Zhang Tiezhu didn't bother himself through the sound transmission device again, but just waited outside the mansion, obviously because of the growth of his strength.
When Chen Yuxiang later left the Baron's Mansion to go to the Immortal Tower, Zhang Tiezhu was still there, but with Chen Yuxiang's ability, although he passed directly past Zhang Tiezhu, Zhang Tiezhu still didn't find it. And when he returned to the Baron's Mansion more than a month later, Zhang Tiezhu was naturally no longer there!
"Zhang Tiezhu, why did you appear in this place today?" Chen Yuxiang said as he looked at the melancholy youth.
"Do you remember my sister Yuyan?" Zhang Tiezhu stood up straight, struggling to resist the huge pressure, and said with some excitement, "Today is the day I took Sister Yuyan away from the Star Picking Tower! Sister Yuyan said, she doesn't care about my skills, nor does she care about my status in the Zhang family, she just wants to be with me earlier!"
"I also made up my mind, I won't think about anything else, I will marry my sister Yuyan home first! I didn't expect to leave, this star picking tower has to arrange some test for me, saying that it depends on how sincere I am to Sister Yuyan! Then, I was thrown into this place where there is not even a ghost!"
Although there was resentment in his words, this iron pillar was still excited, obviously he was full of confidence in this test, and he didn't consider the possibility of failure at all.
"Isn't there a ghost shadow?" Chen Yuxiang said secretly in his heart, you just can't see it. There are now dozens of people climbing on this step, including humans and aliens.
"By the way, fellow Daoist, why did you appear here? Could it be that you are also going to take away a dancer and be tested here? I haven't seen you come here to pick up the stars recently!" Zhang Tiezhu looked at Chen Yuxiang and said with some doubts.
Chen Yuxiang snorted noncommittally, he didn't have much 'friendship' with this guy, so naturally he wouldn't 'make friends' and speak deeply. Looking at the star-picking tower on the altar, Chen Yuxiang said: "Okay, I'm going in! How are you, do you need my help?"
"No need, this is a test of my sincerity to Sister Yuyan, I will definitely be able to pass the test!" Zhang Tiezhu said with great confidence.
"That's good!" Chen Yuxiang nodded, ignoring him, and continued to walk towards the altar step by step. There will be great pressure changes at each step, but this pressure is aimed at the pressure of the Qi refining stage cultivators, and it is too simple for Chen Yuxiang, who has the golden body of a demon immortal!
After a few breaths, Chen Yuxiang climbed to the altar, the pressure on his body suddenly relaxed, and when he looked back at the iron pillar, he saw that he was still in the middle of the steps, slowly climbing upward. Although he looked a little struggling, he was still some distance away from collapse, and in his eyes, the look was extremely determined.
"This kid will definitely be able to climb up!" Chen Yuxiang instantly gave his own evaluation.
No longer looking at Zhang Tiezhu, Chen Yuxiang turned around and walked directly towards the black 'colored' Star Picking Tower.
Entering the big 'gate' of the Star Picking Tower, what appeared in front of Chen Yuxiang was a wide square. At the edge of the square, there is an old man.
The old man is similar in appearance to a human, but there are two sharp horns on his head, and in the middle of his forehead, there is a thin slit, which seems to be also an eye. The appearance of this old man was completely different from any kind of intelligent creature from the other plane that Chen Yuxiang knew.
Beside the old man, there stood phantoms, both human and other aliens. The dwarf was also there, and the dwarf saw Chen Yuxiang and grinned at him. Obviously, Chen Yuxiang was able to discover him, which made him have a higher evaluation of Chen Yuxiang's strength.
The old man stood there, not seeming to speak, but from time to time a phantom nodded to him.
Chen Yuxiang ignored the dwarf and walked directly to the old man. The old man turned around, looked at Chen Yuxiang and nodded, and said gently, "Welcome, trialist from the Xiangang Continent." Introduce yourself, I am the guardian of this Star Picking Tower, you can call me Matthew. All the trials you endure here will be forgotten forever after you leave. Now, press your hand on this crystal ball!"
After speaking, the old man took out a black 'colored' crystal ball. The crystal ball was about the size of a bowl, exuding an aura of ancient decay, which made Chen Yuxiang's mood instantly depressed.
Chen Yuxiang couldn't see any mana 'waves' from the old man's body, but his intuition was to give the old man a "terrible" evaluation.
"This is the first time I've heard the title of Xiangang Continent!"
Chen Yuxiang took a deep breath, stretched out his right hand, and pressed it on the crystal ball, and a faint black light emerged from the crystal ball, instantly enveloping Chen Yuxiang's body. In an instant, the black light disappeared, but on the surface of Chen Yuxiang's skin, an extremely light stratum corneum was formed.
The stratum corneum is extremely tough and very light, and Chen Yuxiang feels like he has an extra layer of pale black 'color' skin outside his body.
And in the next moment, the faint black 'color' disappeared, and the stratum corneum merged with Chen Yuxiang's body. And above Chen Yuxiang's forehead, five faint golden 'colored' stars appeared.
Looking at the golden 'color' stars on Chen Yuxiang's forehead, the old man's face seemed to 'twitch', and the next moment he regained his calmness. Looking at Chen Yuxiang, the old man nodded lightly and said, "The qualifications are not bad! Little guy, the trial can start at any time." Your task is to enter the eighth floor of this building! If you succeed, you can leave, if you fail, you will fall! Now you can ask me any questions, of course, you can also choose to ask me during the trial, I will accompany you through the whole trial, and if you fail the trial, I will be the last to kill you!"
"If you fail, you will fall!" Chen Yuxiang's eyes shrank, "I'd better ask now!" The first question, they are all the same as me, will they fall if they fail?"
"If the mission fails, it will fall, the rules are the same!" the old man looked at Chen Yuxiang and said lightly, "But everyone's task is different." Except for the dwarf who can see you, the rest of the little ones only need to enter the fourth floor of this building at most!"
“...... What about the dwarves?" asked Chen Yuxiang with some dissatisfaction.
"The dwarves need to climb to the seventh floor!" said the old man.
"Why is it only me who needs to go up to the eighth floor? Isn't this bullying?"
"You want to climb to the eighth floor because you are strong enough and greedy enough!" the old man glanced at Chen Yuxiang deeply, "They all want to get a favorite 'female', but you seem to get more from the Star Picking Building!"
"Dizzy. You mean the remnant of the weapon! I don't think about the fragment now, I just want to take my 'female' person! Can you adjust the floor for me?" Chen Yuxiang said again and again.
"No! You didn't think about it now, you thought about it before! This is the price of greed!" the old man shook his head, unaccommodating.
"Forget it!" Chen Yuxiang said helplessly, "If I climb to the eighth floor, then that remnant ......"
"It's yours," replied the old man very boldly, "according to your plane, this can be used as a dowry for the 'girl'. Of course, that thing is actually a piece of garbage, there are many beautiful 'women' in the Star Picking Tower of the Xiangang Continent, and there are such a remnant of an ancient weapon in each beautiful 'girl's room, haha!"
"Is there such a fragment in every room, but the fragment of the godkiller is unique!" Chen Yuxiang said in his heart. Obviously, the remnants of ancient weapons have a certain use for the Star Picking Tower, but the use of this unique fragment is also unknown to this old man.
Seeing that Chen Yuxiang didn't laugh along, the old man also felt a little embarrassed, and glared and said: "Okay, boy, don't waste time on 'waste'! The speed of time here is 10 times that of the Xiangang Continent! Complete this task, you will have one day of Xiangang Continent time! If you fail to reach the top beyond the time, I will not be merciful!"
"Got it!" Chen Yuxiang nodded, "Last question, there are so many people, why do you want to accompany me the whole time?"
"I'm not just with you the whole time, I'm with everyone the whole way! look at them!" the old man grinned and pointed to the surrounding Instant Shadow Dao.
Chen Yuxiang's eyes swept over these phantoms, and found that some people nodded frequently, looking at what they were talking about from time to time, as if they were 'communicating' with someone, and those who left were also talking about something as they walked, as if there was someone in the void around him.
"Doppelganger technique?" Chen Yuxiang asked, looking at the old man.
"Whatever you want!" the old man shrugged his shoulders and said indifferently, "Alright, hurry up! Your time is very limited! Can you start now?"
"Okay, let's start!" Chen Yuxiang took a deep breath, and the god-killing spear had already appeared in his hand.
"Let's go, then!" the old man smiled and turned to walk towards a small 'door' behind him. On the wall where the small 'door' is located, the shape of a skeleton is carved in relief, and this small 'door' is part of the skeleton's open mouth. Inside the small 'door', there is a purple 'color' of disgust floating, which looks extremely uncomfortable.
Chen Yuxiang looked back and saw that Zhang Tiezhu had also appeared in the room. Seeing that he was about to leave, Zhang Tiezhu hurriedly said: "Fellow Daoist, wait for me!"
"Are you going to wait for him?" said the old man with a smile as he stopped in front of the small door.
"Wait for him, forget it! He will go up one or two floors at most, and I don't have time to accompany him!" Chen Yuxiang said without hesitation.
"Hehe, that's your choice too. The old man smiled happily, "You will be faced with many choices, all choices have to be made by yourself, I will not help you!" After speaking, he walked into the small 'door' first.
Chen Yuxiang took a deep breath and stepped out without hesitation.
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