Volume 1 The Wind Rises in Lingzhou Chapter 57 Ascending the Tower (Part II)

It was not the first time that Xu Yan had come to the Sword Tower, but it was the first time that he had inherited Xu Yan's 'Flame', or rather, it was the first time since he had survived for countless years, after all, he was only a martial artist, not a sword cultivator.

The Sword Tower stands on the edge of the Lianwu Square, and it looks quaint and unpretentious, even very old, not only on the outside, but also on the inside.

Xu Yan slowly pushed open this huge wooden door that had existed in the Lotus Sect for more than two hundred years, and immediately felt a breath like a long river of history rushing towards his face, it was difficult to describe what it was like, but then, there was a strong and cold sword intent.

Xu Yan had just stepped into the first floor when the huge wooden door behind him closed automatically.

There is not much space in the sword tower, and as each floor rises, the whole space will shrink again, and there is not the slightest artificial light here, only in the daytime, there are six faint rays of sky light projected from the high window, but it is not so much a window as a small hole in the wall, which does not make the light entering the tower brighter at all.

However, Xu Yan didn't have much thought about this, just glanced at the sword qi that was quietly suspended in mid-air, and walked to the second layer with ease.

Compared to the first layer, it is obvious that the sword intent on this layer is more than twice as strong, and even when Xu Yan really stepped into this layer of space, the sword qi suspended in the air still vibrated slightly, as if he was about to attack him, an outsider, but perhaps because he felt that Xu Yan was no longer a second-story cultivator at the moment, and that sword qi only returned to silence after a slight movement.

Seeing this, Xu Yan didn't feel any surprise, so he raised his feet and continued to walk towards the third floor.

Further up from the second floor, it was an area that he had never set foot in before, although Xu Yan's cultivation at this time had reached the peak of the third floor, he still walked quite carefully, because he could clearly feel that every time he stepped on the stairs and took a step up, the sword intent that caused him the slightest sense of oppression caused by it would be a little stronger.

The height between the floors in the sword tower is very even, about one zhang, so the stairs on each floor are twenty steps, and Xu Yan has already stepped on fifteen steps at this moment, so he can feel that in the three floors, there is clearly a very strong sword intent waiting for him.

But even that didn't stop him from completing the last five steps.

Connected to three floors in one breath, Xu Yan didn't even have time to catch his breath, and then the sword qi that he had never felt before belonged to the three floors smashed down on him.

Xu Yan witnessed this sword qi attacking, without the slightest panic, he controlled the Fuyao behind him and directly collided with it.

A burst of powerful sword intent burst out from within the third layer of space of the sword tower.

Roll up the dust inside the tower.

Xu Yan smelled the smell of years with a strong musty smell, and couldn't help but cover his nose, indeed this smell is almost like inhaling those poisonous smoke made by the dead soldiers in the market, which is very uncomfortable. So, he could only cover his nose with one hand, and the other hand kept inciting in front of him, trying to keep the smoke and dust from approaching his mouth and nose as much as possible.

However, while Xu Yan was still driving away the dust, that sword qi shot at him frantically after fighting hard with Fuyao.

Seeing this, Xu Yan snorted coldly, at this time, he already fully knew that the power of this sword qi was almost the same as the sword cultivation when he first entered the third floor, under the full force of the sword, so for him now, it is not difficult to deal with, and he knows the rules here, as long as he completely disperses this sword qi, then the sword qi will be regarded as truly recognizing his cultivation, and he will not take the initiative to attack again.

Xu Yan stopped continuing to wave the smoke and dust, he pinched the trick with one hand, and directly controlled Fuyao to fly back from the air, and then he casually threw out a few sword flowers, bringing up a brilliant silver thread, which lit up from Fuyao, and slashed straight at this sword qi.

The third style of the Seven Star Sword Technique!

The silver light instantly blasted the sword qi in the sword tower into nothingness.

Xu Yan felt the sword qi in this layer slowly dissipate, and breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and sure enough, he had already gained a firm foothold in the realm of the three-story building. But then, he glanced up at the four floors, and without the slightest hesitation, climbed the stairs again.

Before Xu Yan ascended to the fourth floor, the most recent disciple to go up to the fourth floor was Chen Qinghe, the eldest disciple of the Xia Zi Sect, and before Chen Qinghe, it was Zhou Xian of the Chun Zi Sect.

"I hope that the sword qi on the fourth floor can temper my physique!" Xu Yan thought to himself as he walked up.

Different from the second and third floors, when Xu Yan was climbing towards the fourth floor, he clearly felt that the bursts of sword intent coming from above were different from just oppression, it was more like an invincible breath, to keep him out, if he wanted to climb the tower desperately, then it would blast it to pieces.

Xu Yan knew that this was entirely due to the fact that his kendo cultivation had not yet broken through to the middle three realms, but he didn't have the slightest way to do this, after all, his sword dao cultivation at this time was completely forcibly helped by Zhao Bailian through unknown means, and as the cardinal said before, if he didn't familiarize himself with or consolidate this kind of cultivation obtained out of thin air, he would certainly have a chance to successfully break through to the middle three realms, but it would more or less have some unnecessary impact on the future road.

Without relying on the cultivation of the sword path, Xu Yan noticed that every time he took a step up, a huge force would come from the sword tower, which was crushing him. For example, when he ascended to the tenth step from the third floor to the fourth floor, he felt that this kind of power was already as high as more than two hundred catties, but as he was only two points away from the five-grade realm, this weight was not enough.

Therefore, Xu Yan continued to walk up five steps, and at this time, the invisible weight increased to about three hundred catties, "It seems that every five steps of this staircase, there will be a difference of one hundred catties of strength, and one step is about twenty catties." ”

After careful consideration, Xu Yan felt that he would not be in any danger, so he continued to climb upward.

From fifteen steps to completely entering the fourth floor, Xu Yan still didn't think that this kind of power would have any effect on him, but it was only four hundred catties, and with his strong cultivation close to the fifth grade, he could at least withstand the tremendous strength of a thousand gold. It's just that the moment he completely stepped into the four-story building, the strong sword qi suspended in this floor finally swept down towards him violently.

Unlike the three floors in front of the sword tower, where there was only a single sword qi, in the four floors, Xu Yan only felt that there were countless sword qi pouring down like a torrential rain, dense and endless, as if he was going to shoot him into a sieve or directly chop him into a pile of minced meat in this instant?