Shen Qian was still standing on the stairs, but the scene around him was completely different.
All the walls are melting, slowly disintegrating into an empty wilderness.
Shen Qian looked down and confirmed that the stairs under his feet had not changed, but what he saw and felt was different.
"Illusion?"
Shen Qian wasn't sure, but he could feel the wind coming from the wilderness.
This is an extremely vast grassland, the sky is clear and vast blue, and you can faintly hear the chirping of insects and birds. It does not fit into Shen Qian's knowledge of any place on earth currently.
He waited for a while, but didn't see any changes, so he stepped onto the second floor.
The surrounding scene changed, and a huge black shadow passed by Shen Qian.
Shen Qian was startled and subconsciously stopped before he saw clearly that it was a giant elephant.
This elephant is at least over a hundred meters tall, but strangely its eyes are as gentle as those of an ordinary beast, and there are no fluctuations in spiritual energy on its body.
...not a monster.
This thought flashed through Shen Qian's mind.
But, can a simple beast grow to such a big size?
After the giant elephant passed by Shen Qian, the surrounding scene fell into stasis again.
If Shen Qian realized something, he took another step.
The surrounding scene became vivid again.
Shen Qian understood that this was like a slide. Only if he kept going up could he see more things.
So Shen Qian, who was not aware of the danger, no longer hesitated and walked up the stairs step by step.
This is a world Shen has never seen before.
The vegetation is lush, the lake is clear, and everything is full of life, and the beasts that appear among them are all huge.
As Shen Qian continued to move forward, he finally saw "people", or primate creatures.
The reason why Shen Qian was not sure whether they were human was because their appearance was quite different from that of modern people. Their facial features were deeper and they were taller.
Wearing simple clothes to hide their shame, they built tribe-like existences on the grassland.
They fight against all kinds of huge beasts and have a seemingly crude but very practical method of body training.
This seems to be a world without aura or where people have not yet awakened to the aura talent. Children can only temper their strength through various cruel methods, and the mortality rate is extremely high.
"Is this...ancient times? Or a parallel world?"
Shen Qian recalled some historical materials he had read, but he was not sure.
Until... Shen Qian saw a child.
It seems that these pictures may be like memories, directly bringing Shen Qian's perspective to the child.
He has delicate features and lively eyes, making him look out of place among the more rough-looking children.
The most important thing is that Shen Qian looked inexplicably familiar to him, but he couldn't match the one in his memory for a while.
With Shen Qian's pace, the children are also growing.
Not only does he have outstanding talent, but he also has wisdom that ordinary children don't have. When he was a minor, he already knew how to use the right time and place to hunt more powerful beasts.
Until... one day when the child returned from hunting, his tribe was drowned in the sky.
The child did not come close, but looked at it from a distance. The firelight danced in his dark eyes, reflecting the dragon-like monster that was raging above the tribe.
It was no longer an ordinary beast, it was a monster that could truly control the wind and rain and control spiritual energy.
The child's eyes were filled with tears as he watched his parents, relatives, and fiancée who were engaged to be married slowly perishing in the fire, but his face remained calm.
While carrying hatred, he also saw a broader world from that dragon.
He turned and left.
Shen Qian kept walking up the stairs, following the children across thousands of mountains and rivers, and through many dangers.
During this period, the children experienced several life and death crises, but each time they turned danger into good fortune, and even mastered the crudest use of spiritual energy.
When the child came under a suspended mountain range, he had grown into a young man, and some shadows that were very familiar to Shen Qian could be vaguely seen between his brows.
At this moment, Shen Qian's eyes were extremely complicated.
This kid... is actually a tall guy!
Yes, although the appearance is still very different from now, the gentle but firm eyes are the same.
What is this, a memory of Big Boss Gao?
Was this his childhood?
But...that's not right!
The boss, Gao Mingming, was born and raised in the southwest. He only came to prominence after the spiritual energy was revived. Although he has lived for more than two hundred years, two hundred years ago... it was modern society.
Where is this? Or is this just an illusion, and the boss in it is not the real boss?
While Shen Qian was making random guesses, there was sudden movement in the suspended mountain range, and a staircase that seemed to reach the sky extended down from the foot of the mountain until in front of Gao Wenyuan.
Gao Wenyuan didn't seem surprised, or maybe he finally reached the place he wanted to reach.
So Gao Wenyuan climbed up the stairs, and Shen Qian, who had a great desire to explore in his heart, hurried to follow.
The two of them followed each other step by step and reached the end of the steps, the highest peak of the Hanging Mountain Range.
It seems that there is only a thin line between the starry sky here, the sky is full of stars hanging upside down, filled with wind, thunder, water and fire. Among the thousands of colors, a wisp of white becomes the only focus.
An indescribable shock arose in Shen Qian's heart, making him forget to move forward for a moment.
He just stared blankly at the figure standing at the end of the mountain with his hands behind his hands, under the stars.
The man had long hair and was dressed in white. He stood with his back to Gao Wenyuan, but he had the weight of someone who had been standing here for thousands of years.
"Fuck!"
Shen Qian was really shocked.
Because this man in white actually overlapped with the man in white who had appeared in his dreams several times.
When Shen Qian saw Gao Wenyuan walking over, he knelt down without saying a word.
Under Shen Qian's wide-eyed gaze, the stagnant figure of the man in white finally moved, and he slowly turned around.
However, just when Shen Qian was about to see his appearance clearly, everything around him began to collapse in an instant.
The impatient Shen Qian wanted to keep walking and make the picture move again, but it was no use.
The next moment, all the pictures were shattered. Shen Qian woke up with sweat on his face, only to find that he was still standing on the steps of the Tower of Babel.
He turned and glanced.
At this moment, he had just reached the ninth floor.
Shen Qian raised his foot and wanted to try again, but when he took a step forward, his eyes blurred, and he suddenly reached the ninety-ninth floor, and the sound of laughter and conversation could be heard faintly from the top floor.
Shen Qian smiled helplessly, and for a moment he was not sure whether the boss Gao had teleported him to him.
But it seems that except for teachers, most people don't have this magical power.
Shen Qian calmed down and thought of everything he had just experienced, but there were still endless doubts lingering in his mind.
Is that the real memory of Big Brother Gao?
Who is the man in white, what is the relationship between Boss Gao and him, and why does he appear in his dream...
No, Shen Qian was horrified.
He suddenly remembered that when he dreamed of the man in white for the third time, Shen Qian had wanted to ask the boss Gao about it.
But the strange thing is that Shen Qian forgets every time he sees the boss Gao.
But his mental strength, which is about to reach a certain critical point now, will forget this kind of thing?
It doesn't matter if it happens once or twice, but if it happens like this every time, it's extra weird.
While Shen Qian's thoughts were spinning, a voice suddenly sounded in his ears.
"what's on your mind?"
Shen Qian, who was startled, turned around and saw a man in black clothes floating in front of him, staring at him intently.
"Fourth senior brother."
Shen Qian, who had already gained some immunity, said hello to Wu Jun.
Then Shen Qian thought of what he had just seen and heard, and he asked with a thought, "Fourth Senior Brother, have you walked through the stairs of Babel Tower?"
"It doesn't matter if you've walked through it, or if you haven't walked on it. It's easy to go up the stairs, but the price is lowering your head." Wu Jun sighed.
The corner of Shen Qian's mouth twitched, "Fourth Senior Brother, can you speak properly?"
Wu Jun sighed again, and was about to speak, but his mouth paused because Shen Qian placed a crystal clear emerald gem in front of his eyes.
Wu Jun calmly accepted the cat's eye spirit stone, "Any questions?"
Shen Qian rolled his eyes, I bet you can still communicate normally!
"I want to know, what did Fourth Senior Brother see when he walked up the stairs?"
Shen Qian asked.
"Well, the staircase was built by the teacher himself, and there were some Tao Yun that belonged to the teacher unknowingly left on it. What each person will see varies from person to person, but it has the effect of tempering the Taoist heart."
Wu Jun explained very quickly, "In short, it allows you to hone your spiritual power before the mountains and seas."
"That……"
"Money and common things are just garbage. Junior brother, don't be obsessed with it anymore."
Shen Qian wanted to ask something else, but Wu Jun suddenly sighed, and before Shen Qian could say anything else, he walked away and floated up to the top floor.
The corners of Shen Qian's mouth twitched again.
...Then you should return my excrement to me!
In fact, Wu Jun's explanation was quite clear, but it only made Shen Qian more confused.
Does everyone see it differently?
Does that mean that it is actually not under the teacher's control?
What's more likely is that among the people who walked through the stairs, he was the only one who saw the memory just now.
And Shen Qian didn't feel the effect of training his mental strength. Is it because the stairs were no longer effective for him?
It would be a bit weird to stand any longer, so Shen Qian had no choice but to put away these random thoughts and step up to the top.
Although there are no lights and decorations on the broad rooftop, it has obviously been renovated. On this rooftop, there are seven or eight tables, and many academy disciples are shuttled among them to prepare for the banquet.
"Ninth Senior Brother!"
"I've met Ninth Senior Brother!"
"Senior Brother Ninth, your bones are really amazing. You have become more handsome today..."
Along the way, many academy disciples greeted Shen Qian warmly. Shen Qian, who had suffered a lot of rainbow farts, finally reached the main table in the back.
Shi Dingyan and others had been waiting here for a long time. When they saw Shen Qian's arrival, they all looked at him with smiles.
"Third Senior Brother, Fourth Senior Brother, Fifth Senior Brother, Eighth Senior Sister... Hey, old...Sixth Senior Brother, are you here too?"
Shen Qian followed the greeting and suddenly saw a familiar figure. He almost called him "Lao Liu", but luckily he corrected it in time.
Liu Changqing groaned and nodded with Shen Qian, but his face didn't look good.
"Today is to see you off, so the teacher has let him out temporarily. He will go back underground after eating."
Ling Xiao calmly rushed to Shen and sent a message.
No wonder he looks so bad.
Shen Qian wanted to laugh, but he held it back.
Finally, Shen Qian turned his attention to the figure in white who was sitting on the edge of the top floor, still overlooking the wind and rain in Jingcheng.
...Hey, the boss Gao Ye wears white clothes.
Shen Qian suddenly thought of something.
"teacher!"
He was thinking wildly in his mind, but Shen Qian still walked over and saluted respectfully.
"coming."
The boss turned his head and nodded to Shen with a gentle expression.
Judging from the surface, Shen Qian was not sure whether the boss Gao knew what he had just seen on the stairs.
"Everyone, take your seats."
Shen Qian didn't have time to test, the boss Gao had already spoken.
The disciples of the academy who had served the food and drinks took their seats one after another, while Shen Qian and other six senior fellow apprentices, as well as the four professors of the academy, sat down at the main table around Gao Wenyuan.
Gao Wenyuan could not sit still, but Shi Dingyan stood up with the wine glass in hand.
"On my behalf, my junior brother left Jingcheng today and set up a special banquet to practice this. With this cup, I wish Shen Qian to go to heaven and earth and prosper thousands of miles!"
"Soaring thousands of miles!"
So everyone stood up holding their wine glasses and shouted loudly.
Shen Qian quickly raised his glass to express his gratitude, feeling very excited.
After three drinks, Shen Qian took the lead. After everyone paid respect to the teacher one by one, Shi Dingyan stood up first, looked at Shen Qian and said with a smile, "Since it is a farewell banquet, there should be a farewell ceremony!"
After realizing something, Shen Qian quickly stood up.
"Junior brother, do you still remember Bu Ya Gu? I brought back four formation flags that day. Now that they have been sacrificed, I will give them to you!"
Shi Dingyan smiled softly and waved his hand, and the four black formation flags floated in front of Shen Qian.
"These four formation flags coincide with the principles of the Bagua and have the foundation of the Five Elements. They can help my junior disciple get twice the result with half the effort when setting up the formation. As long as my junior disciple has enough attainments, it is easy to form some intermediate and low-level formations instantly!"
"Thank you, Third Senior Brother!"
Shen Qian thanked him sincerely.
This gift is really something he can use.
Although Shen Qian's formation skills are extremely high with the support of the system, in fact, setting up formations is a time-consuming and labor-intensive process just like refining medicine.
In normal warrior battles, there are very few situations where you can use formations because there is not so much time for you to set up formations.
The existence of formation flags is to greatly save this process.
With these four formation flags, Shen Qian's combat power has invisibly reached a new level.
"Time is short, I have no preparations, so I will give you a sword."
After Shi Dingyan finished speaking, Ling Xiao also stood up and smiled, then threw a wooden sword to Shen Qian.
This wooden sword was not the one on Ling Xiao's body. It looked ordinary, but it was inexplicably heavy.
"My sword is stored in it. It has about 80% of the power I can use to strike with all my strength..."
Facing Shen Qian's doubtful gaze, Ling Xiaofeng said calmly, "The mountains and seas can be destroyed with a snap of the fingers."
