Jingcheng, ninety-nine floors of Babel Tower.
When Shen Qian returned to this long-awaited "home", there was already someone standing in the living room.
His brows were stern, and he was clearly standing there, but he seemed to be far away from this world. He was clearly in human form, but yet he gave people a sense of alienation from above, far away from all living beings.
"You're becoming less of a human being."
Shen Qian looked at the other party and sighed.
"In a sense, princes have indeed broken away from the category of 'human beings'."
As if on display, his body suddenly shattered into pieces and turned into endless raging fire, completely covering everything around him, and in the flames, there were strange plants rising from the ground. They spread plagues, viruses, traps, and sharp blades. Almost instantly, Shen Qian felt a strong sense of discomfort.
"It seems you have truly taken control of the 'realm' now."
Shen Qian smiled and said, "I have gained a lot from this retreat!"
The person in front of him was naturally the princely clone of Shen Qian. In fact, the two of them had the same mind. Shen Qian didn't need to use this form of dialogue at all, it was just for fun.
"The 100th floor of the Vientiane Tower is indeed extraordinary. I suspect that the core of the formation that makes up that floor also comes from the long river of time."
The clone spoke.
"The Tower of Vientiane was left by the White Emperor. It is said that he has traveled across the universe. With the strength of the White Emperor, it is not surprising that he has entered the river of time."
Shen Qian nodded slightly.
During these four months, Shen Qian and his clone worked in shifts. In the first two months, the clone took Shen Qian's place in the field, and in the last two months, Shen Qian's body was replaced.
And the place where they spend most of their time is the Vientiane Tower.
More than four months ago, with the cooperation of Jinta Hou, the Vientiane Tower was no longer open all day, but only open for twelve hours a day.
In fact, the impact on ordinary warriors is not great, because when the Vientiane Tower was open all day long, the flow of people was not much, and there were restrictions on military performance. Although the Vientiane Tower is the first secret realm of the human race, it is also the secret realm with the highest threshold.
Shen Qian left all twelve hours of the night to himself. After clearing the 99th floor of the Vientiane Tower at a cheating speed, Shen Qian finally reached the legendary 100th floor.
But unexpectedly, the 100th floor did not contain any imaginary treasures, but it was still a level called "Time and Space Purgatory".
After careful study, Shen Qian discovered that "Time and Space Purgatory" is essentially just a level that tests mental strength. If the highest difficulty is turned on, even princes may get lost in it.
But if this is just the case, it is difficult to explain why King Zhou Yi was so interested in the 100th floor of the Vientiane Tower.
Until Shen Qian accidentally remembered what he didn't understand at the time, the third function after gaining control of the Vientiane Tower...form change.
After turning on "Form Change", the 100th floor of the Vientiane Tower changed.
The secret realm of breaking through the level disappeared and was replaced by a mysterious formation.
After turning on the array switch, nothing else changed, but in the space on the 100th floor of the Vientiane Tower, the flow rate of time was changed.
After understanding the hidden secrets of the Vientiane Tower, Shen Qian finally understood why Big Lao Gao specifically mentioned the Vientiane Tower and said it could save Shen Qian a lot of time.
The formation that controls time on the 100th floor has two functions, one is to accelerate and the other is to slow down.
If we speed up the passage of time, the maximum it can become is one day in the outside world, but only five minutes have passed.
And if it is to slow down the passage of time, the maximum can be adjusted to one to two hundred and four. Intuitive conversion is one day outside and eight months inside.
What does Shen Qian lack most today?
There is no doubt that it is time!
Shen Qian didn't remember how many years his body and clones had been practicing in it, but in the past four months of night, the lights on the 100th floor of the Vientiane Tower had not been extinguished.
In order to prevent accidents, Shen Qian directly changed the mechanism of the Vientiane Tower. Unless he authorized it, no one else could be found on the 100th floor.
Shen Qian thus gained back a lot of time.
Taking Shen Qian's body as an example, one night is four months, thirty nights is ten years, and sixty nights is twenty years.
And it only took him more than half a year to go from being a beginner to being a warrior now.
Moreover, these twenty years are extremely pure, only the years of cultivation.
Of course, Shen Qian is now majoring in the taboo field, and there is no comparison between the two... But there is no doubt that the existence of the 100th floor of the Vientiane Tower has helped Shen Qian make up for his biggest shortcoming for a long time.
Anyone who still thinks that he is still the nineteen-year-old boy will definitely suffer a big loss.
In fact, the 100th floor is a place of miracles for any warrior, especially the warriors at the bottom. It is no exaggeration to say that after staying there for a month, even a pig's cultivation level will improve by leaps and bounds.
Of course, the premise is that the resources can keep up.
According to incomplete statistics, the total value of the various cultivation resources Shen Qian spent on himself and his clones in the past half year exceeded 500 small goals.
As for the points in the Hundred Kings Palace, they were completely squandered by Shen Qian.
Fortunately, Shen Qian's own assets are astonishing and his accumulated wealth is rich enough. Coupled with merit subsidies from time to time, he is not bankrupt now.
All in all, if it is for the long-term development of the human race, Shen Qian should not monopolize the 100th floor. However, the current situation is special, and Shen Qian does not dare to expose the secrets of the 100th floor now.
He suspected that the core of the formation on the 100th level was something far more precious than "Time Sand" and "Time Conch", and that might be King Zhou Yi's real goal.
"Have the Dao stones I placed last time been used up again?"
Thinking of the hard work day and night, Shen Qian felt a little sad at this time and asked at the same time.
The clone nodded as expected, "Well, fifty pounds are gone."
When Shen Qian heard this, he couldn't help but feel a little pain.
Although the 100th floor of the Vientiane Tower is a treasure, it is also really expensive.
To maintain the operation of the formation on the 100th floor, "Tao Stone" must be used as fuel.
Bai Di was kind enough and left a thousand kilograms of Dao stones on the 100th floor, but it was not enough for Shen Qian to use.
As a "Tao Stone" that is far more precious than the "Origin Stone", it only appears when the world is born and destroyed. Currently, the only place Shen Qian knows that has sufficient inventory is the Hall of Hundred Kings.
One pound of Taoist stones requires one hundred contribution points.
If converted into money, one hundred points of contribution value would be 30 million Chinese coins.
Of the 50 billion Shen Qian spent, more than half was spent on Dao stones.
Of course, it is also because Shen Qian has turned on the maximum power. If it is set to the lowest time flow rate of one to ten, the consumption will be much smaller.
"I have already exhausted all the inventory in the Hall of Hundred Kings, and I cannot collect more 'Tao Stones' for the time being. Fortunately, we have reached the bottleneck, and it is considered to be a good value for money."
Shen Qian forcibly comforted himself and his clone.
But it is true that without the Vientiane Tower, it would have taken Shen Qian many years to sense the first "life and death barrier". In just four months, his progress in cultivation was unimaginable.
I just don’t know what to do next.
"You can consolidate your cultivation here during this period. If you want to make a big fuss, go to the sky. I'll go home for dinner first."
People are always dissatisfied. Shen Qian felt a little worried when he thought of the dilemma he faced at this time. He waved his hand and disappeared into the Tower of Babel in a flash.
As for the clone, he sat cross-legged, closed his eyes and continued to practice, with stars vaguely surrounding his body, giving him an awe-inspiring look.
…
Shen Qian honestly stayed at home with his parents for three days.
During this period, except for a trip to the city lord's mansion for a banquet, he almost never left the house.
In addition, Wang Yangming teamed up with several old classmates to visit him at home. Unfortunately, he could never go back to the past. After drinking too much, Shen Qian asked Lao Wang why he was so reserved. Lao Wang cried and said that he couldn't control it. Stay, silently and relieved.
It wasn't until the dusk of the fourth day that Shen Qian Shi Shiran went out and went to the Babel Tower to attend a small gathering of his masters.
Jiang Huan, Cheng Qingqing and Wu Jun were absent as usual, only senior brothers three, five and six were present.
"Where's the Eighth Senior Sister?" Shen Qian looked around Shi Dingyan's residence and was startled when he didn't find Ji Ruoshui's whereabouts.
"Eighth Junior Sister said she wasn't feeling well." Shi Dingyan explained seriously.
Liu Changqing smiled half-heartedly, "Maybe someone has been back to Jingcheng for a few days, but has never set foot in the Babel Tower. Someone is naturally angry... By the way, you won't go to the masseur, right?"
"She has a name, Jiang Xuan... That's not right. How could the Eighth Senior Sister be angry about something like this?" Shen Qian didn't realize what was wrong until he was halfway through his words, and he immediately looked sideways at Liu Changqing.
"You brat, what's that look in your eyes!"
Liu Changqing immediately gave Shen Qian a violent shudder.
Shen Qian raised his hand and put it down, raised his hand and put it down again, and finally calmed down his thoughts by silently reciting "Old Liu was very kind to me back then" in his heart.
After finishing the meal, Shen Qian couldn't wait to run away. It was only then that Shi Dingyan glanced at Liu Changqing, who was drinking happily, and coughed lightly, "I almost didn't save you just now."
"What?" Liu Changqing was a little confused.
"Junior brother is now... unfathomable!" Ling Xiao said with emotion as he finished his glass of wine.
"You said Shen Qian...isn't the case. Is it possible that he still dares to attack me?"
Liu Changqing finally came to his senses and said suspiciously, "Even if I can't beat him now, won't I still have you?"
"Is there a possibility? I mean it's possible..."
Ling Xiao glanced at Liu Changqing and said calmly, "Even if the three of us are tied together, we may not be his opponents now."
"What nonsense are you talking about?"
Liu Changqing looked at Ling Xiao blankly.
It took a while before Liu Changqing realized something was wrong, because Shi Dingyan didn't even refute. He just drank in silence, his eyes a little wandering, and he didn't know what he was thinking.
"Grass!"
Liu Changqing cursed, "This is fucking unscientific!"
…
On the 33rd floor of Babel Tower, when Shen Qian stepped out of the elevator, he was still a little uneasy.
Although the Eighth Senior Sister is weak and can be bullied, it does not mean that she is stupid. She must have discovered that Shen Qian was still hooking up with other people's women.
Even if she didn't find out, the second senior sister would definitely not hide it from her, especially Tianjing and his party. Apart from Huo Ling'er, there were almost all the women who had some relationship with Shen Qian. As long as Ji Ruoshui was not blind, they should have noticed it. What.
It was also Shen Qian's own fault. He had been in a dilemma these days, so he subconsciously avoided Ji Ruoshui and never showed up in Babel Tower.
Looking at Ji Ruoshui's dark residence, the deep corridor seemed to represent her current heart, Shen Qian couldn't help but hesitate.
Ji Ruoshui must have known that he was coming, but not turning on the lights might be an attitude.
Taking a deep breath, Shen Qian was still reluctant to leave and strode into the antique corridor.
After turning the corner, Shen Qian finally saw a little orange light deep in the corridor.
That location should be the Buddhist hall where Ji Ruoshui often stayed.
"Sure enough, she is in a bad mood..."
Shen Qian sighed softly, Ji Ruohui liked to hide there when he was upset.
After thinking about it, Shen Qian's steps became firmer.
During this short distance of tens of meters, Shen Qian thought a lot.
He had decided that if Ji Ruoshui really couldn't accept it, then he could only let it go.
The weak Eighth Senior Sister is the person Shen Qian is least willing to force.
Finally reaching the door of the Buddhist hall, he paused for a moment, then gritted his teeth and opened the curtain at the door, "Eighth Senior Sister, I..."
Shen Qian didn't say anything else. He just opened his mouth slightly and looked at the scene in front of him with a dull expression.
The Buddhist hall is still the same Buddhist hall, but the scene inside is completely different.
There is no longer the unclear statue of the god, nor the "Pure Heart Mantra", nor the "Calming Heart Technique".
Two swaying red candles with dragons and phoenixes on them replaced the previous incense burners and were placed on the eucalyptus table, one on the left and the other on the right.
Where the portrait was originally hung, only the two characters "Heaven" and "Earth" remain.
The room was also simply decorated with red silk, and there was a sense of joy everywhere.
The eighth senior sister, Ji Ruoshui, was kneeling under the eucalyptus platform with her back to Shen Qian. She was wearing a bright red dress. Even if she couldn't see the front, she could still tell from the complicated hair ornaments on her high bun. , she must be dressed up.
"Junior brother..."
Ji Ruoshui stood up slowly. Her body was shaking violently, as if she was about to fall over at any moment.
"Why!"
Shen Qian, who had not yet recovered, responded blankly.
"Do you know why...why no one else eats my peaches?"
Ji Ruoshui whispered.
"Why?"
Shen Qian was so shocked by the scene before him that he lost his ability to think, so he just asked subconsciously.
"Because those peaches...were planted with the water after my bath...I, I don't like others to eat them either..."
Ji Ruoshui turned around tremblingly. After saying this, she seemed to have lost all her strength. She leaned on the eucalyptus platform to avoid falling, but she still closed her eyes shyly.
But Shen Qian was stunned for a long time, and his breathing became heavy.
Under the dim candlelight, Ji Ruoshui's brows were like distant daisy, her cheeks were as pink as pink, and her rouged lips were stained with some crystal. They were like roses hidden in the morning mist, waiting to be released, tempting the hungry people standing at the door. Thirsty traveler.
