"Fellow Taoist Rusty Lion, don't be in a hurry to take the Suzaku Fruit. Old man, I have a small suggestion."
Just when Xu Taiping was about to take the Suzaku Fruit, Zhang Yi, who had been silent, suddenly stopped him.
"Mr. Zhang, please tell me."
Xu Taiping put down the Suzaku Fruit in his hand and looked at the white-haired old man in front of him seriously.
"Actually, among the upper levels of the Xuanhuangtian Cultivation World, there has always been... a secret about the Xuanhuang Tower."
Zhang Yi hesitated for a while, but finally decided to inform Xu Taiping about the matter.
"The secret says that if you challenge half of the monsters guarding the ruins on each floor of the Xuanhuang Tower, you will not only get many precious rewards from Emperor Xuanhuang, but you will also be able to get a card from the next level after you finally defeat the tower spirit. The treasure map and the token that opens the treasure place.”
After combing his clothes for a while, he looked at Xu Taiping seriously.
"Mr. Zhang, is this actually true?"
Nan Xing on the side looked surprised when he heard this.
"I can't actually confirm it. I just feel that with Brother Xishi's current skills, it is more than enough to push the Xuanhuang Tower sideways, so I can give it a try."
Zhang Yi frowned at first, and then looked at Xu Taiping with hopeful eyes.
"But I seem to have heard that the sooner you challenge the tower spirit, the more rewards you will get. I wonder if the secret treasure hidden by Emperor Xuanhuang is more precious than this reward."
Xu Taiping hesitated.
He actually wanted to quickly go up to the third floor of Xuanhuang Tower. After all, if the soul stayed in the tower for one more day, there would be one more day of risk.
"Brother Rusty Lion, it is rumored that the secret treasure left by Emperor Xuanhuang is different from other rewards in Xuanhuang Tower. It is a soul technique, soul weapon, and soul weapon that you can use even after leaving Xuanhuang Tower!"
Zhai Mo lowered his voice and said to Xu Taiping with a mysterious look on his face.
"Can it be used outside?"
Upon hearing this, Xu Taiping's eyes suddenly lit up.
"Yes." Gongshu Nanxing nodded, "So rumors say that these things are the inheritance that Emperor Xuanhuang really wants to leave to future generations."
"But it's too difficult." Mr. Zhang smiled bitterly and shook his head. "It's not easy for ordinary monks to challenge a monster, let alone challenge half of the monsters in Xuanhuang Tower."
"In that case, let me try it."
After careful consideration, Xu Taiping finally made up his mind.
In the past, he often heard Fairy Lingyue mention things like "soul treasures" and "soul arts", saying that they were far more rare than ordinary fairy treasures and that they were miraculous in dealing with monsters and evil gods.
Since there is a clue that can be found now, and he has the ability to get it, he will naturally not miss it.
Seeing that Xu Taiping agreed, Mr. Zhang and others were overjoyed.
"Mr. Zhang, this is the inheritance of Emperor Xuanhuang. If an outsider like me gets it, will the Xuanhuang Heavenly Cultivation World reject you?"
Xu Taiping suddenly looked at Mr. Zhang and others worriedly.
"Young fellow Taoist Rusty Lion, Xuanhuangtian...where is there any practice world left? We are just a bunch of bereaved dogs."
Zhang Lao sighed with a sad look in his eyes.
"Young Master Rusty Lion, since you have the Xuanhuang Ring, you can open another door in the future and see the Xuanhuangtian today. Then you will understand how despicable the Xuanhuangtian human race is today."
Gongshu Nanxing also sounded a little disappointed.
"Today's Xuanhuangtian, except for a few large cities in Qianji City that are still struggling to support themselves, most of the area is shrouded in black mist, making it dark."
Zhai Mo also said with gloomy eyes at this time.
"My hometown, Chaoci Country, once had the most beautiful scenery in Xuanhuang Heaven. It was also the secluded place where Emperor Xuanhuang lived before his ascension. But now, it has become a grazing place for monsters, and what they grazed..."
When he said this, Zhai Mo, who usually liked to laugh heartily, suddenly seemed to be a different person, with loneliness in his eyes.
The expressions on the three people's faces at this moment made Xu Taiping couldn't help but recall Gong Shubai's kneeling in front of the Youyun Mansion that day.
"If it weren't for the desperate situation, how could a noble young man from an aristocratic family put aside his dignity and kneel down in public?"
"If we hadn't reached the end of our rope, how could these three people in front of us put their hope in a foreigner like me?"
Xu Taiping thought in his heart.
"Everyone, is there anything I can do for you Xuanhuangtian?"
After careful consideration, Xu Taiping suddenly asked the three of them.
"Climb to the top of Xuanhuang Tower!"
Gongshu Nanxing blurted out.
"Yes." Zhai Mo nodded heavily, "Climb to the top!"
"Fellow Taoist Rusty Lion, at least for now, you are the one who is most likely to reach the top of the monks we have met. We have nothing else to ask for, we only hope to assist fellow Taoist to reach the top of the tower!"
Mr. Zhang suddenly said excitedly at this time.
"Everyone, can climbing to the top of the tower really solve Xuanhuangtian's current predicament?"
Xu Taiping asked curiously.
"The Great Emperor left a message before he ascended. If one day, Xuanhuangtian is really at the end of its rope, you can ask the sky on the top of the tower, and he will have a response."
Gongshu Nanxing answered seriously.
"In this case, I will try my best. As for whether I can deny it, I can't guarantee it."
Xu Taiping smiled bitterly.
"Fellow Taoist Rusty Lion, you don't need to be under too much pressure. There are many dead warriors in our group who have entered the tower. It is only our duty to find people who can assist us in climbing the tower. As for whether we can succeed in the end, it depends on God's will. "
Mr. Zhang comforted Xu Taiping.
"If that's the case, then I'll be relieved."
Xu Taiping smiled and nodded.
Climbing the tower with your own life on your back is completely different from climbing the tower with the lives of all the creatures in the world on your back.
So after hearing what Mr. Zhang said that they had assisted many monks in the Xuanhuang Tower and climbed the tower, the pressure in their hearts suddenly became much lighter.
"Maybe someone has already climbed the tower before I climbed to the top."
He thought so in his heart.
…
Six days later.
"boom!"
In a valley on the first floor of the Xuanhuang Tower, Xu Taiping smashed the head of a huge green wolf with one punch. So far, all the monsters guarding the ruins on the first floor of the Xuanhuang Tower were cleared by Xu Taiping. .
And in just six days, the cultivation levels of Xu Taiping, Zhai Mo, Nan Xing, and Mr. Zhang almost all reached the upper limit of the first level of the Xuanhuang Tower.
not only that.
Because they challenged the ruin monsters, they received a large number of weapons, elixirs, and talismans as rewards from Emperor Xuanhuang.
Xu Taiping even got a treasure-level horizontal sword.
"To be honest, little brother Rusty Lion, based on my previous experience, with the current cultivation base of the four of us and the treasures on our bodies, when we reach the second floor of the Xuanhuang Tower, we can conquer the entire floor of the Xuanhuang Tower."
Zhai Mo, who was wearing an iron armor and holding a dark iron heavy ax in his hand, almost smiled crookedly.
"It's better to be more cautious. When we reach the second level, we will first find a way to find a few demon cultivators to practice and improve our strength."
After all, it was Xu Taiping's first time entering Xuanhuang Tower, so he was still a little cautious.
"That's true."
Mr. Zhang nodded. We must not underestimate those demon cultivators. This time they are also rushing to wipe out our last batch of dead soldiers.
"Master Rusty Lion, you can take the Suzaku Fruit."
Gongshu Nanxing reminded Xu Taipingdao at this time.
"Um."
Xu Taiping nodded and took out the Vermillion Bird Fruit.
"Brother Rusty Lion, when the monks challenge the tower spirit, some powerful beings from the outside world can actually see the scene of the monks challenging the tower spirit through some treasures. So if you don't want people to know your identity, take action when the time comes. Try to be as fast as possible.”
At this time, Mr. Zhang also reminded Xu Taiping.
"Can the outside world still see it?"
Xu Taiping, who had just taken the Suzaku Fruit, looked stunned.
Fairy Lingyue never mentioned this to him.
…
Linyuan Pavilion, inside the main hall.
"Now, you can actually see every monk in the Xuanhuang Tower challenging the tower spirit?"
Fairy Lingyue was also surprised when she learned about this from the chief.
"Senior Yuezhu, what age are we in now? What's the fuss about this kind of thing?"
Jiuxi Zhusha teased.
"You're not afraid that your disciple will make a fool of himself in the Xuanhuang Tower, so you're deliberately pretending not to know?"
She then smiled "hehe" and looked at Fairy Lingyue with a look of gloating.
