Chapter 961
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“Fellow Daoist Rust Lion, don’t be in a hurry to take the Vermilion Bird Fruit. I, the old man, have a small proposal.”
Just as Xu Taiping was about to take the Vermilion Bird Fruit, Zhang Yi, who had hardly spoken, suddenly stopped him.
“Please speak, Old Zhang.”
Xu Taiping put down the Vermilion Bird Fruit in his hand and looked seriously at the white-haired old man in front of him.
“Actually, among the upper echelons of the cultivation world in the Mysterious Wilderness Heaven, there has always been a… a secret rumor about the Mysterious Wilderness Tower.”
Zhang Yi hesitated for a moment, but finally decided to tell Xu Taiping about this matter.
“The secret rumor says that if you challenge half of the Demonic beast that guard the relics on each floor of the Mysterious Wilderness Tower, not only will you receive many precious rewards from the Mysterious Wilderness Great Emperor, but also after finally defeating the Tower Spirit, you will obtain a treasure map of the next floor and a token to open the treasure land.”
After slightly combing it through, he looked at Xu Taiping very seriously.
“Old Zhang, is this matter actually true？”
Nan Xing on the side looked surprised upon hearing this.
“Actually, this old man can’t be sure either. I just think that with Fellow Daoist Rusty Lion’s current skills, it would be more than enough to push through this Mysterious Desolation Tower horizontally, so it’s worth giving it a try.”
Zhang Yi first frowned, and then looked at Xu Taiping with full of hope in his eyes.
“But I seem to have heard that the earlier you challenge the Tower Spirit, the more rewards you will get. I don’t know if the secret treasures hidden by the Mysterious Desolation Great Emperor are more precious than these rewards.”
Xu Taiping was a little hesitant.
He actually wanted to quickly reach the third floor of the Mysterious Desolation Tower. After all, the longer the primordial spirit stayed in the tower, the more risks there would be.
“Brother Rusty Lion, according to the rumors, the secret treasures left by the Mysterious Desolation Great Emperor are different from the other rewards in the Mysterious Desolation Tower. They are soul techniques, soul soldiers, and soul artifacts that you can use even after leaving the Mysterious Desolation Tower！”
Zhai Mo lowered his voice and said to Xu Taiping with a mysterious look on his face.
“Can be used outside？”
Upon hearing this, Xu Taiping’s eyes suddenly lit up.
“Yes.” Gongshu Nan Xing nodded. “So the rumors say that these things are the real inheritances that the Mysterious Desolation Great Emperor really wants to leave to future generations.”
“But it’s too difficult.” Old Zhang shook his head with a bitter smile. “It’s not easy for an ordinary cultivator to challenge and defeat a single demonic beast, let alone challenge half of the demonic beasts in the Xuanghuang Pagoda.”
“Since that’s the case, then I’ll give it a try.”
After carefully considering it for a while, Xu Taiping finally made up his mind.
Before, he often heard Fairy Lingyue mention things like “soul treasures” and “soul techniques”, saying that their rarity was far greater than that of ordinary immortal treasures, and they had miraculous effects when dealing with demons and evil gods.
Now that there is a clue that can be found and he has the ability to obtain it, he naturally won’t miss it.
Seeing that Xu Taiping agreed, Old Zhang and the others were all overjoyed.
“Old Zhang, this is the inheritance of the Xuanghuang Great Emperor. If it is really obtained by an outsider like me, will the cultivation world of Xuanghuang Heaven reject you all？”
Xu Taiping suddenly looked at Old Zhang and the others worriedly.
“Little Rust Lion, in Xuanghuang Heaven… there is no cultivation world anymore. We are just a group of homeless dogs.”
Old Zhang let out a long sigh with a desolate look in his eyes.
“Young Master Rust Lion, since you have the Xuanghuang Ring, then in the future you can open another door to see what Xuanghuang Heaven is like now, and then you will understand how humble the human race in Xuanghuang Heaven is now.”
Gongshu Nanxing’s tone was also a little lost as he said.
“Now in the Mysterious Wilderness Heaven, except for a few large cities like Thousand Machine City that are still struggling to hold on, most of the area is shrouded in black fog and pitch-dark.”
Zhai Mo also spoke with a dim look in his eyes at this time.
“My hometown, Chaoci Country, once had the most beautiful scenery in the Mysterious Wilderness Heaven and was also the hermitage of the Mysterious Wilderness Great Emperor before his ascension. But now, it has become a grazing ground for demons, and what they graze…”
When he said this, Zhai Mo, who usually liked to laugh heartily, suddenly seemed like a different person, with a look of desolation in his eyes.
At this moment, the expressions of the three people made Xu Taiping couldn’t help but recall Gongshu Bai’s kneeling in front of Youyun Mansion that day.
“If it wasn’t for reaching the end of the rope, how could a dignified son of a noble family put aside his dignity and kneel in public.”
“If it wasn’t for reaching the end of the rope, how could these three people in front of me place their hopes on an outsider like me？”
Xu Taiping thought this way in his heart.
“Everyone, is there anything I can do to help your Mysterious Wilderness Heaven？”
After seriously considering for a while, Xu Taiping suddenly took the initiative to ask the three people.
“Reach the top of the Mysterious Wilderness Tower！”
Gongshu Nanxing blurted out.
“Yes.” Zhai Mo nodded heavily. “Reach the top！”
“Fellow Daoist Rust Lion, at least for now, among the cultivators we have encountered, you are the most likely to reach the top. We have no other requests, we only hope to assist you in reaching the top of the tower！”
Old Zhang suddenly said with excitement on his face at this time.
“Fellow Daoists, can really reaching the top of the tower solve the current dilemma of Mysterious Desolation Heaven？”
Xu Taiping asked curiously.
“Before the Great Emperor ascended, he left a sentence. If one day, Mysterious Desolation Heaven really reaches the end of its rope, one can ask the sky on the top of the tower, and he will naturally respond.”
Gongshu Nanxing answered very seriously.
“Since that’s the case, then I will do my best to give it a try. As for whether I can succeed or not, I can’t guarantee it.”
Xu Taiping said with a bitter smile.
“Fellow Daoist Rust Lion, you don’t have to have too much pressure. There are many of us death warriors who entered the tower. Looking for someone to assist in climbing the tower is just our duty. As for whether it will succeed in the end, it depends on the will of the heavens.”
Old Zhang comforted Xu Taiping.
“If that’s the case, then I’m relieved.”
Xu Taiping nodded with a smile.
Carrying one’s own life to climb the tower is completely different from carrying the lives of all beings in a world to climb the tower.
So after hearing Old Zhang say that they had assisted many cultivators in climbing the tower in this Mysterious Desolation Tower, the pressure in his heart suddenly decreased a lot.
“Maybe before I reach the top of the tower, someone has already climbed the tower first.”
He thought so in his heart.
……
Six days later.
“Bang！”
In a certain valley on the first floor of the Mysterious Desolation Tower, as Xu Taiping blasted the head of a huge green wolf with a punch, all the demonic beasts guarding the relics on the first floor of the Mysterious Desolation Tower were completely cleared by Xu Taiping.
And in just these six days, the cultivation bases of Xu Taiping, Zhai Mo, Nan Xing, and Elder Zhang of the Western people almost all reached the upper limit of the first floor of the Mysterious Desolation Tower.
Not only that.
Because of challenging the relic demonic beasts, they obtained a large number of weapons, pills, and talismans bestowed by the Mysterious Desolation Great Emperor.
Even Xu Taiping obtained a horizontal saber at the level of a precious weapon.
“To be honest, Little Brother Rust Lion, based on my previous experience, with the cultivation bases and treasures on our Western people at present, when we reach the second floor of the Mysterious Desolation Tower, we can push through the entire second floor of the Mysterious Desolation Tower.”
Zhai Mo, wearing an iron armor and carrying a heavy black iron ax in his hand, was almost grinning from ear to ear.
“It’s better to be more cautious. When we reach the second floor, we should first find a way to find a few demonic cultivators to practice with and improve our strength by the way.”
After all, this was Xu Taiping’s first time entering the Mysterious Desolation Tower, so he was still a little cautious.
“That’s right.”
Elder Zhang nodded. We must not look down on those demonic cultivators. This time, they also came here with the intention of completely wiping out our last batch of death warriors.
“Young Master Rust Lion, you can take the Vermilion Bird Fruit now.”
Gongshu Nanxing reminded Xu Taiping at this time.
“Mm.”
Xu Taiping nodded and took out that Vermilion Bird Fruit.
“Little Brother Rusty Lion, when a cultivator challenges a tower spirit, actually some powerful existences outside can, through some treasures, see the scene of the cultivator challenging the tower spirit. So if you don’t want others to see your identity, try to make your move as fast as possible when the time comes.”
At this time, Old Zhang also reminded Xu Taiping.
“It can also be seen from the outside？”
Xu Taiping, who had just taken the Vermilion Bird Fruit, had a stunned expression on his face.
Regarding this point, Fairy Lingyue hadn’t mentioned it to him.
……
In the main hall of the Lin Yuan Pavilion.
“Nowadays, you guys can actually see the situation of every cultivator challenging the tower spirit inside the Mysterious Wilderness Tower？”
After learning about this from the mouth of the Chief, Fairy Lingyue also had a surprised expression on her face.
“Senior Yuezhu, what era is it now? There’s no need to make such a fuss about this kind of thing.”
Jiu Xi Zhusha teased.
“Could it be that you are afraid that your disciple will make a fool of himself in the Mysterious Wilderness Tower and deliberately pretend not to know？”
She then smiled “hee hee” and looked at Fairy Lingyue with a gloating expression on her face.
