Chapter 86 - Immortal Ascension (1/2)
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
“I just received the news as well,” Feng Ying pulled a chair out of the wreckage and dusted the surface. “The Immortal Ascension Pagoda suddenly appeared in the Yu Family home in Huayuan City. Apparently, your battle with the Yu Family made them take extra precautions against you by setting up the Immortal Ascension Pagoda. The Heaven and Earth phenomenon we witnessed yesterday was caused by that Immortal Ascension Pagoda. Come, sit down!”
“Oh,” Shen Ying sat on the chair that Feng Ying dusted. “What kind of pagoda is that? What is it for?”
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Feng Ying’s mouth twitched. He tried to ignore the system and continued, “According to the Yu Family’s ancient texts, the Pagoda is a Dharma artifact created by their ancestors before they achieved Immortal Ascension millions of years ago. There are plenty of training grounds inside the pagoda which links to the Immortal World. If you make it to the third level of the pagoda, you could achieve Immortal Ascension. That’s why it’s called the Immortal Ascension Pagoda.”
“Immortal Ascension!” Everybody around was shocked. Achieving Immortal Ascension was such a mean and dangerous feat. Many Soul Formation cultivators in the Upper Azure World, even those who have Perfected Soul Formation, do not dare to trigger the Immortal Ascension Lightning Tribulation for fear of disintegrating under the lightning bolts. The Disintegrating Itinerant Cultivators were prime examples. The Yu Family’s pagoda would drive everybody in the Upper Azure World mad.
“According to the information obtained by my Soul Chasing Tower, the Yu Family attracts the most attention out of all the aristocratic families because of this pagoda. Everyone wants to get into their good books so they can learn more about this Immortal Ascension Pagoda,” Feng Ying explained. “The Yu Family knows they cannot keep the pagoda to themselves now that their Master is missing. The elders of the Yu Family thus decided to invite the great cultivators from the other three aristocratic families to enter the pagoda and try it out.”
“My father and several uncles from my family are some of the people who were invited to enter the pagoda,” Yin Yuanfei said in a low voice.
Shen Ying nodded, “Then how do you know they’re in trouble?” Could this is a part of the Yu Family plan?
“It’s the Life Presenting Token.” He retrieved a square token from inside his robe. Only the upper right corner of the square was white – the remaining parts of the token were all black. “My Yin Family does business. We often help cultivators sell some rare treasures that are highly sought after by bad people who in turn may attempt to kill us to obtain said treasures. Everybody in my family carries a life token like that. If it becomes black, it means that someone from the family is in life-threatening danger.”
Yin Yuanfei raised the life token up and said, “Shortly after my father entered the Immortal Ascension Pagoda, my token turned into this. Clearly, his life is in danger. He’s not alone. My father took precautions before entering the pagoda and handed a similar Life Presenting Token to my other two uncles who followed him. He instructed me to look out for any changes on the token. Last night, everybody’s tokens either fell apart or became like this. No matter how dangerous the pagoda is, it can’t be that everybody’s token…”
In other words, everybody who entered the pagoda were in danger. Shen Ying frowned. This is so troublesome! She turned to address the crowd, “Where’s Father Niu?”
“Sect Master, you forgot,” Yu Hong stepped forward and answered. “Elder Lonemoon went to the Yin Family. According to what Yu Haiheng said yesterday, Elder Lonemoon also… went into the pagoda.”
“Father Niu is stuck in the pagoda too?”
“Even the traveling immortals from each of the three aristocratic families have not come out of the pagoda,” Feng Ying shook his head. “It looks like Supremacy Lonemoon is in trouble.”
“This is really troublesome,” Shen Ying scratched her head. Father Niu is such a smart man why did he enter the pagoda? What should I do, should I save them? But I haven’t eaten my breakfast. She scanned the crowd once more but did not find any familiar face. “Where’s Chef? Didn’t he say he would only be away for a day?”
Yu Hong shook her head, “Elder Yi hasn’t returned.”
“Are you talking about the other elder in your Sect?” Yin Yuanfei suddenly asked, looking as if he recalled something important. “I saw him on my way here. He told me he had heard there was trouble and was on his way to the Immortal Ascension Pagoda to rescue people. Elder Yi also told me where I could find you and your honorable sect, Great Immortal. I think he’s already there. Great Immortal, please… Wait, Great Immortal? Where’s Great Immortal?”
He turned around and saw the lazy Shen Ying missing.
The crowd: “…”
A while later…
“Senior Sister Hong, did Sect Master go alone?”
“I think so. This concerns Elder Yi after all.” Apart from Shen Ying, everybody else remained.
“But Sect Master would get lost even in the rear hall. Can she… make it to the Immortal Ascension Pagoda?”
Yu Hong: “…”
Feng Ying: “…”
The crowd: “…”