Chapter 88 - Overcoming The Two Levels of Tribulations (2/2)

“You’re welcome, anyway, Yin Skycity, where I’m heading, is not far from here, so it’s along the way.” The man returned her smile and flew off again. “I’ll take my leave now, goodbye!”

Shen Ying waved in return and after seeing him off, entered the city.

Close up, the Immortal Ascension Pagoda looked even bigger, with Immortal Qi constantly swirling around it. A number of cultivators of various cultivation levels were gathered around its base. No one was guarding the pagoda gate, which was open. But hardly any of the cultivators went in, most were merely curious onlookers.

“What a huge crowd,” Shen Ying muttered to herself.

“This is nothing!” said a man next to her. “When this pagoda appeared more than half a month ago, there was an even bigger crowd. All the Soul Formation cultivators and Traveling Immortals from the major sects and aristocratic families came here as well – it was a gathering of almost all of Upper Azure World’s experts. Whereas these people outside the pagoda now are no higher than Nascent Soul.”

“Oh,” Nodding her head, Shen Ying asked. “Then why don’t they enter?”

“This is the Immortal Ascension Pagoda you are talking about. Cultivators below Soul Formation do not dare to enter it,” The man continued. “It’s said that there are three levels in the pagoda, every level is filled with danger, and only those who can make it pass the third level can ascend to become an immortal. So far, only the experts of the aristocratic families and sects have entered.”

“Is it really so terrifying inside?”

“Of course.”

“Oh.” With an earnest expression, Shen Ying pointed to the pagoda and asked, “Then why don’t they fly directly up to the pagoda from outside?”

Huh?

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The man was made speechless by her logic. He had never thought of this alternative!

“I thought you said that reaching the top level was the goal?”

“Er… from what I heard, that is indeed… the case.” The man was silent, thinking over the feasibility of this method. Then he shook his head and said, “This is an immortal pagoda, there will definitely be a defensive array formation around it, how can anyone just fly up…?”

Before he could finish his sentence, he felt the figure beside him crouch down. The next moment he heard a loud boom and the ground subsided a few inches. The woman beside him a moment ago had sprung up into the air like an arrow.

“Holy cow… She really… really flew straight up!”

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Inside the pagoda.

They had almost exhausted all their energy before they finally managed to subdue the traveling immortals who were trapped in their trance. Despite following the plan Yi Qing suggested, they had hit a snag along the way. Not long after Lonemoon had lured them away, the traveling immortals seemed to have discovered something amiss. They had abandoned their pursuit of Lonemoon and turned back.

Their divide and conquer plan would have failed if Yi Qing had not used all his reserves and held on. Fortunately, four of the traveling immortals had awakened, but as they had been in the demonic trance for a long time, they were in far worse shape than their three family patriarchs and could barely walk.

Lonemoon was so exhausted that he flopped himself down onto the ground. He looked at Yi Qing, who was the only one still standing and at the flight of staircase leading to the next level, which had reappeared. After panting for a while, he said to Yi Qing, “I’m bushed. What’s our next move? Do we go up?”

Yi Qing seated himself down in a lotus position. After taking a moment to regulate his meridians, he gritted his teeth and said, “Wait here. I’m going up!”

“What!”