Chapter 298: Emperors Blood Aperture Refinement, Obtaining Earth-Rank Treasure (1/2)
Jiang Li could sense that with every step he took, a trace of warm current would surge up from the center of his feet.
After the warm current entered his body, it circulated once before vanishing without a trace between Jiang Li's brows.
At first, he was still wary, but after waiting for a while, he did not find anything abnormal. The status that popped up on the interface dispelled his doubts.
[Human Emperor's Blood Qi has entered the body. Added Status: Emperor's Blood Aperture Refinement (Shen Ting)]
[Emperor's Blood Aperture Refinement (Shen Ting): Human Emperor's Blood Qi will strengthen the Shen Ting Aperture. Duration: 30 seconds] (− +)
Jiang Li stretched out his hand and pressed on his Shen Ting Aperture. He felt it again. A warm current was slowly spinning inside, strengthening and expanding his aperture. However, this warm current was also quickly consuming and shrinking.
This aura of the Human Emperor should have been infused into the Star Tower when King Zhou died.
After tens of thousands of years, this blood qi was already only a little weak. Although it could be felt that the quality was extremely high, because of the small amount, the speed at which it strengthened the aperture was not fast, and it could only last for 30 seconds.
If Jiang Li did not care about him, it would be very difficult for him to sense how much his blood qi had strengthened after 30 seconds.
However, as a human, Jiang Li did not want Human Emperor's qi and blood to dissipate just like that, so he pulled out the status bar and changed the new status above to infinite duration.
Jiang Li walked up another step, and another warm current entered his body. This time, after the warm current circled around, it entered the 'Yang Bai Aperture' at the side and vanished.
[Human Emperor's Blood Qi has entered the body. Added Status: Emperor's Blood Aperture Refinement (Yang Bai)]
[Emperor's Blood Aperture Refinement (Yang Bai): Human Emperor's Blood Qi will strengthen the Yang Bai Aperture. Duration: 30 seconds] (− +)
Sure enough, every step had a strand of blood qi. Jiang Li looked at the steps that were so tall that they could not see the top. He was probably going to make a killing this time.
Refining the aperture and expanding the acupuncture point was originally a body cultivation path abandoned by the modern cultivation world because the difficulty and danger were too high. He did not expect that on the steps of Star Tower, he would still be able to encounter an automatic refinement of the aperture. Moreover, this used the very high-grade Human Emperor's Qi.
These two apertures might have an average amplification effect on cultivators, but according to what he knew, human cultivators had 1085 apertures.
If he could use the Human Emperor's blood qi to refine his aperture until it was completely opened, then he might be able to obtain some of the power of that Human Emperor from back then!
This Star Tower was really a good place. Apart from testing, it was more like a gift and tempering.
Jiang Li continued to walk up the wooden steps. As he bled, he modified the status bar until he reached the thousandth step.
A golden rice grain appeared in front of him.
[Name: Golden Rice]
[Type: Seed]
[Grade: Medium-grade Earth-rank]
[Note: Grows by a season everyday. Every harvest gives one bushel. Strengthens the body when eaten as food.]
Medium-grade Earth-rank spiritual plant??
After Jiang Li used appraisal to scan it, he was dumbfounded.
This thing was actually a medium-grade Earth-rank spiritual plant. It had zero value on its own and its value was lower than medicinal pills and artifacts.
This was the second time Jiang Li had seen an Earth-rank spiritual plant. The last time he had seen it was when he had obtained the Dao Essence Fruit.
He did not expect to find it in vain after walking a thousand steps on the Star Tower. This happiness came too suddenly.
”Grows by a season everyday. Every harvest gives one bushel. Strengthens the body when eaten as food.”
It seemed that this was a spiritual plant used by humans to maintain the livelihood of the people back then. However, it was still an Earth-rank treasure after all. Jiang Li believed that it would not be simple no matter what.
He put it into the coffin and continued to look at the steps above.
If he continued, would something better appear?
The 1001st wooden step in front of him had already begun to change.
On every step above, there was a jar placed on it. Judging from the size, it should not be a problem to stuff one person in.
After Jiang Li scattered his blood on the steps, two lines of red words appeared on the steps in front of him.
”Gather the army and make a blood oath to defend the lord. With the courage of the human race, there is no retreat.”
It seemed that Star Tower used every thousand steps as a stage.
As long as the humans offered some blood, they could step onto the first thousand steps.
It seemed that the path ahead required more tests.
What did it mean to advance without retreating? As long as he took a step forward, he would have no way out? So, what was tested next was courage?
Jiang Li turned around to look at the ground below. A golden door had appeared out of nowhere.
That golden light was exactly the same as the golden light that sent Jiang Li over. It seemed that as long as he returned the same way and touched that golden light, he could leave this place.
The two lines of blood in front of him were telling him that if he did not have enough courage, he should return obediently.
However, Jiang Li had yet to completely collect the Human Emperor's Aperture Refinement status. The Golden Rice Grain had also piqued his interest. Under such circumstances, how could he easily give up?
He took a step forward. He really wanted to see what kind of reward was waiting for him on the next thousand steps.
After he stepped on the 1001st step in front of him, the jar on the step immediately exploded. A tattered ghost soldier appeared before Jiang Li, and it held a spear as it stabbed towards Jiang Li.
The space on the steps was small and there was nowhere to dodge. He instinctively wanted to take a step back.
At this moment, there was a series of collapsing sounds behind him.
From the corner of his eye, he saw that all the steps he had just walked on had collapsed, leaving him with no way out.
Jiang Li stabilized his footsteps and stopped retreating.
Clang!
At this moment, the sharp spearhead had already stabbed into his chest. A huge force poured down the spearhead, almost pushing him back.
Fortunately, Jiang Li's strength was very strong to begin with. After he obtained the blood qi of the first 1,000 steps, his strength had practically doubled in a short period of time.
Coupled with the status effect of the Peerless Overlord Body, he only relied on his chest to forcefully receive the other party's spear tip.
The strength of this ghost soldier was not weak. This time, it definitely surpassed the level of a Golden Core cultivator.
Jiang Li was just about to counterattack, but after stabbing this spear, this ghost soldier immediately dissipated. Even the spear in his hand turned to ash.
Alright, this was something from so many years ago after all. It was already very rare to be able to preserve such a strike.
He could not expect it to persist in fighting for 300 rounds, right?
However, when his fist landed on empty air, he was still a little unhappy. He had been ambushed out of nowhere, but he did not have anyway to retaliate, making him feel inexplicably aggrieved.
With this first experience, Jiang Li became wary.
When he stepped on the steps again, he prepared the altar for the steps.
After stepping on the steps again, this time, a ghost soldier holding a saber jumped out.
Jiang Li was long prepared. He immediately reacted and smashed his fist over.
The fragile ghost body had no ability to resist as a large hole was smashed open by Jiang Li.
However, the other party's saber did not move at all. It slashed onto Jiang Li's body, and only then did it exhaust the last bit of energy and dissipate.