15 THE INVERTED GOLDEN PAGODA (2/2)
”Inferior Stage will fly in the sky!”
”Showing the might of the Advanced Stage as an Inferior Stage cultivator!”
”Skipping whole stages, augmenting one's experience, and more… are the miracles that the Pseudo-Core is capable of achieving!”
Xiao Wu had long since been unable to speak, staring wide eyed, her jaw nearly touching the ground, the sound of her blood pumping pounding in her ears. Forget about taking notes! Ever since a short while ago, she had branded every single word the young boy in front of her had said in her mind, not forgetting even a single word.
After a short span of a few breaths, the girl recovered. Pondering, she muttered trembling. ”Brother... Could you actually... Be a genius?”
Cheng Hao grinned, ”And not only that, I'm going to make you into one too! I will make you into the first, true genius this world has ever seen! Of course, it'll be because I'll allow you to share first place with me… but you will be one looked up to wherever you go, be it by enemies or allies! Commoner or noble, you will stand above them all, like an emperor of the skies!”
Xiao Wu gasped for air: of course she didn't fully believe, but it was simply because she couldn't. It was just too unrealistic of a claim, that she felt it would be way too unlikely for it to come true.
There was, however, another being, who, besides the emerald-eyed girl, had been hearing those seemingly absurd words… However, this golden dragon's understanding of the situation was much deeper. He was fully aware that Cheng Hao's words weren't just empty claims. After all, he had already accomplished all that once in the past by aiding the young Xiao Lan. Why should he not be able to do it again? Blindlight smiled: it had to be said the relationship between Xu Ling and the Xiao Clan was truly special.
Cheng Hao stood up and patted his robes, ”Good! And, now, for the next grand reveal!” He raised one of his hands and, all of a sudden, enormous pressure crashed down upon all things present in the room, with only a shocked Xiao Wu and the smiling Cheng Hao being spared. Blindlight on the other hand rolled on the ground cursing as loud as he could, but in the end was unable to even lift the tip of his tail. Especiallt when faced with a pressure that was akin to that of a gargantuan waterfall crashing upon its small body.
Damnit Little Monster! You're making being your friend you that much harder for me!
Not taking notice of the poor beast's cries, Xiao Wu watched on with wide eyes as slowly, an object began to materialize into the world. It was accompanied by a small hurricane that battered her clothes and hair and by a golden glow so bright she couldn't look at it directly.
”Come, my dear creation! Let the world bask upon your greatness!” Whoosh! Soon following Cheng Hao's words, a shining, golden tower suddenly appeared, hovering right above the young boy's hand!
It had a total of fifteen levels, with the first six levels having bronze gates, the middle five levels having silver gates and the last four levels having golden gates. Most of the gates were covered in chains and locks, as if they were keeping something sealed within…
It was really beautiful and incredibly domineering! It was also but a few inches tall. An adult would probably be able to hold it between two hands. Clearly, the tower had been drastically reduced in size: had it been its real size, the tower would have probably been thousands of feet tall!
The gigantic gates were each bigger and sturdier than the previous level's, making up an inverted, golden pagoda. and when scaled up, they would actually also be so big that a man would easily be able to pass by the fissures below the door's frame! However, no matter how one looked, it was not possible to see what was behind the closed gates, as if some strange magic was impeding it and concealing the interior. It really made one wonder what those big golden doors really held inside; what terrifying beasts would be sealed within and what fearful power it would have taken to seal them.
A mysterious, inverted golden pagoda. This was what Cheng Hao had made out of the golden spark that he had found in the underworld: a tower as tall as the heavens, with countless secrets lying beyond each gate and its only purpose being speeding up the growth of its master! It was what he'll be using to protect his loved ones! It was a tower he would use to ascend to Immortality as soon as possible! And for that exact reason, the child had thus decided to call it…
”IMMORTAL ACENSION TOWER!” Cheng Hao's yell rang out. He eyed the golden object hovering above his palm with both pride and excitement. ”I have been working on it for almost six months, and it is even now yet to be completed... However, even in its incompleteness, it will be of great aid to the both of us, both in AND outside battle! Today, I will step into the Inferior stage thanks to this little baby and you, my sweet younger sister, will as well!”