He remained silent for a moment before sinking.

He was still thinking about how to hide it, little did he know that Marquis Jinta had already seen it.

"Uh, this..."

Faced with Jin Ta Hou's ambiguous smile, even with his thick skin, he didn't know how to smooth things over.

"I've also been to the first floor of the Vientiane Tower."

Marquis Jinta spoke again.

Shen Qian was startled and looked at Jinta Hou in astonishment.

He knew, of course, that Jin Ta Hou's "visit" did not mean that he had wandered around aimlessly like an ordinary martial artist, but rather that he had likely come into contact with the core secrets of the Myriad Manifestations Pagoda, just like him.

"More than 170 years ago, that was the first time I entered the Myriad Pagoda."

Jin Tahou recalled, "By chance, I stumbled into the control center of the Myriad Pagoda, and it was there that I encountered the consciousness projection left by the creator of the Myriad Pagoda."

"The man in white?"

He asked subconsciously before sinking in.

"The man in white?" Marquis Jinta glanced at Shen Qian in surprise, then shook his head. "I can't see his face clearly, but he gave me a special test. If I can complete it, he will help me become a king within the Myriad Manifestations Pagoda..."

He was somewhat shocked before sinking.

Regarding the origins of the Marquis of Jinta, he had naturally heard some rumors when he was learning about the royal and noble class.

One theory suggests that the Jinta Marquis's rise to kingship was closely related to the Wanxiang Pagoda, which is why he willingly stayed behind as a king and became the guardian of the Wanxiang Pagoda.

Unexpectedly, this rumor turned out to be remarkably close to the truth.

"After spending hundreds of years working day and night to complete the test, he kept his word. I did indeed become a king within the Tower of Myriad Manifestations. But thinking about it later, I realized I was tricked. He didn't really do anything special; he just slowed down the flow of time within the Tower of Myriad Manifestations..."

"At that time, only a few years had passed for the outside world."

"A routine?"

Shen Qian asked with some curiosity.

"Because any martial artist from the Mountain and Sea Realm, if they can clear all the way to the 90th floor or above in the Abyss Mode of the Myriad Manifestations Tower, as long as they are not a pig, they have a very high probability of becoming a king or marquis."

Jin Ta Hou glanced at Shen Qian and calmly revealed the truth.

Holy crap!

Shen Qian almost swore, and the way he looked at Jinta Hou changed.

He had always thought that no martial artist other than himself would have the opportunity to witness the highest level of difficulty in the Tower of Myriad Manifestations. He never expected that the person in front of him had almost cleared the Tower of Myriad Manifestations in Abyss Mode.

In Abyss Mode, each level requires a completion rate of over 90%.

Before sinking in, he glanced at the preview of the Tower of All Things' will; it was clearly not a challenge prepared for normal people.

Marquis Jinta endured this torment for hundreds of years, and even with his current resolve, he could only utter the word "awesome."

No wonder the other party was able to rise from an ordinary background to become a top-level king; he deserved it.

"After becoming a king, I also kept my promise and became the guardian of the Tower of Myriad Forms."

Marquis Jinta turned his gaze back to Shen Qian, his expression scrutinizing. "When the Myriad Manifestations Pagoda stirred, I sensed your presence. I initially thought you would be my successor, but now it seems you are quite different from me..."

Before sinking in, his mind was filled with a surge of thoughts.

He is certainly different from Marquis Jinta.

A simple analysis reveals that although Jin Ta Hou is connected to the will of the Myriad Pagoda and possesses some of the Myriad Pagoda's authority, he cannot access the Myriad Pagoda's control hub.

While Chen Qian was unable to touch the original rules, he was able to control the Tower of Myriad Phenomena.

To put it more bluntly, Jin Tahou was merely a "security guard" chosen by the man in white, but Shen Qian was more like a true "successor."

Suddenly, a thought struck Shen Qian.

If Marquis Jinta truly has some kind of contract with the Myriad Manifestations Pagoda, then if I could completely control the Myriad Manifestations Pagoda, wouldn't that mean...?

Could he indirectly control the Marquis of Jinta?

"what's on your mind?"

Seemingly noticing something amiss in Shen Qian's gaze, Marquis Jinta frowned.

"It's nothing, nothing... I just don't know how to describe it. I did see that mysterious projection, and it gave me a test. But for some reason, I only needed to pass the test mode."

Shen Qian had already prepared a whole set of excuses and quickly tried to salvage the situation.

"Um?"

Marquis Jinta asked in confusion, "So, you really are my successor?"

"I think so." Shen Qian blinked.

“How could it be the simplest test mode?” Marquis Jinta murmured. “It doesn’t make any sense.”

"I heard from that elder that it's because the human race is facing a crisis, and I have exceptional talent, so he deliberately lowered the difficulty of the test in the hope that I can grow up as soon as possible... The reason for changing the Tower of Myriad Manifestations to Hell Mode is the same, to give human geniuses more opportunities."

Shen Qian said solemnly, pushing everything onto the man in white.

Is that so?

After a moment's thought, Jin Tahou nodded, barely accepting Shen Qian's explanation.

Seeing that Jintahou believed him so easily, Shen Qian was also ashamed.

It can only be said that Marquis Jinta was probably the most "simple" of all the kings and nobles he had ever met, perhaps because the other party had been out of touch with worldly affairs for a long time.

By analogy, someone like Marquis Jinta, who has stayed in one place for hundreds of years, is roughly equivalent to a super-reclusive man among kings and nobles.

"In that case, if you have any questions in the future, you may come to the Myriad Pagoda to find me at any time. My residence is hidden next to the Myriad Pagoda. You can enter with this token."

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