Nine Heavens Tower.

It's not just nine floors.

I counted the gingerbread cake; it has thirteen layers.

Golden lettering appears on the outside of each level of the tower, bearing the name of the person who attempted to conquer it.

There are only two names on the seventh floor of the tower.

Xiao Canglan, Wen Suye.

That's all.

In other words, no one has yet conquered the eighth floor.

"Fellow Daoist Jiang," Liu Zhufeng said, walking over in formal attire. "You will be inside the tower for three days. After three days, I will forcibly ask you to come out."

“Okay.” Gingerbread nodded.

Zhuge Tienan and Bai Wushuang: "Go, Xiaobing!"

“Okay, okay!” she said.

Liu Zhufeng raised his hands, and a cyan key appeared between them. The key floated in mid-air, and when Liu Zhufeng lightly touched it with his fingertips, the key flew into the first lock of the Nine Heavens Tower.

The ancient and sturdy tower gate slowly opened.

Behind the door was endless darkness.

A chilling aura swept over us.

The onlookers took a few steps back.

"Go on, do you remember what your senior master said?" Zhuge Bai gently reminded him.

"I remember!"

Gingerbread nodded and slowly approached the tower gate. The heavy wooden door closed slowly the moment she stepped inside.

"Ouch, it's so cold!" Gingerbread rubbed her little face.

When I looked up again, Fen Jue was right in front of me.

"Hey, why did Xiao Jue have to come out?" Gingerbread looked around and joked casually, "Is it because you care about me?"

Fen Jue glanced over with his narrow, phoenix-like eyes. "Still asleep?"

“Ahem—” Gingerbread quickly changed the subject, “The first floor is empty, let’s go to the second floor.”

"Wait." Fen Jue stretched out two fingers, pinched the back of her collar, and pulled her back.

Gingerbread turned around: ".....Are you being polite?"

Fen Jue's smile was hidden in his eyes, his voice lazy and slightly mocking, "Look ahead, don't look at me."

Gingerbread choked and stiffly turned his head.

The tower that was just a moment ago empty.

One wave after another of black fog drifted over.

"What is this?" Gingerbread moved her neck and bent her elbow to slap Fen Jue's hand that was pinching the back of her collar. "Let go of me, you don't mind carrying me like this—"

Unfortunately, the word "tired" hasn't come out of her mouth yet.

Burning away, he threw the gingerbread into the black fog.

“Ahhh—”

With a scream, she smashed through several clumps of black mist.

"Have some fun." Fen Jue leaned against the door, his long legs crossed, a playful smile on his lips. "Oh right, I forgot to tell you that these are low-level souls. They pose no threat to you now, but if you don't eliminate them quickly, you'll be finished once they devour each other."

Gingerbread first gave a sweet, coquettish laugh, then gritted her teeth and said, "Xiao Jue, you're not being fair!"

Fen Jue lazily pointed behind him.

Gingerbread didn't turn around; it thrust directly backward, creating a shockwave.

A scream.

The spirit that attempted a sneak attack vanished into thin air.

The first floor of Jiuxiao Tower.

Fenjue took out a tea table from his storage ring, then took out a tea set, and leisurely reclined in his chair to brew and enjoy tea.

And in the center of the tower.

Gingerbread was like a sword-wielding machine, relentlessly slaying countless souls.

Occasionally catching a glimpse of Fen Jue enjoying himself so comfortably, she was so angry that her eyes blazed with stars, and her sword-wielding hand shot out like a rocket.

Fast and ruthless.

"Xiao Jue, I'm thirsty!"

Gingerbread licked his dry lips; they'd been killing for an hour and it still wasn't over.

They can't kill them all.

There is no way to kill them all.

"Tsk—" Fen Jue raised an eyebrow and smiled, raising his teacup provocatively, "You drink it then."

"If you can come over."

He deserves a beating.

Gingerbread stared at Fen Jue's infuriating smile and came up with a brilliant idea. She grabbed a handful of butterfly powder from her storage bag and sprinkled it into the pile of souls. The butterfly powder could temporarily confuse the enemy.

Take advantage of the moment when the soul is confused.

She rushed toward Burning Extinction, followed by swarms of souls awakened from the butterfly dust.

The smile that had been curving at the corners of Fen Jue's mouth froze on his lips.

"......"

He never expected that gingerbread would even dare to scam him.

"You're the one who sent me here." She snatched the teacup and drank it all in one gulp. "Xiao Jue's tea is just so delicious."

The dark mass of souls drew closer.

Fenjue originally intended to push the gingerbread out again, but he didn't expect the little liar to have learned his lesson.

She circled around behind Fen Jue, her hand stroking his waist. As Fen Jue was stunned, he heard her laughing heartlessly, "Haha, I've sprinkled butterfly powder on you, let's see how you escape now."

The soul followed the scent to find Fenjue.

Fen Jue curved his beautiful phoenix eyes and glanced at her.

Wow!

What beautiful eyes!

Gingerbread couldn't resist and got distracted while watching.

Taking advantage of the moment when Gingerbread was stunned, he pinched the end of her hairband with two fingers, gently pulled it off, and used the hairband to tie their hands together.

Gingerbread: "?"

With a half-smile, Fen Jue lowered his eyelashes and said, "No one can escape."

The two stood back to back. He could easily deal with the soul on the other side by simply waving his sleeve.

Gingerbread, wielding his sword with one hand, hacked and shoved for a long time until he was so exhausted that his facial features were all distorted, and finally wiped them all out.

"Untie it!"

I don't know how the other person tied it.

She tried to untie it from the very beginning, but no matter what she tried, she couldn't get it open.

Then Fen Jue snapped his fingers.

The hair ribbons wrapped around their wrists came undone.

It slowly drifted down to the ground.

Gingerbread reached out and scooped it up, then tied her hair back up.

at the same time.

The eyes of everyone waiting outside the Nine Heavens Tower widened in shock!

Two hours!

It took only two hours to reach the second level!

The elder of Mingyue Palace asked, "Sect Master Liu, I remember that there are 3,999 souls on the first floor of the Nine Heavens Tower. Even Xiao Canglan and Wen Suye from your sect took five hours to pass through it."

"Yes." Liu Zhufeng's surprise was no less than anyone else's. "Canglan and Suye were already in the mid-stage of the Golden Core realm when they broke through the barrier."

"So the young lady from the Sword Sect is really amazing. The Sword Sect has produced many talented young disciples. It seems that your Nine Heavens Sect will still need some time to become the number one sect in the cultivation world," Elder Mingyue Palace joked.

"Perhaps." Liu Zhufeng looked up at the Nine Heavens Tower, his handsome face filled with ambition.

"Amazing! Absolutely amazing!"

"What's wrong?"

Gingerbread ran back, lifting her skirt, "There's a big dog on the second floor!"

"It was about two zhang tall, and it looked very fierce!"

"Teeth have—"

"So long!"

Fen Jue watched her gesturing with great interest, a hint of a smile appearing in his dark eyes. "How long is 'so long'?"

"Oh dear, this is really hard to describe. You'll see when you come up here!"

She grabbed Fenjue's sleeve and led him upstairs.

Fen Jue let her pull him along, glancing down at his sleeves before casually following behind her.

"Look! Isn't it long?"

"Well……"

Fen Jue's pupils narrowed slightly. "It really is."

Gingerbread squatted down to tease the dog, "Teething, suckle suckle, look here, look here, suckle suckle~"

"Do you know what it is?" Fen Jue asked, suppressing a laugh.

Gingerbread tilted its head and asked, "What?"