Gao Yan was naturally unaware of the two girls' discussion.
Below him, others were still struggling to climb.
As for the purple zone, the strongest person reached the seventy-sixth floor, including his fiancée, Gongsun Yaoyao.
Suddenly, a thought struck him.
He called down, "Does anyone need help? I can send out puppets to assist you."
Upon hearing this, the climbers were stunned for a moment, then overjoyed. Of course, some self-important individuals scoffed at the idea, believing they could climb to the ninety-ninth floor without any external assistance.
"Fellow Daoist, I am Zhao Fan, the Holy Son of the Heavenly Will Sect of Central Continent. If you help me reach the ninety-ninth floor, I will owe you a favor!"
Gao Yan shook his head: "Holy Son Zhao Fan, I don't want your favor!"
Upon hearing this, Zhao Fan was overjoyed. It seemed this guy wanted to curry favor with him, and a sense of pride immediately arose in his heart.
But Gao Yan's voice continued, "Here's what we'll do: give me a hundred billion spirit stones, and I'll have the puppet help you!"
Zhao Fan, who had been feeling quite confident, suddenly turned pale and then ashen, his body swaying so badly he almost fell. His gaze towards Gao Yan became more hostile: "Fellow Daoist, are you taking advantage of my misfortune?"
Gao Yan laughed and said, "Holy Son, you are joking. Once you reach the ninety-ninth floor, you will be able to enter the true core of the Emperor's Tomb. Immortal Scriptures, Emperor Scriptures, and Emperor Weapons are all waiting for you to seize. What is a mere one hundred billion spirit stones!"
After hearing Gao Yan's words, Zhao Fan felt that they made some sense, but he did not want to pay 100 billion spirit stones.
So, he turned his gaze and said, "Fellow Daoist, I don't have that many spirit stones on me. How about we pay you back later, once we leave the Emperor's Tomb?"
“Words are no proof. Here’s what we’ll do: you take a sacred weapon as collateral, and when you bring the spirit stones, I’ll return the sacred weapon to you!” Gao Yan said with a smile.
Hearing Gao Yan demand that he use the sacred weapon as collateral, Zhao Fan was furious, but he also knew that this guy in front of him was not so easy to fool.
So he abandoned his plan to cheat and said, "Fellow Daoist, I really don't have any spirit stones, but I can pay with spirit herbs. What do you think?"
"no!"
Gao Yan shook his head: "In the previous bubble world, who didn't collect a lot of spiritual herbs? So I don't lack spiritual herbs. Either you give me spirit stones, or you mortgage your holy weapon, or you can borrow from someone. I don't believe that your Tianyi Sect people haven't seized a primordial secret realm!"
Zhao Fan was unlucky and failed to seize a single innate secret realm, while the people of their Heavenly Will Sect seized several.
Then, he looked at another saintess: "Junior Sister Yu, would you be willing to lend me a hundred billion spirit stones?"
“It is possible, but we are sealed now, so even if we have spirit stones, we can’t take them out!” Yu Xinyan said.
"That's alright, just give it to me once we're inside the core of the Emperor's Tomb!"
Gao Yan took out paper and pen and wrote an IOU. Then he had the puppet deliver it to Zhao Fan and have him sign the IOU.
Zhao Fan hesitated slightly before signing his name on it.
Then the puppet lifted him up and relieved the pressure on the Heavenly Stairs, allowing him to quickly ascend to the ninety-ninth floor!
Inside the space of the Emperor's Tomb.
The girl in green, Ling'er, said angrily, "This guy is too despicable! It's one thing to cheat himself, but he also helps others cheat!"
The girl in red frowned slightly: "Master only stipulated that reaching the ninety-ninth floor would be considered passing the test, he didn't say that cheating was forbidden!"
"The master didn't say that, but I just can't stand it. Should we teach him a lesson?"
"never mind!"
Feng'er waved her hand: "Back then, my master often said that if the Creation Emperor hadn't been so stubborn, he wouldn't have perished. Therefore, both my master and your master hoped that the successor chosen for the Creation Emperor wouldn't be as stubborn as him!"
“That’s true!” Ling’er nodded. In fact, the Creation Emperor could have chosen to hide back then, but he chose to confront those immortals instead.
It should be known that throughout history, countless great emperors have emerged, but only a handful have created immortal scriptures. The Creation Emperor, who was able to create immortal scriptures, has a very high chance of becoming an immortal.
He could easily hide away and cultivate until he reaches the Immortal Realm before venturing out. You must know that the Creation Emperor was able to defy immortals even before he became an immortal. If he were to become an immortal, his strength would far surpass that of ordinary immortals.
On the Heavenly Stairs.
Seeing that Zhao Fan had reached the ninety-ninth floor so quickly.
Many people panicked.
Unsure of reaching the ninety-ninth floor, he offered his help before Gao Yan could even speak.
Gao Yan had no reason to refuse.
Have the puppet deliver the IOU, and after the other party signs it, have the puppet take them up to the ninety-ninth floor!
Half an hour later.
Gao Yan already has more than thirty IOUs in his hands. If he can get all the spirit stones back, that would amount to more than three trillion.
At this moment.
A direct descendant of the Ling family of the Nine Saints Sect called out, "Holy Son Gao Yan, could you please help us reach the ninety-ninth floor for the sake of our fellow disciples?"
The person who shouted was named Ling Mu. He hadn't even reached the sixtieth floor, and his cultivation level had barely reached the ninth level of the Nascent Soul stage.
"Good heavens, he's just resorting to moral blackmail right off the bat!"
And immediately another member of the Nine Saints Sect chimed in: "Yes, Holy Son Gao, please help us! We will remember your kindness, won't you all agree?"
Upon hearing this, many members of the Nine Saints Sect echoed his sentiments.
But many others chose to remain silent.
Because everyone isn't stupid, they can all see that these two want Gao Yan's help without paying any price.
They chose to remain silent, with two plans: if Gao Yan chose to help, they could also benefit from it, but they wouldn't offend Gao Yan.
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