With a loud "boom," the tower gate made a heavy sound, like a stone gate.
As soon as the group entered the tower, they took only a few steps before they were suddenly transported to another location, and the scene before them changed completely.
Before Nian Wanzhou's eyes appeared a scene of modern society, in her hospital room, with the familiar smells of disinfectant, medicine, and the noisy roar of machines, as well as the sounds of family members communicating with doctors and nurses.
And, her mother, who fell asleep by her bedside while taking care of her and working shifts.
Nian Wanzhou couldn't help but reach out and stroke her mother's face, but what she touched was an icy cold sensation.
"So it was all fake." Nian Wanzhou sighed, but she was also captivated by the sleeping face, afraid that the illusion would slip away.
Suddenly, a person who looked exactly like her appeared before her. The person smiled and asked, "Are you content to stay in that world forever, separated from your parents? Look, your beloved parents, your classmates, the world you should have continued living in..."
Without even looking up, Nian Wanzhou smiled and said to 'her', "What's there to be willing or unwilling about? Since we're here, let's make the best of it. Before people have equal ability, isn't it all up to fate?"
Who are you?
She cackled: "I am the dark side of your heart. Do you dare to look me in the eye?"
Nian Wanzhou then lifted her head from her mother's face, glanced at 'her' a few times, and said calmly, "It's your inner demon, right? Of course I dare to look you in the eye, you little brat!"
She was so angry she jumped up and down, pointing at Nian Wanzhou, ready to yell at her: "You!"
Unexpectedly, Nian Wanzhou simply waved her hand, not wanting to say anything more to her: "Alright, don't waste my time. Didn't you bring us here because you have something to say?"
She was taken aback. Why wasn't this person playing by the rules?
But he quickly realized that he had been seen through. "You should stop protecting the chosen one. If you continue, the day she grows strong will be the day you are sacrificed."
The spiritual energy in this world was already scarce; the old fogies had exhausted it all. For them to successfully ascend, they first had to sacrifice you, so you could purify the generated spiritual energy for them to absorb. You, after all, are just a…”
Before he could finish speaking, the thing was blasted away by Nian Wanzhou's 'Dragon Breath Cannon,' and was given a domineering name on the spot.
"Stop rambling on and on. Don't think I don't know who you are. I recognized you half a day ago. Ugh, ugh." Nian Wanzhou put her hands on her hips and cursed several times in dissatisfaction.
"You guys always pull this stunt, don't you get tired of it? Can't you just speak frankly? Damn it, is this some kind of riddle-solving show?"
After saying that, she left without looking back. Anyway, the illusion was gone, so why bother with all that?
Nian Wanzhou was the first to come out. They were still on the first floor, looking at the others with pained expressions, feeling utterly bored.
Finally, after an incense stick had burned, everyone woke up.
"What kind of illusion is this? It's so painful! I saw myself being killed by my master's own hands. It hurts so much!" Xingzhu clutched her chest, her face filled with grief.
Xiyin's eyes were red, and she chimed in, "That's right, I dreamt that all the good things I picked up were stolen and I was forcibly taken away. My heart aches so much."
Wei Wenru and Song Yan were the most composed.
Le Xi... stole several glances at Nian Wanzhou, thinking: This bastard took the fall for me? No way, and he called her so affectionately, it felt so strange.
After passing through the illusion, a passage appeared in front of them, leading to a wooden staircase that led to the dark second floor.
"I never expected that we would all pass through the illusion." Several Foundation Establishment disciples clutched their chests, taking deep breaths as if they had survived a disaster.
It was all thanks to Nian Wanzhou's fierceness that she managed to take that man down.
Otherwise, those Foundation Establishment stage disciples might not have been able to get out; they might have been trapped in the secret realm and unable to escape.
As they stepped onto the stairs to the second floor, a heavy pressure instantly pressed down on them. Those whose cultivation was insufficient immediately bled from their seven orifices and struggled to take each step.
Wei Wenru had the highest cultivation level and walked the easiest path, followed by Nian Wanzhou, who had an exceptional ability to withstand pressure.
He acted like nothing had happened and climbed up with a series of thuds.
Because the two dragons were demonic beasts, they received the blessing of the Demon Tower and easily ascended.
"Nanyu, what did you see?" While waiting for someone at the bottom of the stairs, Nian Wanzhou quietly asked Nanyu, noticing that Nanyu's expression was not good.
Nan Yu hugged Nian Wanzhou, her heart filled with pain and torment: "Wanwan, I... I saw where I died, I saw you crying, and then I died too. I'm so scared."
Nian Wanzhou's heart skipped a beat, and she quickly patted Nan Yu's back to comfort him: "It's okay, it won't happen, it's all an illusion."
Lexi stepped in and separated the two of them: "Alright, stop hugging and kissing in public. What kind of behavior is that? Nanyu, that's all an illusion. It won't happen."
After saying that, he hugged Nan Yu, as if to say, "Don't cry, my good brother."
That's disgusting.
"Hey, stop hugging me! I know, let go!" Nan Yu was almost suffocated by Le Xi's loving hug. The first thing she did after breaking free was to hide behind Nian Wanzhou.
But if you really call it an illusion, Lexi feels it's too real.
He could clearly feel the deep love he had for his junior sister in the illusion, and his reluctance to let go.
Could it be that he likes the junior sister? Impossible, he's always liked the senior sister.
However, the eldest senior sister never appeared in the illusion.
Finally, everyone came up, but the few Foundation Establishment disciples were in very poor condition.
It looks like we won't be able to get to the third floor.
Fortunately, they weren't greedy; they were happy to go as far as they could, and besides, they were lucky to have made it to the second floor.
The second layer contained countless pills; any one of them was an astonishing treasure, a valuable item for alchemists to enhance their skills and expertise.
But you can only take one bottle, and it depends on luck.
Because someone took a bottle of low-grade Qi-nourishing pills, which were completely useless.
Xingzhu obtained a top-grade first-rank Qi-cultivating pill, which is extremely useful and really good for poor sword cultivators.
Nian Wanzhou casually picked up a bottle, smelled it, and found it to be a top-grade Soul-Stabilizing Pill. It could enhance cultivation, calm the mind and soul, strengthen the spirit, reduce the invasion of inner demons, and make advancement easier.
Le Xi and Nan Yu chose the superior-grade Mighty Pill and Great Rejuvenation Pill, respectively. Since the two of them couldn't really make use of the monster's nose, they simply followed Nian Wanzhou in making their own choices.
I really picked out some great stuff, hahaha!
Wei Wenru took the bottle from the very corner; the bottle was plain and unadorned, but only she noticed it.
Upon opening it, I was surprised to find it was a Nine-Turn Resurrection Pill, which has the effect of bringing the dead back to life.
Song Yan's pill is the Void Spirit Pill. If a cultivator at the Integration Stage or above takes it, their cultivation will greatly advance, allowing them to directly break through their bottleneck stage.
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