"Never-ending flights?"
Shen Yunhao frowned and looked out through the gap in the dragon teeth, his heart sinking.
No matter how fast the candle flew, the end of the sky steps was always out of reach, as if... they were always standing still.
If this is the land of the Ancestral Dragon, then... this Heavenly Rank is very likely a test left for future generations of the dragon race!
If you can fly up there easily, then what kind of test is it?
"Stop! This won't do!" Shen Yunhao shouted. "Land first!"
The candle landed on the nearest step.
Shen Yunhao tried to climb out of the dragon's mouth and found that he was not rejected by the Heavenly Rank, so he jumped out completely and stood on the stone steps.
Zhu Li transformed into human form and landed beside him, her face still slightly flushed, and her large, watery eyes still held a hint of shyness.
After observing for a while, Shen Yunhao discovered that there were endless stone steps both in front of and behind him.
After a moment's thought, he walked to both sides of the stone steps, where he could vaguely see ancient carvings on the mountain walls.
"This is……"
Upon closer inspection, it was discovered that the carvings were actually countless footprint patterns, extending upwards to an unseen height.
"foot……"
After a moment of stunned silence, Shen Yunhao suddenly realized, "Li'er, I understand! You can't fly up these Heavenly Steps; you have to walk up step by step!"
"Walk up?" The little white dragon looked up at the seemingly endless staircase. "But it's so high, won't it be a waste of time..."
"There's no other way now!" Shen Yunhao sighed softly. "My only suspicion now is how those Blood Sect members got up there..."
Time was of the essence, so the two quickly joined hands and began their ascent.
However... the moment they stepped onto the tenth step, they were both stunned.
Zhu Li frowned, "I feel... my cultivation seems to be sealed!"
“Me too…” Shen Yunhao nodded.
The two continued their trek. The first few dozen steps were relatively easy, but as the altitude increased, Shen Yunhao gradually felt his legs become unusually heavy. By the hundredth step, it felt as if he had been tied to an iron block.
Shen Yunhao turned to look at Zhuli and noticed that fine beads of sweat had appeared on the girl's forehead. He immediately understood.
Not only cultivation level... but even the physique of the demon race is completely useless above the Heavenly Rank.
"It seems that the test for your dragon race in the Ancestral Dragon Land has nothing to do with cultivation level; everyone is the same here..."
Zhu Li sighed, looking at the seemingly endless Heavenly Ladder, her expression somewhat grim. "No wonder my sisters all failed. We've been pampered since childhood, how could we endure such hardship..."
“These steps… the gravity increases with height…” Shen Yunhao gasped for breath. “Li’er, if you can’t hold on, you can go down first and try to get the message out of here!”
"What nonsense are you talking about!"
Zhu Li glared with her beautiful eyes, "You brat, you're lecturing me now! No respect for elders!"
As she spoke, she strode up to Shen Yunhao.
Shen Yunhao shook his head and continued climbing...
And so, the two climbed for a full half hour. When they reached this point, every step felt as if it weighed a ton, requiring them to exert all their strength...
"What... it's not over yet..."
Shen Yunhao was completely soaked in sweat. He struggled to lift his head and look at the candle in front of him.
Zhu Li wasn't in much better shape either; this most beautiful woman in Beihai looked quite disheveled at the moment.
Her smooth hair was now disheveled and stuck to her cheeks, her fair and smooth forehead was covered with fine beads of sweat, her eyes had lost their usual liveliness due to fatigue, her lips were bitten until they turned white, and every breath was very difficult.
The plain white dress was covered in dust and soaked with sweat during the climb, clinging to her skin and outlining the girl's trembling figure.
“Li’er…you…”
"I'm fine..."
The woman let out a long breath and forced a simple smile.
"I was never interested in the blood of the Ancestral Dragon to begin with, and now I have absolutely no desire to touch it... If word gets out that I look like this, I don't know how many people will laugh at me, it won't look good at all..."
Shen Yunhao knew the other person was trying to comfort him, so he went along with it and said, "Yes, it's a pity I don't have a camera or can't draw, otherwise I would have drawn Sister Li'er looking like this, and then you would still be too embarrassed to say that you are the number one beauty in front of others..."
"whispering sound!"
Zhu Li rolled her eyes at him, annoyed, but after this little scuffle, some color returned to her pale face...
"Let's go! I want to see just how long this staircase is!"
Another incense stick's time passed, but the two had only climbed less than twenty steps.
Looking at the endless celestial staircase, Shen Yunhao suddenly felt a sense of despair...
"Damn it! That damned Ancestral Dragon is truly ungrateful!"
"Um?"
Zhu Li blinked.
"I'm an outsider, and I went through all this trouble to come and save him, and he still puts me through this huge ordeal!" Shen Yunhao wiped his sweat. "Those demonic sects who came to harm him were so easily put up by him, and we came to save him, but we still have to suffer at his hands! Don't you think he's ungrateful?"
Zhu Li shook her head and remained silent.
As a member of the dragon race, she certainly wouldn't speak ill of the Ancestral Dragon.
However, she really didn't quite understand Zu Long's move...
We are clearly here to rescue him, so why must we put him through this test now?
Zhuli didn't think too much about it; she was too exhausted to think about anything...
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