At this moment, Lu Wenxing also knew what his senior brother and junior sister were going to do. He cooperated and used all his strength, with the help of the two of them, and finally jumped over the last step and reached the seventh floor.
The monks struggling at the bottom of the stairs stared wide-eyed.
Is this even possible?!
Could this Fifty-One be some kind of lucky genius bestowed by heaven? Not only did someone give up their spot for him, but he was also protected by the two strongest individuals on the Prodigy Ranking along the way, and in the end, he even entered the seventh floor with the help of others!
This is unbearable for them!
Some of them, especially those whose fellow disciples had already reached the seventh floor two days ago, hadn't thought anything was wrong, but now that they thought about it, they couldn't help but feel a little envious.
Why can't they be like these two and give themselves a hand? If they had someone to help them, wouldn't they be on the seventh floor by now and no longer have to struggle here?
Upon reaching the seventh floor, Shi Xuan guessed that the nine-story tower had already begun screening people.
Those who ultimately fail to solidify their foundation will likely be eliminated from the nine-story pagoda.
This is because the seventh level is purely a reward level.
Without any obstacles, everyone can walk to a circular platform in the center of the hall to collect their prize.
This reward is specifically for cultivators who have passed the sixth level. The reason the spiral staircase on the sixth level is so difficult to traverse is because the Nine-Story Tower is about to distribute rewards, and these rewards are only given to those who understand its meaning.
At this moment, there were four other people on the seventh floor. They were scattered around the perimeter of the floor, looking at the three people who had come up with them with some surprise.
They've been on the seventh floor for several days, searching for a way to get upstairs, but so far only one person has managed to reach the eighth floor.
Of the fifty people who came in, only five of them made it to the seventh floor. They were one-tenth of the elite, and even if they didn't make it to the eighth floor, they were still far ahead of the competition.
But, to everyone's surprise, three more suddenly appeared.
Furthermore, among these three, there are also those who took the top two spots on the list of prodigies.
At this moment, all four of them felt a sense of crisis, fearing that these people had come with ill intentions.
They were now even more eager to get to the eighth floor.
Shi Xuan walked up to the disc and placed her hand on the sphere there. At that moment, the disc slowly rotated, as if considering what to give her.
After circling more than halfway, the disc finally stopped, and the section in front of Shi Xuan opened automatically, revealing what was inside.
It was a golden bead.
The moment the bead was revealed, the entire seventh-floor hall seemed to be illuminated, bathed in a soft golden glow.
The golden luster was so dazzling that the four of them couldn't help but step forward to see what had happened to her.
Lu Shenzhi, standing to the side, was also somewhat surprised and asked, "A dragon pearl?"
What is a Jiaozhu? Shi Xuan had never seen anything like it before.
Lu Shenzhi also saw it on a jade slip somewhere. He explained, "Legend has it that the inner core of a dragon that is about to transform into a dragon is golden. If the transformation fails, the inner core will turn into a dragon pearl like this and be passed down."
Without needing to say anything else, just by listening to this introduction, you know that this must be an extremely rare treasure.
Judging from the expressions of the other four people, what they obtained was probably not as rare as it is, because they all looked at Shi Xuan with obvious envy.
Shi Xuan took out the golden bead and played with it in his hand.
From its appearance, this bead does not emit any spiritual power and looks no different from an ordinary bead.
Such a situation, where spiritual energy is not released outwards, is either very common or extremely rare.
The item that can be placed here as a reward for the nine-story tower must be the most precious one.
Therefore, the dragon pearl that Lu Shenzhi mentioned should be real.
Shi Xuan took the dragon pearl and stepped back two steps, making room for Lu Shenzhi.
Like Shi Xuan, Lu Shenzhi placed his hand on the sphere. After a moment, the large disc spun and then stopped. When the piece in front of him opened, it revealed a bead!
Shi Xuan laughed and said, "Is there only one reward in this nine-story pagoda: beads?"
“That’s exactly what I need.” Lu Shenzhi took out a deep purple bead from the open compartment and showed it to Shi Xuan.
Shi Xuan recognized this bead; it was called the Soul-Stabilizing Bead, and as its name suggests, it was used to stabilize the soul.
Most people don't really need this.
But Lu Shenzhi is different. He had only recently been freed from the curse, and his soul had only recently returned to his body. At this time, there was nothing wrong with him, but as his cultivation level increased, if his soul remained unstable during his Nascent Soul Tribulation, he might be in danger.
Therefore, this bead is just right for Lu Shenzhi to use.
After they had both collected their rewards, Lu Wenxing couldn't wait any longer.
He completely changed from his previous listless state and darted forward energetically, shouting, "My turn! My turn!"
As he spoke, he placed his hand on the sphere.
The sphere flickered a few times, just like it had appeared twice before, then paused, and after a while, the disc in front of it began to rotate.
Lu Wenxing's disc was spinning slower than Shi Xuan's and Lu Shenzhi's, as if it was pondering as it spun, unable to decide what to give Lu Wenxing.
After a long while, the disc had already spun five or six times, but it still showed no sign of stopping.
Lu Wenxing was completely stunned.
He looked at Shi Xuan and Lu Shenzhi with suspicion, and asked hesitantly, "Could it be that he knows I didn't get here on my own merits, and he doesn't want to give it to me?"
Shi Xuan also found it strange: "It shouldn't be possible, let's see."
The disc kept spinning, and after about thirty rotations, it gradually slowed down and stopped.
The lid on top hesitantly took a long time to slowly open.
The three people who were close by, and the four people who were further away, all craned their necks and looked at the disc with anticipation.
The contents inside were finally revealed in full—it was yet another bead!
"Pfft," Shi Xuan was amused by the round plate: "It seems that only round items can be placed here. We are all beads."
Lu Shenzhi and Lu Wenxing nodded in agreement with her statement, but the other four clearly showed their disapproval, indicating that what they had obtained was definitely not a bead.
The bead that Lu Wenxing obtained was pure white and exuded an aura of coldness.
Lu Wenxing reached out to touch the bead and found it incredibly familiar.
Shi Xuan and Lu Shenzhi exchanged a glance, and Shi Xuan whispered to Lu Shenzhi, "It looks very much like the inner core of a demon beast."
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