Chapter 116: Open Your Mouth, Catch Dad’s Love
“Finally made it past the twentieth floor.”
“But after the eighteenth level, they slowed down a lot and took their sweet time at the twentieth level.”
“Wasn’t he supposed to be an unparalleled genius? Passing through twenty levels so slowly doesn’t seem that extraordinary. Could it be he’s just bad at actual fighting?”
Outside, many spectators who love a good spectacle started getting used to the atmosphere, even daring to throw in their two cents.
The twentieth floor was usually the limit for ordinary Foundation Establishment stage cultivators. But with the fame of Yun Zhonghe and his crew, some even claimed they were once-in-a-millennia prodigies. Yet, they seemed nothing special now.
Of course, it didn’t mean they were weak; passing through twenty floors definitely required talent. It just didn’t match their grandiose reputations.
A true genius would sh**t up like a rocket, right?
Did this trio really slay two Golden Core stage monster beasts?
Experts know the truth, while novices just see the show.
Only someone who had actually gone through the Myriad Path Divine Tower knew that the speed at which Yun Zhonghe’s group passed each level had inadvertently triggered the tower’s difficulty mechanisms, making things tougher.
Probably, these three had to deal with four or five peaks of Foundation Establishment stage monsters. Indeed, quite challenging.
However, everyone got it wrong. It wasn’t four or five monsters; there were a solid six, each with strategic intelligence and combat tactics. Really a headache.
Thankfully, they cooperated well and succeeded in completing the challenges.
The dimming lights in the second floor of the tower suggested that the trio was still at the twentieth level, probably absorbing the rewards.
Old man under the tower was bored out of his mind, kicking back in his recliner and staring up.
Then suddenly, the tower light no longer flickered.
“Huh?”
Many people noticed the tower seemed to be experiencing a power outage—suddenly went dark.
Is it over? Did they stop at the twentieth floor, ready to leave the trial?
Just the twentieth floor? This feels like they just got here, yet they’re already done? How anticlimactic.
Someone couldn’t help but say, “Is that all? Feels like it doesn’t match their big reputation…”
After all, it was a specially rewarded opportunity from the Immortal Alliance. Expected much more than just reaching the limit of ordinary Foundation Establishment cultivators.
This comment reached the old veteran’s ear, but he ignored it.
At that moment, someone in the crowd sneered, “Why don’t you give it a try yourself? Don’t talk from your rear if you haven’t been there!”
That person was Tao Jiu’er.
Although Tao Jiu’er often teased and scolded Yun Zhonghe, she always stood up against anyone criticizing him behind his back.
He was her prized pig, raised with great effort. Nobody else could slander him.
Only she, Tao Jiu’er, could bully Yun Zhonghe!
The speaker chuckled but kept it short, going back to eating.
Passing the twentieth floor would impress anybody. But not them.
It would be news if they didn’t reach the twentieth floor. Reaching it wasn’t a story worth talking about.
But the elder beneath the tower noticed something off. His murky eyes suddenly flashed with intensity.
At that moment, the twentieth floor brightened up again, only to go dark almost immediately.
Just like a dodgy connection, flicked on and off randomly.
Is this Myriad Path Divine Tower breaking down?
Surprised, the elder thought, These three, at most Foundation Establishment stage… No spirit energy cultivation yet, right?
Just as he pondered, the nearby Transformation God from the Immortal Alliance muttered under his breath, swearing, “d*mn it! Are they going to s*ck all the spirit energy out of the tower?!”
Rewards from the Myriad Path Divine Tower aren’t easy to come by; they’re supplied by all the powerful figures of various sects within the Immortal Alliance.
The greatest reward in the tower was the pure spiritual energy.
Suddenly, the fluctuating lights of the tower indicated that the twentieth floor’s energy reserves might be drained!
Didn’t he charge the tower based on mere Foundation Establishment stage cultivators? Why should such a small group consume so much energy?!
In the tower interior, pure spiritual energy was being drawn one after another, the entire floor shrouded in mist, suffused with pure spiritual energy.
Yun Zhonghe was pleasantly surprised. At first, he merely watched Mu Jixue and Lin Zhongyu start receiving rewards. Idle himself, he decided to test what it felt like to consciously cultivate spiritual energy after Initial Understanding.
He hadn’t mastered the technique, so he tried absorbing external pure spiritual energy. To his surprise, his spiritual energy was incredibly strong and powerful, drawing in all the stored spiritual energy in the floor.
What should have been a reward for six monsters became twelve, thanks to Yun Zhonghe’s involvement.
Yun Zhonghe was thrilled.
Cool! You can do that?
The Immortal Alliance probably never imagined Yun Zhonghe would complete his Initial Understanding in the tower, enhancing his spiritual energy intensity significantly. The current setting assumed the standard Foundation Establishment level energy recharge, which was too much when compared to his advanced spiritual energy strength.
Yun Zhonghe somehow tapped into the tower’s internal reserves.
Discovering this glitch, he went on a rampage. He dug deep into the divine tower’s reservoirs, sifting through different areas, gradually finding weak spots where he could unleash a massive surge of pure spiritual energy that exploded out like a flood!
So dense that it formed a liquid, drenching Mu Jixue and Lin Zhongyu, who stared open-mouthed, bewildered by the sudden phenomenon.
Yun Zhonghe hurriedly said, “Don’t ask, just release your consciousness and devour as much as you can!”
It turns out he was helping them collect spiritual energy; one could easily mistake it for him applying some heat on their faces.
How did so much pure spiritual energy come about?
Puzzled, Mu Jixue and Lin Zhongyu followed his instructions, rapidly filling their sea of consciousness with the spiritual energy.
Purest love, take your fill.
With an expanded sea of consciousness, previously unfilled in a long time, they could now achieve the requirements for Initial Understanding.
Not only them, Yun Zhonghe himself could absorb some energy to strengthen his own spiritual presence.
Who knows, maybe he’d advance to the Nurturing Nature stage in Foundation Establishment!
Back outside, the Transforming God from the Immortal Alliance’s face twitched. “Oh no, what if they really break the tower? How will we explain this?”
The elder chuckled, “Worry not, just Foundation Establishment, and they’re stuck at the twentieth level. Even if they s*ck as much energy as possible, it won’t be enough to dry out all floors above. Don’t stress so much!”
As long as at least one layer is functioning normally, the Myriad Path Divine Tower isn’t considered ruined.
