Chapter 117: Hey Bro, You Smell So Good!
The old man remained calm, but even the great expert from the Immortal Alliance was slightly worried.
After all, this was the Immortal Alliance’s treasure. If his slip-up caused any damage to their treasure, he’d be to blame for it!
But since it was the Immortal Alliance’s treasure, it wouldn’t be so easy to break. What he was truly afraid of was those three going above the fortieth floor and then plundering every single level clean. Just like that guy Xia Wudi did back in the day…
If that happened, even if the Myriad Path Divine Tower didn’t collapse, the wear and tear on sacred artifacts would still be huge.
The old man laughed with a light breeze, “Don’t sweat it, the reserves of spiritual energy inside the Myriad Path Divine Tower aren’t just what you see on the surface; these are sacred artifacts, which have absorbed centuries of scattered spiritual energy. There’s plenty there already…”
“Senior, you don’t know! That Xia Wudi, he sucked up way too much once. That scoundrel, if not for the past Alliance leader being alarmed, she might’ve sucked out all the divine energy of the tower!”
This was because of a previous case, hence the current state of anxiety.
The old man chuckled.
Yet, it had been well over a hundred years since then, and the reserve of energy in the Myriad Path Divine Tower had accumulated a lot as well.
As the old man was pondering, someone shouted, “Quick, they’ve entered the twenty-first floor!”
The old man smiled, “See? They’re no big deal. They can only s*ck out the visible spiritual energy. They won’t touch the fundamental core.”
The Immortal Alliance’s great expert sighed, “Let’s hope so. Otherwise, with their full bellies, they might be ready to go for another run any moment.”
That kind of consumption… it’s really something!
Inside the Myriad Path Divine Tower…
“Hey, was it really okay to do that? We absorbed a lot of spiritual energy,” Mu Jixue said once they were satiated. She felt like she might’ve caused some trouble.
Yun Zhonghe suddenly scooped out all the energy needed to maintain the tower’s operation, then stuffed both Mu Jixue and Lin Zhongyu full with it. Their expansive Sea of Consciousness was replenished quite nicely.
At least Mu Jixue felt her condition was back to normal, though it hadn’t been before.
Cloud Midway commented indifferently, “Don’t worry. If anything goes wrong, I’ll take responsibility; you guys don’t need to worry.”
It was his discovery and his action of forcefully taking the tower’s spiritual energy, so it was unfair to blame Mu Jixue or Lin Zhongyu.
Moreover, Yun Zhonghe absorbed the most spiritual energy. The girls couldn’t actively absorb it and could only passively accept it. If the energy was too dense, it would clog them up like a thick liquid in the throat.
Thus, Cloud Midway sucked it all up.
He felt his spiritual force within strengthen bit by bit.
Of course, for Cloud Midway, the biggest gain was finding a method to fill up the gaps in the two women’s Sea of Consciousness. This meant he wouldn’t have to worry about dragging down their progress towards Early Embodiment.
He added, “Besides, I believe this is the divine tower’s special hidden mechanism. The old senior said not to rush through just to rush through; discovering the divine tower’s secrets maximizes your gains. I think this was planned all along.”
Had the great expert from the Immortal Alliance heard that, they’d probably blow a fuse.
Mu Jixue’s unease lessened significantly, but now that she was slightly better, looking at Cloud Midway’s back gave her a jumbled feeling.
Why was she having such a weird impulse to taste him? No, no, no! That wording sounds creepy; I must be going crazy!
Exactly, that was because Cloud Midway messed her up so badly she was losing it!
No, no, no—how could things get even weirder?
Mu Jixue slaps her cheeks to calm herself down.
“Frankly, I was really startled. Suddenly getting so much hot stuff splashed on my face; I thought it was some weird thing.”
Lin Zhongyu interjected suddenly, describing how the extremely concentrated, almost liquefied spiritual energy almost engulfed her when Cloud Midway forcibly sucked out a large amount from the tower.
Liquefied spiritual energy, let’s call it pure y…
Mu Jixue: !!!!
Stop! Stop! Those sensitive terms… if we keep talking, I’ll completely lose it!!!
Mu Jixue needs to clear her mind and cool down.
Fortunately, there’s a new hurdle coming up, which will allow her hyperactive brain to settle down a bit.
Twenty-first floor: No more monster killing; now it’s about testing wisdom. Any one of the three learns a specific magic technique and they pass.
The divine tower temporarily strengthened Mu Jixue and Lin Zhongyu’s spiritual energy, letting them experience Early Embodiment and reach the threshold needed to cast spells.
Magic? That’s Mu Jixue’s strong suit.
Though this kid never practiced magic before, when the magic manual appeared in front of her, it was as if the text sprang to life and jumped into her mind, ready for use.
In no time, Mu Jixue had mastered an ice-based spell!
Sure, after leaving the divine tower, her mental state would revert, but once she achieves Early Embodiment, she won’t forget the spell and can recreate it when needed!
Passed the twenty-first floor. But Cloud Midway didn’t dive straight into the next one. He continued using his own spiritual energy to siphon off the energy sustaining the twenty-first floor.
There wasn’t as much energy on the twenty-first floor compared to the twentieth. Maybe rewards for every tenth layer are richest, so they have the most stored.
All the spiritual energy from the twenty-first floor was fed to Mu Jixue and Lin Zhongyu by Cloud Midway.
He then moved straight to the twenty-second floor.
Again, learning magic.
So did the twenty-third floor.
On the twenty-fourth floor, there was a slight change; they began learning sword techniques.
Sword techniques are his forte and the fastest way to breeze through layers.
The twenty-fifth and twenty-sixth floors were also handled by Cloud Midway.
From the twenty-seventh to the twenty-ninth floor, it turned into puzzle-solving, where Lin Zhongyu’s Golden Emperor Sacred Eyes allowed her to see right through the mechanisms and easily solve them.
After each layer, Cloud Midway would harvest some spiritual energy and plug the gaps in the two women’s knowledge.
Any spiritual energy they couldn’t process was consumed by Cloud Midway.
Suddenly, he felt this was like eating food they tasted and feeding it back to him.
Hmm… quite a peculiar sensation~
Finally, the thirtieth floor… the ultimate test.
They say geniuses struggle here at the threshold of Foundation Establishment.
“Never thought I’d bring Huang Aotian up to the thirtieth floor during Foundation Establishment…”
After helping Mu Jixue and Lin Zhongyu absorb the energy from the twenty-ninth floor, Cloud Midway couldn’t help but inwardly marvel.
In his previous life playing the original game, he only got inside the Myriad Path Divine Tower once, and even then, controlling the white-haired girl who was already at the Golden Core stage. His final score was stuck at thirty-five floors.
After reaching the thirty-fifth floor, he was let into the divine tower treasury to pick a random reward corresponding to the floor number.
Cloud Midway remembered he chose a mid-tier freezing spell manual back then; although not the best spell in terms of strength, its incredible defensive capabilities made it a lifesaver for later stages.
If we could get our hands on that spell manual, it’d skyrocket Huang Aotian’s safety!
Though unsure if he’ll get the chance, Cloud Midway decides to try anyway.
Through the thirtieth floor! Then onward to thirty-five floors!
