105: Chapter 105 Myriad Phenomena Tower

Jiang Hanzhou descended the Thousand Steps Cliff and began his important tasks for the day.

Last night, he had decided that his top priority today was to head to the Myriad Phenomena Tower to exchange for the Azure Sea Tide Birth Art and other Profound Rank Martial Skills.

However, traveling from Green Bamboo Island, where the Latent Dragon Courtyard was located, to the Myriad Phenomena Tower in the core area of Ancestral Dragon Island was a great distance. Rowing a small boat would likely take an entire day.

He had to take a flying boat.

He arrived at the pier at the bottom of the cliff.

There were several "Wind-Riding Boats," all uniform in shape, about three zhang long, and entirely cyan, already docked there, with gray-robed Disciple attendants on duty.

"How much silver to go to the Myriad Phenomena Tower?" Jiang Hanzhou asked as he walked up to one of the flying boats.

The attendant Disciple glanced at him and said indifferently, "One thousand taels, one way."

Jiang Hanzhou raised an eyebrow slightly.

One thousand taels!

An ordinary family couldn't save that amount in ten years.

Even for a Martial Artist, this was by no means a small sum.

No wonder Bai Tianxiao had sighed so much about it in his diary.

He said nothing more, took a one-thousand-tael silver note from his sumeru pouch, and handed it over.

This was a silver note from the "Four Seas Commerce," the largest firm in Donghai Prefecture, which could also be used within the Dragon Abyss Palace.

The attendant Disciple took the silver note, verified it, and stepped aside. "Get on board, we arrive in half an hour."

Jiang Hanzhou leaped onto the flying boat. There were already four or five passengers on board. Judging by their attire and Aura, they were all Outer Sect Disciples. They did not speak to each other, each closing their eyes to rest.

The flying boat slowly rose into the air. The Formation runes on both sides of the hull glowed with cyan light, and then, with a "whoosh," it broke through the air and sped toward the depths of Ancestral Dragon Island.

The gale whistled, blowing his robes until they snapped loudly.

Jiang Hanzhou stood at the bow, looking down at the mountains, rivers, palaces, and pavilions that flashed past below.

Ancestral Dragon Island was too large; rather than an island, it was more like a small continent.

The flying boat flew in the air for a full half-hour before a more magnificent group of buildings finally appeared ahead.

It was a complex of palaces built against the mountain, with tiers of pavilions, flying eaves, bracket sets, and carved beams and painted pillars, flowing with a warm, jade-like luster in the morning light.

At the very front was a massive palace gate nine zhang high.

The gate was carved from a single piece of strange jade that was as deep as ink, yet faintly rippled with blue water light. It was majestic, ancient, and heavy.

Above the lintel, two large ancient seal characters that seemed to contain endless pressure and the Dao rhyme shone brightly in the sunlight —

Dragon Abyss.

Sea-Suppressing Black Jade!

Jiang Hanzhou's pupils constricted slightly.

According to the "Donghai Records," Sea-Suppressing Black Jade was produced in the depths of the ten-thousand-zhang ocean trenches, formed by the erosion of hundreds of millions of years of water pressure and the Spiritual Qi of the earth's veins. Its texture was incomparably hard, capable of suppressing waves and gathering Spiritual Qi. It was a top-tier Material for refining high-level Magical Artifacts and even Spirit Treasures.

Such a huge, intact piece had actually been carved into a palace gate plaque.

The foundation of the Dragon Abyss Palace once again shocked him.

The flying boat landed slowly on the square in front of the palace gate.

Jiang Hanzhou leaped off the flying boat and looked up.

Behind the palace gate was an incredibly wide bluestone road that led straight into the depths of the mountains.

On both sides of the road stood halls and pavilions of various styles, all with an extraordinary Aura, with plaques bearing names like "Pill Cauldron Hall," "Artifact Refining Workshop," "Affairs Hall," and "Dharma Transmission Hall."

The crowd was like a weave, mostly Outer Sect Disciples in uniform attire, though a few Inner Sect Disciples with luxurious clothing and unfathomable Auras hurried past.

Jiang Hanzhou had no time to look closely. Following the map in his token, he walked quickly toward the east side of the road.

Passing through several corridors and bypassing a garden filled with Spiritual Qi, a seven-story tower-shaped building appeared ahead.

The tower was built of cyan jade with upturned eaves. Countless mysterious Formation runes were carved on the outer wall of each floor, faintly forming a huge Formation that shrouded the entire tower.

Above the entrance to the tower hung a black plaque with gold characters —

Myriad Phenomena Tower.

Quite a few people were already entering and leaving the tower, most of them in a hurry.

Jiang Hanzhou walked to the entrance, where two guards dressed in black tight-fitting clothes with heavy Auras reached out to stop him.

"Token."

Jiang Hanzhou showed his white jade token.

After checking it, the guard nodded. "Outer Sect Disciple, you may enter the first three floors. You are not allowed to damage or privately take away any Jade Slips from the tower; violators will be severely punished."

Jiang Hanzhou bowed and stepped inside.

The space inside the building was far wider than it looked from the outside; clearly, some space-expansion technique had been used.

The first-floor hall was a hundred zhang square and about ten zhang high. Rows of tall wooden shelves were arranged neatly, with countless Jade Slips, books, and scrolls placed on them by category.

Wooden signs stood beside the shelves, indicating the categories: Basic Cultivation Techniques, Five Elements Martial Skills, Movement Techniques, Body Refining, Miscellany, Medicinal Pill Identification, Formation Basics...

At a rough glance, there must have been hundreds of thousands of them!

Hundreds of Disciples were already browsing and selecting items in the hall, talking in low voices, the atmosphere solemn.

Jiang Hanzhou did not stay on the first floor and walked straight toward the stairs leading to the second floor.

There were guards at the stairs as well, who let him pass after checking his token again.

The space on the second floor was slightly smaller than the first, but still vast.

The wooden shelves here were more exquisite, and the number of Jade Slips was significantly smaller, but each one emitted a faint Spiritual light, clearly of a higher grade.

Jiang Hanzhou's gaze quickly swept over the labels next to the shelves —

"Earth Rank Low Grade · Water Element Cultivation Technique", "Earth Rank Medium Grade · Fire Element Martial Skill", "Profound Rank Peak Grade · Movement Technique"...

He did not stop and walked toward the area for Water Element Cultivation Techniques.

Soon, he stopped in front of a wooden shelf.

On the shelf, a deep blue Jade Slip with water ripple patterns flowing on its surface was floating quietly inside a small protective light shield.

Below the Jade Slip stood a jade plaque, on which was carved:

"Azure Sea Tide Birth Art, Earth Rank Low Grade, contains Tide Concept, exchange requires 10 contribution points."

Seeing this, Jiang Hanzhou was about to reach out to take a look.

"Brother Jiang?"

A cold female voice tinged with a hint of surprise came from his side.

Jiang Hanzhou turned his head and saw a woman dressed in light blue tight-fitting clothes, her face covered with a light veil, standing not far away. The exposed eyes held surprise and a hint of playfulness. It was Teng Yuzhi.

She walked over slowly, her gaze falling on the deep blue Jade Slip in front of Jiang Hanzhou, the corners of her lips curling slightly:

"Is Brother Jiang also interested in... comprehending the Tidal True Intent?"