486: Holy Soul Tower

Lu Xingchen said indifferently, "What's wrong with that? After spending these days together, I have come to acknowledge Brother Dongfang and regard him as a friend. How can I not help a friend in need?"

"Besides, the Evil Soul Sect has been hounded and vilified by the Righteous Path Alliance for so many years; it is time for them to clear their name! Seeing the big picture from the small, based on Brother Dongfang's character, I can be certain that the Evil Soul Sect is not as bad as Ning Zhifeng claims."

Lu Yu sighed softly and said in a deep voice, "The life and death of the Evil Soul Sect has nothing to do with me; I am just a businessman. However, since Brother Lu has given the order, I will have my subordinates keep an eye on this matter!"

Lu Xingchen nodded slightly and said indifferently, "Thank you, Saint Lu Yu!"

Immediately, the four of them parted ways.

Lu Yu left with Li Qingshan, while Lu Xingchen and Yun Li headed towards the market from before.

Upon arriving at the teahouse, they pasted five white feathers on the door. Barely a quarter of an hour later, Li Three appeared beside them.

"Brother Big Strong One, you are incredibly strong! Your spirit tablet points have already reached over twenty thousand, more than ten thousand ahead of the second-place Luo Chen. It seems the championship of this Martial Arts Convention belongs to none other than Brother Big Strong One!"

Having previously wiped out a large number of flame skeletons in the Skeleton Empire, he had also earned spirit tablet points. This allowed his spirit tablet points to crush Luo Chen's, making him quite the sensation.

Lu Xingchen shook his head slightly and said indifferently, "They are just empty titles. Whether I can win the championship still depends on the tournament a year from now."

"I presume you know my purpose, right? Are there any other Opportunities recently? The Book Sword Vengeance Sect has never disappointed me."

Li Three shook his head slightly and smiled bitterly, "None left. All the famous Opportunities in the eastern part of the Liuxing Continent have already been taken by you. Other Opportunities are either yet to be discovered or have already been claimed by others."

Lu Xingchen immediately grasped the crux of the issue.

"Since there are none in the eastern part of the Liuxing Continent, what about other places?"

Li Three took a sip of tea and chuckled, "Brother Big Strong One, you are truly clever! There is another Opportunity in the central part of the Liuxing Continent. At my speed, it would take five days and five nights to reach, but I estimate you will be faster."

"Because the distance is too far and the cost of transmitting intelligence is high, it requires two thousand spirit tablet points."

Lu Xingchen nodded gently, took out his integral spirit token, and transferred two thousand points to Li Three.

He placed great trust in the Book Sword Vengeance Sect's ability to gather information; it would certainly be worth the price.

Li Three told Lu Xingchen the information about this Secret Realm.

In the central part of the Liuxing Continent, there is a tall tower named the Saint Soul Tower.

The Saint Soul Tower contains an Opportunity to enhance Soul Power. Legend has it that the Sect Master of the Lingyun Sect, Jiang Taishen, obtained an Opportunity inside the Saint Soul Tower, raising his Soul Power to the Heaven Realm Mid-stage.

The Saint Soul Tower opens once every three years, and the next opening is in five days.

Li Three knew nothing else regarding other information.

After Li Three left, Lu Xingchen looked at Yun Li and said with a smile, "Although the news from the Book Sword Vengeance Sect is expensive, it is indeed very useful. How about it, Miss Yun Li, do you want to go to the Saint Soul Tower to have some fun?"

Yun Li looked at Lu Xingchen, her voice somewhat low.

"Xingchen, ever since we arrived at the Liuxing Continent, you have been constantly fighting and struggling for Opportunities, hovering on the edge of life and death several times. Don't you feel tired?"

Hearing this, Lu Xingchen was slightly stunned, then smiled and said, "My Spirit Realm Great Perfection Soul can still hold up."

"I am not talking about your sea of soul, but your heart. Doesn't your heart feel tired?"

Lu Xingchen looked directly into Yun Li's eyes and said softly, "That is very normal. Martial Arts Cultivation is like sailing against the current; if you do not advance, you retreat. Wisdom requires accumulation and precipitation to become full, and life requires fighting and struggling to become stable."

"Everything I do now is to protect the people I love, to climb to higher peaks, and to enjoy more magnificent scenery!"

Hearing this, Yun Li felt a pang in her nose and said softly, "Alright, I will go with you!"

Immediately, the two stopped talking nonsense and left the teahouse.

Arriving at the wilderness, Lu Xingchen summoned Xiao You, and the two of them and the dragon flew towards the Liuxing Continent.

He had the map given by Li Three in his hand; although it was very blurry and had many unknown areas, it was enough to ensure they wouldn't lose their way.

It only took two days and two nights for Xiao You to fly from the market to the central part of the Liuxing Continent.

After circling around the central part, Lu Xingchen finally saw a towering high tower.

The high tower was over a thousand meters tall, piercing straight into the clouds. It was divided into five levels. The fifth level had one door, the fourth level had three doors, and from top to bottom, they were 1, 3, 5, 7, 9.

Lu Xingchen said indifferently, "Xiao You, this is probably the legendary Saint Soul Tower, right? Let's go down!"

Xiao You flew to the ground and immediately returned to the mount space.

At this moment, there were already over three hundred participants on the ground, and all of them possessed strength above the Five-Star Martial Venerable level; it could be called a gathering of elites.

But Lu Xingchen did not take them seriously.

After that battle in the Skeleton Empire, his Realm had already improved to the Ten-Star Martial Venerable level; below the Saint level, he could hardly find an opponent.

Although these participants were strong and numerous, they were ultimately not a united front.

Even if they all attacked him together, as long as he killed a small portion of them, he could shatter their psychological defenses.

Seeing the cool Xiao You, the surrounding participants all let out exclamations.

"Holy crap, a member of the Nether Dragon Clan royal family! Brother Big Strong One is actually able to use it as a mount; he has really made it big!"

"Have you checked the integral spirit token? Brother Big Strong One has over twenty thousand points, occupying the first place with an overwhelming advantage; not even Luo Chen is as exaggerated as him!"

"If one could defeat Brother Big Strong One, wouldn't that be a massive profit of ten thousand points, becoming a legend in one battle?"

"Give it a rest. How do you think he got those twenty thousand points? Even if everyone present added together, I'm afraid we wouldn't be his match!"

Lu Xingchen ignored the gossip around him, held Yun Li's little hand, found an open space under the Saint Soul Tower, and closed his eyes to rest.

As his footsteps stepped out, the surrounding people immediately made way. Within a hundred meters, no one dared to step foot.

Because his title as one of the nine prodigies of the central continent was simply too dazzling.

Closing his eyes, Lu Xingchen entered his sea of soul and activated the "Taiyi Soul Art" to temper his Soul Power.

Ever since he had consumed the eighth-grade pill, the soul refining pill, his Soul Power had been somewhat floaty.

Although he had broken through to the Spirit Realm Great Perfection, it was very difficult to advance any further.

This was the drawback of relying on Medicinal Pills to improve one's Realm.

After these days of continuous Cultivation, he had gradually stabilized his Foundation, but he was still a long way from the Heaven Realm.

The ninth-grade elixir given by Peng Yue was meant for improving one's Soul Realm, but having the "soul refining pill" as a cautionary tale, he did not dare to consume it.

He hoped that the Opportunity inside the Saint Soul Tower could help him take that step!

Two days passed just like that. On the morning of the third day, the spiritual light screen surrounding the Saint Soul Tower dissipated.