64: Chapter 64 Life-Giving Pill

After passing the third, fourth, and fifth floors, Chen Changqing found that although the difficulty of these trials was considerable, it wasn't overwhelming.

Every trial was based on his current strength as a premise, and after these few trials, he also gained a bountiful harvest.

What he obtained on the third floor was a Cultivation Technique, and this Cultivation Technique was precisely the Evergreen Art.

Not only did this volume explain many insights regarding the cultivation of the Evergreen Art, but most importantly, it could support him in cultivating all the way to the Golden Core Stage.

In other words, before becoming a Nascent Soul, he did not need to worry about the matter of Cultivation Techniques, even though he was still very far from the Nascent Soul stage.

On the fourth floor, he obtained a Tier 2 Medium Grade Magical Artifact, the sun and moon mirror.

This Magical Artifact could be used for both offense and defense, capable of releasing the power of the sun and moon to attack enemies while also applying a layer of defense to himself.

What he obtained on the fifth floor were the refinement methods for three types of Tier 2 Talismans.

Overall, he had merely broken through five floors, and the treasures he obtained were enough to make even Foundation Establishment Cultivators in the Middle Stage turn red with envy.

As for how many more floors were above, he was truly not quite clear; he only knew that continuing to walk upwards now was the right thing to do.

After arriving at the sixth floor, the trial of this floor was no longer about slaying Yao Beasts, but rather a selective trial.

"Please choose one of the following for the trial: Spiritual Root, Comprehension Ability, Skill, Cultivation, Divine Soul, Physical Body."

After listening, Chen Changqing carefully pondered. One out of six?

Were the subsequent trials also like this?

If so, what he excelled at was nothing more than Divine Soul, Physical Body, and skills.

As for cultivation, he truly dared not say he excelled at it; who knew how many Cultivators in the Great Yan Country could already reach Foundation Establishment at his age.

He decisively chose the Divine Soul trial.

Doing this would be safer, because his Divine Soul was the strongest, and he truly did not know what the subsequent trials would be like.

After uttering Divine Soul, the surrounding environment changed instantly.

In the blink of an eye, he arrived in a desert.

The blazing sun hung high in the sky, the earth was scorched red, and waves of heat assaulted him.

This is?!

Chen Changqing was startled in his heart.

At first, he thought it was an illusion realm, but everything was incomparably real.

After releasing his Divine Sense, while observing everything around him, he walked slowly in the desert.

After walking for two or three hours, he still didn't find any abnormalities.

"Could this really be some kind of space? But that is also true. Since the Secret Realm could send me into that secret room trial, why couldn't it send me here? But why is there always a feeling that something is a bit different in my heart? Where exactly is it?" Chen Changqing muttered to himself.

He looked up at the great sun hanging at the edge of the sky.

It seemed that ever since he arrived here, it had been just as hot here, without changing at all.

"Wait, how long have I been here?" He seemed to have discovered where something was amiss.

He continued forward while silently counting the time.

Several more hours passed just like that, yet that round great sun was still hanging at the edge of the sky, with no intention of moving at all.

"As expected, everything here has no changes whatsoever; even the frequency of the wind is the same, and..."

He looked at the path he had come from.

The footprints there were slowly disappearing, just like stepping on the surface of water, only stirring up a trace of ripples before vanishing completely, leaving not a single trace behind.

"Since this place is an illusion realm, the ways to leave the illusion realm are nothing more than a few." Chen Changqing pondered.

When ordinary Cultivators are trapped in an illusion realm, the most common method is to destroy everything inside the illusion realm through Divine Sense, as long as they ensure the speed of destruction is much faster than the speed of the illusion realm's repair.

As for other methods, one can break through the illusion realm by relying on a powerful will; this method requires the Cultivator to have sufficient willpower.

Of course, there is another method, which is when the Divine Soul is strong enough, to give oneself suggestions.

Through this method, one can also break through the illusion realm, but this method is the hardest to come by.

However, Chen Changqing's Divine Soul indeed met the conditions.

Thinking no more, he immediately closed his eyes, and then used his Divine Soul to cast suggestions upon himself.

While casting suggestions upon himself, Chen Changqing felt everything around him.

Gradually, the surrounding wind stopped howling, and his body's surface no longer felt scorching heat.

At this moment, he opened his eyes.

The original desert completely disappeared, and he returned to the original Secret Realm.

"Congratulations to the Legacy bearer for passing the Divine Soul trial. Please choose the following rewards."

This time, the cold female voice seemed to no longer be so indifferent, and instead possessed a trace of surprise.

Of course, this was just Chen Changqing's own feeling.

As for whether this female voice actually felt surprised, he didn't care either.

Walking forward, Chen Changqing looked at the three rewards this time.

It has to be said that although these trials were not simple, the rewards were indeed very bountiful.

The first reward was a Tier 2 Top Grade Ore, Golden Gang Stone, exactly the kind that the Zhang and Zhao families of Qinghe County fought over back then, but this piece was much larger than the original one.

The second reward was a Cultivation Technique, and the third was a porcelain bottle.

Chen Changqing picked it up and took a glance; inside the bottle was actually an emerald-green Medicinal Pill, which was the Tier 2 Top Grade Medicinal Pill, shengling pill.

Chen Changqing's heart was incomparably excited; he didn't expect that there would actually be such a Medicinal Pill.

How precious this Medicinal Pill was—even foundation establishment pills could not compare to it.

Because as long as a Cultivator consumed this Medicinal Pill, it would not only permanently increase the Cultivator's Lifespan by fifty years, but the crucial point was that it was also extremely useful for forming a high-quality Dao Foundation.

Beyond that, the massive vitality contained within the Medicinal Pill could even allow a person on the verge of death to rejuvenate.

The value of this Medicinal Pill was completely inestimable; even in the present Great Yan Country, absolutely no one could refine it.

This was not solely because it was difficult to refine, but because the Materials were far too scarce.

Chen Changqing decisively chose this Medicinal Pill, then swallowed it directly in the secret room, and sat cross-legged to refine it.

On this trip, the Opportunity he had obtained could no longer be measured by value.

The one thing he was most worried about right now was whether he would be interrogated by those major factions after leaving the Secret Realm.

If there really was an interrogation, then all the opportunities he had obtained during this period would have to be handed over to others, working for someone else's benefit.

Spending about an hour, he finally completely refined a portion of the medicinal power of the shengling pill, while the remaining major portion of the medicinal power was stored away by the dao bead for his future use.

He looked up at the seventh floor and walked up with a face full of anticipation.

...

Meanwhile, many Cultivators had already gathered outside the tower, among whom were even several Purple Mansion Masters.

They had bad luck; when they were on the first five floors, due to greed acting up, in order to obtain higher rewards, the Yao Beasts they chose were even higher than them in cultivation.

Originally, they were confident they could beat them, but reality slapped them hard in the face.

As for those other Foundation Establishment Cultivators and Qi Refining Cultivators, most of them were also eliminated within the first five floors, many of them just like the Purple Mansion Masters, but there were also some who were simply lacking in strength and thus eliminated.

After all, starting from the second floor, the stronger the Yao Beast you chose, the Yao Beasts on the subsequent third, fourth, and even fifth floors would only be stronger than the preceding ones.

This was also an important reason why they failed to clear the levels.