Zhu Fenghua and the other Heaven One Pavilion disciples and guest retainers stared intently at the Heaven Tower ahead.
Through the windows, they could faintly see white light inside.
They knew that glow came from the murals within being obscured.
Although they could not enter to see how Li Fei and Ning Qingman were "breaking the techniques," they could judge how the two were progressing by watching when the murals' radiance went out.
Yet the moment the two entered, the radiance on the first floor went out.
How long had it been? Ten seconds?
"So fast?"
"Was it that Sword Immortal who made a move?"
Most of them believed that Ning Qingman had broken the technique, which was why she had succeeded so quickly.
Zhu Fenghua stared at the tightly shut doors, silent.
He had heard his senior brother mention that more than thirty years ago, the "Sword Immortal" Ning Qingman had quietly visited Heaven One Pavilion, climbed straight to the ninth floor in one breath, and exchanged views on the sword with their master.
The matter had always been kept secret, so the outside world knew nothing of it.
Only their few direct disciples knew about it within the entire Heaven One Pavilion.
Since Ning Qingman had already climbed to the ninth floor many years ago, when she came to climb the tower this time, his master would certainly have sent her directly to the ninth floor.
Therefore, the person breaking the techniques inside now should be Li Fei.
"How long did it take me to defeat the first-floor clone back then?"
Zhu Fenghua recalled his own experience climbing the tower.
After becoming a Body Breaking Stage martial artist, he had begun trying to climb the tower and break the techniques. It had taken him more than three months