Meng Zhao had long since made up his mind. Naturally, he showed no sign of anything unusual and instead asked,
"Then after that lord attained the Dao and created the Imperial Masterpiece, what trials and dangers did he leave behind in this Ascending Heaven Tower?"
Meng Zhao naturally did not believe that once all twenty-four levels of trials had been cracked, the Ascending Heaven Tower would become completely safe.
After all, he was not the first person Aunt Hong had sent here. Even if he failed this time, he certainly would not be the last.
Thus, there had to be many dangers within, perhaps even ones capable of killing experts at the Celestial Human level.
Otherwise, the Mystic Shark the Corpse Demon would not have deliberately arranged that so-called trial. In truth, it had been imparting techniques to him, with the Dao of illusion and reality contained within.
Meng Zhao's realm was still far from sufficient for him to fully comprehend that Dao of illusion and reality, but merely glimpsing the threshold was already enough for a peerless talent like him.
Aunt Hong shook her head.
"I truly do not know what specific trials lie within. I have never entered the Ascending Heaven Tower myself, and that man never mentioned it to me back then. I have only formed a few vague guesses over the years.
Have you considered that the Mystic Shark the Corpse Demon's earlier trial for you was actually a transmission of teachings?"
Meng Zhao nodded. His right hand suddenly stretched out before Aunt Hong's eyes. Unnoticed, the palm had transformed into a beast claw. Yet upon closer inspection, even the claw's shape drifted and shifted unpredictably, impossible to grasp.
"Of course. I have comprehended each of the Mystic Shark the Corpse Demon's many demonic arts and