Spirit Ascension Platform

The moment they entered the Spirit Pagoda, an air of extravagant wealth washed over them.

The entire interior of the Spirit Pagoda gleamed with gold and splendor, reeking of money being burned everywhere.

Of course, the most eye-catching feature was the murals recording the heroic deeds of Spirit Ice Douluo Huo Yuhao and his Soul Spirits as they fought back the beast tide.

Su Mo did not feel much about unlucky Huo Yuhao.

Based on what Su Mo knew, becoming Tang San's dog... no, son-in-law, truly had been Huo Yuhao's only way out as the chosen son of fate on Douluo Planet.

There was no helping it. This world was just that cruel.

When someone utterly beyond your ability to resist plotted against you, there were only two paths: die, or obediently follow their arrangements.

And in some sense, Huo Yuhao had been lucky. At least he had no idea Tang San had plotted against him.

Living in the wonderful life Tang San had woven for him was not necessarily a bad kind of happiness.

For all anyone knew, he might even have enjoyed it.

Led by a Spirit Pagoda staff member, Su Mo and the others quickly took an elevator to a circular room.

Inside, a group of staff members were busy in an orderly fashion while watching a massive screen overhead.

They only stopped what they were doing when Wu Zhangkong brought everyone in.

"You're here!" A middle-aged staff member named Wang Ling warmly greeted Wu Zhangkong.

When Tang Wulin and the others had previously entered the Spirit Ascension Platform for training, Wang Ling had always been the one in charge.

When he noticed Su Mo among the group, Wang Ling instinctively teased, "Teacher Wu, have you found another little genius?"

Wu Zhangkong snorted coldly and ignored him.

As a member of the Tang Sect, how could Wu Zhangkong possibly show a pleasant face to someone from the Spirit Pagoda? Especially when relations between the Spirit Pagoda, the Tang Sect, and Shrek had become increasingly delicate in recent years.

Wang Ling froze when Wu Zhangkong ignored him.

He had not expected that, as someone from the Spirit Pagoda, he would one day have his warm face pressed against a cold ass. He immediately muttered under his breath, "What are you acting so aloof for? Aren't you just using someone else's slot to give your favorite student special treatment?"

Upon hearing Wang Ling's complaint, Wu Zhangkong stopped and shot him a fierce glare.

Faced with Wu Zhangkong's murderous gaze, Wang Ling glared right back without the slightest politeness.

Wang Ling knew perfectly well about Wu Zhangkong giving Tang Wulin special treatment. After all, Tang Wulin and the others had to go through him whenever they wanted to enter the Spirit Ascension Platform.

Originally, Wang Ling had thought Tang Wulin's extra entries were paid for out of Wu Zhangkong's own pocket because he valued Tang Wulin.

But now it was obvious Wu Zhangkong had diverted another student's slot to Tang Wulin, and he still had the nerve to act all aloof in front of him.

Since this was the Spirit Pagoda and Tang Wulin and the others would still need Wang Ling's help later, Wu Zhangkong could only snort and pretend he had not heard.

Tang Wulin wanted to defend Wu Zhangkong, but before he could speak, Wu Zhangkong stopped him with a secret voice transmission.

Fortunately, the Spirit Pagoda staff still had professional standards. Seeing Wu Zhangkong remain silent, Wang Ling could not be bothered to dwell on it and immediately had the others prepare.

With the help of the Spirit Pagoda staff, Su Mo and the others soon lay down inside the Spirit Ascension Capsules.

The Spirit Pagoda's technology was beyond reproach, but Su Mo simply could not stand the design of these Spirit Ascension Capsules.

Such a high-tech product had to be designed to look like something from a morgue.

As someone outside pressed a button, Su Mo, lying inside the Spirit Ascension Capsule, felt his body go numb and tingly as a mysterious force pulled at his consciousness.

But before Su Mo could feel much more, the pitch-black space suddenly brightened.

The sudden sunlight made Su Mo dizzy, and he instinctively raised a hand to shield his eyes.

Although Su Mo had often used Shoten no Jutsu to move about human society before, he had never entered the Spirit Ascension Platform in order to avoid revealing any flaws.

"Sure enough, I can't underestimate anyone!"

Feeling the realism that was no different from reality itself, Su Mo clenched his fists tightly.

Because of Tang San, Su Mo had actually held a trace of disdain in his heart toward the humans of Douluo Planet.

But after experiencing the Spirit Ascension Platform's realism, Su Mo had no choice but to admit that the Spirit Pagoda's technology was exceptional.

Such a lifelike virtual environment was enough to rival the world created by Tsukuyomi.

More importantly, the gains made here could actually be carried back into reality.

Such a method was absolutely impossible in Naruto.

"Su Mo..."

While Su Mo was lost in thought, Tang Wulin's voice suddenly rang out beside him.

Seeing Tang Wulin hesitate as though he wanted to speak but could not, Su Mo was no fool and naturally understood what Tang Wulin wanted to say.

Before Su Mo arrived, Tang Wulin had always been the captain of their five-man group.

But now that Su Mo had joined them, whether Tang Wulin would remain captain had become uncertain again.

"You guys play by yourselves. I'll find somewhere to hang around on my own!"

Su Mo waved at Tang Wulin. He had no interest in playing childish little games with Tang Wulin and the others here.

He would rather find a place to sleep than waste his time on that.

Seeing Su Mo intend to act alone, Tang Wulin felt a little relieved, but quickly realized that such a thought was wrong.

Tang Wulin wanted to try persuading Su Mo to stay, but when he looked up, Su Mo had already gone far away.

Watching Su Mo's departing back, Tang Wulin felt conflicted and did not know what to say.

"Alright, Wulin. Let him go wherever he wants. It was his own decision anyway."

As Tang Wulin's closest friend, Xie Xie quickly patted Tang Wulin's shoulder to comfort him when he saw his dejected expression.

Gu Yue also consoled him at the right time. "He has no coordination with us at all. If he joins us rashly, he might even end up dragging us down."

Zhang Yangzi and Wang Jinxi nodded vigorously in agreement nearby.

Although the two of them had once been Su Mo's classmates, Su Mo had rarely come to school, so neither of them knew him at all.

Not to mention that before coming here, they had accepted the Thousand Refined Cloud Titanium Vests Tang Wulin had given them.

Hearing everyone else say so, Tang Wulin finally felt a little better.

Outside the screen, Wu Zhangkong was staring intently at Su Mo, who had broken away from the group to act alone. He was very curious about what Su Mo planned to do next.

Wu Zhangkong was still extremely confident in Tang Wulin and the others.

As long as they did not encounter a ferocious Soul Beast like the Man Faced Demon Spider, Tang Wulin and the others could run wild through the Primary Spirit Ascension Platform.

And after gaining two 9,999-year Soul Rings, Su Mo was destined to be unable to use the Spirit Ascension Platform's spiritual energy to increase the age of his Soul Rings like Tang Wulin and the others could.

Letting Su Mo enter the Spirit Ascension Platform was undoubtedly a complete waste of the slot.

Rather than let Su Mo waste that slot, it would be better to save it for someone who needed it more.

That was why Wu Zhangkong had so readily given Su Mo's slot to Tang Wulin earlier.