Nine Flame Sacred Land had all kinds of cultivation towers. There were ten Law Towers, each corresponding to a different law: Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, Earth, Wind, Thunder, Light, Space, and Time. There were also Weapon Towers for telepathic weapons, blades, spears, axes, staffs, claws, and the like, as well as Teaching Towers for students at different levels: Domain Level, Law Entry Level, Low-Level Law Perception Level, High-Level Law Perception Level, and Law Recognition Level.
Of all the cultivation towers, the ten Law Towers were the most special.
It was said that Nine Flame Kingdom Lord had paid a price to obtain rare treasures capable of improving the speed at which one comprehended various laws. He had empowered them with Secret Techniques, allowing students who entered the Law Towers to slightly increase the speed at which they cultivated and comprehended Origin Laws. Each of these rare treasures was worth at least ten billion Hunyuan Units, while the ones for Space and Time were the most expensive, worth nearly a hundred billion Hunyuan Units.
Of course, the improvement to comprehension speed was limited. It couldn't compare at all to the improvement in Chaos City, where one could see the workings of the laws of the universe with the naked eye. Even so, these treasures were incredibly precious.
Several hundred billion Hunyuan Units was nothing to a High-Level Venerable, but it was enough to show how much Nine Flame Kingdom Lord valued the cultivation of talent.
Students at the Sacred Land needed to have cultivation time in order to enter the Law Towers and study. This showed how important the Ranking Tournament was: students received different amounts of time in the Law Towers depending on their ranking.
Take the Universe Level students, for example. The top ten Core Layer students could cultivate in the Law Towers for three months each year. Those ranked from eleventh to one hundredth received two months, and the next hundred got one month. Ordinary students at the bottom of the rankings received only a single day each year.
After entering the Sacred Land, Lin Yuan had learned all this from the buildings around him. He couldn't help but marvel at Nine Flame Kingdom Lord's generosity.
Personally instructing them before the Warrior Battle was one thing, but he had also spent so much money building these Law Towers. He seemed to care even more about nurturing talent than Ganwu Kingdom Lord. Ganwu Kingdom Lord was doing it to repay his debts, but what was Nine Flame Kingdom Lord's reason? Was he simply kindhearted?
Lin Yuan was very interested in cultivating in the Law Towers. Fenyu World Lord had said that he could join the Universe Level Core Layer directly, but Lin Yuan hadn't known which ranking tier would determine his allotted time in the towers.
After asking Fenyu World Lord in the Virtual Universe, Lin Yuan learned that his allotted time was the same as that of the top ten students. He couldn't help marveling at how much influence his teacher, Marquis Yuankun, had.
Lin Yuan arrived at the Law Tower for the Law of Earth Origin, full of anticipation. He wanted to see if the Dark Yellow Strange Stone his teacher had given him could stack its effects with the treasures inside the tower.
Lin Yuan applied to enter the tower and cultivate, and received approval a moment later. The doors opened automatically, and he went inside.
The tower had four floors, each containing many small cultivation rooms. Universe Level students used the second floor. Lin Yuan picked a room at random, went in, and prepared to begin cultivating.
Lin Yuan sat cross-legged and began comprehending the Law of Earth Origin. He found that his speed had increased by about forty or fifty percent compared with cultivating outside. He wasn't sure if it was because there were too many students cultivating in the tower, but the improvement still wasn't as good as the effect of the strange stone his teacher had given him.
Lin Yuan took out the Dark Yellow Strange Stone and held it in his palm, then resumed cultivating and comprehending. He found that his comprehension speed was only slightly faster than when he used the stone alone. The effects didn't simply add together.
The improvement isn't very noticeable.
Lin Yuan thought this to himself, feeling a little disappointed. It seemed that cultivating in the Law Tower for the Law of Earth Origin wasn't a wise choice and would waste some of his allotted time. Without hesitation, he left the Earth cultivation tower and, after some thought, headed to the Space Tower.
Lin Yuan had only comprehended a trace of the Law of Space Origin so far. If he could cross the threshold of the Law of Space Origin, he would earn another chance to draw a prize.
Outside the Space Tower stood a young man who was a little shorter than Lin Yuan and somewhat chubby. He was also applying to enter the tower.
The chubby young man saw Lin Yuan approaching and looked at him with confusion.
"Hey? Who are you? How come I've never seen you before?"
The chubby young man asked Lin Yuan.
"Hello. I'm new. I just joined the Sacred Land today."
Lin Yuan replied calmly. The other man, like him, was at Universe Level 9.
"Just joined? New students can enter the Law Towers before taking part in the Ranking Tournament? Oh, I get it. You must also be the child or disciple of some big shot."
"Hello, my name's Cohen. The Ancestor of my family is Marquis Huanyu. I'm ranked fifth among the Universe Level students. Nice to meet you."
The chubby young man introduced himself politely.
"I'm Lin Yuan, Marquis Yuankun's disciple. Hello."
"So you're Marquis Yuankun's disciple?"
Cohen grinned, his eyes narrowing.
"Then we're really fated to meet. My Ancestor and Marquis Yuankun are close friends. I heard from my Ancestor that they knew each other before either of them became an undying."
"Oh? Then we really are fated to meet."
Lin Yuan played along.
The two chatted in front of the Space Tower.
"Hey, not bad, brother. You're a Giant Axe Warrior, too."
The chubby young man noticed the Giant Axe insignia on Lin Yuan's chest and remarked without a hint of formality.
"I've been thinking about taking the Universe One-Star Mercenary exam. If I pass, I'll get a Blood Wave Planet insignia to pin on my chest. How impressive would that look? But my Ancestor said it wasn't necessary and told me to focus on cultivating at the Sacred Land. What a shame."
"Let me tell you, among the Universe Level students..."
Cohen seemed to have opened the floodgates and went on and on. Lin Yuan chimed in from time to time, smiling along.
Lin Yuan felt a little helpless. The chubby young man wasn't just a natural at making friends—he was also a chatterbox.
"Your weapon's a giant axe? I'm so jealous. Using a giant axe looks so imposing! My telepathic weapon is the Blood Edge God Weapon. I've only mastered the second stage so far, and it's incredibly hard to cultivate..."
The chubby young man talked without pause.
After a long while, Cohen finally seemed satisfied and was about to stop.
"Wow, we've been chatting for so long. You and I really hit it off, brother. I'll treat you to a drink sometime. I got my hands on a bottle of Ye Hua Wine. It tastes incredible."
"I should get to cultivating. I'll head in first."
With that, he went into the Space Tower to cultivate on his own.
Lin Yuan looked exhausted. He suspected this was the most he had talked since transmigrating.
Lin Yuan also applied to enter the Space Tower and went in after the chubby young man.
The inside of the Space Tower was basically the same as that of the cultivation tower for the Law of Earth Origin, but it was smaller. That made sense; surely there were fewer students who could comprehend the Laws of Space and Time.
Lin Yuan entered a cultivation room and sat cross-legged. He focused his consciousness on the Golden Leaf in the System Space and began comprehending the Law of Space Origin.
Lin Yuan planned to cultivate here for seven days, then hurry to attend the public lecture by the undying instructor, Moke, and look for an opportunity to ask Lord Moke about axe Secret Techniques afterward. Of course, he would also pay close attention during this lesson on the Law of Fire Origin.
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