Level 100 Godhood?

"Boss, there's no need to decide in a hurry," Lu Qinghou said again. "Those two boys are still in the tower anyway. Whether they can pass the ninety-ninth floor is still unknown. There's no point in us just waiting here. What's meant to come will come."

He turned to leave, but Dantai Canglan called him back.

"Old Lu."

Lu Qinghou looked back.

"You think I'd dump this mess and walk away?"

Lu Qinghou silently watched him without speaking.

Dantai Canglan shook his head and gave a self-mocking laugh. "I'm not that gutless!"

His gaze locked onto the flowing golden light on the tower.

"Since I made a choice, I have to bear the consequences that come with it. Even if it's bitter fruit, I still have to swallow it. That's what I taught you all. I can't be the first to go back on it."

Lu Qinghou looked at his back, and a smile gradually rose at the corner of his mouth.

He said nothing more, only cupped his fist to Dantai Canglan, then turned and walked toward Lower Cliff.

After a few steps, he stopped again and, without looking back, tossed out a line. "I'll go to the teahouse and have Old Liu save you a pot of hot tea. When you've had enough sea breeze, remember to come down and drink it."

Dantai Canglan waved a hand without turning back.

Upper Cliff returned to silence once more.

Inside the tower.

Zhou Qiubai no longer knew what floor he had reached.

He only knew he had walked for a very long time, so long that his knees had lost the sensation of bending, and every step had to rely on inertia as he leaned forward.

The stone steps stretched beneath his feet, but he no longer had the strength