Spirit Ascension Platform, Qualifications for the Tower Challenge

"How did you know?" Gu Yue Na was both surprised and bored. Yun Ze was too smart—so smart that almost nothing could stump him. Trying to test him was far too difficult.

"It wasn't hard to guess. I have no connection whatsoever with Leng Yaozhu, and you wouldn't deliberately mention me in front of her. She shouldn't have known about me in the first place."

"Yet she came because of me. With a little thought, it was easy to connect it to my Martial Soul awakening. If I'm not mistaken, she probably wants to take me as her disciple."

"You guessed right again. She really does have that intention," Gu Yue Na said with some admiration.

"I knew you wouldn't agree, so I didn't tell her about your situation for now. I wanted to ask for your opinion first."

Yun Ze remained as calm as ever and casually asked, "Then why did you want me to meet her?"

"For the benefits, of course. She's the Vice Pagoda Master of the Spirit Transfer Pagoda and holds considerable authority. From what I know of her, even if you don't become her disciple, she'll still give you some benefits."

"I want to help you obtain the qualifications to take the Tower Challenge at the Spirit Transfer Pagoda Headquarters and undergo Spirit Ascension. The Soul Spirits there are of higher quality, and absorbing them would help improve your strength more."

Gu Yue Na spoke cheerfully, her hands clasped behind her back as she occasionally skipped along, like a lively, cheerful little girl.

In front of others, she was always aloof and indifferent. This lively side of her only appeared when she was with Yun Ze.

The Spirit Transfer Pagoda's Spirit Ascension Platforms were not exclusive to the headquarters. Spirit Transfer Pagodas in many major cities had places for Spirit Ascension as well, though the headquarters' Spirit Ascension Platform was more effective.

As for the Tower Challenge, simply put, it meant obtaining Soul Spirits by clearing stages. This offered more choices of Soul Spirits, and their quality was relatively higher as well.

"I estimate that battle video has already spread around. Leng Yaozhu will see it sooner or later and come to Sun Moon Royal Academy to find us."

"Since we're going to meet her anyway, we might as well do so sooner. Make an appointment with her tomorrow. I'll go with you," Yun Ze said.

"Alright," Gu Yue Na replied.

The two returned to their respective rooms. Gu Yue Na immediately contacted Leng Yaozhu and arranged a time to meet the next day.

Yun Ze, meanwhile, sat cross-legged and cultivated. The surrounding Soul Power surged toward him madly, and his cultivation speed was extremely fast. By the time he stopped, it was already two or three in the morning.

After his Martial Soul awakening, he needed less sleep. Even after sleeping only a few hours, he was still full of energy and felt no fatigue at all.

His cultivation was not merely the cultivation of Soul Power, but also mental cultivation. Naturally, he would not feel mentally exhausted even when cultivating until two or three in the morning.

It was only because his body was currently just over six years old. Once he grew older, he would not feel tired even if he went without rest all night.

The next morning, the two went to the academy. Just like the day before, one attended class while the other read in the Library, and they ate lunch together at noon.

After yesterday's battle, Yun Ze had become a celebrity throughout the academy. He drew plenty of attention along the way.

Quite a few girls even took the initiative to greet him, but Yun Ze handled them coldly and ignored them.

Yun Ze did not care about these people's attention. Everything continued as usual, and he simply did whatever he needed to do.

His cold attitude was like a basin of cold water that extinguished many people's enthusiasm. Fewer people came to disturb him.

That evening, Gu Yue Na brought Yun Ze to meet Leng Yaozhu at an upscale restaurant.

Once she learned that the person Gu Yue Na had brought was Yun Ze, whom she had been looking for, Leng Yaozhu was both surprised and delighted. She immediately proposed taking him as her disciple.

Yun Ze and Gu Yue Na worked together again, making it clear that Yun Ze already had a teacher and refusing Leng Yaozhu.

Leng Yaozhu looked disappointed but helplessly accepted the fact. Although Yun Ze had rejected her, her attitude toward him remained quite good.

First, she valued Yun Ze's talent. Second, he was Gu Yue Na's friend. No matter which angle she considered it from, treating Yun Ze better would not be wrong.

"Teacher, I want to ask for qualifications for Yun Ze to enter the Spirit Ascension Platform and take the Tower Challenge," Gu Yue Na said proactively.

"You little girl, you didn't bring Yun Ze here to see me today just for this, did you?" Leng Yaozhu wore an expression that said she had seen through her.

As she spoke, she took out two tokens. One had the words "Spirit Ascension" engraved on it, while the other bore the character for Leng.

"If you want to undergo Spirit Ascension, just show this token. It will allow you to enter the Spirit Ascension Platform anywhere."

"If you come to the headquarters for the Tower Challenge, show this token instead." Leng Yaozhu briefly explained the tokens' uses.

"Thank you," Yun Ze said, silently remembering this small favor.

"Thank you, Teacher," Gu Yue Na said as well.

"You really are something," Leng Yaozhu said helplessly as she glanced at Gu Yue Na with a smile, then turned to Yun Ze.

"No need. Both Spirit Ascension Platform qualifications and Tower Challenge qualifications are prepared for talented Soul Masters. You clearly meet that requirement, so giving you these tokens is only natural."

After a pause, her expression turned serious. "Yun Ze, I know you refused to join the Spirit Transfer Pagoda last time. Logically, I shouldn't keep pressing you about it."

"But your talent truly makes me—and the Spirit Transfer Pagoda—want you. So we are extending the invitation to you again."

"Are you willing to join the Spirit Transfer Pagoda?"

Yun Ze shook his head and refused decisively. "Sorry, but my family intends to emerge into the world and has already established its own faction. I cannot join another faction."

"Your family intends to emerge into the world?" Leng Yaozhu looked to Gu Yue Na beside Yun Ze as if seeking confirmation.

Gu Yue Na nodded. "Yes. This decision was made long ago. We were only testing and exploring things before, so we didn't act too openly."

"After several years of exploration, the family has already formulated its future development path and plans to truly emerge into the world."

"Since the family is emerging into the world, its descendants are no longer allowed to join other factions. They must contribute to the family's own faction."

"I'm from a collateral branch, so the family's requirements for me aren't particularly strict. Even though I joined a faction, they didn't demand that I withdraw."

"But Yun Ze is from the direct line and is also the family's Young Master, so the requirements for him are stricter. He absolutely cannot join another faction."

Naturally, she had made all of this up. It was the explanation they had agreed on beforehand.

"In that case, I won't force the matter," Leng Yaozhu said with slight regret.

"By the way, now that your family is emerging into the world, what is the name of the faction you intend to establish? If necessary, the Spirit Transfer Pagoda can look after you a little."

"Dragon Phoenix Hall."

"Dragon Phoenix Hall?" Leng Yaozhu committed the name to memory.

Bi Ji was highly efficient. In only three days, she had found the building they needed.

It was southwest of Sun Moon Royal Academy, a little over a thousand meters away, located on a bustling commercial street. The location was excellent, though it was somewhat too expensive.

Buying that building, which was only ten stories tall, cost a full 1.3 billion Federal Currency. The price could not be called small.

As soon as they bought the building, they hired people to renovate it. The first floor would be converted into a forging shop, the second into an apothecary, and the third into a pill refining room.

The fourth through ninth floors would all be converted into individual rooms for resting, while the top floor would be made into a more comprehensive workshop.

This workshop was built for Yun Ze. Inside, he could forge, manufacture Soul Tools, and build Mechas. It was fairly comprehensive.

To them, progress was far more important than money. They directly poured 400 million into the renovations, outsourcing everything and requiring completion within a month.

The saying that money could make the devil turn millstones was not without reason. Once the money was in place, the renovation progress became astonishingly fast.

Renovations that would originally have taken several months were completed in only twenty-four days, shortening the construction period by more than seventy percent.

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