"Only... why did these cultivators trigger the Cloud Ladder's killing intent? Could it be that they were trying to fish in troubled waters?"
"Perhaps some were indeed trying to fish in troubled waters, but... that should not be all there was to it."
"After all, merely witnessing the methods of Endless Cliff should have been enough to make those cultivators with ulterior motives recoil at the sight."
"If they were not trying to fish in troubled waters, then the problem... could only lie elsewhere."
Thoughts racing, Su Shi'er pondered in silence.
As the thought flashed through his mind, his heart stirred. He hurriedly and discreetly took Endless Cliff's token into his hand.
Drawing a deep breath, he cautiously continued forward.
Before long, Su Shi'er reached the shore and stepped onto the first stair of the Cloud Ladder.
The instant his foot came down, Su Shi'er immediately felt an exceedingly strange sensation beneath it.
Though the clouds and mist had condensed into the shape of stairs, they had not changed their nature. They were still inherently drifting, intangible things.
Yet at the moment of contact, Su Shi'er felt as though something solid lay beneath his feet.
From within the clouds and mist, he could more clearly sense an incomparably startling and abundant Dao Qi flowing through them.
The aura of the Dao Qi was sharp and fierce, like countless blades hidden in the shadows, quietly releasing killing intent.
Wrapped in that killing intent, Su Shi'er's heart tightened. An unprecedented sense of palpitations surged from his chest at that moment.
The sensation immediately made him realize something was wrong.
But before Su Shi'er could make any further move, the token clenched in his hand suddenly absorbed several wisps of Dao Qi from the surroundings.
At once, a cool aura spread from the