Bian Chunchou bared a row of little white teeth and could not help grinning. "Hehe, I was merely a Nascent Soul."
Bushi fell silent for a long while, his Buddhist Heart nearly wavering. "...Did you swallow some miraculous pills?"
"All three of us have reached Nascent Soul. Where would there be so many miraculous pills to swallow?"
...All right, now his Buddhist Heart was truly wavering.
Bushi steadied his almost-unsteady Buddhist Heart and pressed his palms together. "All right, no more talking." Say another word and I'll faint right in front of you, believe it or not.
"All right." True Lord Bian spoke with regret in his voice. "Speaking of which, how did you know I was here? And what is going on with this tower?"
What were you regretting? He had thought that after rebuilding his cultivation to Golden Core and making it onto the Prodigies Ranking, even though he had been unlucky enough to stumble into Pagoda City while descending the mountain to gain experience, he had at least soared to Late Golden Core thanks to the Spiritual Vein's blessing. He should have caught up somehow, yet who would have thought... Forget it. His Buddhist Heart was about to become unsteady again. "All the towers in Pagoda City have now become Heart-Trial Towers. Did you see the faint Radiant Flow seeping out from the towers? That is the light of the cultivators' trials within. If that light fades, it means the Dao Heart of the cultivator inside has shattered."
Bian Chunchou: ...Good heavens, it really was a Dao Heart trial.
"To be honest, this trial is pretty disgusting," he could not help saying.
Bushi thought, Who could disagree? The towers were filled with Illusory Realms so extreme, dark, and vicious they cut like knives. Ordinary people found them