"Let's go!"
"Up the Three-Thirty-Three Pagoda!"
As soon as Lin Xiaosu made up his mind, Blue Demon led him through several alleys to a pagoda.
From the outside, it looked ordinary.
It was only four stories tall.
Each floor was exceptionally high, a full twenty meters, and its footprint covered several thousand square meters.
But with its understated exterior, even a building like that looked ordinary.
"Four floors represent four major tiers. The bottom three have ten variations each, and the fourth has three," Blue Demon explained.
In reality, it had only four floors.
So why was it called the Three-Thirty-Three Pagoda?
Because each of the bottom three floors had ten variations.
Holographic projections transformed them into ten different settings.
If each setting counted as one level, a single physical floor became ten levels.
"Got it. I'm going in!" Lin Xiaosu strode inside.
Behind them, two holders of the Hidden Dragon Gold Medal arrived side by side. They caught sight of Lin Xiaosu disappearing into the Three-Thirty-Three Pagoda, and both stopped short.
"Who's that? A new brother?" one asked.
"That's Lin Xiaosu! The one everyone was talking about yesterday."
"Him? He... he's climbing the Three-Thirty-Three Pagoda?" The first man's expression shifted, excitement showing on his face.
"Every new brother climbs the pagoda for a test. He may not officially belong to Qianlong, but the higher-ups probably aren't treating him like an outsider. Nothing strange about that."
"Nothing strange? You're missing the real bombshell!" the first man said. "Lin Xiaosu keeps pulling out one fierce move after another. Everyone says his actual combat strength may have reached the Heavenly-King Realm."
"The Heavenly-King Realm? You mean we might witness the birth of a Heavenly King with our own eyes?" The other man grew excited too.
Blue Demon was about to activate Dragon