The group entered the room housing the Spirit Ascension Platform.
The metal room was spacious and empty. A ring of enormous Soul Guidance Screens hung on the walls, flickering with images of various jungles, like a world of green.
Pagoda Master Xu explained the precautions to Tang San, who was trying the Spirit Ascension Platform for the first time:
"Although only your brain waves are connected, you could still be in danger if you experience an intense shock. When you need to press the distress signal button, don't hesitate. Take responsibility for your own life."
Tang San nodded like a chicken pecking grain. "Mm-hmm."
"Remove your clothing. No prohibited items allowed." A staff member asked Long Yue and Tang San to hand over their prohibited items.
"Do hidden weapons count?" Tang San really wanted to bring his hidden weapons inside. As a one-ring Soul Master, he would probably have little fighting power left without them.
"Of course they do." Long Yue was already lying in the recess of a metal cabinet, looking as though he had climbed into a coffin.
Why does it look like that? How unlucky.
Thinking this, Tang San took out all the poisoned needles, darts, sleeve arrows, and other assorted hidden weapons on his person.
"You've got quite a collection." The staff member grumbled. In fact, these things did not count as prohibited weapons. Battle Armor being brought into the Spirit Ascension Platform was what they chiefly guarded against.
But no one bothered to tell Tang San that.
Once everything was ready, the metal cabinets closed.
"Prepare to enter!"
Tang San felt an intense tingling surge through his entire body. The next instant, everything before his eyes went blank.
After an unknown length of time, green filled his vision. Tang San felt as though he had