Beast Soul Tower

The training environment at the Overlord Sect's outer sect annex was excellent.

Though it could not compare with the inner sect, it was still far better than most other places.

Not only did it have a full range of ordinary training facilities.

It also had some special training grounds, and the Beast Soul Tower was one of them.

The Beast Soul Tower was a very unusual structure.

The Overlord Sect's experts had captured countless beast souls from the outside world and placed them inside. In the tower's special environment, these beast souls could exist indefinitely. Even if someone killed them, they could still revive.

When Overlord Sect disciples entered the Beast Soul Tower to fight these beast souls, not only did they face little danger, they could also gain a wealth of combat experience and insights. It could be called the best place to hone martial techniques.

There was only one drawback.

It charged a fee.

A single visit cost a thousand taels of silver.

That price... really was beyond what most people could afford.

Of course, to Wei Yi, whose wealth had recently soared, it was nothing.

"This Beast Soul Tower really is peculiar. I've never heard of anything like it before."

Zhu Ling'er's face was full of curiosity.

She kept looking it up and down.

"In the entire Great Chu Dynasty, aside from the imperial family, only a handful of supreme powers like the Overlord Sect have the ability to build a Beast Soul Tower."

"Never mind anything else. The special formations inside the tower alone are beyond what ordinary formation masters can construct."

Pei Qinghe seemed to know something about it and explained from beside them.

"I hear outer sect disciples reach the twentieth floor on average. You tried it yesterday, didn't you? Which floor did you reach?"

Xu Huan asked with a smile.

At those words, the smile on Pei Qinghe's face froze, and his expression immediately turned awkward.

"Could we not bring up such a mood-killing topic?"

The average for outer sect disciples was the twentieth floor, but when he had tried yesterday, he had only reached the ninth.

In other words, he had not even reached half the outer sect disciples' average.

Although the vast majority of newcomers were at roughly this level, saying it aloud was undoubtedly still rather embarrassing.

"Hahaha..."

Seeing Pei Qinghe's embarrassment, the others could not help laughing.

"Big Brother Wei, why don't you try first?"

Zhu Ling'er looked at Wei Yi and urged him on.

"You're not trying?"

Wei Yi turned to look at her.

"I want to see how you do first." Zhu Ling'er grinned. "I'll try after you do."

"I'm just afraid Wei Yi will charge straight to the thirtieth floor in one go, and you'll be too crushed to try."

Xu Huan blinked and teased her.

As they joked around, a young man in white nearby overheard them and could not help sneering.

He swept his gaze over Wei Yi and the others, then mocked them with a face full of disdain.

"Watch that the wind doesn't twist your tongue!"

"A bunch of clueless newcomers, actually daring to boast about reaching the thirtieth floor."

"Of the thousands of disciples in the outer sect, fewer than ten can reach the thirtieth floor. Trash like you? Try again in your next life."

With someone suddenly appearing out of nowhere like this, the expressions of Wei Yi and his three companions immediately went from sunny to overcast.

"How should we address you?"

Wei Yi asked, narrowing his eyes.

"I am Han Wenshu. In last year's outer sect competition, I barely managed to place twenty-ninth."

The young man in white raised his chin proudly as he answered.

"Senior Brother Han is one of the outer sect's very best experts. You don't even recognize him? Are you blind?"

"Exactly. Senior Brother Han is certain to enter the inner sect in this assessment. Then he'll be an inner sect senior brother."

"You ill-mannered newcomers! Now that you've seen Senior Brother Han, hurry over and greet him!"

The people following Han Wenshu immediately jumped out and clamored.

Hearing their words, Han Wenshu raised his chin even higher, the pride on his face unmistakable.

"So he's an old disciple who failed the last assessment."

Pei Qinghe sneered disdainfully.

"With that attitude, anyone who didn't know better would think he was the outer sect's number one."

Xu Huan mocked him even more sharply.

They had already faced the Black Tiger Society head-on. Why would they fear a mere Han Wenshu?

"You!"

At their words, Han Wenshu's face instantly flushed red, his eyes spitting fire with anger.

"Senior Brother Han, he seems to be that Wei Yi."

Someone suddenly leaned close and whispered in his ear.

"You're Wei Yi?"

Han Wenshu immediately fixed a hard stare on Wei Yi.

"You think that just because you beat Huo Tianlu by a stroke of luck, you can set your eyes above your head and look down on everyone else?" Han Wenshu demanded angrily.

What did any of this have to do with anything?

Wei Yi did not know whether to laugh or cry. What did this have to do with him?

He had not expected his growing fame to make him so much better at attracting hostility.

"Senior Brother Han, we were only joking among ourselves just now. Weren't you the one who came looking for trouble?" Wei Yi asked helplessly.

"Are you saying I'm making trouble for no reason?" Han Wenshu's eyes widened.

"Aren't you?"

"Fine, fine, fine. Since that's how it is, why don't we have a contest?"

Han Wenshu glanced at the Beast Soul Tower beside them and the gathered onlookers. His expression shifted as an idea suddenly came to him.

"We'll challenge the tower together. Whoever reaches the higher floor wins."

"If I win, I don't need any stakes. You'll simply have to bow and greet me whenever you see me from now on. Do you dare agree?"

Wei Yi looked thoughtful.

He briefly sized Han Wenshu up.

Like Huo Tianlu, Han Wenshu was also a second-tier Great Martial Master.

However, the presence surrounding him was slightly stronger than Huo Tianlu's.

"No problem."

"If I win, you won't have to bow or greet me. Just take a detour whenever you see me."

Wei Yi spoke calmly.

"You!"

Anger flashed through Han Wenshu's eyes, and he gritted his teeth.

"Fine. I agree."

For a moment, all the onlookers grew curious.

One was Han Wenshu, a veteran outer sect disciple ranked twenty-ninth in strength.

Although Han Wenshu's personality was somewhat obstinate and eccentric, he was extremely powerful, even a cut above Huo Tianlu.

The other was Wei Yi, a newly risen newcomer.

After defeating Huo Tianlu, Wei Yi had now gone up against Han Wenshu, another veteran disciple of considerable strength. He simply would not stop...

Quite a few people immediately began discussing it.

"Wei Yi, this guy must have plenty of experience. Be careful you don't lose."

Pei Qinghe reminded him.

"Big Brother Wei, you can do it! I'm sure you'll win!"

Zhu Ling'er, on the other hand, had complete confidence in Wei Yi.

"Let's go."

Han Wenshu spoke with a sneer.

The two then stepped forward and each paid a thousand taels of silver.

Then they swiped their identity tokens.

Two new entries soon appeared on the light screen beside the Beast Soul Tower-

Wei Yi: floor zero

Han Wenshu: floor zero

"Kid, I don't mind telling you that challenging the Beast Soul Tower isn't just about your cultivation and strength."

"As I said before, fewer than ten people in the entire outer sect can reach the thirtieth floor, and I happen to be one of them."

"Hmph. You'd better look out for yourself."

With a sneer, Han Wenshu stepped into the Beast Soul Tower, and his figure vanished immediately afterward.

"The thirtieth floor?"

Watching his retreating figure, Wei Yi gave a soft laugh.

"But my goal goes beyond the thirtieth floor..."

With that said.

Wei Yi stepped forward and soon vanished from outside the Beast Soul Tower as well.