Chapter 234 – Three Shrines

Chapter 234 – Three Shrines
Xu Chuniang tried again and again in this way, from mobilizing a strand of spiritual qi and only being able to walk intermittently for one or two breaths, to finally being able to urge this strand of spiritual qi and swim for half a circumference.

Finally, after yet another attempt, the strand of aura traveled a full circumference, bringing with it a hint of heat.

It was as if a switch had been flipped, and after this, more aura ran along with the peripheral meridians, bringing a constant stream of heat.

First was the meridians, like a river that had been frosted for years finally reviving.

Secondly, the layer of frost that covered the dantian dao platform began to melt.

Xu Chuniang’s consciousness, which had been numbed by the frost and left only with instinct, also gradually regained its wakefulness.

“With a click, the thick ice that had condensed on the surface of her body actually cracked open a small opening from the inside.

Subsequently, there were two more “clicks”, and the cracks on the ice spread out in all directions.

The ice ball, which was a foot deep, immediately cracked into several pieces and fell on top of the ice surface.

Xu Chuniang opened her eyes, revealing an exhilarated look.

Sure enough, after this time when the ice cold entered her body, her resistance to the cold had been significantly boosted.

Previously, under this illusionary realm, if she didn’t protect her body with her aura, it would be very difficult to even breathe.

But now, she was barely able to endure this bone-chilling wind.

Perhaps, this was the result of her body and Yuan Shen adapting.

A look of realization appeared in Xu Chuniang’s eyes as she closed her eyes and operated the Easy Technique, once again absorbing the surrounding ice aura.

Although her body had slightly adapted to the extreme coldness of this place, she still felt uncomfortable.

Perhaps only when she had completely adapted would she be considered to have passed this hurdle.

It wasn’t long before a thin layer of ice formed around her, and as time passed, the ice layer grew deeper and deeper, eventually becoming a deep ball of ice once again.

Not long after the ice ball was formed, a crack arose from within it, splitting it into several pieces.

This cycle continued for three or four times, until one day, when no matter how Xu Chuniang inhaled the ice aura, her meridians were free of stagnation, she stopped.

Her body, finally, had completely adapted to this extremely cold environment, and she wouldn’t feel the cold without running her aura to protect her body.

Xu Chuniang’s eyes revealed a thoughtful look, the Seven Star Pagoda had a total of seven layers, and she had previously arrived at each layer.

The first six floors corresponded to gold, wood, water, fire, earth, and wind, and the seventh floor didn’t seem to be anything special, except that on the nine jade boxes visited in the main hall, the talismans sealed were of the thunder attribute.

To say that it was related to thunder, it was barely possible.

But where he was right now, it was clearly related to ice.

Or is this where the seventh floor of the Seven Star Tower really is?
Xu Chuniang stepped out of the cave, and her eyes were greeted by a white world of ice and snow.

The sky did not know when, but snow had drifted up.

She stretched out her hand and caught a snowflake, her touch was distinctly cool, yet because her body had adapted to the environment of this place, she didn’t feel cold in the slightest.

Xu Chuniang thought for a moment and touched out a small token that she had put away with her.

This was the one that had been exchanged for a thousand spirit stones before entering the Seven Star Tower.

With this token, one could enter the Seven Star Pagoda, and when in danger, one could be teleported out by crushing the token.

Previously, when she encountered several crises, she had never crushed this token, including this time when she was almost frozen to death by the ice aura, she did not use this order.

After all, the trial is to challenge the limit, break through the limit.

If you are sure that you can’t break through when you encounter danger, and you are cowed before you fight, such a practice is certainly sound, but it is not suitable for cultivation.

Cultivator, against the heavens. This is to live towards death, and fight with heaven.

Only by breaking through the self again and again in adversity, breaking the shackles, can we improve our potential and qualifications, and walk farther on this road. Xu Chuniang re-stored the token close to her body and rode her vessel through the air, while releasing her divine sense to probe in all directions.

Since she was in the Seven Star Pagoda, there was bound to be an exit.

Earlier, she was too cold to explore properly, but now she can search in detail.

This search, is a full six or seven days.

Until one morning, she finally found the exit at the bottom of an inconspicuous iceberg.

This exit was extremely hidden, and if it wasn’t for her divine sense sweeping through every corner inch by inch, it would have been easy to overlook it.

If it wasn’t for the fact that her body had adapted to this level of cold and was able to absorb ice aura to replenish her body’s aura, I’m afraid that she wouldn’t have been able to find this hidden place at all.

The Seven Star Tower had all been explored, so as long as she stepped into this place, she would be able to leave the Seven Star Tower, right?

This thought flashed through Xu Chuniang’s mind as she walked towards the exit.

Although she hadn’t gotten any rewards from breaking into the Seven Star Tower, this trip wasn’t all for naught.

After she had taken a few years of formation classes and finished reading the formation jade slip in her hand, she could go to the trial site of Thousand Chance Peak and think that she would be able to gain something as well.

There were also a few other peaks’ trial sites, so she could also try them out when she had the chance.

However, after stepping into this exit and experiencing teleportation, Xu Chuniang scanned her surroundings and frowned slightly.

She hadn’t even been teleported out of the Seven Star Tower.

This place was a large hall, somewhat similar to the one she had previously visited where the nine jade boxes were placed, but there were many differences in the subtleties.

The biggest difference was that there were three shrines placed in the center of the hall in front of her.

In front of the shrines, incense and candles were burning.

Xu Chuniang looked towards the shrines, wanting to see the deities placed within, but only when her eyes touched those deities, her eyes instantly stung and hot tears flowed out.

At the same time, a gentle divine thought came to mind from her mind.

“Immortal spirits must not look directly at them, close your eyes.”

She obediently closed her eyes, but in her heart, waves of shock were set off by the appearance of the voice.

This voice said that immortal spirits should not be looked at directly, could it be that what was enshrined in these three shrines was not an immortal?
Xu Chuniang had already learned something about the past of the Free Sect and about the “upper world” during this period of time.

In this Qianluo Realm, as long as one’s cultivation level broke through the Spirit Transformation Perfection and reached the Harmonization Stage, one would be able to easily tear through the void and enter the Upper Realm.

But even if one’s cultivation reached the Harmonization Stage, one was still far from the real Immortal realm.

After the merging stage, there were still the two levels of the Great Realm, namely, the Ferrying Realm and the Mahayana Realm.

Only by breaking through the Mahayana cultivation level and surviving the nine nine thunderbolts can one be certified as an Immortal.

In the Easy Sect, due to the increasing thinning of heaven and earth aura, there hadn’t been any Spirit Transformation Cultivators for nearly a thousand years.

As for the last time a Harmonization stage cultivator appeared, it was more than two thousand years ago.

However, in the nameless peak of the Inner Sect of the Free Sect that existed in name only, within an inconspicuous Seven Star Pagoda, there were actually three Immortal’s shrines, so one could imagine how amazing it was.

Xu Chuniang couldn’t even help but guess that the place she was in now, was it really still inside that Seven Star Pagoda?

Just as she had this thought, the owner of that divine thought seemed to anticipate what she was thinking, and spoke out to clear up her confusion.

“There is no need to doubt, you are indeed still in the Seven Star Pagoda, it’s just that this Seven Star Pagoda has more than just seven floors.”

Xu Chuniang’s heart stirred within her, “More than seven floors?”

(End of chapter)