mtl008 Chapter 253 Trial Tower
Chapter 253 Trial Tower
Shen Yao, who always advised Feng Yu not to engage in internal strife, is now engaging in it herself.
This couple, embroiled in internal strife, had one hiding under the covers crying, while the other comforted her with the blanket.
Feng Yu was thinking that she must comfort her and find a way to make her feel better.
Shen Yao was thinking that he was being kind and coaxing her now, but when he looked back on it later, he would definitely dislike her even more...
Tu Xiaoxiao, who was drinking with Huo Die, concealed all the truths that might have gotten Shen Yao beaten up, focusing only on how to open a billiards room and how to accommodate those low-level cultivators...
After praising Shen Yao, he then complimented Huo Die on his teaching, and soon Huo Die began to treat him like a brother.
When the drinking was in full swing, Brother Huo and Brother Xiao hit it off and went to Zui Hongyan to play billiards.
Low-spin penalty kicks, curved dribbling, pocket passes, multi-twist positioning... the second-stage skills are dazzling and elegant, and the brothers' mutual respect is evident in their drunken practice.
In just a few hours, Tu Xiaoxiao and Huo Die's relationship progressed rapidly.
After the game ended, Tu Xiaoxiao was overjoyed that she had won over her future father-in-law and was almost certain of success when Huo Die casually said, "Once you've become my brother, you can't expect to become my son-in-law."
Tu Xiaoxiao was dumbfounded. Sure enough, the old fox was shrewder. She immediately pretended to be drunk and hard of hearing: "What did you say? Be your son-in-law? Okay, okay."
Huo Die narrowed his eyes slightly. As expected of a fox, he was cunning and shameless.
If they resort to underhanded tactics, my own stubborn and foolish children definitely wouldn't be able to win.
Shen Yao finally stopped crying, but she hid under the covers and refused to come out.
The immortal lord persisted in coaxing her, and finally a muffled female voice came from inside the rolled-up quilt: "I'm hungry, I want to eat Su Rong cakes from Su Rong Fang on South Street."
Feng Yu breathed a sigh of relief and reached out to pull back her blanket: "Come out and get some fresh air first, I'll go buy it now."
Shen Yao held onto the blanket tightly and wouldn't let go. Helpless, Feng Yu had no choice but to go buy her Su Rong cakes first.
He had only been gone for a short while when Shen Yao used a divine-level Qi Concealment Technique to escape from the Tu family.
She felt that rather than being disliked later, it was better to run away early. She didn't want to stay in the same place and wait to be rejected, which was too agonizing.
She thought that after some time apart, Feng Yu would finally realize how worthless it was to be with her, and would return to the Immortal Clan on his own.
When she comes out of the Long family's trial tower, she will go to Longquan Cliff with her father.
Su Rong Fang is right across from Zui Hong Yan, in a very conspicuous location, so Feng Yu can easily find the shop.
A good husband never buys whatever his wife asks him to buy.
Feng Yu bought one of each kind of pastry from Su Rong Shop, and one bottle of each kind of fruit drink from the shop next door, before rushing back to Xiaoxiang Garden.
It was already late, and Xiaoxiang Garden was very quiet. Feng Yu returned to the door of the room and did not hear any movement inside, so she thought Shen Yao was asleep.
He gently pushed open the door, walked in lightly, took out the snacks and drinks he had bought, arranged them on the table, went into the inner room to the bedside, called out "Yanzhou" twice, and reached out to touch the raised quilt...
Something felt off... He pressed it gently, and the quilt cover collapsed.
He yanked the blanket off... and found the blanket empty.
Feng Yu's heart clenched, a chill ran from head to toe, and the first two words that popped into her mind were 'kidnapped'.
Surely I won't be kidnapped at the Tu family's house?
He immediately sent a message asking where Shen Yao was, but waited for a full quarter of an hour without receiving a reply.
He hurriedly went to find Huo Die, but Huo Die was not in the room. He then went to find Tu Xiaoxiao, but Tu Xiaoxiao was not there either.
He ran into the courtyard, just about to send a message to Huo Die, when he saw Huo Die and Tu Xiaoxiao walking over from under the wisteria tree.
Feng Yu asked from a distance, "Father, where's Yanzhou? Have you seen Yanzhou?"
Huo Die and Tu Xiaoxiao exchanged a glance and replied, "We just came back from outside and didn't see her."
Feng Yu ran up to them anxiously and said, "The wild goose boat is gone!"
Huo Die immediately calculated his daughter's location. Tu Xiaoxiao secretly sensed it and tracked Shen Yao to the castle in the city: "I know where she is."
Huo Die raised an eyebrow: "How did you know?"
Tu Xiaoxiao looked worried: "She must be going to find Long Jiajia, let's go quickly!"
In the center of the inner city, there is a huge stone dragon coiled around an ancient castle that is restricted from being visited; this is the Long family's castle.
When they arrived at the Long family's residence, Long Jiajia, who had received a message from Tu Xiaoxiao, was waiting at the entrance of the castle.
Tu Xiaoxiao rushed over, grabbed Long Jiajia, and asked, "Where's Shen Yao?"
Seeing his reaction, Huo Die and Feng Yu became even more worried. On their way here, they noticed that Tu Xiaoxiao seemed extremely anxious. When they asked him why, he only said that he would talk about it at the Long family.
Seeing his attitude at this moment, they immediately realized that there must be some hidden story they didn't know about.
Long Jiajia slapped away Tu Xiaoxiao's hand that was grabbing her collar and casually announced, "Shen Yao has gone into the Trial Tower."
Tu Xiaoxiao didn't believe her: "The Trial Tower hasn't even opened yet, who are you trying to fool?"
Long Jiajia said lazily, "I used Dragon Crystals to let her in ahead of time."
Tu Xiaoxiao's expression changed drastically, and she roared, "Long Jiajia, how dare you let her brave the tower alone!"
"Who hasn't ventured into the tower alone?" Long Jiajia glanced at Huo Die and Feng Yu: "There's no way around it. She said something happened and she can't stay outside any longer. She insisted that I find a way to get her in."
Her gaze shifted to Feng Yu's face, and she said teasingly, "Your face is all better now? You're really handsome. No wonder Shen Yao said she was too ashamed to see you again."
Feng Yu's breathing tightened, and her tone was unusually impolite: "What do you mean?"
"What could I possibly mean?" Long Jiajia didn't care about his attitude. She glanced at the moon in the sky and invited, "Don't block the door. You're welcome to come to the Long family as a guest."
Inside the Long Family Castle, everything is very rustic. The houses are all made of stone, and the stone is full of spiritual energy, as if it contains ancient power.
Long Jiajia led them to a stone house. Through the stone window, they could see a stone tower. The tower didn't look very big or tall, and it had seven stories.
At this moment, the closed stone windows on the second floor of the stone tower emitted a white light.
Long Jiajia said in surprise, "Wow, she's pretty quick. It's only been half an hour and she's already upstairs."
All the cultivators stood on the windowsill watching. Long Jiajia explained when Shen Yao went in and that the Trial Tower was mainly for testing willpower. Then she casually said, "Don't worry, the probability of getting out of the tower is 70%, which is much higher than the probability of surviving from the secret realm."
That means there's a 30% chance of dying inside.
"Give me a dragon crystal." Without thinking much, Feng Yu asked Long Jiajia for a dragon crystal: "What do you want? I'll trade with you. Let me in."
“Going in won’t do you any good.” Long Jiajia left the windowsill and sat on the stone chair. “You won’t see her even if you go in. No matter how many cultivators go in, they will all have to face the trial alone.”
“The Long family doesn’t allow outside cultivators to enter, but Shen Yao is an exception.”
She snapped her fingers, and a small, transparent trial tower appeared on the table, with a ball of green spirit fire on the second floor.
Long Jiajia pointed at the spirit fire and said, "If the spirit fire turns red, it means the injury is serious. If the spirit fire goes out, it means death."
Feng Yu's eyelids twitched, and she sat down on the stone chair, staring intently at the spirit fire.