One person, one sword, I have guarded the lonely city for 70 years

At the corner of the first floor is a bluestone staircase that spirals upwards.

Song Yun stood in front of the stairs and looked up. He could see a few practitioners on the stone steps of each floor, walking slowly, or standing still, and he didn't know what they were doing.

This ladder leads from the bottom to the tenth floor, as long as you can pass the so-called test, you can directly climb to the top.

Song Yun was not in a hurry, he finally came here, if he didn't read more books on several floors, wouldn't it be a loss.

He stepped up the stone steps, as long as he walked through this circle of thirty steps, he could go to the second floor.

In the first few steps, everything was normal, but at the fourth step, he suddenly stepped on the ground, and a deep abyss appeared under the stairs, and his body fell directly.

There was a whistling wind blowing in my ears, and there was a vast darkness below, and I didn't know where I was going to fall.

Song Yun's complexion was normal, his breathing was not even a little disturbed, and his body was stretched and motionless.

I do not know how long it has been.

wow——

A bright light suddenly appeared in front of my eyes, it was the bright lights in the Daofa Collection Pagoda.

Song Yun was still on the bluestone steps, just taking the fourth step.

"Is it a fantasy?"

He raised his head again and looked at the people standing still on each circle of steps, knowing that they were all trapped in an illusion at the moment.

"The difficulty of the test on the second floor is average, but for those with weak willpower, if they come here suddenly, their souls will be scared out, and they will fail to climb the stairs."

Falling is one of the best ways to induce a sense of panic.

When Song Yun started Taoism, he practiced the "Thinking of the Pagoda", which was to imagine that he was standing on the top of the tower, and when he jumped, the soul would easily leave the body.

Even in Daxia, "The Way of Viewing the Pagoda" is still the mainstream method for getting started.

This second-level test is deliberately set to fall, just to target the shortcomings of this mainstream method, and eliminate many people with weak foundations.

"I don't know what tricks will be in the next few floors."

Song Yun wasn't nervous, and even looked forward to it. At his level, he didn't have so many opportunities to go all out, so it's good to practice in the illusion.

Keep walking, continue to go up, there are no other tests, and you have successfully reached the second floor.

Stored on this floor are all low-grade and middle-grade Xuan-rank kung fu classics, as well as various atlases.

Song Yun wandered around inside, scanning the rows of bookshelves, first looking at the titles on the covers, and flipping through them if he was interested.

Before I knew it, more than two hours passed, and by the time I finished reading the books on the second floor, it was already late at night, and there were many fewer people in the tower, and it seemed deserted and empty, only the dim candlelight.

People with lower realms need to rest on time every day, but Song Yun doesn't need it. Whether to rest depends on the need, and it is okay to not sleep in the tower for a year.

After learning so many interesting exercises, I was excited, but looked radiant.

Step up the bluestone steps again.

The test of going up to the third floor is the illusion of water and fire, drowning in deep water, and burning in flames.

In the illusion, the body is like a mortal, even though Song Yun is actually a martial saint with a body that is invulnerable to water and fire, he still has to rely on willpower to carry it.

However, he was also a person who was killed from the mountain of corpses and the sea of ​​blood. He experienced several life-and-death crises, suffering from water and fire, and he could only say that he didn't feel pain or itching.

After reaching the third floor, it took another four or five hours to scan the top-grade and top-grade exercises of the mysterious rank.

It was already noon on the second day, Song Yun didn't eat, drink or sleep, he had been reading for almost a day, and he was still refreshed.

Those who were waiting outside to watch the excitement were not so patient, and they all dispersed last night.

Those who placed their bets on the bank were all dumbfounded, betting on how many floors "Song Lan" could go straight to, but they didn't expect this to happen.

Wait, people may read slowly, I don't know how long it will take.

There is no way to win the game, and people can only walk away cursing.

The popularity of Song Yun's entry into Beijing dropped a lot in just one night. The officials in Yangcheng only felt a little disappointed, and said that meeting is not as good as being famous.

What people want to see is the young genius who goes straight to the top, not the pedant who reads slowly on the first floor.

However, this does not mean that no one pays attention to Song Yun anymore.

Several important figures in the court still sent people to guard the entrance of the Dianzang Pagoda to observe the latest developments.

Some people who came to study in the Dianzang Pagoda, remembering that there was such a top expert in the tower, came over curiously to take a look, and found that he was still a few floors below, so they lost interest and went to read their own books.

In the imperial palace, Qi alone in a dragon robe sat in the study, still facing the unique omnidirectional instrument in the world.

A long investigation report emerged from the bronze mirror of the Omniscope.

The report described in detail Song Yun's situation since he entered Beijing, including what he said, who he met, and even what books he read.

There was no one around, Qi's eyes were a little clouded, and he sighed again——

"You shouldn't have come back."

……

The higher the floor, the more difficult the Taoism classics are, and the slower it looks.

It was already five days after Song Yun finished reading the classics on the fourth and fifth floors.

So far, he has made up the foundation of the entire Taoist practice, which is of great significance.

All major types of spells have been basically mastered and can be applied freely.

Although the power of these spells is incomparable to the combat power of the peak martial arts, there may be magical effects at critical moments, and learning higher-level spells later will be more efficient.

The difficulty of the illusion test leading to the fourth and fifth floors also increased, but Song Yun still couldn't be stopped.

After climbing to the fifth floor, the name "Song Lan" finally appeared on the bronze mirror at the door.

However, there are so many masters of Taoism in Daxia, and it is nothing to climb the fifth floor. The word "Song Lan" was quickly submerged in the scrolling lists.

"The next few floors are to face the classics at the level of ghosts and immortals."

In the 4 years of the Great Xia, tens of thousands of ghosts and immortals died, and before they died, they recorded what they had learned all their lives in the collection tower.

Starting from the sixth floor, all collections are priceless treasures.

What is printed on the paper book is not only a paragraph of obscure scriptures, but also a paragraph of brilliant life.

Correspondingly, starting from the sixth floor, the difficulty of climbing the test will increase sharply.

Song Yun came to the bluestone stairs, where the fifth floor leads to the sixth floor, there are several people waiting.

They are all ghosts.

Some were sweating profusely and went down in a daze. This was obviously a failure and they didn't want to try again.

Some gritted their teeth and wanted to try again, but as soon as they reached the first step, they fell to the ground with a thump, their noses and faces swollen, and they were in a panic.

In fact, failing the illusion test is extremely exhausting. If you fail the first time, it will be very difficult to think about it again.

But these ghosts have to try again, because the opportunity is precious, if they don't go up this time, they don't know when they will have to wait for the next time.

Seeing Song Yun approaching, some people just glanced at it, and didn't care when they saw the stranger's face.

There are many ghosts and immortals in the Great Xia Dynasty, and there are always some people who don't know each other.

But there are also some people who know the situation outside. When they see this young man in white, their expressions immediately become strange, and they tentatively ask:

"Your Excellency is Song Lan, General of the Exorcist Guard?"

"Exactly."