Longevity starts with inheriting a friend's legacy

Chapter 154 The Second Stone Gate, Demonic Ape Battle Sky Star Map
Huayang Mountain.

It was almost midnight when Fang Xu returned to the Transmission Hall.

When passing by Yun Wan's courtyard, he took a special look and found that the gate was still locked.

Three days ago, Li Xingchao promised to send Yun Wan back, but now three days have passed and Yun Wan still hasn't come back. Fang Xu is very curious, does Li Xingchao still have the courage to disobey Jiang Feng?

Shaking his head, he returned to his residence.

After a simple wash, he immediately sat cross-legged on the bed and began today's practice.

After reaching the peak of the first level of martial artist, he had never been in a hurry to break through to the second level, simply because he did not want to be like other martial artists and casually carve an ordinary star map in his body.

The Cauldron Casting Star Map at the first level of Martial Master had already allowed him to witness the power of special star maps.

The energy in his body condensed into a cauldron with a force of tremendous strength, allowing every move he made to carry the power of forging the cauldron. At critical moments, he could even condense a giant cauldron to attack like he did when he dealt with Yushan Tianyi.

You know, after Yushan Tianyi's body merged with the giant python's, her strength has reached the peak of Martial Honor, and even Gu Qiu in the dragon state cannot crush her.

However, by using the magic ape's three transformations and summoning a bronze cauldron clone, he was able to severely damage it.

That was truly the peak of Martial Honor, and her body was that of a giant python that was almost a dragon, with extremely strong defense. The fact that the bronze cauldron could seriously injure her was enough to prove the magic of the cauldron-casting star map.

Now there is a star map in his mind—The Demonic Ape Fights the Sky.

Fang Xu made up his mind that his second star map must be the Demon Ape Zhantian!
Since he set foot in the martial arts, whether it was the eighth-grade martial arts "Nine Monkey Sticks" that Lu Zhiyuan taught him, or the martial arts he later created using the Five Animal Play and the magical power of the Three Transformations of the Demonic Ape, they all had a close relationship with apes.

If the second star map could depict the Demon Ape Zhantian, his own strength would definitely be greatly enhanced.

But the difficulty he encountered now was that there were still four acupoints in constructing the Demon Ape Battle Sky Star Map that had not been opened. His own strength had only reached the peak of the first level of martial artist. Unless he broke through to the second level of martial artist, there would be no way to continue to open up new acupoints.

The solution to this problem is also very simple.

That is to find a cave among the caves included in the Demon Ape War Star Map and open the stone door of the cave.

He had tried this before, but at that time he only opened a gap.

I have to try it again tonight.

His consciousness sank into his body, and Fang Xu came to the acupoint that nurtured the broken sword. Looking at the stone door in front of him that was only opened a crack, he began to slowly adjust his state.

Since his last attempt, he now has another secret technique, Kuiniu Jin.

And as the Casting Tripod Star Map continued to strengthen his body, Fang Xu felt that his current strength should be much stronger than the last time he tried.

After adjusting his body to the best condition, Fang Xu slowly stretched out his hand and summoned the broken bronze sword floating in the acupoint space.

Ok?
The moment he held the broken bronze sword, Fang Xu was suddenly stunned.

This broken sword was given to him by Ku Lun. At that time, he didn't understand what grade of weapon it was.

But judging from the appetite of the acupoint space, ordinary treasures are not qualified to become his life weapon.

The broken sword was very heavy at that time. It looked plain, but its actual weight could reach 100 kilograms.

Now, after a long period of gestation, this broken sword seems to be heavier!
Fang Xu looked at it curiously, and seeing that there was no obvious change in the broken sword, he continued to hold the broken sword and slowly looked at the stone gate in front of him.

Roar!
The magical power of the Demon Ape emerged in three transformations, and then, an ancient and vast aura emerged, the secret method of Kuiniu Jin!

The combination of the secret method of proximity and magical powers made Fang Xu feel that his body was now filled with explosive energy!

At this moment, the broken bronze sword in his hand actually trembled slightly, and then, under his gaze, a bronze light suddenly burst out from the broken bronze sword!
next moment!
The broken sword has been restored!
To be precise, the missing tip and blade of the broken sword were replaced by a strange bronze energy, turning it into a complete bronze sword!

The surface of this bronze sword is covered with colorful patterns, and it feels very mysterious just at a glance!
"This kind of pattern..."

Staring at the patterns on the bronze sword, Fang Xu suddenly discovered that this bronze sword was extremely similar to the giant sword he had seen behind the Divine Weapon Hall.

However, the patterns on that giant sword were far less complex and mysterious than the one in his hand.

Resisting his inner desire for knowledge, Fang Xu thought that he should open the stone door in front of him first.

Holding the complete bronze sword in his hand, Fang Xu suppressed all distracting thoughts in his mind and used all his trump cards. Then he suddenly jumped up, held the bronze sword with both hands, and slammed directly at the stone gate in the distance!
In the acupoint space, a sword light that reaches the sky suddenly appears!

Thunder rumbled on the surface of the sword, and this sword seemed to be able to split the sky and earth, causing the entire acupoint space to tremble slightly!
The sword light slashed the tall stone gate in front of it in the blink of an eye, and no sound was heard!

The entire acupoint space suddenly began to tremble violently, and the next moment, streaks of ice rose from the stone gate!

The terrifying cold air instantly permeated the entire acupoint space, freezing everything that could be seen.

Seeing that the cold air was approaching his body of consciousness, the cold air alone made his consciousness feel like it was frozen. Fang Xu was horrified and quickly wanted to fly away!

But the speed of this cold air was too fast. After quickly occupying the entire acupoint space, it followed the vortex of the acupoint space and rushed towards his body!

Click!

Click!

Fang Xu, who was sitting cross-legged on the bed, began to develop a large amount of frost on his body. Then, the bed beneath him, everything in the room, the entire house, the small courtyard...

The terrifying cold air quickly spread around with Fang Xu's body as the center!

Wherever it passes, everything will be frozen immediately!

Inside his body, Fang Xu's consciousness had been completely frozen by this terrifying cold air.

He is now at a loss for what to do.

The last time he opened the stone door inside the Neiguan acupoint, black thunder appeared. In the end, it was the golden thunder that emerged out of thin air in the acupoint space that helped him out.

Now, why hasn’t the golden thunder appeared yet?

Feeling his consciousness becoming stiff little by little and gradually losing the ability to think, Fang Xu couldn't help but smile bitterly. He was afraid that this time he was really finished.

Everything around was frozen, and consciousness had completely fallen into endless darkness.

When Fang Xu woke up slowly, he seemed to have come to a world of ice and snow. Looking around, he saw icebergs and the earth all around him emitting endless cold air!

Even the clouds floating overhead seemed to be made of huge ice.

But Fang Xu didn't know where this was, or even how he got here.

In the past, there was a legend among the people about the eighteen levels of hell.

According to legend, among the eighteen levels of hell, there is a level of ice hell. Could it be that the ice hell I am in now?
That’s not right either!

According to rumors, only those who are addicted to gambling, disrespectful to their parents, and steal other people's clothes and cause their death will go to the icy hell, and I have nothing to do with these.

Besides...where are the ghosts, the ghost soldiers, and the King of Hell?

Fang Xu looked at everything around him quietly and felt a little confused for a moment.

He didn't know how long he had stayed in this space full of ice, until a loud thunder sounded and the icy cloud thousands of feet high above his head was blown apart by a terrifying force. Fang Xu's eyes went dark and he instantly returned to his own acupoint space.

At this moment, the acupoint space was filled with golden thunder, which emitted terrifying energy and shattered all the surrounding ice. At the same time, the stone door protected by the hard ice was also under the bombardment of the golden thunder!
Large chunks of ice were blasted into powder by the thunder, revealing the surface of the stone gate.

But the extremely cold air behind the stone gate seemed to be endless. As soon as the solid ice on the surface of the stone gate was shattered by the golden thunder, it was immediately covered with new ice!
However, Fang Xu had discovered after careful observation that the ice that had hastily condensed on the stone gate was becoming thinner and thinner, and could not withstand the bombardment of thunder at all. Every time a golden thunder fell, the stone gate itself would suffer serious damage.

Until finally, the stone gate couldn't hold on any longer!

After being struck by a purple-gold lightning bolt as thick as a bucket, the entire stone gate, along with some ice on the surface, exploded directly!
After the stone gate was broken, a huge vortex appeared, and all the cold air in the acupoint space turned into starlight and dissipated in the acupoint space at this moment.

Fang Xu's consciousness body stood in the acupoint space, and a faint coolness came, as if a heavy snow had just fallen in winter, cold but not freezing.

A huge amount of misty primordial energy gushed out from the huge vortex, quickly filling the acupoint space, and then flowed towards Fang Xu's limbs and bones along the vortex of the acupoint space!
The stone door was opened, and Fang Xu immediately began to construct a second star map in his body.

The divine bridge appeared, connecting one acupoint after another. At this moment, those acupoints that had not been opened were forcibly opened by the terrifying original energy until the last acupoint was lit up.

Roar!
The acupoints were completely lit up, and the shadow of the demon ape that fought in the sky appeared instantly. A roar of the demon ape that seemed to come from the ancient world sounded in the depths of Fang Xu's soul!

At the same time, some obscure information appeared in his mind.

All of this information was presented in the form of strange inscriptions, just like the mysterious patterns on the cliff-carved scriptures, engraved in his mind.

He wanted to comprehend it, but he had no idea what was going on. It seemed that the inscriptions were scattered and inconsistent with each other, and he didn't know which section was the beginning and which was the end.

But fortunately, these strange inscriptions seem to be completing his magical power, the Three Transformations of the Demon Ape.

Ever since he comprehended the three transformations of the Demon Ape, his understanding of this magical power has always been at the minor success stage of the first transformation.

With the completion of these mysterious inscriptions, Fang Xu felt that it would not be long before his Demon Ape Three Transformations would reach perfection and eventually reach the state of perfection.

At that time, you can use the second of the three transformations of the Demon Ape.

The stone door in the second acupoint space was opened. After being nourished by the most primitive energy, Fang Xu could clearly feel that his body had undergone subtle changes again.

First of all, it was his skin and flesh. Perhaps because the energy behind the stone gate of the second acupoint space was related to ice, his skin and flesh now had a faint feeling of being carved from ice and jade.

The originally bronze skin became whiter, and the flesh looked more crystal clear.

"It's over. I've turned into a gigolo." Looking at himself in the mirror, Fang Xu didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

Fortunately, this kind of fair skin is still within the normal range. He just looks a bit like a milky white scholar, harmless to humans and animals.

Glancing at the bright sky outside the window, Fang Xu slowly opened the door and walked out.

Now there are only inner disciples left. Next, you can go to the Immortal Platform and rescue your master Lu Zhiyuan. After that, you can go to the Affairs Hall to receive tasks, and then rely on contribution points and some resources of the Ascension Association to practice.

After walking out of the room, Fang Xu was about to wash up, but suddenly he found that the exotic flowers and plants he had planted in his yard had all wilted. Not only that, the tall fir tree at the gate of the yard had also become bare.

what's the situation! ?

Looking up at the scorching sun above his head, Fang Xu was very confused. It was now June, the height of summer, so why were all these flowers and plants withered?

Fang Xu quickly walked to the door and was about to see what was going on, but he saw some figures standing at the door of his courtyard.

When they saw Fang Xu coming out, these people's eyes instantly focused on him.

Fang Xu was curious, so he looked at Huang Qingzhou in the crowd and said, "Senior Brother Huang, what are you doing..."

Huang Qingzhou said with a bitter face: "Fang Xu, what have you been doing these days?"

Fang Xu had a face full of question marks. These few days... wait, a few days?

Could it be that several days have passed since I had a breakthrough?

"Inner sect disciple Fang Xu."

Just as Fang Xu was stunned, two warriors who had reached the level of Martial Master and were wearing the clothes of the Law Enforcement Hall came over and said, "Because your practice has released a lot of cold air, many herbs in Baicao Hall have been frozen to death. Now please come with us."

I……

Fang Xu looked confused, but eventually he followed the two people from the Law Enforcement Hall out of the courtyard.

In the main hall of the Law Enforcement Hall of the Ascension Society, when Fang Xu was brought in, Jiang Feng, Yan Wu, Tie Shan, Xu Changqing and other deacons of the Ascension Society were already sitting in the Law Enforcement Hall.

"Master, deacons, here comes Fang Xu." After the two Law Enforcement Hall disciples bowed to everyone, they turned around and left the hall.

Fang Xu looked at the high-ranking members of the Ascension Society who were sitting around him, and bowed slightly, saying, "Disciple Fang Xu, I pay my respects to the Master and all the deacons."

Seeing the nervousness on Fang Xu's face, Tieshan couldn't help but laugh and said, "Look how scared you guys are of this little guy."

"Fang Xu, after becoming an inner sect disciple, have you decided who you want to be your master?"

"Why don't you join my Divine Weapon Hall? There are not many people in the Divine Weapon Hall. After you become my disciple, I can train you wholeheartedly."

"Brother Tieshan, we agreed on fair competition, how could you do this?"

As soon as Tieshan finished speaking, Yanwu beside him immediately started complaining.

"That's right, Old Man Tie, you paid off Fang Xu's debts and still owe me 100,000 contribution points. How can you train others when you are so poor?" Wuling also took the opportunity to express his dissatisfaction with Tieshan.

Then the next moment, he looked at Fang Xu and said, "Fang Xu, how about you become my disciple? I will be the one guarding the Cliff Underground Palace. If you become my disciple and go in to comprehend the Cliff Underground Palace, I can give you a discount."

"Protest! Protest!"

"Old Wu, this is using public resources for personal gain. I protest!"

Upon hearing this, Tieshan immediately shouted at the top of his voice.

"What do you mean by misusing public property for personal gain? If you have the guts, let's have a fight. If you can beat me, the Cliff Palace will be left to you." Wu Ling fought back arrogantly.

"You want to bully my leg? Come on, hit me..."

……

While the two were arguing fiercely, Xu Changqing beside them spoke leisurely:

"Fang Xu, Mu is in Baicaotang now. Although you have no intention of refining the elixir, I have reached the seventh level of martial arts master and can still teach you a thing or two about martial arts."

"If you join Baicaotang, I won't say anything else, but I will definitely provide you with enough medicinal pills."

"Senior Brother Xu can't help it either?" Seeing this, Yan Wu looked at Xu Changqing in surprise.

Xu Changqing lowered his eyebrows and said calmly: "The disciples in the sect all think that the disciples of my Baicao Hall are not good at fighting. Naturally, I, Senior Brother, also want a disciple who can show off."

Yan Wu smiled awkwardly, then stood up and walked to Fang Xu and said with a smile: "Fang Xu, don't listen to them, it's best for you to join my office."

"If you join the Affairs Hall, I can arrange all the tasks for you. They will definitely pay well and be the easiest."

"I can even arrange for a few beautiful junior sisters to be your assistants. You can just practice in the affairs hall without worrying about anything, and you can get a large amount of contribution points as compensation every month."

After Yan Wu finished speaking, Hu You leaned close to his ear and whispered, "Let me tell you one more thing. Yun Wan has already become my disciple."

"If you join the Office, we can spend every day together and get married. That will be a great story."

A blush flashed across Fang Xu's face.

"Flame Dance! Flame Dance! You are not allowed to be like this!"

Seeing Yanwu also trying to snatch people, Tieshan instantly felt a huge threat and started shouting again.

He even looked at Jiang Feng, who had been silent, and said, "Master, you have to make the decision for the Divine Weapon Hall!"

"There are only a few big and small people in my Divine Weapon Hall now. I have finally found a disciple I like. Fang Xu must be from my Divine Weapon Hall!"

"Can you only blame others for the misfortunes of your Divine Weapon Hall?" Wu Ling couldn't help but tease, "Were there not many disciples who joined your Divine Weapon Hall in the beginning?"

"You old man don't know how precious it is and you drove all the disciples away."

"Senior Brother Jiang, why don't we let Fang Xu stay in the Law Enforcement Hall?"

As everyone was arguing, a middle-aged man in black with a thin face and a murderous aura sitting in front of Jiang Feng slowly spoke.

As soon as he opened his mouth, everyone in the hall was stunned for a moment.

Jiang Feng also looked at him with some surprise and smiled faintly: "Junior Brother Chu is also moved?"

The man in black did not answer. He slowly stood up and walked in front of Fang Xu. He forced a stiff smile and said, "Fang Xu, let me introduce myself. I am Chu Rendi, the deacon of the Law Enforcement Hall."

"By the way, the Law Enforcement Hall is directly under the Immortal Island, and I am also a core disciple."

"Join the Law Enforcement Hall, and all the disciples of the Ascension Society will retreat when they see you."

"And I, as a disciple of the Law Enforcement Hall, have the right to act in an emergency..."

Fang Xu was slightly stunned, then he bowed respectfully and said, "Deacon, in this matter, what I mean by taking emergency measures is..."

Chu Rendi said calmly: "It means that you can ignore any rules other than the three iron rules of the Ascension Society to do things."

Ignoring the three iron rules of the Ascension Society! ?

He knew the three iron rules of the Ascension Society. The first one prohibited disciples from killing each other. The second one prohibited innocent killing of ordinary people. The third one prohibited privately teaching the Ascension Society's skills and secrets to outsiders.

Apart from these three iron rules, there are many other regulations, such as the prohibition on interfering in the feuds of secular countries.

Fang Xu was somewhat moved.

He has grudges against the forces of the Yu State, and the two sides will have to settle accounts sooner or later.

However, due to the rules of the Ascension Society, if he wanted to liquidate these forces of the Yu State, it would undoubtedly escalate personal grudges to a level that would undermine the strength of the Yu State. By then, the royal family of the Yu State would inevitably intervene, and Jiang Feng would probably find it difficult to explain to the Emperor of Yu.

After all, Yu State is the most powerful country among the forces under the Shengxian Society, and the Shengxian Society does not want to break up with Yu State.

"Junior Brother Chu..."

After hearing what Chu Rendi said, Jiang Feng said helplessly: "If you say that, it will be very difficult for me to do it."

He knew about the grudges between Fang Xu and the major families of Yu State. Chu Rendi's words were tantamount to encouraging Fang Xu and the major families of Yu State to fight to the death.

But as the elder in charge of the Yu Kingdom's Ascension Society, Jiang Feng hopes that the hatred between the two sides can be reduced to a small matter.

"They are just the royal family of Yu State. If they don't have the surname Li, they can also have the surname Zhao or Wang. Why should you worry so much, senior brother?" Chu Rendi said indifferently.

His words made Fang Xu couldn't help but click a thumbs up!

He still doesn't understand why the Ascension Society, which is so powerful, has to formulate such strange regulations to allow the subordinate countries to have so many rights.

If not for this, would the tragedy of Fushan Kingdom have happened?
Jiang Feng sighed slightly, then slowly stood up and said, "Stop arguing about Fang Xu's matter."

"Fang Xu, I have something to ask you."

"A few days ago, when you were in seclusion, a large amount of cold air leaked out from where you lived, causing everything within a radius of dozens of miles to be frozen. Is this a magical power?"

When Fang Xu heard this, he didn't know how to respond for a moment.

The leakage of cold air must have been caused by him opening the stone door of the acupoint, but this involves the inheritance of Yanshen. He can be sure that there is no stone door in the acupoint space of others.

"It's a kind of martial arts." After hesitating for a moment, Fang Xu said.

Unable to explain, he could only lie.

Jiang Feng nodded, and he understood that these things involved personal privacy, so he was not in a position to ask more questions.

"The second thing is, after you are promoted to an inner disciple, you really need to choose a master."

"Our Shengxian Society has always upheld the principle of two-way freedom when it comes to disciples choosing their masters."

"You can choose anyone in this hall now."

At this point, Jiang Feng paused and said, "Including me."

As soon as he said this, everyone in the hall was stunned!

"Master, why are you competing with us for it?" Tieshan said with a bitter face.

"Master, my Ascension Society does not have a branch master who can accept disciples, you..."

"It's over, there's no hope..."

"Fang Xu, I am about to make a breakthrough, so I definitely don't have time to teach you. You must not be confused."

……

Everyone began to persuade.

Jiang Feng did not stop everyone from talking. He just looked at Fang Xu with a smile.

Fang Xu's gaze wandered among the deacons.

He never thought that one day he would become so popular that he would be fought over by many bigwigs.

Among all the people present, there were three people he liked the most.

The first one is naturally Jiang Feng.

As the elder in charge, according to Gu Qiu, Jiang Feng's strength is likely to have reached the Half-Step Yuanwu Realm, and he is truly the number one person in the Yu Kingdom.

By worshipping him as his master, he would be the disciple of the head of the Yu Kingdom Ascension Society. With the tide rising, he would be the most respected inner disciple in the Yu Kingdom Ascension Society.

The second one is Chu Rendi.

The Law Enforcement Hall is directly under the Immortal Island, Chu Rendi is a core disciple, and Fang Xu is very tempted by the right of the Law Enforcement Hall disciples to "take emergency measures".

With the identity of a disciple of the Law Enforcement Hall, as long as he does not violate the three iron laws, he can do almost anything.

The third person that made his heart beat was Wuling.

Guarding the Cliff Underground Palace, the Cliff Heavenly Scripture is one of the most important cultivation resources of the Ascension Society.

After becoming Wu Ling's disciple, and considering how much he values ​​me, it shouldn't be a problem for me to sneak in and read the Heavenly Scriptures inscribed on the cliff in the future.

But the problem is that it seems that one can enter and observe the Cliff Heavenly Scripture as long as one spends contribution points.

If you have the ability, as long as you go to the Affairs Hall to do tasks, you will not worry about not having contribution points, and you will not worry about not having the opportunity to comprehend the Inscriptions on the Cliff.

From this perspective, Wuling's conditions are a bit useless.

Excluding him, only Jiang Feng and Chu Rendi were left.

After some hesitation, Fang Xu slowly spoke to the crowd: "First of all, I would like to thank all the deacons for their favor towards me. However, I only have one disciple, and if I choose any deacon as my master, I will definitely offend others."

"Fang Xu, don't think like that. This is a rule in the Ascension Society. Disciple snatching happens all the time, and everyone is used to it."

Wu Ling said with a smile.

The others also nodded in approval.

Naturally, everyone wants a good disciple. The last disciple that everyone was fighting for was Yushan Tianyi. At that time, Yushan Tianyi finally chose to worship Yanwu as his master, which made everyone envious.

But now, Yushan Tianyi is dead.

Yanwu did feel uncomfortable for a while.

Fang Xu couldn't help but feel relieved when he saw this.

He was a little afraid that whoever he chose or didn't choose would end up offending the other deacons.

Since everyone is so open-minded, there is nothing to worry about.

"Disciple wishes to enter the Law Enforcement Hall."

After careful consideration, he finally chose the Law Enforcement Hall.

The reason why he didn't take Jiang Feng as his master was because Fang Xu felt that Jiang Feng had a bit more coldness, which seemed to be a natural phenomenon after reaching this level of cultivation.

Moreover, Fang Xu felt that Chu Rendi's strength would not be much weaker than Jiang Feng's. Coupled with the temptation of "taking emergency measures", Fang Xu felt that he was more suitable for the Law Enforcement Hall.

"confirmed?"

Jiang Feng was not surprised by Fang Xu's choice.

Originally, he had no intention of getting involved in the matter, but because Chu Rendi said "in an emergency, one must take the necessary measures", Jiang Feng suddenly decided to fight for it and lay some groundwork for resolving the conflicts between Fang Xu and the major forces of the Yu State in the future.

It now seems that there is no way to resolve the conflict between the two sides.

"I'm sure." Fang Xu said solemnly. Seeing that he gave a positive answer, the remaining deacons showed regret.

"Let's go, let's go."

"Congratulations, Junior Brother Chu!"

"congratulations!"

……

After greeting Chu Rendi, the deacons slowly left the Law Enforcement Hall.

In the end, only Fang Xu, Jiang Feng and Chu Rendi were left in the hall.

Chu Rendi looked at Fang Xu and nodded with satisfaction.

"Master, I have something to ask you." Fang Xu looked at Jiang Feng and suddenly spoke.

Jiang Feng smiled slightly: "Is it about that old ape?"

Fang Xu nodded. The old ape had been gone for several months and there had been no news since then.

Gu Qiu once said that the demon core of demon beasts could increase the chances of a Martial Lord breaking through the Yuanwu realm. He was very worried about the old ape's current situation.

"He is fine. The secret method will be completed in ten more days. I will bring him back then."

Hearing this, Fang Xu was overjoyed.

He was really afraid that Jiang Feng would not be able to resist the temptation and kill the old ape.

"Okay, now it's up to you and your disciple to handle your own affairs. I won't get involved."

Having said that, Jiang Feng also left the hall.

"deacon……"

"Call me Master." Chu Rendi interrupted him.

Fang Xu was stunned for a moment and said, "Master...Master, don't we need to hold a ceremony to become a disciple?"

Chu Rendi waved his hand and said, "I don't like red tape. You call me Master, and I accept it. This master-disciple relationship is established."

"In the future, you will be my third direct disciple."

The third!?

Fang Xu was a little stunned.

As far as he knew, there were quite a few disciples in the Law Enforcement Hall. How come Chu Rendi only had three direct disciples?
As if seeing Fang Xu's doubts, Chu Rendi said, "The disciples of the Law Enforcement Hall are only nominal disciples of my master. Except for you and your two senior brothers, they are not worthy of my master's attention."

"Okay, follow me, Master."

Perhaps because he had been in charge of the Law Enforcement Hall for a long time, Chu Rendi looked a little cold.

Chu Rendi led Fang Xu out of the Law Enforcement Hall and came to the back mountain. He pointed to a rather grand courtyard and said, "This courtyard will be your residence in the future."

"The disciples of the Law Enforcement Hall don't have many tasks. You can rest assured to practice here."

"Master, I see that your current cultivation is only at the second level of martial arts master. You need to work hard to improve your realm recently."

Fang Xu cupped his hands and said, "Disciple understands."

"Teacher is basically in the Law Enforcement Hall on weekdays. If you have any questions, you can come and ask me at any time." Chu Rendi spoke again.

Fang Xu's expression changed slightly when he heard this, and then he said, "Master, if I have a life-and-death feud with other disciples in the sect, what should I do?"

"If guilty, they will be killed; if innocent, they will be put on the death row."

"See that iron tablet? It contains the punishments that disciples should receive if they break all the rules."

"Although the master has said that the disciples of the Law Enforcement Hall have the right to act according to the law in an emergency, you should not kill people in vain, especially the inner disciples."

"They are all disciples of the various deacons. Unless they have committed a mistake that is punishable by death, try not to kill them."

Fang Xu nodded.

He is not a murderer either.

But he must kill Su Cheng. With his current strength, he is not sure of winning against him. He should wait a little longer.

Once I break through to the fifth level of martial artist, I should be able to kill him in one fell swoop!

"There is one more thing. I am going to Dengxiantai..."

"Why do you want to enter the Immortal Terrace?" Chu Rendi asked curiously.

Fang Xu immediately told him about Lu Zhiyuan.

"Old Xu is a person who loves face and is petty-minded. He is a useless nominal disciple. If he dies, then he dies."

"But it's not easy for me to intervene in this matter. If he insists that you break through to the seventh floor of Dengxiantai before he lets you go, then you have no choice but to break through."

"Well, let me test your strength."

As Chu Rendi spoke, he led Dang Xu to the top of Tianlu Peak where the Law Enforcement Hall was located.

On the huge platform at the top of the peak, Chu Rendi stood with his hands behind his back, looked at Fang Xu and said, "Dengxiantai is a magical place. The restrictions inside are mainly to suppress and hone the spirits of warriors."

"With each level you upgrade, the restriction on your soul becomes more and more suppressed. On the contrary, the amount of fighting required is very small."

"Only after passing the fifth level will mechanical puppets appear, but these mechanical puppets are based on the realm of the trial-taker."

"I have heard that you have the ability to fight against opponents of higher levels. I will not test your fighting ability any more. Now I will mainly see if your soul can withstand the pressure of the seventh level."

As soon as Chu Rendi finished speaking, a terrifying pressure instantly enveloped Fang Xu!
Under this pressure, Fang Xu felt as if his soul was shackled with heavy shackles, and he felt a little uncomfortable for a moment.

"Second floor."

As soon as Chu Rendi finished speaking, the pressure suddenly doubled!

"the third floor."

The terrifying pressure increased again, and Fang Xu frowned slightly.

"The fourth floor."

"Fifth floor."

……

"Good, the next one is the seventh level." Seeing that Fang Xu only looked a little pale under such terrifying pressure on his soul, Chu Rendi was very satisfied.

Then, the pressure increased again.

Fang Xu's face turned paler in an instant!
At this moment, he felt as if a heavy mountain was pressing down on his soul. The terrifying power made his soul tremble uncontrollably.

Is this the pressure of the seventh level of Dengxiantai?
Fang Xu struggled to hold on, and just when he felt that he was about to reach his limit, a low buzzing sound suddenly sounded from his mind!

The next moment, a huge bronze tripod suddenly appeared and directly protected his soul inside.

Fang Xu suddenly felt the pressure on his soul suddenly lightened, as if the bronze tripod that appeared in his spiritual altar directly helped offset 50% of the pressure.

Under such circumstances, he became at ease again.

Chu Rendi, who had been carefully observing Fang Xu's reaction, was originally afraid that this pressure would hurt Fang Xu's soul and was ready to withdraw it at any time, but suddenly he found that Fang Xu's originally pale face gradually regained a trace of blood color, and his originally trembling body also stabilized, and he couldn't help but feel curious.

After taking back this spiritual pressure, he looked at Fang Xu and asked, "Have you ever practiced spiritual cultivation?"

Fang Xu took a breath and bowed, saying, "I once practiced the way of asceticism with Master Ku Lun."

Ku Lun has always believed that suffering can temper the soul, and practicing asceticism can indeed make one's soul stronger.

"Kulun?" Chu Rendi nodded: "He is a strange man."

"The path of asceticism can indeed help him transcend, and there is hope that he can break through the realm of Yuanwu."

"Well, with your current strength, it won't be a problem to pass the seventh level of Dengxiantai."

"You can go to Jiang Lu to apply tomorrow."

Fang Xu nodded: "Thank you, Master."

……

The purpose of Dengxiantai is to hone the spirit and soul of warriors. Most of the inner disciples in Shengxianhui will try it.

Because every time you pass a level, you will be rewarded with a large number of contribution points, and as the number of levels increases, you will be able to obtain more contribution points.

When Fang Xu arrived at Dengxiantai, there were already many people queuing up to apply.

However, most of these people were outer disciples who entered the sect at the same time as Fang Xu. Before they became inner disciples, they had few ways to gain contribution points.

Apart from doing some chores, climbing to Xiantai is a very good choice.

"Senior Brother Fang."

"Brother Fang, please come to the front."

"Make way, let Senior Brother Fang go first!"

"Hurry up! Senior Brother Fang is now a disciple of the Law Enforcement Hall!"

……

There were not many disciples in the Ascension Association, and the news that Fang Xu was promoted to an inner disciple and joined the Law Enforcement Hall quickly spread among the outer disciples.

As soon as he arrived in front of the Ascension Platform, a group of outer disciples began to fawn on him.

After all, Fang Xu is not only an inner disciple, but also the direct disciple of the deacon of the Law Enforcement Hall. These two identities are out of reach for these outer disciples.

Besides, they are still outer disciples now. When they go out to perform promotion tasks in the future, they may meet Fang Xu for supervision. If they can become familiar with Fang Xu at that time, it will also be of many benefits.

If you offend him, and you are in danger during future promotion missions, and he takes action a little bit late, you will most likely be seriously injured or even die on the spot.

Fang Xu naturally would not refuse such a compliment.

In a world where the strong are respected, you must learn to enjoy everything that comes with your status and strength.

After passing a group of outer disciples, Fang Xu quickly arrived at the front of the team.

The disciple in charge of registration did not say anything about Fang Xu's queue-jumping behavior and directly processed Fang Xu's application.

"Brother Fang, it's your turn next."

"The restrictions in the Ascension Platform are mainly aimed at the soul. If Senior Brother Fang can't hold on any longer, don't force yourself to hold on. Injuries to the soul are much more difficult to heal than injuries to the body, and it's easy to develop a chronic disease."

One of the disciples spoke up and gave instructions.

Fang Xu nodded: "Thank you for telling me, Junior Brother."

After crossing the passage ahead, Fang Xu soon appeared next to an ancient stone staircase.

Dengxiantai is located on Tianluan Peak, the highest peak of Huayang Mountain. It is made of a strange dark red stone. There are seven steps on each level, and after the seven steps is a huge platform. No one knows how many levels the entire Dengxiantai has.

Looking from below, the entire platform looks like a stone staircase connecting heaven and earth, with the top directly immersed in the clouds in the sky. It seems that if you climb to the end, you can really enter the world of immortals.

Fang Xu arrived at the Dengxiantai and once again met the two disciples in charge of guarding it.

However, these two people are already the direct disciples of Deacon Jiang Lu, who is in charge of guarding the Dengxiantai.

"Second Brother."

Fang Xu bowed to the two of them.

The two nodded and signaled Fang Xu to continue walking upwards.

"Don't force yourself. Once you reach your limit, even taking one step up may cause harm to your soul."

One of them spoke up to remind them.

Fang Xu nodded and resolutely stepped onto the dark red stone steps in front of him!

hum!
A terrifying pressure came instantly. If Fang Xu had not felt it once from his master Chu Rendi yesterday, this sudden pressure would have made him retreat instinctively.

At the same time, many outer disciples queuing below were looking up at the top of Tianluan Peak. On the stone steps, Fang Xu's figure was walking upwards step by step.

These outer disciples are different from Fang Xu. Before coming here, they had already inquired about the relevant matters of the Ascension Platform and understood the cultivation limits corresponding to each level.

Only martial artists can ascend to the Immortal Platform. Most martial artists in the fifth realm can only ascend to the second level. Those with strong spirits may be able to take a few more steps on the second level, but few can reach the third level.

A martial artist who has reached the great perfection of martial arts can usually only reach the fifth level, and those who can reach the sixth level are rare.

In fact, it was Mu Xuan and the other two who decided not to release Fang Xu until he reached the seventh level of the Ascension Platform. They were just teasing him.

But in the end, the matter was brought to Xu Changqing, who was well-known for protecting his own people, so he naturally agreed to this matter.

Later, Fang Xu and Lu Qingluo really passed the entrance examination. Xu Changqing was too proud to change what he had originally decided to please the two new disciples.

The seventh level of the Ascension Platform can only be reached by strong men who have reached the realm of Martial Honor.

"Look! Senior Brother Fang has reached the fourth floor!"

The people below looked up and watched quietly as Fang Xu's tiny figure walked up step by step, and in the blink of an eye he reached the fourth floor.

Everyone knew that his cultivation level was only at the second level of martial arts.

It was beyond the expectation of these people that a martial artist of the second level could reach the fourth level, but when they thought that Fang Xu was the first person to pass the entrance examination and was the disciple personally selected by the deacon of the Law Enforcement Hall as rumored, they thought it was normal.

"The fifth floor!"

After reaching the fourth floor, Fang Xu did not stop and went straight to the fifth floor.

On the dark red stone steps, Fang Xu took each step slowly but steadily.

After climbing up one step and waiting for his soul to adapt to the pressure, he continued to climb the next step.

In this way, we soon reached the sixth floor, and then the seventh floor!
At this moment, all the outer disciples below were stunned.

"Am I seeing things? Why do I feel like Senior Brother Fang is standing on the seventh floor right now?"

"Let me count. One, two, three, four, five, six, seven... one, two, three, four..."

“It’s really the seventh floor!”

"That's not right. I heard from the elder who taught me martial arts that the limit of a martial artist is the sixth level. Without the martial arts master realm, it is impossible to reach the seventh level!"

"Is the Dengxiantai broken?"

……

A group of outer disciples were talking about it. The two inner disciples guarding the Ascension Platform also noticed Fang Xu standing on the platform on the seventh floor, and they all became puzzled.

"The ban on Dengxiantai has expired?"

One of them muttered after a long moment of confusion.

"We'll know if it's broken or not by trying it. The disciples waiting in line behind us are coming up. Let them try it."

The two men let more than ten outer disciples who had rushed to the Dengxian Platform go up.

These outer disciples also thought that the restriction on the Immortal Platform had been invalidated, and wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to climb one more level and gain more contribution points.

However, as soon as they stepped onto the stone steps, a terrifying pressure enveloped them!

"This... Dengxiantai is not broken..."

A trace of disappointment instantly appeared on the faces of more than a dozen outer disciples, and then they could only grit their teeth and climb up slowly under the huge pressure.

Fang Xu was standing on the platform on the seventh floor at this time. In the spiritual platform, the bronze cauldron had already enveloped his soul.

After standing quietly like this for a quarter of an hour, Fang Xu suddenly discovered that under this pressure, the bronze tripod on the spiritual platform was actually undergoing some kind of transformation.

Not only that, his soul also gradually became more solid under this pressure.

Dengxiantai is indeed a good place to train the soul.

But that doesn’t seem to be enough…

After standing on the platform on the seventh floor for a quarter of an hour, Fang Xu moved again, walking towards the dark red stone steps in front of him step by step.

Below, all the outer disciples were dumbfounded when they saw him preparing to climb up again!

Not satisfied with the seventh floor, he actually wants to go up further!
What a monster is this! ?
The first step!
As soon as Fang Xu went up, he suddenly felt that the pressure on the soul on the spiritual platform had suddenly increased by 30%!

After taking a few breaths to adjust, he looked at the stone steps in front of him and resolutely stepped onto another step.

boom!
The terrifying pressure surged again, and the bronze cauldron on the spiritual platform suddenly burst into a strange light!

I can still hold on!

Fang Xu continued to step upwards.

The third stage, the fourth stage, the fifth stage!
After reaching this position, a lot of sweat had already appeared on his forehead!
Even though his soul was protected by the bronze cauldron, he still felt as if a huge mountain was pressing down on his soul, making his vision blurry.

At this time, more and more outer disciples below no longer bothered to line up and gathered below to look at Fang Xu on the fifth stone step on the seventh floor.

Some inner disciples who had nothing to do also heard the news, rushed here, and watched quietly.

"This is the fifth stone step. Two more will lead to the eighth floor!"

"Too terrifying, could it be that Senior Brother Fang's spirit is already comparable to that of a martial arts master?"

Many of the outer disciples were clenching their fists nervously at this moment.

Watching Fang Xu break into the Immortal Platform seemed more stressful than if they were trying to do it themselves.

However, some inner disciples who had reached the level of Martial Master were discussing another matter at this time.

"The soul is tangible. The only one who can achieve this in the martial arts master realm is Senior Sister Yushan Tianyi."

"Tianyi condensed her soul into shape at the Martial Master level, but she also used some secret technique of Yushan Country to do so when she was at the Martial Master Level Nine."

"Do you think Junior Brother Fang also has this secret technique?"

Upon hearing this, all the inner disciples shook their heads.

"Just wait and see. If Junior Brother Fang can reach the eighth level, he will break the record that the master set when he was in the martial arts realm."

At the Yu Kingdom's Ascension Meeting, the record holder for the martial artist level was Jiang Feng.

Back then, when Jiang Feng was at the ninth level of martial artist, he successfully climbed the seventh stone step on the seventh floor.

It is said that Jiang Feng stood on the seventh stone step for three full days, and even raised one foot, but in the end he did not dare to step onto the eighth step easily.

At this time, Fang Xu was already standing on the sixth stone step of the seventh floor, only two steps away from the eighth floor.

But it was these two steps that made him feel like an insurmountable chasm that was difficult to cross.

On the spiritual platform, the large bronze tripod emitted a strange glow, and was undergoing subtle changes under this terrifying pressure.

Not only that, under the cover of the bronze cauldron, Fang Xu's soul, which was originally like invisible smoke, was now gradually solidifying and had initially taken on the shape of a human.

Yushan Tianyi used a secret method to force his soul to become tangible, and then with the help of the tangible soul, he successfully reached the seventh floor.

However, she fell down just after stepping onto the seventh floor, and her soul suffered a lot of damage.

It is said that it was at that time that Yushan Tianyi's personality changed drastically. He began to keep many male lovers and ignored some of the regulations of the Ascension Society.

However, because he had the potential to become a core disciple, the Law Enforcement Hall did not interfere too much.

The strange light emanating from the bronze tripod gradually merged into Fang Xu's soul, which was still in its embryonic form.

Gradually, Fang Xu discovered that the surface of his soul was emitting a strange glow similar to that of a bronze tripod.

At this moment, the pressure from the sixth stone step on the seventh floor seemed no longer able to stop him.

Looking at the stone steps in front of him, Fang Xu looked determined and took a step forward.

"Move, move!"

"Senior Brother Fang is moving again!"

"The seventh stone step on the seventh floor!"

"Oh my god! This is so scary!"

As Fang Xu raised his foot, a group of outer disciples exclaimed in surprise.

The inner disciples in the field also had solemn expressions at this time.

"Is this another Yushan Tianyi?"

"It is such a tragedy for us to be born in the same era as monsters like them!"

“Alas, I thought that with Senior Sister Tianyi’s death, we would finally have a chance to shine, but now…”

"Don't be discouraged. Junior Brother Fang is only at the second level of martial arts..."

"Don't say that. We don't feel ashamed if we don't mention his cultivation. This is the case for a second-level martial artist. If his cultivation had reached the great perfection of a martial artist, he would have directly ascended to the ninth or tenth level!"

"wrong!!"

"Look at this step, Brother Fang. It seems like he is not going to step on the seventh stone step!"

"Is he going to step directly to the platform on the eighth floor!?"

"This……"

Some sharp-eyed outer disciples noticed that Fang Xu's step was a bit too big. He was not planning to step on the seventh stone step at all. It seemed that he wanted to step directly to the eighth floor!

Some inner disciples also noticed this upon hearing it, and their mouths widened in astonishment!
"It's over, this kid is ruined!"

"Is he crazy!?"

"If you can't adapt, just step directly to the eighth floor. You should know that the pressure on the eighth floor is twice as strong as the seventh stone step on the seventh floor. If he takes this step, his soul will probably be crushed!"

"Hurry up and inform the master!" The disciples below noticed this scene. The inner disciples guarding the Ascension Platform naturally saw it as well. They immediately changed their faces and ran to find Jiang Lu.

The potential shown by Fang Xu is no less than that of the elder in charge, Jiang Feng. If he dies on the Ascension Platform this time, the Yu Kingdom Ascension Association branch will suffer a great loss.

Now the only way is to get Jiang Lu over as soon as possible, maybe he can save his life!
(End of this chapter)