Chapter 241 Taking a Big Step
Lan Yue and Yun Xi were about to enter the Tower of Abyss for trials, but the Northern Ridge Holy Land naturally wouldn't let them in so easily, since each of these little ones had a complicated background.
Lan Yue, who is in charge, is very likely to possess a celestial artifact. Yun Xi is the daughter of the Southern Spirit Sect Master and the Northern Ridge Holy Son. The twin siblings are the grandsons of the Insect Valley Witch...
After a moment's thought, the Holy Lord of Beiling sent over several people from Baili Xingzhou who were familiar with the little ones to protect them.
Baili Xingzhou had lived in the Northern Ridge Holy Land since childhood and knew a lot about the Tower of the Abyss, so he explained it to the little guy in detail.
In fact, if the Holy Lord of Beiling hadn't brought it up, he would have taken this opportunity to enter the Tower of the Abyss anyway.
After all, his cultivation had reached the early stage of the Golden Core realm after this period of competition. Every core disciple of the Northern Ridge Holy Land who reaches the Golden Core stage needs to undergo the training at the Tower of the Abyss, so he naturally wouldn't back down.
Beside him, Nangong Ye followed silently. The once spirited young man had become much more composed after being thrown into the Demon Realm.
He also achieved a good ranking in this inter-domain competition, successfully advancing to the Golden Core stage. However, he remained very low-key even during the competition, so much so that Lan Yue only heard about him from Baili Xingzhou after the competition ended.
For a moment, Lan Yue was both amused and exasperated.
Like Yuan Shuo, Nangong Ye was a villain who was kidnapped by the demon race in the original work. They played a significant role when the demon realm attacked the cultivation world. Both of them were quite powerful. In the later stages, even the elders of the Nanling Sect could not defeat these two villains.
Looking back now, the two major villains who could have helped the demons were rescued by chance, which meant that the demons were essentially crippled.
Lan Yue was in a very good mood. She felt that she had taken a big step closer to her goal of driving the demons out of the cultivation world!
These two examples gave Lan Yue a very good idea. She was indeed at a disadvantage in a direct confrontation with the demons, but she could secretly undermine them!
Anyway, she has the Three Realms Gossip System, so she knows all sorts of information. She has also read the original novel and is very familiar with the plot from beginning to end.
Besides the major villains who are well-known in the original work, the demon race actually did many other things.
The demon race also infiltrated many spies into the cultivation world. These spies were all pure human beings. The demons would create all sorts of disasters, causing these talented humans to have their entire families wiped out or lose their loved ones. Then they would pretend to come out and save people, gaining their gratitude.
There are many spies among the demons, and many people who work for them are obtained through this method.
Most people in the cultivation world were unaware of the Demon Clan's plot. It wasn't until later, when the main characters had grown to a certain level, that the Demon Clan's plans were repeatedly thwarted. In desperation, they resorted to using their spies planted among the humans to secretly assassinate the main characters.
The female protagonist, however, possesses an incredibly powerful cheat ability: she can understand the language of the demon race. Naturally, she easily sees through their conspiracy, avoids falling for their trap, and does not drink the tea served by the spies.
However, in the original story, although the main characters were not injured and even uncovered the demons' conspiracy, those who were trained by the demons to be spies suffered a terrible fate.
As Lan Yue pondered, her thoughts drifted, and she even thought that she could let those people know their true enemy in advance, gather a bunch of double agents, and turn the tide against the demons!
However, Lan Yue quickly dismissed this unrealistic idea. Those people might still be in the Demon Realm. If she really wanted to bring them over, could she really go to the Demon Realm for a stroll?
Even if she actually went, she might not come back alive. This kind of attempt to recruit a double agent is just wishful thinking.
"We've arrived." Baili Xingzhou's voice suddenly rang out from the side, and everyone stopped in their tracks.
"The Tower of the Abyss has seven levels. This is the first level, the Puppet Path." As Baili Xingzhou finished speaking, he looked up at the winding path in the distance.
After looking around, the group indeed found puppets of various shapes and sizes standing on the winding roads.
These puppets are of different sizes, but each one is very flexible, especially some of the puppets that look very similar to humans, whose eyes are incredibly lifelike.
Of course, they also sensed the arrival of humans and stared straight at them, their faces expressionless, but the corners of their mouths slightly turned up.
In an instant, the puppets closest to them rushed over, each wielding a different weapon, each emitting a whooshing sound as it cut through the air.
"Remember, attack the back of these puppets' necks; that's a very important spot." After saying this, Baili Xingzhou rushed forward first.
Nangong Ye stood guard behind, watching the surroundings warily.
"Let's go, we'll go too!" Wu Tianya raised her fist, and her younger brother behind her also summoned his Gu worms.
Holding her natal ancient sword, Yunxi fought with the nearest puppet while carefully observing its movements.
Lan Yue's weapon is naturally the Silver Snow. After this period of practice, her coordination with the Silver Snow has improved rapidly.
At least it's not like before at the Qing Shi Sect, where all I could do was smash the nine-layered array tower at those people and watch helplessly as Yin Xue charged out and slaughtered them.
She fought a blue-faced puppet for a while and found that its strength was about the same as hers. After she knocked the puppet away, another puppet of similar strength appeared.
After being attacked by several puppets, Lan Yue roughly understood that these puppets had deliberately suppressed their strength, adjusting their power to a similar level.
Since that's the case, Lan Yue won't hold back. She'll simply go all out and fight those puppets, using the opportunity to train herself.
Lan Yue's friends noticed her thoughts and slowed down their pace to exercise together.
So they fought for five whole days on the Puppet Path level, and when it finally ended, everyone was in a terrible state.
Originally, Lan Yue could have ended the matter earlier, even though those people suppressed their cultivation and adjusted it to be similar to hers.
But her strength doesn't lie in her cultivation level; she also has all sorts of helpers, such as Yin Xue, the Rootless Fruit Tree, and Little Black...
Even if she were surrounded by a group of puppets of similar strength, she was confident that she could win. However, in order to improve her strength, Lan Yue would not be foolish enough to just end it like that.
"I didn't expect the first level of the Puppet Path to be so interesting. That puppet just now actually imitated my movements and laughed exactly like me!"
When she had some free time, Wu Tianyu couldn't help but start chatting.
"Don't assume these puppets are at the same cultivation level as me. They can suppress themselves to this level, but can they replicate all my precious treasures?"
Wu Tianyu proudly held up a bunch of Gu worms, his smile cunning.
"All I need to do is control the Gu worms, sneak up behind their necks and bite out the glowing stones inside, and they'll turn into a pile of useless wood!"
"This is only the first level. I've heard that some people have been trapped in this tower for hundreds of years. We should be less complacent!" Wu Tianya twisted her younger brother's ear.
Amid Wu Tianyu's howling, Lan Yue also looked at the glowing stones they had accumulated.
These past few days I've been so focused on fighting that I haven't paid any attention to these unearthed stones. If I remember correctly, these stones are also very useful. What were they called again?