Translator: Jon
Editor: Silavin
Those from the Heavenly Derivative Sect were trying to protect Lu Ye. After all, he had given Bai Qian some Soul Cleansing Water. To people like Bai Qian and Yu Xiao, who had been stuck in the Ninth-Order Real Lake Realm for a long time, Soul Cleansing Water was the treasure they desired the most. With the help of such a treasure, they could hope for achieving a breakthrough and ascending to the Divine Ocean Realm.
However, Lu Ye subsequently kicked up a storm on the Spirit Creek Battlefield and repeatedly offended those from Thousand Demon Ridge. Now, the cultivators from Thousand Demon Ridge were still determined to kill him.
The cultivators around Hundred Wards Tower had been staying there for a long time. As they communicated and had some friendly competitions, they soon became familiar with each other. The cultivator surnamed Luo, who was mentioned earlier, was one of the most outstanding ones.
He had reached the 50th floor previously. As such, his achievement was astonishing even on the entire Cloud River Battlefield.
Faced with the compliments, Cultivator Luo only shook his head with a helpless smile. “My teacher once told me that my aptitude is neither good nor bad. When it comes to the Way of Wards, I can be a master one day, but there’s no way I’ll be a grandmaster.”
His teacher told him that he could be a master but not a grandmaster in the Way of Wards. It was due to the limit of his aptitude. Therefore, he could hope to become a master one day, but it was impossible for him to be a grandmaster.
In the past, Cultivator Luo was displeased with the remark. However, after he stayed outside Hundred Wards Tower for a long time, he had no choice but to face reality.
Since passing the test on the 50th floor, he had tried to take on the challenge on the 51st floor three times, but all his attempts were in vain. Perhaps he would pass the test on the 51st floor one day after working hard to hone his skills, but what about the next floor? The tower had 66 floors, and the tests became increasingly harder as one progressed.
Even if he stayed there all his life, he might not pass through all 66 floors.
Although he was a Ward Cultivator, he wouldn’t want to be stuck in the Cloud River Realm forever. Now, he was in the Ninth Order, so he had the right to ascend to the Real Lake Realm. He had been delaying the ascension because he obstinately wanted to progress further in the tower.
Nevertheless, what he had witnessed on this day made him come to his senses.
Everyone’s aptitude was different in this world. Someone else could enter the tower and easily evoke the resonance, but he had never been able to do that.
As a cultivator, he had to focus on improving his cultivation.
Therefore, he decided to give it a try for the last time. Regardless of the outcome, he would leave the Cloud River Battlefield and ascend to the Real Lake Realm.
“You don’t have to underestimate yourself, Cultivator Luo…” The cultivator caught himself before he could finish his words.
At the same time, everyone fell silent and turned to look at the tower because the mysterious fluctuations were felt coming from the building again. The tower resonated for the third time!
“What’s going on?” Some cultivators even thought they were dreaming. The resonance usually only took place every three to five months. It was shocking enough that it had happened twice on the same day, but now the third time had come.
They wondered who triggered the resonance. Were there so many geniuses who entered the tower on this day?
Despite their undulating emotions, they responded in the right way. The tower’s resonance was rare, and the mysterious fluctuations could inspire the cultivators. Therefore, they quickly sat down cross-legged and focused on comprehending the secrets. On the 35th floor of the tower, Lu Ye once again relieved the pain in his soul with the help of Soul Cleansing Water and built a Spirit Gathering Funnel. He cultivated and comprehended the reward he had acquired to get prepared for the next challenge.
Six hours went by in the blink of an eye, and it was time for the test on the 36th floor.
The cultivators outside the tower went mad because something puzzling had been happening in the past two days.
One hour after the first resonance, they witnessed the second resonance. Six hours later, the third resonance took place, and another six hours later, the fourth resonance happened. It just went on and on.
The tower would resonate almost every six hours.
[Is Hundred Wards Tower broken?]
All the cultivators couldn’t help but have this question in their minds. Otherwise, why did so many rounds of resonance happen consecutively?
Some bold cultivators entered the tower and gave it a try, which confirmed that there was nothing wrong with the building.
In other words, the tower wasn’t broken. Some cultivators had repeatedly evoked the resonance.
Initially, they believed the rounds of resonance were caused by different people. However, as time passed and as the resonance continued to take place, they realised it wasn’t the case. That was because the resonance would happen every six hours almost consistently.
The interval was equivalent to the time limit on every floor, which couldn’t possibly be a coincidence.
The cultivators couldn’t help but think of an inconceivable possibility. An unimaginably talented cultivator was passing through the tower, and he had been able to achieve great results on every floor, which was why he had consistently evoked the tower’s resonance.
However, was it even possible? It was beyond their imagination. Anyway, there didn’t seem to be a better explanation than this.
Now, they could confirm that the first resonance and the second one were not caused by the same person because the interval was too short.
They were puzzled as to whether it was the first or the second person who had been repeatedly evoking the resonance.
As the news spread, even the people in Hundred Wards City, which was 30 kilometres away from the tower, broke into an uproar as they streamed towards the tower.
Most of the time, the majority of cultivators stayed in Hundred Wards City. Only a small number of them stayed outside of the tower. However, as the news went viral, over 1,000 cultivators came over to gather outside the tower, and more cultivators were on their way.
No one was willing to miss out on such a chance as this was indeed an exciting incident.
Although they were not the ones who entered the tower and caused the resonance, they would get a lot of benefits by getting inspired.
Soon, the area around the tower was crowded. The entire place was covered with people as they found their spots and sat down cross-legged.
“Is it the tenth time, Cultivator Luo?” Somewhere near Cultivator Luo, a cultivator familiar with him asked him this question.
Cultivator Luo nodded. “Yes, it’s the tenth time.”
A resonance would happen every six hours on average. Almost 60 hours had passed, so it was indeed the tenth time.
Cultivator Luo and all other cultivators in this place transitioned from feeling shocked and puzzled to numb.
When a usually rare incident took place frequently and regularly, even these accomplished Cloud River Realm Masters were stunned.
“I have a feeling that it’s not caused by anyone. It’s more like the tower’s reaction,” someone remarked.
Although they could confirm that there was nothing wrong with the tower, many people felt that the rounds of resonance were not caused by anyone. Perhaps the tower had gone through some transformation that they weren’t aware of.
Certainly, these cultivators were pleased with such a transformation. If the resonance could happen regularly, all the Ward Cultivators in Jiu Zhou would see their mastery improving significantly.
As one was repeatedly inspired, even the dumbest Ward Cultivator would become well-versed in the Way of Wards.
As Cultivator Luo looked in the tower’s direction, he remained silent.
No one could tell if the rounds of resonance were caused by anyone or the tower’s reaction. It would be fine if it was the latter. However, if it was the former, the person must be extremely talented. His mastery of the Way of Wards would reach a height no one else in Jiu Zhou could rival.
Cultivator Luo couldn’t help but recall something. When he returned to the Sect previously, his teacher told him that someone had passed through all 33 floors of the tower in the Sect in one go and caused 33 times of resonance.
The person was none other than the famous Lu Yi Ye from Crimson Blood Sect.
Honestly, if his teacher wasn’t the one who told him this, he wouldn’t have believed it.
It was inconceivable that a Human could pass through 33 floors in one go and cause 33 times of resonance.
His teacher didn’t mean to destroy his confidence by telling him this. He just wanted to let him know that there were always more talented people out there in the Way of Wards, so it was pointless for him to be obstinate.
He didn’t ponder it previously. As he recalled everything now, he felt his chest tightening.
[Could the one taking on the challenges in the tower be Lu Yi Ye?] Since Lu Ye could cause 33 times of resonance in the tower in the Heavenly Derivative Sect, his performance wouldn’t be bad in the tower on the Cloud River Battlefield.
Many people would enter and leave the tower every day, so Cultivator Luo didn’t know if Lu Ye had entered the building.
Even if the person was indeed Lu Ye, his performance was unimaginably well.
There was no doubt the tower on the Cloud River Battlefield was more challenging than the one in the Heavenly Derivative Sect.
While Cultivator Luo’s emotions were undulating in his heart, the mysterious fluctuations spread from the tower again.
Someone exclaimed, “It’s the eleventh time!”
They had excluded the first round of resonance and only started counting from the second time because they were certain that the first time and the second time were not caused by the same person. However, either one of them must’ve evoked the subsequent rounds of resonance.
Eleven times of resonance in a row were some astonishing achievements. Since time memorial, no Ward Cultivator had ever pulled off the same feat. Even if one could repeatedly evoke the resonance, he could only do that two to three times.
Eleven times of resonance were record-breaking, and it had reached a point where it was hard for future cultivators to surpass.
Although Lu Ye was talented in the Way of Wards, he wasn’t as genius as Cultivator Luo thought he was.
The reason he was able to keep passing the tests in the tower was thanks to Soul Cleansing Water.
This kind of treasure, which even the Divine Ocean Realm Masters were eager to get their hands on, was now used by Lu Ye to mitigate the impact on his soul and relieve his pain and pressure.