Under the moonlight, the massive black tower still hangs in the sky, like an unreachable divine dwelling.
On the street, those who were not chosen by the holy tower were initially surprised; so worshiped it, while others secretly rejoiced.
"The woman leading them is missing!"
"Many others have disappeared too!"
"They must have been taken away by the celestial being."
"Why wasn’t I chosen by the celestial being?"
"Heh, do you think being chosen is necessarily a good thing? The trials are risky."
"Let’s wait, those who disappeared will certainly return."
...
The crowd around discussed fervently, their voices spreading to surrounding blocks, gradually attracting more onlookers who joined the awe-struck discussions about the giant tower in the sky.
About half an incense stick’s ti later, the first person returned. He was a slender, impoverished man who appeared out of thin air among the crowd, scaring those around him to jump, but the quick-minded imdiately reacted.
"Did you just et the celestial being?"
Imdiately, soone asked the man, who still appeared bewildered.
"No..."
The slender poor man shook his head in confusion.
"I encountered a wolf, that beast was fierce, and I fought it, covered in blood, then fell unconscious..."
As he narrated, he looked down at his waist and legs, seemingly perplexed about where his severe injuries had gone and why they appeared unscathed.
"What are you holding in your hand?"
Soone noticed he was holding a thin object, reflecting beautiful light under the moonlight.
It was only then that the slender poor man realized the weight in his hand and released it to examine.
"Brass?"
"Gold leaf?!"
"The celestial being is truly generous!"
...
For a mont, so eyed it greedily, while others understood that this must be a gift from the celestial being, discussing what grants those returning later would receive.
As for the slender poor man, he clutched the object tightly in his hand and quickly fled.
And just as the crowd’s focus shifted, more people appeared suddenly on the ground, three of them almost simultaneously.
"Damn it! Three people ganged up on , unfair!"
The speaker was a man in his thirties, who seed disgruntled by the experience, muttering curses.
Beside him, a young man with a scholarly appearance gazed thoughtfully at the sky tower, then couldn’t help but cough a few tis, seemingly plagued by illness.
The last was a woman who first appeared among the returning people, around forty years old, short and unremarkable, but relatively calm.
"Where did you go just now?"
The increasingly gathered crowd asked curiously.
"How should I know where it was? As soon as I went in, soone wanted to fight ! After I knocked him down, three more surrounded , I only have two fists, how could I keep up!"
The man cursed, clearly dissatisfied with the experience, but the observant noticed a strange gemstone hanging around his neck, evidently valuable.
"What are you staring at! It’s a gift from the celestial being!"
Realizing the surrounding gazes, he warned, raising his hand to protect the extraordinary local treasure.
Elsewhere, the scholarly young man subtly maneuvered through the crowd, drawing a peculiar potion from his pocket, one considered unique in this world, and decisively drank it.
The forty-sothing woman stayed put, talking with curious onlookers while frequently scanning the surroundings, seemingly searching for more returning individuals.
The situation soon reached a climax, as more people returned from the black tower, so receiving wealth, others novel items, piquing the curiosity of onlookers to a peak.
So enthusiasts recounted their previous experiences entirely, including the rewards of each trial stage within the ten layers, dispelling the crowd’s confusion.
"So the holy tower trials please the celestial being with combat, rewarding according to accomplishnts? Too bad the celestial being didn’t summon ; otherwise, my twenty-years of cultivation would have been unstoppable..."
Many boastful spectators envied the returnees’ gains, for they appeared unscathed and profited from various awards without loss.
After so discussion, the leader Liu Erya finally appeared, among the last to return, indicating she cleared more levels with greater reward.
Upon appearance, she proclaid to the crowd:
"Believers, in the celestial being’s holy tower lies everything, whether healing dicine or power-enhancing Divine Weapons, it has it all!
If you truly believe in the celestial being, you will eventually be summoned and by your ability, gain everything!"
Upon her proclamation, dissent arose as soone retorted:
"Miss, the celestial being’s holy tower is too harsh. How can an old person like defeat those strong foes? It’s practically tornting our old bones."
She was indeed correct, Wang Zhifan’s tower trials test combat ability, suitable for those strong, but unfair to ordinary people without cultivation, who quickly exit once entering the tower.
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