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Strongest Medical Saint-Chapter 590: What Kind of Freak is This?
While Shen Feng was lost in thought,
Jiang Zhuyu and Gao Huiying's aura surged as their figures suddenly rose into the air, hands continuously forming strange seals before repeatedly pressing towards the Confusion Tower.
Soaring through the sky around Confusion Tower, their final seals entered every layer of the tower.
Then, their figures returned to the entrance of the Confusion Tower, where the entire tower was now radiant with precious light.
With a wave of her arm, Gao Huiying shouted, "Open!"
With a "boom!"
The heavy doors of the Confusion Tower slowly opened.
The materials used to construct the Confusion Tower were extraordinary; even a Sea Transformation Stage powerhouse like Gao Huiying would find it impossible to leave a mark on it using an attack.
The Confusion Tower was divided into twenty-eight layers.
Each layer contained a test of one's heart, the higher one went the greater the difficulty of the test.
Even Jiang Zhuyu, Sect Master of the Hundred Flower Sect, could only reach the tenth layer before being ejected by the tower's power.
A cultivator's mental fortitude would grow with enlightenment and cultivation.
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The path of cultivation is fraught with hardships; there are countless obstacles to overcome. Without a mental strength that matches one's cultivation, one's end would be inevitable.
Though mental strength grows with enlightenment and cultivation, if one displays immense mental toughness at a lower cultivation stage, it at least indicates a high possibility of ascending to Immortal Emperor in the future.
After the gates of the Confusion Tower opened,
Xue Wanyue was the first to enter. As the chief disciple of the Hundred Flower Sect, her cultivation was at the initial stage of Nascent Soul. She was the first among all the disciples to reach the Nascent Soul Stage and was rightfully the sect's top prodigy.
Shen Feng snapped back from his musings, watching Xue Wanyue enter the Confusion Tower.
After Xue Wanyue entered the first layer, the first layer of the Confusion Tower soon began to shimmer with a silvery-white light.
The previous year,
Xue Wanyue reached the fourth layer of the Confusion Tower, which was already an incredible feat among the disciples.
The majority of the other disciples could only wander between the first and second layers, with very few reaching the third layer.
"What layer do you think Sister Wanyue will reach in the Confusion Tower this year?"
"I think she'll reach at least the fifth layer! Last year, Sister Wanyue's cultivation was still at the Golden Core Stage!"
"Indeed, it should be the fifth layer. After all, the higher one goes in the Confusion Tower, the more intense the test for one's heart becomes. Even the Sect Master could only reach the tenth layer, so reaching the fifth layer is already very good."
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As the disciples of the Hundred Flower Sect buzzed with discussion,
The second and third layers of the Confusion Tower lit up in succession, and shortly after, the fourth layer also emitted a silvery-white glow.
Jiang Zhuyu and Gao Huiying watched the Confusion Tower expectantly. When the fifth layer lit up, smiles appeared on their lips.
But just moments later,
The lighting of the sixth layer brought even broader smiles to Jiang Zhuyu and Gao Huiying; it meant that Xue Wanyue had reached the sixth layer of the Confusion Tower.
To have such heart at the initial stage of Nascent Soul was enough to delight them; back when they were at the same stage, they did not possess such formidable mental strength.
When Xue Wanyue attempted to surge toward the seventh layer, her figure was finally ejected.
Her form steadied in midair before she gracefully landed before Jiang Zhuyu and Gao Huiying, her cool face covered in fine beads of sweat.
With a gentle smile, Jiang Zhuyu softly said, "Wanyue, you've made significant progress in mental strength this year."
The other disciples of the Hundred Flower Sect looked admiringly at Xue Wanyue, knowing well that reaching the sixth layer of the Confusion Tower as a disciple was something utterly beyond their reach.
Yet, Shen Feng, standing at the back, yawned out of sheer boredom.
This scene was exactly what Xue Wanyue witnessed, and a hint of displeasure surfaced on her face. Did this beggar-looking fellow, who only emitted the aura of the Foundation Establishment Stage, make her feel bored after she had fought her way from the first to the sixth layer of the Confusion Tower?
Although she knew that Shen Feng was to impersonate her fiancé after clearing the air with him, a strong repulsion towards the man suddenly arose in her heart, where before she had felt nothing towards Shen Feng.
It just so happened that Jiang Zhuyu followed Xue Wanyue's gaze and saw Shen Feng, who had just yawned. Despite saying that she had written off the incident at the Spirit Spring Pool, the vindictiveness of a woman was strong. She suddenly said, "You think the Confusion Tower is boring? You can try going in and see for yourself whether it's really that boring. Do you dare?"
It was a bit unbecoming for the Sect Master to speak to a man who looked no better than a beggar, but the words were already spoken, and there was no taking them back.
Facing the gazes of Jiang Zhuyu, Xue Wanyue, and others, Shen Feng's eyes remained undisturbed, and he muttered to himself, "Let me help that girl Miaoyin check if there are any flaws in the Confusion Tower she refined."
Once this thought surfaced in his mind.
He stepped forward and said, "Why not give it a try!"
His stride showed no sign of stopping, and under the watchful eyes of Jiang Zhuyu and the others, Shen Feng directly entered the first layer of the Confusion Tower.
Seeing Shen Feng really walk in, Jiang Zhuyu, Xue Wanyue, and the others were slightly taken aback.
However, in their view, with Shen Feng's cultivation of the Foundation Establishment Stage, he could probably only stay on the first layer. He would undoubtedly be bounced out when he attempted to ascend to the second layer.
"This kid was brought back by the Sect Master, and who knows why she chose this beggar-like fellow to pretend to be Sister Wanyue's fiancé?"
"Just wait for him to be bounced out in embarrassment! With his Foundation Establishment cultivation, he might even end up face down in the dirt!"
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However, just when everyone from the Hundred Flower Sect thought little of Shen Feng.
The second layer of the Confusion Tower suddenly lit up.
The Confusion Tower was created by Shen Feng, and furthermore, the current Confusion Tower was refined by his second disciple, Zuo Miaoyin. He knew the flaws of each layer like the back of his hand.
Facing the brutal illusions of each layer, some were endless seas of fire, some were sorrows of countless arrows piercing the heart...
These were still only the lower-level illusions.
Each illusion made one feel as if it was real, and after entering the Confusion Tower, one would temporarily forget it was a trial.
Shen Feng confronted every layer's illusion head-on, feeling the Confusion Tower that the girl Miaoyin had crafted, with a heart that did not seek out the flaws.
Although his cultivation had dissipated, his heart of an Immortal Emperor remained.
After the second layer lit up.
Soon, the third, fourth, fifth, and sixth layers were illuminated.
After the sixth layer lit up, everyone outside of the Confusion Tower was completely dumbstruck.
But it was far from over.
The layers of the Confusion Tower were being lit up faster and faster, the seventh, eighth, ninth, tenth...
The people of the Hundred Flower Sect started to have difficulty breathing, their eyes bulging like lanterns, mouths wide open.
In a short while.
The twentieth layer lit up.
Then, in the final few seconds, the twenty-first, twenty-second, twenty-third layers... all the way up to the twenty-eighth layer were lit.
Shen Feng spent barely a second on each of the last layers.
Coming out from the topmost twenty-eighth layer and standing at the pinnacle of the Confusion Tower, his ragged clothes and unkempt hair fluttered in the wind.
Looking out over the vast world, Shen Feng had a smile on his face and whispered to himself, "Immortal Realm, I, Shen Feng, have returned!"
Below the Confusion Tower, Jiang Zhuyu, Gao Huiying, Xue Wanyue, and others, watching Shen Feng standing atop the tower, had their minds tumultuously churning. To step onto the twenty-eighth floor meant one must possess the heart of an Immortal Emperor.
But how could that be possible!
What sort of freak was this guy? He clearly only had the aura of the Foundation Establishment Stage!