Chapter 199: Sixth-level Spirit Seed, Ten Thousand Swords Tower Spirit
The moment Chen Sheng stepped into the fourth floor of the Ten Thousand Swords Tower, it was as if he had stepped into another world. With a sharp gaze, he looked around and unexpectedly discovered that Pei Zitian, the young master of the Pei family, was also struggling and wandering in this first area.

However, the moment he entered the fourth floor, he seemed to see a sword-shaped mark appearing between the opponent's eyebrows, but when he looked a second time, there was nothing between the opponent's eyebrows.

Chen Sheng didn't take it seriously, thinking that the other party was practicing some kind of magical power or that he had seen it wrong.

In front of me, the other party was sweating profusely, his face was grim, and it seemed that he was having a hard time resisting the sandstorm here.

Immediately, Chen Sheng shook his head gently, took a deep breath, released his own water sword intent, formed an invisible barrier in front of him, and walked slowly towards the depths as if strolling in the garden, forming a sharp contrast with Pei Zitian who was forging ahead.

When passing by Pei Zitian not far away, the latter was obviously stunned. After taking a few deep breaths, he couldn't help but ask, "You want to go in?"

"Yes, is there anything I can do for you, fellow Daoist?"

"No, just do as you please."

Pei Zitian snorted coldly, then stopped moving forward and looked coldly at the determined figure in front of him.

"Idiot, I want to see if you are just showing off or if you really have the ability. But why does this guy look so familiar? I feel like I have seen him somewhere before."

Maybe he had consumed too much energy just now, so he took a few glances and turned back to the safe area, as if he wanted to rest.

Chen Sheng looked back at Pei Zitian who was silently retreating a distance, and muttered to himself: "Is this the legendary first genius of the Pei family? Why does he look like the village chief of a novice village, struggling to resist this sandstorm?"

He did not mean to look down on him, but the other party's performance did not match his memory of the first genius of the younger generation of the Pei family.

Perhaps the other party does not live up to his reputation, or perhaps one's momentum is too strong and one's performance is too prominent.

Thinking of this, Chen Sheng's heart sank. He seemed to be a little too high-profile for his unstoppable momentum all the way. Now he was afraid that many people on the Ten Thousand Swords Ranking were paying attention to him, the new swordsman.

If the Chen family's background is strong enough, he can fully demonstrate his strength without worrying about these things at all.

But now I am alone and have no support from any forces behind me. It is okay to show off my muscles appropriately, which will be beneficial to both myself and my family.

If the performance is too shocking, it may be counterproductive to the current situation. The City Lord's Mansion may not be affected. The more talented monks there are, the more advantageous it will be in resisting the barbarians.

But it is hard to say about the Lianxu families. After all, the Feiyun City families will compete together for the qualification to settle in Jianghuang City. They may not say anything openly, but they will inevitably make some small moves behind the scenes.

He could still handle one or two families, but if there were more families with bad intentions, the Chen family would not be able to withstand it with its current strength.

Considering that the fourth floor of the Ten Thousand Swords Tower was enough for him to be shortlisted within the top 800 of the Ten Thousand Swords List and be eligible to compete, Chen Sheng decided not to go deeper and chose to stop here. After all, too much is as bad as too little, and the path to cultivating immortals requires careful planning step by step, and steady and solid progress is the long-term plan.

So, Chen Sheng found a place nearby where the sandstorm was of a suitable severity, sat cross-legged, closed his eyes and concentrated, and the invisible sword intent around him acted like a shield, steadily resisting the fierce sandstorm in front of him.

At the same time, he silently practiced the Qingling Huaqi Jue to slowly refine the earth-attributed sword energy contained in the sandstorm, and carefully comprehended the mystery of the earth-attributed sword intent.

Not only that, in mid-air, fire dragons and water dragons intertwined together. Their bodies were condensed from sword energy, and the water, fire and sword intent was so strong that it almost overflowed. These fire dragons and water dragons seemed to have consciousness, and they specifically rushed towards where there were people.

Chen Sheng was confident that his gains in the previous levels had greatly improved his swordsmanship, so he could barely cope with it.

Under the tempering of the three sword intents of water, fire and earth, Chen Sheng's sword intent of water and fire steadily improved, and he gradually gained insights into the fourth level of sword intent with earth attributes.

He was practicing here with great concentration, but Pei Zitian, who was in the safe zone far away, was no longer calm.

"How could this unknown boy be so powerful?"

Although he was surprised, Pei Zitian took a few deep breaths, calmed down, and estimated that Chen Sheng had penetrated nearly forty feet, and was only a little more than half the distance away from the center of the earth-attributed sword intent.

Ever since he rushed to the fourth floor of the Ten Thousand Swords Tower, he has been working diligently and has not slackened in honing his sword skills. However, up to now, he has only penetrated a distance of more than ten feet.

As soon as the unknown guy came in, he rushed almost half the distance inside, which really surprised him.

Unexpectedly, there is a cultivator of this strength hidden in Feiyun City, whose talent is almost as good as his, and even has a tendency to surpass him.

Suddenly, Pei Zitian felt mixed emotions and felt very uncomfortable.

Frowning for a moment, he wanted to step forward and ask the other party about his origins, but as soon as he stepped into the range of the sandstorm, he remembered that the other party was at a depth of forty feet.

At this distance, he could barely see the other person's figure, but due to the sandstorm, his voice and spiritual sense could hardly reach him.

If he walked over, his sword-fighting skills would not allow it, and for a moment, Pei Zitian was in an awkward situation.

After an unknown amount of time, Chen Sheng completed his training.

The sword intent absorbed in the first three levels in a short period of time has been honed almost, and even the rich earth-attributed sword intent here has begun to sprout.

Now, he plans to stop there.

However, Chen Sheng estimated in his mind that if he rushed directly up the tower, he would probably be able to reach the fifth or sixth floor in a short period of time. If he wanted to go higher, he might need a longer time to hone his sword skills before he could reach higher heights.

What he called a "long time" might only be a few years. Compared with other people who practice for at least several decades, this was incredibly fast.

"Phew, it's almost done."

After standing up, Chen Sheng dodged the two dragons of water and fire that condensed again above his head, then he braved the sandstorm, turned around, got out of the range of the sandstorm, and came to a safe area.

"You're not going to go any deeper?"

Seeing Chen Sheng was about to leave, Pei Zitian couldn't help but ask.

Just now he barely saw that Chen Sheng was able to resist the sandstorm and the two dragons of water and fire with ease, and he could clearly have gone deeper, but he stopped and turned back.

"If we try hard, we can indeed go a little deeper, but reaching the deepest point and shooting down that earth-attributed sword intent is not as easy as resisting the sandstorm on the outside."

Chen Sheng was speaking the truth. Any cultivator who had climbed the Ten Thousand Swords Tower knew that no matter which area, the deeper you went, the more difficult it would be.

But he didn't say whether he could withstand the sandstorm deep in the ground, he just said that it would become more difficult the deeper you go.

But when Pei Zitian heard this, he didn't think so. He just thought that Chen Sheng's strength could only reach the first area of ​​the fourth floor, and he might not be able to go on.

Pei Zitian breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that Feiyun City had really produced a monstrous genius. It turned out that he was only slightly stronger than himself. With his talent, as long as he worked hard, he could catch up.

Unconsciously, he had identified Chen Sheng as the person he was going to chase.

"He does have some self-awareness."

Pei Zitian looked at Chen Sheng with burning eyes and said, "Do you dare to compete with me to see who can reach the next area first?"

"I'm not interested. I still have to go back to cultivate spiritual plants, so I don't have time to compete with you."

Shaking his head slightly, Chen Sheng was about to leave.

Why compete for no reason? He had no interest in competing at all. The other party was just dissatisfied and wanted to regain his dignity because he saw that he had walked further in the tower and was surpassed by a less famous monk.

However, the spiritual plants in his clan had not been taken care of for several months, and he was busy going back to check on them, so he had no other time to fight for that useless face outside.

"Wait a minute!"

Pei Zitian suddenly called Chen Sheng and asked with a smile, "Are you also a spiritual plant master?"

"Yes."

"I happen to have a sixth-level spirit seed in my hand, which I found by chance. Since I am not a spirit plant master, it is useless for me to keep it. If you win, just take it!"

As he spoke, Pei Zitian took out a seed that exuded a faint spiritual aura, with gold and silver colors intertwined to form unique patterns.

One can clearly feel that the rich spiritual energy contained in this spirit seed is even stronger than all the fifth-level spirit seeds Chen Sheng has seen before.

"Is this the Silver Moon Vine?"

After taking a few glances, Chen Sheng said with more certainty: "It's not an ordinary Silver Moon Vine, it's the Silver Moon Vine that is about to be promoted to the sixth-level spiritual plant, or it can be called the Golden Brilliant Jade Dew Vine!"

Whether used for refining weapons or making pills, the Silver Moon Vine is a relatively good spiritual plant among the fifth-level plants, and is also quite popular in Feiyun City.

In comparison, its greatest function is its ability to absorb moonlight.

For cultivators who practice Yin-attributed techniques, taking aged Silver Moon Vine will have a significant effect on their progress in cultivation.

As the sixth-level spiritual plant that the Silver Moon Vine advances to, the Golden Jade Dew Vine can further condense the moonlight, and can use special means to collect a treasure called Golden Jade Dew, which can have a slight effect on the soul when taken.

Even if the effect on the soul is almost undetectable, as long as the amount is large, it may still play a role in strengthening the soul.

Although the effect is good, the Golden Jade Dew Vine is not so easy to cultivate, and the difficulty involved is not something that ordinary forces can solve.

First, after the Silver Moon Vine advances to the Golden Jade Dew Vine, it seems that it will not be recognized by the Heavenly Dao. It will not produce seeds, and its survival time is limited, only about one or two hundred years at most.

To what extent and at what age it can be cultivated within this limited time depends on the ability of the spiritual plant master and the forces behind him.

Secondly, for a fifth-level spiritual plant to advance to the sixth level, it usually needs to be prepared from the seed stage, using special means to stimulate its potential. The subsequent cultivation process also requires huge spiritual energy and other specific requirements.

For example, the spirit seed in front of us, in order to advance, not only needs huge spiritual energy, but also needs to absorb enough moonlight essence. The consumption involved cannot be accumulated in just one or two hundred years, so special means must be used when necessary.

"I can tell it at a glance. It seems that your attainments in spiritual plants are not low."

Pei Zitian was slightly stunned, and couldn't help but look at Chen Sheng differently. This kind of spiritual plant could not be touched by ordinary fifth-level spiritual plant masters.

"The spirit seed is good, but words are not enough. Who knows if you will cheat if you lose?" Chen Sheng opened his mouth tentatively and did not agree immediately.

"I will lose? I'm cheating?"

After hearing this, Pei Zitian was immediately furious. Perhaps he had too much to say and for a moment he didn't know where to start complaining.

However, no matter what, he felt that he would not lose.

Because what he showed when he rushed into the tower before was not his true strength, or in other words, it was not his true strength after he awakened the sword heart and clear spirit body.

The sword heart is a clear spirit body. Those who possess this spirit body can see through the essence of sword intent, making the sword intent more clear, and their talent for comprehending sword intent is also extremely high.

The awakening of the spirit body may be early or late. For some cultivators, it may happen right after they start the path of cultivation, and their path will be smooth from then on. But for some cultivators, it may be very late, and it is possible that their spirit body awakens just before the deadline.

A similar thing once happened in the Tianyuan Continent. There was a cultivator who had cultivated to the ninth level of the God Transformation Realm. However, he could not find an opportunity to break through to the Void Refining Realm, and he tried many methods but to no avail.

When he was approaching his death and was about to pass away, he planned to use spiritual fire to temper his body and make it into a puppet to leave blessings for future generations.

However, when he was halfway through refining, he discovered that a ball of divine fire had suddenly surged up from deep within his body for no apparent reason, burning his decaying body from the inside out and bringing it new life. His cultivation also broke through to the realm of refining emptiness in one breath.

Later, after some investigation, the cultivator discovered that his ancestors actually had the blood of the Phoenix. When he was near his death, he accidentally awakened the Phoenix Nirvana Body. By chance, he not only turned death into life, but also broke through his cultivation.

Although Pei Zitian is not approaching his death, his spiritual body awakened not long ago.

With victory in his grasp, Pei Zitian said with a smile: "Don't worry, I have my own way to convince you!"

Immediately, he lowered his head and pondered. After a while, suddenly, a shadow appeared in front of the two of them. The shadow had a stiff face and empty eyes, like a puppet.

"What is this?" Chen Sheng asked in surprise.

"This is the spirit of the Ten Thousand Swords Tower. Silently say 'tower spirit' in your heart and state your specific request. As long as it is within the authority of the tower spirit, it will be met. The duel contract between cultivators is within its authority. If the losing cultivator fails to fulfill his promise, he will never be allowed to step into the Ten Thousand Swords Tower again for the rest of his life!"

Banning the sword cultivators from Feiyun City from entering the Ten Thousand Swords Tower for the rest of their lives is a very severe punishment.

Pei Zitian did not hide the matter of the Tower Spirit. It was no secret among senior monks.

Moreover, the tower spirit only provides some convenient services. Apart from that, it has no other function for the monks climbing the tower.

At this time, Pei Zitian continued: "However, just rushing through the fourth floor is not exciting at all. Why don't we compete to see who can rush to the seventh floor first? I will also add another spirit seed. What do you think?"

He has not yet fully mastered his spiritual body and cannot exert its maximum power in a short period of time. What's more, he cannot reveal it to the outside world now. He plans to use it when the major families in Feiyun City compete in the future, so as to catch the cultivators of other families off guard.

"No problem, this is exactly what I want."

Chen Sheng had no other objection as long as he could get one more spiritual seed.

Chen Sheng was not too surprised about the spirit of the Wanjian Pagoda. The pagoda had existed for who knows how many years, so it seemed reasonable for it to have a spirit.

Soon, under the auspices of Pei Zitian, the two successfully concluded a contract.

Within a hundred years, the first of the two people to climb to the seventh floor of the Ten Thousand Swords Tower will be the winner. If Pei Zitian loses, he will have to give up two sixth-level spirit seeds. If Chen Sheng loses, he will lead the Chen family to join the Pei family and become a subsidiary family of the Pei family.

After hearing the other party's request, Chen Sheng smiled in his heart, thinking that this was the other party's real purpose.

However, he was fully confident that he could reach the seventh floor of the Ten Thousand Swords Tower, and it would be worth it if he could win two sixth-level spirit seeds.

"Okay, I'm looking forward to your performance."

After leaving a few words, Pei Zitian left the fourth floor with a smile.

After the other party left, Chen Sheng did not leave immediately, but silently chanted "Tower Spirit" in his heart and silently asked: "Can I climb the tower anonymously?"

Then, an ethereal voice without any emotion sounded in his heart: "Yes!"

(End of this chapter)