Chapter 863 Eight Immortal Towers

Nangong Qingyi won.

A remarkably successful battle.

At this moment, all the other hall masters looked at Li Qingyue.

Since Nangong Qingyi does indeed represent Xuan Yue Hall, many hall masters naturally assumed that Nangong Qingyi's innate spiritual treasure was given to her by Li Qingyue.

If this innate spiritual treasure was indeed given by Li Qingyue, then it raises suspicions of cheating. If everyone can give their disciples innate spiritual treasures in order to advance in rank, then what is the point of this advancement competition?

"Don't look at me like that. This Nangong Qingyi is my disciple Nangong Yue's younger sister. She just came from Haori Immortal Realm. I didn't give her this innate spiritual treasure."

Li Qingyue naturally understood what the other hall masters meant, and immediately explained calmly.

The group exchanged glances, but none of them questioned the veracity of what Li Qingyue had said.

Given Li Qingyue's proud personality, she really wouldn't lie to them about this.

"I didn't expect someone at the Earth Immortal Realm to possess an innate spiritual treasure. Heh, it seems this little girl has a powerful background."

"But even with the best background, I really can't think of anyone other than the Heavenly Clan who could possess an innate spiritual treasure at the Earth Immortal Realm."

"To possess a primordial spiritual treasure in the Earth Immortal Realm is no different from a child carrying gold in a bustling city. Moreover, relying too much on spiritual treasures is not very beneficial for later cultivation."

Dozens of hall masters expressed their opinions.

Li Qingyue remained silent, looking at Nangong Qingyi with some curiosity.

Because Li Qingyue knew very well that Haori Immortal Realm had been invaded by the evil race and the Nangong family had been destroyed. Before the destruction of the Nangong family, Nangong Qingyi was not considered a favored disciple of the Nangong family, so naturally she could not have possessed the Nangong family's innate spiritual treasure.

Since his disciple also lacked an innate spiritual treasure, it was clear that the innate spiritual treasure was given to him by Lin Xuan.

Thinking of this, Li Qingyue looked at Lin Xuan in the Xuan Yue Hall camp.

A handsome and mysterious man.

Lin Xuan noticed a gaze fixed on him, and looked up in the direction of the gaze. It was Li Qingyue, the head of Xuan Yue Hall.

The two stared at each other, and Lin Xuan smiled slightly before looking away.

Li Qingyue was even more shocked.

"Such keen perception!"

Soon, the final eight hundred spots were selected. These eight hundred people will enter the inner sect of the Eight Immortal Palaces, gain more resources, enjoy greater rights, and have greater potential.

Many of those who were eliminated were filled with regret and remorse.

Yu Feng is one such example. He failed his sixth promotion attempt, and after this promotion attempt, he will need to pack his bags and leave the Eight Immortal Palace.

Or become a follower of other inner disciples or even core disciples.

The remaining eight hundred disciples did not continue to distinguish between themselves.

In the world of cultivation, having your trump cards is very important; you should avoid revealing them if possible.

If the remaining 800 people were to engage in duels in pairs, all their trump cards would be revealed, which would be extremely detrimental to their future cultivation.

Therefore, in the Immortal Realm, there are very few large-scale battles where two people fight each other. Once they do, it's basically a fight to the death.

The Grand Assembly of Ten Thousand Immortals in the Haori Immortal Realm is an exception.

"In the next round, inner disciples will be promoted to core disciples."

This battle was far more exciting than the promotion of outer disciples to inner disciples. All the geniuses displayed their extraordinary abilities, but in the end, only fifty people were promoted.

Core disciples in the Eight Immortal Palaces are classified as mid-level power, and they enjoy more than ten times the treatment of their outer and inner disciples. They also receive guidance from Immortal Kings.

However, if more resources are provided, naturally too many core disciples cannot be recruited, otherwise even the resources of the Eight Immortal Palaces would be insufficient to support them.

"This is a promotion to deacon."

It was finally Lin Xuan's turn to take the stage.

There are a total of 120 cultivators participating in the deacon promotion this time, and the deacons will only select 12 of them, which is one-tenth of the total number of positions.

Lin Xuan stood still and glanced at the other contestants. The vast majority were at the First Tribulation Golden Immortal Realm, a few at the Second Tribulation Golden Immortal Realm, and as for the Third Tribulation Golden Immortal Realm, there wasn't a single one, except for himself.

That makes sense. At the Third Tribulation Golden Immortal Realm, even with the worst luck, one should be promoted to a steward by now.

The competition for the promotion of deacons this time was obviously fierce, but Lin Xuan didn't care about any of that.

Lin Xuan, who was originally going with the flow, had now decided on a position as a steward. If he wanted to get closer to Li Hongyi, he had to become a steward so that he could choose to join the Holy Flame Hall.

"Of the more than 120 of you, only 12 can become stewards. Our assessment is very simple: walk through the Eight Immortal Towers."

These words caused an uproar among the staff.

"Immortal Tower?"

As the only outsider among them, Lin Xuan naturally didn't know what the Eight Immortal Towers were.

"Summon the Immortal Tower!"

Suddenly, as if the clouds had parted to reveal the sun, a pagoda radiating golden light appeared in mid-air.

However, this pagoda was merely an illusion, not a real structure.

"This time, we will determine the final fate of the twelve people according to the number of floors they have climbed in the Immortal Tower."

The elder of the Divine Dragon Palace said with a smile.

Lin Xuan had no objections; he only wanted one spot.

"I'll go first."

A Golden Immortal at the First Tribulation Realm emerged and flew straight into the pagoda.

Lin Xuan then retreated to the Xuan Yue Hall camp, because he needed to first understand what this Eight Immortal Tower was all about.

"Lin Xuan, these eight immortal towers are the most precious treasures of our eight immortal palaces, and were also the natal spiritual treasures of the eight immortal venerables. It is said that there are nine hundred and ninety-nine floors in these eight immortal towers. Nine means the extreme number. Ascending the immortal tower does not mainly depend on the realm, but mainly on the character, perseverance, talent, comprehension, and determination."

"Generally speaking, being able to reach the 500th floor proves one has the potential to become a Celestial King, the 700th floor proves one has the potential to become a Celestial Emperor, and the 900th floor proves one has the potential to become a Celestial Venerable. As for reaching the top, it seems that apart from our ancestor, no one has ever reached the top."

Nangong Yue immediately explained everything about the Eight Immortal Towers to Lin Xuan.

Lin Xuan raised an eyebrow. In this way, the level difference between Golden Immortals would be infinitely reduced.

Of course, Lin Xuan didn't care about any of that.

"The true form of these Eight Immortal Towers is underground within our Eight Immortal Palaces. This is merely an avatar of the Eight Immortal Towers. Therefore, one must reach the 700th floor to attain the aptitude of an Immortal King, and the 900th floor to attain the aptitude of an Immortal Emperor."

Nangong Yue continued to explain to Lin Xuan.

"Hehe, which floor did you get to?"

Lin Xuan looked at Nangong Yue and asked with a smile.

"Six hundred and ninety-three floors." Nangong Yue immediately uttered a number, then quickly added, "I am climbing the main tower of the Eight Immortal Towers."

"That's still a bit of a pity. You were just a little short of becoming a Celestial Emperor."

Lin Xuan chuckled and made a joke.

Nangong Yue just pursed her lips when she heard this.

"It's just proof that you have the qualifications. Whether you can actually go up is a completely unknown number. It is said that our Eight Immortal Palaces once had a senior brother who climbed to the 800th floor of the tower, but he was stuck at the Ninth Tribulation Golden Immortal Realm and could not move forward. He turned into a handful of yellow earth. There was also a senior who only climbed to the 400th floor and eventually became an Immortal King. Who can really say for sure?"

That's not entirely wrong. Once you reach the True Immortal Realm, five-tenths of the way to true immortality depends on luck. Without luck by your side, it's really too difficult to go far.

All the major super powers try every means to obtain fortune, so there is a kind of spiritual treasure called fortune spiritual treasure. This kind of spiritual treasure has no fixed level, but it can suppress the fortune of a sect or family and ensure the long-term prosperity of the sect or family.

Clearly, these eight immortal towers are most likely a treasure of destiny.

"Look, that person has already climbed to the 200th floor of the tower."

Nangong Yue pointed to the immortal tower and said.

Lin Xuan looked at the Immortal Tower and saw that two hundred beads had already lit up outside the tower, and the number of lit beads was still increasing.

After more than five hundred beads were poured out, the person who had climbed the tower was finally teleported out.

"Li Cun, 537th floor."

That's the result.

Looking at his score, Li Cun sighed helplessly. He hadn't even reached the 700th level, which meant he was unlikely to become a Celestial King. The highest he could reach in this life was probably a Nine Tribulation Golden Immortal, and even that was extremely difficult to achieve. It wasn't something anyone could just do.

After the first person climbed the tower, other cultivators from the Golden Immortal Realm also began their own tower-climbing journeys.

Soon, more people were teleported out. Most of their scores were between 500 and 700. Scores below 500 were rare, but scores above 700 were also rare. Everyone's talents were concentrated in one range.

"That's Senior Brother Yan Yang, he's already at the 700th floor!"

Suddenly someone pointed at the Immortal Tower and shouted.

Everyone looked toward the Eight Immortal Towers, and sure enough, some people had climbed to more than seven hundred floors.

"This man is called Yan Yang. He participated in the deacon promotion meeting with me last time, but he was not well prepared and had some bad luck, so he failed in the end. This time he is a strong contender for the deacon position."

Nangong Yue began to introduce the Taoists who had participated to Lin Xuan.

Lin Xuan had seen enough and was ready to visit his master in the Immortal Tower.

Yan Yang's final score was 768.

As Lin Xuan approached the Immortal Tower, a person appeared before him, radiating coldness that was directed towards him.

"Are you Lin Xuan?"

The man looked at Lin Xuan, his voice sounding harsh and unpleasant, like a blade stuck in glass, but Lin Xuan automatically ignored it.

"What do you think?"

Lin Xuan looked at the man in front of him; this man was clearly up to no good.

"It's nothing, just a quick introduction. My name is Iron Ion, I hope you won't disappoint me."

Iron Ion gave Lin Xuan a wicked smile before walking into the Immortal Tower.

Lin Xuan smiled knowingly. This trick was obviously the work of that man named Yang Xiong.

Lin Xuan really didn't find these little tricks interesting.

"Is this person a newly recruited core disciple under Junior Sister Qingyue's tutelage?"

Lin Xuan represented Xuan Yue Hall in the battle, but there were only so many core disciples in the entire Eight Immortal Palace. Although many core disciples didn't recognize him, they would still have some impression of him. Lin Xuan's face was simply too unfamiliar.

"No." Li Qingyue did not hide anything. "This person was brought back by Yue'er. He is quite capable, so I recommended him to participate in this steward promotion meeting."

"Is he not someone trained by my Eight Immortal Palaces?"

Some of the other hall masters frowned. If they weren't trained by their own Eight Immortal Palace, they might have ulterior motives. This worried the other hall masters.

"Master Li, do you know anything about this person's background?"

"Senior sister, it's not that this situation is not allowed, but you must keep your eyes open. After all, if you don't know the details, it may backfire on you."

Several hall masters who were at odds with Li Qingyue immediately launched a verbal attack on her.

A hint of disdain flashed in Li Qingyue's eyes.

"There's no need for you fellow disciples to worry about this. I, Li Qingyue, will take responsibility for it myself."

After Li Qingyue said this, everyone fell silent.

Lin Xuan entered the Immortal Tower, where clouds and mist swirled, making him feel as if he were in a paradise on earth.

The interior of this tower is extremely vast. Although it is called a tower, the space inside is probably large enough to hold a complete star.

As Lin Xuan walked, he discovered a heavenly ladder standing on the first level. Without hesitation, Lin Xuan stepped onto the ladder, and immediately a force pressed down on him.

"It seems this is a test."

Lin Xuan smiled faintly and continued walking upwards under the pressure. With each additional floor he climbed, the weight on his shoulders became heavier.

Unbeknownst to him, Lin Xuan had already climbed three hundred steps. The pressure on Lin Xuan's shoulders was now more than ten times stronger than on the first step!

However, Lin Xuan didn't feel much pressure; this amount of pressure was nothing to him.

Continuing upwards, until Lin Xuan stepped into the 500th floor, the weather suddenly changed!

Above the tower, a black cloud had gathered, with lightning flashing within it—it was a lightning tribulation!

"Hehe, it seems the difficulty is going to be increased."

Lin Xuan looked at the flashing lightning in the sky and chuckled.

Outside the Immortal Tower, all the people saw was the iron ions moving at an extremely fast speed, rushing from the 100th floor to the 600th floor without stopping, and then steadily rising, soon reaching the 700th floor.

After reaching the 700th floor, everyone's breathing involuntarily slowed down.

The other hall masters also became interested. Reaching the 700th floor already qualified them to challenge for the Immortal King realm. If they could reach the 900th floor, they would definitely have the potential to become an Immortal Emperor.

However, it is clear that there are still far too few people with the aptitude to become Celestial Emperors.

The vast Eight Immortal Palaces, with its foundation spanning tens of millions of years, now have a limited number of Immortal Emperor-level experts. On the surface, there are only the heads of the eight departments and a few palace masters of the Divine Dragon Palace, totaling only a dozen or so people.

Being a Celestial Emperor is incredibly difficult, a hundred times more difficult than being a Celestial King.

The iron ions stopped at 862 steps, not far from 900 steps.

"It seems that this is probably the best result for iron ions this time."