We are walking through the streets of the outer sect, and I see a group of people in the distance, they seem to be heckling someone.
"What's going on over there?" i ponder aloud.
The one in the middle of the hecklers throws a punch at the leader knocking him out.
"How dare you mock the great I, Hong Shu?" the now named Hong shu demands.
"You mean the great trash, Hong Shu? The one who can only cultivate to the body formation's 4th stage after 4 years in the sect!?" one of the lackeys of the now knocked out leader demands as well.
"I, Hong, was the greatest of the Heavenly Harmony Sect, and I shall be the most powerful of the this sect. I will show you all that the true path of cultivation is the way of the great lord Hong, my ancestor! and the way of the Dragon!"
He pushes forward and beats up all the cultivators around him.
"let's avoid that," I say, going around them in another direction.
"What was he even on about? The heavenly harmony sect was eliminated 1000 years ago." Lulu says, Looking stupefied at this guys audacity.
I shrug.
a few minutes later, I drop her off at her abode, and she grins, "That was a ton of fun." she knocks her sect token against mine, and says, "I gave you my sect identification number, if you need me just call."
Mael nods, and does the same. For some reason Lulu doesn't give Mael her number, but Mael gives her his and he gives me his as well. we go our separate ways for the night.
***
reaching my sect abode for the first time is a surprise, It's massive, I can only imagine what better the better accommodations are after rising in the sect.
A servant greets me, and takes me to the main hall, which is filled with other members of the sect. I realize this is not just for me and sigh with relief, I was almost wondering why they would treat a new disciple so well, but it's definitely less suspicious if I'm sharing the manor.
"Your room is 203, second floor." I nod, and go there.
I'm not hungry surprisingly, so I enter the room, I realize it's been expanded somehow, the room is bigger on the inside than it is on the outside. The bed is massive, and there's a second room in the back for cultivation but I don't go in there just yet. Grinning, Igo to the side-bathroom and take a well earned shower. which they have here surprisingly, After that, I dive into the soft looking bed, I fall asleep in minutes.
***
I wake up the next morning, and see that the sun is just now beginning to rise.
I stretch, and yawn, and sit up.
I walk to the bathroom, and notice actually how large this expanded room is.
The bell for waking oversleeping disciples rings and I shrug.
glad I didn't wake up to that, would have been annoying. I take a quick shower, and decide i should check out the tower of challenge today.
I put on a robe, and leave the manor.
***
I see a lot of cultivators in the courtyard in front of the tower, and they are all waiting in line. I look up and see how tall tower is, for some reason I wonder why it's so much shorter than I expected, I frown wondering why they said it had 300 floors.
as my turn finally arrives I enter, and yet again, the inside is much larger than the outside.
"Name?"
"Alex Regis."
"Age?"
"18."
"Level?"
"Peak of Body refinement 6."
"Residence?"
"4th Communal Manors, Outer sect, room 203."
The Elder waves his arms, and I find myself somewhere else. I look up and see the words "Floor 6." on a post to my left. I look around and realize that this floor is massive, It looks like some kind of huge hedge maze. I walk inside.
A crack forms on the ground in front of me, out of it comes a monster, a peak 1st rank spirit beast. It looks like a
panda, but with a lion's head.
it roars, and charges towards me, it's mouth open wide, and its teeth are sharp and pointy.
I dodge, and it slams into the hedge behind me with a loud crash. I decide to take the opening and smash my palm into its back. It's back explodes in a shower of gore, I grab it's weak spirit core and it collapses, Dead.
It dissipates and I feel my body formation cultivation rise slightly. My eyes widen, "The tower has such an amazing effect?" I wonder.
I then hear a roar, and the sound of footsteps, and the door to the labyrinth opens.
A giant tiger, a lowest 2nd rank spirit beast, steps into the corridor.
I stare up at it, and it stares down at me. oh shit. Spirit beast ranks are like cultivation ranks, it's hard to gauge their strength but this one is equal to a peak 9th level body formation disciple. If i fight it, I'm totally dead!
I run away, and it follows, but it's slow, and it's really big.
I'm running for a long time, and it's still following, but it's getting closer. I dive into the bushes, luckily I'm not injured, or it would surely smell me.
I push my way through the hedges, and for some reason it doesn't follow.I breathe a sigh of relief. I think the elder was over-estimating me sending me to the 6th floor so soon seems to have been a dangerous move.
After a while, the tiger leaves the maze, and walks out into the open. It notices another cultivator, who freezes in fear. The tiger, as it is about to close it's jaw around the cultivator's head, disappears, and then the cultivator who was nearly eaten turns into a whisp of light which is directed downstairs with a woosh, It seems he was eliminated from the tower. Good to know that the tower doesn't kill those who attempt it. Knowing that I feel I can be more bold.
I get up and continue walking.
I come to a dead end wall.
I frown, this is the only way forward isn't it? touch the wall, sensing something off, and it starts to glow.
A gate appears, and it leads to a small tunnel. I shrug, and enter the tunnel. I am immediately beset on all sides by a group of weak golems, I smash them and I gain more Chi for my cultivation.
There's a pop from within my body. My cultivation just increased, I check my status quickly.
─ Character Status Screen Name : Alex Regis
Race : Humanoid (Human)
Age: 18
+Cultivation level: Body formation 7+
+Cultivation methods:
Three Purities Life and Death Visualization technique(Main)
Body cultivation methods 0/1
Soul cultivation methods 0/1
Spirit cultivation methods 1/2+
Auxilary techniques:Palm of the hundred hand buddha
+Body: 6.5
Soul: 4.6
Spirit:5.9+
+2% resistance to poison.+
I grin, even my resistance to poison increased. I continue deeper into the 6th floor of the tower of challenge.