The next day, very early in the morning, Tuoba Li came to the guest room where Qin Shi rested as promised.
At last night's banquet, Tuoba Li volunteered himself and spent a week with Qin Shi to familiarize himself with Tuoba Palace. Naturally, Qin Shi would not refuse. Tuoba Kuang also liked Qin Shi very much and wanted to reuse him. , canonized Qin Shi as the official elder of Tuoba Palace, but due to two points, one is that Qin Shi just entered Tuoba Palace and lacks qualifications, so he directly made him an official elder, which will inevitably lead to the jealousy of the old man; the other is Qin Shi's own The reason was that he was sincere and told Tuoba Kuang that he was injured and that he would be in seclusion to heal his wounds in the next few months and that he did not want to hold any position.
In the end, Tuoba Kuang agreed to Qin Shi, but still canonized Qin Shi as a guest minister of Tuoba Palace. Firstly, to give Qin Shi a legitimate identity, and secondly, he wanted to win over Qin Shi. Tuoba Kuang, originally A common man, relying on his excellent talent, later met the princess of the Three Thousand Women Palace, and he leaped over the Dragon Gate in one fell swoop, achieving hegemony. A grassroots counterattack like him would naturally experience far more than the ordinary palace master of the sea. The hereditary inheritance must be rich, and it is natural to see that Qin Shi is not something in the pool. Let me ask, a person who can easily take out the Domain Immortal Flower and doesn't care about the opportunity to practice in the deep sea source pool, can he be a mortal
Qin Shi naturally saw through this, so he accepted it happily. He still had a great impression of Tuoba Kuang.
Of course, being a guest also brought a lot of inconvenience to Qin Shi, which caused dissatisfaction among many elders of Tuoba Palace.
"Brother, you don't have to take it to heart. These old guys are not good birds. If it weren't for their love and contribution to Tuoba Palace, my father would have destroyed them long ago. Don't worry, as long as they are in Tuoba Palace, In the palace, as long as I am here, no one can touch you." Tuoba Li said boldly, patting his chest.
Hearing this, Qin Shi smiled faintly, but didn't take it to heart. Obviously, what Tuoba Li saw was just the surface. Is it really just out of love for these old guys that Tuoba Kuang didn't touch them? This is definitely impossible. A palace king is naturally capable of cutting off the seven emotions and six desires. Qin Shi knew that there must be some unknown secrets in the reason why Tuoba Kuang did not abolish these elders.
These elders are not good at all. They must have the protection of some forces behind them, otherwise they would not dare to wander around Tuoba Palace like this.
Feeling the strange light around him, Qin Shi shook his head and said, "It's best for these guys to be sensible, otherwise I wouldn't mind helping Tuoba Palace clean up the trash."
"A minor in the realm? He is not even as good as me, but the palace master actually made him a guest elder, equal to you, father? Father, I said the palace master is old and confused, isn't he?"
Until Qin Shi left, in a three-story building, a young man with sly eyebrows hummed.
Next to the young man is an old man in his seventies. If the young man hadn't spoken, he would have been thought to be the young man's grandfather. This man's name is: Xia Qi, and he is the great elder of Tuoba Palace. His status is It can be said that he is inferior to one person and superior to ten thousand people, second only to Tuoba Kuang.
Xia Qi is considered to have a son at an old age, and he dotes on his son very much. It must be said that his son Xia Yang is also up to date. He is not just a playboy who only knows how to bully men and dominate women. Of course, he is indispensable for bullying men and women. Yes, in Tuoba Palace, any pretty girl could not get out of his clutches and was played with by him. However, she was extremely talented and worked very hard in practice. She was the same age as Tuoba Li. , but has already achieved the realm of cultivation, and is half a step away from the perfection of the realm. He is the strongest among the younger generation in Tuoba Palace. Even some elders will nod and bow when they see him.
"Xia Yang, don't worry. I'm afraid Tuoba Kuang brought this chess piece out on purpose to make us dissatisfied. The more he behaves like this, the more we have to stay calm. Don't be anxious. It won't be long before the above mentioned Once the relationship is smoothed out, shouldn't Tuoba Palace need to be renamed Xia? As long as you practice hard, the position of palace master will be yours sooner or later."
"Father, in Tuoba, he..."
"Haha, how can an abandoned son who only knows how to eat, drink and have fun compete with you? Don't worry, my father will naturally take care of these things for you, but... It is said that this kid has a ticket to participate in the Deep Sea Source Pool, which is rare. Darling, I will help you find a way to get it for you. As long as you can enter the deep sea source pool and tie the string of the inner three thousand, even if you are Tuoba Kuang, how can you be my father and son?"
"Thank you so much, father!" Xia Yang said ecstatically.
At this time, Qin Shi, who was walking around Tuoba Palace with Tuoba Li, didn't know about it. However, even if he knew, he didn't bother to pay attention to it. Xia Yang was just a clown to him. He was only eager to control the demon blood now. .
In the blink of an eye, seven days passed. Tuoba Li took Qin Shi throughout the entire Tuoba Palace in seven days.
During this period, Qin Shi was not interested in the cities and towns where people lived, and spent most of his time in the places where monks needed to practice.
Tuoba Palace is divided into five parts. During the period, there are two civil places, one is the palace, and the other two are places of practice. One of them has a spirit gathering array thirty times the size and is where a large number of monks gather. , as for the other place, it was rather weird, it was a stretch of barren mountains. When the two of them walked in front of these countless barren mountains, Tuoba Li felt slightly guilty.
"Brother, let me think about this place, why don't you go there?"
"Oh? What's wrong?"
"It's wrong... I can't say, but this place is not a good place. Let me tell you, it is often haunted and there is no spirit gathering array. It is not suitable for you."
Qin Shi definitely didn't believe it was haunted. There must be some secret in this place. Seeing Tuoba Li's embarrassment, he didn't force it and nodded: "Okay, then you can help me arrange it. I need to retreat for ten days. Just in the thirty-fold spirit gathering array from before."
"This is not a problem. I will take my brother there now." Tuoba Li breathed a sigh of relief and entered the spirit gathering array with Qin Shi with a smile.
Inside this spirit gathering formation, there are fairy cave mansions built one after another, divided into nine floors.
Tuoba Li and Qin Shi came to the first floor. He said: "Brother, this is the only thing I can help you with. This nine-story cultivation tower is a rule handed down from our ancestors. If you want to enter the upper floor, , you can only challenge it on your own, but I think with your strength, it should be no problem to reach the seventh or eighth floor, but please be careful, don’t challenge that lunatic on the ninth floor... Otherwise, you will regret it. .”
Qin Shi was stunned for a moment, and then he raised his head and saw that each floor of the practice tower had a different number of practice caves. Among them, there were nearly a thousand on the ninth floor, and the number decreased with each floor. As for the ninth floor, there is only one.
"Who is on the ninth floor?"
"I don't know, I haven't seen it, but it is said that that guy has been in retreat on the top since I took action. It has been ninety-nine years now. From the beginning, many people have died on top. Who would have known that when Xia Yang was arrogant and went to the ninth level to challenge, he was seriously injured with just one move and couldn't get out of bed for three months. At that time, Xia Yang had achieved great success in the realm. Even if he had perfected the realm, It’s also difficult to cause serious injury with one move.”
"Oh? That's interesting."
Qin Shi was slightly surprised. Ninety-nine years of seclusion? This is not something that ordinary people can do. Although there is no perfect way to practice, ninety-nine years... is too long. Not to mention being uncontaminated by the world, and being able to endure this loneliness, it only takes ninety-nine years of fasting. , and at least the realm must be perfect, right
Qin Shi didn't say much, just nodded. Since Tuoba Li said it, there was no need for him to cause this trouble for himself.
However, the lowest floor... was really not suitable for him. After Tuoba Li left, he took a deep breath and looked at the eighth floor.
With one leap, he jumped directly over the first seven floors. When he reached the eighth floor, the surrounding spiritual power was already very strong. Only then did Qin Shi discover to his surprise that in this training tower, each floor had its own spirit gathering. The formation, such as this eighth level, is already fifty times larger just on the outside. In the cave, it should be nearly a hundred times larger, right? He nodded with satisfaction.
On the eighth floor, there are three caves in total.
He didn't think much about it and walked to the middle room. There was a entrance in front of each cave, which was specially used for challenges. Otherwise, if the disciples inside were in retreat and suddenly broke in, it would easily cause them to go crazy. , Qin Shi gently pressed the entrance door. About half a quarter of an hour later, a young man walked out. Seeing this young man, Qin Shi was slightly startled.
In his imagination, the eighth floor should be filled with elders. How could there be such a young disciple occupying the eighth floor
"Are you going to challenge me?" The young man glanced at Qin Shi proudly: "Have you achieved a small achievement in the realm?"
Immediately, the young man shook his head indifferently, and closed the stone door without taking any action against Qin Shi: "You can continue to practice down there for a few years. Don't bother me until you reach the realm."
"If I remember correctly, this training tower should have rules. All challengers must accept the challenge, right?" Qin Shi said with a smile.
The young man frowned and slowly stopped closing the stone door. He said coldly: "Boy, I am doing it for your own good. You should also know that any challenge process is equivalent to signing a life and death certificate. With your strength, , I can kill you with one blow."
"Then just kill him."
"act recklessly!"
The young man's expression turned cold, and then he stepped hard with the sole of his foot and shot Qin Shi violently. A palm wind of more than ten meters exploded towards Qin Shi's chest.
The passage was already narrow, and with the young man's powerful moves, Qin Shi immediately lost his range of movement. All he could do now was block the palm, otherwise he could only wait to be knocked out of the tower.
Due to the weirdness of the ninth floor, the eighth floor has long been the top in everyone's eyes. Suddenly, there was a fluctuation on the eighth floor, which made countless disciples become energetic. Some retreatants also leaned out at this time. , looking upward curiously.
"Someone actually challenged the eighth floor? Who is it?"
"Damn... This kid, is he desperate? Is he challenging Lu Peng?"
"Challenge Lu Peng? This kid, how dare you think about it. It would be worse than challenging the cabinet elders in the two caves next to him. Lu Peng is the adopted son of the palace owner. He is a master of the realm, but he has perfect combat power of the realm. Even if he Xia Yang is a bit afraid in front of him... "