Chapter 454: Chapter 202 Demon Tower_3
Thankfully, time was rather ample, and when there were only a few seconds left in the countdown, Li Xiu also came down.
The countdown stopped, and his timing appeared on the light screen.
"Final trial completed, rewards are being randomly generated, each person can choose one reward..." The prompt on the light screen made Chu Qi’s eyes widen.
"How could this happen... How did you know?" Chu Qi looked at Li Xiu, full of incredulity.
"I didn’t know, just liked trying new things, it was completely a fluke." Li Xiu smiled.
"The sea of suffering is boundless, but turning back is the shore. Perhaps this Demon Tower Trial Ground wants to make the Trial Taker understand this principle. Unfortunately, I’ve been suffering here for so many years and still couldn’t grasp such a simple truth." Chu Qi sighed, but his face remained expressionless, looking rather peculiar.
"Principle is principle, doing is doing. Isn’t there also a saying about the mountain of nine ren falling short because of one imperfection, which teaches you not to give up? The so-called principles will always have their reasons no matter how they are said. So principles, whatever they are, don’t matter; just persist in doing what you believe is right. You never once turned back, and haven’t you already reached S-level? If you had turned back and entered the Land of Trial, you might have long died there, or perhaps been distracted by its contents and wouldn’t have ascended to S-level so quickly." Li Xiu said.
Chu Qi seriously looked at Li Xiu for a while before nodding and saying, "No matter what, I must thank you for helping me discover the real clearing method, otherwise I would be stuck at S-level, unable to advance further in the Trial Ground and would have had to stop here."
"Looks like we both got lucky." Li Xiu saw the shield icon appearing on the light screen; both of them had randomly obtained entry tickets.
Both chose an entry ticket, and soon they were sucked into a black vortex separately.
Copper Lamp stone table, on top of the stone table was a piece of black clothing.
"Clothes!" Li Xiu’s eyes instantly lit up. He had long wanted a piece of clothing but didn’t know where to get a contract-type clothing.
Every time he entered the Trial Ground, he was clad in a tight white outfit, and if it was all men, it was fine, but when women were present, it was somewhat uncomfortable with some body parts being prominent.
The clothes on the stone table were folded neatly like a tofu stall, impossible to tell the style, but it looked rather complex, not like ordinary outerwear, with a texture resembling a piece of black satin.
Li Xiu reached out to grab the clothes; with his current physical fitness, picking up a typical contract was quite easy.
The clothes lifted easily, and the Longevity Lamp immediately emitted that elusive voice.
"Insignificant..."
Li Xiu didn’t give it the chance to finish, directly dropped his blood onto the clothes, and the clothes burst forth with black light, unfolding automatically and swirling onto Li Xiu’s body without assistance.
This attire was somewhat complex, with a short robe on top and a skirt on the bottom, purely black with a satin-like texture, exuding a unique charm on the wearer and a bit of ethereal elegance in the spirit.
"Is this a Confucian skirt?" Li Xiu looked at the black attire on himself, slightly surprised.
This was a Confucian skirt from ancient Han culture, considered a type of Hanfu, unexpectedly appearing as a contract-style garment.
Though it included a skirt, it was men’s attire; in ancient times, skirts weren’t exclusive to women.
Haoran Master Robe: Parasitic Contract.
Quality: Radiant.
Grade: E-level (evolvable).
Original quality: 0.9
Talent Skill: Vast Righteous Qi.
"Turns out, it’s a Radiant Contract!" Li Xiu was somewhat surprised, originally thinking the contract from this place wouldn’t be of high quality, yet it turned out to be Radiant quality, and having a Talent Skill at E-level was quite rare.
"Hopefully I’ll get a pair of shoes soon." Li Xiu glanced at his shoeless feet; his feet were still wrapped in the white tight suit, making them look as if he was wearing white stockings, which felt very mismatched after donning the clothes.
Longevity Lamp guided Li Xiu into the darkness, and when Li Xiu’s eyes brightened enough to discern his surroundings, he discovered he was still in an octagonal room, with stairs leading upwards.
Yet this building wasn’t bright and clean like the previous Demon Tower; it was exceedingly old and rundown, made entirely of black wooden combinations, pure wood architecture with mortise and tenon joints, not a single nail.
Despite its dilapidation, even slightly eerie and horrific, the entire building was intricately crafted with exquisite beauty.
On each wooden pillar was carved a peculiar creature, a bird, a black bird, resembling a phoenix or eagle, its eyes full of savage intent, seemingly poised to attack.
While Li Xiu was scrutinizing this building, he saw Chu Qi’s figure appear beside him, accompanied by another floating Longevity Lamp.
Li Xiu noticed Chu Qi wasn’t clad in a Confucian skirt but had a black glove on his left hand, likely the parasitic contract he obtained here.
"Righteous Gloves, Radiant Parasitic Contract." Chu Qi directly stated, seeing Li Xiu look at his gloves.
"You don’t need to tell me." Li Xiu shook his head with a wry smile: "This Chu Qi is quite frank."
"Is this the Land of Trial?" Chu Qi curiously surveyed his surroundings; though he was already S-level, it was surprisingly his first time in the Land of Trial, making him quite unique among Trial Takers.
"Yes, the Land of Trial is full of peculiarities, we must be careful; even seemingly insignificant things could be fatal." Li Xiu knew it was Chu Qi’s first time entering the Land of Trial, so he offered a couple of warnings.
"Just follow me, I’ll ensure your safety." Chu Qi misunderstood Li Xiu’s intention.
Previously when traversing the Demon Tower, Chu Qi noticed Li Xiu’s physical fitness was far inferior, naturally assuming he should protect Li Xiu, especially since this was the order from the old man.
"Thank you for your efforts." Li Xiu smiled without contesting.
"What should we do now? Should we go up?" Chu Qi looked at the stairs leading to the second floor.
"We should go up, but..." Li Xiu was about to suggest using magic spirits to probe the path, yet Chu Qi had already dashed up, ascending to the second floor in a few strides.
"Ah!"
As Li Xiu was shaking his head and sighing, suddenly hearing a scream from the second floor, his heart tightened, promptly summoning the Black Death Demon King and Black Death Demon army to charge upward.
Encircled by a group of minions and mini-minions, Li Xiu ascended to the second floor, initially bracing for a fierce battle, but the sight before him left him genuinely stunned.