Chapter 78: Gentle Village, Hero's Tomb

  Ling Die'er is absolutely not a weak person, otherwise how could she single-handedly sneak into the Shan Yang City auction house and steal the Life Jade Box?

  At this moment, she felt moved in her heart, but also knew that it was not the time to be moved, so she immediately calmed down and concentrated all her efforts on stabilizing her body.

  Chu Cheng grasped her arm, and a surge of mysterious energy was transmitted to her, providing her with the courage and strength to carry on. The next moment, she stepped out with her right foot and steadily trod on the fourteenth step.

  Chu Cheng let out a sigh of relief and hastily mobilized a drop of blood essence, and the Blood Fire appeared, merging into the Divine Embryo. The protective treasure light on his body suddenly changed, transforming into a protective treasure flame that resisted the pressure from outside. Chu Cheng lifted his left foot and stepped onto the fourteenth step.

  Then comes the fifteenth, sixteenth and seventeenth.

  Right in front of her was the last step, but at this moment, Ling Die had exhausted all her spiritual power, and even with the help of Chu Cheng's spiritual power, she still couldn't stand firm.

  Chu Cheng furrowed his brow, suddenly moved his feet, and abruptly wrapped his arms around Ling Die'er, holding her in his embrace. The warmth of the soft jade, the beauty in his arms, but Chu Cheng's heart was not stirred at all.

  "You, what are you doing! Let me go, let me go quickly!" Ling Die's body went limp, smelling the masculine scent on Chu Cheng's body, her breathing suddenly became disordered.

  She has grown up like this and has never been intimate with a man, being held in his arms. How can she not be extremely shy and have butterflies in her heart at this time?

  "Shut up! No time to bother with you, get ready, and go up!" Chu Cheng's legs slightly bent, then his arms suddenly exerted force, and surprisingly, he directly flung Ling Die'er upwards!

  The next moment, Ling Die'er stepped onto the eighteenth step and reached the twenty-sixth floor!

  But Chu Cheng took a few steps back and retreated to the twelfth step, almost falling down.

  "Chu Cheng! Be careful!" Ling Die'er couldn't help but feel embarrassed, seeing Chu Cheng almost falling down, his face pale.

  "Haha, if you weren't getting in the way, these eighteen stairs wouldn't be a challenge for me at all!" Chu Cheng laughed loudly.

  "Cut!" Ling Die'er was about to retort, but suddenly couldn't say a word, and instead felt that Chu Cheng's sentence wasn't something to be angry about, but rather had a lot of masculinity!

  Poor good girl, usually pretending to be a tomboy, now with a bright red face and shining eyes, has completely fallen for such a scoundrel and developed a crush on him.

  Chu Cheng didn't boast, if it wasn't for Ling Die'er, that last step he wanted to take, was indeed not difficult.

  Even if he didn't want to take it one step at a time, feel the immense pressure in between, and use it to temper his will, hone his still unstable seven drops of blood essence, he would have definitely gone up to the twenty-sixth floor with just a few breaths!

  Yes, now Chu City only has seven drops of blood essence. That one time to deal with Red William, the drop of blood essence that exploded was really gone and could only be re-condensed. And he didn't plan to condense the eighth drop of blood essence in a short period of time.

  Improvement is too fast, it's not a good thing. At that time, it's better to temper the existing seven drops of essence and blood repeatedly.

  Stabilizing his body on the twelfth step, Chu City took another step forward, one step at a time, amidst many people's astonished, admiring or envious gazes, and reached the twenty-sixth floor!

  At a glance, this 26th floor has only about twenty or thirty people, each of whom is a genius who has condensed blood essence. However, there is only one person who has condensed seven drops of blood essence.

  "Admiration, admiration! Young master is indeed extraordinary. This is a cup of 'Dragon's Blood Tea', and that one is 'Tender Village'. Which one would you choose, young master?"

  Suddenly a waiter walked over and gave Chu Cheng and Ling Die a slight smile.

  "Wen Rou Xiang?" Chu Cheng slightly stunned, cast his gaze towards that one cup of clear and transparent, seemingly ordinary wine.

  "Yes, Gentle Village. Among the twenty-seven floors below, this Gentle Village is one of the best wines, a cup costs 500,000 gold coins, no haggling." The waiter smiled and said.

  A 500,000-yen bottle of wine?

  Chu Cheng nodded: "Then it's settled."

  "Then I'll have 'Dragon's Blood Tea'." Ling Die'er said.

  "Here you are." The waiter handed a cup of tea and a cup of wine to the two from Chu City, then asked again: "Will the two of you continue climbing?"

  "What does this have to do with you?" Chu Cheng raised an eyebrow.

  "Hehe, it's nothing to do with Xiaoke, but if the two of you want to continue climbing, it's better not to drink for now," said the waiter with a smile.

  "Huh? Why?" Chu Cheng was puzzled.

  The waiter explained: "Because if you reach the 27th floor, there is a gift in the small building, which is a cup of 'Phoenix Blood Tea' and a cup of 'Hero's Tomb'. Drinking dragon blood tea and phoenix blood tea together, and drinking Wēn Róu Xiāng and Hero's Tomb together will have extraordinary effects."

  "I see." Chu Cheng smiled slightly: "In that case, I'll just head up to the 27th floor then."

  The city of Chu is peaceful and calm, with gentle winds and light clouds.

  "Huh? You really think you're a corner? I see that you only have seven drops of blood essence, and it seems like you just condensed it. Your breath is unstable, and you want to reach the 27th floor? Dream on!" Suddenly, a discordant voice rang out.

  He looked away, but it was a nose-up, eye-high young master who was shaking his fan and facing Chucheng with a sneer.

  "Who are you? A few drops of blood essence?" Chu Cheng sneered.

  "This young master is one of the four major families in Wangdu, a member of the Huo family, Huo Lianxiang! The Lianxiang who cherishes jade! That beautiful woman next to that brainless guy, what are you doing? Come, come, follow this young master, I'm the most fond of cherishing jade!" Huo Lianxiang whistled.

  "You!" Ling Die'er's face was filled with anger, just about to erupt, when Chu Cheng suddenly stretched out his hand and grabbed her.

  "A man, taking a woman's name, and still having the nerve to speak out? Looking at you, are you eighteen or nineteen? You've only condensed nine drops of blood essence, aren't you ashamed? Having condensed nine drops of blood essence, yet unable to ascend to the twenty-seventh floor, instead causing chaos on this twenty-sixth floor, isn't that humiliating?" Chu Cheng spoke without mercy, his words a direct insult.

  "You! Don't be arrogant, all talk and no action! You don't understand anything! The 29th floor is that easy to climb? Even among the top nine geniuses, at least eight of them can't rely on their own abilities to climb that staircase! If you have the ability, try climbing it!" Huo Lianxiang said angrily.

  "What's it to you if I go up?" Chu Cheng sneered.

  "If you can climb up, I'll roll down to the first floor and never come back to Warm Jade Building again! But if you can't climb up, you have to knock your head on the ground eighteen times for me and call me 'Grandfather' eighteen times!" Huo Lianxiang said angrily.

  "Chu City, don't agree to it! This 27th floor is too difficult! He's right, even if you're a top-notch Blood Spirit, nine out of ten wouldn't be able to make it up!" Ling Die'er said in a low voice.

  "Haha, don't dare anymore? Then kneel down and kowtow to me, haha!" Huo Lianxiang laughed wildly.

  "Who says I'm afraid? You wait and roll down!" Chu Cheng smiled coldly and walked to the front of the stairs.

  "Chu City, are you really going up?" Ling Die'er asked worriedly.

  "What, don't you have confidence in me? Just eighteen steps, and I'll be stumped?" Chu Cheng smiled.

  "Alright then! I'll wait for you on the 27th floor!" Ling Die'er bit her lip.

  "Huh... can you go up to the 27th floor?" Chu Cheng was puzzled.

  Ling Die'er's strength is not even enough to reach the 26th floor, how can she reach the 27th floor?

  "Hehe, today there's a small gathering on the 27th floor and I have an invitation, so I can go up directly. This is a special case! And the invitation can also bring one person, that's why I said I could take you to the 27th floor. How about it? Are you coming with me?"

  "I'm going! Who would have thought there's such a good thing? Alright, you don't believe in my abilities? You go up first, I'll be right there." Chu Cheng rubbed his head, suddenly speechless.

  "Then I'll wait for you." Ling Die took out a golden invitation card, and under the leadership of the attendant, she actually passed through a small transmission array and disappeared instantly, apparently going upstairs.

  After a few breaths, Ling Die appeared on the stairs of the twenty-seventh floor, looking at Chucheng and waving to him.

  "I'm here!" Chu Cheng smiled faintly and lifted his left foot to step onto the first step.

  "Boom!"

  A loud rumble echoed within Chu City. It was the sound of a hidden thunder, inaudible to outsiders, and only audible to Chu City itself.

  Dark clouds are rising, representing the external pressure on Chucheng has reached a new intensity.

  At the same time, Chu Cheng's entire skeletal system was compressed tightly. Chu Cheng let out a low growl and his body shook violently as a series of tiger-like thunderous sounds emitted from within him.

  This is a harmonious resonance of muscles and bones, stretching and exercising muscles and bones, activating the divine fetus, and resisting pressure!

  His whole body shone with brilliant light, the first and second drops of blood essence in his body burst into action instantly, the blood fire burned fiercely, merged with the brilliant light, transformed into a protective treasure fire.

  Chu Cheng lifted his right foot and stepped onto the first step, then stood firm!

  Then, Chu Cheng took a deep breath and lifted his left foot onto the second step.

  The second step was even more pressurized and stronger than the first one! However, Chu Cheng stood firmly on it without moving a single thread.

  Then comes the third step, the fourth step, the fifth step!

  Inside Chu City, the third and fourth drops of blood essence also launched one after another, and the blood fire burned. In the end, the fifth drop of blood essence was also activated, five drops of blood essence, five points of blood fire, the treasure fire transformed into a fire halo, firmly protecting Chu City.

  And Chu Cheng also stepped onto the ninth step!

  However, at this time, Chu Cheng couldn't use the sixth drop of Blood Essence because he had advanced too quickly and his breath was unstable, so he couldn't fully mobilize the blood fire in the sixth drop of Blood Essence.

  Then he began to mobilize the divine fetus treasure blood symbol.

  The first Divine Fetus Treasure Blood Symbol, the second Divine Fetus Treasure Blood Symbol!

  This divine fetus treasure blood symbol, Chu City can indeed mobilize all of it, but under this intense pressure, he must leave two behind to protect his internal organs and ensure absolute safety.

  Under the protection of the Divine Fetus Precious Blood Symbol, Chu Cheng once again exerted his strength and stepped onto the sixteenth step.

  But by this point, external pressure had reached an unimaginable level, and no matter how strong Chu City was, it would be difficult to take the next step.

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