Chapter Seventy-Nine: Flame Phoenix Feather, Towards Zi Jian

  "Haha, I knew it! That guy is an idiot, daring to shout about reaching the 27th floor? Idiot, idiot! Wait for him to kowtow and apologize to me, haha!" Huo Lianxiang let out a sigh of relief, laughing loudly with mocking words.

  "Shut up!" Suddenly, a youth of fifteen or sixteen years old stood up and shouted loudly.

  He is the only one of the twenty-sixth floor with seven drops of blood essence, and also the youngest.

  "Hmph, Luo Hongmu, are you going to speak up for him? He's just a fool, are you one too?" Huo Lianxiang said disdainfully.

  "I'm not a fool, you're the fool! Huo Lianxiang, you mock him, have you ever thought that you can't even climb to the 16th step yourself?" Luo Hongmu sneered.

  "You! Luo Hongmu, how did you know I couldn't get on?" Huo Lianxiang angrily laughed back.

  "Can't get on? Try it and you'll know! Are you daring enough to try it out live, if you have the ability to get on the 27th floor?" Luo Hongmu said.

  "You! This young master won't do such a boring thing, anyway that guy will have to kowtow to me!" Huo Lianxiang said stubbornly.

  "Hmph, a coward indeed. I, Luo Hongmu, dare to admit that I only stepped onto the 15th step and stopped at the 16th step, indeed inferior to that person. But what of it? The present does not represent the future, maybe in the future I won't be inferior to him!"

  "Haha, Hongmu said it right, I also dare to admit that I'm not even as good as Hongmu, and can only step onto the 14th step! But I've just condensed eight drops of Blood Essence, once I condense the ninth drop, I'll definitely be able to ascend!" A sturdy youth shouted loudly.

  "I've climbed up to the sixteenth step, but I exhausted my nine drops of blood essence and still couldn't surpass him! But I'll continue to accumulate and challenge again!" a slightly older student said in a low voice.

  "I will also continue to challenge..."

  "I will too..."

  For a moment, everyone expressed their opinions one after another. Huo Lianxiang's face turned increasingly pale, but these people all had impressive backgrounds, and several of them were even more powerful than herself - not easy to mess with!

  It's all because of that idiot who was climbing the stairs!

  Hu Liuxiang thought to herself, later she must thoroughly humiliate that blind thing, how dare it provoke your family's Liuxiang grandfather!

  At this time, on the sixteenth step, Chucheng suddenly withdrew his left foot and stood firmly on the steps, then closed his eyes.

  With his current abilities, unless he uses a secret method, it's impossible for him to climb up. However, he still has another way.

  He wants to use the pressure on this ladder to cultivate himself, and then cultivate again!

  He wants to use this pressure to temper his sixth and seventh drops of blood essence, thoroughly grasping the two drops of blood essence.

  Indeed, the pressure on this staircase is a perfect place for cultivation, just like Lao Jun's Bagua furnace, which can refine impurities, temper blood essence, and make one's own blood essence more condensed and thoroughly stable.

  Time passed minute by minute and second by second until a stick of incense had burned out, then Chu Cheng slowly opened his eyes.

  Finally grasped the sixth drop of Blood Essence!

  Then he suddenly stepped out with his left foot and firmly trod on the seventeenth step!

  Then he stepped out with his right foot and also set foot on the seventeenth step. His two feet were slightly apart, motionless.

  Then, Chucheng closed his eyes again.

  Huolianshang's face was getting uglier and uglier, secretly thinking in her heart that she must not step on it, wanting to fall down, die from the fall would be best!

  However, after three sticks of incense, Chu Cheng opened his eyes, and a brilliant light shot out from them.

  Then, he mobilized his last drop of essence and blood, the flames spread, merging into the Protective Treasure Fire.

  Then he stepped out with his left foot, and his right foot followed, onto the twenty-seventh floor!

  "Chu City, you really did it! You really did it!" A slender figure rushed into Chu City's arms, Ling Die'er beaming with joy, her face still streaked with tears.

  "How can this be, how can this be!" Downstairs, Huo Lianxiang's incredulous and frantic shouting was met with complete indifference by everyone.

  Everyone on that floor stood up and applauded.

  Only they knew what a miracle this was, how powerful it was! This person's qualifications could already be compared to those of the little madman of the Shen family!

  At this time, Huo Lianxiang finally calmed down and saw that everyone was unaware, so she wanted to quietly leave.

  "Huo Lianxiang, what are you doing! Do you want to run away? Have you asked me, Luo Hongmu?" Luo Hongmu suddenly shouted loudly, scaring Huo Lianxiang out of her wits.

  "Hey, Huo Lianxiang, you've forgotten your own bet? Do I need to remind you? Rolling down the stairs, remember now?" The burly youth burst out laughing.

  "Do you want to leave? Think carefully, if you really run away like this, your reputation will be completely ruined!" someone else said.

  Hu Liangxiang's mouth twitched violently.

  He hated Chu Cheng extremely and also hated the broken Luo Hongmu!

  If looks could kill, Luo Hong would have been killed a thousand times by him.

  "Don't glare at me, you did it yourself, take responsibility for it!" Luo Hongmu said fearlessly.

  He is a member of the Luo family, why should he be afraid of the Huo family?

  "Hmph, I'm leaving today. Let's see who can stop me?" Huo Lianxiang thought to herself that reputation was nothing but a fart, as long as she didn't lose face, it was fine.

  But just at this moment, a sigh was suddenly heard, and a voice came from upstairs.

  Upon hearing this sigh, Huo Lianxiang's body froze instantly, and she slowly turned around to look up at the floor above. A gradually clearer figure appeared, with a terrified face: "Huo, Huo Fengyu!"

  The one known as "Huǒ Yuèyǔ" sighed and said, "A member of the Huǒ family would never speak without keeping their word. Huǒ Liánxiāng, get out!"

  As soon as this was said, Huo Lianxiang's face instantly turned red, her eyes staring straight at Huo Fengyu, word by word saying: "You, are, sure?"

  Huǒ Huáng Yǔ let out another sigh and said, "Alas, you won't make me take action myself, will you?"

  Huolianshang seemed to be extremely afraid of this person, gritted her teeth, and suddenly turned around, walked to the front of the stairs, then hugged her knees with both hands, and rolled down like that!

  Soon, he rolled from the 26th floor directly to the first floor, with a bruised nose and swollen face. He then got up, limping and staggering away without looking back.

  At this time, on the 26th floor, everyone bowed their hands towards Huo Fengyu.

  Luohongmu smiled first: "I heard that Huodage is hosting a small hero wine party, we all want an invitation! Unfortunately, I couldn't get one, so I won't be able to go and cheer him on."

  That fiery phoenix feather, however, smiled slightly: "It was I who didn't think it through and delayed all of you. Please, everyone!"

  He waved his hand and twenty or thirty golden invitations floated down, accurately landing in front of each person.

  Luohong was stunned for a moment, but he didn't expect Huo Feng's move. He suddenly felt very honored and hastily said: "Thank you, Big Brother Huo! I'll come up right away!"

  Then, a group of people followed the servant into the transmission array.

  "Congratulations, young master! Congratulations, young master! This cup of 'Hero's Mound' is a gift for you. Please drink it with 'Tender Village' together, and you will surely find an unimaginable wonderful effect!" The waiter presented the "Hero's Mound" with both hands and then withdrew.

  This cup of "Hero's Mound" is equally clear and transparent, and cannot smell any wine or fragrance. If you don't taste it, you can't guess the secret inside at all.

  At this time, Ling Die'er led Chu Cheng to stand in front of Huo Feng Yu and said softly:

  "Huo Da Ge, this is Chu Cheng, the second son of Mount Tian Song, younger brother of Chu Yan. Chu Cheng, this is Huo Feng, Huo Da Ge, the number one genius of the young generation of the Huo family, and in the previous Youth Hero Conference, he was on par with your older brother Chu Yan!"

  Phoenix Feather?

  Is Huo Yuhao the number one genius? Tied with his big brother?

  Chu Cheng's eyes lit up and he hastily cupped his hands together in greeting: "Greetings, Fire Big Brother!"

  That fiery phoenix, dressed in all red attire, was likely no more than twenty years old, but at a glance, he seemed like a calm and collected individual, rather than some impulsive young man.

  Huǒ Huáng Yǔ also cupped his hands and smiled, saying

  "Chu Er Gongzi is great! Don't listen to Die'er's nonsense, I'm not the first genius of the Huo family. As for being on par with Chu Yan, that's even more ridiculous - if I could just keep up with his footsteps, this life would be worth it!"

  Whenever Chu Yan is mentioned, he is met with endless sighs and reverence, as if he is highly revered.

  "Fire big brother...... know my big brother?" Chu Cheng hastily asked.

  Huāng Yǔ shook his head and said, "Chu Yan entered the imperial capital and became famous throughout the city. He was then taken in by Xuan Lao. I had no chance to meet him. However, his reputation is so loud that among all those geniuses back then, who dared to claim they were on par with him?"

  "My elder brother is indeed so powerful!" Chu Cheng sighed secretly in his heart.

  Huāng Yǔ let out another sigh, with a hint of guilt in his tone: "I've apologized to Second Master Chǔ for what happened earlier. A big family like ours will inevitably have some unevenness, and there will be some unrefined people who appear. Please forgive me, Second Master."

  "Make a polite gesture," Chu Cheng hastily waved his hand: "Too polite, Fire Big Brother is too polite. Just now I was also too reckless, here to apologize to Fire Big Brother."

  "Alright, alright! Today is Huo Da Ge's wine party, why say such depressing things? Huo Da Ge, Ling Die Er is craving for wine!"

  "Alright, alright, it's my fault. Let's have some wine! Chu Er Gongzi, Die'er, please take your seats!" Huo Huangyu took a step back and stretched out his hand in a gesture of invitation.

  Chu Cheng nodded slightly, clasped his hands together and looked at the 27th floor where a grand banquet was laid out. About fifty people were seated sparsely around the table, nearly thirty of whom had just come up from below, meaning that only about twenty or so could be invited by Huo Fengyu.

  These twenty or so people, all sitting in the front row, each and every one of them with a solid aura. Chu Cheng's Blood Pupil Technique swept over them lightly, discovering that at least six or seven of them were completely opaque to him, while another ten or so had nine drops of blood essence. It seemed that they had all relied on their own abilities to reach the 27th floor, and it wasn't easy!

  Chu Cheng's eyes suddenly lit up and he found that the front row seat, which was originally at the last position, seemed to have an empty seat, so he walked in that direction.

  At this moment, someone suddenly shouted loudly: "Chu City? Second Master Chu? That seat is prepared for the Xiang family's Xiang Zijian, you'd better sit somewhere else!"

  To Zijian?

  "What if I have to sit in that position?"

  "Then ask the sword in my hand!" Just then, a cold voice rang out.