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On the stone stairs, Cang Yun sensed something and raised his head. When his gaze met with Zhou Hua's gaze, and saw the latter's smile, which said "victory is in his grasp," he actually laughed blandly.

Thus, in the next moment, Cang Yun's expression tightened, and his body suddenly rushed out. Under the gaze of Zhou Hua whose complexion slightly changed, in a few leaps, he reached the 20th step. When his body came to a stop, a brilliant smile rose on his face.

Zhou Hua's face instantly darkened, he looked down at the bright smile on the youth's face, as though he was laughing at him, causing him to feel extremely uncomfortable.

"Humph, arrogant brat, this stone staircase is getting harder and harder to climb compared to the first level. With your cultivation of the Mysterious Treasure Trove, I want to see how long you can stay alive!" With a cold snort, Zhou Hua shot a cold glance at Cang Yun before retracting his gaze.

Seeing that, Cang Yun once again calmed his mind, and his speed increased a little after the small episode. After observing for a while, he realised that the strange stone stairs did not just test one's strength, but also one's talent.

This was because he could clearly sense that the few Zhou Family disciples who were at the second realm, were facing the pressure of the stone stairs, and the source power was operating with a sluggish feeling, so under this situation, even though it was just the first realm, he did not feel anything at all, so he guessed that the higher the quality of his own source power, the easier it would be to resist the pressure from the stone stairs.

After thinking through all these, Cang Yun's confidence in this stage of the trial increased greatly. Although his cultivation was slightly weaker, the quality of the source power in his body was outstanding.

Weng! *

Around half an hour later, on the last flight of stairs on the thirty-third level of the first stage, a distorted buzzing sound suddenly appeared.

Everyone looked up, to see that Zhou Jun and Zhou An had already completed the first stage of the trial, and a dense ball of light appeared in front of the two of them, inside of which was obviously the reward for completing the trial.

"After completing a stage, there will be a reward. This means that the stone stairs have also been divided into three stages, and each time should correspond to the first floor of the Old Tower." Seeing Zhou Jun and Yue Shan taking the rewards for the trial, Cang Yun pondered for a moment, and then muttered to himself.

If these ninety-nine stone stairs were only a single trial, then the difficulty would be too great. After all, there were nine trials within the nine Old Tower.

After clarifying the rules, in the next moment, everyone's mood instantly rose. With the results from before as a comparison, everyone was extremely envious of the exam rewards. They all mustered their strength and started to rush forward.

On the twenty-fifth floor, Cang Yun's eyes also flickered with a faint excitement. He was similarly anxious for the trial reward.

Swish swish!

In an instant, numerous figures continuously flew towards the end of the first stage. The fastest was naturally Zhou Xian'er, who had outstanding innate strength, and with a few leaps, he easily reached the top of the stone table at the finish line. Following closely behind was Zhou Hua, whose strength had also reached the third stage of the Secret Treasure.

After the two happily kept the trial rewards, they both turned around, and their gazes landed on Cang Yun, who was flying over from not too far away.

The joy on Zhou Xian'er's beautiful face became even more intense, and she waved her hand, signalling Cang Yun to cheer, but Zhou Hua's expression was somewhat gloomy, but he was not surprised by this, long ago when Cang Yun had broken through, he had personally witnessed the strength of the source power, so completing the first stage of the source power was not too difficult, and it was within his expectations.

Clatter!

After a while, under the gaze of the two, Cang Yun also stepped onto the finish line stone table, and after feeling the pressure around his body suddenly dissipate, his expression relaxed, and he nodded towards Zhou Xian'er with a smile.

In the next moment, the trial reward appeared in front of him, his hand extended to grab the ball of light, and when the light faded, he saw the original green Pills, and a satisfied smile instantly appeared on Cang Yun's face.

"Pei-Yuan Dan!" After muttering to himself, Cang Yun could not help but sigh in his heart: "Anything that is missing will come. This luck is really not good."

As the name suggested, the Pei-Yuan Dan was a Pills that could strengthen the body and strengthen the body. Although it could not be used to increase the strength directly, it could quickly stabilize the warrior's cultivation base. It was especially effective for those who had just broken through a new realm, and could greatly shorten the time a warrior needed to train in it.

Furthermore, from the dense medicinal fragrance that was coming from the cyan Pills, one could tell that the medicinal power of the Essence Nurturing Pill was not ordinary as well. It was estimated that this single Pills would be able to completely stabilize the cultivation that Cang Yun just had, and that meant that he would be able to breakthrough to the second realm even faster.

"Big Brother Cang Yun's luck is really good, these rewards seem to have been customized for you." came to Cang Yun's side and said smilingly. It was obvious that she had realized this point.

Hearing that, Cang Yun laughed, and said: The goal of the clan's trial is to help people raise their cultivation, so it's not strange to have these rewards, it's just that my cultivation is lower, and is able to directly use them.

First, he needed three Wall Breaking Pills to help him break through his cultivation realm, and after that, he would be able to use the Essence Nurturing Pills, unlike Zhou Xian'er and the others who, because they were strong, were insufficient to break through cultivation realm, thus he was temporarily unable to use them.

Zhou Xian'er nodded her head, then stared at Cang Yun and said: "Then Big Brother Cang Yun can take this Pei-Yuan Dan, I will protect you."

"That's my plan." Cang Yun smiled and nodded. This finishing point, the stone table, was the only place without pressure, and was the most suitable for cultivation.

In the next moment, Cang Yun sat cross legged on the ground of the stone table, closed his eyes slightly, waited for his breath to calm down, and then raised his hand to put the Pei-Yuan Dan into his mouth.

Weng! *

The moment the Pills entered his mouth, it instantly dissolved and a rich medicinal fragrance wafted out. Immediately after, a warm and pure medicinal power slowly entered his dantian like a stream of water.

This Essence Nurturing Pill required one to be able to stabilize one's cultivation and hence, the medicinal effect was extremely gentle. A comfortable feeling rose in the air wherever one looked, as if a spring breeze caressed their faces.

But Cang Yun was not immersed in it, as the medicinal power spread to his dantian, his hands unhesitatingly formed the cultivation seals, urging his source power s, helping him to refine the pure medicinal power.

Gradually, the dark black source power in his body became thicker and more profound under the nourishment of the medicinal strength. A feeling of strength stronger than before also surfaced from within it.