Path of Alchemy Mastery-Chapter 446 - 459: Tower Climbing

"Why are you leaving? There are still quite a few nice treasures in there." Wang Cai looked back longingly every three steps, hoping the old man would call them back and give them the treasures for free.

"Welcome to come again." The old man bid them farewell.

"These things should be very precious, and I have a feeling that when we get to the twentieth floor, we might meet an old man like this." Mu Can said thoughtfully while feeling the Divine Crystal in his hand.

"I get it now, do you know what this is?" Mu Can asked Wang Cai, holding up the Divine Crystal.

"What is this? It’s neither a Spirit Crystal nor a Demon Crystal." Wang Cai replied irritably, still resentful that Mu Can had pulled him away.

"This thing, it could very well be energy purified from the body of an extraterrestrial evil demon." Mu Can shared his speculation.

"What?" Wang Cai nearly dropped the Divine Crystal in his paw.

"It’s simple, any Array needs a power source, and generally, the place that serves as the Array Eye is definitely where energy is provided for the entire Big Formation. According to the habits of the rulers of the Three Realms, this Sky Tower should be similar to Tongshen Mountain, basically like a Magic Treasure."

"But think about it, what kind of thing can bear such a huge Array, and also those undying Gatekeepers?" Mu Can continued to inquire.

"Are you saying that extraterrestrial evil demon that was sealed? All this energy was extracted from its body?" Wang Cai instantly grasped the mechanics of the situation.

If explained this way, it was easy to make sense of everything.

Their guess was correct; the Sky Tower was indeed created by the masters of the Three Realms. All the Arrays on it and those guardian Knights were all created by them. Initially, the tower operated by absorbing the Origin of the world.

But after suppressing the extraterrestrial evil demon, the masters of the Three Realms, using their last days, modified this tall tower.

It became a Spiritual Power absorption device, continuously drawing Spiritual Power directly from the sealed extraterrestrial evil demon.

And this Spiritual Power not only provided the energy needed for the entire High Interface but also provided energy for those created Gatekeepers.

During the process of absorbing energy and rebirth, it was possible for these Gatekeepers to possess what is known as Divine Crystals – the purest energy extracted from the body of the extraterrestrial evil demon.

"That should be the case, I didn’t expect you to be so observant," Wang Cai laughed and said.

"Right, then why did you pull me over here?" Even so, the three Spirit Crystals in hand should be enough for them to exchange for a flying ship, racing through the Mortal World at speeds surpassing the Void Level—just imagine, what a comfortable feeling that would be.

"I pulled you over here to do something."

"What is it?"

"Grinding the tower." Mu Can said with finality.

...

"Is this really okay?" Mu Can, dragging Wang Cai along, walked down the stairs.

"Mu Can?" He ran into Donghuang head-on.

"What a coincidence." Mu Can said coldly. It was already good that he didn’t attack upon meeting; one couldn’t expect any good expression from Mu Can towards Donghuang.

"Did you fail the challenge?" Seeing Mu Can walking downwards, Donghuang was puzzled, yet secretly pleased. With Mu Can going down, this meant he was ahead of Mu Can in progress. If he could be the first to reach the top, then the final victory would be his.

He would become the first of the Void Level in the Mortal World.

"Who told you we failed? We are going to..."

"Wang Cai, shut up." Mu Can interrupted Wang Cai’s words. This silly dog nearly spilled the secret.

"Let’s settle our final battle when I break through to the Void Level. Whichever of us breaks through later, there’s only one outcome – death," Donghuang said coldly.

Although he wanted to attack now, seeing Mu Can’s calm face and that damned dog by his side, he discarded the thought. It would be an undoubted loss to fight here.

Let the battle wait until they reach the Void Level.

"Alright." Mu Can agreed readily, and Donghuang’s hanging heart relaxed.

In such a confined space, the strength of the two individuals opposite him seemed not weaker than his own. If they really fought, he wasn’t confident.

Mu Can continued to walk down, and Donghuang walked up, passing by each other.

"It seems that this isn’t an overlapping space, why is that?" Mu Can wondered to himself.

Back on Divine Mountain, although all spaces were of the same origin, it was like each person was in their own little sub-space. But it was different here; everyone was in the same space.

"There must be a purpose for this from the masters of the Three Realms," Mu Can thought, yet he couldn’t figure out the answer.

"Wow! Maybe the enemies we encounter later will require everyone to join forces to get through," Wang Cai suddenly said, having an epiphany.

This remark did indeed remind Mu Can, and upon closer consideration, only this explanation made the most sense.

"Very likely. Who cares about that, let’s first farm more Divine Crystals." As he was speaking, Mu Can had already reached the first level.

When they once again set foot in the middle area, seeing those familiar five figures, Mu Can knew that his bet was right.

These Gatekeepers could appear an unlimited number of times.

And so, Mu Can began his grueling tower climbing challenge.

This time after climbing to the tenth level, Mu Can had two more Divine Crystals in his hand, while Donghuang had already reached the fifteenth level and had exchanged his Spirit Crystals for the defensive Magic Treasure, the Thousand Mechanism Umbrella.

After climbing to the tenth level, instead of going up, Mu Can turned around and went back down to the first level.

"What are you doing?" This time, he again encountered Dongfeng Shuo, an old acquaintance who had just entered the tower.

"I’m climbing the tower, and we feel that we’ve hit a cultivation bottleneck, so we’re here to properly practice our combat techniques." Before Mu Can could answer, Wang Cai jumped out to say it, as she didn’t want others to know their secret.

"Please, go on ahead, senior." Mu Can said with a respectful hand gesture.

If Mu Can had previously harbored hostility towards these people, suspecting them to be from the Demon Clan or Immortal Clan with ill intentions towards the Mortal World, now Mu Can’s perspective had greatly broadened. He now believed that these people would be a great help in the future when facing an invasion from external evil demons.

"Alright then, I’ll go on ahead." Despite being puzzled, Dongfeng Shuo still stepped forward and walked up.

The third time, Mu Can only got one Divine Crystal, but because of the repetitive battles, his speed was faster than before.

"Look at that idiot Mu Can, I’ve left him far behind." With the Heavenly Mechanism Umbrella, Donghuang’s speed in climbing the tower increased a lot.

After all, only he could attack those statues, and the attacks of those statues were completely ineffective against him.

"Next time we meet, will be your doom." Donghuang thought viciously, then climbed upwards, reaching the thirtieth level.

At this moment, Mu Can had just returned to the tenth level again.

"Only 6, looks like we can’t repeat this anymore, let’s move up." Mu Can felt that if he went down again, he probably wouldn’t get any more Divine Crystals. Such things should appear only in parts over a period of time, and couldn’t appear infinitely.

"Should we buy something?" Wang Cai’s little eyes had long since drifted towards the old man’s stall.

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Wait until the twentieth level to see if there are new items.

The higher they went, the more powerful the Gatekeepers became; floor by floor, Mu Can didn’t give himself any time to rest and kept climbing upward.

Ding!

A light chime, and Wang Cai rushed over to pick up the Divine Crystal.

"Not bad, not bad, 10 now, I will definitely exchange for a flying boat later." Wang Cai counted the Divine Crystals in his hand, looking like a money-grubber.

"What do you need a flying boat for? When I reach the Void Level, I can just carry you to fly." Mu Can’s face showed helplessness.

"What do you know? Can flying on one’s own be the same as steering a flying boat? Flying yourself is so low-end. I, Lord Wang Cai, need a high-end, classy flying vehicle that matches my status." Wang Cai looked very self-satisfied.

"And what status do you have?" Mu Can casually asked.

"The Reincarnation Pearl’s Artifact Spirit, a Great Power of the Supreme Interface, pet of the Heavenly Dao thief, Sect Hierarch of the Wangcai Divine Sect, the number one Array Master of the Three Realms." Wang Cai counted his titles, which actually seemed quite impressive when listed out.

"Right, there’s also the number one Braggart of the Three Realms, and also my little sidekick, Mu Can." Mu Can unceremoniously struck him down.

"Fine, a sidekick then. After all, you’ve promised me already, all the treasures must be managed by me." Wang Cai said nonchalantly; after all, he was Mu Can’s treasure Housekeeper, hence all treasures Mu Can obtained in the future had to be handed over to Wang Cai for safekeeping.

Wang Cai’s favorite title was just that.

"Let’s go, keep climbing, this place is really nice." Mu Can shook his head and continued upwards.

"Wang Cai, why do you think the master of the Three Realms would create such a place?" Mu Can climbed the stairs and asked.

It was also thanks to him bringing Wang Cai along that he had someone to talk to. If he had to fight in such a dull manner alone, he would definitely feel bored.

"Could it be to continuously absorb Spiritual Power from the external evil demons without giving them a chance to recover?" Wang Cai hit the nail on the head with his reply.

"Very possible, that would mean that the strength of this external evil demon leader is far beyond our imagination. So many years have passed since their battle, yet these external evil demons can still provide such immense Spiritual Power, it’s incredible." Mu Can marveled.

With regards to the potential invasion war against the external evil demons in the future, Mu Can had no confidence in his heart.

This wasn’t child’s play; Void Level beings were merely foot soldiers, what could the Three Realms bring out to face such an invasion?

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