Sacrificial Artifact System: From Bell-ringer to the Ancestral Patriarch of the Sect-Chapter 435 - 263 Lihuo Palace

"I have just reached the Return to Void stage, could you enlighten me as to why we are being conscripted?"

Li Qian clasped his hands and asked.

He felt a bit puzzled; just arrived and already someone mysteriously saying they were being conscripted?

However, considering the flying vessel hovering in the air, it was certainly no small matter.

"This Return to Void realm falls under the jurisdiction of our Lihuo Palace. Recruiting you all, the Refinement Returners, is only natural. As long as you serve Lihuo Palace well and achieve enough merits, perhaps once you reach the Returning Void Perfection in the future, you will have the opportunity to gain status."

The armored man said indifferently.

Li Qian’s thoughts raced, assessing the risks.

Perhaps, this was an opportunity to leave the Oasis Camp and see the true face of this world.

Of course, the situation might also become worse.

He sensed the man’s aura... it gave him a vague feeling of terror.

Plus, the enormous flying vessel hovering in the air.

In other words, he had no other choice.

The flying vessel descended, and as a door slowly opened, the space inside was revealed.

"Go in."

The armored man said.

The people from the Oasis Camp, though reluctant, could only enter the flying vessel.

When Li Qian entered inside, the space was surprisingly spacious.

Moreover, besides the people from their camp, there were two to three hundred other beings from different races, all of whom by their auras, clearly belonged to the stage of Refinement Returners.

As the hatch closed, the flying vessel began to vibrate slightly.

Li Qian could feel the vessel had started to fly rapidly.

Uncertain where this flying vessel would take them?

After an unknown period, suddenly the hatch opened, followed by the armored man standing up and saying: "We’ve arrived, everyone follow me out."

Thus, more than a hundred people filed out following the armored man, outside was a massive plaza with numerous flying vessels parked.

Many Refinement Returners had already disembarked from the vessels and were forming lines, heading towards the distant buildings.

"Keep up."

The armored man said.

The architecture here was peculiar, looking like series of tall towers.

He counted, each tower was a hundred levels high.

Arriving beneath one of the towers.

"This is the place where you all will live and cultivate in the future. The higher the level, the better the cultivation conditions. Your residing floor is determined by your Returning Void Steps; whether lower or higher, you cannot enter."

The armored man said: "Each level can accommodate a hundred people. If your Returning Void Steps increase, you can move up. Remember, the higher your Returning Void Steps, you can gain better benefits, which is greatly beneficial for your future development."

"Then what do we need to do?"

Someone asked.

"Hehe... since you have been conscripted, tasks will naturally be assigned to you in the future."

The armored man chuckled lightly.

After speaking, he turned and left.

The people present looked at each other but soon all entered the tower, ascending the stairs.

The higher they went, the fewer people there were.

When they reached the thirtieth floor, only about a dozen people remained from the original two or three hundred.

When they reached the fortieth floor, only a few people remained.

By the fiftieth floor, only Li Qian was left.

Tuo Ba only reached the forty-fifth floor.

Finally, Li Qian arrived at the eighty-first floor.

Because he had already achieved eighty-one Returning Void Steps.

When he tried to proceed to the eighty-second floor, he found an invisible resistance preventing him from stepping up.

Li Qian stopped, then returned to the eighty-first floor, most rooms showed occupancy, with only a dozen unoccupied.

Li Qian casually chose one unoccupied room and went inside.

The space inside was not large, but it didn’t feel cramped.

A set of armor, a spear, two sets of clothes.

A book, and two bottles of elixir.

Li Qian picked up the book and glanced through it, the name was Refining Spirit Technique.

It mainly served to absorb Spiritual Energy, discover Spiritual Aperture, strengthen the Spirit Body, and enhance Spiritual Power...

Li Qian only skimmed it briefly and tossed it aside, because compared to his Divine Firmament Sword Scripture, this Refining Spirit Technique was far inferior.

However, for ordinary Refinement Returners, this Refining Spirit Technique was absolutely crucial.

As for the two bottles of elixir, one was the Refining Spirit Pill, mainly providing Spiritual Energy for the Refinement Returners’ cultivation.

This was far superior to ordinary food.

After swallowing one pill, Li Qian immediately felt its absorption efficiency was very high, much better than Spiritual Water.

"What a pity, these Refining Spirit Pills are limited."

Li Qian glanced at the bottle of Refining Spirit Pills, there were only a hundred pills, one per day, sufficient for one hundred days.

But the issue is... Li Qian felt he could consume more than ten pills a day without any problem.

After all, he possessed a Half-Immortal Body, practiced the Divine Firmament Sword Scripture, had the assistance of the Chen Bell for cultivation, and could use it to store Spiritual Energy.

As for the other bottle of elixir, it was the Refining Void Pill.

This pill had an effect, which was to extend the Return to Void time, preventing situations of materialization due to excessive Return to Void time.

Li Qian couldn’t be bothered with much, and immediately began his cultivation.

An unknown amount of time passed when suddenly a voice resonated in the room, "Return to Void time is up. Please end the Return to Void. The next Return to Void time is... please ensure timely Return to Void to avoid punishment for violations of the Return to Void management regulations."

"Tsk tsk, it seems this Lihuo Palace intends to deliberately control the Return to Void time of the Refinement Returners."

Li Qian thought inwardly.

However, he chose to end the Return to Void.

Thus, another twenty years passed; every time he returned to Void, he appeared inside the tower’s room.