CHAPTER 1933: CHAPTER 1930: WHITE JADE SQUARE

The Four Heavenly Disabled Brothers departed, leaving Lin Bai and Hu Qi standing side by side.

Hu Qi said, "Brother Lin Bai, as previously agreed, we’ll each take thirty thousand of the tribute items here."

"Alright."

Lin Bai nodded slightly, leaped forward, and one by one, collected the tribute items into his storage bag. Lin Bai and Hu Qi each took thirty thousand. After Lin Bai obtained enough tribute items, he stopped taking more.

After the two of them secured their tribute items, Lin Bai asked with a smile, "Brother Qi, what are your plans next? Do you intend to stay on the Sixth Floor to hunt some puppets together or go straight to the Seventh Floor?"

Hu Qi chuckled lightly, "I don’t plan to stay on the Sixth Floor any longer. Now that I have enough tribute items, I intend to head to the Seventh Floor or perhaps directly to the Ninth Floor."

"What about you, Brother Lin Bai?"

Hu Qi asked with a smile.

Lin Bai shook his head and said, "With thirty thousand tribute items, it should be enough for me to reach the Ninth Floor. So I’ll go straight up; I don’t want to hunt these puppets anymore."

To reach the Seventh Floor requires seven thousand tribute items.

The Eighth Layer requires eight thousand tribute items.

To reach the Ninth Floor requires nine thousand tribute items.

Adding up the three floors, a total of only twenty-one thousand tribute items are needed. Now Lin Bai has thirty thousand tribute items on him, making the journey to the Ninth Floor more than sufficient.

Hu Qi chuckled lightly, "Brother Lin Bai, even though we can both easily reach the Ninth Floor now, don’t forget that when you reach the Ninth Floor, you must pay tribute to the Yuanzu God Statue."

"The more tribute you offer, the better blessings you receive from the Yuanzu God Statue."

"Although you have thirty thousand tribute items now, you will be left with only nine thousand after reaching the Ninth Floor. Offering nine thousand in tribute won’t bring you much fortune."

"Remember what Senior Ren Tinggao told us when we entered the Nine Heavens Primordial Ancestor Mountain? Over twenty years ago, a warrior offered over a hundred thousand tribute items and acquired a King-level Spiritual Artifact."

Lin Bai naturally remembered the rules of the Nine Heavens Origin, but while obtaining a King-level Spiritual Artifact would be great, he wouldn’t force it if he couldn’t.

After all, with the Demonic Sword in hand, Lin Bai wielded it effortlessly and had no plans to seek a new Treasure Sword.

As soon as he finished speaking, Hu Qi said, "However, Brother Lin Bai, there’s actually another way. After reaching the Ninth Floor, there will be a martial arts competition, where all warriors can choose to participate or not."

Lin Bai asked curiously, "A martial arts competition?"

Hu Qi chuckled lightly, "Yes, they call it a martial arts competition, but it’s truly a gamble."

"Once we reach the Ninth Floor, we’ll receive plenty of tribute items. At that time, some Tianjiao with fewer tribute items might want to seize some from other warriors, which is only natural."

"That’s why there’s this competition, where sparring is done to the point of betting with tribute items. The winner takes all the tribute items, while the loser has no tribute items left to exchange."

"But Brother Lin Bai, the warriors participating in this battle are basically the strong ones currently within the Nine Heavens Primordial Ancestor Mountain."

"As you’ve seen along the way, strong warriors like Wu He, the Pale Old Strange Man, weren’t encountered because they’ve already reached the Ninth Floor, merely waiting for the battle to commence."

Hu Qi said calmly.

"This is not just a battle to pillage tribute items but also the strongest Tianjiao battle of the year!"

Hu Qi said with a smile.

Lin Bai chuckled, "This indeed sounds interesting. Brother Qi, are you going to participate in this Tianjiao battle?"

Hu Qi chuckled lightly, "Naturally, I’ll participate. However, according to past customs, that battle will commence on the last day of the master apprenticeship examination. With seven days remaining, even if we head to the Ninth Floor now, we can only wait."

"So I plan to hunt some puppets for fun on the Seventh or Eighth Floor before heading to the Ninth Floor before that battle begins."

Lin Bai suddenly understood and nodded.

Lin Bai said, "Then naturally, Brother Qi, I’ll head to the Ninth Floor first and wait for you."

Hu Qi nodded slightly.

Subsequently, Lin Bai and Hu Qi arrived side by side at the teleportation array on the Sixth Floor. After entering the Seventh Floor, they parted ways.

Hu Qi continued to enjoy hunting puppets on the Seventh Floor, while Lin Bai went straight to the teleportation array on the Seventh Floor and reached the Eighth Layer.

After that, he passed through the Eighth Layer to reach the Ninth Floor.

The Ninth Floor of the Nine Heavens Primordial Ancestor Mountain is the highest peak here.

The island on the Ninth Floor is not large, only covering about a hundred thousand miles in circumference.

At the very center of the Ninth Floor island stands a mountain peak towering into the Cloud Sky.

As Lin Bai stepped onto the Ninth Floor, he could faintly see a massive statue of a woman atop the unreachable mountain peak: the God statue of Yuanzu.

Lin Bai mounted his flying sword and headed straight for the peak.

In Zhexian City, Chen Liang remarked casually, "Lin Bai has also entered the Ninth Floor."

Zuo Hao said gently, "Yes, including Lin Bai, there are now five people on the Ninth Floor. It seems they are all waiting for the commencement of the final battle."

Zuo Hao and Chen Liang’s gazes turned toward the mountain peak of the Ninth Floor island, where four shadows of a person stood in different directions. They appeared unfamiliar and did not engage in conversation.

Lin Bai flew his sword toward Yuanzu Mountain.

At the apex of Yuanzu Mountain, before that enormous statue of the Divine Woman, lay a vast square, carved from White Jade.

Standing on his flying sword, Lin Bai could see four shadows standing in that expansive White Jade Square from afar.

As Lin Bai looked at them, they were also watching Lin Bai!

Swoosh—

With a flash of the flying sword, Lin Bai landed on the White Jade Square, finally getting a clear look at these four shadows.

Upon landing, the first person to catch Lin Bai’s attention was a gray-robed young man. This person was clad in a gray robe, with a gaunt figure, appearing only fifteen to sixteen years old, but his face was filled with lifelessness, and even his pupils were entirely gray!

A faint, suffocating aura of death emanated from him, drawing Lin Bai’s attention immediately.

This young man was Yin Jiuling.

As Lin Bai looked at Yin Jiuling, he nodded slightly to Lin Bai, as if greeting him, though his face showed no change in expression, utterly lifeless.

Lin Bai smiled and nodded back in response to Yin Jiuling.

Then, Lin Bai turned his gaze to the second person, a man in a long white robe, standing eight feet tall, with a jade-like face and a dashing demeanor. He possessed an elegant and flawless air.

This was a man, yet he appeared more beautiful than a woman.

The perfect and flawless aura emanating from him made others feel deeply inadequate.

This person was Wu He!

When Lin Bai’s gaze fell on Wu He, Wu He looked back at Lin Bai, a trace of disdainful sneer forming at the corner of his mouth, "I didn’t expect the fifth warrior to reach the Ninth Floor wouldn’t be Jian Kong but a mere ant at the eighth level of the Yangshen Realm!"

"Well, since you’re here, just go worship the Yuanzu God Statue. There’s no need to meddle in the martial arts competition on the final day. With your strength, participating is pointless."

Wu He glanced at Lin Bai, lost interest, and commented dismissively.

When Lin Bai heard this, he felt particularly displeased in his heart. Wu He’s words were filled with disdain and contempt...