Training Tower, first floor.

Jun Changxiao’s face was contorted as he endured ten times gravity.

He had been inside for two hours already. Although he had adapted somewhat better than the previous two times, the experience was still far from pleasant.

In contrast.

Standing beside him, Lu Qianqian had her brows tightly furrowed with beads of sweat hanging on her forehead, but she looked much more relaxed.

At that moment.

Jun Changxiao finally understood why she had no interest in the Molding Room—turns out her physical body was already very strong, so there was no need to mold it further.

Young in age, profound in cultivation, and possessing special ice-type attributes—this eldest disciple truly was no simple matter.

“Qianqian…”

Jun Changxiao bore the gravity, saying with difficulty, “What… exactly is your background?”

Lu Qianqian said, “I have no background.”

No background? Only a ghost would believe that.

Jun Changxiao said, “You possess a Saint-grade Spirit Root and have ice-type attributes. You should come from a great family, right?”

Lu Qianqian’s expression froze slightly as she thought to herself, “How does he know about my Spirit Root?”

After purchasing the Radiant Light Ink Mirror, aside from Zhou Hong, within the sect there was only whether Sect Leader Jun wanted to look or not—nothing he didn’t know.

“Of course.”

Jun Changxiao continued, “Or perhaps you came from a great sect.”

Hearing the three words “great sect,” Lu Qianqian’s eyes wavered slightly.

Although this woman concealed it well, it was still captured by Jun Changxiao, so he thought to himself, “Looks like this woman really did come from a great sect.”

Saint-grade Spirit Root.

Definitely starting from a third-rate sect at minimum!

Since she was from a great sect, why would she come to Qingyang Commandery and join his unranked sect?

At that moment, Sherlock Holmes and Conan possessed him.

Sect Leader Jun began intensive deductive reasoning, ultimately reaching the conclusion—he was too handsome, and she had accidentally discovered him, willing to leave her great sect just to pledge herself to the Tiegu Sect.

The deduction was very logical and meticulous. Who could possibly find fault with it?

Lu Qianqian said, “My affairs are better left unknown to Sect Leader.”

Jun Changxiao said, “You must have done something at the great sect and could only be forced to leave. Joining the Tiegu Sect was also to seek refuge.”

“…”

She had spoken very clearly, yet he still insisted on guessing.

Seeing this woman fall silent, Jun Changxiao said, “Looks like this seat’s guess is pretty much spot on.”

Lu Qianqian no longer spoke, placing her focus on resisting the gravity.

Jun Changxiao said, “Once you’re a Tiegu Sect disciple for a day, you’re a Tiegu Sect disciple for life. If enemies come looking for you, this seat will stand up for you.”

Lu Qianqian looked at him, saying, “If my enemies are Martial Emperors or Martial Saints, can Sect Leader stand up for me?”

Martial Emperors, Martial Saints?

This woman’s enemies were that strong?

Lu Qianqian said, “Sect Leader should focus his thoughts on developing the sect. I will handle my own affairs myself.”

“Lu Qianqian, listen well!”

Jun Changxiao straightened his slightly bent body, saying, “Even if your enemies are lofty Martial Emperors, as Tiegu Sect’s sect leader, I will still stand up for you!”

These words were spoken with resounding force, spoken with tremendous authority.

But under ten times gravity, what should have been a serious face still remained contorted grotesquely.

Lu Qianqian was stunned.

“Thud.”

Because speaking distracted him, Great Sect Leader Jun collapsed to the ground. Just as his soul form was about to shatter, he hastily raised the thought to leave.

Lu Qianqian stood on the first floor, the sect leader’s words from just now echoing in her ears.

After a moment.

The corners of her mouth showed an unprecedented trace of a smile.

This ice mountain of a woman actually smiled!

Lu Qianqian, already possessing extraordinary looks, when smiling truly could be described as one smile toppling a city, another smile toppling a nation.

Unfortunately, Sect Leader Jun, who was supporting himself against the door as he walked out, didn’t get to witness it.

…

The next day.

Under Jun Changxiao’s mental control, the first floor of the Training Tower was divided into two areas.

One for male disciples to train, one for female disciples to train.

In the female disciples’ cultivation area, Sect Leader Jun even specially partitioned over twenty independent spaces to allow them to train individually.

No helping it—girls more or less cared about their appearance. Having the unflattering images brought on by enduring gravity seen by others would definitely affect their state of mind.

Sure enough.

After the separation, the earliest batch of female disciples to enter the sect trained without restraint in the independent areas, enduring ten times gravity. Successively, people managed to challenge successfully.

Ling Yuanxue’s progress was also very evident.

From initially lasting thirty-some minutes, she improved to over fifty minutes. Success in the challenge was also approaching.

The male disciples who received no special treatment stood on the first floor as always, faces contorted like demons as they endured.

They weren’t pretty boys who relied on their faces to make a living. As long as it could improve their physical bodies and strength, even if they had to twist their faces every day, they’d be happy to do it.

…

After getting the Training Tower, Li Qingyang and the others temporarily gave up cultivating spirit energy, focusing primarily on tempering their physical bodies. After all, building a solid foundation would provide tremendous help for their future martial path.

Ye Xingchen, who had suffered losses in his previous life, felt this even more deeply. So as long as he recovered the next day, he would rush non-stop to train his physical body.

“In this life, as long as I build a solid physical foundation, after achieving Martial Emperor, shattering the void will certainly be effortless!”

Emperor Ye, bearing ten times gravity, had a strong gleam flickering in his eyes. This ultimately supported him in lasting until two and a half hours.

Still not enough.

There were still three hours waiting to be surpassed!

…

Ten days later.

After the Tiegu Sect disciples experienced trials on the Training Tower’s first floor, most could manage to endure for half an hour.

Especially the several inner sect disciples like Li Qingyang—lasting past half an hour only made them furrow their brows.

Extended training had allowed them to adapt quite well to ten times gravity. But to achieve higher improvement, they could only continually break through their limits.

Li Qingyang, Ye Xingchen, and Xiao Zuiji became thoroughly enamored with ten times gravity, single-mindedly tempering their physical bodies.

Su Xiaomo, Li Fei, and the others saw no hope of catching up and considered whether to ascend to the second floor.

Previously they had the thought of going, but unfortunately after enduring for half an hour, they were already utterly exhausted and simply couldn’t bear ten times gravity while walking to the stairway.

Now, although it was still very painful, at least they could lift their feet with difficulty.

“Let’s go…”

Su Xiaomo said, “To… the second floor!”

“Step!”

He, Li Fei, and Tian Qi gritted their teeth and lifted their feet, enduring ten times gravity as they walked over, ultimately ascending to the second floor through the stairway.

The disciples still struggling on the first floor looked up with envy in their eyes, thinking to themselves, “I need to work hard too and strive to ascend to the second floor like the senior brothers!”

“Whoosh!”

The Training Tower’s second floor flickered with light.

“Su Xiaomo, challenging the Training Tower’s second floor!”

“Li Fei, challenging…”

“Tian Qi, challenging…”

However, after just a few minutes, the heavy voice rang out again: “Su Xiaomo, Li Fei, Tian Qi, challenge failed!”

“Creak!”

“Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!”

The tower door opened. Su Xiaomo, Li Fei, and Tian Qi were directly thrown out.

The three had eyes rolled back, foam spewing from their mouths, bodies violently convulsing. The severity of the punishment far exceeded that of Cui Bujian and the others who had previously failed!

“Hiss!”

The disciples who were preparing to enter to temper their bodies saw the three senior brothers in such a wretched state and all sucked in cold breaths.

This second floor… must certainly be terrifyingly extreme!