Chapter 5897: Burden

Chapter 5897: Burden

Chapter 5897: Burden

Sansheng Qiutian was indicated to have the potential to become a Monstrous Saint, but he wasn’t the most talented prodigy in the Three Saints Monstrous Clan. His cultivation also didn’t reach the level others expected of him.

Chu Feng wasn’t in a good position to judge this matter.

It could be a problem with the treasure or other factors, but regardless, it was not a problem that Chu Feng could solve at the moment.

“Maybe your time hasn’t come yet. I used to be weak too, but my bloodline suddenly awakened one day, and I realized that I wasn’t any weaker than those around me,” Chu Feng said.

The only thing he could do was to encourage Sansheng Qiutian.

It was important for a cultivator to have faith in himself. It would be hard for them to achieve great things if they couldn’t even trust their own talent.

“How old were you then?” Sansheng Qiutian asked.

“Ten years old,” Chu Feng replied.

“Ah... Don’t you think it’s coming a bit too late for me?”

“Good things are worth waiting for.”

“I’ll use those words then.” Sansheng Qiutian smiled from the bottom of his heart.

He knew that Chu Feng was just consoling him, but his mood still improved. He bought into such stuff.

The group continued to advance amid chatter.

All of a sudden, the dark clouds and the sandstorm scattered. A bottomless pit appeared in front of them. The three of them had to rise into the air before to see just how huge the pit was. It was almost the size of a continent, but there was a building in the center of the pit.

It was an ancient tower.

The ancient tower only had three levels, but it was over ten thousand meters tall. Astonishingly, the tower’s entrance was located at its top.

Zi Ling, Sansheng Xingyu, and Sansheng Qiutian studied the ancient tower before turning to Chu Feng. They couldn’t find anything amiss with the ancient tower, but they wanted to check Chu Feng’s opinion first.

“Let’s enter right away.”

Chu Feng rushed toward the ancient tower’s entrance, and Zi Ling and the others quickly followed him.

As soon as they stepped into the ancient tower, terrifying pressure enveloped the four of them, binding them in place. This pressure was different from the one they had encountered from the dark lightning clouds outside. It seeped into their soul and filled them with unease and fear.

“Calm down and don’t struggle. This level is similar to a talent assessment. It’s determining whether we are qualified to venture further. If we can’t clear this trial, we’ll be teleported out of the tower, and we won’t be able to enter again,” Chu Feng said.

Sansheng Qiutian was struggling with gritted teeth when he heard Chu Feng’s words, so he shut his eyes and allowed the pressure to do whatever it wanted. That put him in greater pain, but fortunately, the pressure only lasted a moment before dissipating, returning his freedom to him.

When he opened his eyes, he realized that Chu Feng and the others had also overcome the pressure and were currently looking at him.

Uwa!

Sansheng Xingyu spat blood too. She had been struck by a palm on the back.

“What’s going on? What happened earlier was an illusory formation, right? Why were we still injured? Is that not just an illusion?” Sansheng Qiutian was confused.

“What you see in the formation is fake, but the injuries you sustain are real. Your injuries will worsen if you fail the trial again,“ Chu Feng said as he passed two pills to Sansheng Qiutian and Sansheng Xingyu.

“Thank you.” Sansheng Xingyu took the pill, and her injuries swiftly healed.

Sansheng Qiutian also felt the pain in his abdomen suicide. He took a close look at Chu Feng and Zi Ling and asked, “Why are the two of you fine?”

“We cleared the trial, but the four of us are a team. Your failure spells our failure too,” Chu Feng said.

“You got teleported back because we failed?” Sansheng Qiutian asked.

“That’s right.” Chu Feng nodded.

“It’s too tough. We’ll forget our memories when we enter. It’s almost like a dream. I even forgot that we were here to breach the formation. I thought that I truly lived in that illusory formation,” Sansheng Qiutian said.

“But they cleared it,” Sansheng Xingyu said,

“Oh yeah! How were the two of you unfazed?” Sansheng Qiutian asked out of curiosity.

Chu Feng and Zi Ling exchanged looks, and they immediately grasped what was going on. They actually didn’t do anything special; they knew it was an illusory formation the moment they stepped in.

“It could be that we’re better at discerning reality from illusion because we have been to more remnants,” Zi Ling said.

“But we have been through such training too,” Sansheng Qiutian said.

“Toughen up your mind. We’ll try again. Let me know when you’re ready,” Chu Feng said.

Sansheng Xingyu closed her eyes. Sansheng Qiutian followed suit. Moments later, the two of them opened their eyes at the same time.

“We’re ready.”

“Let’s go,” Chu Feng said as he descended down the steps.

Not long later, the four of them were teleported back to the top floor.

This time, when Chu Feng and Zi Ling returned, each of them quickly rushed over to Sansheng Qiutian and Sansheng Xingyu to check their conditions. Not only did the latter two fail, but their injuries were even more severe that their lives were in danger.

“What the heck is going on? I really couldn’t tell that it’s an illusory formation at all!” Sansheng Qiutian furiously slapped his own face.

Sansheng Xingyu didn’t say a word, but her pale face reflected her disappointment and self-reproach.

As prodigies, they couldn’t accept that they were burdening others here.