Huo Rong begins, her voice rather weak, "He should be fine ins-"
Before she finished speaking, the sixth floor lit up, marking Shen Yuan's successful ascension to a higher floor.
Huo Rong's eyes lit up in surprise and happiness as she jumped up, screaming, "See!! I told you he will pass it soon!"
Xun Shuren's eyes also sparkled in surprise as she muttered, "Finally."
Han Qingyu also smiled happily observing Shen Yuan's successful ascension. "Which floor can the disciples of Radiant Lotus Sacred Sect climb?" She asked what was on her mind as she also wanted to climb it."
Huo Rong, who was in a good mood replied, "The average disciple of our Radiant Lotus Sacred Sect can't pass the first floor, the inner disciple can go to the second floor and the core disciples can go up to the third floor." She paused as her voice turned serious, "Only exceptional disciples among those can reach the fourth floor."
Han Qingyu's eyes widened in surprise as she didn't know the significance behind Shen Yuan's fear before, but now that she had something to compare it with, she thought Shen Yuan's feats were no ordinary thing.
"Has no one reached the higher floors?" Han Qingyu asked as she didn't think that anyone had reached the higher floors before.
Huo Rong nodded her head and continued, "Of course, quite a few disciples throughout history have reached the fifth floor, but the number of those who reached the sixth floor can be counted on one hand."
She paused as she let Han Qingyu digest her voice before continuing, "But no one since the foundation of our sect has reached the final floor, we don't even have any idea what the trial for that floor is."
Han Qingyu absorbed the knowledge like a sponge absorbing water, she nodded her head, "It's truly remarkable that Shen Yuan was able to reach the fifth floor already, I wonder what the trial will be?"
They continued chatting as there was nothing to do outside of the Pagoda besides chatting.
...
Shen Yuan, who had just finished killing off another wave of beasts, slashed his sword down to clean off the blood from it. His eyes glowed red from the frenzy.
...
Shen Yuan opened his eyes after a while, all his injuries had already healed as if he had never been injured before.
He looked ahead where the stairs were flashing, almost as if about to vanish.
Shen Yuan's eyes widened as he hurriedly ran toward the stairs, ascending to a higher floor.
"Haah... I made it." Shen Yuan said as he glanced back at the disappearing stairs, wondering if he would be teleported outside of the Pagoda.
"I didn't know a timer existed for this floor, I think the Pagoda owner knew people would rest after finishing the floor so he made it that way," he said while thinking about why such a mechanism exists.
He soon shook his head as thinking that it wouldn't be useful, he gazed forward to see how the sixth floor looked.
And what came in front of him was a majestic monolith standing in the center of the room. Shen Yuan felt as if he could see the 3000 laws in this monolith.
He swept his gaze above to see the trial,
'Enlighten oneself.'
Shen Yuan muttered the name to himself as he took a deep breath, stabilizing his mood as he stepped forward to reach the monolith.
He took out a mat and placed it on the ground, sitting down on top of the mat, he pondered what to comprehend.
"Should I comprehend sword intent? But I'm already at the first level of that, and it would be hard to achieve the second level of Sword Intent in a short time." He began thinking to himself as to what he should choose.
"Hmm...let's go with Saber Dao, I'm closer to comprehending the Saber Intent after all." He finished deciding what to comprehend and threw out all the distracting thoughts from inside his mind.
He took a deep breath and brought out a saber from inside his storage ring, placing it in his lap as he looked at the monolith for a moment before he began deriving his saber techniques, also learning the new ones that he had accumulated during his journey.