Cultivating with Top Enlightenment

Chapter 1197 - 528: They All Arrived

A few people were chatting and laughing, and soon they arrived at the stone steps in front of the mountain gate.

They looked at the stone steps, and instinctively exchanged glances.

"Let’s go up and see what’s going on!"

Ning Qi took the first step forward.

"Whoosh!"

As he stepped out, a fierce pressure, like countless Cold Blades, instantly rushed towards him.

"Huh? It’s different, isn’t it?"

Ning Qi uttered a soft exclamation, immediately sensing the difference from the pressure of the Three Thousand Waters.

The pressure here wasn’t a comprehensive one.

Instead, it was transformed into sword-like attacks, relentlessly assaulting every part of a person’s body.

These attacks were continuous and had similarities to the pressure of the Three Thousand Waters.

"Let me try!"

Xu Qingqiu, hearing his words, also stepped forward.

When her foot stepped onto the stone stairs, she also felt a wave of discomfort.

"How is it? Different, right!"

Ning Qi watched her change in expression and said in a deep voice, "However, there are similarities."

"Indeed, if you try to withstand it forcefully, you might not be able to hold up."

"Initially, I thought I could reach the top, but now it seems quite uncertain!"

Xu Qingqiu sighed lightly, turning to Ning Qi: "Do you have confidence?"

"I don’t know, let’s go up and find out!"

Ning Qi shook his head.

With unexpected circumstances, it’s truly uncertain.

However, there’s always a need to try. Otherwise, after enduring so many trials just to give up here, wouldn’t that be a wasted trip?

"Alright, I’ll go with you!"

"Luckily, I might discover new things by comparing their differences!"

Xu Qingqiu nodded, deciding to go up with Ning Qi.

"What about us?"

Medicine Spirit saw the two were about to go up and hurriedly asked.

"You? You better not go."

"Just wait for us to come down, your comprehension ability isn’t as high as ours!"

"You’re likely to get hurt up there."

Xu Qingqiu immediately reminded Medicine Spirit and Nine-tailed Cat.

"What about you?"

Nine-tailed Cat worried about its master.

Hurriedly asked.

"Me? Isn’t it written on the inscription?"

"Within one hundred stages, you can withdraw, right?"

"I can just come down!"

Xu Qingqiu thought for a moment, then said with a smile.

"Then I’ll go up and try, come down at ninety-nine stages!"

Nine-tailed Cat didn’t want to leave its master.

"Then I’ll go too!"

"Now that everyone is going, if I don’t go, it would seem like I’m not loyal!"

Upon seeing this, Medicine Spirit decided to try as well.

"Alright, you can treat it as a game, understanding more isn’t bad!"

Ning Qi didn’t stop them; since there was a chance to come down, he let them go.

After he agreed, everyone successively stepped onto the stone steps.

"Let’s begin!"

Medicine Spirit was the first to step onto the second step.

"Whew!"

Just as he stepped up, he was immediately flattened onto the stone step.

"Ah!"

Following it was Medicine Spirit’s scream.

"Crunch!"

Ning Qi quickly moved to pick up Medicine Spirit, releasing a burst of immortal power onto him.

Then he tossed him outside: "You better wait below."

"Then I’ll come down too!"

Nine-tailed Cat, seeing Medicine Spirit’s miserable state, eventually gave up.

"Let’s go!"

Xu Qingqiu regained her focus, showing a solemn expression to Lin Fan.

"Go!"

Ning Qi nodded and continued upwards.

"Whew!"

After taking another step, he felt the sword-like pressure increase exponentially.

It squeezed his muscles so that tiny droplets of blood began to be forced out.

"So strong!"

Xu Qingqiu’s face became instantly flushed.

Evidently, this pressure was hard for her to withstand too.

"Do we go on?"

Ning Qi saw her discomfort and asked.

"Continue, I want to see where my limits lie!"

Xu Qingqiu shook her head, biting her silver tooth and continued forward.

"Alright! Persevere!"

Ning Qi asked no more, and kept moving.

One step, two steps, three steps.

Each step that followed became extremely difficult.

The pressure of each stone step increased exponentially.

Unlike his Three Thousand Waters.

The array of Three Thousand Waters is constant.

There are no fluctuations.

Here, each level doubles.

"Whew!"

The two gradually made it to the eighties steps.

Xu Qingqiu was already drenched in sweat.

Her forehead was seeping blood droplets.

"How do you feel?"

Ning Qi asked with concern.

He felt Xu Qingqiu was reaching her limit.

"Whew!"

"Whew!"

Xu Qingqiu exhaled deeply, shaking her head helplessly: "Too strong, I’ll rest here, then go down!"

"I’ll see if I can understand something!"

"The rest of the way is up to you."

"Alright! Wait for me to come down!"

Ning Qi nodded, waving at Xu Qingqiu.

Then he continued forward.

He actually knew deep down that Xu Qingqiu was just accompanying him.

She had actually reached her limit around the seventieth step.

But, relying on her talent and understanding of the array, she persisted for more than ten steps.

Ning Qi felt a special sentiment towards her actions.

However, he didn’t ask.

He kept the thought to himself.

Then continued heading upwards.

After Xu Qingqiu adjusted herself here for a while, she finally descended.

Upon reaching the foot of the mountain, Nine-tailed Cat approached.

"Master, are you okay?"

Asking with concern.

"I’m fine!"

"But, I’ve given it my all. The pressure on these stone steps is very strong!"