MEIWITA Chapter 718: The Secret of the Pagodas of Enlightenment

When Xia Ye Xuan asked, the other pupils were all interested.

The Deputy Hall Master didn’t hide anything either, and said with a smile: “The last time the Mercenary Union ranked fourth. Two geniuses emerged from the Alchemy Pagoda who comprehended to the ninth floor of the five pagodas and ranked first, a genius appeared in the Smithing Pavilion who comprehended to the ninth floor of the Smithing Pagoda and ranked second.

“There were eight pupils from the Array Alliance who comprehended to the eighth floor, ranked third, and seven pupils of our Mercenary Union comprehended to the eighth floor, ranking fourth, the Tamers Union had six pupils comprehending to the eighth floor, ranking firth.”

Hearing this result, the selected pupils were a little disappointed, but also had a lot of expectations.

They hope that they could surpass the fourth place of last time and let the Mercenary Union rank up a bit.

Lou Mu Yan lowered her eyes and pondered. The Central State was indeed a place where geniuses sprung up like bamboo shoots. There were also many young people who comprehended to the eighth floor and above just from the five major forces.

If the geniuses of the other forces went to the Pagodas of Enlightenment, they probably wouldn’t be far behind.

Along the way, many pupils sat cross-legged and closed their eyes to cultivate, and some of them chatted with close friends. Their attitude towards Lou Mu Yan was still rather friendly.

A day later, they arrived at a vast plain, and from time to time, there would be groups of low-level demonic beasts wandering around. After discovering the large Golden Roc in the sky, they ran away in all directions.

After the Roc landed in an area of the plain with dense grass, the group of people hopped off.

Right now, the other forces also came with their pupils one after another.

“Haha, Deputy Hall Master Wan, you’re leading the team this time!” A middle-aged man with thick brows and large eyes said with a smile.

Deputy Hall Master Wan smiled gently: “This time, Old Xiao, you’re leading the team, truly rare.”

Then he turned his head and said to his pupils: “Set aside a place to rest, it’s not opening time yet.”

“Yes.”

Lou Mu Yan and her party found a place to rest not far away. The pupils from other forces did the same, and the superiors gathered together to chat.

“Mu Yan, our array materials are already prepared.” An Yu Qian whispered.

The materials to arrange grade 8 arrays that needed to be gathered were all very advanced-level and expensive, and it took one month to gather them even for the three of them.

Lou Mu Yan smiled faintly and said: “I’ll help you set it up after we finish with the Pagodas of Enlightenment and return.”

“Alright.” An Yu Qian thought for a bit, then asked: “We’ll request a grade 8 array master to refine the array tools, what are the requirements?”

They didn’t know that Lou Mu Yan was also a smith, and thought that her array tools were all refined by Ming Xiu. After all, it was well-known that the Ninth Prince was a grade 8 array master and grade 8 smith.

“No need, I’ll refine it myself.” Lou Mu Yan said: “I still need to carve several types of restrictions on the array tools, so that the combination will be more perfect.”

If someone needed to ask her to help array arrays, not only would they need to find the materials themselves, but they’d also need to find someone to refine the array tools themselves too.

However, after the suggestion from the Hall Master that day, she decided not to be too relaxed about refining tools. An Yu Qian and the two’s arrays all needed grade 8 array tools, which was perfect for her to practice with.

The precious set of array tools for the grade 8 Spirit Gathering Array were all refined by Ming Xiu for her.

“What?” The three exclaimed in unison.

The others cast their eyes on them in puzzlement.

Only after a while did Xia Ye Xuan ask: “Mu Yan, you’re already a grade 8 smith?”

“Not yet.” Lou Mu Yan shook her head.

Just when the three of them were about to sigh with relief, she continued: “But I’m only one step away. After coming out of the Pagodas of Enlightenment, I should be able to break through to grade 8 smith.”

“…” The three of them twitched the corners of their lips. This woman was indeed a pervert.

Xia Ye Xuan smiled bitterly: “I’m best a smithing, but I’m only a grade 7 smith right now, but you’re actually about to advance to grade 8, what a mental sock.”

“No other way, can’t be helped that I’m smarter than you.” Lou Mu Yan teased with a smile.

“…” Xia Ye Xuan rolled his eyes, “You win.”

An Yu Qian and Chu Xi were also very speechless. Lou Mu Yan and Ming Xiu were indeed a perfect match, both equally Heaven-defying.

“Mu Yan, many senior brothers and senior sisters often ask me for news about you recently.” An Yu Qian reminded: “They’re very interested in your Spirit Gathering Array.”

“Yeah! Not only that, but the two Elders of the Central Hall often wander around your palace to research it. If it weren’t that you were in seclusion, they’d be harassing you more often.” Xia Ye Xuan said.

“It doesn’t matter, either way, after setting up three Spirit Gathering Arrays, they’d obtain exact news.” Lou Mu Yan smiled indifferently.

“That’s true. It’d be difficult for you to not be famous.”

The second day, as soon as the sun rose, the leaders of the several major forces immediately stood up one after another, and each took out a small pagoda the size of a palm to offer out.

The five small pagodas had different colours and exuded a very subtle light.

After a while, the land here continued to emit loud noises, and five pillars of light descended from the sky.

There was an extra barrier in front of them, and the five small pagodas instantly merged with the barrier.

After a while, the barrier naturally parted, and five majestic, boundless pagodas with a quaint aura appeared in front of everyone.

“Follow in with us.” An elderly man in white ordered the pupils faintly.

“Yes.”

When everyone entered the barrier, the separated barrier naturally closed again.

The white-clothed elderly man was the Deputy Hall Master of the Alchemy Pagoda. He looked at the pupils calmly and said: “These are the Pagodas of Enlightenment, one of the key items that helped our five major forces gain a foothold.

“But I wonder if you have discovered that the time here is static.”

As soon as his words fell, the expressions of the others changed one after another. After searching, they discovered that time didn’t flow forward in this independent world.

“Static time is only useful relative to the Pagodas of Enlightenment. As it’s impossible to cultivate here, the Pagodas of Enlightenment can only be used to comprehend, but it can help you save time.

“For example, some pupils require hundreds of years to comprehend a floor, while other pupils require even more time, perhaps even a thousand years. But if time is static, you can complete a hundred or a thousand years of cultivation in only one or half a year.

“Therefore, this is the most precious place of the Pagodas of Enlightenment. While the each of you are comprehending in the Pagodas of Enlightenment, the outside time will only be about a year, but there’s no time limit in the Pagodas of Enlightenment.

“So you must make good use of this opportunity, and be able to comprehend whatever you can. This is your true fortuitous opportunity this time.”

Hearing his words, the pupils present, including Lou Mu Yan, were all shocked. No wonder so many core pupils wanted to get a spot to the Pagodas of Enlightenment.

The time here was actually static. For the five major forces to be able to cultivate so many advanced-level specialisation masters, this was definitely equivalent to a cheating device.

“However, before entering the Pagodas of Enlightenment, you must make an oath to ensure that the secrets of the Pagodas of Enlightenment won’t be leaked a single bit, otherwise you will die from the birth of heart demons in the future when you cultivate.”

The elderly man in white glanced at the pupils sternly, “This is the secret of our five major forces, and you have no right to object.”