Chapter 571: Fire Stairway 2

After the torrent, the fire stairway shook, two golden lightning bolts streaked across the sky, and a monument appeared.

"There are names on the monument." Shen Xu said.

It had been more than thirty thousand years since the Wuhu unknown area appeared.

During that time, cultivators went from ignorant to well-informed.

As a result, many people figured out the benefits of not stepping off a stairway and trying to conquer it one go.

Thirty thousand years later, there were five hundred and seventy one names on the first monument of the fire stairway.

"It’s a lot more than the other stairways." Zhen Yuan said and Shen Xu nodded.

Soon after, the two engraved their names and watched as they rose to the top of the monument.

The two originally thought that the position of the names was based on arrival time.

However, they later realised that it was based on the time taken to climb from the first step to the monument.

Considering that they climbed to the thousandth step in just one hundred years, neither Shen Xu nor Zhen Yuan was surprised to see their names at the top of the monument.

A breath later, gift boxes flew to the two and they subconciously looked around before opening them.

"Ayuan, I have a fire dao fruit." Shen Xu excitedly said.

"Congratulations." Zhen Yuan said and showed a similar fruit.

"I hope I will get fire dao fruits at all monuments." The double said.

After all, he was a fire cultivator and comprehending the fire dao was important especially as he advanced to higher realms.

In the book, Xiao Weimin had element clouds and could easily advance.

However, he didn’t break through all at once and always spent some time at the peak-stage of each realm because he needed to build his dao comprehension to the necessary level.

"We have always been lucky." Zhen Yuan said and he was right.

He and Shen Xu easily climbed the fire stairway and got fire dao fruits at all monuments.

At this time, the two were soaking in the hot spring to relieve their discomfort from the fire stairway.

"Ayuan, I feel great." Shen Xu said and quickly continued.

"I feel like my chaos fire physique, chaos fire root, and even my qi have become purer." He said.

Zhen Yuan nodded when he heard this and looked at Shen Xu with meaningful eyes.

"Xiaoxu, I am afraid that your physique won’t be suppressed for much longer." He said and a trace of worry flashed in his eyes.

Shen Xu had the chaos fire physique.

The physique was ordinarily Yang but Shen Xu was a double.

Because of this, his chaos fire physique would likely follow the Yin nature. When that happened, the double would become a walking delicacy and would surely attract a lot of trouble.

"My physique has awakened several times over the years but it’s only been a partial awakening. I also sense that this time will be different." Shen Xu said and Zhen Yuan nodded.

"You are right." He said and rubbed the double’s hair.

"Will my father’s bracelet be able to hide my physique?" Shen Xu wondered and Zhen Yuan shook his head.

"Probably not." He said and quickly continued.

"The chaos fire root and the chaos fire physique are precious gifts from heaven and earth. We have only been able to conceal them until now because they are not fully awakened."

"I thought so." Shen Xu said and sighed.

"It’s going to be troublesome." He continued.

"I am here." Zhen Yuan said and took out his gift boxes from the ten thousandth step.

On the top step of the fire stairway, both Shen Xu and Zhen Yuan got a fire dao fruit and a fire element cloud.

"My element cloud is also yours." Zhen Yuan said and handed over the box.

"This will save me a lot of hardwork." The double said, put the treasures away and looked at Zhen Yuan.

"Ayuan, shall we continue to Suzhou city after leaving the Wuhu unknown area?" He asked.

"Your cultivation is a hair’s breath from the great immortal realm. Can you hold on until we reach Suzhou?" Zhen Yuan asked.

Since they entered the Wuhu unknown area, Xiaomu, Xiaolei, and Xiaoshui had been practising in their respective stairways.

As a result, Shen Xu’s cultivation had continuously risen and he was now on the verge of breaking through.

"Let’s find a remote place to break through." The double decided and Zhen Yuan agreed.

On one hand, Suzhou was far away and on the other, it had countless powerful figures.

If Shen Xu advanced there, he would surely attract a lot of attention and neither of the two wanted that.

"Do you need other resources?" Zhen Yuan asked and Shen Xu shook his head.

"I don’t even need the immortal crystals that my father left for me. The feedback from the three fires is enough." He said.

After staying in the space for one real year, the two came out and collected their portable cave.

Soon after, two people exited the Wuhu unknown area and left on a level twelve ship.

"Encountering Xiao Weimin and the others wasn’t as troublesome as I expected." Shen Xu said and Zhen Yuan chuckled.

"They probably didn’t expect us to climb so fast. If they had, they would probably have made plans to keep us." The man said and Shen Xu nodded in understanding.

"You are probably right." He said and removed a map from his storage ring.

"Ayuan, where should we go?" He asked.

Hearing the question, Zhen Yuan looked at the map and pointed.

"Let’s go here." He said and Shen Xu couldn’t help but be shocked.

"This unknown area is a famous dangerous place." He said and Zhen Yuan nodded.

"That’s why I chose it." He said and quickly continued.

"First, it’s on our way."

"Second, few cultivators dare to go there and even if others notice your tribulation lightning, they won’t enter the place. At most, they will for us at the exit." Zhen Yuan said and Shen Xu nodded.

"You are right." He said.

"We can handle those who dare to wait at the exit." The double said and a trace of ruthlessness flashed in his eyes.

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When they first stepped on the fire stairway, Xiao Weimin expected his group to perform better than Shen Xu and Zhen Yuan.

After all, they had already tempered themselves on other stairways and couldn’t be compared to ordinary cultivators.

Thinking this, he didn’t rush to deal with Zhen Yuan or to lure Shen Xu to his side.

Instead, he focused on his training and planned on waiting for Shen Xu at the one thousandth step.

However, when he later took a break, he saw that Shen Xu and Zhen Yuan were several steps ahead of him.

Xiao Weimin didn’t panic when he saw this.

After all, it wasn’t strange for people to climb fast in the early stages.

Unfortunately, he underestimated the two and by the time he realised his mistake, the prey was already many steps ahead.

Seeing this, Xiao Weimin gritted his teeth and tried to close the gap but his efforts were futile.

By the time he reached the one thousandth step, the two were nowhere to be seen and even out of range of his spiritual sense.

At this time, Xiao Weimin, Zhu Huang, and the others looked at the first monument with shocked eyes.

"It turns out they are ’Law’ and ’Fire’." Lin Mengmeng gasped.

"How do you know it’s them?" Zhao Chenhua asked.

"The aura in these two names is similar to Shen Xu and Zhen Yuan." Xiao weimin said and frowned.

"We have seen these names on the four stairways that we previously climbed. I didn’t expect it to be Shen Xu and Zhen Yuan." Zhu Huang said and a trace of confusion flashed in his eyes.

Body refining techniques were not too rare even in the cultivation world.

However, the stairways were not designed for body cultivation but for qi cultivation.

Since the two could climb five stairways, it meant that they knew how to use the elements to temper their body instead of just advancing their qi.

However, compared to body cultivation techniques, body tempering techniques, especially element-based arts,were rare.

Originally, only Xiao Weimin could climb five stairways because he had the five-elements physique.

Luckily, body tempering techniques appeared in the system shop and Zhu Huang spent a lot of resources to buy them.

However, he could only buy the techniques of the five primary elements and not the wind, ice, lightning, dark, and light elements.

At this time, seeing the names, Zhu Huang once again wondered about the two people’s backgrounds.

"We probably can’t catch up." He said and Xiao Weimin nodded with a gloomy expression.

"The gap shouldn’t be this big. Could they have already tempered their body on more stairways than us?" He asked and Zhu Huang shrugged.

"It’s possible." He said and sighed with a helpless expression.

’I would know if the system wasn’t so useless when it comes to these two freaks.’ He thought.

"Don’t worry." Lin Mengmeng said, looking at Xiao weimin with a soothing face.

"We have encountered them many times and we will surely meet again in the future." She continued.

"I know." Xiao Weimin said but still felt uncomfortable.

’Xu’er, why can’t I hold on to you? Why do you always slip away whenever we meet?’ He thought and a trace of suppressed rage flashed in his eyes.

’Xu’er, don’t you know that you are mine? Don’t you know that Zhen Yuan is a thief who has stolen you away from me?’

’Xu’er, wait for me. I will let you return to your rightful place.’ He thought.