As a bell tolled, the Tower of Stolen Gold finally officially opened.
Liu Shuangyan was the first to walk over, smiling as she said, "Flower Butterfly Immortal, Miss Mu, the Tower of Stolen Gold has officially opened. Let's go. Everyone is waiting for us."
Immediately after, Bai Yufei, Liu Feng, and Xuan Yun also approached, saying, "Sir, let's not just stand around. This Young Lord can't wait any longer."
"What's the rush?"
Gu Qingfeng sat on his chair as usual, leisurely sipping his wine. "Let's watch the performance of these great beauties first. Such an entertaining spectacle shouldn't be missed. We can place our bet after they've decided the winner."
"Are you scared?"
Bai Yufei sneered. "Everyone present earlier heard it loud and clear. Today, if you fail to ascend to the Twenty-Seventh Layer, you must kowtow ten million times to the three of us. Don't tell me you're thinking of backing out?"
"Why would I back out? What, are you afraid I'll run away?"
Bai Yufei sneered again. "Run? Today, you have nowhere to run."
"If that's the case, then what are you afraid of?"
"Fine! Then we'll wait until Flower Butterfly Immortal and the others decide their winner before we gamble."
"Sister Flower Butterfly, Sister Lingyao, go on."
Gu Qingfeng took a puff of his spiritual tobacco. "The Tower of Stolen Gold is open now. No one else has registered to participate, probably because they all want to watch your spectacle. Hurry up, don't keep everyone waiting."
Mu Lingyao looked around, curled her lip, then glared at Gu Qingfeng, saying disdainfully, "You not only refuse to cheer us on, but you're also watching the show like everyone else?"
"Don't worry, I have confidence in both of you."
"Your confidence in this lady is useless!"
"Lingyao, don't speak anymore. Focus your mind. Let's go challenge the Tower."
Flower Butterfly Immortal's voice came through. Hearing this, Mu Lingyao didn't say anything more. She jumped down from the luxurious palanquin and headed straight for the Tower of Stolen Gold.
As Gu Qingfeng had said, the Tower of Stolen Gold had opened, yet not a single person had registered. It seemed everyone wanted to watch the spectacle of the three women and see which of them could break their own records.
Quite a few people accompanied Liu Shuangyan to the Tower of Stolen Gold. Besides Lord Qianxing, there were over ten others who had come with them. Liu Shuangyan mocked, "Oh my, oh my, Flower Butterfly Immortal, Miss Mu, you two are so pitiful! Don't you even have one person to accompany you in challenging the Tower?"
"Who says we don't?"
Qiānlíng and Qiānniǎo walked over, prepared to accompany Flower Butterfly Immortal and Mu Lingyao.
"This Young Lord is also willing to accompany Flower Butterfly Immortal in challenging the Tower."
Bai Yufei stepped forward.
Following him, Liu Feng also stepped forward. Xuan Yun hesitated for a moment, then followed as well.
Flower Butterfly Immortal was famous far and wide, a goddess in the hearts of many. Immediately, quite a few refined immortal young lords stepped forward to accompany her in challenging the Tower.
Of course, they were only refined immortal young lords. As for the ordinary immortals, although they also wished to accompany her, they clearly knew their own capabilities. Knowing they would be eliminated quickly from the Tower, why would they go up and embarrass themselves? It was better to stay behind and watch the show.
And so, the first batch to challenge the Tower numbered over a hundred people. After each paid ten thousand immortal stones, they were all teleported into the first layer of the Tower of Stolen Gold.
When the first layer of the Tower glowed with radiance, two Teleportation Arrays condensed into existence. These arrays were not static; they were like a Yin-Yang Bagua diagram, sometimes overlapping, sometimes separating. Each time they overlapped, the two arrays would change.
In other words, of these two Teleportation Arrays, if the one on the left led to the next layer, then after overlapping and changing, it might transform into an array that teleported one out.
The purpose of this was to prevent cheating.
If the two arrays didn't change, and a master led the way, the rest could simply follow the master's choice of array. Even if they only reached the second layer, they would still profit steadily.
But now, with the two arrays overlapping and changing, even if a master led the way, others couldn't follow. Because the arrays overlapped and changed extremely fast, almost in the blink of an eye. Thus, even if a master entered the array the instant it stabilized, the two arrays would change in a flash. If others blindly followed, they might not head to the next layer, but be directly teleported out.
As time passed bit by bit, most of the over a hundred people gathered on the first layer had stepped into the Teleportation Arrays. Among them, over thirty were directly eliminated on the first layer, while over seventy successfully entered the second layer.
This batch of Tower challengers were uniformly refined immortals who didn't lack money. They had no interest in the paltry twenty thousand immortal stone reward of the second layer. Therefore, no one chose to give up; all prepared to continue the challenge.
However.
The second layer had three arrays. Only one array led smoothly to the next layer, a one-in-three chance. Similarly, these three Teleportation Arrays still overlapped and changed.
Flower Butterfly Immortal, quick of eye and hand, was the first to step into an array.
When the three arrays overlapped and changed, the others also successively stepped into Teleportation Arrays.
On the second layer, almost half were tragically eliminated. When they reached the third layer, the over seventy people had dwindled to just over thirty. "Oh my, oh my, we've reached the third layer! Flower Butterfly Immortal, you must choose carefully this time. Don't get eliminated again. If you get eliminated again, then just wait to kneel down and kowtow to this lady!"
Mu Lingyao angrily scolded, "Shut your foul mouth!"
"Lingyao, don't pay attention to her. Concentrate, don't get distracted."
Having said that, Flower Butterfly Immortal once again took the lead, stepping into an array. When everyone saw Flower Butterfly Immortal successfully appear on the fourth layer, many in the crowd watching below couldn't help but cheer. Quite a few shouted encouragement for Flower Butterfly Immortal.
Of the original over thirty people on the third layer, another large majority were tragically eliminated, leaving only a mere dozen or so who successfully ascended to the fourth layer. Flower Butterfly Immortal, Mu Lingyao, Liu Shuangyan, Lord Qianxing, Bai Yufei, Liu Feng, Xuan Yun, and Qiānlíng all successfully broke through to the fourth layer. Unfortunately, Qiānniǎo was teleported out.
However, the little girl wasn't dejected; on the contrary, she seemed quite happy. Indeed, although she was eliminated and teleported out on the third layer this time, Qiānniǎo was already very satisfied. After all, the previous few times she challenged the Tower, she hadn't even reached the second layer and was directly eliminated. This time, at least she made it to the third layer.
"Oh my, oh my, we've arrived at the fourth layer. Everyone is quite skilled."
Just as Liu Shuangyan was speaking these mocking words, Flower Butterfly Immortal once again stepped into a Teleportation Array.
The fourth layer had four arrays. The four arrays alternated and changed, a one-in-four chance.
Of the dozen or so people, a large majority were tragically eliminated, leaving only seven: Flower Butterfly Immortal, Mu Lingyao, Lord Qianxing, Bai Yufei, Liu Feng, Xuan Yun, and Qiānlíng. To everyone's surprise, the one who had shouted the loudest, been the most confident, and the most smug earlier—Liu Shuangyan—was tragically teleported out on this very layer.