Chapter 480: Third Level of the God Advent Tower
The light beam shooting down from the sky grew more intense. As the light beam entered the skin on Yi Yun’s arm, the Empyrean Mark slowly began to appear.
One after another beautiful scales like those of a dragon appeared.
These dragon scales condensed and became denser. Yi Yun’s skin began to feel slightly numb and painful, but it felt comfortable.
After the light beam disappeared, Yi Yun made a simple count. Defeating the guardian of the third level had given him 18 Empyrean Marks in one go. Added to the 37 Empyrean Marks from before, Yi Yun now had a total of 55 Empyrean Marks.
Seeing the Empyrean Marks on his arm, Yi Yun sighed.
When he had managed to withstand the attacks of the third level’s guardian, he did not receive a single Empyrean Mark. However, by defeating it, he had obtained 18 Empyrean Marks.
55 Empyrean Marks was a number that left Shen Tu Nantian and company in the dust when they first entered the Great Empress mystic realm. It sounded like a lot, but Yi Yun knew that he had obtained so many because he had completely met the Great Empress’ requirements, whereas Shen Tu Nantian and company were too lacking.
His trials were not all done perfectly. At best, it could be said that he had fulfilled the Great Empress mystic realm’s rules at certain times.
As such, when he finally entered the final treasure vault of the Great Empress mystic realm, the number of Empyrean Marks he had was probably insufficient.
His road ahead was still long.
The God Advent Tower was likely the most important part of these trials. It was also where the opportunities were.
Yi Yun made a decision that he would put in his best effort on this path to attain perfection. Only then could he gain the recognition of the ancient Great Empress.
Yi Yun moved forward slowly on the staircase before reaching the third level of the God Advent Tower.
Yi Yun looked inside through the door to the third level
The third level of the God Advent Tower was a sealed grand hall.
“The first level was a grand hall, the second level was a vast desolate world, while the third level changed back into a grand hall…”
Yi Yun lightly faltered as he stepped through the door.
He surveyed his surroundings, hoping to see Lin Xintong. However, the third level’s grand hall was empty. Lin Xintong was nowhere to be found.
From the circumstances, either Lin Xintong had left the third level or the third level of the God Advent Tower was isolated individually. In here, everyone would only see themselves and not meet each other.
The grand hall of the third level was not as opulent as the first level’s. In contrast, it had a solemn feeling to it.
The grand hall’s floor tiles seemed to be made of the same material as the square outside the tower. The tiles were made from a stone that was black like ink. Stepping upon them made him feel a surge of blood Qi coming towards him.
Yi Yun circled around a few pillars. In the center of the grand hall hung a painting.
This painting was hung on a azure stoned wall. After such a long period of time, the paper had already begun to turn yellow. However, the person in the picture remained clear and distinguishable.
Upon seeing the picture clearly, Yi Yun was stunned, “This is…”
The man in the picture was sitting on the ground, with his back leaning against a tree. One of his legs was straight while the other was arched like a bridge.
His left elbow was placed on the raised knee, and his right hand was holding a wine gourd. He was gulping down wine. Beside him, his sword was stabbed into the ground diagonally. The blade of the sword was even stained with blood.
This picture was drawn roughly. The way the strokes were drawn made it seem like it was by an art master in an unrestrained manner after he was drunk. It was drawn wilfully in one go after dabbing into ink.
Seeing this painting, Yi Yun could not tell what was on his own mind.
The azure-clothed man in the picture was the azure-clothed swordsman who had fought the black-armored warrior in the disk array images he watched previously.
The sword blade was stained with blood, proving that the azure-clothed swordsman had just undergone a huge battle. He was very likely to have killed his enemy.
And following that, he was in no way concerned about the large battle that he had just experienced. Instead, he sat alone on the grass plains leaning against a tree. He watched the wilderness and began drinking, quick to settle grudges.
What sort of unconventional and unrestrained life was this?
Yi Yun stopped before the picture and looked at it for a long while. He had chosen the disk array with the scenes of the azure-clothed swordsman in the first level, and now he had seen the azure-clothed swordsman’s picture on the third level of the God Advent Tower.
Was this a coincidence, or was it due to him choosing the azure-clothed swordsman’s disk array that resulted in seeing this painting?
Yi Yun could not