CHAPTER 282: 280, TEN LAYERS TOWER EIGHTH LAYER! (2/4)

"Zhantian Elder, let’s leave it like this today."

"Hmm, Sect Leader Wen, if you need anything, please feel free to call me anytime."

Zhantian Qingxuan immediately put away the book for making the Two-Star Vortex Map, eager to return.

Even without Wen Ping’s dismissal, she would have excused herself after chatting for a while, after all, time is precious, and she doesn’t have the luxury to waste it like the younger generation.

As soon as Zhantian Qingxuan left, Wen Ping immediately returned to Tingyu Pavilion and took out the two Guardian eggs.

Speckled sunlight streamed in and fell on the dark blue egg shells, casting a ray of light onto Wen Ping’s face.

Wen Ping immediately glanced around, his gaze landing on the wooden box next to Tingyu Pavilion, perfect for a nest.

Time to get to work!

Wen Ping found a blanket in Tingyu Pavilion, laid it inside the wooden box, ensuring the cold from the ground wouldn’t seep in, and then added dozens of Fire Spirit Crystals.

After everything was set, Wen Ping placed the Guardian eggs on top.

As soon as they were placed, the egg suddenly wobbled.

However, it was just a brief moment, and then it went still again.

After a long wait, it remained quiet, without any further movement, as if the previous scene hadn’t happened at all.

"Is it coming out?"

Without much thought, Wen Ping knew the egg was definitely about to hatch.

With the warmth provided by the Fire Spirit Crystals, the Guardian baby inside felt cozy, perhaps even "stretching lazily."

Just as Wen Ping was about to stay a little longer, he noticed that the Fire Spirit Crystals around the eggshell were fading, starting right at the side attached to the eggshell.

It seemed to Wen Ping that the eggshell was absorbing the energy from the Fire Spirit Crystals.

"Host, the Fire Spirit Crystals are being absorbed by the Guardian hatchling. Guardians are an anomaly from a previous era, and after absorbing the Fire Spirit Crystals, they might change their nature."

"What do you mean?"

"Evolution!"

"Evolution?"

"Yes."

"That’s good news." Wen Ping exclaimed with joy, "So when is it expected to hatch?"

"Within a month."

"Still so far away."

Immediately, Wen Ping covered the box and prepared to receive the quest reward.

A prompt appeared!

[Ten Layers Tower extra cultivation time: 72 hours, claim successful!]

"Time to head to the Eighth Layer!"

Last time, the system mentioned the Eighth Layer’s items were unnecessary for him then.

Now that he’s in the Middle Profound Realm, it’s worth checking out.

Thus, Wen Ping immediately departed from Tingyu Pavilion towards the Ten Layers Tower, but as he reached the square, Huan Cheng ascended the mountain once more.

This time, he brought someone along.

The visitor was not young, looking quite aged, and holding a long rod, clearly meant for killing, but was used like a walking stick. Huan Cheng led the way, showing great respect, answering any queries the visitor posed. Suddenly, Wen Ping heard the man ask, "What relation does Wen Ping have with you?"

Huan Cheng hesitated a moment, "Senior, what do you mean by that?"

"If he’s not an acquaintance, then why are you always speaking well of him? He’s taken my daughter, isn’t that infuriating? If I encounter him, even if he’s powerful enough to kill Wei Qianjue, I still want to reason with him."

The man immediately gave Huan Cheng a cold glare.

Huan Cheng chuckled awkwardly and said no more.

Upon hearing the visitor’s words, Wen Ping had a pretty close guess to the truth.

Without needing the system to pull out his simple profile, Wen Ping knew who he was — Hua Xiaozhu’s father, the current Clan Leader of the Hua Family, Hua Zixun!

Judging by his intention here, he seemed ready to take his daughter away.

Wen Ping chuckled, without any intention of stopping for greetings, actually knowing without looking that he definitely couldn’t take Hua Xiaozhu away.

Immediately, Wen Ping headed towards the Ten Layers Tower instead.

Upon reaching the Ten Layers Tower, Wen Ping directly entered the Eighth Layer. The Eighth Layer was a small island, surrounded by endless seawater, standing on the golden sand you could even feel the sea breeze. In this place, the Flame Anomaly Vein seemed somewhat suppressed, bringing Wen Ping a slight negative feeling.

Wen Ping was quite puzzled as to why this Secret Realm was like this, and was about to ask when the system preemptively answered his question.

"The Eighth Layer holds a weapon. If you kill the Guardian, you can obtain a sword!"

"A sword?"

Wen Ping understood why the system didn’t allow him to enter the Eighth Layer earlier.

If the Eighth Layer was for a sword, then indeed it was unsuitable for what he was back then. At that time, he had just reached the Profound Realm and was a complete novice with swords, even if given an extraordinary sword, it would only be used like a Fire Rod. Although he now has the Flying General Sword, after achieving Minor Success in Sword Control Skill, he needs to progress to mastering a second sword.

He needs a sword right now!

Wen Ping continued to ask, "What’s the name of the sword?"

"Long Yue... forged from True Dragon Claws, it’s a true killing artifact. Because of this, the Eighth Layer has an 80% chance of obtaining it, but the acquisition comes in fragments."

True Dragon!

Wow!

Is it that explosive?

Wen Ping hurriedly asked, "How many fragments are needed to assemble a complete sword?"

"You need 20 Long Yue fragments."

"That’s a lot!"

But of course, Wen Ping felt joy, not surprised.

Nabbing the Fire Spirit Body didn’t require such harsh conditions, so this Long Yue Sword must be exceptionally good.

Otherwise, why would you need to gather 20 fragments?

Just then, as Wen Ping’s voice trailed off, three Water Arrows suddenly shot out of the water!

Their speed fast as lightning.

In an instant, they reached Wen Ping’s vicinity, just one pace away from hitting his chest.

"Here they come!"

Wen Ping thought to himself.

At the same time, he drew the Flying General Sword, and instantly unsheathed it, swiftly slashing at the approaching Water Arrows.

Dash!

The sword passed through the water, without any hindrance.

Water Arrows directly struck Wen Ping’s chest, forcing him back a few steps, tearing the Immortal Clear Wind Robe apart.

Immediately, laughter erupted from within the water.

The laughter contained smugness, and a unique killing intent.

However, when the Water Arrows hit Wen Ping’s body, they behaved like water droplets on the ground, only splashing without leaving anything behind.

This scene abruptly halted the smug laughter.

Wen Ping immediately took off his torn Immortal Clear Wind Robe top, calmly saying, "It’s time to upgrade the clothing, it tears whenever there’s a fight, this won’t do! Even if I order a hundred sets from Yang Lele’s father, it can’t withstand such waste."

With that said, more Water Arrows came!

This time, seemingly fearing another previous mishap, the creature in the water chose to shoot Water Arrows towards the sky rather than directly at Wen Ping.

In the blink of an eye, numerous Water Arrows rose into the sky!

It felt like a siege battle with thousands of arrows fired at once.

Water Arrows ascended and then plummeted abruptly, rushing towards Wen Ping’s location.

Wen Ping glanced, and his left hand moved.

Bam!

With the Vibrating Vein Sound accompanying, the Flying General Sword rose!

A flash of white light emerged, plunging directly into the water.

"Let’s see if you can still hide!"

If it weren’t for learning the Sword Control Skill, Wen Ping would indeed find this Eighth Layer troublesome.

He’d been cultivating Flame Techniques all along the way, and suddenly the Guardian wielded water, perfectly restraining fire, and hid in the sea.

The Punishment Fire was powerful, but it couldn’t directly plunge into the water and kill the Guardian hiding there.

However, Wen Ping attacked once more, waving his hand and unleashing a Fire Dragon towards the Water Arrows in the sky, attempting to scatter them directly.

But even before the Fire Dragon could collide with the Water Arrows, the sea began to turn crimson!

Blood spread, quickly dyeing a nearby area of water red.

"It’s actually a Guardian from the Lower Profound Realm."

Unlike the Seventh Layer, it didn’t possess a Fire Spirit Body, only a vast ocean to dwell in.

That one sword strike had already wounded it.