Chapter 190: Role of the Eight Towers

The talisman activated without suspense and the female cultivator nodded in satisfaction.

In this way, she activated another thirty-three talismans.

However, she was just a mid-stage nascent soul realm cultivator.

She exhausted her qi after activating thirty-four talismans and had to give way to another volunteer.

It took four nascent soul realm cultivators to test all the talismans.

When all the talismans passed the test, Zhen Yuan turned, looking at the three troublemakers with a teasing face.

“Are you convinced?” She asked and the leader snorted before he spoke.

“Isn’t it just breaking a leg? What’s the big deal?” He sneered.

The leader had already figured it out.

Although they failed in causing trouble for the Xuyuan wines and talismans shop, their employer would definitely give them some benefits to compensate for their broken legs.

Thinking about the benefits, the leader couldn’t help but feel brave.

He even wanted to abolish his own leg but Zhen Yuan stopped him.

“I will do it myself.” He said.

A moment later, streams of qi hit the three people and their right leg crumpled under them.

However, none of the three panicked.

After using their spiritual sense to examine their legs, they each took a pill and closed their eyes to meditate.

“As expected. This punishment is nothing.” Someone sighed and several others nodded in agreement.

“They will be fine in less than two hours.”

“They even dared to meditate here just to show boss Xu.”

“Do you think someone is secretly protecting them?”

“Why do you say so?”

“Think about it…, is it normal to meditate in front of so many people? Aren’t they afraid of being attacked when they are vulnerable?”

“Now that you mention it…”

Several people began looking around but saw nothing or noone suspicious.

As for Zhen Yuan, he rewarded the volunteers and returned to his shop.

After returning, he replenished the talismans, took his seat and began reading while drinking wine.

He was reading a history book.

Specifically, this book detailed the history of the eight towers.

According to the book, the eight towers were spiritual weapons built by Tianxuan continent cultivators.

Each tower had eight floors and cultivators could enter countless times to study the inheritances.

However, the main purpose of the towers wasn’t to propagate knowledge but to recruit geniuses.

Although each tower had its own requirements, there were certain similarities between the eight towers.

First, was the age limit.

From what Zhen Yuan learned, only cultivators under one thousand years old could be recruited.

However, there was an important exception to this rule.

A cultivator who was more than one thousand years old could be recruited if they reached the sixth floor of a tower before they were one thousand.

Second was art mastery.

Across the eight towers, only those who have reached the sixth floor could be recruited.

That said, there were exceptions.

Tower masters could directly recommend geniuses who didn’t meet the requirements.

After passing the necessary assessments, these geniuses would also have a place to go the Tianxuan continent when the time came.

“Intercontinental teleportation formation…” Zhen Yuan muttered with a thoughtful expression.

With his current mastery, he could arrange only arrange short-distance teleportation formations.

If asked to arrange a long-distance or a boundary crossing teleportation formation, he wouldn’t know where to start.

Most importantly, the required formation materials were mostly extinct in the Tianqi continent.

Thinking about that, Zhen Yuan narrowed his eyes.

’The eight-towers teleportation formation is the only known way to go to the Tianxuan continent. However,…”

As the confidant of a book traveller, Zhen Yuan knew the eight towers were a trap.

First, it took a lot of spirit stones to activate the eight-towers teleportation formation.

After using the teleportation formation, the ’geniuses’ were directly taken to the mines to repay the cost after reaching the Tianxuan continent.

Fortunately, the Tianxuan continent cultivators weren’t completely black-hearted.

After mining for one thousand years, the debt would be written off and the geniuses would regain their freedom.

However, this was easier said than achieved.

Even if one survived one thousand years of mining, their cultivation would be severely compromised and they wouldn’t be able to make any waves in the Tianxuan continent.

That said, not everyone who used the teleportation formation ended up in the mines.

If one was extraordinarily talented, they would be recruited to join a big family or force.

In return, the force would pay their debt thus saving them from the mines.

However, after accepting this favour, the recruited cultivators would be forever bound to the big families or force.

’The eight towers teleportation formation is not suitable for Xiaoxu and I.’ Zhen Yuan frowned and continued to read.

In the book, Xiao Weimin and his harem used the eight-towers teleportation formation to go to the Tianxuan continent.

However, Xiao Weimin was the main protagonist.

A young lady from a prominent family fell in love with him as soon as he arrived in the Tianxuan continent.

As a result, he and his harem were taken to the big family and didn’t have to go to the mines.

Thinking of this, Zhen Yuan redoubled his efforts.

’I don’t believe there is no other way to go to the Tianxuan continent.’ He thought.

After all, the eight towers had not always been in the Tianqi continent.

Since ancient cultivators could still go to the Tianxuan continent, Zhen Yuan believed there must be another way.

’The eight-towers are a last option.’ He decided.

Unfortunately, the history book was disappointing.

Other than detailing the eight towers and painting a rosy picture of their role in recruiting geniuses, the book didn’t mention much else.

Zhen Yuan was about to replace the book when he heard a scream and his lips curled upwards.

’It hasn’t even been two hours.’ He thought but didn’t stand.

Instead, he replaced the book and began reading.

This time, he chose a travel notes book.

The book was written by a famous explorer and it detailed his travels around the Tianqi continent.

’Maybe there will be something in here.’ He thought.

However, he thought well but the three troublemakers didn’t want to let him be.

“You…, you…, what have you done to us?” Ma Yi asked with a terrified expression.

“I broke your leg.” Zhen Yuan said in a teasing voice.

“What is going on?” A spectator asked, looking at the Ma brothers with a curious expression.

“First brother, the healing pill didn’t work at all.” Ma San said, silently asking for an explanation.

“I used a bone mending pill but it also didn’t work. How is this possible?” Ma Er asked with a gloomy face.

Unfortunately, Ma Yi didn’t have answers.

Like them, he also wanted to know why the pills didn’t do anything to relieve the break.

“Can you let me check your pulse?” A male cultivator asked, reaching to take Ma San’s hand.

Seeing this, everyone fell silent and eagerly waited for an explanation.

However, they waited for an explanation but only got a puzzled expression.

“What’s the matter?” Someone asked, looking at the male cultivator who took Ma San’s pulse.

“The break is clean. An ordinary healing pill should be enough to repair the damage but it really didn’t work.”

After saying that, the person checked Ma Er and Ma Yi but their situation was the same.

“Their breaks are clean and shouldn’t be hard to heal.” The person said.

“I am a level five alchemist. Let me come.”

After that, several people examined the troublemaking brothers but all were puzzled and couldn’t understand why the bones didn’t mend.

“I wondered why boss Xu suggested such an unequal gamble. It turns out he knew what he was doing.” Someone said and the spectators turned to look at Zhen Yuan.

However, Zhen Yuan was now possessed by the spirit of a movie emperor and didn’t plan to admit it.

“Could there be something wrong with your pills?” He asked, feigning a concerned look before he continued.

“Do you want to go to the pill shop to question the store owner? Maybe they sold ineffective pills.”

“We bought our pills at the Myriad Treasures pavilion. How could there be a problem with the quality?” Ma Er angrily said but Zhen Yuan just shrugged and smiled.

“I was kind and didn’t fracture your bones too badly.” He said and quickly continued.

“Maybe there is something wrong with your bodies.”

“All three of us?” Ma Yi asked through gritted teeth.

“Maybe you ate or drunk something bad. You should hurry up and see a spiritual healer before the situation gets worse.”

After hearing this, the Ma brothers wanted to beat someone.

However, their situation was not optimistic.

Knowing that, they decided to first see a healer and when their legs recovered, they would return to deal with the Xuyuan talismans and wines shop.

“Wait for us. We will never let you go.” Ma San threatened and the three brothers supported each other to hop away from the shop.

Seeing this, Zhen Yuan sneered and returned to his book.

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