A Useless Person's Rise to Power: The Demon King's Addiction to Pampering

She's already being kind by not killing the person who stole her things; don't expect her to save her!

However, just as Feng Jiutian moved, a hand suddenly grabbed her hem. Feng Jiutian frowned slightly. At this moment, the woman's voice entered her ears: "I have been here for three years. Don't you want to know why I don't continue to move up? Don't you want to know why I don't leave here?"

Feng Jiutian's expression changed slightly: "What do you mean?"

However, the woman did not answer Feng Jiutian's question, because she had already fainted, but one hand was still firmly gripping the hem of Feng Jiutian's clothes.

Feng Jiutian's eyes flickered, and he finally squatted down and put two pills into the woman's mouth.

Two hours later, the woman slowly woke up.

Feng Jiutian spoke bluntly: "What do you mean by that?"

The woman coughed painfully twice, clearly indicating that forcibly absorbing the Fiery Sun Fruit and the Demon Ape Fruit had caused her considerable damage.

She didn't answer Feng Jiutian's question, but instead said to herself, "Do you know how long I've been here? Three years! A full three years!"

Feng Jiutian remained expressionless and did not respond. The woman did not seem to care and continued, "Do you know why I forcibly absorbed the energy of the Blazing Sun Fruit and the Demonic Ape Fruit? You must think I'm crazy, right? If I hadn't been forced by circumstances, why would I have done something so foolish! But now those two fruits should be in your hands, right?"

Feng Jiutian's eyes held a mocking glint: "That was originally mine!"

The woman glanced at Feng Jiutian, a slight smile suddenly appearing on her face: "Given your young age, it's understandable that you're somewhat naive. In this world, what truly belongs to anyone? If even your life isn't your own, what else is truly yours?"

Before Feng Jiutian could speak, the woman continued, "Forget it, let's not talk about these useless things. I've been watching you ever since you came in. I know you came here to train. I used to have the same goal as you, but now, I just want to leave this place."

Feng Jiutian frowned deeply, recalling the spying gaze he had felt earlier: "Was it you who had been following me all along?"

The woman did not deny it: "I want to leave here, but I've tried many ways and failed. You're new here, and it's just the two of us. It's not surprising that I'm paying attention to you!"

Feng Jiutian noticed that the woman kept emphasizing one thing: leaving this place. Could it be that once you enter this place, there's no way to get out?

This is impossible!

If once you enter this place, you can't leave, how could the Alliance Deacon have trusted his junior deacon to come in in the first place!

Seemingly sensing Feng Jiutian's thoughts, the woman continued, "Indeed, some people who came in here have come out alive, but at some point, the Phoenix Tower mutated. I guess you haven't tried it, but each floor of the Phoenix Tower can only be ascended, not descended. While the Phoenix Tower used to be dangerous, it didn't have this restriction, and if you wanted to go up, you would only be threatened by the magical beasts within the tower. But now, the entire Phoenix Tower poses a threat to you!"

The woman's words finally made Feng Jiutian's expression change. Her mind raced, and suddenly she realized something, her face showing horror: "You mean to say that this Phoenix Tower has developed consciousness?"

In other words, it's become sentient?

The woman looked at Feng Jiutian with a bitter expression: "You're not too stupid. That's right, the teleportation portal on the second floor used to be a direct route to the third floor, but it changed after I came in. Every time I go in, I'm blocked by the Phoenix Tower's consciousness. If it hadn't been blocking me, how could I have stayed in this godforsaken place for three whole years!"

The Phoenix Tower has come to life!

Although Feng Jiutian found this hard to believe, it wasn't entirely unacceptable. Everything on this continent could potentially become a demon. This Phoenix Tower had existed for an unknown amount of time and possessed miraculous functions, so it wasn't too strange for it to have become a demon.

Feng Jiutian recalled Xuehu's earlier statement that she sensed a demonic aura here, and she couldn't help but ask, "Xuehu, could what you sensed before be the demonic aura of this Phoenix Tower?"

Snow Fox carefully sensed it for a moment, then shook its head: "I didn't sense any demonic energy in this tower, and I'm quite certain that the demonic energy doesn't belong to this Phoenix Tower!"

Upon hearing this, Feng Jiutian's brows furrowed even deeper, indicating that things seemed rather complicated.

but--

Now that Feng Jiutian has come here, she can't just sit here and wait to die. Whether it's a demon or a monster, she has to see first.

These days, Feng Jiutian had explored almost every inch of the second level. No longer wasting time, she headed straight for the teleportation portal.

The woman, disregarding her injuries, followed after them.

The portal on the second level looks exactly the same as the one on the first level; it's a circular, light blue halo.

Without hesitation, Feng Jiutian stepped inside.

As soon as Feng Jiutian entered, he sensed something different.

At the teleportation point on the first floor, she felt a lifting force propelling her upwards. But upon entering this place, she felt nothing at all, as if she were in an endless void. She couldn't find her way or know where to go.

A moment of confusion appeared on Feng Jiutian's face.

Xuanji Zi shouted into Feng Jiutian's body, "Girl, concentrate your mind and focus your energy!"

Feng Jiutian's heart tightened, and he quickly sat cross-legged and did as Xuanji Zi instructed.

After a long while, Feng Jiutian suddenly felt a consciousness surrounding her, but she did not make any rash moves.

However, to her surprise, the consciousness soon disappeared. Feng Jiutian frowned, opened her eyes, and suddenly her vision blurred. Then, a figure appeared not far away.

Feng Jiutian looked at the Seventh Prince sitting in the wheelchair, her eyes instantly narrowing: "It's you? What are you doing here?"

The Seventh Prince also looked somewhat bewildered. After a long while, he looked at Feng Jiutian and asked hesitantly, "Jiu...tian?"

Feng Jiutian disregarded everything else and quickly walked up to the Seventh Prince: "Are you alright? Do you feel anything is wrong?"

The Seventh Prince was silent for a moment, then shook his head: "Wasn't I just staying in my palace? How did I suddenly end up here? Where is this? Jiutian, what are you doing here?"

While the Seventh Prince was speaking, Feng Jiutian secretly pinched herself, and the pain almost made her wince.

She had initially thought it was just a dream, but now it clearly seemed real, and the Seventh Prince's story was flawless; he had no idea why he was there.