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Chapter 291 The Severance of the Legacy

It took about an hour for Cheng Yaojin and the others to wake up.

"What amazing mid-grade spirit wine! One sip and my true essence underwent a complete transformation. It's incredible!" Cheng Yaojin exclaimed.

"It is indeed powerful, but unfortunately we do not have higher-level cultivation techniques."

"We can only take it one step at a time. My master said that the martial arts of the human race have been lost. Since the Qin Dynasty, there have been no martial artists above the Grandmaster level among the human race."

"That's all it can do."

Sitting behind the counter, Zhou Yongcheng seemed to be deep in thought. He looked back through the river of time and understood what had happened.

The martial arts were already created in the world of Journey to the West during the Five Emperors period, and the human race was uniquely endowed with the ability to cultivate martial arts.

After the Five Emperors, there were many martial immortals among the human race. At that time, the human race cultivated martial arts and were fearless, and launched a campaign to overthrow the heavens.

It ended in failure.

Although the Heavenly Court was not afraid of the rise of the human race, in order to solve the problem once and for all, the gods and immortals of the Heavenly Court severed the martial arts of the human race, preventing any human race from having a lineage that surpassed the Grandmaster level.

Zhou Yongcheng shook his head. The human race at that time was still too naive. They underestimated the strength of the Heavenly Court.

Although there weren't many celestial beings in the Heavenly Court at that time, they were incredibly powerful. Haotian, the Queen Mother, and others were all quasi-saint level experts, far beyond what human martial immortals could contend with.

If humanity had known how to be patient back then, and hadn't rebelled against the Heavenly Court as soon as it gained some strength, humanity wouldn't be in its current state, becoming a pawn of the gods and Buddhas.

Since the Heavenly Court does not allow the human race to rise, then Zhou Yongcheng will not let them have their way; he will insist on making the human race rise.

Once Tongtian emerges from seclusion, the Heavenly Court will likely be crippled by him. At that time, will the human race be able to take over the Heavenly Court?

Zhou Yongcheng shook his head. There wasn't enough time. For the human race to rise to power, it wasn't a matter of decades or centuries; it required time.

Although they cannot enter the Heavenly Court, they can allow the human race to inherit various traditions.

Zhou Yongcheng then pondered what kind of thing could be created in the Tang Dynasty so that the Tang people could obtain a suitable inheritance for them.

"Zhijie, you guys are certainly rich and powerful, drinking mid-grade spirit wine," Wei Zheng said sarcastically.

Cheng Yaojin and the others looked to the side and saw Fang Xuanling and his group. This was going to be a bit tricky.

Given Fang Xuanling's intelligence and wisdom, they must have already made some guesses.

Cheng Yaojin and the others exchanged glances, communicating with each other about how to resolve the situation.

Their original plan was to finish drinking and go back, but they didn't expect the mid-grade spirit wine to be so powerful that they started cultivating in the tavern. Unfortunately, Wei Zheng and the others were also there.

"Prime Minister Fang, Lord Wei, we would like to invite you all to have a drink or two of the Spirit Wine today as a small token of our appreciation."

"not enough."

"Two ounces."

"not enough."

"At most three ounces."

"make a deal."

So Cheng Yaojin and the others pooled their money to buy three ounces of low-grade spirit wine for each of Fang Xuanling and the others.

They also gave Fang Xuanling and his group some snacks to go with their drinks. Cheng Yaojin and the others then disappeared from the tavern with the remaining mid-grade spirit wine.

Watching Cheng Yaojin and the others depart, Fang Xuanling said with a smile, "This is the first time I've benefited from the Mischievous Demon King. It's all thanks to Brother Wei."

If it weren't for Wei Zheng, they wouldn't have been able to get Cheng Yaojin to treat them to drinks. Cheng Yaojin and the others were also afraid that Wei Zheng would impeach them and hold them against them.

"It'll only happen today. If it happened tomorrow, we wouldn't have such a good opportunity," Wei Zheng said with a smile.

The group burst into laughter; it was indeed a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

Today, the imperial court received a large sum of money, all of which was brought back by Cheng Yaojin and his men. With the court now wealthy, many of their troubles have been resolved, and they are very happy.

At this moment, Li Shimin's voice rang out.

"What has made everyone so happy?"

Several senior officials rose and bowed to Li Shimin.

Wei Zheng said with a smile, "We just ran into Cheng Yaojin and his men, and they treated us to a cup of spirit wine."

Upon hearing this, Li Shimin realized that Cheng Yaojin and his men had been ripped off.

However, Li Shimin did not say anything. Cheng Yaojin and his men were accompanied by a hundred cavalrymen when they went out on business, and they did not do anything out of line.

"Then you've really struck gold."

Li Shimin ordered two ounces of wine and drank with Fang Xuanling and the others, discussing politics.

With the court now wealthy, Li Shimin was ready to avenge his previous humiliation.

Although this world is the Tang Dynasty of Journey to the West, Li Shimin still experienced the Wei River Alliance, which was a lifelong pain for him, and he always remembered it.

The time has come. It's time to teach the Northern Turks a profound lesson, to let them know that the Tang Dynasty cannot be humiliated, and that Li Shimin cannot be humiliated.

Zhou Yongcheng didn't listen to Li Shimin and the others discuss politics; he was thinking about succession.

After a short period of consideration, Zhou Yongcheng came up with a solution.

He plans to build a trial tower outside Chang'an City.

The Trial Tower has nine floors, each with a restriction set up for the purpose of trials.

The first layer was intended to test a person's courage. The barrier contained endless ferocious beasts. These beasts were fake, invisible entities. Although they could not kill people, they could test a person.

The second level tests the goodness or badness of a person's heart; the third level tests a person's perseverance.

The test continues until the ninth level, which assesses a person's desire for enlightenment.

There are inheritances in all nine levels, with the lowest level being the inheritance of martial arts.

The ninth level contains the most powerful inheritance, a complete immortal path that leads directly to the Primordial Chaos Path. It all depends on who has the opportunity to obtain it.

After making up his mind, Zhou Yongcheng's true form disappeared from the tavern, leaving only an avatar behind.

Arriving above Chang'an City, Zhou Yongcheng surveyed the area outside the city and selected a good location to build the Trial Tower.

He set his sights on a piece of land south of Chang'an City. He came to the skies above the city and set up a barrier to prevent anyone from seeing the changes. With a wave of his hand, the area transformed into a huge plaza.

The square is very large, covering at least tens of thousands of acres, and in the center of the square stands a nine-story giant tower with a thirty-six-sided shape.

The Trial Hexagon has thirty-six entrances and exits; once you enter, the trial begins.

Zhou Yongcheng completed the entire trial tower in just a short time.

He then covered the huge square with a barrier, the purpose of which was to restrict.

Once inside the plaza, even those at the Hunyuan Realm will have their cultivation restricted.

You can't make a move in the plaza. If you do, you'll never be able to enter the plaza again, and if you can't enter the plaza, you can't enter the Trial Tower.

After completing the trial tower, Zhou Yongcheng returned to the tavern.

The tavern was empty; Li Shimin and his men had already gone back.

The next day, the people in Chang'an noticed that a giant tower had appeared out of nowhere outside the city.

The Trial Tower is hundreds of meters high, making it hard to go unnoticed.

Li Shimin skipped the morning meeting and led his ministers to the square where the Trial Tower was located.

When they arrived, there were already many people watching from the side of the square. They did not dare to enter the square and only dared to watch from the side.

"Good heavens, which immortal master created such a flat and large area outside the city?" Cheng Yaojin exclaimed.

It wasn't just Li Shimin and his entourage who marveled at the flatness of the square; everyone was amazed by its size and smoothness.

The person who could create this plaza and giant tower must be a great immortal; ordinary cultivators certainly wouldn't have the skill to do such a thing.