All realms have enabled me to achieve the Great Dao.

Chapter 292 Trial Tower

Seeing that no one dared to step into the square, Cheng Yaojin disregarded everything and went in.

Upon entering the square, Cheng Yaojin felt as if all his cultivation had vanished, which frightened him so much that he quickly jumped out.

As soon as he came out, his cultivation level returned. Cheng Yaojin patted his chest, relieved that he had just had a close call. The loss of his cultivation level had almost scared him to death.

"What happened?" Li Shimin asked.

"Your Majesty, when I entered that flat land, I felt all my cultivation disappear, but when I came out, my cultivation reappeared," Cheng Yaojin said.

Upon hearing this, Yuchi Gong also went inside, just as Cheng Yaojin had predicted, and then walked out of the square.

"Indeed."

"It seems that this flat land has the effect of making people lose their cultivation. It may be a restriction on people with cultivation. I just don't know if there are any other restrictions."

Li Shimin considered for only a moment before entering the square, and the others followed suit.

"With their cultivation suppressed, only their physical strength is available. I suspect that a certain immortal probably doesn't want those who enter this place to fight," Fang Xuanling said.

Almost everyone agreed with Fang Xuanling's words.

They walked for quite a while before finally reaching the trial site.

"Such a tall tower could not be built by human power at all. This is the first time I have ever seen a tower taller than a mountain."

The group looked around the giant tower and noticed some writing next to its main gate.

"Trial Tower, for mortals, those who pass the trials can obtain the inheritance." Fang Xuanling read aloud the words engraved next to the gate.

"A trial tower specifically for humans? And there's a legacy inside. Could it be a sacred artifact descended by some powerful human being?" Li Shimin asked.

"I wonder if there's any martial arts inheritance inside?" Yuchi Gong asked.

"Why don't you try and see?" Cheng Yaojin chuckled.

After he finished speaking, he strode into the Trial Tower.

Upon entering the Trial Tower, Cheng Yaojin saw a large number of ferocious beasts, and he also felt that his cultivation had returned.

So he used his martial arts skills to fight the ferocious beast.

After Cheng Yaojin had his fill of killing, the surrounding environment changed, and he saw a group of people with stronger cultivation than him slaughtering a village.

"Everyone, hurry up and collect the essence blood. There are two villages nearby."

Upon hearing this, Cheng Yaojin disregarded the fact that their cultivation was higher than his and used his true essence to conjure two giant axes to attack them.

After fighting for a while, Cheng Yaojin was covered in blood and his internal energy was almost exhausted, but he finally killed these guys.

"You beasts, instead of cultivating yourselves properly, you use the essence and blood of humankind to cultivate. You are truly unworthy of being human."

As soon as he finished speaking, the scene changed again. He found himself on a staircase that seemed to have no end, and he received a message that he had to reach the end of the staircase.

Cheng Yaojin glanced at his body. He was unharmed, and his internal energy was not depleted. The previous scene was also a test for him. It seemed that he had passed the test to get here.

Looking up at the seemingly endless staircase, he wondered if it had any end. Since it was a test, he decided to keep going.

Cheng Yaojin walked up step by step.

After taking only a few steps, Cheng Yaojin sensed that something was wrong.

He felt the pressure, and with each step he took, the pressure increased.

After walking for an unknown amount of time, Cheng Yaojin gritted his teeth, slowly looked up, but still couldn't see the end of the stairs.

By this time, he felt extremely tired. The pressure on his body made it impossible for him to stand up straight, and he was about to collapse onto the steps.

His clothes were soaked through, and sweat dripped continuously from his head onto the steps.

After standing there for a while, Cheng Yaojin gritted his teeth and took a few more steps. The pressure on him increased, and he felt as if he were carrying a mountain on his back.

After slowly climbing a few more steps, Cheng Yaojin was pressed down onto the steps and fainted. He then disappeared from his spot and reappeared beside Li Shimin and the others.

When Li Shimin and his men saw the disheveled Cheng Yaojin, they had no idea what he had gone through or why he had fainted.

Less than a few seconds later, Cheng Yaojin woke up.

"Zhijie, what's wrong with you?" Li Shimin asked.

Cheng Yaojingang wanted to answer Li Shimin's question, but he felt that there was more information in his mind.

After reading the information in his mind, he realized that he had obtained a martial arts cultivation method.

"Your Majesty, inside the Trial Tower..."

Cheng Yaojin recounted his experiences inside the Trial Tower.

"Everyone has nine chances to enter the Trial Tower in their lifetime. After nine times, they can no longer enter the Trial Tower. This time, I obtained a martial arts technique during the trial."

Martial arts techniques include cultivation methods for those at the Grandmaster level and above. The realms above Grandmaster are called the Yuan Dan Realm, the Divine Power Realm, and the Dharma Aspect Realm.

After learning about it, Li Shimin and his group decided to go in and give it a try. It was a family heirloom, and they couldn't give it up.

Leaving the Imperial Guards to guard outside, Li Shimin and his entourage entered the Trial Tower.

Besides Li Shimin and his ministers, there were many other people around the Trial Tower. However, due to the presence of imperial guards around the area, they dared not enter at will.

Even the disciples of the immortal sects stood among the crowd and observed, just like ordinary people, not daring to do anything excessive.

Once inside the plaza, their cultivation levels were suppressed, making them no different from ordinary people. At most, their physical strength was slightly stronger than that of ordinary martial artists, since their cultivation levels were not high.

Only a short while passed, and people who had entered the Trial Tower began to emerge one after another.

Some people came out unconscious, while others were conscious.

"The test I underwent was different from what Zhijie said. The third test was a person's perseverance. Although I persevered, I still failed the test."

“My test was also different.”

The scenarios they face are all different; they are not fixed.

Not everyone can practice martial arts, and not everyone is suited to practicing martial arts.

Some people have good aptitude and are suitable for cultivating immortality, while others have poor aptitude and may not even be able to cultivate martial arts to a high level.

"What I have inherited is Confucianism and Taoism, and what I cultivate is a righteous spirit."

"The inheritance I received is a method of physical cultivation, specializing in the cultivation of the physical body."

"What I obtained is the method of immortal cultivation."

. . .

The cultivation methods they each received were not entirely the same.

Li Shimin and his ministers discussed how to deal with the trial tower.

"This place must have been bestowed by some powerful human being, a gift to humankind. We cannot interfere. If a powerful human being were to take notice of this place and become dissatisfied with us, the consequences would be unimaginable."

“Indeed, we cannot interfere. Here’s what we’ll do: pass down the order to have the people from Chang’an City and the surrounding military camps enter the Trial Tower in batches to undergo the trials.”

After arranging things, Li Shimin and his entourage left the square. The others on the square watched the departing emperor and his entourage. Since there were no imperial guards guarding the Trial Tower, it meant they could also enter. So everyone ran towards the gate of the Trial Tower.

The square was crowded with people; almost everyone in Chang'an had come to the square to watch the excitement. People are always curious about new things.

Not long after Li Shimin and his entourage left, the various military generals led their soldiers into the square.

Each general brought about a thousand soldiers, who stood guard on all four sides of the trial tower to maintain order, ignoring those who entered the trial.

The generals and their men were divided into several groups, and they entered the Trial Tower in batches to undergo the trials.