novelraw Chapter 256 : Good, Good, Good! So It Was You, Brat!
Chapter 256 : Good, Good, Good! So It Was You, Brat!
Chapter 256: Good, Good, Good! So It Was You, Brat!
The Tower Guarding Elder gave a helpless bitter smile and then waved his hand as he said:
"You disciples don’t need to worry about these matters. Go in and cultivate quickly. The Trial Tower might shut down temporarily after a while, so make the most of this opportunity."
Gu Fan was moved in his heart. This elder was a good man, even reminding him to absorb a bit more Power of the Domain today.
Indeed, he couldn’t afford to pause his cultivation now. This time, he needed to accumulate enough to break through to eighty percent mastery of the Domain.
Otherwise, who knew when he would be able to enter again?
With that in mind, Gu Fan cupped his fists gratefully and said:
"Many thanks, Elder. I’ll absorb more this time. I’ll go in first."
The Tower Guarding Elder smiled and waved his hand, signaling him to enter.
After Gu Fan stepped into the Trial Tower, the elder paused and muttered to himself.
"Absorb? He probably means absorbing Mysterious Power…"
After arriving at the sixth floor of the Trial Tower, Gu Fan found an empty chamber.
This time, he didn’t continue the previous actual combat training or Mysterious Power condensation.
Instead, he directly spread his Domain and began madly absorbing!
"Who knows how long it'll be until I can enter again? I must stock up!"
Last time’s amount had just been enough to break through to seventy percent. This time, he needed to double it to push through the eighty percent barrier!
Immediately, under Gu Fan’s vigorous devouring, the Power of the Domain within the Trial Tower began surging toward him in replenishing waves!
In just three hours, with Gu Fan’s full effort, he had already absorbed the same amount as last time.
Normally, disciples were allowed to cultivate inside for half a day, which meant six hours. Today, there was one hour less, and Gu Fan became a little anxious as he thought about it.
At this rate, it still might not be enough!
So he further intensified his devouring force, expanding his Domain to the maximum and continuously pulling in the freshly replenished Power of the Domain for storage.
Just like that, time passed slowly. Finally, at the fifth hour, the alerting Restriction Rune in his hand began to flash.
Gu Fan knew the time was up. Glancing at the Power of the Domain within his Domain, he nodded in satisfaction.
Thanks to his efforts in the final two hours, he had just barely reached the expected amount.
Now he could return to his Cave Residence and properly refine and cultivate.
With that, he grasped the Rune and took a step out of the Trial Tower.
At that moment, the people outside had yet to notice that the Power of the Domain inside the Tower had once again undergone a change.
After Gu Fan exited, a Tower Guarding Elder smiled and said:
"The top ten have all come out. Just in time, I’ll go in and take a look."
With that, he stepped into the Trial Tower.
Gu Fan, on the other hand, returned the Rune to the Tower Guarding Elder, then cupped his fists and bowed:
"Many thanks for the reminder, Elder. Otherwise, who knows when I would’ve been able to come again."
"Haha, it’s no big deal. Once the issues with the Trial Tower are resolved, it’ll naturally reopen as soon as possible."
Gu Fan smiled and was about to leave the area.
But right at that moment, thunder and wind stirred in the sky, and a shrill and furious roar erupted from within the Trial Tower!
"Damned it! Another problem!"
All the Elders at the scene immediately changed expressions and stood up at once!
Gu Fan and the surrounding disciples also stopped in their tracks with bewildered faces, completely unsure why this group of Elders had suddenly gone mad.
"What’s going on!"
"Damned it, come and see for yourself! A full tenth of the Power of the Domain is gone! This time it’s even worse than before!"
"Ahhh! Damned it, damned it! Who on earth did this!"
"A full tenth of the Power of the Domain has just vanished like that. If we find out the cause, we must grind their bones to dust!"
Standing below, Gu Fan’s face instantly changed. He doubted what he’d just heard and listened in place for a while longer.
Finally, he confirmed that the Elders seemed to be searching for the cause of the disappearance of the Power of the Domain?
Wait a minute… wasn’t the Power of the Domain in this tower meant to be absorbed?
Wasn’t it provided for the disciples to devour, refine, and enhance their Domains?
"A full tenth is gone. We must shut down the Trial Tower immediately. If this problem isn’t solved, the Trial Tower will be indefinitely sealed!"
"Quickly go inform the Grand Elder, just say there's another problem!"
Gu Fan immediately realized—he must have misunderstood.
This Power of the Domain seemed to be extremely important to the Trial Tower… but the key point was, he really hadn’t known!
He had thought this thing was just for disciples to devour and enhance themselves!
"I must get out of here quickly, and never absorb it again..."
Right now, his Domain was filled with heavy Power of the Domain. If someone searched him, he might slip up.
Given the current mental state of those Elders, he probably wouldn’t get any chance to explain...
Thinking this, Gu Fan turned around and quickly left in the direction he had come from.
But at that very moment, from the other side, Xia Qianliu had just exited the tower and hadn’t grasped the situation yet. As soon as he saw Gu Fan, he shouted loudly:
"Brother Gu! Have you finished cultivating?"
Xia Qianliu’s loud voice instantly drew the attention of many people.
At this point, Gu Fan broke out in cold sweat.
This matter of absorbing the Power of the Domain—he had only mentioned it to Xia Qianliu. If he spilled it now, Gu Fan feared he wouldn’t die, but he’d definitely shed a layer of skin!
Gu Fan hurriedly smiled and said:
"Brother Xia, something urgent came up on my end. Let’s talk another time!"
As he spoke, he ignored Xia Qianliu’s confused expression and turned to quickly rush toward his Cave Residence.
Xia Qianliu smiled and said:
"Then you go ahead. Once I make it into the top ten, don’t forget to teach me how to absorb the Trial Tower’s Power of the Domain!"
As soon as those words left his mouth, the entire scene fell silent.
Every disciple present had already heard the Elders’ discussion.
They knew the Elders’ rage was due to the disappearance of the Power of the Domain.
They were in the midst of searching for a possible culprit—well, now they didn’t have to.
The culprit had just exposed himself!
Gu Fan’s face stiffened, and he quickened his pace, planning to flee as soon as possible.
"Where do you think you’re going?"
At that moment, a figure directly blocked Gu Fan’s path.
He looked up and saw an extremely fierce-looking old man standing before him.
Gu Fan’s Divine Soul was strong, but he hadn’t sensed this man at all while fleeing just now. It was clear this person’s strength far surpassed that of ordinary Elders.
Immediately, several Tower Guarding Elders with bloodshot eyes rushed over from the air, their gazes locked tightly on Gu Fan as they saluted the old man:
"Greetings, Grand Elder!"
Gu Fan swallowed hard. Seeing everyone’s eyes locked onto him, he felt a bit guilty.
"Ninth place in the True Disciple Ranking, Gu Fan... explain yourself."
Gu Fan forced a stiff smile and said:
"I don’t know what you’re talking about. I just went into the Trial Tower to cultivate as usual. I don’t understand anything else..."
"Good, good, still won’t admit it!"
One of the Tower Guarding Elders suddenly grabbed Xia Qianliu.
Xia Qianliu was still completely baffled. He had just greeted someone—why was Brother Gu suddenly caught?
And judging by the situation, it seemed that greeting him was what got him caught?
"Xia Qianliu, explain what you just said!"
Xia Qianliu hesitated a little and said:
"Isn’t there some kind of misunderstanding here?"
At that moment, an Elder smiled and said, "Misunderstanding? Not quite. We’re mainly curious about what you just said—what do you mean by teaching you to absorb the Power of the Domain?"
Xia Qianliu saw the crowd eyeing him like tigers stalking prey and had no choice but to spill everything.
Gu Fan, listening on the side, had already given up resistance and stared at the crowd in despair.
"So I just said... teach me to absorb the Power of the Domain..."
After finishing, Xia Qianliu glanced at Gu Fan, his eyes full of guilt as if saying—sorry, brother...
The Elders, upon hearing everything, began grinding their teeth and coldly smiling at Gu Fan.
"You little brat... so it was you, huh!"