Chapter 238, Debate and Barbecue

Translator: Tamon

Translation Checker: Silavin

 

As time went on, more and more cultivators were kicked out of the Trial Tower. The danger scaled with the floors, as did the abominations’ strength and horror. Dying in the most gruesome way was a given.

 

What got people baffled, however, was Qin Xiuwen, Fa Tian, and Bai Yue reaching the eleventh floor.

 

Judging by the small gap in how they cleared the floors, their strength was around the same. But what was really off about all of this was that they never bumped into each other.

 

They were Immortal Domain geniuses for a reason, the best of the best, strongest in all matters regarding cultivation.

 

As for the other candidates, they had been whittled down to a little over two thousand. With most stuck on the tenth floor.

 

To overcome so many trials and hardships and stand above the hundreds of thousands of participants that the disciple contest started with, spoke volumes of their talents, their quality, the best in Nine Province Continent.

 

Their audience outside thinned out greatly. Most focused on cultivating and proving their worth by advancing. All hoped to get Senior’s attention to be picked as one of the hundred lucky few for his Ascension Program.

 

Chen Changan’s plan worked wonders in having them committed to cultivating like never before.

 

In just one day, many had already advanced. As for the weakest of them all, their efforts coupled with the Immortal Land’s help had them skip whole stages even.

 

Each extra layer filled them with nothing but confidence and hope that Senp-, uh, Senior would notice them.

 

It was the sole driving force behind their hard work.

 

Chen Changan’s advertisement for Ascension Program spread in just one day.

 

First was Ghost Province, since it housed the Myriad Mountains and all.

 

It came as no surprise that the news of the Ascension Program shocked it to the core.

 

“Say what?! Senior is enacting an Ascension Program, picking a hundred lucky few to help them become immortals?”

 

“Have you gone mad?”

 

“You’re talking about a hundred immortals when the Nine Province Continent hadn’t seen an ascension in thousands of years!”

 

“But isn’t Senior a supreme existence that flattens immortal for breakfast? Since he said it, it must be real.”

 

“I have to get to Myriad Mountains and become one of the lucky few.”

 

“I’ve been in seclusion for a thousand years and not once came close to grasping the mysticism of immortality. Having learned of Senior’s plan, I’m leaving for Myriad Mountains at once!”

 

“Senior blessed the whole continent!”

 

Ghost Province’s every teahouse and tavern exploded with this news.

 

It spread out to the other eight provinces with ease, shocking the whole Nine Province Continent.

 

But Ghost Province was the quickest to respond, with cultivators coming out of seclusion and mighty experts, rogue cultivators, and demons, were fired up by the prospects of this program and flooded the Myriad Mountains.

 

Every single one of them yearned for ascension, especially since it was nigh impossible. On the off chance Chen Changan’s plan succeeded, he’d become the literal patron god of the Nine Province Continent.

 

He would earn the respect and worship of all the natives.

 

…

 

The man in question was lying on Soaring Immortal Mountain with Foxy, watching the show inside the Trial Tower while snacking on immortal fruits and barbecue.

 

“Foxy, who do you think will pass the eighteenth floor first?” Chen Changan flipped a pork belly as he asked.

 

Foxy drooled at his action.

 

Chen Changan chuckled, “Aaa~”

 

Foxy opened her mouth and placed the succulent and tender pork belly inside.

 

“Yi ya, yi ya.”

 

Foxy hummed with joy, her eyes flashing, her cheeks puffing up into the most adorable look you’d ever seen.

 

[Delicious!] She was glad to find the grill had plenty of more succulent meat on it.

 

She pointed at Bai Yue fighting abominations. Foxy had the utmost confidence in her to finish first.

 

Chen Changan chuckled and chewed on a piece of pork belly himself.

 

The meat’s aroma was released under the coal’s heat, further enhanced with a pepper sauce to make it tender, crispy, salty, and spicy.

 

It felt like a symphony of flavors in his mouth, all in perfect harmony as it reached his tongue.

 

The first chew made you forget everything, the second made you feel like you were floating, and by the third, ascension.

 

Nothing was more important than that piece of roasted pork belly in his mouth.

 

[I’ll give some to Bao’er when she gets back.]

 

The very first barbecue in this magical world had a certain flavor to it, no?

 

Especially when the meat here was first class.

 

“Hmm, maybe I should take a slice of Xiao Hei when he gets back. Wonder what flood Dragon meat tastes like?”

 

Flood Dragon Hei was watching from the side as Qin Huoshui and the girl fought in the tomb, when a chill crept down his spine.

 

Mo Wentian was killing abominations on the Trial Tower’s eight floor.

 

When men and women joined, they made work light.  Though in his case an old man and a youth.

 

Having the one-eyed Immortal Emperor helping, his strength soared.

 

His battle skills sharpened so much the Immortal Emperor had to admit that Mo Wentian was a battle genius.

 

The only issue was stunting his growth by sucking up his spiritual power all these years.

 

He would’ve become a real cultivation by now otherwise. Not like the old coot would admit his wrong. He’d never hear the end of Mo Wentian’s cockiness!