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Seeing Bai Yan standing on the second stone step, Kong Fang suddenly showed a faint smile on his face and coughed lightly.

Hearing the voice, Bai Yan quickly stopped meditating and looked back.

When Bai Yan saw Kong Fang, he was stunned for a moment, with a look of surprise in his eyes.

"Kong Fang, you have reached the seventh floor so quickly." Bai Yan's eyes suddenly focused, and he asked, "Did you comprehend the true secret of those strange powers on the stone steps?"

Kong Fang was shocked. He had never told anyone about this. Even when he was facing Elders Fu Qing and Luo Cheng, Kong Fang only said a few vague words and did not explain that his understanding was different from that of Elder Luo Cheng. But who knew that Bai Yan would reveal his secret as soon as he opened his mouth.

Seeing the shock on Kong Fang's face, Bai Yan couldn't help but smile bitterly and shook his head, saying: "You don't have to be surprised. Zhongzhutian has existed longer than our Huayu Sect. Since the sect master founded the sect here, he has never stopped exploring Zhongzhutian. So, it is normal for us to know some secrets."

Kong Fang relaxed immediately. Thinking about it, Huayu Sect had existed for at least tens of thousands of years, which meant that Huayu Sect had been exploring Zhongzhu Heaven for tens of thousands of years. Over the past tens of thousands of years, Huayu Sect must have known a lot of secrets about Zhongzhu Heaven.

"It's exactly as you said." Since Bai Yan had already guessed it, Kong Fang no longer concealed it and nodded in admission.

"It is indeed the case." Bai Yan sighed, with a hint of envy in his eyes.

Looking at Bai Yan standing on the second stone step, Kong Fang was a little confused.

"Since you know the true secret of comprehending the strange power on the stone steps, you must also know what benefits you can get after comprehending it. Then why are you standing on the second stone step?" Kong Fang asked puzzledly.

As long as you can comprehend the secret of the strange power on the stone steps, you can walk directly from the first stone step to the platform on the next level. It is impossible to stay on the second stone step.

Hearing Kong Fang's words, Bai Yan showed a bitter smile.

"Knowing the secret is one thing, but being able to do it is another." Bai Yan shook his head with a wry smile, looking at Kong Fang with a complicated look.

"In my Huayu Sect, only those who have reached the Ascension Realm are qualified to know the true secret of the strange power on the stone steps, and will gain greater benefits. Disciples in the Entry Realm are generally unable to know this secret, and can only constantly hone their own magic power to remove the strange power on the stone steps. They move forward step by step, one stone step at a time. Although this will lead to a fork in the road, this method is also very beneficial for honing magic power and improving strength. Therefore, the sect will not actively remind disciples that this is a fork in the road, and only let disciples in the Entry Realm comprehend it by themselves. However, when you reach the Ascension Realm, the sect will tell you the secret of the strange power on the stone steps."

Kong Fang knew that Huayu Sect did this for the sake of confidentiality. The disciples who entered the spiritual realm did not have a strong sense of belonging to the sect, and someone might leak the secret. Moreover, the self-protection ability of the disciples who entered the spiritual realm was not very good, and it was easy for them to be caught if they went out to venture out. Then they could be tortured to get the secret.

However, after hearing Bai Yan's words, Kong Fang's heart moved. He could not help but look at Bai Yan carefully. According to Bai Yan's words, disciples who entered the spiritual realm could not know such secrets, but Bai Yan himself was a disciple who entered the spiritual realm.

"Bai Yan." Kong Fang thought to himself, "The leader of Huayu Sect is Bai Yu. There must be some kind of relationship between these two people."

Seeing Kong Fang's eyes flickering, Bai Yan guessed what was in Kong Fang's mind. He smiled bitterly and said, "Don't guess randomly. Although the sect leader and I have some relationship, it's not what you think." Bai Yan shook his head and brought the subject back on track.

"Although I know this secret and have tried hard, I have only comprehended the secrets of the first three levels. I was stuck after the fourth level and could no longer comprehend the true secret of the strange power on the stone steps. I could only choose the same method as others. Fortunately, doing so can also hone me and make me stronger."

Although Kong Fang was a disciple of Qi Zong, Bai Yan did not hide anything. After all, Kong Fang already knew the true secret of the strange power on the stone steps, and even if he didn't tell it, it would have no effect on Kong Fang.

"I wanted to compete with you again to see who can reach the next stone step faster. But now it seems that's not necessary." The bitter smile on Bai Yan's face became even more intense.

Geniuses have their own pride. After losing to Kong Fang in the duel, Bai Yan wanted to defeat Kong Fang in Zhongzhutian. But Kong Fang appeared in front of him in just five days, and he knew that Kong Fang had comprehended the true secret of strange power. Bai Yan knew that if he dared to compete with Kong Fang who had comprehended the true secret of strange power, he would still lose in the end. There would be no other result.

Kong Fang was better than him in every way, which made Bai Yan a little depressed.

Kong Fang smiled and was too embarrassed to mention the competition anymore. For him, who had comprehended the true secret of the strange power, to compete with Bai Yan was simply bullying.

"Bai Yan, how many layers of stone steps are there here?" Kong Fang asked, changing the subject. This question had been on Kong Fang's mind. Six of the nine powers of gold, wood, water, fire, earth, light, darkness, wind, and thunder had already appeared. Kong Fang thought that there should be only three layers below, so that the nine powers would be complete.

"There are ten floors and one hundred stone steps in total." This is not a big secret, Bai Yan told Kong Fang directly.

"Ten floors?" Kong Fang was shocked. This was different from what he had expected.

Although there were still many questions in his mind, Kong Fang was reluctant to ask any more questions, after all, this would involve the secrets of Huayu Sect. Although Huayu Sect was going to open Zhongzhutian to Qizong for eight thousand years, Huayu Sect would not tell the people of Qizong the secrets they had discovered.

Bai Yan, who was hit hard by Kong Fang, stopped talking and turned around to continue his meditation.

Kong Fang also stepped onto the first stone step, but he was thinking about other things.

"One hundred steps, ten floors!" Kong Fang was confused, surprised, and puzzled. "Logically, there should be nine floors, which just correspond to the nine forces of heaven and earth. How could there be ten floors? What secrets does the tenth floor have?" Kong Fang's heart felt like being scratched by a cat's claws. He was itching and couldn't wait to run to the stone steps on the tenth floor to take a look.

"Could it be that there is a tenth kind of power of heaven and earth in this world?" Kong Fang thought of a possibility, but then he shook his head and rejected it. "I have never heard of a tenth kind of power of heaven and earth. It shouldn't be this one. But, what could it be?"

After thinking for more than half an hour, Kong Fang still found nothing. He had to temporarily suppress his curiosity and try to comprehend the mystery of the strange power on the seventh stone steps.

Since I can't get the answer from Huayumen, I'll just go down and take a look myself.

However, if you want to get down there in a short time, you must understand the true secret of the strange power. Only in this way can you get down as soon as possible.

If we do it like Bai Yan, I don’t know how long it will take.

Kong Fang immediately cleared his mind of all distracting thoughts and began to work hard to comprehend.

Kong Fang stood on the first stone step of the seventh floor for nearly four days before he finally understood the secret.

Watching Kong Fang disappear around the corner of the stone steps below, a hint of envy flashed in Bai Yan's eyes.

"How can I be considered a genius when I can only reach the fourth level? He is the real genius." Bai Yan muttered in a low voice.

The Huayu Sect disciples entered Zhongzhutian for meditation in batches according to their cultivation levels. This was the reason why Kong Fang only met Huayu Sect disciples who had entered the spiritual realm along the way, but not other disciples.

Among those who entered the spirit realm, Bai Yan was the most powerful. Therefore, after Kong Fang surpassed Bai Yan, he never saw another Huayu Sect disciple again.

But on the other hand, no Huayu Sect disciple has seen Kong Fang since the seventh level.

It took Kong Fang more than five days to finally comprehend the eighth level.

The ninth level took Kong Fang nearly ten days, and his progress was getting slower and slower.

Fortunately, Kong Fang finally reached the last floor - the tenth floor.

The mystery of the tenth floor made Kong Fang excited, curious, and expectant. Fortunately, Kong Fang finally stood on the platform of the tenth floor.

Kong Fang was the only one on the platform, and he was a little hesitant when facing the mysterious tenth floor. Kong Fang didn't know what he would encounter once he stepped onto the tenth floor.

Various emotions lingered in his heart, making it difficult for Kong Fang to calm down. Kong Fang simply sat cross-legged on the platform of the tenth floor and began to adjust his state. Kong Fang wanted to step onto the tenth floor in the best state.

Two hours later, Kong Fang stood up. This time, without any hesitation, he stepped directly onto the first stone step of the tenth floor.

Suddenly, a hazy light flashed around and completely enveloped Kong Fang. Kong Fang was surprised to find that the tenth kind of power did not appear on the tenth level of stone steps, but only one kind of power remained.

"Swish, swish, swish." However, this kind of power kept shuttling around Kong Fang, and it kept changing. Sometimes it was similar to the power of earth, sometimes it was similar to the power of water, and sometimes it was similar to the power of wind. Although there was only one kind of power, it kept changing among the nine kinds of power: gold, wood, water, fire, earth, light, darkness, wind, and thunder.

Kong Fang could only deal with this ever-changing strange power based on his previous understanding of the nine powers.

The speed of this power change was getting faster and faster, and Kong Fang was having more and more trouble dealing with it. Sweat gradually appeared on Kong Fang's forehead, and the sweat merged into a stream, flowing down from Kong Fang's head, face, and neck.

But the speed of the strange power's transformation continued to accelerate, and Kong Fang was finding it increasingly difficult to cope with it. Fortunately, Kong Fang had comprehended the true secrets of the nine powers, otherwise he would have been defeated at the very beginning, let alone persisting for such a long time.

The strange power around Kong Fang changed so fast that it gradually formed a colorful light and shadow. Kong Fang felt that he was about to collapse and could no longer cope with this strange power that was changing faster and faster. Suddenly, the strange power was divided into nine, turning into nine different powers.

Immediately afterwards, these nine kinds of forces all penetrated into Kong Fang's eyebrows.