Chapter 580 - 580: He Is Chu Qingyun

Several people nodded.

"Alright then, let me explain the rules of the Saint Extreme Tower to you."

The man said with a smile. Clearly, this was part of his job.

"The Saint Extreme Tower has seven floors open to us—I'm sure you already know that. The number of stages you cleared on the Saint Extreme Road has also been recorded on your sect Tokens."

"That number corresponds to the highest floor you can enter to cultivate in the Saint Extreme Tower. You can go to a lower floor, but not a higher one."

"In other words, if you cleared six stages, you can cultivate on any floor from one to six, but you cannot enter the seventh."

He paused.

Seeing that Chu Qingyun and the others weren't confused, he continued his explanation.

"Cultivating in the Saint Extreme Tower consumes a certain number of Saint Extreme Points each day."

"Cultivating on the first floor consumes two Saint Extreme Points per day, the second floor four, the third floor eight, and so on. By the seventh floor, it's one hundred and twenty-eight Saint Extreme Points per day."

"Of course, the cultivation-aiding effects of each floor are different as well."

"According to the experiences of senior disciples, the cultivation boost from the Saint Extreme Tower roughly corresponds to the cost in Saint Extreme Points. The first floor provides a two-times boost, the second floor a four-times boost, all the way up to a one-hundred-and-twenty-eight-times boost on the seventh floor."

"As for the exact effects of the Saint Extreme Tower, it's not something I can explain in just a few words. You'll know once you experience it for yourselves."

"However, there is one thing I must specifically warn you about."

"I'm sure you already have some understanding of how precious Saint Extreme Points are. They're essentially priceless—you can't buy them even with Primordial Spirit Liquid."

"So, under normal circumstances, no one just stays in the Saint Extreme Tower cultivating indefinitely. People only enter when they've hit a bottleneck or need to quickly master an important Secret Technique or Secret Manual."

Hearing this, twenty-six of the twenty-seven new disciples couldn't help but look at Chu Qingyun.

They all knew that Chu Qingyun had over ninety-four thousand Saint Extreme Points in his sect Token. At that rate, he could probably cultivate on the seventh floor for over two years straight!

Feeling their complicated gazes on him, Chu Qingyun could only rub his nose in resignation.

'Most of these new disciples probably don't even have any Saint Extreme Points yet.'

"That concludes my explanation of the rules. New disciples can receive a one-time gift of one hundred free Saint Extreme Points on their first visit. Of course, this is a one-time offer. Now, come with me."

After he finished explaining, the eighth-level Martial Spirit led Chu Qingyun and the others to collect their Saint Extreme Points.

"Awesome! It's just like I heard—we get free Saint Extreme Points on our first visit!"

"One hundred Saint Extreme Points! If you sold them, you could get over two hundred thousand Primordial Spirit Liquid!"

"Only an idiot would sell them. This first big batch of Saint Extreme Points is incredibly important…"

The new disciples were all buzzing with excitement.

After everyone had collected their Saint Extreme Points, the eighth-level Martial Spirit showed them how to use the points to enter a cultivation room. Afterward, he let them choose their rooms and begin cultivating.

He did, however, offer one last piece of advice.

He urged the new disciples to only cultivate for a day to get a feel for the tower and to save their points for when they truly hit a bottleneck, warning them not to waste them.

"Mu Xiaoxiao, Dai, do you two want to head up?" Chu Qingyun asked them.

Both Mu Xiaoxiao and Dai had only cleared the second stage of the Saint Extreme Road, so the highest they could go was the second floor.

Mu Xiaoxiao hesitated for a moment, then said, "Never mind, we'll just get the feel of it on the first floor. If you're going to cultivate on a higher floor, don't forget that the auction for those three All-Seeing Fruits in the Outer Sect Trading District ends tomorrow afternoon."

Chu Qingyun nodded without another word and turned to take the stairs at the edge of the tower.

Seeing Chu Qingyun head upstairs, the eighth-level Martial Spirit who had explained the rules frowned. 'I told them not to waste their Saint Extreme Points, so why is he going up? Hmph. Those one hundred points are crucial for a new disciple.'

New disciples weren't strong and had only just arrived at the sect.

Therefore, they didn't have many ways to earn more Saint Extreme Points.

These hundred points were basically a gift from the sect to help them get a head start, to use the tower's boost to improve their strength.

The eighth-level Martial Spirit had stressed twice that they shouldn't waste the points, which was why he'd frowned when he saw Chu Qingyun go upstairs.

"Um, Senior Brother… that's Chu Qingyun," Mu Xiaoxiao piped up from the side, pouting slightly.

The eighth-level Martial Spirit froze, then couldn't help but shake his head with a wry smile. "No wonder… For him, I imagine even living in the Saint Extreme Tower is well within his means… By the way," he asked, "how many stages did he clear on the Saint Extreme Road?"

"Seven."

Another new disciple answered casually as he walked toward a room he had picked out.

The eighth-level Martial Spirit, however, froze on the spot once again.

'A brand-new disciple… on his very first try… had cleared the entire Saint Extreme Road!'

On the stairs of the Saint Extreme Tower, Chu Qingyun ascended without pause.

He had more than enough Saint Extreme Points, so his target was the seventh floor. If he was going to experience the effects of the Saint Extreme Tower, he might as well go straight to the seventh floor with its supposed one-hundred-and-twenty-eight-times boost. It would be the most effective way.

Cultivating for one day on the seventh floor of the Saint Extreme Tower cost one hundred and twenty-eight Saint Extreme Points.

To the vast majority of Outer Sect disciples, this was an unbearable price. Even some Inner Sect Disciples who had cleared the seventh stage of the Saint Extreme Road probably wouldn't be willing to splurge on the seventh floor.

But Chu Qingyun didn't care.

'Saint Extreme Points, no matter how many you have, are just a number.'

'The correct path is to convert them into personal strength as efficiently as possible, then use that strength to acquire even more cultivation resources.'

'It's just like when I was weak; I'd wished I could split a single drop of Primordial Spirit Liquid in half to make it last.'

But now that his strength had grown, a thousand or even ten thousand drops of Primordial Spirit Liquid meant little to him, let alone a single drop.

The seventh floor of the Saint Extreme Tower was clearly much smaller than the first, with far fewer rooms. The atmosphere was also extremely quiet and secluded; the entire floor seemed deserted.

Above the first floor, aside from the occasional cleaner, there were basically no unauthorized people—not even any supervisors or administrators.

Because without the necessary clearance record in one's sect Token, there was no point in coming up anyway.