Because he was too excited just now, Lin Yun leapt straight out of the pool, even forgetting to continue absorbing its energy.
Immediately after, Lin Yun jumped back into the pool, frantically absorbing the remaining energy in the water.
The energy absorbed into every particle of his body further strengthened Lin Yun’s physique!
After another four hours,
The pool water, once shrouded in mist, was now completely clear and transparent, with no trace of energy left.
Lin Yun had thoroughly absorbed all the energy in the pool.
“Haha, exhilarating!”
Lin Yun felt vigorous and brimming with boundless strength.
His physical strength had improved once again.
“With the remaining half of the pool’s energy, I’ve actually reached the mid-stage of the Nirvana Body!” Lin Yun said, his face beaming with a smile.
Then, Lin Yun leapt out of the pool, returning to the shore.
This opportunity on the eighth floor of the Wuji Heavenly Palace not only allowed Lin Yun to expel the Soul-Severing Poison but also elevated his physique to the mid-stage of the Nirvana Body.
This opportunity, without a doubt, was immensely helpful to Lin Yun!
“Before the Soul-Severing Poison, my physical realm was at the late stage of the Myriad Forms Body. Now, I’ve reached the mid-stage of the Nirvana Body, advancing a full five physical realms, including two major realms. Compared to before the poison, I’m far stronger now,” Lin Yun said, his face full of smiles.
From being poisoned to recovering, Lin Yun felt that, although he was still the same person, his strength was entirely different.
The twenty years of the Soul-Severing Poison had profoundly changed Lin Yun.
It could even be said that the Soul-Severing Poison had forged a completely new Lin Yun.
“Next, it’s time to head to the ninth floor of the Wuji Heavenly Palace!” Lin Yun’s eyes sparkled with anticipation.
Although Lin Yun was eager to return to the cultivation continent,
The priority now was to keep ascending!
The ninth floor was the final floor of the Wuji Heavenly Palace. According to the four alliance leaders, no one had reached the ninth floor in the recorded history of the Wuji Realm for the past twenty thousand years, and anything beyond that was impossible to verify.
The surprises on the eighth floor of the Wuji Heavenly Palace were already so great, so naturally, Lin Yun was eager for the ninth!
After speaking, Lin Yun began searching for the entrance to the ninth floor.
Before long, Lin Yun arrived before a massive glowing gate, which must be the entrance to the ninth floor.
“Phew…, the test on the ninth floor will probably be very difficult,” Lin Yun murmured to himself.
But for Lin Yun, whether he passed or not was no longer that important.
“Let’s go.”
Lin Yun stepped into the glowing gate.
Darkness.
Everything around him suddenly became pitch black. Lin Yun looked around and saw a wall in front of him, with a row of faintly glowing words.
“This floor is a test of willpower, with great danger to life. If you fear it, turn back immediately to forfeit. If you are willing to try, close your eyes! During the test, doing anything unrelated is prohibited, or it will be deemed a failure.”
Lin Yun looked at the words, falling into slight contemplation.
Start, or give up?
If he chose to retreat, the benefits from the seventh and eighth floors were already more than enough for Lin Yun.
If he chose to continue, he would face great danger.
“Let’s begin.”
After a few seconds of thought, Lin Yun immediately closed his eyes.
“Hm?”
The moment he closed his eyes, he noticed the surroundings became eerily silent.
So quiet that Lin Yun could only hear his own heartbeat and breathing.
This kind of silence was something Lin Yun had never experienced before!
Lin Yun immediately opened his eyes and found himself in a strange small room, its four walls covered with black-and-white patterns that made him dizzy after a few glances.
What was going on?
Was this the test?
Lin Yun suddenly recalled that when he was studying at a university in Qingyang City on Earth, he had read a report.
In a certain country on Earth, there was a zero-noise laboratory filled with noise-absorbing equipment, thick fibreglass insulation, double-layered insulated steel walls, and concrete.
Upon entering this laboratory, it was absolutely silent, with only the sound of one’s heartbeat and the digestion of food in the stomach, a silence so unsettling it caused panic and fear. Ordinary people could endure it for only a dozen minutes at most.
In such a quiet environment, the ears gradually adjust, and the quieter the room, the more miscellaneous sounds the ears pick up, like the sound of one’s heartbeat or stomach movements, making oneself the source of noise. In such a quiet room, people easily lose their sense of direction and become irritable or frantic.
A journalist who experienced it could only endure twenty minutes before feeling overwhelmed and on the verge of madness.
The record holder lasted forty-five minutes, at which point he began hallucinating and had to stop.
Lin Yun suddenly understood that this stage was likely such a test.
This was a terrifyingly silent environment!
With eyes open, there were also the dizzying walls.
Lin Yun had to endure a test of willpower here.
It seemed simple, seemingly without danger.
After understanding the situation, Lin Yun closed his eyes and waited quietly, confident in his willpower.
Lin Yun thought to himself that if he could endure the torment of the Soul-Severing Poison, what was this?
The rules carved on the wall stated that nothing could be done during the test, so Lin Yun could only sit quietly and wait for the test to end.
As for how long it would take? Lin Yun didn’t know, guessing perhaps a few days?
At first, Lin Yun felt no discomfort.
But as time passed, one day, two days…
Later, Lin Yun lost an accurate sense of time and didn’t dare open his eyes, lest he face the dizzying patterns.
Had a year passed? Why hadn’t it ended?
Though Lin Yun had lost an accurate sense of time, he could estimate the passage of time through his breathing.
Gradually, Lin Yun began to feel irritable and uneasy.
Lin Yun had endured the torment of the Soul-Severing Poison before, and no matter how painful or torturous, he could still practice swordsmanship, carve, do things he loved, and have his family and loved ones by his side.
But now, it was different, only torment!
And Lin Yun didn’t know how long this test would last, which was the worst part.
If a specific duration was given, like one or two years, Lin Yun could at least have something to look forward to, knowing how much longer he needed to endure to finish!
But now, without a specific timeframe, Lin Yun didn’t know if he had to wait one year, two years, or even longer.
The unknown was the most torturous!
