Chapter 2505: Chapter 2484: Bage Tower
Chapter 2484: Bage Tower
Leaving the old man’s cabin, Lin Feng led Tao Tao and the others straight to the slums by the city gate. They quickly reached a cluster of low houses beneath the city wall, navigating through winding alleys until they found a house that seemed beyond repair.
The reason for coming here was because an Ascender lived here. Upon seeing the incredibly dilapidated house himself, Lin Feng was filled with emotion. It seemed Ascenders really had a tough time surviving in the Myriad Heavens Divine Realm, and he wanted to gather all the Ascenders together; after all, as Ascenders, life was exceedingly difficult for everyone.
"Knock, knock."
Gently knocking on the door, a withered old man came out, looking exceedingly thin, with a forehead broader than normal, slightly bloodied, and a crippled leg. One eye appeared problematic, turbid, while the other seemed somewhat spirited, yet its gaze was still dim.
"Young men, who are you looking for?"
Bage Tower looked at Lin Feng and the others, asking with confusion, as no one had come looking for him since he arrived here. Could it be those people coming after him? But it seemed unlikely; if they were truly pursuing him, they would’ve acted already and not in this manner!
"We’re looking for you. Let’s talk inside!"
Lin Feng looked at the aged Bage Tower and smiled. He figured out that Bage Tower must have a story, or he wouldn’t be like this. But talking outside was inconvenient, so they needed to discuss other matters inside.
Bage Tower scrutinized Lin Feng and the others, still dubious but he opened the door, letting Lin Feng and the others into the room.
Inside, Bage Tower looked at Lin Feng and again asked, "Can you tell me what you want now?"
Lin Feng gave Bage Tower a gentle smile, without first explaining his purpose. Instead, he directly said to Bage Tower, "I am also an Ascender!"
Bage Tower never expected this. Upon hearing Lin Feng was an Ascender, he momentarily froze, then tears welled up in his eyes. He hurriedly brought several wooden stools, excitedly inviting Lin Feng and others to sit down. He hadn’t seen an Ascender in ages, so hearing Lin Feng was one felt like seeing a fellow countryman. His emotions were uncontrollable, and old tears flowed incessantly.
Lin Feng and his companions felt a pang of heartache looking at Bage Tower’s demeanor and didn’t stop him from bustling around. They waited until he finished, then sat together on the wooden stools, chatting.
"I never thought I’d encounter another Ascender, let alone you finding me. Fleeing here from Lei City, I thought I’d die without ever seeing another Ascender again. Now seeing you, I’m truly happy, truly happy!"
Bage Tower looked at Lin Feng and his companions, his eyes filled with softness. Finding him and revealing their identity as Ascenders were tasks only true Ascenders would undertake. He saw the ugly reality of the Myriad Heavens Divine Realm and thus trusted Lin Feng and his companions.
"Uncle Ba, which planet did you ascend from?" Lin Feng asked Bage Tower, noticing his features seemed different from Earth’s. So he suspected Bage Tower didn’t ascend from Earth.
"I ascended from Mootan Star. Young man, which planet did you ascend from, and what’s your name?" Bage Tower replied casually, also asking Lin Feng, as he noticed differences between himself and Lin Feng.
"I am Lin Feng, ascended from Earth." Lin Feng answered with a smile.
"Ascended from Earth? I once met someone from there, but that was over a thousand years ago. I wonder how that old fellow is doing now..." Hearing Lin Feng was from Earth, Bage Tower responded somewhat somberly, seemingly reminiscing about the past.
"Uncle Ba, you’ve been ascended for over a thousand years?" Tao Tao asked Bage Tower, puzzled, because she noticed he was only at the early stage of the Divine Origin Realm, which theoretically wasn’t enough to live for over a thousand years.
"Girl, it’s quite odd, isn’t it? With my current power, only at the early stage of Divine Origin, how could I live for over a thousand years?" Bage Tower looked at Tao Tao with a bitter smile, explaining his experience.
"Actually, I’ve been ascended for over four thousand years. I originally thought entering the Myriad Heavens Divine Realm marked a new beginning, a path to glory. But upon arriving here, I realized I was wrong. I remember being oppressed as soon as I arrived; surviving was already fortunate. Later, seeing no hope in cultivation, I desperately earned Yuan Stones, doing all sorts of work. It took nearly a hundred years before I saved enough travel funds to move from Holy City to Origin City..."
Bage Tower recounted his experiences, tears flowing as he spoke. It had been so long since he expressed these tightly suppressed emotions in his heart. Recalling the bits and pieces of the past, he wanted to forget but simply couldn’t. Even after thousands of years, he remembered clearly.
From Bage Tower’s description, Lin Feng and his companions understood clearer how Ascenders lived more than four thousand years ago. Those who survived then lived unimaginable lives, endlessly oppressed, exploited, even facing potential death at any moment. Under such pressure, surviving was truly hard!
Take Bage Tower’s experience, for instance. He spent eight hundred years completing the Yuangang Transformation. Upon nearly exhausting his lifespan, he successfully broke through to the Qiankun Mirror, becoming a Divine King. But after becoming a Divine King, conditions worsened; the oppression intensified. For survival and cultivation, he moved away from cities into the wilderness.
Surviving alone was incredibly bitter. Over two thousand years of arduous cultivation, Bage Tower reached the late stage of the Qiankun Mirror. But while entering the city to trade for cultivation resources, he was targeted by a sect. Naturally, a battle ensued; though he killed many, he fled injured.
However, little did he expect the sect to hire a Divine Venerable Powerhouse to hunt him down. Consequently, he was gravely wounded, with his cultivation completely ruined. If not for a life-saving teleportation Spirit Talisman he had, he likely would’ve died...
After hearing Bage Tower’s story, Lin Feng patted him sympathetically, fortunate he hadn’t ascended in Holy City but in a distant desert on the frontier. Had he ascended in Holy City, who knows how his situation would’ve been.
Ma Biaohu, hearing this, broke into a cold sweat. He too was grateful that his master threw him into Pingcheng. Had he been thrown into Holy City, he would’ve been unaware of how he died. Now he understood what life was like for Ascenders in the Myriad Heavens Divine Realm; it wasn’t a life fit for a human!
Even Tao Tao couldn’t help but shed tears at this moment. Her grandfather had told her of these occurrences, even met Guan Yu before. Encountering Bage Tower now revealed how dire most Ascenders’ situations were. No wonder her grandfather insisted on Lin Feng forming a Sect, to give Ascenders a home and prevent them from being bullied!
"Uncle Ba, it won’t be like this in the future." Lin Feng said to Bage Tower, feeling sentimental himself. Now that he found Bage Tower, he wouldn’t let him continue living like this.
"How could that be? No Ascender lives well." Bage Tower replied reflexively, but suddenly his eyes lit up, surprised, he asked Lin Feng, "Wait, you didn’t have any troubles. How many years have you ascended?"
Bage Tower hadn’t considered this. If not for speaking to this point, he wouldn’t have realized. Looking at Lin Feng’s young age, brimming with Yuan Energy, it appeared he had completed the Yuangang Transformation. Such an age to complete it was virtually impossible for an Ascender!
"I’ve been ascended for ten years!" Lin Feng answered genuinely.
"Impossible! In ten years, let alone completing Yuangang Transformation, you couldn’t even have gotten here!" Bage Tower utterly disbelieved Lin Feng, gazing at him with distrust.
"I’m telling the truth. Honestly, I didn’t ascend in Holy City but in the desert on the frontier. As for why, I don’t know. Conditions were much better there, with scarcely any hostility. By chance, I progressed step by step to where I am now." Lin Feng explained briefly to Bage Tower; it was reality, so no need to hide.
"Ascended from the frontier desert?" Bage Tower was taken aback by Lin Feng’s words, never having thought someone didn’t ascend at the Ascension Hall in Holy City. If Lin Feng ascended from the frontier desert, things indeed improved. From his experiences, the environment worsened the closer to Holy City Ascenders were. Thus, Lin Feng’s luck was indeed remarkable.
Even then, believing Lin Feng completed Yuangang Transformation in just ten years was difficult. Bage Tower had gone through it, knowing how challenging the process was; sufficient resources alone couldn’t speed it up!
Lin Feng noticed Bage Tower’s expression but didn’t plan to explain further. It involved too many secrets, known only to Tao Tao and Tangyuan, even Ma Biaohu was unaware of the specifics.
Seeing Bage Tower’s broken body, Lin Feng calmly shook his head, deciding to first solve Bage Tower’s physical issues and restore his power, as many subsequent tasks required his assistance. Without basic self-defense, executing plans was impossible...
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