Chapter 1653: Chapter 1652: Heavenly Ladder Test
Besides, those who are not of our race must harbor different hearts.
These Divine Race bastards were planning to invade Earth in the first place. Fang Yu had no reason to be merciful.
Taking their money was only right.
"We’ll do as Master Fang says," Manager Cui said.
"I’ll leave this to you. Oh, right, I heard the Divine Race’s Heavenly Ladder is also used for testing?"
The moment he asked this, Fang Yu regretted it a little.
This question was obviously common knowledge to the Divine Race. And Fang Yu had already known it when he first arrived in the Red County Star Domain.
He was just confirming again, that was all.
But he hadn’t expected Manager Cui to still answer with extreme respect, not daring to harbor the slightest doubt.
"Yes. Every year the young cultivators of the Divine Race will attempt to climb the Heavenly Ladder. Those who can reach the 200th step will be awarded an honorary certificate and be titled an outstanding student."
"I see."
"Not just students. Many young members of the major families will also try. On one hand to show off their abilities, on the other to gain some glory. It’s a good thing for students."
"Then do you think someone like me can participate?"
"Master Fang also wants to participate?" This surprised Manager Cui a little.
"Mainly I just want to give it a try. It’s the Heavenly Ladder, after all. You know I ascended from another Order Planet and have never been to the Heavenly Ladder."
"Of course Master Fang can participate. In theory, anyone can. But that place is a paradise for the young. If people like us go, we’re purely asking for trouble. There’s no real point. And so far, aside from the upper echelon, no Divine Race has reached the 500th step."
"The 500th step, huh?"
"Yes. The Heavenly Ladder is constructed with a special array. It contains not only the achievements of various great cultivators, but also technological achievements. Just illuminating a single Heavenly Ladder takes three hundred years, and that’s only the basic engineering."
"That exaggerated?"
"Not exaggerated at all. No wonder Master Fang ascended from another Order Planet and doesn’t know much about the Heavenly Ladder. The Heavenly Ladder is not only used for testing, it also serves as a spatial passage. Through the Heavenly Ladder we can reach other Star Domains, such as Earth. So, in principle, its length can be infinite. Even for the High Class Divine Race, the 500th step is the limit. For tens of thousands of years, no Divine Race has broken that limit."
"That’s actually a bit interesting. Manager Cui, if possible, help me sign up, how about it?"
"Sign up? Master Fang really plans to participate!?" Manager Cui was half crying, half laughing. Many people joined this thing just for fame and profit, but someone of Master Fang’s status didn’t need to go at all, nor did he need any so‑called honorary certificate to prove himself. Besides, even if you reached the 400th step, what would you gain? You wouldn’t earn as much as you do by treating patients for a day.
"Maybe I’m just bored. I’ll treat it as playing around. And besides, do I look that old to you?"
"No, no, Master Fang, you’re very young. When I first saw you, I thought I’d found the wrong person. I just think that with your status, there’s no need to take such a test," Manager Cui said.
"It’s fine. Just help me sign up."
"Alright. The registration fee might be around ten thousand. But since you’re a Guest Elder of the Cui Family, of course the Cui Family will cover it."
"Just do everything by the book, no need to overthink it. Besides, you think I care about that bit of money?"
"Master Fang is absolutely right."
"When you register, hide my identity. Just grab some random identity to sign up with. I don’t want everyone to know."
"Understood, Master Fang. How about this: my nephew is about twenty this year, roughly the same age as you. His Identity Card happens to be idle and basically useless. I’ll use his ID to register you; when the time comes, you can take his ID and go for the test."
"Then I’ll trouble you. Go ahead!"
Manager Cui left the room.
...
So Manager Cui followed Fang Yu’s orders and went to the Heavenly Ladder registration office.
The staff at the Heavenly Ladder registration office froze when they saw Manager Cui.
"Manager Cui, at your age you’re also here to play in this kids’ game?"
"I’m registering for my nephew."
"Your nephew? Oh ho, that nephew of yours has quite the airs, actually making his own uncle come out in person. No sense of seniority at all."
"Old man, I don’t like that tone. My nephew is busy studying and can’t get away for a bit. I happen to live nearby, so I’m helping him out, what about it? If you keep talking nonsense, I’m filing a complaint."
"Don’t, don’t, I was just joking, why so serious."
Manager Cui put his nephew’s Identity Card on the counter.
The clerk registered the Identity Card and then collected the registration fee.
"Your nephew seems to be a Basic cultivation Divine Race. Isn’t it a bit early for him to sign up for the Heavenly Stepping Ladder?"
"Not early at all. The earlier he comes out, the earlier he gets tempered."
"That’s one way too. Being cannon fodder is also a good chance to temper oneself."
"’Cannon fodder’—good choice of words, that’s exactly it."
Manager Cui couldn’t be bothered to explain. After all, it wasn’t his actual nephew participating, but Master Fang. How could he sell Master Fang out at a time like this.
Once registration was done.
Manager Cui then left the registration office.
...
At the same time.
Fang Yu was also sitting cross‑legged in the room in cultivation.
Once he adapted to his current Great God Lord Realm, he slowly exhaled a long breath.
"Little Elf, do you feel yourself getting stronger?"
"Master, I feel I’m just a bit away from breaking through again!"
"You’re now at the Peak Realm of Free Heaven, and you’ve already been surpassed by the Divine Dragon. You’ve gotta step it up."
"Master, Divine Dragon brother’s cultivation method is different from mine. He just needs to keep devouring Primordial Qi. But I need to keep strengthening myself, and the Nine Layer Tower has to be strengthened along with me."
"Makes sense. You just focus on strengthening. No matter how long it takes, I can wait."
"Please rest assured, Master. The Nine Layer Tower is in great condition now. If nothing unexpected happens, at most another two hundred years and we can break through."
"Two hundred years in the Red County Star Domain?"
"Yes, Master."
"Those two hundred years are equivalent to seventy or eighty thousand years on Earth. That’s not short."
"Please rest assured, Master. I’ll use the Nine Layer Tower’s time‑ratio conversion to strengthen. When you need to use the Nine Layer Tower, you just have to inform me in advance. I’ll reserve enough energy in the Nine Layer Tower."
"Good."
Just then.
Manager Cui walked in from outside.
He held the registration form in both hands and placed it on the table.
"Master Fang, as you requested, I’ve signed you up. The time is the morning three days from now. There’ll be quite a lot of people then. If it’s inconvenient, I can escort you over."
"No need. I’ll go myself."
"This..."
"What, you think they’re going to eat me?"
"Yes... everything will be as Master Fang commands."
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