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Tap!

On the stone stairs, when Cang Yun's feet landed on the first level, a eye-catching light also rose from the bottom of his feet. Under the cover of that light, a heavy pressure suddenly poured over his entire body.

Cang Yun's body could not help but sway a little. Even though he had already mentally prepared himself, when he personally experienced it, he still felt a little uncomfortable.

In the next moment, the Origin Energy in his body began to stir, suppressing the uncomfortable feeling. Cang Yun revealed a smile, "Origin Energy can resist this pressure, it seems like this stone staircase trial is to test strength."

As such, he turned his head and saw that Zhou Xian'er had a relaxed expression on her face. Cang Yun no longer had any distracting thoughts as he leaped towards the second level of the stone staircase.

Arriving at the second level of the stone stairs, the pressure was indeed much stronger than expected. However, because this was only the beginning, it was not too intense.

As for Zhou An and Zhou Xian'er, they were a little later, they had also reached the eighth level. The strength of these three were all at least at the third layer of the secret scripture, so the test on the stone stairs before this did not have too much pressure on them.

As he continued to climb, compared to the situation where the three of them were chasing after him, Cang Yun was not in a hurry. Every time he climbed a flight of stairs, he would pause for a moment, and only continue forward when his body was completely familiar with the pressure.

Weng! *

Just as he stepped onto the fifth floor's stairs, a buzzing sound suddenly came from the entrance to the space. Following which, a few Zhou family disciples also arrived at the trial grounds on this floor.

Cang Yun turned around to see a hostile gaze locking onto him. This person was the direct descendant of the Zhou family, Zhou Hua.

Cang Yun shook his head helplessly. As for the matter of the clan's quota, all of the Zhou family's young disciples besides Zhou Xian`er had a grudge against him. However, Cang Yun also discovered that Zhou Hua's hostile gaze contained a hint of undisguised jealousy, and immediately understood that the source of this jealousy must be related to Zhou Xian'er.

Swish!

In the next moment, under Zhou Hua's lead, a few new disciples of the Zhou family also stepped onto the stone staircase. In the next moment, under Zhou Hua's lead, a few new disciples of the Zhou family also stepped onto the stone staircase.

"How terrible. Even though I've been here for so long, I've only climbed up here." Zhou Hua turned to the side and said with a mocking smile.

Hearing this, Cang Yun also smiled, "Same here, you've also just arrived here."

However, in the next instant, he seemed to have thought of something. He stared at Cang Yun with provocation in his eyes and asked, "Do you dare to gamble?"

"Betting on what?" Cang Yun Yang raised an eyebrow and said.

He had interacted with people like Zhou Hua quite a bit before, so he knew very well that if he kept avoiding Zhou Hua, it would only bring him more trouble.

"You actually didn't refuse. It seems like you have a lot of courage?" Zhou Hua's face revealed a hint of surprise, but more importantly, he was happy. With Zhou Xian'er protecting him, it was impossible for him to make a move against Cang Yun. Hence, he was happy to accept another method to deal with the latter.

As such, Zhou Hua pointed at the stone steps beneath his feet, a cruel smile slowly appearing on his face. "Of course, we're betting on who can climb higher and farther."

"Then what is the wager?" Cang Yun rubbed his chin and asked.

"How about this, since the wager was made by me, then the wager will be decided by you. As long as you can take it out, I'll accompany you. How about it?" Seeing that Cang Yun was about to agree, Zhou Hua became even more excited. He did not care about the wager, he just wanted to teach Cang Yun a lesson. After all, Zhou Xian'er had ridiculed him for the sake of the latter.

"Alright, since you're so generous, then I won't be courteous." Cang Yun smiled gently and said, "How about we bet on this?"

After he finished speaking, Cang Yun extended his hand and touched his palm. A resplendent stone appeared in his palm.

"Origin crystals!" As Zhou Hua stared at the resplendent object in front of him, his pupils couldn't help but constrict and the excitement on his face somewhat froze.

He did indeed have an Origin Crystal on him, but for such a precious thing to be used as a wager, he hesitated for a moment. However, the next moment, Zhou Hua looked at the gentle smile on Cang Yunyi's face.

A cold smile appeared on his gloomy face as he said, "Since you want to gamble, I will naturally accompany you."

After saying this, under Cang Yun's faint smile, Zhou Hua coldly snorted. Then, his body suddenly dashed out and headed towards the higher stone stairs.

"Third stage Secret Treasure Trove. This guy is not weak either. It seems like this gamble will be very challenging." Cang Yun's eyes flickered slightly when he sensed the aura that the figure that had rushed out. He immediately rubbed his hands in excitement. A competitive heart was stirred at this moment.

In the next moment, Cang Yun continued to slowly walk up. Although there was a bet, he was not in a hurry. This stone staircase had a total of 99 levels, how could it be easy to completely ascend it? Even Zhou Hua himself should not have the slightest confidence in reaching the top, otherwise the stakes would not only be higher than the two of them.

As such, time flew by as everyone was climbing up the stone stairs. In the blink of an eye, four hours had passed.

At this time, Zhou Jun and Zhou An had simultaneously reached the 30th step, followed by Zhou Xian'er, who was a little later. At this time, Zhou Jun and Zhou An, the two of them had simultaneously reached the 30th step, followed by Zhou Xian'er, who was a little later, who had reached the 28th step.

After the three of them, it was Zhou Hua who had reached the twenty-fifth floor. It seemed that he had made a bet with Cang Yun, so this person could be said to have gone all out in his sprint, and in a short period of time, he had reached a place not too far from the three people in front of him. At this moment, he stopped slightly and turned around to look at Cang Yun, who had stopped at the fifteenth floor, and could not help but reveal a sneer on the corner of his mouth.

With an advantage of a full tenth floor, he felt that his chances of victory had been set!