Chapter 1310 - 1310: The True Master of the Tower

On the sixteenth floor, the old man had secretly hinted to Liu Zixuan that the seventeenth floor was different from ordinary levels, as it would test love.

At that time, Liu Zixuan didn't quite understand what this love truly was.

Of course, even now, he only has a vague understanding.

After all, just now in the Illusion Realm, both selfless love and small affections existed.

After hearing his question, the beautiful woman lightly laughed: "What achieved the tribe was selfless love, and what saved the beloved woman was small love. To be honest, this level wasn't designed with much intent, just purely to see how challengers like you would choose."

"But isn't the tower supposed to get harder as we go up?" Liu Zixuan scratched his head, "I didn't feel this level was so hard at all."

"The reason you don't find it hard is that your actions were genuine and your choices came without regret, so you don't feel the difficulty," the beauty smiled.

Liu Zixuan spread his hands, "This doesn't seem like a test. In situations like this, everyone would follow their heart, right?"

"Not necessarily. Some people might go against their own will for greater interests. Moreover, the Illusion Realm I set up for you just now wasn't complete."

Hearing the beauty's words, Liu Zixuan asked blankly, "I still don't quite understand."

"Watch closely!"

With that, the beauty lifted her jade finger, revealing a scene on the wall of the boudoir.

The scene was not unfamiliar to Liu Zixuan, it was everything he had just experienced, and he was also familiar with the man standing beside the beauty, it was the Sect Leader of the Void Mountain Sect, Que Xinyan.

After the emperor gave him a choice, Que Xinyan looked at the beauty beside him, then said, "For the tribe, I am willing to make decisions I don't want to make, but I might as well go out and try."

"What do you want to try?" The emperor-like figure asked.

Que Xinyan looked up, "I want to go out and try to defeat the foreign enemies. If I can't, then I'll use this method."

The emperor-like man hesitated for a moment, "Alright! Give it a try, but remember to keep yourself safe. When you return, you'll be the hero of the tribe!"

Que Xinyan did not say a word to the beauty, grabbing his weapon and walking straight outside.

Soon, the scene shifted to a fierce battle between Que Xinyan and those foreign enemies.

He was submerged in the sea of people, suffering injuries again and again, fighting fiercely with blood, his posture quite heroic.

Upon seeing this, the scene turned into mist and disappeared.

"His choice, while somewhat similar to yours, fundamentally resulted in a completely opposite outcome. During the fight, his mind was fixated on the benefits promised by the Tribal Leader. As he neared death, he retreated and finally pushed me out as a sacrifice for the tribe!"

The corners of the beauty's lips moved slightly, "However, what you did just now was different. You faced those powerful enemies with me, if we could not live, then we would die together. This statement moved me!"

Liu Zixuan frowned, "So did he pass?"

"He didn't directly push me out as a sacrifice, so he technically passed." The beauty smiled bitterly, "But out of so many challengers, yours is the choice I'm most satisfied with. That's why only you made it here."

"Arriving here, this is..."

In his confusion, Liu Zixuan's eyes suddenly flashed, and he exclaimed, "This is the top of the tower, and you are the owner of this tower?"

The beauty nodded slightly, "Yes, this is the eighteenth floor, and I can be considered the current owner of this tower."

Liu Zixuan was genuinely surprised; he truly did not expect that the seventeenth and eighteenth floors would exist this way.

He originally thought this would be the hardest place to pass through, but he didn't expect that following his heart would allow him to avoid so many hardships so fortunately.

Of course, there was a small sense of delight in his heart. If he had objectively chosen the tribe and treated the beauty as a sacrifice, he would likely have been kicked out of the tower by now!

And at this moment, he suddenly understood that besides following his heart, the Illusion Realm was incomplete, as the beauty had said.

The so-called incomplete meant that Liu Zixuan and the beauty were just preparing to meet the enemy, without actually facing them.

The reason the Illusion Realm didn't continue was probably because the beauty didn't want to see that tragic scene!

Facing death side by side with the enemy, what a tragic love story that must be.

Such a sight, probably no one wants to face, as it is too heartbreaking.

Of course, one can infer that the beauty had experienced such scenes personally, hence she didn't want to see it happen again.

With this thought, Liu Zixuan spoke, "Throughout this journey, you've been watching over me, haven't you?"

"That's right, not only in the tower but also everything you did in the whole ruins, I watched it all." The beauty's words carried a hint of uncontrollable loneliness.

She must be so bored to keep an eye on everything happening in the ruins!

With such inference, this beauty is probably the strongest existence in the entire ruins.

The beauty pointed to a chair beside her, "Sit down!"

Liu Zixuan sat down, "What's the matter?"

"Let me have a look at you."

Umm...

Upon hearing this, Liu Zixuan inexplicably felt a little awkward.

Isn't this what a beloved woman would say to her beloved man?

Although he had just played her husband in the Illusion Realm, it was just an illusion and not real.

Seeing Liu Zixuan's puzzled look, the beauty didn't speak, her delicate eyes blinking as she gazed at him.

Time passed like this, after about ten minutes, the beauty sighed, "You do resemble him, but you are not him."

"Who is he?" Liu Zixuan asked.

"He... is the real owner who built this tower." The beauty pursed her lips, "Can you take out the Spirit Needle you're carrying for me to take a look?"

Liu Zixuan felt no sense of wariness towards her, in other words, having it wouldn't serve any purpose.

The beauty in front of him was at least a Unity Realm existence, crushing Liu Zixuan would be as simple as smashing an ant.

So, he handed over the Ghost Gate Thirteen Needles without any hesitation.

The beauty examined the Ghost Gate Thirteen Needles, picking them up and feeling them between her fingers for a moment.

"Do you know what I was looking at when I looked at you just now?"

"It should be the eyes." Liu Zixuan replied.

"That's right, the Ancient Blazing Dragon Eye, the Ancient Thirteen Spirit Needles, he created them." The beauty stated.

"The 'he' you mentioned, is it Shennong?" Liu Zixuan was surprised.

"No, Shennong was the one who possessed these two treasures, but not the one who created them." The beauty shook her head, then pushed the Ghost Gate Thirteen Needles back to Liu Zixuan, smiling faintly, "Do you know why he created these two treasures?"