Looking at the scene in front of him, a surge of heroic spirit suddenly arose in Zhao Di's heart!

  As far as the eye can see, on the east side of Island No. 1, a gigantic city wall was built, towering over a thousand zhang high and two to three hundred zhang thick! The two sides of this city wall stretched far into the distance, with no end in sight, probably extending for thousands of li!

  At the foot of and on top of the city wall, countless ordinary people and cultivators of various levels stood densely packed, like dense ants on a high mountain compared to this massive city wall.

  Zhao Di had been wandering in the Immortal Realm for over a hundred years, and was accustomed to seeing all sorts of grand and wondrous sights. Even the Penglai Fairy Island floating on the surface of the sea did not make him feel so astonished.

  It's indeed the first wonder of Xingchen! Zhao Di had read about this place in the Jade Annals long ago, but he deliberately kept it a secret, only saying that any cultivator who saw this city wall for the first time would be amazed and wouldn't dare to believe that it was built by ordinary people. Now that they've seen it, it's indeed true!

  Even Zhao Di, who had been cultivating for many years, couldn't help but feel a sense of grandeur when he looked at the magnificent building in front of him.

  He involuntarily descended slowly in altitude, admiring at a closer distance this magnificent work of art created by ordinary people!

  In the middle section of the city wall, a group of ordinary people were reinforcing the wall. Large stones, each about 10 feet long and wide, and 2 feet thick, were being lifted by ropes, pulleys, and large poles, and placed in suitable positions. Each stone required hundreds of ordinary people to work together in close coordination. Such teams of stonemasons numbered in the thousands, and Zhao Di had only caught a glimpse of them. It was likely that there were tens of millions of ordinary people working on this project along the entire city wall.

  There were over a hundred foundation stage cultivators who stepped on flying swords, holding a symbol brush in their hands, flying back and forth on the city wall, engraving defensive spells such as "Solidity Technique" and "Vajra Technique" on each giant stone. Although the engraving of these low-level spells was not difficult, the city wall was so large that the number of spells to be engraved was also extremely difficult to achieve!

  There were also hundreds of monks who should have specialized in the Earth Attribute Surname Technique, frequently coming to the joints between the giant stones, casting the Petrification Technique, merging the joints of the two giant stones into one, forming a single giant stone. This made the defensive power and stability of the city wall much higher! Of course, the use of this technique was quite costly in terms of spiritual energy, and without tens of thousands of monks who could use the Earth Attribute Surname Technique, it would have been impossible to fill all the joints. These monks only filled some of the joints at intervals.

  These are scenes happening on the side of the city wall, and as for the top of the city wall, it is even more lively.

  As Zhao Di looked out, on the top of the city wall that was at least two or three hundred meters wide, there were tens of thousands of people busy at work, and all sorts of strange and peculiar tools stood upright.

  A complex wooden high frame about 10 zhang high, should be a catapult that can throw giant stones. This is inferred from the hundreds of stone blocks with diameters of three to four feet piled up next to these catapults in Zhao's territory. There are already thousands of such catapults on the city wall, and tens of thousands of ordinary people are still building this kind of catapult without stopping.

  There were giant crossbows that were over 10 meters long, with more than a thousand of them. Next to each giant crossbow, there were piles of hundreds of arrows, several meters long, which seemed to be made of iron. It's likely that one of these arrows would require three or four ordinary people to lift!

  Building a giant crossbow requires a team of ordinary people, also numbering in the hundreds, if not tens of thousands.

  Apart from ordinary people, there were also quite a few neatly dressed monk troops that caught Zhao Di's attention.

  What caught his attention was a neat square formation composed of thousands of high-ranking Qi-refining cultivators, all holding mid-grade spiritual artifacts. This formation was undergoing some sort of coordinated training, and the cultivator in charge of the training was none other than Zhao Di's acquaintance, Master Ding Jue.

  The middle-grade spiritual tools in the hands of these Qi Refining stage cultivators were actually designed by Zhao Xian.

  These spiritual tools are superficially pursuing powerful and simple craftsmanship, and the materials used are also chosen to be the most ordinary and cheapest. Therefore, in terms of flexibility and workmanship, they cannot be compared with Zhao Di's spiritual tools. Taking that longbow as an example, every time an arrow is shot, it has to wait for half a stick of incense before continuing to attack again. As for Zhao Di's own mid-range spiritual tool, the Frost Python Bow, it can continuously shoot out ice cones. As for accuracy, it is even more incomparable with the Frost Python Bow!

  Despite this, the cost of this rough medium-grade spiritual artifact is around 2,000 spirit stones.

  This thousand-man squad of cultivators has spiritual tools on them worth no less than 20 million spirit stones!

  Zhao Zhi sighed in admiration at the grand gesture of the Foreign Sea Merchant Alliance, and then looked at the dozens of Foundation Stage cultivators practicing in the distance. Suddenly, a familiar figure entered his line of sight.

  "It's really strange to see this person here!" Zhao Di was indeed puzzled in his heart, the person he mentioned was "Li Shu Shu", who had guided him in practicing magic at Nan Hua Jian Jia and had a very good relationship with people. Could it be that there is really someone in the world who looks exactly like him?

  Although Zhao Di wanted to go and ask the outcome, he had something important on his hands and his current identity was not convenient for exposure, so he didn't do that.

  A moment later, he continued to transform into a blue light and left Island No. 1, flying eastward.

  Not long after, on the first floor of Xingchen Pavilion on Island No. 1, many Foundation Establishment stage cultivators flew out one after another, riding on colorful escape lights. All of them were flying towards the east without exception, and most of their cultivation levels were in the later stages of the Foundation Establishment stage, with only a few being in the middle stages of the Foundation Establishment stage.

  These monks were always flying while gazing at the treasure in their hands - a triangular token, identical to Zhao Di's Heaven-Connecting Token.

  When passing by the massive city wall of Island No. 1, monks who see this scene for the first time often involuntarily stop and stay for a moment, while some monks seem to be used to it and pass by quickly without slowing down.

  Secondly, in the sea area two thousand miles east of Island No. 1, a seven-story precious pagoda over one hundred yards high appeared floating in mid-air at a height of over one thousand yards.

  The pagoda emits a faint, dizzying spiritual light, its body shrouded in clouds and mist, as if it were there but not quite. Even the sweet sound of celestial music drifts out, with an air that is somewhat similar to the legendary Palace of Heaven, leaving one with a sense of ethereal emptiness at first glance.

  Near the pagoda, in mid-air, more than a hundred cultivators were floating scatteredly, all of whom were Foundation Establishment stage cultivators without exception.

  Many cultivators wore veils, masks and other magical instruments to conceal their true appearance, while many others showed their true faces openly. These people all possessed the Heavenly Order, intending to enter the Heavenly Tower to make a name for themselves.

  Zhao wore a black hood and cowl, quietly floating in a corner, not saying a word, but his eyes were looking through the veil at these cultivators who were about to enter the Tongtian Tower with him.

  Among the over a hundred people who revealed their true identities, Zhao Di actually recognized several of them.

  Zeng was the foreign sea merchant alliance's manager, Gu Dan Hou Qi Lao Dao Wu Chen, and that young-looking Yuan Zi Xiao, were both here. These two were quietly discussing something, Wu Chen Lao Dao seemed to want to persuade the other party of something, but Yuan Zi Xiao was unmoved, after persuading for a while, there was no effect, Wu Chen could only reluctantly shut his mouth and stop talking.

  There was also Da Han Zhang Bei Chen, who had appeared once at the Number One Island auction decades ago, and he was not far from Zhao Di. At this time, he was already a mid-term cultivator of the Cong Dan stage. This person was famous in the early stages of Cong Dan, and now that his cultivation had advanced another level, he must be even more formidable.

  There is also an old acquaintance of Zhao Di, who has now become a Confucian scholar in Jiangnan after reaching the later stage of Dan formation!

  Zhao Di saw this person over a hundred years ago, when he was still in the late stage of foundation building. In just over a hundred years, he broke through several bottlenecks one after another, and his cultivation advanced to the later stage of forming elixirs, which is truly a rare talent!

  Decades ago, when he was still in the early stages of forming his elixir, he easily helped Zhao Di out of a predicament once, allowing Zhao Di to owe him a favor.

  In addition, the young monk Yi Ranzi of Xueyimen, the old man Lan Bowei of Tianmo Sect, the uninitiated Wu Ziyu of Tiansi Sect, and the middle-aged Xiao Yihan, who was known as the first person to disperse the elixir, were all famous figures in the Condensing Elixir period. Although Zhao Di had not seen some of them before, he recognized each of them according to their characteristics from rumors. There was also a woman with her face covered by a white veil and a tall figure, who was likely Lin Zihuan, one of the four great beauties of the Orthodox Alliance, judging from the Taiyi Sect emblem on her long white dress and the exquisite purple sachet at her waist. All these people were without exception famous Condensing Elixir late-stage cultivators for decades or even hundreds of years!

  At this time, there was still one day left before the opening of Tongtian Tower, and many more Nascent Soul stage cultivators were rushing to this place.

  A faint cyan light flew in, paused for a moment, and revealed a middle-aged man dressed as a Taoist. He glanced around and then walked towards Zhang Beichen, the burly man with a square face and large ears.

  "Brother Qiu has arrived! I thought Brother Qiu had encountered some trouble and given up on this trip to the Tongtian Tower!" The big man said with a hearty laugh.

  Not far away, Zhao Di heard the words clearly. Surname Qiu? Most likely this person is that cultivator of "Ku Rong Jue" Autumn Intent. This person's reputation in loose cultivation is also extremely great. Although he has been stuck at the initial stage of Dan formation for over 200 years, his actual strength is not inferior to that of a typical Dan formation middle-stage cultivator. No wonder with his initial stage cultivation, he dares to challenge the Tongtian Tower.

  "Heh heh, Brother Zhang has also arrived. How could Autumn certain give up?" The middle-aged Taoist replied with a smile.

  "Autumn brother's 'Ku Rong Jue' is indeed unparalleled, but the cultivation progress is a bit too slow, isn't it? It can't even advance to the intermediate stage yet. Why not change to another technique, haha?" The big Han and the Taoist seemed very familiar with each other, speaking in a joking manner.

  The Taoist smiled and said, "Unless one's cultivation reaches the level of Yuanying period, even if they advance to the later stages of Jiedan, their lifespan will only be a few hundred years at most. And with our identities, it's simply impossible to reach the Yuanying period! Although Autumn's cultivation method is progressing slowly, it can still allow Autumn to have some self-defense power in front of fellow Taoists, and Autumn doesn't want to give up!"

  "Brother Qiu, this time you've come to Tongtian Tower, what floor are you aiming for?" The big man changed the subject and asked a question that everyone was thinking about.

  "Hey! Although Qiu Mou is arrogant, he also has a bit of self-awareness. He can make it through the three layers and gain an ancient treasure, which would be satisfying enough!" The Taoist said without hiding anything.

  "Not bad, Zhang also thinks so! I heard that the fourth layer's trial is too difficult, it's not something we can imagine!" The big man said.

  "Hey, two ignorant fools who have just reached the early and middle stages of the Void Dan Realm, you actually dare to think about breaking through the first three layers of the Heavenly Tower!" A gloomy voice rose up, filled with disdain.

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