The Path of Immortality: Starts With Creating Water Bear Gu-Chapter 469: Room Number One

As soon as he stepped into the Demon Suppression Pagoda, Long Xuan immediately felt a surge of dense Spirit Gathering energy rushing toward him.

The density of spirit power here was far greater than that of the outside world. Even on just the first floor, the spirit energy density was already five times higher than outside. Long Xuan couldn’t help but click his tongue in amazement — cultivating in such a treasure land would naturally lead to an astonishing speed of improvement.

Long Xuan closed his eyes to sense the spirit energy in the air, then tried absorbing a bit. He quickly discovered that the spirit energy here was exceptionally unique — not only was it of extremely high quality, but it was also universal, without any elemental attribute, making it absorbable by anyone.

Absorbing and refining the spirit energy here could convert it into any elemental spirit force. Furthermore, the energy was pure and free of impurities, offering endless benefits.

Long Xuan’s eyes brightened. The moment he entered, he had already fallen completely in love with this place.

Long Xuan once again swept his gaze around and quickly noticed that the surroundings were lined with rooms. Each black door had a number written on it, sequentially from one to fifty, indicating that there were fifty rooms on the first floor of the Demon Suppressing Pagoda.

At this moment, all fifty doors had signs hanging on them that read “Occupied,” making it clear that every room was already taken.

Naturally, a mere fifty rooms were far from enough to meet the needs of the students from the Holy Gu Academy. Those who failed to secure a room could only sit cross-legged on the floor to cultivate.

By now, the entire first floor was already packed with people.

Long Xuan was not accustomed to cultivating in open spaces, nor was he satisfied with the first floor’s cultivation environment. Thus, he continued striding toward the upper floors.

Upon reaching the second floor, Long Xuan glanced around and found that the fifty rooms there were also fully occupied. The floor was similarly packed with cultivators, though there were noticeably fewer people compared to the first floor.

Long Xuan noticed that the only difference on the second floor was that the spirit energy density was slightly higher than on the first floor; otherwise, there was nothing special. Not wanting to waste time, he made his way directly toward the top — the ninth floor.

As expected, the higher he climbed, the fewer people he saw on each floor. The number decreased layer by layer. When he finally reached the ninth floor at his fastest speed, there were only a few people left.

However, even so, there were still more than fifty geniuses qualified to cultivate on the ninth floor. Quite a few of them had no room and could only sit cross-legged on the ground. 𝘧𝓇ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝘣𝓃ℴ𝓋𝑒𝑙.𝑐𝘰𝑚

Due to the extremely high density of spirit energy here — more than a hundred times that of the outside world — and the violently turbulent nature of the spirit energy, those cultivating on the floor grimaced in agony, their faces twisted as they gritted their teeth, obviously enduring tremendous pain.

Seeing someone else coming up, a few people opened their eyes and looked toward the newcomer.

"Yo! A new face! Kid, it's your first time here, right? And you dare to jump straight to the ninth floor to cultivate? Truly reckless," a burly man with a big beard said, opening his eyes and sneering disdainfully at Long Xuan.

Every genius qualified to cultivate here had started from the first floor, gradually adapting to the spirit energy layer by layer, before steadily advancing upward.

In his eyes, charging straight to the ninth floor on one's first visit was simply courting death.

Long Xuan ignored the man. He had never been a reckless person. After reaching each floor, he had tried absorbing the spirit energy into his body to test it, and only when he confirmed there was no adverse reaction did he continue upward.

Even after reaching the ninth floor, he found that the spirit energy here still did not affect him in the slightest. Thus, he decided to enter seclusion and cultivate right here.

The reason Long Xuan could completely disregard the violent spirit energy on the ninth floor was because the five types of mutated spirit energy within his body — Metallic Spirit Force, Verdant Spirit Force, Torrential Spirit Force, Inferno Spirit Force, and Tremor Spirit Force — were of such incredibly high quality that they could easily suppress the rampant energies of the ninth floor.

As a result, any violent spirit energy that entered his body was immediately suppressed by his five mutated spirit forces, without the slightest chance to rebel.

Before, Long Xuan had claimed that he could continuously cultivate here — but that was just boasting; he had never truly believed he could do it. Unexpectedly, after entering this place, he found that he really could cultivate endlessly here.

Since that was the case, he decided to find a Feng Shui blessed spot to enter long-term seclusion.

Sitting on the ground to cultivate was out of the question — firstly, there was no sense of security; secondly, it would expose too much of his personal secrets. Long Xuan glanced toward the fifty rooms nearby, and soon spotted an empty one. On the door, the characters "Room 1" were boldly written.

He frowned slightly. It was obvious that the room was vacant, yet none of the cultivators sitting on the ground went inside. It wasn't hard to guess: there must be a secret about this room, making it forbidden to enter.

Since he had not yet figured out the situation, Long Xuan refrained from rashly walking over. Instead, he turned to the bearded Gu Master who had just spoken to him and asked respectfully:

"The floor is cold. Why don't you go inside to cultivate?" Long Xuan pointed at Room 1

The moment these words were spoken, everyone's gaze turned toward him, their faces showing strange expressions.

The bearded Gu Master smiled maliciously and said:

"Don't worry. There's no danger inside. You can feel free to cultivate in there."

Of course, Long Xuan did not believe a word from this bearded Gu Master. There was definitely something wrong with that room — believing him would be foolish.

Just as Long Xuan was about to inquire further from someone else, a kind-hearted young woman reminded him softly:

"Don’t listen to that bearded guy's nonsense. He has bad intentions."

"The reason Room 1 on the ninth floor is off-limits is because it is the source of all the spiritual energy within this tower."

"The spiritual energy across the entire Nine-Floor Demon Suppression Tower is released from that very room. The ninth floor is closest to the source, so the spirit energy density here is the highest. The lower you go, the thinner the spirit energy becomes."

"By the time you reach the first floor, the energy has already been filtered by the Gu Masters of the eight upper floors. Not only is the spiritual energy much thinner there, but its violent nature is greatly reduced, making it the easiest to absorb."

"However, even the spirit energy density on the ninth floor is far inferior to the density inside Room 1."

"Since Room 1 is the source of the spiritual energy, the energy there is the most violent. No one can withstand it. Even a peak-grade Gu King entering would be blown apart by the raging spirit energy."

"That’s why, to this day, no one dares to step inside."

"I warn you, sir — don’t foolishly run into Room 1 out of curiosity. Everyone who has done so… has died."

Upon hearing this, Long Xuan finally understood.

If that was the case, then it was easy to handle.

What he had feared most was that the room might belong to some genius, and that entering it without permission would provoke that genius's wrath, resulting in him being crippled.

If the room was unclaimed territory, then what was there to be afraid of?

Long Xuan immediately decided — he would enter Room 1 and undergo seclusion cultivation there.

A faint smile appeared at the corner of Long Xuan’s mouth as he strode confidently toward Room 1.

"I'll just take a look inside. I promise I won’t cultivate there," he said casually.

Under the stunned gazes of the crowd, Long Xuan opened the door to Room 1 and walked inside.

"Bang!"

The door slammed shut heavily behind him, and the plaque hanging on the door flipped over — now showing the words: "Occupied"...