Soul Land IV (Douluo Dalu) : Ultimate Fighting

C.860: Spirit Pagoda Headquarters

TL: BluVerse

Near the Spirit Pagoda Headquarters, there was also a Spirit Pagoda Academy. The original intention of establishing this academy was to compete with the Shrek Academy. However, things didn’t go as planned and in the end, they couldn’t reach the same level. Some things could not be done well with just money. The foundation of the Shrek Academy remained unshakable, and to this day, no other academy can compete with it. Especially after the reconstruction that took place ten thousand years ago, with the Eternal Tree as the core of the academy, no one had ever thought of competing with it again.

Lan Xuanyu walked up the peripheral steps and soon arrived at the main entrance of the Spirit Pagoda Headquarters.

The Ascension Platform was said to be a semi-virtual, semi-real world. Some also said it was a small space opened up by the Spirit Pagoda, specifically for soul masters to practice and improve their soul rings.

Inside the Ascension Platform, there were various soul beasts, some strong, some weak. After these soul beasts were killed, they could produce energy that could nourish soul rings.

The two main sources of income for the Spirit Pagoda were the sale of artificial soul spirits and the upgrading of the soul rings through the Ascension Platform.

All branches had at least one Elementary Ascension Platform, mainly for use by soul masters with a cultivation level of three rings or below. In some large cities, there were Intermediate Ascension Platforms, which were provided for use by soul masters below the level of Soul Saints.

As for Advanced Ascension Platforms, there was actually only one in the entire Spirit Pagoda, which was located in the Spirit Pagoda Headquarters. It was available for use by soul masters with a cultivation level of at least seven rings and below god rank.

The quota for accessing an Advanced Ascension Platform was very scarce, and the price was extremely expensive. Even in auctions, it was not commonly seen. The vast majority of quotas were for internal use only and not sold externally, as this was the Spirit Pagoda’s core resource.

Some powerful soul masters even chose to compromise and become a part of the Spirit Pagoda to enter the Advanced Ascension Platform, so it had a recruitment function as well.

This time, Lan Xuanyu’s goal was the Advanced Ascension Platform.

Walking into the Spirit Pagoda Headquarters, it could be described as overcrowded. Compared to other planets, humans on the mother planet were fortunate. The abundant life energy allowed people to have a much greater chance of awakening their martial souls when they were six years old.

Therefore, there was naturally a greater demand for soul spirits.

This was also Lan Xuanyu’s first time at the Spirit Pagoda Headquarters. He couldn’t help but look around curiously.

There were many areas in this lobby, among which the most important was the area for selling soul spirits, and there were also proposals for some preferential measures. There was an area for buying low-level soul spirits, and it even felt like a supermarket.

Unfortunately, he didn’t really need it, although it looked quite interesting.

The huge hall was decorated in an antique style, especially the colorful murals on the ceiling, which were particularly eye-catching. The mural depicted a story of a young man with vertical pupils on his forehead fighting a black dragon. Wasn’t that black dragon the king of the soul beasts, the Golden-Eyed Black Dragon, Di Tian? And that young man, without a doubt, was the founder of the Spirit Pagoda, Spirit Ice Douluo Huo Yuhao.

This was the story of Spirit Ice Douluo challenging the Beast God back then. On the side of the Beast God, there were countless soul beasts behind him, while Spirit Ice Douluo had six great soul spirits by his side.

Although it was only a mural, it still made people’s hearts yearn for it.

Because the hall was too crowded and there were no staff members taking the initiative to greet Lan Xuanyu, he looked around and checked the time on his soul communicator on his wrist. Then, he walked to a relatively less crowded area and found a staff member wearing the uniform of the Spirit Pagoda.

“Excuse me, how do I get to the Advanced Ascension Platform?” Lan Xuanyu asked.

The staff member was a young man who looked to be in his twenties. When he heard Lan Xuanyu’s question about the Advanced Ascension Platform, he couldn’t help but size him up.

In his eyes, Lan Xuanyu was also a tall and straight young man who looked to be around twenty-seven or twenty-eight years old, with an ordinary appearance and nothing particularly special about him. He had a gentle smile on his face.

“May I ask if you have an invitation letter for the Advanced Ascension Platform?” the staff member quickly asked respectfully. Those who could enter the Advanced Ascension Platform were all big shots.

Lan Xuanyu nodded and handed over a red, hot-stamped card.

Upon seeing the card, the young man became even more respectful, quickly glancing at it before returning it to Lan Xuanyu and saying, “Please follow me.”

For this visit to the Advanced Spirit Ascension Platform, Lan Xuanyu couldn’t reveal his true appearance, as required by the Academy. Originally, the Academy was going to have a special teacher provide him with some disguise, but Lan Xuanyu didn’t need it at all. He had the Treasure Seeking Beast, after all! It was the most skilled in illusions, a god-rank illusion master.

So with just a minor illusion, Lan Xuanyu had transformed into his current appearance.

He followed the worker to the side elevator and, upon entering, felt the elevator descend.

After a short while, the elevator doors opened, and the staff led him to another elevator. This happened three times, and after changing elevators three times, when he walked out of the gate, there were hardly any people outside.

When he boarded the last elevator, even the elevator required him to swipe the invitation letter to the Advanced Spirit Ascension Platform that he held in his hand.

This was a metallic space, and the familiar metallic smell made Lan Xuanyu very comfortable. The walls were also made of alloy, and a certain amount of rare metals was mixed in, making the metal toughness and stability far superior to ordinary alloys.

How rich were they?! How much rare metal did they use?

Lan Xuanyu thought that if he had the time to excavate these metals himself and refine them, he could obtain a considerable amount of rare metals.

He unconsciously touched the wall, relying on his familiarity and intuition with metals, as well as his spiritual perception. He could feel that the metal wall was at least two feet thick.

The Spirit Pagoda was really rich.

After passing through a corridor, a huge metal door flashed ahead. The staff respectfully said, “Please use the invitation to enter. I can only send you here, and there will be staff inside to receive you.”

“Okay, thank you.” Lan Xuanyu nodded to him and walked up to the door, swiping the red card in his hand on the card slot next to the door.

“Beep” sounded softly, and the metal door slid open silently, revealing the world inside.

As he walked into the metal door, a female staff member from the Spirit Pagoda greeted him immediately. Her uniform was different from the previous staff member’s, but it was clearly of a higher level and looked somewhat like a combat suit.

“Welcome to the Advanced Ascension Platform. Please follow me.” The female staff member had an above-average appearance, and her close-fitting uniform outlined her curves, which were quite attractive.

As Lan Xuanyu followed her inside, he looked around.

This was a huge circular hall with a diameter of over a hundred meters, and there were structures resembling simulation chambers around it, but they were much larger than any simulation chamber he had ever seen.

The female staff member led Lan Xuanyu inside, and a bunch of instruments were neatly arranged in front of him.

“Hello, is this your first time at our Advanced Ascension Platform?” the staff member asked.

Lan Xuanyu nodded and said, “Yes, it is my first time.”

“Then let me first introduce you to how we use our Advanced Ascension Platform.” The female staff member smiled and explained.

First, I need to verify your identity and ensure that it matches the information on your invitation. Second, I need to inspect your soul ring to ensure that you have the ability to enter the Advanced Ascension Platform. After all, the Advanced Ascension Platform still carries some risks. You should know that our Ascension Platform is not entirely a virtual world, and the pain felt is real and 100% authentic. If you suffer a sudden heavy blow, especially at the spiritual level, it may affect your real-life state. So please be cautious. After the inspection, you can enter the Ascension Platform and begin your adventure. We will provide you with a teleporter. If you encounter an unbeatable danger inside the Advanced Ascension Platform, you can activate the teleporter at any time to return here and end your journey in the Advanced Ascension Platform.