21. Getting inside the black tower to cultivate.

Sha-ei waiting inside The Fragrant House for a whole night for the team he sent to finish the request. After seeing the sunrise and his team not coming back, he knows that his team won't be back again. Thinking, he knows that maybe he just hit an iron wall, a huge one. The Chen clan 'trashy' young master got a solid backing. The thought that Chen Danshou maybe got a powerful master never got inside his mind until now. He just thought that maybe Chen Danshou just got something to boost and help him cultivate not getting a powerful master. But, now he realizes that possibility might happen to the young man. If this is true then he can't help Ma Doye because he can't send Earth-level member to deal with Chen Danshou, his power can't get him that clearance level. He just can give up for now.

"Master, are you finished refined the Qi?"

Gelu looks at his young master. Chen Danshou just finished cultivating. His level just raises one level after he used Qi-Devouring to deal with the people Shadow assassin sent.

"Yes, not bad. If I want to level up to my Earth-level 5 middle rank I need one week if I cultivate outside this space without using any pills to boost my cultivation speed. After all even if my body perfect for cultivation, this body's make my foundation solid so it's take time too."

"A good foundation will make your future cultivation unlimited, Master."

"I know that. That's why I also like this Qi-devouring technique. It saves me time to cultivate. I can take other's qi and refine it for my use and the qi I take from my enemies will belong to me."

"Master, your mother coming."

"Alright, I'm out from here."

"Danshou."

Lu Yini walked inside her son's room without knocking. She wants to eat together with her son. Today his son will be going to cultivate inside the black tower (AN: before I said the black tower as qi-tower because in this tower the qi is denser, The Chen clan founder make a Heaven-level array Master in peak level to make a qi-gathering array inside the tower and the tower colour is full black with seven floors. If the people sent there can stand the qi-pressure than they can cultivate on the higher floor. But usually, Core-level member just can cultivate in the 3rd or 4th floor.) The clan member that can cultivate inside the tower is the one being fostered by the clan. So if they can get inside the ranking in the clan meet they can use the tower to cultivate. Danshou is the second rank so he can cultivate on the 4th floor for 2 months.

"Mother."

Lu Yini smile looking at her beautiful son. He looks good wearing a blue robe with a golden lining. Danshou's beautiful face makes her happy to see it (AN: all people love beauty, that's why I make him \(^-^)/). Luckily, not many people see his son's face or she will get a headache refusing a lot of marriage proposal for him.

"Let's eat today you and your younger sister will get inside the black tower to cultivate. So, we must eat together."

"En."

Danshou walking to the dining room with his mother. Inside the dining room, his younger sister waiting for them while sitting.

"Mother, Elder Brother, you two took so long to come. I'm hungry."

Danshou chuckle hearing his younger sister pouting. He sits next to her in front of the round dining table. All his mother personal maid putting the food in the table while sometimes look at his face and blushing. Noticing that, Danshou just rub his nose. Maybe he needs to continue wearing his mask later. His face is dangerous for other's mind. (AN: But I love your face o(^-^)o)

"Brother, later I'll take you to the black tower location. This is your first time to go there."

Danshou nod and start moving his chopstick. His sister always competes in the clan meeting since young so she already cultivates inside the tower a few times, she can show the way for him. His sister used to cultivate in the 1st and 2nd floor. Now his sister can get permission to cultivate on the 3rd floor, so she looks happy and excited to go there.

After finishing their breakfast, Danshou goes with his sister to the tower. His mother not going with them because there are nobody can go to the tower without the permit, so she can't go with them.

Black tower area.

Black tower area is the place where many members of the Chen clan want to get inside it. The tower's qi is much better condensed than the outside. The supervisor of the tower is one of the ancestors in the Heaven-level. Beside the tower inside the Chen clan main residence, the Royal family and the Merlun Academy also had one.

The array inside the tower made by the same Array master. The other four great families didn't have one, that's why the other families always tried to be nice to the Chen clan because the Chen clan got the tower and they always share some token so the other families can cultivate inside the tower. Only the patriarch from the Chen clan can distribute the outside token. The other families give up some price to get it.

Today, there's some younger generation from the four great families gather in the area. All of them wearing a robe with insignia represents their clan. Danshou and his sister robes also had the insignia represent their families. Chen Houshin drags her brother so they can gather with the Chen clan member. She takes his brother to meet with her half-siblings. When they arrived there, Chen Houshin gets a hug from her second sister; Chen Houyan.

"Shin-er, you took so long." the girl pouting to Houshin.

"Sorry, er-jie."

"So, why Danshou wearing his mask again? Everyone knows him now. He doesn't need to wear a mask, again."

"Ah, that.." Houshin can't answer her er-jie (second sister) about his brother's mask.

"My face has been disfigured when I'm missing." (AN: Yea, right..)

"Oh?" Chen Houyan doesn't know that her whisper is heard by Danshou.

"Danshou's cultivation level is not far below me."

Chen Houmin answers his sister puzzled thought. It's easy for their level to hear her whisper.

"Oh. I see."

They wait for a while until an old man; the tower supervisor comes.

"Welcome to all the tower token bearers, congratulation for you all that can get the token. The token you all hold can take you all to the tower room inside the tower. Use it well. No one can change the room your token can be used, so don't try it. All token also had a time limit. It's showed how long you can cultivate inside the tower. Their's number of your floor and the room you can use. When you step past the tower gate, the token will transport you inside the room, so you can start to cultivate. For the Chen clan member, you can get the prize you got in the clan meet when you inside the room. So, start going inside. Start from the Chen clan member ranking in the clan meeting."

Hearing the tower supervisor order, Chen Houmin starts moving to the tower gate as the first ranking in the clan meeting. Chen Danshou follows behind him. Flash of light from the token takes Chen Houmin inside the tower after his feet passing the gate. Danshou looks at the array and recognizes the array from the books Gelu give him to learn. Knowing the array, Danshou lips smirk.

After passing through the gate, Danshou arrives inside a stone room. Inside the room, he can feel the qi denser about 3 times from outside. Even though is good, but his space is so much better. He walks to a jade stone bed, on top of the bed there's a mat. Next to the mat there a couple of bottles filled with the pill. Inside it, there are his second ranking prizes. When he wants to swallow it, Gelu forbid him, because the pill rank is to low for him. Obeying Gelu, Danshou saves the bottle for use later.

"Master, you can train inside the space until your two month time's over. The qi inside the space is much better than here."

"Okay."

Hearing Gelu advice, Danshou going inside his space and starts to cultivate there. Closing his eyes, he told Gelu to wake him up after the time for the tower training time's up. While he's closed his eyes, Danshou didn't see that Gelu waving his hand makes the qi inside the training room been sucked and concentrate above his head. Gelu's action makes Danshou's taking qi easier. Satisfied with the rate his master taking Qi, Gelu sits on the ground and guard his master training.