Number One Under Heaven

Chapter 9 - Half a Day

Wang Bao had his livers go green with envy. His fiancee was hugging another man in front of him!

"You! I challenge you at the Stairway to Heaven! Whoever can climb the highest will get to marry her!"

".... I think you are misunderstanding something here.... She only likes me as a Big Brother, not as a male. And she's too young for that, so why are you so childish?"

"Y-you! I don't care! This is about my pride. Do you dare climb or not?!"

"Well... I already planned to climb it when I heard about it, so why not?"

Tian Yi agreed to his little game.

"Good! Don't think that just because you're older than me, you'll beat me! I'll beat you and show you that I'm a better fiance for her!"

"Like I said, I'm not trying to....."

"No buts!" Wang Bao interrupted him.

"..."

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After another few hours of waiting, the show finally begins.

The sky shines with brightness, and 100 Immortals ranging from Silver Immortals to Golden Immortals were in the sky, standing in a formation with a palm-sized sealed box hovering in the middle of the formation.

Then three more Immortals came down from the sky, but this time they had a different aura to them. Each of them had a different aura that looked domineering in its way.

"Look, it's the Sect Masters from the Four Ancient Land!"

"That's Zou Guo, Sect master of Azure Phoenix God Sect!" Someone pointed to a middle-aged man who came down first.

"Look! Xuan Ruogang, Sect Master of Five Sense Illusion Sect!" An incredibly lovely young female in her 20's came down next.

"Don't forget about Cao Jian, Sect Master of Water God Sword Sect! He's the strongest out of them all!" Lastly was a handsome young man with looks in his early 20's.

"Hey, where's the Sect Master of Church of the Qilin God, Teng Shi? Shouldn't he be here too?"

"He's still trying to look for his disciple's killer...."

"Oh right, that did happen not too long ago...."

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The three of them floated in the sky, waiting for everybody to quiet down.

Everybody noticed it and stopped talking to listen.

Zou Guo stepped forward and cleared his throat.

"Ahem. As you all know, today is the day the Stairway to Heaven will be opened. And when it does, all of you here will have a chance to climb it. If you're lucky, some Sect might notice you and accept you as their disciple. But keep in mind, if you're a mortal and tries to climb this, you will die from the pressure crushing you to your death. As for you Cultivators, don't get arrogant and try to chew more than you can, or else you'll end up like the mortals. Don't say that I didn't warn you." He warned everybody and stepped back.

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Next, Cao Jian steps up.

"Now I'll tell you the rules.

First, the Stairway to Heaven will only be opened for seven days! After that, it will kick everybody out and reseal itself.

Second, there is a total of 10 levels with 10,000 steps in each level. If you decide to quit, break apart the talisman that will be given to you before you start to teleport you back down.