1133: Chapter 290 1133: Chapter 290 Immortal Bi Yue had not damaged the fierce tiger’s skin too severely.
After obtaining the tiger’s hide and bones, the two flew towards the tower throughout the night.
When they had first arrived at the tower, they had only encountered several members of the Five Sounds Sect, but now as they returned to the spot, only one member of the Five Sounds Sect remained outside the tower.
However, two new individuals had joined him.
One was a monk dressed in a kasaya.
Having appeared in the Cloud Reaching Sect’s grand ceremony, monks practicing Zen Cultivation were also seen by the crowd.
On the other side, a man clad in black emitted an aura that warned others to keep their distance, a chilling aura of Demonic Qi continuously spreading out from him.
This was a practitioner of the Demonic Path.
At that moment, the three seemed to be carefully listening to something when suddenly they heard the sound of air being pierced and turned their heads in unison.
Miao Yin of the Five Sounds Sect saw Immortal Bi Yue and nodded amicably.
Then, her gaze fell on the tiger skin and bones that Immortal Bi Yue was holding, revealing a flash of surprise in her eyes.
Her fellow sect brothers and sisters had left around the same time as Immortal Bi Yue, yet her brothers had not returned, but Immortal Bi Yue and her companion had returned so quickly—only the two of them!
The Zen Cultivator saw Immortal Bi Yue but showed no reaction, quickly averting his gaze and continuing to listen closely to the drum beats.
Even the Demonic Cultivator quickly averted his gaze, evidently not wanting to engage in conflict with Immortal Bi Yue.
Bi Yue simply glanced at the two and seemed unbothered by their presence, flying with Cao Zhen to a drum with a ruptured head.
Normally, drums are quite troublesome to craft, but this one before them was much simpler—it merely required stretching the tiger skin over the drumhead tightly.
Then, Bi Yue handed Cao Zhen the tiger bones.
Miao Yin observed their actions but looked off into the distance.
She did not know how proficient the man brought by Immortal Bi Yue was in Musical Rhythm but was aware that he hadn’t been listening here for long.
The drumbeats emitting from within the tower sounded ordinary, yet they contained countless variations.
Even with her musical expertise, she had listened till now and only grasped eight or nine points of certainty that she could resonate with the drumbeats inside the tower.
The other party hadn’t listened to the drumbeats before, so now, even if they repaired the drum, they could not make it resonate, and she still had a chance.
As long as her sect brothers returned quickly, as long as Immortal Bi Yue didn’t disrupt their efforts, and if their conjectures were correct, they could be the first to enter the tower.
As the thought had just crossed her mind, a dull drum sound reached her ears.
Had the other party struck the drum?
Had he gone mad?
Without having listened to the drum sound before, he struck the drum upon arriving—couldn’t he fear that a mistake would trigger danger from within the tower targeting him?
He…
A look of astonishment suddenly crossed Miao Yin’s face as she stared incredulously at the figure striking the drum.
The frequency of his drumming and the sound produced matched precisely with the sounds coming from the tower.
For a moment, the air around them vibrated, followed by the tower itself shaking.
The next moment, the tightly shut door behind him abruptly opened.
“This…”
Miao Yin’s eyes widened in shock.
He had succeeded so quickly?
Since her arrival, she had been listening to the drumbeat and wasn’t completely certain she could resonate with the tower’s drum sound.
But the other party had not lingered here, and upon arriving, he directly struck the drum to produce resonance.
What sort of musical expertise was this, and who had Immortal Bi Yue found?
In Miao Yin’s surprised gaze, the other seemed to be grasped by an invisible hand and pulled through the door behind him.
Bi Yue stood by Cao Zhen’s side, the first to react.
She turned to follow Cao Zhen through the door, but the wooden gate abruptly slammed shut the next moment.
Bi Yue also felt a terrifying force push her back.
Even as an individual at the Golden Core Period Limit, she could not resist the force and was pushed backward.
Immortal Bi Yue stood there flabbergasted, perplexed by what had just happened.
Could it be that only the one who plays music could enter?
Were others incapable of entry, and were there dangers inside the tower?
If there were dangers within the tower, Cao Zhen was but a cultivator with the Nine Abnormal Phenomenon Golden Pills; how would he withstand them?
Now, all she could do was pray that there was no danger inside the tower.
Around them, the other three individuals also looked toward the tower with varying expressions.
Inside the tower, Upon entering, Cao Zhen saw a winding staircase that spiraled up to the top of the tower.
Surrounding the stairs were numerous large drums, which began to sound as soon as he entered.
Each drumbeat produced a Sonic Wave that shot towards him rapidly.
This relic resembled the one the Eclipse Demon had entered before, but the one before him seemed even more dangerous.
“These Sonic Waves, as long as one understands Musical Rhythm and has reached the Ten Different Phenomena of Golden Elixir Great Perfection Cultivation Base, should be able to avoid them.
However, a typical cultivator at that level, if ignorant of Musical Rhythm, would be unable to ascend,” Cao Zhen observed the waves coming at him and confidently moved forward, simultaneously sensing the changes in the Sonic Waves all around him.