She was filled with a strong reluctance and simply couldn’t be taken into the Nine Mystic Trial Tower, and since Zhou Heng did not wish to enlarge the Treasure Pagoda to let her out, he had to listen to her first and took out some new clothes to put on.
After the two of them were fully dressed, Han Yiyao stubbornly refused to let it go. She waited until the blush on her face had faded, otherwise anyone could easily spot what had transpired.
Zhou Heng kept grinding his teeth. He just wanted to bring Han Yiyao into the Nine Mystic Trial Tower, did it need to be so complicated?
"Alright!" Half an hour later, Han Yiyao finally nodded to Zhou Heng.
Zhou Heng hummed with a dark face, grabbed her hand, and with a thought, whoosh, the two of them instantly disappeared from the room.
"This is... where?" Han Yiyao looked around at the unfamiliar place with a shocked expression.
"Inside the Nine Mystic Trial Tower, a space artifact!" Zhou Heng smiled faintly, his gaze sweeping over to see Xiao Huoshui and Orchid Concubine asleep on the bed, four snow-white arms lying outside the blanket, and their exposed slender legs!
Both of them had high levels of cultivation, neither woman aware of their presence, still sleeping soundly.
Huh, they... both made a breakthrough!
Zhou Heng suddenly noticed the overflowing aura of the two women; it was certainly not of the Initial Separation Realm but of the Land Cleaving Realm!
Xiao Huoshui’s breakthrough was within expectations, as she had eaten a Nine Moon Wind Fruit, but Orchid Concubine’s talent was quite ordinary, even if she could break through to the Land Cleaving Realm, it would have been a matter of a hundred years later!
Could it be that Xiao Huoshui shared half of the Nine Moon Wind Fruit with her?
It must be so, which was why when he entered the Nine Mystic Trial Tower before, he found both women on the second layer in seclusion!
"To think there really is such a treasure!" Han Yiyao was still shocked by the existence of a space artifact that could contain living things, oblivious to the scene on the bed with Xiao Huoshui and the other woman.
"There’s even more amazing stuff!" He took Han Yiyao to the staircase and said, "This is called the Nine Mystic Trial Tower. Starting from the second floor, each level corresponds to a Martial Realm, and as long as you can defeat your opponent, you’ll receive a reward!"
Han Yiyao’s heart beat rapidly. She immediately climbed up the stairs and stepped into the Gate of Light that led to the second level of the tower.
She thought that Zhou Heng’s Black Sword had come from this way!
If one failed to pass a level, the Nine Mystic Trial Tower would create an independent space that even Zhou Heng, the owner of the Treasure Pagoda, couldn’t interfere with.
He returned to the ground floor, kicked off his shoes with a push of his feet, and climbed onto the bed.
The anger he had been suppressing was still there, but now that he finally let Han Yiyao know the secret of the Nine Mystic Trial Tower by bringing her here, he no longer had to restrain himself and could truly savor the great pleasure between a man and a woman.
After a passionate encounter, which lasted who knows how long, Zhou Heng finally extricated himself from the entanglement of the two women’s limbs, feeling as refreshed as ever.
Dressed and out of bed, as the owner of the Nine Mystic Trial Tower, he naturally knew Han Yiyao was waiting for him on the second floor.
"You pervert!" When Zhou Heng arrived at the second floor, Han Yiyao, her face flushed, rebuked him.
Although she swiftly passed the Gathering Spirit, Initial Separation, Land Cleaving, Open Heaven, and the Five Paths of Mountain-River Trials, it hadn’t taken much time, and the generous rewards filled her with surprises. However, when she returned to the ground floor, she barely saw the unrestrained scene of Zhou Heng with the two women, which made her blush with embarrassment, prompting her immediate retreat to the second floor.
Even though it was just a fleeting glimpse, with the keen observation skills of a Mountains and Rivers Realm Martial Artist, she saw every detail perfectly clear.
She didn’t understand what was happening. She had always been repulsed by other men, but this wall seemed to crumble in front of Zhou Heng.
Just as she naturally attracted Zhou Heng, he also held a strong attraction to her!
Her attraction was due to her innate physique, while Zhou Heng’s was because of the Golden Sun Grass. Under such an extraordinary coincidence, the two attracted each other! However, Han Yiyao had previously been instinctively repulsed by men and did not realize this. But as the ice melted, she found it increasingly difficult to resist Zhou Heng.
Her body yearned for this man!
But she dared not give in! It wasn’t because she was Ying Cheng’en’s fiancée, but because if she took that step, she would die!
She didn’t know how she had endured it, feeling time dragging on excruciatingly. After Zhou Heng and the other two finally finished, she was drenched in sweat, totally exhausted.
And it took her a long time to recover!
That was why she preemptively chastised him, to mask her panic and fear that she would not be able to resist throwing herself into his arms, begging Zhou Heng to treat her tenderly and sweetly, like a moth to the flame, knowing it’s fire yet unable to resist plunging to its doom.
Zhou Heng, with his thick skin and already regarding Han Yiyao as his woman, naturally didn’t mind her seeing his springtime activities, and said with a smile, "So, how many good things did you get?"
At his query, Han Yiyao immediately became excited and brought out five items. These were the rewards from the Nine Mystic Trial Tower, and she explained them one by one to Zhou Heng.
Zhou Heng listened and nodded. Among these five items, only one could be considered precious, the other four barely fit to be called treasures.
This confirmed Zhou Heng’s earlier speculation: the trial tower’s rewards depended on the participant’s strength. For both at the Open Heaven Realm to pass a challenge, the rewards for the First Layer Heaven and Third Layer Heaven were vastly different!
Although Han Yiyao’s cultivation level was suppressed to the corresponding realm when she passed the previous levels, her combat strength was definitely above the expected standard. So while she did pass the levels, the rewards could only be considered just about satisfactory—a Seventh Grade Land Cleaving magic artifact, a middle-grade Earth Level martial arts technique; neither of which were considered rare.