Cultivation Online novel Chapter 398

Chapter 398 - Increased Difficulty

"Xiao Hua, surely, you’re not suggesting the Young Master bring that girl to the Spirit Heaven through the Stairway to Heaven, right?" Feng Yuxiang asked her with a look of disbelief on her face.

Xiao Hua nodded and said, "Brother Yuan, there is one method that allows an individual— or a few to ascend to the next heaven without needing to pass the Stairway to Heaven."

"Really? Tell me about it!" Yuan quickly said.

"However, Xiao Hua must warn Brother Yuan that this method isn’t recommended, and nobody does it for a good reason." Xiao Hua said.

And she continued, "A single person climbing the Stairway to Heaven can bring at most 9 people with him, and as long as this person passes all of the trials, all 9 people including the climber will be able to ascend to the Spirit Heaven."

"In other words, Brother Yuan can bring 9 people with him to the Spirit Heaven. However, every single person you bring will tremendously increase the difficulty of your trials, making the already seemingly impossible challenge even harder, and the more people you bring, the harder it will only become, hence why nobody uses this method. You’re essentially doing the trials for them."

"Huh? Does this mean I am already bringing 3 people with me because I obviously cannot leave you three in the Lower Heaven while I ascend myself?" Yuan then asked.

Xiao Hua nodded, "Yes and no. Xiao Hua and the phoenix came from the upper heavens, so we can actually ascend through the Stairway to Heaven without doing any trials. But we’re staying down here due to our own reasons."

"What about Yingying? She was born in the Mystic Realm that is in the Lower Heaven."

"Miss snake will have to pass the trials in order to ascend to the next heaven since she was born in the Lower Heaven, but because she is Brother Yuan’s servant that’s bound by a heavenly contract, she will not increase the difficulty of your trials as much as an ordinary person who isn’t your servant would, and she won’t take up a slot, so you can still bring nine other people with you including us." Xiao Hua explained to him.

"I see... Indeed, I can use this method to bring Disciple Min to the Spirit Heaven, allowing her to leave her family since she will no longer have to rely on them to ascend. Furthermore, I can even bring Yu Rou and Meixiu with me..." Yuan mumbled as he turned to look at Meixiu.

Of course, he wouldn’t leave them behind while he personally ascends.

Everyone there turned to look at Meixiu.

Feng Yuxiang then spoke, "While I understand it if the Young Master wants to support Meixiu and Yu Rou, I don’t think I like the idea of bringing Min Li because a single person will already increase the difficulty of your trials, much less three... And what if you decide to help another person in the future? That’s even more of a burden on you, Young Master!"