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Chapter 18: Fu an amateur did not stir up Ai Hui’s eive him the opportunity to witness his own iy had a direct effect on his strength The oda was y within his body was still considerably weak, but a threefold increase in elereater roo Golden Pagoda, stopping outside its front gate With the previous experience still fresh in his rounds this tioda were still as intiht, tying one end to a rock the size of a wicker basket He tied the other end to his waist, lifted the rock, and threw it into the pagoda

The rope suddenly stretched taut and a powerful pulling force quickly followed Ai Hui ell-prepared, but still he stuoda violently tossed the rock in every direction The force that pulled on the rope was beyond Ai Hui’s expectations He struggled to keep his body steady, but was still dragged toward the pagoda’s entrance

Since was truly lucky to havefear

The rope suddenly relaxed, as the force pulling hi his power backward and was unprepared for the sudden change He reacted quickly, gently tapping the floor with his palm as he fell before he soared back up and landed squarely on his feet

The rope had snapped Ai Hui pulled the broken end over to investigate and found that the rope had a large nu that a rope h, Ai Hui shook his head The numerous tiny holes were caused by fine silver strands ofthe rope The rock would probably not lastfro noise followed The rock must have been shattered into a pile of small stones

The round was only recommended to those who had opened their natal palaces

Luckily, Ai Hui had a backup plan as he pulled out an iron chain that was as thick as his wrist Dragging this iron chain all the way to the Suspending Golden Pagoda had worn hioda, waited a while, then pulled it back out The chains reoda that Ai Hui saw during last visit gave hiht be able to withstand the e aer than hioda There was no other choice since he had s rocks on his last visit

He wrapped one end of the iron chain around the rock before attaching the other to his waist

After ensuring that the ends were firmly secured, Ai Hui took a deep breath and juoda

Once inside, Ai Hui was i around like a top A powerful force unexpectedly pulled at his waist, nearly snapping him into two The iron chain wrapped around his waist was stretched so taut that it was perfectly straight Seeing that his h of relief He barely had time to rejoice before his back slammed into the wall He promptly covered his head with his hands, curled into a ball, and allowed himself to bounce around like a rubber ball

This time around, Ai Hui stayed inside for a shorter duration Rather than wait until he had almost hit his limit, Ai Hui used the iron chain to pull hied hih of relief The world inside the pagoda was completely different fro well—his y left

He started to hit his own body

After his previous training session, Ai Hui had pondered over how he could absorb y Ai Hui’s pursuit of poas unquestionable, but he had no desire to be beaten up every day from dusk to dawn That was an experience he had no wish to repeat