And so, Li Wen, who had just caused a massive stir in the Enlightenment Tower but was now moving as slow as a snail, once again became the focus of everyone's attention.
Countless gazes, filled with curiosity and scrutiny, focused on his unhurried figure.
Thanks to his previous achievement of ranking second on the Enlightenment Tower's overall leaderboard, no one dared to look down on Li Wen in the slightest, despite his current slowness.
Li Wen paid no mind to the gazes or the people ahead of him.
He wasn't deliberately stalling.
Rather, he had keenly perceived that the sense of loneliness pervading these Solitary Stairs, though so faint as to be almost negligible, seemed to truly contain a trace of essential power capable of honing one's will.
'Since I'm not in a hurry, and this tempering seems genuinely beneficial—no matter how small the benefit—I'm not willing to miss it.'
So, he maintained a steady rhythm, climbing upward one step at a time, focused and calm.
