Simultaneous traversal: All Abyss difficulty.

Chapter 452 Target! Kalin Tower!

Inside Master Roshi's house, Master Roshi's gaze drifted into memories.

Three hundred years ago, Master Roshi climbed Korin Tower and spent three years snatching the holy water from Korin, the god, who is also known as that slutty cat.

"Are you sure you want to climb the tower? Why don't you wait until Goku comes back in a few years? If you go, you might fall and die," Master Roshi kindly advised.

Bulma, standing to the side, asked in confusion, "Why not just use a flying vehicle?"

Master Roshi patiently explained, "Korin Tower is 108,000 miles high. Can your flying vehicle ascend straight up to an altitude of 108,000 miles?"

Bulma shook her head. "If it's going to be straightforward, then it's difficult. But it's not entirely impossible!"

"It's alright." Fang Yu suddenly waved his hand. "Whether it's 108,000 li or 1,000,000 li, since this tower was built for people to climb, it's best not to use technology, otherwise it'll be a waste of time to get up there."

Master Roshi nodded in satisfaction. "You're a promising student, but climbing the tower is very dangerous. You can easily fall if you're not careful. Climbing the tower day and night will present you with countless difficulties. There will be nowhere to sleep and not much supply. You might not be able to keep going halfway through, but there's no way back. Or you might be right in front of hope, but you'll run out of strength and fall."

Fang Yu shrugged and nodded dismissively.

He found swinging the sledgehammer more grueling than climbing the tower.

That thing doesn't go straight; you might accidentally end up home.

Seeing Fang Yu's resolute expression, Master Roshi nodded helplessly, "Alright, since you insist on going, I can't stop you. The tower's location is..."

Fang Yu and Bulma boarded the flying vehicle. Before leaving, Master Roshi waved his hand and said, "If you come back in a few years, remember to bring me magazines and CDs!"

Fang Yu sighed helplessly, "Don't worry, he'll be back in a few years, within ten days or half a month."

Master Roshi smiled, without explaining his three years of arduous training, and turned back into the house to continue his training.

The aircraft streaked across the azure sky, speeding southward.

Bulma skillfully maneuvered the steering wheel, glancing at the map every now and then.

"Look, it's right in front of us!" Bulma exclaimed excitedly, pointing to the gradually emerging silhouette of the tower in the distance.

Fang Yu squinted. The legendary Kalin Tower shimmered with golden light in the sunlight, towering into the clouds as if connecting heaven and earth.

"It's truly magnificent," Fang Yu murmured, even with his extensive knowledge, he couldn't help but be awestruck by the tower's grandeur.

Although the 108,000 li (approximately 54,000 kilometers) is just an Easter egg by Akira Toriyama paying homage to "Journey to the West," the fact that a pillar leads straight to the "heavenly realm" does indeed indicate that this thing is extremely high.

The aircraft slowly landed near the small village at the foot of the tower. As soon as the two stepped off the aircraft, they heard a childish voice:

"Who are you? What are you doing in Kalin Tower?"

A dark-skinned little boy with feather decorations on his head stood warily in front of them, holding a homemade wooden bow in his hand.

Behind him, a burly, middle-aged man with a full beard strode over.

These two are the guardians of Kalin Tower, and are considered natives.

According to the original story, Tao Pai Pai should have killed Upa's father at this point, and then Goku should have collected the Dragon Balls to revive Bora.

Now, thanks to Fang Yu, the two of them are still standing there unharmed.

“Upa, don’t be so rude.” The middle-aged man patted the boy on the shoulder, then turned to Fang Yu and Bulma. “Hello, I am Bora, this is my son Upa, this is our village.”

Bulma smiled warmly and said, "Hello, I'm Bulma. We're here to find a little boy named Son Goku. He should be training here."

Bora's expression visibly relaxed: "Ah, you're Goku's friends! He is indeed here, but..." He looked up at the towering Korin Tower, "...he's climbing it right now!"

Fang Yu asked, "How long have you been climbing?"

“It’s been three to five days, I think,” Upa recalled. Fang Yu nodded: “I understand.” He turned to Bulma, “Let’s not delay, let’s begin now.”

Before Bulma could speak, a child nearby exclaimed loudly.

"What?" Upa's eyes widened. "You want to climb Korin Tower? Impossible! No one but my dad and Goku can climb it!"

Bra coughed twice and looked at Fang Yu: "My son is talking nonsense. I can't climb up there. However, I must say, young man, this is no ordinary climb. Kalin Tower is 108,000 meters high, with no rest stops along the way, and the air gets thinner the higher you go. Even the world's strongest mountaineers have never seen what's above."

“You should know that every now and then people come here because of its fame, and then they fall down. I have been guarding this place for generations to prevent people from blaspheming the gods, and to make those who have no reverence for life think more clearly.”

Fang Yu's lips curled up slightly: "Thank you for your concern, but I have a brilliant plan."

Bulma rolled her eyes. "Come on, are you going to use that 'whoosh' disappearing trick again?"

"That won't happen."

Climbing Kalin's Tower is itself a form of cultivation, and finding Kalin and seizing its holy water is also a form of cultivation. It's not that you'll be rewarded with a golden robe just by doing it; the process is what matters.

Fang Yu's daily training intensity was already very high, and now that there was a tower to climb, he was overjoyed.

Upa curiously leaned closer: "Big brother, are you really going to climb? Should we try to see how high we can climb first? My dad said that most people can't climb even one-thousandth of the way before they fall. Do you have that little gadget that can conjure things up? Or maybe we could put something soft underneath us first? Like a bed or something?"

Fang Yu crouched down, looking Upa straight in the eye: "Want to make a bet? I can not only climb up, but I can also bring Wukong back with me before dinner tomorrow."

"Liar!" Upa pouted. "Dad said that no one has ever climbed up there since Grandpa's great-great-great-grandfather! Even Goku... although he climbed for a long time, I still think he..."

Looking at Fang Yu's confident expression, Bora suddenly asked, "Young man, don't be arrogant."

Fang Yu patted the dust off his pants: "Alright, enough chit-chat. Bulma, wait for me here, I'll be right back."

Bulma pouted, "Of course! How could I possibly leave? You go ahead, don't waste time, I still need the handsome guy!"

Fang Yu walked to the bottom of Kalin Tower and looked up at the tower, whose top was almost invisible.

He took a deep breath, clasped his hands together, and his chakra began to flow.

"Eight Gate Dunjia!"

"Open the first door!"

Blue energy flickered slightly on his body. Bora and Upa watched this scene in surprise, while Bulma shrugged as if it were nothing out of the ordinary.

"Then, I'm off."

As soon as he finished speaking, Fang Yu's figure vanished from the spot, leaving only a gentle breeze.

Upa rubbed his eyes: "Where is he?"

Brahma looked up at the tower and could vaguely make out a small, rapidly moving dot: "He...he's already started climbing, and fast!"

Bulma interjected smugly, "As fast as a monkey, right?"

High in the air, Fang Yu's fingers and toes precisely gripped every tiny protrusion on the tower, his body shooting upwards like a blue lightning bolt.

The wind whistled in his ears, but he was completely unaffected. His Sharingan helped him see every foothold as if he were walking on flat ground!
"At this rate," Fang Yu calculated in his mind, "it shouldn't take more than a day to reach the top, right?"

"After finding Wukong and stealing the holy water, should we continue upwards and see if we can find a 'god'?"

"It's worth considering."

(End of this chapter)