Chapter 298   Breaking Through the Core Sea Tower

“As a newcomer, with this token in hand, you need to go to the Core Sea Tower.”

The old farmer Elder Wei said to Xu Ning.

“Core Sea Tower?”

Xu Ning raised his eyebrows. “The Core Sea Tower is in the center of the island. With this token, you can enter.”

Elder Wei said, “After you go in, try your best to ascend to the higher floors. The higher you ascend, the greater your assessment will be. It will be beneficial to you.”

“Is that so…”

Xu Ning nodded. “Thank you, Elder Wei.” “You should know what the seeds of the Core Sea Demon Sect mean, right?”

Elder Wei asked.

“I’m clear.”

Xu Ning responded.

“The seeds of the Core Sea Demon Sect are the core elites of the entire sect. In the next three to ten years, one of you will definitely be selected to become the new sect master and elders of the Core Sea Demon Sect, becoming the new pillars of this huge sect.”

Elder Wei said, “Although you have just arrived, you have to be prepared to compete with your full strength. Don’t give up the competition with other seeds just because your realm is low.”

This was the first time Xu Ning had heard someone say that his realm was low. However, Xu Ning did not care much about this.

As long as there was enough energy, it was not difficult for Xu Ning to advance his realm.

“Thank you, Elder Wei, for your reminder.”

Xu Ning thanked him again. “Gu Songying…” Elder Wei glanced at Gu Songying.

“Elder Wei.”

Gu Songying quickly responded respectfully.

“You have performed a meritorious service in receiving a seed. In the future, you don’t have to be an external deacon, just become an internal deacon of the island. As for the specific arrangements and the other resources, you can just wait for the sect’s arrangements.” Elder Wei’s words made Gu Songying smile. “Thank you, Elder Wei!”

One of the important reasons why Gu Songying took the initiative to welcome Xu Ning was to receive this sect reward.

He didn’t have outstanding aptitude, and now that he had reached his current realm, he had been suffering.

Now that he was an internal deacon, it was equivalent to an increase in status in the sect. With this increase in status, he could obtain more resources and opportunities.

“Okay, go to the Core Sea Tower.”

Elder Wei waved at Xu Ning and picked up his hoe again.

“Yes.”

Xu Ning and Gu Songying walked out of the small courtyard side by side. “Brother Xu, no, Junior Brother Xu, I have benefited from you.”

Gu Songying was very happy. “Now that I have become an internal deacon of the sect, I will be stationed on the island of the sect for a long time. If you have any orders, you can call me at any time.”

Gu Songying tried to get closer to Xu Ning bit by bit.

Part of the reason why he was Xu Ning’s guide was to obtain the sect reward, and the other part of the reason was to suck up to Xu Ning. When Xu Ning’s status improved in the future, he would also benefit.

“In that case, I would have to trouble you, Brother Gu.”

Xu Ning thanked him.

Now that he was a newcomer, he was unfamiliar with all aspects of the sect. With Gu Songying’s help, he would be much more relaxed.

“No trouble, no trouble at all.”

Gu Songying chuckled.

At this point, he was completely relying on Xu

Ning.

Suddenly, Gu Songying thought of his cousin Ding Bo.

If it weren’t for Ding Bo taking the initiative to get into a conflict with the Source Sect, he wouldn’t have had such a relationship with Xu Ning

“Junior Brother Xu, I will be responsible for finding a place for you to live on the island and dealing with some trivial matters when you enter the sect. You just go to the Core Sea Tower first and get down to business.”

Gu Songying said.

“Thank you, Brother Gu.”

Afterwards, Xu Ning rode a flying demon beast and went to the Core Sea Tower at the center of the island.

While riding a demon beast in the air, Xu Ning came across a high level dao realm master and other flying demon beasts.

‘Is that the Core Sea Tower?’

Following Gu Songying’s directions, Xu Ning saw an island in the middle of the island.

On the island, there was a tall black building.

Xu Ning carefully counted and figured out that there were a total of twelve floors.

Looking down from the sky, there was no one on the middle island of the Core Sea Tower.

None of the other people who passed by the lake outside the island approached.

Obviously, this Core Sea Tower should be considered a special area of the Core Sea Demon Sect. Under normal circumstances, others were prohibited from approaching this place.

“Go down.”

Xu Ning rode the demon beast and stopped at the lake.

For safety reasons, Xu Ning decided to go to the island alone.

He stepped on the lake and rushed towards the island.

People passing by saw Xu Ning, and many of them stopped.

“Another seed has come.”

“I wonder how high this seed will ascend?”

“He definitely won’t exceed the sixth level. The strength of this seed doesn’t seem to be in the high level of the dao realm.”

Some of the people who stopped were disciples of the Core Sea Demon Sect, while some were relatives of the disciples who were here.

Although their realms were different, they all gathered together to watch the show and were chatting enthusiastically.

Xu Ning walked on the lake and arrived on the island.

“There’s no guide?’

Xu Ning looked around and saw that there were no elders, disciples, or guards stationed at the Core Sea Tower. He didn’t know how to enter the Core Sea Tower.

Suddenly, Xu Ning felt the area above his head turn dark.

He didn’t know when but a big black bird appeared and circled above Xu Ning’s head.

The black bird flapped its wings and landed in front of Xu Ning. ‘This black bird looks familiar…’

Xu Ning suddenly remembered that when he was in the Core Sea Demon Lord’s inheritance mystic realm in the Abyss North, he had seen a similar black bird. It was the black bird that had passed the Core Sea Pill Sutra to Xu Ning and had given him a seed token.

However, the black bird back then was only the size of two palms, while the black bird in front of him was nearly two meters tall.

“Eh?”

Before Xu Ning could speak, the black bird showed a human-like expression of surprise.

It glanced back and forth at Xu Ning.

Then, it landed on his two claws and circled Xu Ning a few times, its movements looking quite comical.

“Aren’t you the guy who obtained the Core Sea Pill Sutra from the Abyss North?”

The black bird asked in disbelief.

“Huh?”

When Xu Ning heard this, he suddenly realized that this black bird seemed to be related to the black bird in the Abyss North.

“Yes, Senior, I obtained the inheritance of the Core Sea Pill Sutra in the Abyss North three years ago.”

Xu Ning responded.

“Your growth speed is truly fast! I remember that you were only in the high level void realm back then, but now you are in the dao realm sixth stage.”

The expression and tone of this black bird were exactly the same as the black bird back in the inheritance of the Abyss North.

The black bird clicked its tongue, stretched out its black wings, and patted Xu Ning’s shoulder.

“Not bad, not bad! You are indeed a good seedling I discovered.”

When the black bird noticed Xu Ning’s confusion, it patted its chest with its wings and explained to Xu Ning, “Don’t be surprised why I know you so well. What you saw in the Abyss North was my clone.”

“Clone?”

This was the first time Xu Ning had heard of such an ability.

‘Is that the bloodline power of this demon beast?’

Xu Ning thought to himself. He had never heard of a human master, even after reaching the ninth stage of the dao realm, having the ability to create clones.

The black bird seemed to have heard Xu Ning’s thoughts. It raised its head smugly. “My cloning ability is unique. Even apex demon beasts don’t have my ability.”

“Senior is amazing.”

Xu Ning praised casually when he saw the black bird being so smug. The black bird enjoyed this.

At the same time, Xu Ning searched for the name of demon beasts with this ability in his mind.

However, Xu Ning did not receive an answer.

When Xu Ning was in the Harmony King Mansion, he had read a lot of books in the mansion and gained a lot of knowledge about rare demon beasts.

But even so, Xu Ning knew nothing about this black bird.

Xu Ning inferred that this black bird should be some kind of mutated demon beast.

“That’s right, you are here to challenge the Core Sea Tower…”

The black bird slapped its head and returned to the main topic.

“Give me the token.”

The black bird said.

Xu Ning handed the unmarked token to the black bird.

“Name?”

The black bird asked.

“Xu Ning.” Xu Ning said.

“Which Xu, which Ning?”

The black bird asked again.

Xu Ning answered truthfully.

Afterwards, the black bird activated its bloodline power, and Xu Ning’s name appeared on the plate.

‘So the black bird is the one who records the information of one’s identity…’

Xu Ning thought.

“Okay, go in.” The black bird did not return the token to Xu Ning immediately. “When you come out, I will return this token to you.”

“Yes.”

wer.

Xu Ning walked to the Core Sea Tower. Whoosh! As soon as he walked over, the door of the Core Sea Tower opened. It was pitch black inside, even Xu Ning couldn’t see what was inside.

“With your strength, passing the sixth level is not difficult. But when you reach the seventh level, the difficulty will greatly increase. Try your best to pass.”

Perhaps because it had a good impression of Xu Ning, before Xu Ning entered the Core Sea Tower, the black bird kindly reminded him.

“Thank you, Senior.”

Xu Ning stepped in.

Boom!

The gates of the Core Sea Tower closed.

‘This kid’s speed of improvement is really fast… From the void realm to the core transformation realm in three years, this speed seems to be unmatched by any seed… He really might be able to compete for the position of the Demon Lord…’

The black bird muttered to itself.

At this moment, Xu Ning had already entered the Core Sea Tower.

When the gates of the Core Sea Tower closed, the darkness inside disappeared, and everything could be seen clearly. In front of Xu Ning was an empty floor.

This floor was more than a thousand square meters, and it was twenty meters high.

Whoosh…

As soon as Xu Ning looked around, a figure materialized in front of him.

It was a black-colored metal humanoid puppet, holding a longsword. There was no aura leaking from its body. Clak! Clak!

The humanoid puppet rolled its eyes.

The dark green crystal eyes stared at Xu Ning.

Whoosh!

The puppet suddenly jumped from its spot and rushed towards Xu Ning.

‘This is the assessment of the Core Sea Tower?’

Xu Ning did not panic. In his eyes, the speed of this puppet was extremely slow.

Swoosh!

Xu Ning struck out with a wave of astral qi.

Immediately, the puppet was severed from the middle and fell to the ground where it remained motionless.