There were only so many spirit grasses in the world. Harvesting from generation to generation, were there still so many thousand year old and ten millennia old plants left?
A hundred year old plants were already rare!
However, the Black Tower could easily solve this problem. Spirit grasses raised here for a year were equivalent to a thousand year old spirit grasses in the outside world; it was even possible to accelerate it further after opening a certain layer.
Nature-defying!
It definitely was a godly item!
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This was only the first level of the Black Tower’s abilities.
Ling Han was utterly shocked. It was no wonder Small Tower said to strictly keep the Black Tower’s secret, because once leaked, the entire world’s strongest cultivators would chase his butt to fight for the Black Tower.
“Say, we’re already so familiar, could you give me more one-use power-up chances?” Ling Han cottoned up to Small Tower.
“No!” Small Tower trembled lightly, as if to shake its head.
“Why, we’re all on the same side, you don’t think it’d be taken by someone else?” Ling Han patiently continued with his persuasion.
Small Tower shook again, and said, “That’s not so. The power-up process is actually remolding your body once, you can only endure it once per tier. One more will hurt your foundation. The third time is certain death.”
“I cultivate the Indestructible Heaven Scroll, it shouldn’t be a problem,” Ling Han said.
“The Indestructible Heaven Scroll is imparted by the Black Tower, so how can you rely on what the Black Tower imparted to resolve the pressures the Black Tower adds onto you?” Small Tower said.
That made sense.
Every tier, he could only get one power-up.
“The later it is, the better for a power-up, as it increases your physical qualities more,” Small Tower said.
Ling Han nodded. With regards to this, Small Tower was the expert, and he could only comply. He couldn’t help but be depressed, since he originally thought that after he struck up a relationship with the spirit, he’d have full control of the Black Tower; he never thought that he’d only be able to enter the first level.
Fortunately, the first level’s functions already made him overjoyed, and he looked forward to finding out just how surprising the abilities of the second and third level would be even more.
Only after Hu Niu ran a circle did she stop by Ling Han’s side, and looked at Small Tower whilst tiling her head, appearing extremely curious. “Niu wants to play!” She pounced towards Small Tower.
Xiu , her figure went right through Small Tower’s figure, as if Small Tower didn’t exist.
Duh. A spirit was originally an existence like a soul spirit, so how could it be touched?
“Time to find Ao Yang Ming for some revenge!” Ling Han flashed out of the Black Tower. Although he didn’t fully control this treasure that was far beyond a spiritual weapon, it didn’t matter. His thoughts and the Black Tower were connected, and Small Tower could contact him at any time.
He first returned to the central hall to see if he could find the whereabouts of Ao Yang Ming’s party.
On the way, Ling Han listened to Small Tower describe some details regarding the Black Tower. For example, if he entered the Black Tower, then it was equivalent to perfect protection. No amount of power could hurt him, and no perilous environment could hurt him either.
Of course, this was only limited to this world.
Ling Han was certain that above this world was a greater world, which was the world that Shattering Void Tier cultivators entered after reaching the extreme. However, the two worlds obviously had an obstruction that was extremely hard to cross separating them; at least, in Ling Han’s previous life, he never saw a ‘god spirit,’ and never even saw a living Shattering Void Tier.
Anyways, it was impossible to encounter such a strong being right now. There was no need to worry.
Besides, inside the Black Tower, he had absolute power because he was the master of the god tool… he could fly; he could teleport; he could change the rules within the Black Tower at will, as if he were the Heaven Tier cultivator in former days!
No, even more badass than a Heaven Tier, because Heaven Tier’s wouldn’t have the ability to teleport and couldn’t change rules.
It could be said that even Sword Emperor’s life would be at Ling Han’s mercy, unless Sword Emperor’s strength already transcended that of the Black Tower.
Ling Han soon arrived at the central hall. Looking from afar, the crowded tide of people was already no longer present. Presumably, Rong Huan Xuan hadn’t left, and was currently waiting for opportunities.
Ling Han wouldn’t want to use his one chance of power-up on a Corpse Soldier, and the pressing matter was to save Liu Yu Tong.
He circled in the vicinity, but couldn’t find Ao Yang Ming’s whereabouts.
The mystery realm was similar to the size of a country; just how difficult was it to find someone in here?
With Ling Han’s thought, Hu Niu already appeared by his side. After the little girl slept enough, she was bored and alone inside the Black Tower, making a hue and cry to be let out.
He held onto Hu Niu’s hand, and planned to find others to question.
After a while’s walk, there was nobody in the surrounding. Ling Han couldn’t help but be disappointed and muttered, “Where did those guys go?”
“Ling Han, who are you looking for?” Hu Niu asked.
“Yu Tong and that brat Ao Yang Ming,” Ling Han said thoughtlessly.
Hu Niu raised her hand and said, “Niu knows!”
“Niu Niu knows?” Ling Han somewhat doubted.
Hu Niu made a sniffing motion, and said, “Niu can smell it out!”
Ling Han was astonished. Although he knew that beasts had a keen sense of smell, this little girl only grew up with a fierce tiger—could that really have raised her sense of smell? Anyways, he had no idea which was the correct direction, so it couldn’t hurt to listen to the little girl.
“Alright, you lead the way!” he said.
Hu Niu was happy all of a sudden, immediately walking towards a direction.
Ling Han followed, and the two traveled stop-and-go; when they stopped, it was either because Hu Niu was hungry or because she was sniffing out the smell. After two days like this, Hu Niu’s movements slowed and sharpened.
“Almost found her.” So she said.
Ling Han nodded. Hu Niu maintained the preying habit of beasts, and the closer she got to the prey, the more cautious she was. He said, “Niu Niu, go play in the tower first, I’ll play with you after I save Yu Tong.”
“Yes! Yes!” Hu Niu nodded repeatedly, and let Ling Han put her into the Black Tower.
Ling Han carried onward, and in less than a moment, he saw five tents up ahead. He jumped onto a large tree, carefully observing.
After a long time, he saw Ao Yang Ming, Uncle Fu, and the other two attendants come out of the tents separately to start a campfire to cook rations and dried meat. When the savory smell was emitted, Ao Yang Ming walked in front of a tent, and opened it to say something that couldn’t be heard. After a while, Ling Han saw a girl come out. It was Liu Yu Tong.
“Hmm?” Uncle Fu frowned slightly, jumping out fiercely like a large bird and landing under the tree where Ling Han hid.
“Uncle Fu, is something wrong?” Ao Yang Ming asked.
Uncle Fu looked up, but there were just pieces of green leaves, and no shred of peculiarity. He turned his head and said, “This old servant was overly sensitive.” He felt a presence surge that caused him to leap out, yet found no one.
He was confident that within such a short distance, no one in the same tier could escape from his eyes; Spiritual Pedestal Tier cultivators couldn’t enter, so he judged he must’ve been overly sensitive.
The old man walked back, slumped down, and looked a
t Liu Yu Tong. He said in a displeased manner, “Lady Liu, my young master has treated you sincerely, why don’t you know what’s good for you?”
“Uncle Fu!” Ao Yang Ming waved his hands hurriedly to stop Uncle Fu from continuing. He then looked at Liu Yu Tong and smiled as he said, “Uncle Fu’s just worried for me, don’t blame him, Yu Tong!”
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Liu Yu Tong just laughed coldly.
She complied perfectly with eating and sleeping, and hastening on with travel. She didn’t go on a hunger strike or refuse to move faster, but when she didn’t need to speak, she definitely wouldn’t speak; this made Ao Yang Ming feel like a tiger biting on a turtle, depressed from not knowing how to approach.
He was into Liu Yu Tong, and wanted to use his identity, status, and strength to move Liu Yu Tong; however, in Liu Yu Tong’s eyes, he didn’t even exist, driving him crazy.
This time, it naturally ended with Ao Yang Ming feeling depressed. Liu Yu Tong returned to her tent after she finished eating, acting like a guest.
“Hmph!” The smile on Ao Yang Ming’s face immediately disappeared, and he turned ashen.
He spent such a long time yet couldn’t even subdue a woman, almost losing his patience. Before this, as long as he flaunted his status as Winter Moon Sect’s direct disciple, what woman would not immediately dive into his arms?
Even if some woman pretended to be aloof, he only had to act a bit cold for the other person to immediately dive into his arms out of panic.
This was his time-tested experience with picking up girls.
However, Liu Yu Tong completely ignored him after he exhausted all his methods.
Uncle Fu moved closer as he said, “Young Master, the key still lies in that youngster.”
Ao Yang Ming nodded; if Ling Han didn’t die, then Liu Yu Tong would think of Ling Han, not letting him into her heart. However, Ling Han definitely ran as far as possible, so how was he going to find and kill Ling Han?
More importantly, the ancient record was still with Ling Han!
His memory wasn’t bad, but it didn’t reach the level where he could memorize an entire ancient record just from reading it once, not to mention the numerous pictures, which naturally made memorizing it even harder.
Winter Moon Sect was very interested in Devil Sky Mystery Realm too, but the time interval between each time the mystery realm opened was too long and not fixed, so it was very hard to occupy. He just happened to come to Rain Country and coincidentally encountered the mystery realm’s opening, so he set aside the proper business and entered the realm.
He couldn’t care less about Blood Zombies; no matter how chaotic it became, it was a matter of the Nine Nations of the Desolate North. Besides, Winter Moon Sect had Spiritual Infant Tier ancestors that oversaw it, so even if a Blood Zombie came to their doors, they would easily kill it.
Thus, he really wanted to explore the depths of the mystery realm—maybe there would be an enormous opportunity that awaited him.
He originally had great luck and obtained a local’s logbook, but he was hunted down after only flipping through a few pages. He could only hide it whilst he ran, and didn’t expect he’d have to offer it in return for being saved by Ling Han.
He was humiliated and lost the ancient record—those two reasons alone made him want to kill Ling Han.
“That brat probably won’t appear again,” Ao Yang Ming said fiercely. Without the ancient record’s map as guidance, this mystery realm was filled with crises at each step. Even with Uncle Fu’s protection, he still didn’t dare venture deeper.
The four talked for a while, then returned to their own tents.
Ling Han watched it all unfold inside the Black Tower.
With Small Tower’s guidance, he could basically control the Black Tower, like how he could watch and hear the surrounding environment even though he was in the tower. Of course, this had a distance limitation.
He was almost discovered by Uncle Fu earlier, and when he entered the Black Tower, Small Tower told him that he could ‘monitor’ the situation outside while within the Black Tower, undoubtedly saving him a lot of trouble.
From a certain perspective, the Black Tower could be considered his clone, except he didn’t have full control of the latter, because there were eight levels that weren’t open to him yet.
Xiu , he appeared from within the Black Tower and walked softly towards Liu Yu Tong’s tent. However, he only walked two steps, soon entering the Black Tower.
A figure flashed by, Uncle Fu dashed out from within a tent, and wore a strange expression.
Just now, he heard a faint movement, but saw nothing when he ran out… where was the culprit?
He absolutely wouldn’t believe there was anyone who could escape from his area of perception in such a short amount of time, so naturally, he felt it extremely odd. Two times he misjudged, which made him undoubtedly question himself if he’d gotten blurred vision…
The old man stood idly for a while, and then shook his head, walking back into the tent. However, only a few breaths later, he dashed out in a flash again, looking around to confirm that there was nobody, and then walked back into the tent again.
The old man was extremely suspicious.
Although Ling Han thought that, if it were he who felt the restriction was touched in his garden, then he definitely wouldn’t doubt himself; someone definitely must’ve entered, and if he didn’t realize, then the other person’s concealing methods were superior.
He appeared again, and without walking two steps, he flashed back into the Black Tower, disappearing once again.
Uncle Fu appeared, and the expression on his face was even stranger. He subconsciously patted his head once, feeling like he was driven mad. This time, he stood outside for a longer period of time—at least five minutes—before he turned to enter the tent.
Ling Han appeared, and jumped into Liu Yu Tong’s tent in one step.
“Ah!” Liu Yu tong immediately yelled out in surprise.
This instantly caught the attention of Ao Yang Ming and the others. They jumped out of their tents one after another, and Ao Yang Ming could be heard saying, “Lady Yu Tong, what’s the matter?”
“It’s nothing, I just had a nightmare!” Liu Yu Tong looked at Ling Han with a gaze of disbelief whilst suppressing the shock in her heart and doing her best to speak calmly.
The four others outside had no suspicions; who could’ve thought someone actually snuck in? They returned to their own tents one after another.
“It’s too dangerous here, just leave!” Liu Yu Tong said in an extremely quiet voice.
“Don’t worry, since I have the ability to come in, I have the ability to leave too,” Ling Han said with a smile. “Call Ao Yang Ming over.”
Liu Yu Tong’s eyes instantly lit up and she said, “We’re using him as hostage?”
Ling Han didn’t actually plan on that. After acquiring the ability to hide within the Black Tower, he never even thought of using his only chance for a power-up on an old dog like Uncle Fu. Based on his current abilities, it was enough for him to get away.
He didn’t explain and said, “First call him.”
Liu Yu Tong nodded and settled down, raising her voice, “Young Master Ao, could you come over for a chat? Yu Tong has something to ask.”
Right after her words were spoken, Ao Yang Ming immediately scuttled out wearing a proud smile.
As it turned out, Liu Yu Tong’s resistance was merely so; she still ended up compromising, didn’t she?
He was actually used to seeing beautiful women. Though Liu Yu Tong was remarkably beautiful even amongst the beautiful, it was rather that he couldn’t put down his pride. He was successful in all his endeavors with women but bumped into a wall with Liu Yu Tong, which made him persistent and determined to conquer her.
However, once Liu Yu Tong revealed her intention to compromise, his interest decreased by a lot; it was just like the people say�
��what we can’t have is what we want the most. However, he didn’t truly obtain her yet, thus he was still quite excited, immediately tidying up his appearance and walking over to Liu Yu Tong’s tent.
Uncle Fu did not move, since Liu Yu tong’s cultivation had already been sealed, so she couldn’t pull any tricks.
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“Yu Tong…” Ao Yang Ming just opened up the tent, and soon saw a youngster smiling at him, giving him a shock. “Ling Han!” he cried out.
Xiu!
Uncle Fu instantly rushed out; his mission was to protect Ao Yang Ming.
Too late!
He saw Ao Yang Ming had already fallen into the youngster’s hands, and a sword laid on Ao Yang Ming’s neck as a few drops of blood trickled down Ao Yang Ming’s skin. He could only stop in place.
Ling Han was now a genuine Gushing Spring Tier with nine large origin nuclei fused into one super origin nuclei that formed into a spring’s eye, just how many times stronger was he than a normal first level Gushing Spring Tier?
He had Five Elements Origin Nucleus to begin with, and his power was four to five times higher than people of the same tier. On top of this, his power was at least ten times higher! Even if the difference between stages in Element Gathering Tier was greater, he could at least rival fifth level Element Gathering Tier solely in terms of power.
…This was also because he just broke through, and didn’t reach the peak period of the first layer of the Element Gathering Tier! Moreover, it was without counting various arts and techniques that could bring his battle prowess up. Concerning true battle prowess, he definitely surpassed nine stars.
A nine star Gushing Spring Tier against an Element Gathering Tier, would that not be as easy as the swipe of a hand?
“Ling Han!” Ao Yang Ming gnashed his teeth, a fierce and irritated expression on his face. He had thought Liu Yu Tong finally submitted, but to think she’d set him up instead. In other words, Liu Yu Tong still chose Ling Han.
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