Chapter 32 The First Level of the Black Tower Trial

Yun Bai walked with his head down, lost in thought, and unknowingly arrived beneath the Black Tower.

He couldn't help but look up at the Black Tower that pierced the clouds.

Within the State Religion, the Black Tower Trial was one of the most important metrics for assessing ability. It was said that countless Geniuses in the Holy City had shone brightly within it, proving their worth.

A saying circulated within the State Religion: "The world's talents are in the Holy City, and the Holy City's Geniuses are in the Black Tower."

Yun Bai recalled the terms of the Profound-grade contract provided by Great Elder Xu Antong. As long as he cleared the first floor of the Black Tower, he would receive 100,000 Spirit Stones.

During the State Religion's entrance examination, Yun Bai had encountered a strange old man in black robes on the first stage of the Black Tower's first floor. He had passed inexplicably.

According to Zhang Huai, one would suffer mental attacks during the battle with that old man. At the time, Yun Bai had only felt a gentle breeze against his face and hadn't felt much else.

Thinking back now, he estimated it was thanks to the black hole-like structure of his Sea of Consciousness.

"Is that him?" A passerby in the State Religion's martial arts arena recognized Yun Bai and whispered to his companion, "That's the guy who punched Wang Er away a few days ago."

His companion cast a curious glance at Yun Bai: "He is Yun Bai? I heard from Supervisor Zhou that this is a Genius from our Chu Prefecture City, and his training regimen is different from ours. Is he going to attempt the Black Tower?"

Yun Bai stepped inside without hesitation.

"That kid entered the Black Tower?" Supervisor Zhou Shengtai received the news quickly. He grinned and said, "It seems the matter with the Chen family has left him quite resentful. The Chen family, hmm, my State Religion will deal with them sooner or later."

The Black Tower Trial was very special within the State Religion; it was a trial project that almost every Cultivator of the State Religion cared about deeply. This was because the progress of the Black Tower Trial was related to the degree of training provided by the State Religion to the Cultivator. The higher the progress in the Black Tower Trial, the more resources, authority, and attention one would receive.

Starting from the first floor, each floor of the Black Tower had three stages. For every floor cleared, there was a Spirit Stone reward. The first floor offered 100,000 Spirit Stones, the second floor 1,000,000, the third 10,000,000... and so on. For every floor cleared, the Spirit Stones received increased tenfold.

Outsiders could not know the specific details of the Black Tower Trial; they could only check the current progress of the person undergoing the trial.

"He's come to challenge the Black Tower after only a few days; it seems he's quite confident. Hmph, kid, you're still overestimating yourself a bit." Supervisor Zhou Shengtai knew the score.

This Black Tower Trial was not child's play.

"Or perhaps, this kid is just here to test the waters." Supervisor Zhou Shengtai began to look forward to Yun Bai's first attempt after signing the contract.

As soon as Yun Bai entered the Black Tower, an aged voice echoed all around.

"Yun Bai... Black Tower Trial..."

"Trial grounds... activated... Heavenly Palace..."

A white light suddenly appeared before Yun Bai's eyes, and before he could react, he was submerged in it.

"?"

After Yun Bai saw the scene before him clearly, he discovered he was standing on a ruin.

"Select your Magic Treasure or Divine Ability."

Yun Bai looked up in confusion. Intricate beams of light swirled around him, forming an exquisite three-dimensional projection in front of him. Several more beams of light projected onto his retinas, displaying several lines of text.

[huaying sword] [Sun-Shooting Bow] [Xingtian's Gan Qi]

"Aren't these weapons from mythology? How could they appear here?" Yun Bai was startled.

He had never expected the style of the second stage of the Black Tower's first floor to be completely different from the first stage.

The huaying sword was the sword of Zhuanxu Gaoyang; the Sun-Shooting Bow was used by the descendant from ancient times who shot down the nine suns; and the Xingtian's Gan Qi was the weapon of the ancient God of War, Xingtian.

He was not skilled with bows and arrows, nor was he accustomed to using a broad axe and shield, so only the huaying sword remained for him to choose.

"I want the [huaying sword]." Yun Bai felt increasingly puzzled.

He would take it one step at a time and test the reality of this place. He wanted to see if this Black Tower could really produce a legendary weapon out of thin air for him.

"Trial begins."

"Location: Heavenly Palace."

"Progress: First Floor, Second Stage."

"Advance!"

The aged voice sounded again.

A jade-green light flashed and instantly appeared before Yun Bai.

"It's started?" Yun Bai took it. "It's real?"

This sword was placed in a sword case, and faintly, he could hear the sound of a tiger roaring and a Dragon chanting from within the case. He curiously opened the sword case and took out the sword to examine it closely.

"Truly extraordinary!" Yun Bai had never seen a so-called "precious sword" or "divine sword," but anyone holding this sword would have to exclaim in admiration. The sword's body was entirely emerald green, with simple patterns on it that could be identified as the shape of a tree. The blade was sharp yet not intimidating; because it emitted a faint green glow, it actually gave people a gentle feeling.

In legend, the huaying sword was one of the twin swords of Zhuanxu Gaoyang; it did not preside over slaughter, but was instead a sword of life. Legend had it that with it, one could "point at wood, and wood would grow; point at water, and water would recede."

Yun Bai tried to check his panel.

He didn't know until he looked, and when he saw it, he was shocked.

His panel had completely changed.

[Name: Anonymous]

[Race: Human Race]

[Weapon: huaying sword]

It did not display Health, nor did it display Cultivation.

"Little Six, what is going on?"

He had merely entered the Black Tower Trial, so why had Little Six's panel data been modified? Yun Bai became vigilant.

The No. 6 Auxiliary Intelligent Brain was completely bound to him; it hadn't even unbound when he Reincarnated and was born into this world. This Black Tower didn't know what kind of technical means it had used to actually tamper with the panel data provided by Little Six without him noticing.

"Detected that you have possessed a certain biological entity." Little Six's voice remained calm and indifferent.

Yun Bai frowned. He tried to lift his leg and step forward, channeling spiritual power to his feet. Immediately, he felt wind rising beneath his feet.

Whoosh!

He had actually covered over ten zhang in a single step!

"This!" Yun Bai was shocked. Was this his body!?

He probed into his body with his Divine Sense and only then discovered that there was no Dantian, no Golden Core, and no Nascent Soul inside his body, but rather a person who looked exactly like him!

Refining Qi into Spirit!

This was a complete Primordial Spirit inside the body! This meant that the cultivation of this body had already crossed the threshold of Soul Transformation!

What on earth was his cultivation level?

This body was not his; he might have possessed the body of some mighty figure!

"Advance quickly!" The aged voice from afar urged.

Yun Bai regained his composure. He slung the sword case onto his back and held the huaying sword in his hand. He spread his Divine Sense throughout his body, attempting to familiarize himself with this vessel. He soon discovered that he simply could not execute moves as easily as he could in reality.

Even when trying to perform some slightly complex actions, he would fall over as if his cerebellum had not developed properly.

A quarter of an hour later, Yun Bai lowered the arm holding the sword.

After repeated attempts, he was finally able to execute some sword move routines, but they were all very stiff and lacked variation.

Being able to achieve this step was still thanks to his extraordinary Divine Sense, which allowed him to mobilize such vast spiritual power within his body. Only if one's Divine Sense was strong enough could one draw out the surging, raging-torrent-like spiritual power, strand by strand, to use it.

Although Yun Bai could do well in terms of precision, he unfortunately lacked the quantity of Divine Sense.

It was like one person trying to embroider a giant cross-stitch alone with an embroidery needle; it would certainly be very strenuous.

His own cultivation level was only at the First Realm Mid-stage, and his Divine Sense was still far too lacking in both quality and quantity.