Chapter 314: Dao Realm Eighth Stage, Origin Connection Realm
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"Yes, Sect Master."
Xu Ning didn't expect the Core Sea Demon Lord to praise him like this. He was quite surprised.
With regards to this, Duan Chaomian, Yu Qiao, and the other three just glanced at him.
"Okay, all of you can leave."
Duan Huiyao waved his hand. "Just wait for the next news."
"Yes."
Xu Ning and the others did not stay any longer and walked down the peak.
After bidding farewell to them, Xu Ning couldn't wait to return to his residence.
For others, resources were just supplements for cultivation, but for Xu Ning, this was the most direct path for him to advance.
Xu Ning's consciousness penetrated into the storage ring.
'What a terrifying amount of resources!'
Xu Ning was shocked.
This amount of resources was more than ten times more than what Xu Ning obtained when he inherited the resources left behind by the Swallow Heron Sect.
'Among these resources, the value of medicinal pills and spirit herbs exceeds 60 million units of energy. There are also secret treasures, dao weapons, artifacts, and other resources. In total, these resources exceed 90 million units of energy, even close to 100 million units!'
Even Xu Ning lost his composure and sucked in a mouthful of cold air.
This amount of energy could allow Xu Ning to break through to the eighth stage of dao realm.
'I guessed that all of the gains they found from the ruins of the Hidden Sect were used as rewards. Moreover, according to Core Sea Demon Lord, the sect also contributed to some of the resources here. It seems that there are close to 100 million units of energy here.'
Xu Ning couldn't wait any longer. He immediately began to absorb the energy of the pills and spirit medicines inside.
This process took Xu Ning two whole days.
After absorbing all the energy from the medicinal pills and spirit herbs, Xu Ning obtained 62 million units of energy.
And advancing from the elementary origin realm to the origin connection realm required only 60 million units of energy.
"Martial Arts Panel!"
Xu Ning opened the Martial Arts Panel and clicked "+".
…
Consume 60 million units of energy to advance your realm?
Yes / No
…
Without any hesitation, Xu Ning chose "yes".
Xu Ning's realm improved the next instant.
Xu Ning's inner core and body began to change.
Originally, Xu Ning's core and body could only contain a wisp of origin power, but now Xu Ning could absorb origin power as if he was absorbing spiritual energy.
'In the past, my power of the dao realm was transformed from the spiritual energy that was absorbed from the surroundings, but now my power of the dao realm can be completely transformed through the power of origin!'
Xu Ning felt the changes in his body. 'After this, my strength will undergo another qualitative change.'
After realizing how much his strength had increased after his advancement, Xu Ning admired his strong performance in defeating enemies above his realm.
'After advancing to the origin connection realm, the world is so big that I can travel anywhere, and I will no longer have to worry about entering places with thin spiritual energy. I don't need to fear my body getting restricted any longer.'
Xu Ning thought to himself, 'After all, origin power is everywhere. I can replenish it quickly wherever I go.'
This was Xu Ning's ticket to travel around the Endless Sea Realm.
"Junior Brother Xu, you have advanced?"
At this moment, Gu Songying walked in.
He had just finished working in the sect and came to the courtyard when he sensed the fluctuations of a realm breakthrough.
"I just advanced to the origin connection realm."
Xu Ning responded.
"Junior Brother Xu is amazing!"
Gu Songying was taken aback at first, then he laughed.
Xu Ning's growth rate was simply too fast.
When Gu Songying first met Xu Ning, Xu Ning was only in the fifth stage of dao realm, but now, in less than two years, Xu Ning h Xu Ning had reached the eighth stage.
Especially now that Xu Ning stood out among the seeds, he would definitely become an elder of the Core Sea Demon Sect in the future. Gu Songying began to further affirm his investment in Xu Ning.
A few days had passed since he advanced to the origin connection realm.
Xu Ning and the others were summoned again, but this time they were not going to the Island Heart Peak, but to the Elders Hall.
The one who summoned them was not Core Sea Demon Lord, but Elder Wei, Xu Ning's previous guide.
Although Elder Wei did not have the highest realm or the greatest strength, Core Sea Demon Lord trusted him very much.
"Elder Wei."
The six people bowed slightly to Elder Wei.
Although they had confirmed their identity as future elders, they were still disciples.
"Congratulations on becoming the future elders of the sect. The future of the sect will be in your hands."
Elder Wei's attitude was very kind.
Soon, these people would have the same status as him.
As they were conversing, Elder Wei specially glanced at Xu Ning.
It had been less than a year since he received Xu Ning into the sect.
"The contents of the next assessment have been confirmed."
Elder Wei said.
The six people were intrigued when they heard this, and they patiently waited for Elder Wei to continue.
"The previous assessment tested your martial arts strength, but this time, we will testing your ability to train the younger generations."
Elder Wei said.
"The ability to train the younger generation?"
The six people looked surprised.
"Sects are particular about inheritance. If the descendants do not step forward, then no matter how powerful a sect is, it will inevitably be destroyed in the long river of time."
Elder Wei said, "Originally, the contents of this assessment should be in the direction of the sect's governance, but because Sect Master still has important things to do, the contents of the assessment are simplified. So for your mission, you will choose three younger generations below the dao realm and use half a year to help them cultivate in martial arts. In half a year, your disciples will spar with each other. The one with the best performance will be selected by Sect Master as his successor."
"Huh?"
After hearing the rules, the six people had different expressions.
In a sense, this assessment was not fair.
The three disciples they were going to train were chosen by themselves, not assigned.
In that case, as the third prince of the Duan family, Duan Chaomian definitely had a huge advantage.
With his status, he could easily gather top geniuses as disciples, and then use a vast amount of resources to build them up. In such a situation, their realms would inevitably improve very quickly.
Moreover, such disciples would have a strong foundation, making them stronger than others.
Therefore, this assessment was obviously biased.
'After all, Core Sea Demon Lord is from the imperial family, so it is normal for him to favor the members of the Duan family.'
Xu Ning was not particularly dissatisfied.
After advancing to the origin connection realm, Xu Ning only wanted to obtain more resources. He did not particularly desire the position of sect master of the Core Sea Demon Sect.
However, although Xu Ning felt nothing, Yu Qiao and the others frowned slightly. Obviously, they were very resistant to this bias assessment.
But they couldn't express anything about this, they could only accept it silently..
Chapter 315: Everyone Gathered
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"Does anyone have any objections?"
Elder Wei naturally noticed their emotions.
However, this was decided by the Core Sea Demon Lord, and he was only responsible for delivering the message.
Even if they were dissatisfied, it was meaningless to mention it.
In the end, they all shook their heads.
"In that case, everyone can leave."
Elder Wei said, "In ten days, you will bring your selected disciples to the sect, and I will register their identities and strength."
"Yes."
Everyone responded and left with many thoughts in their mind.
Duan Chaomian, who walked out of the Elders Hall, did not say any words to the others. He just left in a hurry.
Duan Chaomian obviously noticed the bias of this assessment.
Compared to the other five, he had a huge advantage in this assessment.
Duan Chaomian guessed that this might be the result of Duan Huiye's pressure on Duan Huiyao, pressuressing him to increase the chances of the Duan imperial family winning this assessment.
After all, according to Duan Huiyao's attitude in the past, he never showed any inclination or favor to any seeds.
Duan Chaomian was in a hurry to inform the imperial capital about this matter, so that his mother and uncle could help him search for talents.
Duan Chaomian knew that he would definitely not be able to compete with the Crown Prince in the future. Taking this to mind, becoming the sect master of the Core Sea Demon Sect was next best path for his future.
Once he became the sect master of the Core Sea Demon Sect, even the Crown Prince would have to be polite to him.
Additionally, even the other kings could not be compared to him.
"Xu Ning, this assessment is obviously biased towards Duan Chaomian."
After the six of them dispersed, Yu Qiao found Xu Ning and complained to him.
Obviously, she still valued the sect master position of the Core Sea Demon Sect.
The competition between her and Duan Chaomian was extremely fierce.
Therefore, after Xu Ning was evaluated as "extreme", she immediately expressed her goodwill to Xu Ning, which was also a means to put more pressure on Duan Chaomian.
"We can't change the rule of assessment, so it's best for us to use our connections to quickly find suitable talents and then study methods to cultivate strong disciples."
However, even after Yu Qiao complained about it to Xu Ning, Xu Ning still looked a lot calmer than Yu Qiao.
Yu Qiao sighed when she saw this.
She could tell that Xu Ning was not a very competitive person.
"Forget it, since it has come to this point, I have to take a gamble."
Yu Qiao quickly left with a myriad of emotions.
As for Xu Ning, he was thinking about where he should find the three suitable people.
'I should entrust this matter to Duan Chaofeng. Although his faction is not comparable to Duan Chaomian, it should not be difficult to find three suitable people.'
Xu Ning thought to himself.
However, another figure flashed in Xu Ning's mind.
'Maybe I can bring Fang Youli over to try as well…'
Xu Ning had an idea.
Fang Youli's talent was strange, but his advancement speed was extremely fast. He might really create a miracle.
When he first took the initiative to ask to join the Swallow Heron Sect and asked to take Xu Ning as his master, Xu Ning noticed from back then that he was extraordinary.
With this in mind, after returning to his residence, Xu Ning immediately sent two letters to the Harmony King Mansion and the Swallow Heron Sect.
In order to not waste too much time, Xu Ning sent out the mid level dao realm flying demon beast he rode when he first arrived at the Core Sea Demon Sect to send the letters.
And in order to ensure that there were no problems on the road, Gu Songying took the initiative to accompany the mid level dao realm flying demon beast.
After the letters were sent, Xu Ning did not wait long.
On the seventh day, Gu Songying brought 3 people back.
In addition to the t three juniors who needed to be groomed, Zhang He also came along.
"Xu Ning!"
Zhang He was happy to see Xu Ning again.
Xu Ning completely matched Duan Chaofeng and Zhang He's expectations and became a future elder of the Core Sea Demon Sect.
He even had the opportunity to become the successor of the Core Sea Demon Lord.
"Brother Zhang."
Xu Ning took the initiative to welcome him.
"Why are you here?"
Xu Ning asked with a smile.
"His Majesty was worried that you didn't have enough people here, so he sent me here."
Zhang He was also full of smiles.
"His Majesty is so thoughtful…"
Xu Ning said.
"When you brought news that you wanted to find two talented disciples below the dao realm, His Majesty used his connections and searched everywhere, all in order to find them for you in the shortest time possible."
Zhang He motioned for the two disciples to step forward.
"Master Xu!"
These two disciples were a man and a woman, both in the void realm ninth stage true domain realm. They were only in their early twenties.
This was the symbol of absolute top-notch talent in State Wansheng. No matter which sect they were placed in, they would be core disciples, the future backbone of a sect.
"What are your names? Where are you from?"
Xu Ning asked.
"Master Xu, my name is Bian Huang, and I am from State Guqing's Long Night Sect."
The male disciple took the lead to introduce.
"Master Xu, my name is Ling Jie, and I am from the Ling family in State Luzhi."
The other female disciple followed closely behind.
"State Luzhi's Ling family?"
Xu Ning was a little surprised.
State Luzhi was not Duan Chaofeng's territory.
"Princess Mo Lan helped find Ling Jie."
Zhang He explained.
Xu Ning nodded.
Mo Lan indeed had put in effort to help him this time.
Moreover, it seemed that the relationship between Duan Chaofeng and Mo Lan had improved a lot.
When Bian Huang and Ling Jie faced Xu Ning, they looked nervous.
Although they were all respected by their elders and regarded as young elites, they were still nervous when facing Xu Ning.
They all knew that Xu Ning was not only an origin connection realm master, but also a future elder of the Core Sea Demon Sect.
This kind of status and strength made the two young people regard Xu Ning as a tall mountain.
After learning that they would be specially trained by Xu Ning for half a year, the two were excited.
Not only would this greatly improve their strength, but they would also be able to build a relationship with a big shot like Xu Ning.
"You are both not bad."
Xu Ning gave his evaluation.
Hearing this made the two a little excited.
"Sect Master."
Fang Youli, who was at the back of the crowd, took the initiative to squeeze over.
"Sect Master, I'm here too."
Fang Youli acted very casually in front of Xu Ning.
He was a reckless person to begin with. Even after being influenced by the Swallow Heron Sect for a long time, he still did not have the graceful bearing of the average disciples.
"Void realm eighth stage already?"
Xu Ning sensed Fang Youli's strength and smiled in satisfaction.
"If it weren't for you, my training wouldn't have been delayed, and I would have advanced to the void realm ninth stage."
There was even a hint of resentment in Fang Youli's tone.
After seeing Fang Youli's attitude towards Xu Ning, Ling Jie and Bian Huang felt a little jealous.
With their status, they didn't dare to talk to Xu Ning like this.
Xu Ning laughed when he heard this. "What's the hurry? Aren't you just two days late to enter the true domain realm? I specifically called you here to help you break through to the dao realm faster."
"Then you have to keep your word."
Fang Youli gave a simple and honest smile when he heard Xu Ning's words..
Chapter 316: Devour Beast
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After the three of them arrived, Xu Ning led them to Elder Wei and asked him to check and record their information.
After talking to Elder Wei, Xu Ning learned that Duan Chaomian's three disciples had also been selected. As for Yu Qiao and the other three seeds, they had not yet brought their selected disciples.
In regards to that, Xu Ning could already feel Duan Chaomian's advantage in this assessment.
With the help of the forces behind him, Duan Chaomian's efficiency would definitely be higher than others.
After returning from Elder Wei's place, the first thing Xu Ning did was to exchange those dao weapons and other non-energy absorbable resources for medicinal pills and spirit herbs.
With Xu Ning's current status in the Core Sea Demon Sect, it was not difficult to exchange for vast amounts of resources.
In a short period of time, he had obtained another 20 million units of energy.
After absorbing them, Xu Ning used it all to advance the Core Sea Pill Sutra to the ninth level.
The reason for this was because for Xu Ning, the creation of medicinal pills was his strongest trump card to assist his three disciples in their cultivation.
In the Core Sea Demon Sect, besides the Core Sea Demon Lord, there were only three master alchemists who specialized in alchemy, and their martial arts realm was only in the elementary level of dao realm.
In the Core Sea Demon Sect, only Xu Ning and the Core Sea Demon Lord had such achievements in both alchemy techniques and martial arts.
After Xu Ning exchanged for some spiritual herbs and medicinal materials to refine some supplementary pills, he left the Core Sea Demon Sect's garrison island with Zhang He and his three disciples.
Xu Ning was ready to take them to a quiet place with few people and try his best to block any outside interference.
In the middle north of State Wansheng, there was a continuous chain of snow mountains.
The environment here was extremely cold, with snow blowing all year round. It was impossible for people below the void realm to survive here.
Even in the void realm, survival here was still relatively dangerous.
This was because there were many dao realm demon beasts lurking here.
But with Xu Ning and Zhang He by their side, Fang Youli, Bian Huang, and Ling Jie did not have to worry about safety.
"Let's put this Small Tree World here!"
Zhang He threw the seed into the soil, and a big tree quickly grew out of the soil.
This was what Duan Chaofeng had asked Zhang He to bring.
The Small Tree World was a spatial treasure that was beneficial for cultivation. Duan Chaofeng had previously given a Small Tree World to Xu Ning, and it was still in the Swallow Heron Sect.
"From today onwards, in the next half a year, I will train you three with all my effort."
Xu Ning said to Fang Youli and the other two.
"Thank you, Sect Master!"
"Thank you, Master Xu!"
Fang Youli still looked frank.
Bian Huang and Ling Jie were very humble.
"You three are now considered my in-name disciples."
Xu Ning added.
Bian Huang and Ling Jie were shocked.
They actually became Master Xu's disciple?
"Master!"
The two quickly saluted.
This was not just a relationship with Xu Ning. They had truly become master and disciple.
This time, Fang Youli was a little moved.
When he first joined the Swallow Heron Sect, he wanted to become the disciple of the sect master, but Xu Ning refused.
And now that his wish was fulfilled, Fang Youli was a little happy.
Although he wanted to become Xu Ning's disciple because he wanted to use the title of the sect master's disciple to enjoy more resources, after seeing Xu Ning's strength, his desire to become Xu Ning's disciple never faded.
Finally, today, he was an in-name disciple.
"Bian Huang, Ling Jie…"
Xu Ning looked at the two.
The two listened at the same time.
"I have already figured out the martial arts foundation of the two of you. Next, I will I will help you break through to the dao realm, then you will fight against the dao realm demon beasts in this snow mountain to improve your combat strength."
Xu Ning took out two bottles of pills and gave them to the two of them.
"The pills in here are specially refined for you. For these pills, remember to swallow one every day. After finishing the bottle, I will create another type of medicinal pill for you."
"You don't have to worry about overconsuming these pills or that it may damage your potential. These medicinal pills are tailor-made for you, it is only beneficial and not harmful to you."
Xu Ning was telling the truth.
Although obtaining the status of the Core Sea Demon Sect's sect master was attractive to Xu Ning, it was not necessary for him to obtain it.
He didn't plan to completely squeeze out the potential of the three of them and let them quickly explode in strength, and caused their future potential to be exhausted and their future advancement to be limited.
"Thank you, Master."
Bian Huang and Ling Jie took it respectfully.
They were not worried that Xu Ning would harm them.
Even if Xu Ning was burning their potential, the two of them accepted it. In their opinion, becoming Xu Ning's in-name disciple was already a huge gain.
Moreover, they all knew that the three of them were the pawns that would help Xu Ning become the sect master of the Core Sea Demon Sect. If they performed well and gave Xu Ning help, then they would most likely become Xu Ning's true disciples.
By then, they would be able to reach the top of State Wansheng.
"You guys enter the Small Tree World and cultivate."
Xu Ning said, "Fang Youli, you shall stay."
"Yes."
Ling Jie and Bian Huang responded obediently.
Although they knew that Fang Youli was being treated specially, they didn't dare to show it.
"Fang Youli."
Xu Ning said, "After deliberating over the past few days, I have some guesses about your uniqueness."
Fang Youli's ears perked up.
Fang Youli was curious about why he could increase his physical strength and realm after swallowing resources.
He didn't know anything about his birth.
"I suspect that the bloodline of the Devour Beast is in your body."
Xu Ning said.
"The bloodline of the Devour Beast?"
Fang Youli was taken aback.
Zhang He, who had been silent all this time, also looked surprised.
Like the Night Beast, the Devour Beast was one of the six apex demon beasts in State Wansheng.
"There's such a thing?"
Zhang He was the one who asked first.
"According to my investigation, Fang Youli's advancement mechanism is very similar to the Devour Beast. Moreover, there is indeed a strange energy in his bloodline. In fact, from the beginning, I suspected that he had fused with a demon beast bloodline, but I had felt that this conjecture was ridiculous. After all, how can a demon beast bloodline coexist with a human bloodline?"
"However, during the attack on the Harmony King Mansion, I came into contact with a master of the Hidden Sect. At that time, he had integrated the blood of a top-tier demon beast into his own, and he could even transform into the form of that demon beast."
"That's why I have this guess."
Xu Ning explained..