Chen Lin was shocked to find that the entire black tower was actually a city.
According to the information obtained, the tower was originally a giant mountain. The entire mountain was made of a special high-level refining material, and then it was refined into such a building intact.
The owners of the building are three forces.
Nangong family, Huanjian Sect, Bailian Sect.
The strength of the three families is not much different. They all have strong masters in the Nascent Soul stage and a large number of Spirit Transformation cultivators.
Don’t be fooled by this towering black tower that reaches the sky. It actually has only nine floors. It’s just that each floor is extremely high and there is a space extension effect inside, so each floor is like a secret place.
Any monk can enter, reside or trade on the first three floors, but they need to pay a certain fee.
The middle three levels require a certain identity and strength to enter, and most of them are the residences of some inherited families and major sects.
The top three floors are naturally the residences of the three major forces.
Each force occupies a layer, and the top layer is the Nangong family. This shows that among the three major forces, this force is the strongest.
Because there is a super-large spirit gathering array on the tower, the density of spiritual energy increases the higher you go, so living on the top floor is naturally the best.
In addition, various large-scale formations such as defense, isolation, etc. are engraved on the black tower, so that one can practice normally inside without being invaded by the evil aura of the night.
While thinking, Chen Lin came to an entrance of the black tower.
“Token!”
The entrance is shaped like a city gate and is heavily guarded.
Chen Lin sensed it and found that the auras of two of the leaders were unfathomable. They should be powerful gods. He was immediately startled.
He clasped his fists and said, "I came from somewhere else and don't have a token yet."
We have learned before that this Black Tower City does not refuse entry to outsiders. As long as you pay money, you can enter freely, so there is no need to lie.
"Oh, then follow me. I need to register."
Sure enough, the guard didn't ask any more questions, but took him to a room next door.
The registration process is very simple, similar to the time in Danding City of Tianyuan Continent. You need to leave the imprint of your soul on the identity token, and when you enter or exit again, you can simply check the token.
However, when checking his physical condition, Chen Lin felt a little nervous, fearing that the demon in his body would be discovered and he would not be able to enter the city.
Even directly taken down.
However, he had made preparations before coming here. He set up a one-time teleportation array and found out that the highest level of the guards at the city gate was only at the Spirit Transformation Stage.
If anything unexpected happens, just use the teleportation talisman to leave.
With his Gintama's level, a Divine Transformation cultivator could not instantly make him unable to resist.
Besides, with the Demon-Suppressing Ring in place, even the will of heaven and earth cannot be detected. The mere city gate detection should not have such powerful capabilities.
The imagined situation did not happen.
Chen Lin was arranged to stand in a formation, and two guards used some unknown magical weapon to test him, but they did not find any demon species.
I don’t know if it’s the effect of the Demon Suppression Ring or if the demon species is hidden too secretly.
He felt that it was probably both, because after advancing to the Gintama, he still could not sense the existence of the demon species, and even suspected that the traveling merchant had deceived him.
"Mr. Xu, the inspection is complete, and no evil spirits have been found."
The guard in charge of the inspection finished the process and spoke to an old man sitting behind the desk.
The old man nodded, took out a brand new token from the table, and asked Chen Lin to leave the mark of his soul on it.
"Welcome to the Dark Devil City. The token costs three spirit stones."
The old man placed the token on the table and pushed it towards Chen Lindao.
Chen Lin was stunned.
He learned from the foundation-building monk that there was indeed a fee for the identity token, but he didn't expect it to be so cheap.
This is basically giving it away for free. It seems that the city’s managers want more monks to come.
Nodding, Chen Lin took out three low-grade spirit stones and placed them on the table, then was about to put the token away.
However, the old man frowned, and his aura suddenly became dangerous.
“Are you teasing me, fellow Daoist? Although the spirit stones collected by this city as identity tokens are only symbolic, there is no need to bring such miscellaneous spirit stones to the lake. Could it be that fellow Daoist was sent by other forces to provoke me?”
Chen Lin was stunned for a moment, then he understood.
The classification of spirit stone levels in this interface may be different from the previous interface he had seen. He had overlooked this point and had not understood it before.
Thinking of this, he immediately explained: "Don't be angry, fellow Taoist, I took the wrong one, I'm sorry."
After saying that, he immediately took out three top-grade spirit stones.
The spiritual power contained in low-grade spirit stones and medium-grade spirit stones is somewhat mixed. Since the other party calls low-grade spirit stones mixed spirit stones, normal spirit stones should be pure high-grade spirit stones.
An identity token would not necessarily require three top-grade spirit stones. If that were the case, it would not be a problem for a Nascent Soul cultivator like him, but it would be unaffordable for Qi training and foundation building cultivators.
Sure enough, after seeing the top-grade spirit stone, the old man snorted coldly and put the spirit stone into the drawer.
Chen Lin glanced around and saw that the guards were not paying attention, so he took out three top-grade spirit stones and pushed them over.
The old man took a look and his eyes lit up. He gently stroked the spirit stone and put it into his sleeve.
Attitudes softened.
"Is there anything else you want to know?"
Chen Lin bowed his hands when he saw this. "I'm new here, and I don't know if there are any places in the city that I need to avoid. Please tell me a little, so as to avoid getting into trouble without knowing it."
The old man gave Chen Lin an approving look, then took out a jade slip from his storage bag.
"Everything you want to know is here. I'll also give you another piece of information. If you want to remove the alien energy in your body, you can go to the Mirror Light Pavilion on the fifth floor to have a look."
Chen Lin's face lit up when he heard this and he hurriedly thanked him.
After seeing that the other party remained silent, he took the identity token and jade slip and left the room.
With the identity token, he entered the city smoothly.
Just a door separates them, like two different worlds.
It's desolate outside, but it's extremely prosperous inside.
The streets are clean and tidy, the houses are arranged in an orderly manner, and there are even flowers, trees, and flowing water.
A leisurely and elegant atmosphere blows over.
Chen Lin sensed that the spiritual energy inside was more than twice as dense as that outside, and was comparable to a top-grade spiritual vein.
Look up above your head.
It should be some kind of magic array. The sky was clear blue with floating white clouds. These clouds moved slowly, releasing light and illuminating the entire space like daylight.
He couldn't help but sigh.
It is indeed worthy of being a high-level interface. This kind of equipment refining method is not comparable to that of the Starry Continent.
This is just the first level, it will get better as you go up.
Chen Lin first found a quiet place and read the jade slip given to him by the old man at the city gate.
The other party must have sold this item many times. The information inside is classified and introduced in great detail. It is obviously mass-produced. It seems that three top-grade spirit stones are too much.
He even suspected that this information jade slip should be matched with the identity token, and even if he did not give the other party extra spirit stones, the other party would give it to him.
But he had plenty of spirit stones, so he didn't feel bad about it.
The first piece of information in the jade slip introduces the conditions for living in the city.
The first thing is to abide by the rules of the city, and the other thing is to pay a residence fee, one point per month.
If you pay with spirit stones, it will be one spirit stone.
It looks very cheap, but the ordinary spirit stones here are actually top-grade spirit stones.
We don’t know the purchasing power of spirit stones yet. If it is the same as in Tianyuan Continent, the cost will be quite terrifying.
At that time, ten high-quality spirit stones could buy one foundation-building pill, which means that if you live here for a year, one foundation-building pill will be gone!
But there is one thing that is more humane. The residence time is not calculated in a general way. As long as you register when you leave the city, the time away from the city will be removed and only the actual residence time will be calculated.
Of course, if you don’t register, then the full amount will be counted.
Chen Lin guessed that such regulations were to encourage monks to go out hunting during the day and look for resources for cultivation. Otherwise, everyone would stay in the city and the resources in the city would become less and less.
Moreover, this price is only available in the first three levels. To go higher, you need to upgrade your identity token. Ordinary tokens cannot go up that far.
Next, it is about the structural distribution of the first three floors, how to rent a residence, how to apply to open a shop, etc.
After a quick look, Chen Lin began to wander around the first floor.
A few days later.
Chen Lin sat in a small courtyard, looking at the scenery outside and thinking.
After a few days of exploration, he basically walked through the first three floors of the Black Tower City. It can be said that each floor is larger than the Silver Immortal City, and there are also a lot of cultivators.
It's just that the levels of the cultivators on these three floors are relatively low, and the Nascent Soul stage has basically reached the top. There are very few God Transformation cultivators, because God Transformation cultivators are automatically qualified to enter the middle three floors of the black tower, where the spiritual energy is richer, the environment is more beautiful, and there are independent entrances and exits. No one is willing to come to the lower three floors unless they need to buy items.
And the children of big families and powerful forces all disdain to come to the bottom level.
A black tower divides people into different levels, reflecting the strict hierarchy in the world of cultivation.
What Chen Lin didn’t expect was that this place was actually the Star North Realm!
Tianxuan Territory, Xingbei Realm, Beihuang Continent.
According to the records in the classics he bought, the original central interface of Tianxuan Realm was called Tianxuan Realm, which ruled over countless lower interfaces and was the place of ascension for all the lower realms.
After the cultivators from the lower world reach the Spirit Transformation Realm, they can ascend here and continue to strive for higher realms until they become immortals.
But for some unknown reason tens of thousands of years ago, the interface broke apart and formed countless fragments. The two largest fragments formed two interfaces, namely the North Star Boundary and the South Star Boundary.
Before the Tianxuan Realm was broken, there were super powerful people in the Mahayana realm, and cultivators ascending to the fairyland also happened from time to time.
However, after the interface was shattered, both the spiritual energy and the rules of heaven and earth were greatly affected, resulting in the largest Star South Realm and Star North Realm being unable to produce Mahayana cultivators anymore. The Hedao Realm was already the pinnacle.
Ascension has become a legend.