The extraordinary journey begins with the Ouroboros Stele.

Chapter 125 Core Disciple Assessment (Thanks to the donor "Pocket Liver Cirrhosis" for the donation, and the Alliance Leader will add another chapter)

Several days later, on the outskirts of Coast City.

The rolling mountains form a natural circular barrier, and rows of wire mesh can be vaguely seen encircling the mountaintop.

In the depression formed by two adjacent mountains, an asphalt road leads directly to a heavy alloy steel gate.

Lin Fei drove her sports car at breakneck speed, then slammed on the brakes with a fishtail in front of the steel gate.

"Bang!"

Lin Fei and Lin Ye got out of the car. The fully armed guards in front of the steel gate walked up to them and punched them in the chest.

"Brother Fei!"

Lin Fei also clenched her fist and pounded it against her chest. "Thank you for your hard work."

The guard nodded, turned around, and shouted, "Open the gate!"

"Clang, clang, clang!"

After a series of gear-clashing sounds mixed with pneumatic noises, the heavy steel door slowly opened.

"Let's go," Lin Fei said.

Lin Ye nodded, looking around at the medicinal herb base called "Ginseng Valley".

The heavy steel door was over three meters thick, and there were at least fifty fully armed guards standing on both sides.

Two enormous cannons, like those of a naval gun, were pointed directly at the asphalt road, along with nearly a thousand heavy machine guns.

I could vaguely sense a threat from the shadows; it was at least a G-class weapon, or even possibly an F-class weapon, aimed at this spot.

It's more like a military base than a medicinal herb base.

He even doubted whether the Coast City Police Department's firepower was sufficient to take the place down.

Lin Fei looked at Lin Ye, who was looking around, and couldn't help but laugh.

"Never seen anything like this before, have you?"

"Let me tell you, it's about bringing together the other secret armed groups in Coast City, and then adding the police chief as well."

"Unless a sect leader-level expert is deployed, don't even think about breaking through here."

"If it's not as impregnable as a fortress, it's certainly as solid as a fortress."

Passing through the gate, Lin Ye surveyed the surroundings. The medicinal herb base was located halfway up the mountain, with a lush valley floor below.

A wide steel bridge leads directly to the base complex ahead.

There are more than a dozen buildings in total, the tallest of which is sixteen stories high. There are also some semi-circular fortresses on the outside, with gun barrels as big as fists sticking out.

Upon arriving at the tallest building, the guards standing at the entrance quickly stepped forward.

"Brother Fei, what brings you here?"

Lin Ye sized up the guard; he was a master of the Earthquake level.

This medicinal herb base actually has a master of earthquake-level strength guarding the gate?

And...does it look familiar?

Lin Fei waved her hand, "Is Senior Sister here?"

The guard shook his head. "He just went out the day before yesterday. The reporting period is one week."

Lin Fei looked at Lin Ye with some disappointment.

"It's a pity that you won't have the chance to see your senior sister's charm this time."

After saying that, he looked at the guard and said, "You go ahead with your work. I'll bring my men to the core disciple assessment."

The guard was startled upon hearing this and couldn't help but look at Lin Ye.

New core disciples?

The assessment for core disciples within the sect is not issued casually.

Even if one has reached the level of mastering the art of forming a circle through practice, one still needs to undergo background adjustments.

Even if the background check is fine, the sect leader still needs to give his personal approval before the core disciple assessment is issued.

It can be said that those who are qualified to take the core disciple assessment, even if they fail, will definitely be important figures in the Crimson Whale Sect in the future.

"Bang!"

He raised his right fist and pounded it against his chest. "Hello! Your formal disciple, Lei Dashu, greets you!"

Lin Ye was taken aback by this sudden turn of events.

"Lei Dashu? What's your relationship with Brother Lei... Lei Long?"

Lei Dashu looked puzzled. "Thunder Dragon?"

"Lei Dali," Lin Fei interjected from the side.

Lei Dashu looked enlightened. "Dali is my younger brother."

Lin Ye nodded knowingly. "I see. Brother Shu, just call me Lin Ye."

Lei Dashu smiled and said, "Hey, I'm benefiting from my brother's fame!"

"Okay, Brother Ye! No problem, Brother Ye!"

Lin Ye was taken aback. Before he could say anything, Lin Fei raised her hand.

"Our Red Whale Clan's rule is that strength speaks for itself."

After saying that, he leaned closer to Lin Ye and whispered, "If you ever become stronger than me in the future, you can't make me call you Brother Ye!"

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Lin Ye looked at Lin Fei, whose thoughts were jumping around, with a hint of helplessness. "I know, Fei-ge."

"Haha! You're so sensible! Let's go inside!"

Enter the building and take the elevator to the third basement level.

The elevator doors opened, letting in a chilling green light, accompanied by a white, cold aura.

"This is?"

Lin Ye looked at the three underground levels in front of him; they were very spacious.

Eighteen pillars, each over a meter in diameter, are wrapped with red thread and suspend green fluorescent stones.

The pillars are engraved with abstract red serpentine patterns, as if they are suppressing something.

"Oh, this? It's a kind of ritual."

"We don't usually need this when our senior sister is around, but we use it temporarily when she's not."

"You don't know, this used to be a mass grave, and a snake here became a spirit."

"He was later hacked to death, and his resentment was so strong that these things came about."

Lin Fei began to explain, and as she stepped out of the elevator, the surrounding white chill seemed to dissipate as if she had seen a ghost, and no one dared to approach.

"Become a spirit?" Lin Ye was a little confused. Was it an adjective or a noun?

Lin Fei turned to look at him with some surprise. "Didn't you already meet him?"

"That killer bear, it was practically a semi-spiky creature, you killed it before it even fully matured."

They strode forward and soon reached the end.

"Squeak~"

As I pushed open the door, sunlight streamed in, and the chill seemed to consciously avoid the areas illuminated by the sun.

Stepping outside, Lin Ye looked around and saw part of a slope of the mountain.

Strangely, while the surrounding greenery was lush and verdant, the area in front of the door was completely withered and tinged with black.

"Here you go," Lin Fei said, handing over a notebook.

Lin Ye took the book and looked through it. After a while, he looked up at Lin Fei with some surprise.

"Brother Fei, is this the mission guide?"

Lin Fei remained noncommittal; he hadn't believed it at first either.

"Go, stand on the middle stone."

Lin Ye nodded and stood on the round stone in the center of the withered area.

It wasn't that he didn't believe it, but it was somewhat unexpected; he never imagined that the core disciple assessment would be held in such a place.

Lin Fei used a black wooden stick to draw a circle around the area, resembling an array.

Not long after, he stood outside the circular array, took out a jade token from his pocket, and placed it on the array node at his feet.

Instantly, the jade token emitted a faint red light, and Lin Ye felt as if the ground beneath his feet had turned into a vast ocean, with a terrifying giant creature surging rapidly from the deep sea.

The next moment, he felt as if he had been swallowed up by a giant object, and everything went black.

"Young man, you'll be waiting to bring its head back!"

Lin Fei's voice was very faint, as if it were coming from a very far distance.

A few seconds later, Lin Ye slowly opened his eyes.

Looking ahead, there was a deserted village, full of mud houses, most of which had collapsed, and wild grass had grown to more than a meter high.

Lin Ye retrieved the mission guide.

"The first step is to light a bonfire in the ancestral hall."

"The second step is to go to the Bear King Temple on the mountain and offer three sticks of incense."

"The third step is to return to the ancestral hall and burn the enshrined portraits."

"The fourth step is to kill the Bear King when it appears at midnight."

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