Trials

"Swish, swish, swish..."

Light flickered.

Zhou Ziming and the others entered the dim great hall.

Many people had already gathered in the hall.

And they were scattered about in a disorganized fashion.

Some were sitting, some were standing.

Others were lying down or leaning against the walls.

At the very center of the hall sat a Masked Man.

His hands were folded over his stomach.

He stared boredly at the Cultivators in the hall.

Seeing that most people had arrived.

The man couldn't help but shake his head.

"You don't want to mine, so you think you'll try your luck at my Blood Rain Tower?"

"A bunch of naive fools. You might survive mining, but the Blood Rain Tower's assessment really will kill you!"

After saying this, the man stood up.

Then, his hands began to move continuously, forming seals.

"Alright, everyone's here. Ants, prepare to welcome your Hell!"

Just as he finished speaking.

Zhou Ziming felt himself being teleported again.

However, Zhou Ziming quickly shoved the vajra bracelet to Shangguan Yun.

"As long as you don't act recklessly, this Magic Treasure is enough for you to handle any difficulty!"

Shangguan Yun nodded.

Then, everyone felt the scene stretch rapidly... and the surroundings shifted once more.

Shangguan Yun felt a bit uncomfortable.

Because she was finally no longer in Little Calf's pocket.

But the problem now was...

She was only at the Dao Integration stage.

To Shangguan Yun...

This assessment was actually worse than mining!

Because she was currently standing in front of a Sect's gate.

She also had a mission in her hand.

'Assassinate the Luo Yun Sect Young Lord!'

Shangguan Yun was distressed.

"Is this right? Me, at Dao Integration!"

"And this Luo Yun Sect Young Sect Master is at the Peak of the second step of the Immortal Mark!"

Shangguan Yun racked her brain but couldn't figure out how she was supposed to complete this mission.

"You, what are you doing!"

At that moment, a Luo Yun Sect gate-keeping Disciple saw Shangguan Yun acting suspiciously and immediately questioned her.

Shangguan Yun quickly said, "Nothing, nothing, I'm just wandering around!"

"This isn't a place for you to wander. Get lost!"

Shangguan Yun: "Alright, alright, I'm leaving!"

With that, Shangguan Yun hurried away.

However, after distancing herself from the Luo Yun Sect, Shangguan Yun felt something was off.

"Regardless, I used to be a Saint. Back in the Northern Continent, if someone was acting suspiciously at the entrance of a Holy Land, the gate-keeping Disciple would have killed them outright. Why bother asking?"

Furthermore, Shangguan Yun recalled...

Although she had been at the bottom tier of the Central Continent before...

She had stayed there for nearly several hundred years.

She often chatted with neighbors, yet she had never heard of a Sect called the Luo Yun Sect.

"In other words, everything before me is an illusion?"

The more Shangguan Yun thought about it, the more likely it seemed.

But the only thing she was uncertain about now was...

Even knowing it was likely an illusion...

She didn't know if she would die if the mission actually failed.

Shangguan Yun hesitated for a moment, then she took out a small knife and made a cut on her finger.

It hurt.

And it bled.

"I'm actually injured!"

"Even though it's an illusion, my injury is real!"

Knowing this, Shangguan Yun got a headache.

"So, how should I complete the mission? Should I wait for that Young Lord to accidentally fall and die?"

"And what happens if I can't complete the mission? What will be the outcome?"

Shangguan Yun was filled with melancholy.

"What a headache!"

But Shangguan Yun didn't want to give up.

She had come this far.

No matter what, she had to find a way.

Because she didn't dare to gamble on what would happen if she failed.

"Calm down, calm down. Think about what other opportunities there are!"

Shangguan Yun sat down cross-legged.

She began to sink into deep thought.

She thought for a long time.

Finally, Shangguan Yun lay down on the ground.

"I can't think of any way to win!"

Just as Shangguan Yun was at her wit's end.

Suddenly, someone landed next to her with a thud.

This gave Shangguan Yun a fright.

Shangguan Yun quickly got up to check.

Immediately after, Shangguan Yun's expression became quite remarkable.

Because the person lying next to her was the Young Sect Master of the Luo Yun Sect.

"No way?"

Shangguan Yun was in disbelief.

Then, she used her Divine Thought to observe the Young Sect Master.

Shangguan Yun's expression became even more remarkable.

"Did he... actually fall to his death?"

Shangguan Yun wasn't quite sure.

After thinking for a bit, she directly stabbed forward with her sword.

The man didn't offer any resistance.

Shangguan Yun's longsword easily pierced through the back of the guy's head.

Then, Shangguan Yun felt herself being teleported once more.

When Shangguan Yun returned to the great hall, she was a bit dazed.

Even the Masked Man in the center of the hall was equally dazed.

"You, a mere Dao Integration Cultivator, were actually the first to complete the assessment at the fastest speed?"

This made Shangguan Yun feel a bit awkward.

"Well, maybe it was just pure luck!"

The Masked Man also quickly checked to see exactly what had happened.

How a Dao Integration ant could complete the first assessment so rapidly.

After checking...

The Masked Man fell silent, looking at Shangguan Yun with a somewhat speechless expression.

Shangguan Yun scratched her head in embarrassment.

"This... should count, right?"

The Masked Man nodded.

"It counts, of course it counts. After all, luck is also a part of one's strength!"

"Alright, take a rest for now!"

Shangguan Yun immediately sat down to Cultivate.

This incident had made Shangguan Yun a bit nervous.

Because she couldn't always be that lucky.

Only by becoming strong herself would it be real.

Furthermore, the assessments would only get harder each time... Zhou Ziming was currently very speechless.

Because the environment he was in now was truly abstract.

"You unfilial son, kneel down before me this instant!"

Zhou Ziming: "???"

So, what is this?

Roleplay?

Wait... Zhou Ziming looked carefully at the person calling him an unfilial son.

This seemed to be the Original Owner's father!

There was also someone next to him who looked very similar to himself.

"Did you hear me? Kneel down and apologize to your younger brother!"

Zhou Ziming couldn't help but scratch his head.

"Hold on, kneel down and apologize to my brother?"

"What kind of messed-up logic do you have?"

The man became enraged.

"Good, good, good. I see you're planning to rebel, aren't you?"

At that moment, the person who looked similar to Zhou Ziming quickly spoke up.

"Father, there's no need for this. I know Brother has been away from you for so many years, and I've taken away so many years that belonged to..."

*Bang~*

Before the person could finish.

Zhou Ziming directly snapped his fingers.

The guy instantly exploded into a mist of blood.

Zhou Ziming picked his ear.

"Too noisy!"

But the Original Owner's father was furious.

"You unfilial son, how dare you! You want to rebel? Today, I will surely suppress and kill you!"

After saying that, he directly pulled out a cane and lashed it toward Zhou Ziming.

Zhou Ziming directly snatched the cane and then narrowed his eyes at the Original Owner's father.

"You—what do you want to do? I am your father!"

*Slap~*

"Who the Hell are you the father of? My father is on Earth, and my mother is on Earth too!"

"They would do anything to protect me; they wouldn't dream of hitting me. Who do you think you are?"

"Slap... Ah... Slap slap slap slap..."

Zhou Ziming rolled up his sleeves and whipped them until they were reduced to blood mist before throwing away the cane.

"What a garbage trial!"

After saying that, Zhou Ziming was teleported out.

And the Masked Man was left speechless by Zhou Ziming's actions.

Zhou Ziming couldn't help but ask suspiciously, "That wouldn't happen to be your own past experience, would it?"