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Zhou Ziming spent over an hour pestering the gourd, but the gourd still wouldn't let him see what was inside.

This left Zhou Ziming feeling quite helpless.

However, if it wouldn't let him see, then so be it.

Being able to cheat was better than anything else.

On this point, Zhou Ziming didn't dwell on it.

Then followed a long wait.

Perhaps it was because Zhou Ziming had traded the jade liquid with the Masked Man.

The Masked Man's attitude toward Zhou Ziming was extremely friendly.

It even moved Zhou Ziming to a very luxurious room for resting.

This was what Zhou Ziming wanted.

With nothing to do.

Zhou Ziming had the thousand illusions silk turn into a Figure, and during that time, he engaged in a few indescribable activities.

Afterwards, Zhou Ziming was quite bored.

He had the Figure learn the zither, chess, calligraphy, and painting.

And you know what.

Zhou Ziming was becoming more and more satisfied.

Because this thing was truly very intelligent.

It even had little moods.

This made Zhou Ziming very happy.

Leng Huanshan was truly speechless.

Back when Leng Huanyun asked her to learn the zither, chess, calligraphy, and painting, she hadn't been willing to learn.

She hadn't expected that after becoming a spirit of the vessel, she would actually pick these things up again.

She didn't really want to learn.

But if she didn't learn, she would have to do other things.

This point left Leng Huanshan unsure whether to be happy or speechless.

If you say Zhou Ziming doesn't care for women, this guy is truly too diligent with her.

But if you say Zhou Ziming is blinded by lust.

He would rather play with toys than properly find a Dao Companion.

The reason Leng Huanshan was so obedient.

Was because she was afraid Zhou Ziming would discover she was a sentient being; she feared being heartlessly abandoned.

But when she thought that she might as well pretend to be a toy to win Zhou Ziming's favor.

Leng Huanshan felt pathetic.

"Sigh~"

Thinking of this, Leng Huanshan couldn't help but sigh.

Then she played the zither.

Zhou Ziming had an expression of pure enjoyment.

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In the blink of an eye, three days passed.

Little Calf's assessment ended.

It came to Zhou Ziming's room and couldn't help but jump around with excitement.

"Impressive, brother! You've only just arrived, and you're already staying in such a nice place?"

Zhou Ziming smiled.

"Stay calm, stay calm~"

Little Calf glanced at Leng Huanshan, who was holding a pipa, and it couldn't help but want to laugh.

Leng Huanshan lowered her head and didn't speak.

Zhou Ziming, however, was quite curious.

"Why did your assessment take so long? Was your Heart Demon terrifying?"

Little Calf sighed.

"Naturally. My Heart Demon was my dad chasing me with a whip to beat me, and making me plow the fields!"

"I'm very afraid of my dad, so I was tormented for a long time. But in the end, I just refused to do it, and that broke the Heart Demon!"

Just as Little Calf finished speaking, Shangguan Yun and Li Tang walked in.

The two of them were extremely shocked to see Zhou Ziming's living quarters.

"Damn, what kind of treatment is this?"

Shangguan Yun couldn't help but say.

She knew Zhou Ziming was a Child of Destiny.

But isn't this display as a Child of Destiny a bit too exaggerated?

Zhou Ziming told the latter to stay calm.

"What were your Heart Demons?"

Shangguan Yun sighed.

"What else could my Heart Demon be? Naturally, it was Xianger. It was that I didn't have the ability to protect Xianger, letting her die in front of me, and then being called a failure by the Heart Demon!"

"At first, I was quite self-reproachful, but the more I thought about it, the more wrong it felt!"

"My reason told me that in that situation, even if the Heart Demon were ten times stronger than me, it would still be based on my own foundation."

"Being ten times stronger on my foundation was useless for the situation in the dream, so I just said, 'If you can do it, you do it,' and then the Heart Demon retreated!"

Everyone: "..."

Then they looked at Li Tang.

Li Tang was somewhat embarrassed.

Then he told them something quite outrageous.

Li Tang actually had a Dao Companion before.

But Li Tang's Dao Companion would always inexplicably die whenever they were being intimate.

Therefore, Li Tang's Heart Demon was the death of his Dao Companion.

His dream was just various ways for his Dao Companion to die.

It was actually quite soul-crushing.

He loved his Dao Companion deeply, but the more he loved her, the more miserably she died.

Li Tang couldn't take it anymore and just gave up.

If he had a Dao Companion, so be it; if she died, she died.

Without a Dao Companion, he would just live on like this.

In the end, this attitude of giving up made the Heart Demon give up too, and he passed the Heart Demon trial.

Everyone was speechless again.

However, Zhou Ziming was still very curious.

"So, how did your Dao Companion actually die? Did you investigate it later?"

Li Tang shook his head.

"No. Mainly because there was no need to investigate, because I took revenge on the spot against whoever killed my Dao Companion. They always died from various accidents, which troubled me greatly!"

"But later, I experimented a few times, and these accidents kept happening. I simply stopped looking for a Dao Companion to avoid harming anyone!"

Zhou Ziming felt it was quite miraculous.

In this world, there were actually such miraculous things.

Everyone looked at Zhou Ziming at this moment.

Shangguan Yun asked: "Brother Zhou, what about your Heart Demon?"

Zhou Ziming shook his head.

"I don't know!"

Everyone: "???"

Zhou Ziming explained.

"Because I didn't fall into a dream at all; I just passed straight through."

Everyone gasped.

Does that mean Zhou Ziming doesn't have any Heart Demons?

Little Calf didn't quite believe it.

Everyone has things they fear the most.

It didn't believe Zhou Ziming didn't.

After thinking about it, Little Calf shook its bell.

Rings of sound waves went straight into Zhou Ziming's mind.

Zhou Ziming instantly felt his eyelids grow heavy.

Little Calf said: "It's fine, go to sleep. I want to see your Heart Demon!"

Zhou Ziming nodded.

Actually, he was also curious about what his own Heart Demon was.

Then Zhou Ziming closed his eyes and fell asleep.

He slept until the next morning.

Zhou Ziming woke up and even stretched.

And Little Calf and the others looked at Zhou Ziming, somewhat speechless.

Little Calf was helpless at this moment.

"You guy, you really don't have a single Heart Demon. That's somewhat outrageous!"

Zhou Ziming scratched his head.

"Is there a possibility that I do have a Heart Demon, but it actually has no effect on me? So, there was no need for it to come out?"

Little Calf nodded.

"That's possible, because when you fell into a deep sleep, I did feel a trace of a Heart Demon's aura, but it flashed and vanished!"

While they were talking.

The Masked Man knocked on the door.

"Time is almost up. We are entering the third assessment. Of course, this is the final assessment!"

Zhou Ziming and the others walked out.

Looking at the hall again, Zhou Ziming was a bit stunned.

Because there were originally several hundred people, and now only a few dozen remained.

The elimination rate of this Blood Rain Tower was truly outrageous.

Afterward, the Masked Man from Blood Rain Tower led them away from this place.

Not long after, they arrived at the foot of a mountain. Looking up, they saw a long staircase.

The Masked Man stood in front of the staircase and said with a smile.

"The final assessment is very simple. As long as you climb this staircase and reach the gate of Blood Rain Tower, you will be considered to have passed!"