Chapter 95: Congratulations To All Young Friends On Passing The Trial
It wasn’t that finding a mechanism was strange; after all, everyone who had reached this point had stepped on five or six mechanisms, big or small. It was just that this person was Qin Feilong, and he hadn’t stepped on a single mechanism so far!
Now that he had fallen to the ground, it did make everyone feel a bit strange.
Unexpectedly, Qin Feilong stumbled and fell, not triggering any mechanisms at all.
The youngsters turned their heads, and just as they were about to continue forward, three passages suddenly appeared before them.
Two passages were dark and deep, without a trace of light.
One passage had occasional faint light, seeming like hope.
Without a doubt, the two passages ahead were similar in effect to this one, but the last passage, for some unknown reason.
The youngsters looked at these suddenly appearing passages, and one after another cast affirming glances towards Qin Feilong.
This luck was undeniable.
Not stepping on a single mechanism all the way down, and finally stepping on one, only to open up three new paths.
Fei Changxiu couldn’t help but sigh, “Junior Brother Qin, will you bring me along no matter what opportunities come your way in the future?”
If Ming Zhaoshuang was the Heaven-Piercing Substitute, then Qin Feilong was a blatant cheat.
Qin Feilong said indifferently and ruthlessly, “No.”
Fei Changxiu: “Why! Why! Why! Why won’t you bring me! I’m strong, I’m cool, I’m rich, and I’m handsome! Why won’t you bring me, won’t you bring me!”
Ming Chenxing spat out four words: “Because you’re stupid.”
Fei Changxiu: “……”
He wanted to refute, but didn’t know how to start.
While the few were playing, Ming Zhaoshuang had already carefully inspected the three passages, and the final result was:
“Senior Brother Qin, you decide which path to take.”
Anyway, she couldn’t tell. If you have a cheat and don’t use it, you’re a bastard!
The only thing she could see was that the first and second passages were arcs, one curving left and one curving right, showing that these two indeed formed a circle.
The third passage was a straight line, representing the unknown and danger.
Ming Zhaoshuang couldn’t tell.
Qin Feilong, relying on his intuition, pointed to the third path.
The youngsters stopped talking and directly headed towards the third path.
This path had no mechanisms, at least Ming Zhaoshuang and the others didn’t step on any.
However, soon they encountered two forks in the road. After Qin Feilong casually pointed, the group acted again, heading straight down that path.
The light grew brighter and brighter, until it was broad daylight.
“Young friends, congratulations on passing the trial.”
A voice came from an unknown place, and Ming Zhaoshuang and the others breathed a sigh of relief. Never mind breaking the formation, He Qingqing’s injury couldn’t be delayed.
However, was passing like this too easy?
Let alone the second trial, even the first trial couldn’t compare. This third trial was eerily easy.
“No, this is not simple.”
Ming Zhaoshuang looked at everyone’s surprised gazes and said slowly, “This is a closed loop. If it weren’t for Senior Brother Qin’s good luck in stumbling upon this mechanism, we might have had to go through this secret passage a second time, a third time, or perhaps until this secret passage closed, we still wouldn’t have been able to get out.”
This was the most terrifying point of this secret passage.
People could fall into a vicious cycle like this, being squeezed to death by the gradually approaching path.
Its light was so bright that the moment one opened their eyes, they would be blinded, yet in such a stark white passage, they had to avoid mechanisms and find the path.
In the final analysis, they relied on luck, or perhaps even on Qin Feilong’s male protagonist halo.
The most important thing is……
Before the others could fully digest what Ming Zhaoshuang had said, they heard Ou Ziye’s voice continue:
“However, for one path, only one person can escape to survival, and only one person can choose to end the secret realm journey at this moment and preserve themselves.”
The youngsters suddenly realized, and only then understood why this trial was arranged as the third one.
Because those who passed the trial had a predetermined number.
However, at this moment, only He Qingqing among them needed to pass the trial in a timely manner.
After all, her injury must be healed within three days.
Seeing the youngsters’ gazes fixed on her, He Qingqing naturally understood what they meant, but she knitted her brows, unsure of how to make a choice.
She wanted to continue challenging the trials with these youngsters.
She never regretted taking that injury for Ming Zhaoshuang. She knew Ming Zhaoshuang’s role in the team would be much greater than hers.
As He Qingqing didn’t know what to say, her gaze suddenly met Ming Zhaoshuang’s.
Ming Zhaoshuang’s gaze was very bright, containing frost, containing heat, and containing an unyielding resilience and a hint of imperceptible gentleness.
She said, “Since only one person can remain in one passage, it means there is more than one passage, and more than one person can remain. Senior Sister He, do you trust me? Within three days, I can find a second passage for you and break this thousand-mechanism formation!”
Ming Zhaoshuang extended her hand, and He Qingqing grasped it.
They made their choice, and the voice of the Artificing Saint Ou Ziye sounded again: “Since you young friends have made your decision, I will no longer comment. Congratulations to the completers, there are no rewards. Congratulations to those who continue the trial, your reward is the ninth spirit tool’s formation-breaking fragment.”
Ou Ziye had been dead for over seven thousand years, and this recorded voice had been circulating for over ten thousand years. Naturally, he couldn’t have predicted that someone would refuse to pass, which is why he said this.
As for the formation-breaking fragment, it was naturally extremely important.
Fei Changxiu said, “Completers get no rewards? No wonder people say the Talisman Saint’s Secret Realm has nothing. Normally you don’t find much in formations, and even passing gives no reward, it’s truly strange.”
Shen Liqian explained:
“There were originally things. All the talismans Wei Shuo had before he died were hidden in this secret realm, so people flocked to the Talisman Saint’s Secret Realm. However, there were many completers and few formation breakers, so the talismans in the secret realm were naturally all looted clean, and it gradually became known as a place with nothing.”
Shen Liqian initially didn’t plan to enter the Talisman Saint’s Secret Realm.
After all, after working so hard to pass the trials for so long, the rewards obtained were less than one-tenth or even two-tenths of an ordinary secret realm. If not for the name of the Talisman Saint Wei Shuo, who would be willing to put in such effort.
But Ming Zhaoshuang happened to take out several Talisman Saint Talismans. This made her suddenly feel that this secret realm might be different from previous ones, and she would have great gains.
As expected, first the Gu Diao Summoning Talisman, then the Breakthrough Lotus Seed Heart, each was something that could make the Upper Cultivation World envious.
Shen Liqian definitely did not come here in vain.
On the other side, Ming Zhaoshuang took the fragment and looked at them, wanting to try and see if she could assemble it.
Qin Feilong glanced at it and said, “There are not enough fragments; they cannot be assembled…”
Then, in front of him, Ming Zhaoshuang disassembled one of the eight spirit tool models she had just assembled and selected a few fragments from it.
She spliced those fragments with this batch of fragments, forming a small component.
Qin Feilong: “……”
Although still somewhat fragmented, the fact was that Ming Zhaoshuang, with just a blueprint, had pieced these fragments together and assembled them into a small component.
At this scene, even the System couldn’t help but ask, “You didn’t, by any chance, also learn artifact refining, did you?”
There are two major challenges for artificers: one is design and assembly, and the other is smelting and purification. Without a doubt, Ming Zhaoshuang’s design and assembly part was slightly stronger than Qin Feilong’s, the Spiritually Connected Sacred Body.
Ming Zhaoshuang said without looking up, “No, I don’t like holding a great hammer and smashing things. And I have an Ice Spirit Root, which isn’t suitable for artifact refining.”
For artifact refining, one needs either a Fire Spirit Root or a Golden Spirit Root. At the very least, an Earth Spirit Root. Where would an Ice Spirit Root fit in?
After assembling it, Ming Zhaoshuang and the others tidied up their Defense Talismans and ran straight back.
