"My axe!" Meng Jingzhou yelled in the illusion, trying to get the axe.
He Ling lifted up three axes and appeared on the river.
"Young boy, you..."
Splash--
Before He Ling finished speaking, he saw Meng Jingzhou dive into the river with a splash, and the bubbles he spit out were bigger than him.
What's going on?
He Ling was stunned. This was the first time he encountered such a situation.
The bubbles gradually became fewer and fewer until they disappeared. The surface of the river was terribly calm. Only the breath emitted by He Ling shook the ground and caused ripples under his feet.
"Why is there no movement? Isn't he drowned?" He Ling muttered. He was not too worried that Meng Jingzhou would really drown. This was an illusion, and people could not drown.
Before He Ling could figure out what Meng Jingzhou wanted to do, the change happened again!
The ripples on the river surface became more and more frequent. He Ling frowned slightly. He controlled his power very well. It shouldn't be caused by his own breath. He reacted: "It was the boy who jumped into the river just now!" There was a trace of golden breath in the stream, and the water vapor on the river surface exuded a trace of fairy spirit, as if some great terror was brewing at the bottom of the river! The unknown great terror made people palpitate! There were three fountains on the river surface, spraying higher and higher, splashing light golden mist, filling the entire river surface, making He Ling unable to see what happened for a while. The wind blew from nowhere and blew away the light golden mist. Three figures appeared, all of them looked like Meng Jingzhou, but the momentum was completely different from before. He Ling trembled, that was an instinctive reaction from the depths of his soul! Ordinary man Meng Jingzhou, immortal cultivator Meng Jingzhou, and... immortal Meng Jingzhou! This is the original rule of the illusion: when anything falls into the river, it will change into three levels: mortal, spiritual, and immortal.
"Take it." The three Meng Jingzhous said in unison, taking their own axes.
With the immortal Meng Jingzhou around, the river spirit had no power to fight back and let him take it.
The immortal Meng Jingzhou got the immortal weapon Kaitian Axe, the immortal cultivator Meng Jingzhou got the spiritual weapon Kaishan Axe, and the mortal Meng Jingzhou took advantage of the river spirit's lack of reaction and got the old axe.
With the three axes in hand, the illusion was shattered and Meng Jingzhou passed the level.
Those who passed the second level would temporarily fall into a coma, which is the body's self-protection mechanism.
...
The people of the Daodao Sect looked at Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou who passed the second level, and they were silent for a long time.
Where are the honest people?
Yun Zhi was silent. She had a hunch that if these two people were recruited into the Daodao Sect, the Daodao Sect would never have peace.
I hope my hunch is wrong.
The real He Ling appeared, holding two axes, gold and silver, and rushed towards Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou.
As the guardian spirit of the Wendao Sect, he had never suffered such a great humiliation.
"Don't stop me. I must teach these two little bastards a lesson today. Cut off their hands and feet and then put them back together!"
Seeing this, the disciples of the Wendao Sect hurriedly stopped the angry He Ling.
"Senior He Ling, you can't cut them!"
"Senior He Ling, calm down."
"If something happens to the people who participated in the test, our Wendao Sect's reputation will be ruined if it gets out!"
In the end, Dai Bufan came forward to stop the furious He Ling.
"Senior He Ling, don't worry. The third test was designed by me, Dai Bufan, and I will definitely teach these two people a lesson."
Seeing Dai Bufan's solemn promise to him, He Ling gave up.
The third test was the finale, and there were two options. One was proposed by Yunzhi, which was relatively mild, and the other was proposed by Dai Bufan, which was somewhat cruel. Both of them could test the heart of Taoism. After everyone voted, they unanimously decided to choose Yunzhi's plan.
Yunzhi's plan was too mild. Even if it failed, there was no punishment. If they wanted to calm the anger of He Ling, they could only choose Dai Bufan's plan.
Yunzhi had no objection to this.
It was good to let these two little guys suffer.
A large number of people were screened out in the second level. Faced with the temptation of three axes, many people followed their inner desires and deceived He Ling that they dropped the Axe of Creation and the Axe of Mountain Creation.
Those who were screened out and left the illusion complained that the second level of Taoism was too difficult.
However, not everyone complained that the second level was too difficult. For example, those who passed the second level did not complain.
…
"The second level is quite simple." Man Gu said, "Just tell the truth."
The people waiting for the third level nodded, and they all agreed with what Man Gu said. "What? Didn't they ask us to jump into the river and grab the axe from the river spirit?" Meng Jingzhou shouted. Why did others do it differently from him?
Lu Yang rolled his eyes at Meng Jingzhou and thought he was really stupid: "If the river spirit is not an illusion but a real existence, then you have provoked the river spirit?"
"You should do the same as me, take the axe from the river spirit and throw it into the river, so that all three axes will be counted as ours."
Meng Jingzhou suddenly realized: "You are still smart."
Everyone silently watched Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou summarizing their experience, and began to wonder if their way of passing the level was wrong?
Man Gu nodded gently. He remembered that his father said that the ancient barbarians almost perished because they were arrogant and ignorant. As descendants, they must overcome this shortcoming and learn from others with an open mind.
Man Gu felt that he had found someone to learn from.
Just as everyone was discussing the correct way to pass the level, Yun Zhi, Dai Bufan and other disciples of the Dao Sect appeared.
Dai Bufan had a smile on his face. He flipped his palm and a palm-sized mountain appeared. The mountain grew in the wind. In just a few breaths, it grew to a height of a hundred feet.
Everyone was amazed. This move was rare among immortal cultivators.
The mountain was covered with dense trees and lush greenery, just like a real mountain. There was also a long mountain climbing staircase on one side of the mountain, leading directly to the top of the mountain.
"This thing is called the Heart-Questioning Mountain. It is a strange thing I asked the elder to refine. On the Heart-Questioning Mountain, immortals and mortals are equal. What you have to do is to climb the Heart-Questioning Mountain. The higher you climb, the more determined your mind is."
"You can pass the level by climbing to the 50th step."
Someone raised a question: "But in this way, doesn't Man Gu have an advantage?"
The 15-year-old Man Gu has the physique of a 25- or 26-year-old. He is a head taller than others. He does have an advantage in climbing mountains. He takes a step and one step is equivalent to two steps of others.
Dai Bufan smiled and said, "Don't worry about this problem. The Heart-Searching Mountain will raise everyone's physical fitness to the same level. Whether it's a mortal or a cultivator, in my Heart-Searching Mountain, they will all become mortals."
"Is there a time limit?" Someone else asked.
"No."
Everyone was happy. If there is no time limit, doesn't it mean that they can keep trying? Why worry about not being able to pass the third level?
Is this third level just a formality?
"Can I use magic weapons?" They have special magic weapons given by the clan, which can be used without spiritual energy. It is a great weapon.
Dai Bufan smiled with some gloating: "Yes."
If the magic weapon can still be used.