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Chapter 642: 322: Passing Three Trials

Chapter 642: Chapter 322: Passing Three Trials
 

After stepping onto the end of the staircase to the clouds, Lin Yi felt his vision go dark, and the time it took for the scene to change was longer than before. Using the Eye of Emptiness, he sensed the presence of chaotic spatial currents.

What exactly was the test of the third floor? Could it be that he was transported to a specific location to undergo the test?

Or perhaps the Tai Xuan Tower had created a small space to transport him into, or of course, all of this could simply be an Illusion Land.

After a while, Lin Yi opened his eyes and found himself seated in a room. The surroundings were simply furnished, but he could tell they bore the traces of a woman’s habitation.

On a shelf against the wall, there were some weapon decorations. He looked down at himself and noted that he was also wearing an extraordinary piece of armor.

He felt as though he had taken on another appearance, and with a thought, a water mirror suddenly appeared in front of him. He had turned into an even more heroic-looking woman, less bewitching but more valiant and dashing compared to Invincible East.

Recalling the sensations perceived through the Eye of Emptiness, Lin Yi’s expression slightly changed. This was not simply a change in appearance, but rather his Primordial Spirit possessing someone else’s body.

Moreover, this woman was clad in golden armor, and her cultivation level was that of the Refining Void Realm. Could it be that she was a Lord Jin Wei from some Spirit City?

Just then, there was a commotion at the door, and an anxious voice came through, “Lord Jin Wei, the Demon Tribe is attacking again…”

Along with the anxious voice, Lin Yi heard a telepathic message say, “This is a test of your ability to command on the battlefield. Do not reveal your true identity to anyone. Tai Xuan Tower testing rules, do not leave the battlefield area… Otherwise, the test will be immediately deemed a failure, and if you fail in such a manner, all previous achievements will be erased.”

This teleportation confirmed for him that this test was probably not an illusion but the real world; his actual body should still be within the Tai Xuan Tower, and for now, only a thread of his Primordial Spirit was possessing this Jin Wei.

The city that Jin Wei was defending likely wasn’t the Main City, but a surrounding Spirit City. The voice at the door mentioned the Demon Tribe’s attack, which probably meant this was one of the cities near the Main Demon-Slaying City, possibly even the Qinglian Spirit City that he ascended to.

At that moment, he couldn’t help but be reminded of a movie he had seen on Earth. The protagonist thought they were engaging in war simulation training, but in reality, it was not a game; they were truly commanding fleets in battle.

“You go ahead and organize the guards to defend. I will join you shortly,” Lin Yi said calmly to the outside.

“Yes, Lord Jin Wei,” the person outside gradually retreated.

Lin Yi muttered to himself in the room, “If my guess is correct, this test should be in the real world, and these cultivators are also real. While making some sacrifices to train a human race powerhouse is necessary, it definitely shouldn’t be in this way.”

“Cultivators are detached from emotions, but that doesn’t mean sending the city guards to their graves. So, I choose to abandon this test.”

He did not believe he was capable of commanding a war against the Demon Tribe. Although he had watched many war movies and read books about warfare back on Earth, that was all just armchair strategy.

A single one of his commands might send those risking their lives to defend the city to their deaths.

He also had no intention of learning how to command wars. In cultivation, it was one’s own strength that was honed. As long as one was invincible on one’s own, all problems could be easily resolved.

This was different from the modern technological world of Earth. No matter how high a general’s rank, they couldn’t destroy a country single-handedly, but a cultivator could.

“The test cannot be abandoned. You must accept it, and if you fail in the way mentioned before, all testing scores shall be erased,” was the next message that came to him.

Lin Yi chuckled and replied serenely, “Oh, then I’ll just have to reveal the nature of the test to others. You can consider me to have failed.”

Although these people had nothing to do with him, he wouldn’t treat the lives of these guards as a joke. This wasn’t about being a moral paragon; it was about basic decency.

Such a challenge was not mentioned in the information from the Heaven’s Extremity Pavilion, nor had he heard any rumors in Qinglian Spirit City of a Lord Jin Wei having failed in command.

It seems likely that the Tai Xuan Tower had set certain prohibitions to prevent the spread of such challenges, or perhaps this was only a virtual test after all. But all of this was unimportant now.

Even if all his previous challenge scores were erased and he could not enter the Tai Xuan Dao Palace, he would not engage in such actions.

“Test passed,” a voice suddenly rang in his ear, and then the scene in front of him gradually shattered. He found himself back in his own body, standing in a hall, which must be the real space of the Tai Xuan Tower.

“The test of the Four Floors requires the Refining Void Realm, and you do not meet the criteria. Prepare to leave,” he was told.

Upon hearing this, Lin Yi shook his head. Indeed, in the information from the Jade Slip, he had seen the requirements for the challenge of the Tai Xuan Tower. Even the topmost layer required the cultivation level of the Mahayana Realm after Crossing Tribulation to challenge it.

And yet, no cultivator has managed to overcome the challenges of the Tenth Layer, not even some Mahayana Cultivators who had succeeded in Crossing Tribulation, it was said, failed as well.

The Elder Thunder Rhyme from the Dao Palace had previously mentioned that passing two layers would grant them entry to the palace, with greater privileges granted the higher the layers surpassed. Now it seemed, that was just an empty promise.