Taoist Master of Fantasy World

Chapter 17 True Illusion Qingyang Wall

When Xu Zhenyun landed on the second floor, the scene in front of him suddenly changed.

When I went down the stairs, I saw that the second floor was almost the same as the first floor, except that there were no stone lions.

But when Xu Zhenyun truly put his feet on the ground, his eyes suddenly changed and he was in another space.

The field of vision suddenly widened, and the scale became more than a hundred times larger.

The sky was blue and there was soft sand beneath our feet.Not far in front of them, there stood a cliff about a hundred feet high.

The cliff is hundreds of feet wide, as flat as a knife, and as smooth as a mirror; only a small section in the middle shows a strange dynamic scene:
Boulders the size of bowls were constantly protruding and disappearing from the smooth cliff; it was like acne on the skin that quickly healed, or like a vertical version of the game of whack-a-mole.

At first glance, it seems inexplicably absurd and weird.

Looking around, more than ten meters in front, there was a stone tablet with the same shape as the entrance to the first floor.

Xu Zhenyun's heart moved. As expected, the number of people who broke through and passed the level may still be recorded.

Xu Zhenyun went over to watch.

But moving forward, Xu Zhenyun immediately found that his body seemed to be a lot heavier!

Originally, with his cultivation level equivalent to the ninth level of physical skills, it was not difficult to jump three to four feet high; but now Xu Zhenyun was very sure - if he jumped now, he would not be able to reach six feet anyway.

Xu Zhenyun keenly thought that this must be related to the cliff in front of him.

After a little adaptation, Xu Zhenyun came to the stone tablet, and the words were clear and clear:
On the second floor of Liuhe Linglong Tower, there were 860 participants and 820 passers.

Xu Zhenyun felt relieved. Only 37 people failed to pass the test, accounting for only three thousandths.

The second level assessment is also relatively easy!
Different from the first layer of stone tablets, there is an additional line of small words at the back:
"The second level of the Liuhe Exquisite Tower is the True Illusion Qingyang Wall. Use the wall to climb and reach the top of the stone wall, which is considered a success. The pumice displayed is uncertain, so be careful."

Based on what he saw before him, Xu Zhenyun knew the content of this assessment clearly.

The rock wall itself is extremely steep, and coupled with the extremely strong gravity here, it is completely impossible to climb up the smooth mountain wall.

What can be used to exert strength is the small section in the middle, the part where the "acne" is constantly protruding and disappearing.

The protruding stones can be used as fulcrums to lend strength to the limbs.

The so-called "pumice stones are unreal and unreal" obviously refers to those protruding stones, which are not completely real. Some are just extremely realistic shadows, or they may always transform between reality and illusion.

Once you make a mistake in judgment, you will lose everything and you will fall down.

Falling from a height of three to five feet is not bad.If you fall from a height of more than fifty feet, your body will be shattered due to the super strong gravity in this environment.

After chewing on the three questions of the first stone lion in his mind, Xu Zhenyun had some guesses.

But he didn't act in a hurry. Instead, he first searched around and tried to find some clues.

Just getting through this level is nothing.

What can be considered is that the simpler the previous assessment, the more difficult the subsequent assessment will be.

Xu Zhenyun thought of a routine - if there are any special clues in the subsequent assessments, they will be placed in the levels that have been passed. Once he ignores them, he will not be able to go back and will regret it.

This is a lesson learned from many games.

Walking to a corner under the cliff, Xu Zhenyun made a discovery.

There was a confusing group of light there. When I got closer, I realized that it vaguely looked like a human being. However, the facial features of the light group were blurry and hard to distinguish, its body was covered with cracks, and its eyes were dull. It didn't look like a living person.

It is the spiritual body after death!
Xu Zhenyun walked back and forth along the bottom of the cliff and found many similar human-shaped light groups, some of which had even drifted far away.

Counting them one by one in my mind, the total number is exactly 37.

It fits perfectly.

Walking to a half-kneeling light group, Xu Zhenyun felt a ripple of spirit. After a moment of hesitation, he stretched out his palm and pressed it on the top of the human-shaped light group.

Something wonderful happened.

A series of vivid pictures were immediately conveyed to Xu Zhenyun's mind!
What can be shown is not the entire life of this person, but the scene after he entered the secret realm of Star Ruins.

Name: Wu Yuankang.

Wu Yuankang originally looked like a red-haired young man. Like Xu Zhenyun, he also belonged to the "martial arts" category.

After entering the Liuhe Linglong Tower, Xu Zhenyun encountered the same fate. The golden-armored giant also suddenly attacked.

Wu Yuankang blocked and fought for a long time, and finally understood the trick. A black single sword with the word "Wu" engraved on it appeared in his palm.After another fierce battle of more than five hundred moves, the golden armored guard was defeated.

In terms of combat power, it is much inferior to Xu Zhenyun.

Next are the three questions of the stone lion.

Coincidentally, Wu Yuankang's "Three Views" or "Dao Heart Decision" are exactly the same as Xu Zhenyun.For the answers to the three questions, choose "Believe in your true heart", "Push forward indomitably" and "The road is ruthless" respectively.

Enter the second level.Wu Yuankang thought for a while, seemed to understand something, and climbed up with all his strength!
It went very well at first.

But when he reached a height of 75 feet, he looked back and felt inexplicably weak.

Wu Yuankang was suddenly startled, and his confidence seemed to be shaken.I wanted to distinguish whether the stone I grabbed was real or not, but the place where my hands and feet were was suddenly empty, and I fell down suddenly!

The last scene shows the confusion in Wu Yuankang's eyes and the dissipation of all the scenes in front of him.

Xu Zhenyun nodded secretly.

Wu Yuankang's experience corroborated his suspicions.

Xu Zhenyun found another "light group" that was only three feet away from Wu Yuankang.

This is a trialist named Huang Junnan, who is in the "number" category among the six categories.The first level test is no longer about the golden armored guards, but a unique sandbox planning question.

Huang Junnan successfully passed the test.

However, Huang Junnan's answer to the first of the three questions asked by Shishi was contrary to Xu Zhenyun's. He chose a rational approach - "judge the situation and judge the situation, make a decision and act."

After reaching the second level, this person indeed adhered to the "rational" style. He kept touching the protruding "stone" at the bottom, and then deduced it for a long time. Finally, he was confident, as if he had deduced some law.

After a long time, he began to climb the stone wall.

Huang Junnan's climbing speed was not very fast. He could only take a few steps before closing his eyes and thinking.

Finally, he reached a height of more than 99 feet, and he was only two or three stone steps away from successfully climbing to the top.

But at this moment, he couldn't hold his breath anymore.

Although Huang Junnan is a "number" Taoist cultivator, he prides himself on his ability.It seemed to him that his feet were firmly planted, and his left hand had already touched a raised stone only three feet away from the cliff.

There is no need to calculate the remaining stones. As long as you jump with all your strength, you will be able to reach the top of the cliff immediately, turn over, and you are done.

And that's exactly what he did.

But the moment he tried to practice it, he suddenly realized that the support in his hands and the steps he stepped on were all gone!
Then he fell down with despair and unwillingness.

……

Xu Zhenyun used similar methods in turn to absorb all the memories carried by the other "light clusters".

After absorbing all the experiences of the 37 people, Xu Zhenyun completely confirmed the mystery and truth in the stone wall.

It's roughly similar to my own guess.

In fact, there is no standard answer to the reality of the protruding "stone". It varies from person to person and changes at any time.

If the tester chooses "idealism" in the first question of the "Three Questions of the Stone Lion", then you only need to firmly believe that "the intuition in your heart is the truth" and firmly believe that the stones that the hands and feet rely on are real, then This stone is real.

If the tester chose the "rational" approach in the first question of the "Three Questions of the Stone Lion" in the previous level, "assess the situation, make a decision and act", then the person involved needs to follow this intention and practice it, and observe carefully , trying to discover the virtual and actual laws of this stone.

In the end, everyone can find their own "laws" and calculation methods based on their own knowledge and experience.

As long as there is no error in the calculation itself within the rules, the selected stone will also be real.

If you follow through to the end, you can also reach the end point.

But if someone goes against his or her own decision at the first level, and clearly chooses the "rational way" but hesitates and suddenly doubts himself; if someone clearly chooses the "rational way" but gives up planning the route in the hope of luck, then The stones that the hands and feet step on will immediately change from real to fake, and they will fall on the spot!
Xu Zhenyun let out a long breath.

It is not difficult to imagine that because of the existence of the "undead" light group, the difficulty of this level is actually greatly reduced.

In fact, this level that tortures one's mind is very clever. If there were no lessons learned from the past, even if those who participated in the "Star Ruins Secret Realm" additional assessment were all people with good moral character, the success rate of this level would never be as high as this.

According to Xu Zhenyun's estimate, if there is no experience, at least half of the people will fail.

Including the deceased Wu Yuankang, Huang Junnan and others, most of them were the first group of people to enter Liuhe Linglong Pagoda earlier, but they became real stepping stones for future generations.

But no one who came late had the last laugh, because they had only passed the first level and had not broken through the Star Ruins secret realm of "Liuhe Linglong Tower" as a whole.

Everything is under control, Xu Zhenyun no longer hesitates!
After brewing for a long time and strengthening his confidence, Xu Zhenyun used his hands and feet to climb up!At the same time, his eyes always look straight ahead, neither looking up nor down, let alone guessing how far away he is from the end.

I don’t know how much time passed, but Xu Zhenyun’s hand was suddenly empty.

Stabilizing his mind, Xu Zhenyun calmly flipped his wrist and held on to the top of the cliff.

He also held it with his right palm, pressed hard with both palms, then raised his knees and climbed up.

Feeling that everything was in vain with one step and no longer relying on any "stones", Xu Zhenyun knew that the overall situation was decided.

After climbing up the cliff, the world in front of me was spinning.

This body's location has once again become the smaller space in the tower on the "underground second floor", and he is standing at the entrance to the next floor without any light curtain blocking it.

(End of this chapter)