Jun Jiuli entered the Death Forest and headed towards the center according to the route provided by the system. Along the way, she also caught sight of the female lead and her four devoted followers. The five of them looked as happy as if they were on vacation, their clothes clean and showing no signs of fatigue.
Jun Jiuli reached the center, arriving at the location of the divine tree, and began to undergo the assessment. As soon as she opened her eyes, she found two doors, one black and one white, presenting a choice of one from two.
Jun Jiuli walked into the black door without hesitation. Such trials usually had the same situation behind the door. She had expected to find demons or monsters waiting for her, but instead, there was only a table, a stool, and a white wall. httpδ:/m.kuAisugg.nět
Upon reaching the table and sitting down, she discovered a piece of paper with a question. It was the classic rabbit and chicken cage problem, which was a piece of cake for a star-faring doctor. After quickly writing down the answer, a second question appeared on the paper, asking who she would save first if her father and mother fell into the water together.
Jun Jiuli unhesitatingly wrote down "save mother" because she had no idea who her father was. To her surprise, she answered correctly, and a third question immediately appeared, directly asking the price of a shirt. This stumped the intergalactic girl a bit, as she didn't know.
"It's nine pounds fifteen pence," replied 007.
Jun Jiuli wrote it down and answered correctly.
"Click," the wall in front of her opened.
"007, how did you know?"
"Heh heh, because I surf the internet. Many of us systems know this meme. A host sister from an ancient dimension was bound to a system and transmigrated to modern times for an English exam. The system was forced to listen in every day, so it complained to us."
"Then how did the original host know these memes?"
"The original host didn't know them at all, so when she entered this room, she found she couldn't understand anything. She then exited and entered the white room to undergo other trials."
Alright, so it seems my previous guesses were all wrong.
Entering the wall, she found a figure with an immortal demeanor. That was likely a trace of his residual power.
"Are you also from my time?"
"Yes, yes, yes."
"Time flies so fast. I've been dead for so many years in the blink of an eye. It's a blessing to meet a fellow countryman. Are you willing to take me as your master?"
"I already have a master, and it is not appropriate to take another."
"Alright, I won't force you. May I ask why you were able to decide immediately to save your mother first?"
"It's very simple, because I'm not familiar with my father."
"Haha, you are truly a remarkable person. Take all the rare treasures left in my cave abode. Even though we cannot become master and disciple, you and I are fated."
Jun Jiuli wondered if there were any other rare treasures in the cave abode besides the divine tree.
Judging by his appearance, the master of the cave abode knew her thoughts. He said, "Walk to the right and twist open that stone statue. Indeed, there is a box inside containing a spatial bracelet. This is a portable space, much like those in our country's novels."
"Thank you."
"My remains are also inside."
Jun Jiuli's hand trembled as she took the box.
"You don't need to be afraid. Everything in that space can be preserved. I see you are no ordinary person, bearing great fortune. If one day you can return to China, will you bury my remains in my hometown, Kyoto?"
"Okay."
As soon as Jun Jiuli agreed, that wisp of soul disappeared. Jun Jiuli quickly went to retrieve the Purple Yang Divine Tree and stored it in her storage ring.
After doing all this, she found a hidden spot to watch the show.
Soon after, the female lead indeed arrived with her devoted followers. The followers, besides Xue Ruoruo, the eldest disciple of the Hua Shan sect mentioned earlier, also included Li Yunxian, the heir of the second largest family in the cultivation world, Feng Wangshu of the third largest family, and Qian Tianji, the young master of the number one money house in the world.
The great families each had their own responsibilities and considerable power. The four men were all strikingly handsome, each in their own way. No wonder the female lead greedily wanted to take them all.
Upon entering this place, they found no treasures or legacies. They were all somewhat dejected. They had followed Qingqing's intuition all the way here and had not been injured. Shui Bingqing's intuition had always been accurate. With it, they had collected quite a few treasures along the way.
Before entering the Death Forest, they had high hopes for it, as Shui Bingqing said her premonition about this place was the strongest. As expected, the higher the expectation, the greater the disappointment.
"My senior brothers, I don't know why this happened. *Sniffle* My intuition has never been wrong. Could it be that someone else got here first and snatched the opportunities?"
The four men first comforted her: "We senior brothers don't blame you. We love you too much to do so. Everyone makes mistakes sometimes. We all know you didn't want this. Our Qingqing is the kindest."
After the comfort, the four men all found her words reasonable, so they began to search the cave meticulously, but alas, they found nothing. They could only leave for now.
Meanwhile, Jun Jiuli, while they were searching the cave, sprinkled them all with her improved beast-attracting powder, which was colorless, odorless, and extremely effective.
As expected, as soon as they exited the cave, they were surrounded by a pack of silver wolves. The four men fought valiantly, while Shui Bingqing hid within their protective circle. However, they were still no match and were beaten and bruised. Li Yunxian took out a life-saving item given to him by his ancestor, which finally forced the vicious wolves to retreat.
The group was no longer as clean and tidy as before. Their clothes were tattered and stained with blood, completely losing their former image of elegant young gentlemen. The most tragic was Feng Wangshu, who was bitten on the calf by a wolf. Even after taking a healing pill, he still limped.
But the group could no longer afford to care; they had to leave this place as soon as possible, or they didn't know what else might happen.
After using cleaning spells a few times, they all headed towards the outer perimeter. I forgot to mention that flying on swords was not allowed in the Death Forest.
The four men hadn't walked far when they were entangled by a Firebird. The Firebird flew in the air, its strength comparable to theirs, but it was difficult to hit. Its magic was also wide-ranging.
Therefore, all four of them inevitably sustained some injuries. Shui Bingqing's hair was singed, and she tried to block with water-element spells, but it was like a mantis trying to stop a chariot. The group's spiritual energy had already been depleted. Now, they were struggling to fend for themselves, and no one came to her aid.
"Ah, Yunxian gege, save me."
After all, she was the woman he liked, and he couldn't bear to watch her die before his eyes. So, Li Yunxian unhesitatingly took the blow for her, resulting in his entire back being scalded.
Finally, the Firebird died only after Feng Wangshu sacrificed a semi-divine artifact. He was heartbroken, but then he heard Shui Bingqing say, "Wangshu gege, you have such a powerful weapon, why didn't you take it out earlier? If you had taken it out sooner, everyone wouldn't have been so badly injured. *Sniffle* I didn't expect you to be so selfish."
Her words instantly made Li Yunxian, whom she was leaning on, extremely displeased with Feng Wangshu. "Yes, if he had taken it out earlier, I wouldn't have been so badly injured."
Feng Wangshu's veins bulged with anger, but seeing the little girl's aggrieved expression, he thought she might have been frightened and spoken carelessly. He should be more tolerant of her.
"I'm sorry, Qingqing. It's Wangshu gege's fault. It won't happen again."
Hearing his apology, Shui Bingqing pouted and said, "I forgive you. We are all good friends. You can't be so selfish next time."
At this moment, Feng Wangshu suddenly felt Shui Bingqing was a bit strange. Was this still the kind, upright, fearless, and justice-seeking Qingqing junior sister he knew? Or had he misunderstood her from the beginning?