Chapter 457 The Third Trial

Kunlun's trial is divided into three stages.

The first stage is to clarify one's heart and see one's nature.

Those who are inherently cold-blooded, ruthless, selfish, and lustful are not qualified to go further and shoulder the responsibilities of Kunlun. They will be directly eliminated in this first stage.

The second stage is less of a trial and more of a gift.

It allows the participants to recall the past, grasp the opportunity that best allows them to pass this trial. Since ancient times, those who have passed the first trial have invariably passed the second, but none have ever passed the third trial after receiving the gift from the second.

This shows the difficulty of the third stage.

Wei Yuan, in his wheelchair, closed his eyes, his aura faint, and his true spirit completely disappeared.

If he were placed at the entrance of a hospital, one could directly call the crematorium.

One person lies down, a cloth is covered, and all the old and young in the street wait for the meal to be served.

The ancient body used the Thirty-Six Transformations of Tiangang, transforming into Chen Yuan's appearance. Although the body was well-preserved, considering it had been buried in the ground for thousands of years and the natural dissipation of medicinal properties, it was still quite good. However, there was no magic power whatsoever.

Only the divine soul was strong, and the sword intent pure.

This body, with its extremely high potential, could fully accommodate Wei Yuan's current sword intent.

Clenching his fist, feeling the power and exhilaration of the body, Wei Yuan exhaled a breath of stale air.

He nodded to the Queen Mother of the West, who smiled and nodded in return, initiating the third trial of Kunlun. As the formation beneath his feet activated, Wei Yuan saw countless streams of light before his eyes blurred. When his surroundings calmed down, he was no longer on Kunlun Mountain.

At least, the place he saw was no longer Kunlun Mountain.

The Queen Mother of the West was also nowhere to be seen.

"Queen Mother of the West? Niangniang (venerable woman)?"

Wei Yuan spoke softly, but received no response.

The most important question was:

The latter had not told him what this third trial was about.

That was the most frustrating part.

Having no rules is far more difficult than having rules and a goal.

Looking around, he seemed to be on a high mountain, surrounded by gardens with all kinds of exotic flowers, rare herbs, and precious beasts. All of them contained powerful spiritual energy. Wei Yuan recognized these as ferocious beasts from the *Classic of Mountains and Seas*, and his expression turned slightly solemn.

He heard Kuafu's voice in his mind.

He had actually entered this place in his physical body. Kuafu was also in his lucid dream. Noticing Wei Yuan's aura becoming heavy, he asked in surprise:

"Your Majesty, have you discovered something?"

"Is there something wrong here?"

Wei Yuan slowly replied, "The strange beasts here are all from the *Classic of Mountains and Seas*."

"This spiritual energy cannot be nurtured in the human realm at all."

Kuafu nodded, then, curious about Wei Yuan's expression, asked in confusion:

"And then?"

Wei Yuan said with a solemn expression:

"But I haven't eaten any of these strange beasts."

Kuafu's expression froze, and he fell silent:

"Ha...??!"

...

Human Realm, Zhenyao Museum.

Tiannu Jue was tidying up her flower shop. Wei Yuan had told her he had some things to do outside.

Since Jue had also seen the future in the Hetu Luoshu (river diagram and luo river writing), Wei Yuan did not tell her the purpose of his trip to Kunlun, lest Jue worry too much. Before leaving, he asked the girl to go to the museum to take a look if she had time, to help watch the store.

Tiannu came to the museum familiarly, sitting in the place where she had sat in the Peach Blossom Spring dream.

She hummed softly.

The illusion in Peach Blossom Spring was too real, so real that she sometimes doubted it.

Was that really an illusion?

Or was it, in a sense, reality?

For example, the part where the Queen Mother of the West played in the mortal world...

What had she transformed into now...?

While pondering, flipping through an ancient book on the table, the museum door creaked open, and the bell on the door rang softly. Tiannu looked up towards the door, slightly startled to see Kua Lin, dressed in modern attire, entering. After a moment of surprise, Tiannu remained gentle and polite, saying:

"Yuan is not here right now."

Kua Lin smiled and raised the wine in her hand.

"I came to see you."

"Don't mind having a chat, do you?"

Jue hesitated for a moment, then nodded.

A moment later, Yuanjue and the Weapon Soul were politely invited out of the museum.

The great monk directly took out his old phone, capable of smashing walnuts, from his arms and tapped away, calling Wei Yuan's number. After a few moments of silence, a busy tone came from the receiver.

"Hello, the number you have dialed is temporarily out of service. Please try again later."

“Sorry, then…”

The valiant woman who had beaten Xing Tian and Wei Yuan, and even beaten Xuanyuan and Chiyou in ancient times, gave a correct answer with a smile that was not quite a smile. The honest and kind ancient hero's true spirit was a little confused.

The Nine Heavens Mysterious Woman slightly raised the corners of her mouth and said, "It's actually very simple."

"This third stage is actually to gain the approval of the three gods of Kunlun."

"And this place, looking at the gardens and strange beasts, should be the trial illusion of the God Lu Wu."

"He and this kid have a grudge, of course I want to see how they meet..."

Kuafu: "............"

With the help of a 'traitor', Wei Yuan finally found the track.

He quickly arrived at the true third trial, but what happened next surprised even the Nine Heavens Mysterious Woman, because Wei Yuan saw the huge ferocious beast in front of him, with the body of a tiger and the face of a man, Lu Wu in his nine-tailed tiger form.

The key point was that Lu Wu was in extreme sleep.

The Nine Heavens Mysterious Woman was stunned.

This place was originally a trial place similar to a dream.

Even if Lu Wu was asleep.

This trial place, existing in Lu Wu's lucid dream, would still operate as usual. This was the margin of one of the three gods of Kunlun.

He had sufficient and powerful divine power.

But how could even the Lu Wu in the dream be asleep?

What had he experienced?!

Sleeping so soundly?

Why did he seem so tired?

And Wei Yuan fell into deep thought - in front of him was his enemy.

His enemy had fallen asleep.

What should he do next?

Take advantage of his predicament, or take advantage of his predicament, or take advantage of his predicament?

ps: Today's first update... Three thousand four hundred words, thank you ◣兲魔┊尊鍺◢ for the ten thousand reward, thank you~

Writer's block, sigh, sacrificed my scalp to think about the third level of trials.

Also, it's been memory flashbacks several times in a row, this time it's a trial, it can't just be over with a dream, and the purpose of the second level is to improve the participants' ability to overcome the third level.