In the starry night sky where Ji Yun was previously, Ji Yun stood in the void with his hands hanging down and his head drooping as if he had lost his soul.
In front of Ji Yun stood the white light screen that should have been shattered by him long ago. However, for some reason, it was still intact. At this moment, images were flashing on the screen. Upon closer inspection, they were Ji Yun's life experiences in the illusion.
When Ji Yun injected his internal strength into the necklace, the world in the illusion froze and then shattered. Countless spiderweb-like cracks suddenly appeared on the surface of the white screen, and then it shattered into countless white spots of light.
In the next moment, the entire starry sky shook. As the sound of objects shattering rang out continuously, the void quickly followed in the footsteps of the white screen and shattered into countless fragments.
When Ji Yun's consciousness gradually recovered, he woke up after a period of muddle-headedness. When he opened his eyes, he found that he was no longer in the dark starry sky, but in a stone room.
"If that's the case, he should be out of the illusion!”Ji Yun muttered. He was disappointed, sighed, and felt a bit relieved.
Shaking his still drowsy head, Ji Yun closed his eyes again and raised his right hand to rub his brows. A moment later, Ji Yun opened his eyes again after he had sorted out everything in his mind. He had already regained his calm.
"This 'heart tempering' is indeed extraordinary. It actually draws out one's consciousness and throws it into the illusory realm!”Ji Yun muttered to himself in amazement. He then took out the necklace around his neck and gently twirled it in his palm. He smiled bitterly and said,"Heart refinement is the easiest trial for Ice Blue and the others, but I'm almost addicted to it. If it weren't for you, I probably wouldn't have been able to come out.”
The jade pendant seemed to emit a green light in response to Ji Yun's words. Ji Yun didn't find it strange. The magic of this jade pendant was far more than that.
"In the past, I really underestimated the flaws in this state of mind. I didn't expect it to affect me so much. Speaking of which, he really had to thank the 'heart tempering' trial this time. Otherwise, he would be in big trouble in the future.”
Putting the jade pendant away in his inner clothes, Ji Yun began to observe the stone room he was in.
After carefully looking around, Ji Yun found that this stone room was unexpectedly large. He estimated that the length, width, and height of the room were more than 200 feet. It was also unexpectedly empty. There was nothing in the entire stone room, not even a stone.
The strangest thing was that there was a door right in front of Ji Yun. It was obvious that it was the exit. Other than that, there were no other entrances. Then how did Ji Yun enter this almost completely sealed stone room? It was truly puzzling.
After looking around the stone room and making sure that there was nothing unusual, Ji Yun walked towards the only door. Although he knew that the time in the illusion and the real world was not equal, he did not know exactly how much time had passed. There was only a total of ten days, and Ji Yun could not afford to waste it. Ji Yun didn't find it strange at all as to how he came to this stone room.
As far as Ji Yun knew, the place he had appeared in was considered normal. Many people were unlucky enough to appear in some dangerous or death zones when they entered the forbidden area. That was the most unlucky.
When the participants entered the forbidden area, they would appear in different places. This was no secret to the higher-ups of the Yin-Yang School. It was precisely because of this that every Yin-Yang School disciple received a different trial.
Why did this happen? This question was still a mystery in the School of Yin Yang. Many predecessors had tried to figure it out, and they came to the conclusion that the root cause of all this was that purple light curtain. However, no one had ever come up with a conclusion as to how it was done.
In fact, this situation was very similar to a restriction that Ji Yun had seen in some fantasy novels in his previous life. The light curtain of the forbidden area was like a random teleportation array. Regardless of whether it was a single person or a group of people, as long as they passed through the purple light curtain, they would randomly appear in different corners of the forbidden area.
Ji Yun stopped in front of the door and placed his hand on the door. He slowly pulled it open after he felt that there was nothing unusual.
The door opened, and a bluestone path entered Ji Yun's eyes.
The passage was about twenty feet wide and thirty feet high, leading straight to an unknown place. On both sides of the passage, there was an oil lamp lit every ten feet. However, the light emitted by the oil lamp was dark purple, which looked especially sinister in this green passage. Of course, what made Ji Yun curious was what the oil lamp was burning. One had to know that in this forbidden area, no one would come to refuel the lamp. What made the lamp light up forever?
Stepping into the passageway, Ji Yun shuddered violently in the next moment. He felt goosebumps all over his body.
When one's strength reached Ji Yun's level, it was impossible for them to feel cold in the ordinary sense, let alone shiver. Even when the icy-blue Icy Light was unsheathed, he only felt a cold air pressing down on him. He didn't feel any coldness.
But at this moment, Ji Yun really felt cold, very cold. This wasn't an ordinary chill. To be exact, it was a chill that he felt from the bottom of his heart.
Ji Yun walked to the wall and touched the bluestone wall with his hand. A cold aura instantly came from his finger and quickly spread to his arm. " Indeed," Ji Yun thought to himself. He retracted his arm and circulated his internal energy to disperse the cold aura. Looking at this deep and dark passageway, Ji Yun knew that he would have to suffer along the way. He already knew where this place was.
Ji Yun didn't delay any longer and walked forward along the passageway. However, the further he went, the colder Ji Yun could feel. It was obvious that the Yin energy was getting stronger.
Ji Yun was no longer able to resist the cold Qi with his body after advancing for a few thousand feet. He had no choice but to use the Fire Sect's method to convert his inner energy into fire Qi and circulate it in his body. Only then could he feel a trace of warmth.
After walking another thousand feet, Ji Yun had already turned into a burning man wrapped in purple flames. He was still dodging the black hair-like things in the tunnel. Before this, Ji Yun didn't know what these " black hairs " were, so he didn't avoid them. However, when one of them touched his arm, the place where it touched lost its feeling in less than two breaths. Then, it froze into black ice.
At this moment, Ji Yun knew that this " black hair " was actually a physical form formed by extremely heavy cold air! How terrifying would it be if the cold air materialized? Ji Yun was shocked. If he hadn't reacted quickly and released his true energy to form a flame to disperse the black ice, his arm would have been crippled.
Suddenly, Ji Yun stopped and looked ahead with an ugly expression. At this moment, he wanted to curse. The passage ahead was filled with dense black cold air. This dense air was not something that people could dodge. Fortunately, the passage wasn't long. Ji Yun could already see a corner 300 feet away, and there was a faint red light coming from there.
Ji Yun took a deep breath and released more internal strength. The purple flames on his body instantly soared. In the next moment, Ji Yun stomped his foot and shot out like an arrow. He wanted to break through the black frosty Qi.
Over 300 feet, Ji Yun crossed this terrifying distance in two breaths. However, the flames on his body had almost all been extinguished, and there were already black ice in several places.
However, the ice could no longer congeal. It even showed signs of melting. This was because Ji Yun was no longer in the gloomy bluestone passageway. Instead, he was in a red passageway that looked like a furnace.
Black ice was still present in many parts of his body, and the cold air that had invaded his body had yet to disperse. However, he was in a hot place, as if he was being baked. The Nine Heavens of Ice and Fire was Ji Yun's most genuine feeling at this moment.
After a long time, Ji Yun adjusted his body and exhaled a mouthful of turbid air. He looked at the four sides of the passage and saw that it was all red. Ji Yun muttered with a heavy expression,""It is indeed the Five Elements Passage. As expected."
The Five Elements Passage was a special place in the forbidden area of the Yin-Yang School. According to the literal meaning, it was a channel based on the five elements, and in fact, it was roughly the same.
According to a few seniors who had walked through this passage before, this passage was more than ten thousand feet long and was divided into five parts according to the five elements. The candidates would be tested by these five stages, namely, Ice, Blazing, Metal, Thunder, and Heavy Earth.
The day before he entered the forbidden grounds, the Moon Goddess gave Ji Yun a book. The book recorded all the forbidden grounds and trials that the Yin-Yang School had discovered. Among the ten dangerous trials listed, the Five Elements Passage was shockingly ranked second.
When he read the introduction of the Five Elements Passage, Ji Yun also discovered something interesting. Those who had undergone the Five Elements Passage's trial had two things in common. Firstly, they were all going to take over the position of Young Master or Eastern Monarch. Secondly, they had mastered the Five Elements or Two Meridians Yin-Yang Technique at the same time. What was even more interesting was that anyone who satisfied these two conditions, or even only the second condition, would definitely enter the Five Elements Passage when entering the trial.
When he discovered this, Ji Yun knew that he would be tested by the Five Elements Passage this time. After all, he just happened to meet these two conditions. That was why he said,"As I expected."
Ji Yun's lips curled into a mysterious smile as he whispered,""Is it really random when we enter the forbidden area? Was the source of all this really that purple light curtain? The forbidden grounds of the Yin-Yang School had many secrets!”
Ji Yun thought about it carefully and realized that when he heard the contents of the trial, it felt very simple, so simple that it was unbelievable. But now, with the strange situation in the forbidden land, everything became very unusual.
Unlike the usual trials that had a clear route and goal, the Yin-Yang School's trials were very strange. They did not require you to meet any requirements to prove that you had passed the trial. From the moment the trainee enters the forbidden area, there is only one thing you have to do, and that is to walk out of the forbidden area. As long as you can walk out of the forbidden area, you will pass.
It sounded very simple. A first time listener might think that as long as they went in, they would immediately turn around and come out. But was it really that simple?
No! Because when you pass through that purple light screen, you will appear in a corner of the forbidden area. There is no way to enter, only a way forward. What kind of danger would you encounter on this road? What kind of trial? Or what kind of treasure could he obtain? No one would know. They could only watch as they walked by themselves.
Therefore, after entering the forbidden area, he could only keep moving forward, forward, forward…until he encountered the purple light screen again and walked out of the forbidden area. And if they couldn't come out, or couldn't come out within the time limit, there were only two outcomes. They would die in the trial or be locked in the forbidden area until they died.
Now, Ji Yun could basically confirm that this trial wasn't as random as the rumors said. Instead, someone or something was controlling everything. Otherwise, how could it be possible for everyone to enter and receive the appropriate trial content? For example, Yan Yu had subdued Ming Hong, and Ice Blue had obtained the Icy Cold Light. As for him, he had mastered the Five Elements Yin Yang Art and would enter the Five Elements Passage…
After experiencing its power in the icy passageway, Ji Yun had a rough idea of what would happen next. In the time it took to brew half a cup of tea, he had passed through the flaming passage. At the back of the passage, a red, corporeal fire aura like the black hair appeared.
Then came the Thunder Passage, the Metal Passage, and the Heavy Earth Passage. Lei Ming and Jin Yuan both passed in less than five minutes. Only the last layer of heavy earth could affect gravity, making Ji Yun spend a lot of time to break through it.
After more than two hours, Ji Yun was in an extremely sorry state when he exited the Five Elements Passage. His clothes were tattered and he looked like a beggar. His face was also black and white. It was impossible to recognize his handsome face. However, Ji Yun couldn't care less. He just wanted to rest. After more than two hours, not only was his internal strength almost depleted, but even his spirit was exhausted. His entire body was extremely dispirited.
Therefore, after Ji Yun rushed out of the Five Elements Passage and entered a room, he only checked for a moment to make sure that there was no danger. Then, he immediately sat down cross-legged and began to regulate his breathing.
At this moment, a huge stone room not far away from Ji Yun was silent. Suddenly, a series of rustling sounds broke the silence.
This sound was like countless worms crawling.
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