My Mysterious Left Hand

Chapter 80 The Origin of the Boundary Marker

"That voice—"

He looked up and immediately saw several boys and girls from Mango Village.

"Even people from Mango Village have come?"

Li Chen smiled and didn't seem to care.

Although he came from Mango Village and grew up eating food from many families there, he was somewhat withdrawn in the past, so he wasn't very familiar with his peers in the village.

As for his fellow villagers who were even younger than him, he was even less familiar with them.

Finally, it was nine o'clock in the morning.

Suddenly, a dazzling light burst forth from the boundary markers, followed by an invisible barrier appearing above the playground.

Spatial array?

Li Chen exclaimed in surprise: "No, it only possesses spatial power, but it's not a spatial array. It's more of a defensive array, plus some illusion arrays—it should be an illusion array, right?"

He subconsciously used his Space-Time Divine Eye to look at the information in the formation.

[Illusionary Spirit Array: A defensive array with the Boundary Stone as its core, containing spatial barriers and mental illusion functions.]

So that's it, a form of psychotic hallucination?

Li Chen couldn't help but mentally rehearse the formation, and soon realized that if he had the Boundary Stele, he could probably set up the formation himself.

However, even without the boundary markers, I should be able to set them up myself, although their power would be greatly reduced.

It doesn't necessarily have to be an array; runes seem to be able to replace it, or even—magic!

If someone were to stare into Li Chen's eyes at this moment, they would see the reflections of various array patterns constantly appearing in them.

He continuously disassembled and reassembled these array patterns, eventually transforming them into a profound rune.

As the defensive formation was activated, the entire playground instantly fell silent.

Everyone watched Qin Xiaotian on the high platform with a mixture of excitement and tension.

More than half a year ago, almost everyone was still living in a peaceful world and had no idea that the era of cultivation had arrived.

In the past six months, as information about evil cults appeared on the internet, followed by the emergence of various monsters, news of cultivators suppressing the chaos in all directions has been constantly appearing.

Gradually, everyone realized that times had changed.

In the past six months, the pursuits of countless people have begun to change.

They no longer idolize celebrities, but instead pursue great power or immortality.

Today is the turning point in their destiny, determining whether they can achieve power and immortality.

Just as everyone on the playground was filled with anticipation and trepidation, Li Chen suddenly discovered that two worlds had appeared in his field of vision.

The world is the real world before us, where all the school-aged children are still on the playground, but now all of them have lifeless eyes.

But the other world is the spiritual world of these people who participated in the assessment, and everyone's spiritual world is different.

Some suddenly see a beautiful woman, some suddenly see a monster, some suddenly face the temptation of money, and the most outrageous is that they directly stage a sex scene.

"Is this mental pressure? Is this a test of one's Dao heart?"

As Li Chen was complaining, he suddenly realized that in those spiritual worlds, some people couldn't resist the temptation and were about to fall into depravity, and then their desires would directly turn into monsters to hunt them down.

As a result, in the real world, one after another people were awakened, breaking out in a cold sweat.

"I see, a test of willpower? It's somewhat of a mental pressure test; those who wake up earliest are actually the worst performers."

Li Chen looked at it carefully.

In the real world, more and more people are being awakened.

Some looked around blankly, some had fear in their eyes, some were excited, and some were uneasy; the reactions varied.

At this moment, a young man sat down in the seat next to Li Chen: "Teacher Li Chen, I have long admired your name."

Li Chen turned around and asked, "Vice Principal?"

The visitor was none other than Vice Principal Xiong Erkun.

"it's me."

Xiong Erkun laughed and said, "Do you think any of these freshmen can last more than ten minutes?"

He had previously been somewhat unconvinced by Li Chen, who was the second strongest student in the entire school.

As a result, more than three months ago, after he successfully transcended the tribulation and became a powerful expert in the Cave Heaven Realm, he went to the Two Boundary Stele to test his attack power, only to find that he was still in third place.

Keep in mind that at that time, Li Chen was still in the sixth realm of mortals and had not yet broken through.

Not only that, he also heard that the reason why the lightning tribulation was unusual when he was undergoing it was because of Li Chen's presence.

From then on, he behaved himself and never had the thought of comparing himself to Li Chen again, because the two of them were from completely different worlds.

"Perhaps. Is there any significance to surviving for ten minutes?" Li Chen asked curiously.

"Teacher Li Chen, you may not know this formation, but it is called the Illusionary Spirit Formation. It is a special formation with the Two Boundary Monument as its core, and it has both defensive and illusionary effects."

Xiong Erkun explained, "Besides the teacher list, there is also a student list at the Two Boundary Monument. However, only those who can survive for ten minutes in the mental illusion are qualified to be on the student list."

"I see."

Li Chen suddenly realized: "What's the use of this ranking list?"

"It's not very useful for now, but this list shows their potential."

Xiong Erkun smiled and asked, "Does Teacher Li Chen know the origin of the Boundary Marker?"

"I wonder what the origin of the Boundary Marker is?" Li Chen was indeed quite curious.

According to ancient Taoist texts, the Boundary Marker was the Heavenly Gate countless ages ago.

Xiong Erkun smiled mysteriously: "You may not be so familiar with Tianmen, but if we call it by another name, you should know it."

"What should I call you?" Li Chen raised an eyebrow.

Xiong Erkun: "The Gate to Ascension in the Immortal Realm".

"The gate to ascension to immortality?!" Li Chen was taken aback.

"You're surprised, aren't you? I was quite surprised when I first found out about this."

Xiong Erkun laughed and said, "Originally, I didn't quite believe in the existence of the Immortal Realm, but after learning about the origin of the Two Realms Stele, I realized that the Immortal Realm really existed countless years ago. That's why they brought out Taoist magic in the hope of deciphering and adapting it."

"So the boundary markers have such a history."

Li Chen exclaimed in surprise, "But why is the gate to ascension in the Immortal Realm a stone tablet?"

"I'm not entirely sure about that."

Xiong Erkun shook his head: "There are many speculations in the ancient Taoist books. Some say that the Gate of Ascension may be a manifestation of the Heavenly Dao, but others say that the Gate of Ascension was made by a powerful being in the Immortal Realm. However, the era of cultivation has long passed, and these speculations are destined to remain unverified."

"Where were those two boundary markers found?" Li Chen asked.

Xiong Erkun replied, "Ailao Mountain."

"Ailao Mountain?" Li Chen asked in astonishment.

"Surprised? Hehe, I was quite surprised when I first heard about it."

Xiong Erkun said, "Of course, it's not the Two Boundaries Monument that we discovered. It was discovered by the Taoists thousands of years ago and then moved back to Longhu Mountain. This stone tablet was only reactivated seven years ago, and it wasn't until three years ago that it was officially renamed the Two Boundaries Monument to carry the world passage. With the national fortune of this country suppressing it, even if there are gods on the other side of this world passage, they will not be able to force their way through."

As the two were talking, more and more people on the playground below were awakened.

With ten minutes about to pass, everyone else had already woken up.

"Not a single one made the list, that's really bad."

Xiong Erkun said with a regretful expression, "I thought a remarkable genius would emerge."

"Most of these people haven't even started cultivating yet. If they make it onto the list now, that would be too incredible."

Li Chen shook his head: "In peacetime, it's not easy to find someone with an incredibly strong will."

"That's true." Xiong Erkun nodded in agreement.

Suddenly, Qin Xiaotian's voice rang in Li Chen's mind: "Teacher Li Chen, prepare to release your physical aura. Release it normally first, and then gradually increase it."