When I woke up, the entire cultivation world was talking about my master.

At this moment, Chu Xianlan was calm and meditating in a pure white space.

The trials of the mind are a mix of risk and opportunity. Once a cultivator passes the trial, they will receive a blessing from the secret realm, and their Dao heart will be purified.

At this moment, enlightenment will greatly benefit one's advancement and breakthrough.

Yi Chen and Chu Xianlan were in the same space, but he was not meditating. He was using gentle ice-type spiritual power to protect the young man.

Chu Xianlan was immersed in cultivation, her brows relaxed, her breathing long and deep, completely unaware of the outside world.

Yi Chen just watched.

At first, his eyes still held the lingering shock of the illusion he had just experienced, and he seemed at a loss.

But as I stared at it, I found myself... spacing out.

His expression became somewhat blank.

seem……

After overcoming the precarious psychological barrier, it was as if someone who had been walking alone in the dark for too long was forcibly pushed into the sun to bake, causing something that had long bound Immortal Lord Jixue to shatter completely.

For a moment, he felt completely lost.

Perhaps it was a change in his heart, but Yi Chen's gaze involuntarily fell on Chu Xianlan's closed eyes.

Speaking of which...

His disciple... do his eyelashes really have that long?

It lay so quietly on my eyelids, and I could almost imagine the ticklish sensation it would feel when it swept across my palm.

The bridge of her nose... is also very high and straight, and the curve extending down from between her eyebrows is very beautiful.

And the lips.

The lower lip is slightly fuller and more plump than the upper lip, and it feels very soft to the touch, because...it happened three times before...

Yi Chen turned his gaze away and closed his eyes, still feeling a bit resistant. He wasn't familiar with the feeling of losing control. After all, this was a disciple he had raised himself, and he shouldn't have such presumptuous thoughts.

However, Chu Xianlan liked him so much.

So, when the boy is alone, do he also think about these things?

At that moment, a long, aged voice echoed from the space.

"It's you again, half-demon."

Yi Chen slightly raised his eyes; it was the ancient consciousness remaining in the Myriad Swords Immortal Realm conversing with him.

"Hehe." The secret realm chuckled twice, causing the space to tremble slightly, and slowly spoke, "Many years have passed, and you've changed a lot. How did it feel to enter your disciple's mental trial this time?"

In fact, Yi Chen did not tell Chu Xianlan that when he came to the Myriad Swords Immortal Realm to retrieve the sword, he did not undergo the so-called mental trial.

At that time, his heart was empty, he had no attachments to the world, and he was neither afraid nor attached.

The trials could not find a problem that could shake his will, and even the Myriad Swords Immortal Realm was helpless.

Yi Chen remained silent for a moment, then said calmly, "That was never a test of his mental state."

From beginning to end, it was Chu Xianlan who mistakenly entered his trial.

It was his disciple who brought him out of the trials.

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Outside the Ten Thousand Swords Monument, the cultivators waiting in the square were engaged in a heated discussion.

"Is this mental trial really that difficult? Several hours have passed, and not a single person, whether human or demon, has emerged."

"Yes... In the past, quite a few people would have entered the secret realm by now."

"What exactly happened?"

The disciples below who had failed were already getting impatient, and they gathered in twos and threes, whispering their guesses.

"I've heard that the trials of mental fortitude vary from person to person, and are extremely dangerous; one wrong move and their Dao heart could collapse..."

"Pah, pah, pah! Stop jinxing us! Our wise and mighty senior brother is still inside!"

"Tch, your senior brother Bao will be eliminated. He can't possibly be faster than our senior sister."

"Stop arguing. Look, the demons seem to be getting anxious too. A few of them have been whispering together for ages."

It's not easy to open a complete Myriad Swords Immortal Realm once, and with so many talented young people, surely not a single one of them could fail the trial?

The crowd groaned inwardly.

Ji Ran took a sip of the warm spiritual tea and looked at the Demon King, who was propping his chin up and staring at him. "Why is Your Majesty staring at me like this?"

Ming Si tilted his head, seemingly casually saying, "I just suddenly remembered that His Highness the Crown Prince is now... apparently at the Golden Core stage, right? Why don't you try the Myriad Swords Stele yourself? Perhaps you look down on the opportunities in this secret realm?"

Ji Ran's eyes flashed, and she chuckled, "Someone always needs to stay behind to take charge."

As the crown prince, he certainly couldn't rashly touch the Myriad Swords Stele when his spiritual root was unstable, thus exposing his weakness in front of everyone.

only……

Ji Ran thought of the child who might still exist in the world. Could it be that the problem with her spiritual root was because he was still alive?

Ji Ran had some guesses in her mind, but she couldn't be sure.

A hidden current was surging in his eyes.

The emperor's mouth could never be pried open.

Perhaps... we could try soul searching?

Soul searching is a forbidden technique; regardless of success or failure, the person whose soul is searched will either die or be seriously injured.

The emperor is still useful, and that woman Ji Fuyao is watching him closely. Before ascending the throne, he cannot take that step, he cannot take that risk…

At that moment, the first water mirror flickered and lit up.

"Got it! Finally, someone has passed the trial!"

"Are they human or demon? Which sect do they belong to...? My god, they're disciples of the Taiyi Sect!"

Upon hearing the words "Taiyi Sect," Wei Jin finally raised his eyes slightly and glanced in the direction of the water mirror.

"Senior Brother Chu! He's Senior Brother Chu from our Taiyi Sect!!" Excited cheers erupted from the area where the Taiyi Sect disciples were gathered.

All eyes were fixed on the water mirror, eager to see what the complete version of the Myriad Swords Immortal Realm looked like through Chu Xianlan's perspective.

But after watching for a long time, apart from the boy's handsome face being reflected in the water mirror at the very beginning, the viewpoint became extremely low, blocking most of the scene from a strange angle.

"?" The crowd in the square was stunned.

Before they could figure it out, Chu Xianlan let out a short, muffled groan from the water mirror, and then the screen went completely black.

Everyone: "??"