Chapter 1253
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Tick… tick…
The sound of the water dripping seemed to strike at the heart of everyone, drawing them in and making them unable to extricate themselves.
With the sound of the water droplets hitting the ground, dozens of figures unconsciously started moving in different directions.
On the stone wall of the passage, several small doors opened silently. One after another, the figures separated from each other without realizing it.
Time passed like this for a while.
Suddenly, the ticking sound disappeared.
Ye Wushuang stood there with his sword in hand.
Since the ticking sound started, he felt that his mind, senses, and consciousness were bewildered. He lost his sense of direction, and only felt that there were finger marks ahead, as if guiding him to get out of the confusion and find his true self.
However, Ye Wushuang managed to resist the temptation.
But when Ye Wushuang saw the scenery around him again, the world became bright.
He was no longer in the stone passage but appeared by a pool.
The pool was not large, and the water in it was clear. There were fish swimming and playing inside.
There was a pavilion by the pool.
At this moment, a figure was sitting cross-legged in the pavilion.
“Young man, we meet again.” A gentle voice sounded.
In the pavilion, there was a man wearing a white robe. He was tall and had a gentle temperament. It was the figure of Xiao Guangling whom Ye Wushuang had met several times before.
However, this time, the figure of Xiao Guangling that Ye Wushuang saw was much clearer.
In the previous encounters, his face was illusory. But this time, it was clearly presented.
His features were regular. He couldn’t be called extremely handsome, but he was far from ordinary.
Looking at him as a whole with those features, he gave people the impression of a refined official.
He didn’t have the overwhelming pressure of a powerful cultivator who had reached the realm of plucking stars and transforming the environment, nor did he have the kind of affinity that ordinary people had. It was very strange.
Ye Wushuang walked step by step into the pavilion and asked, “Where are the others?”
“They all have their own trials to go through.”
Trials? Another trial?
From Tianlin Ancient City to here in Guangling Cliff, both Tianlinzi and Xiao Guangling had left behind so-called trials here.
“What’s my trial?”
Ye Wushuang didn’t get angry.
Even though he had the soul and will of the Heavenly Emperor, at present, he was just Ye Wushuang from the Ye family in Liuyue City of Qingyun Empire, a martial artist at the second level of the Guiyuan Realm who was only seventeen years old.
Although he had the pride of his previous life as the Heavenly Emperor, he also knew when to be proud and when to humble himself.
“You don’t need one!”
Xiao Guangling smiled and said, “You are already excellent. I believe you can help me.”
“Help?”
Ye Wushuang raised his eyebrows.
Xiao Guangling didn’t say much. With a wave of his hand, a chessboard appeared on the table between them.
“Do you know how to play chess?”
“I know a little bit.”
“Let’s play a game of chess while we talk. How about that?”
Ye Wushuang didn’t say anything. He picked up the white pieces and made his move directly.
Playing chess with me? You won’t be able to stand it!
Xiao Guangling was stunned for a moment, then smiled and placed the black piece.
“I’ve sensed everything you’ve done in Guangling Cliff. So, I have high hopes for you. You have already passed my trial.”
“As for them… I still need to test them.”
As they placed their chess pieces, Xiao Guangling slowly said, “Don’t worry. For this kind of trial, it’s not that if they fail, they will lose their lives.”
As he spoke, Xiao Guangling waved his hand.
Outside the pavilion, a scene appeared.
In the scene, a young man at the first level of the Guiyuan Realm was sitting cross-legged in a lake. There were spiritual beasts swimming in the water of the lake, as if they might pounce out at any moment.
“The trial this young man is facing is about his will. Of course, I told him that if he couldn’t pass, he would surely die, but that’s not really the case.”
As Xiao Guangling was speaking, the young man suddenly opened his eyes and let out a loud roar. The spiritual beasts in the water around him pounced out and tore his body apart.
But then, the scene flashed, and the figure of the young man appeared outside the mountain.
Everything seemed like a dream.
Xiao Guangling smiled and said, “Do you believe what I said now?”
Ye Wushuang placed his piece, looked up at Xiao Guangling in front of him, and then said, “So what do you want me, or rather, us, to do to help you?”
Going to such lengths surely isn’t just for fun!
Xiao Guangling smiled and said, “Actually, I’m not dead.”
When these words were spoken, Ye Wushuang’s hand holding the white piece paused slightly.
“You should have met Tianlinzi. He’s already a dead man, but I’m still alive!”
Xiao Guangling said seriously, “Back then, Mu Beige really intended to kill me and pulled Guangling Hall into this forbidden realm. But at the last moment, he didn’t kill me. He just said… that I would be sealed here for a thousand years. If I could break free when the forbidden realm was destroyed, it meant that the heavens didn’t want me dead. If I couldn’t escape and died here, it was the heavens’ will to end my life!”
“He left my life and death to fate.”
“Over the years, people have come and gone in the forbidden realm every two hundred years, but no one could save me. Until now, I’ve found you.”
Looking at Ye Wushuang, Xiao Guangling’s expression was filled with anticipation. He smiled and said, “You are the one who has the greatest chance among all those I’ve seen.”
“Is that so?”
Ye Wushuang smiled and said, “I’m just at the second level of the Guiyuan Realm. Saving someone at the realm of plucking stars and transforming the environment is beyond my ability.”
Hearing this, Xiao Guangling laughed heartily and shook his head.
