Chapter 676: Chapter 10: The Test of Liandu True Monarch Chapter 676: Chapter 10: The Test of Liandu True Monarch The master of the Golden Que had twelve members, and if the number of cultivators who entered was greater than twelve, it meant that competition and elimination were inevitable.
According to Qiu Changtian’s speculation, the Orthodox Sect initially planned to send twelve people inside to avoid excessive competition and to prevent the Demon Cult from finding out.
After all, the more people who knew about the secret realm, the easier it was for information to leak out.
Conversely, if control was kept to a few elite members, it would be relatively much safer-after all, the probability of a traitor emerging from among the elites was the smallest.
Unfortunately, the news had still leaked out in the end.
Given the relationship between the Orthodox and Demon factions, the upcoming competition and elimination were bound to be extremely brutal, likely resulting in immediate attacks upon encounter.
Qiu Changtian pinched a Daoist Formula with his left hand, evaporating the moisture from his and Junior Sister Xu’s bodies, then carried her and walked outside.
Upon careful consideration, the Golden Core True Persons who entered the secret realm could broadly be divided into two types:
The first type actively sought to attack others; the second type sought to hide themselves and avoid conflicts.
After all, it was sufficient as long as the number of people remaining did not exceed twelve.
Unless one had absolute confidence in one’s own strength, there was no need to actively engage in battle; conserving strength actually might be more advantageous.
However, were the rules of the Golden Que Secret Realm really just for us to fight each other until only twelve remained?
Qiu Changtian had serious doubts about this.
He continued to walk for a while, when suddenly a few maids turned out from ahead, smiling as they said:
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“Young Master, you are here, our master invites you.”Qiu Changtian: ?
He quickly realized that these maids were all illusions without physical forms.
“May I ask who your master is?” he asked cautiously, furrowing his brows.
“Our master is the Liandu True Monarch,” the maids said with a smile, surrounding Qiu Changtian and leading him forward.
After turning several corners, they entered a grand hall.
Inside the hall was grand and majestic, with rows of desks lined up, adorned with all kinds of exquisite and rare fruits.
There were also celestial maidens playing the zither and dancing gracefully, with the sound of silk and bamboo music, incessant to the ears.
The person seated in the main seat was an elder wearing a Seven Star Crown and dressed in a green robe with crane embroidery, with vermillion shoes.
In front of the lower desks, several Golden Core True Persons were seated.
Qiu Changtian scanned with his Divine Sense and saw that among them, two were unrecognizable Demon Cult True Persons, one was a Golden Core True Person from Shushan (whose Taoist name seemed to be called Miaodan), and another was Luo Baiyuan, the senior sister from the Kunlun Golden Core Realm.
Although the four of them appeared composed, they could not conceal the unease on their faces.
“Two more distinguished guests have arrived!” The elder at the head clapped his hands and laughed, “Come, please have a seat!”
Just as Qiu Changtian was about to respond, he felt an irresistible force pushing him to sit down next to Luo Baiyuan.
“The person in your arms is suffering from Divine Sense damage,” said the old man with a smiling gaze.
“Drinking just half a measure of this wine will bring recovery.”
“Many thanks to Your Excellency,” Qiu Changtian said without suspicion and, after scanning the wine in the cup, fed it to the junior sister in his arms.
Within a few breaths, Xu Yinglian indeed gradually regained consciousness, propped herself up, and looked around.
After a moment, she noticed that the situation was amiss and asked Qiu Changtian a few questions in a low voice.
“I do not know either; it seems to be a trial arranged by the secret realm,” Qiu Changtian replied, calmly tasting the wine and dishes on the table.
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Seeing her senior brother so composed, Xu Yinglian also calmed down but remained alert, surveying the surroundings.
After a while, a round of singing and dancing ended, the elder waved his hand, signaling for the musicians and dancers to step back, and said with a smile:
“I am the Liandu True Monarch.
I have called you all here because there is a favor I must ask.”
The numerous True Persons looked at each other, each lost in their own thoughts.
It was not that no one had tried to leave earlier, but the moment anyone attempted to get up, they would be forced back into their seats by some invisible force.
Acting so domineeringly, it was clear they intended to force difficulties upon us, and what they called “asking for help” was just a fig leaf.
Thus, the Miodan True Person from Shushan asked with an ugly expression on his face:
“May I know what True Monarch requires assistance with?
Our mana is weak, and I’m afraid we might not be able to handle the task you entrust to us.”
“Hahahaha.” Liandu True Monarch then stroked his beard and laughed, “No matter, just listen to what I have to say first.”
“Within the Golden Que, there are twelve principal positions, each in the hands of one of the twelve True Monarchs who guard the secret realms.
To claim a position, one must first pass our trials.”
“Of course, in previous years there were many contenders, hence the trials often had several rounds, screening out a large number of contenders.”
“This time only twenty-four people entered, so there will be just one round of trials.”
Only twenty-four people entered?
A thought quickly flashed through Qiu Changtian’s mind.
This means that the Demon Cult also only sent out twelve people.
If the Orthodox Sect sent out twelve people to control the scale and prevent information leaks, why did the Demon Cult, as the latter party, also choose to control the scale?
Putting together what Liandu True Monarch said, it wasn’t difficult to draw a conclusion:
The more people there are, the harder the difficulty of the trial would be, all to screen out more people.
Limited to the minimum of twelve people aims to reduce the difficulty of the trials as much as possible.
Which means, the base difficulty of the trial itself could already be at a level we’d find very difficult to pass…
“The trial I offer is very simple.” Liandu True Monarch said with a smile, “I made a bet with the Jiuhua True Monarch next door to choose one person from among you to teach a Daoist Formula.”
“If by noon tomorrow, anyone among you guesses who I have chosen, then I will change my chosen person to the one who guessed correctly.”
“As for the original Chosen One who gets guessed, he or she will be deemed to have failed my trial and will no longer be able to obtain a position within the Golden Que from me, and can only try their luck with the other True Monarchs.”
“Of course, if you guess wrong, the person who guessed wrong will also be regarded as having failed the trial.”
“On the other hand, by noon tomorrow, if someone tells me who the Jiuhua True Monarch’s Chosen One is, I will give that person my Golden Que position.”
“Conversely, if someone from the Jiuhua True Monarch’s side guesses who my Chosen One is, then you will all be considered to have failed the trial.”
“What if someone guesses correctly on both sides, or if no one guesses correctly on both sides?” Xu Yinglian suddenly asked.
“Whether both sides guess correctly or neither side guesses, it will still count as a trial failure.” Liandu True Monarch said leisurely, “Of course, the promise to teach the Daoist Formula still holds.”
Qiu Changtian: ……….
What a hassle!
If the trial were a large-scale elimination where everyone fought each other, that would have been simple.
But now it’s about strategizing and outwitting, obviously far more troublesome.
Simply put, it’s about trying to find the Jiuhua True Monarch’s Chosen One from the other side, and making sure not to let our Liandu True Monarch’s Chosen One be found by them, akin to a psychological guessing game similar to Werewolf Kill.
However, since there is the possibility of informing the True Monarch in advance and then switching people, this trial becomes much more complex than guessing identities in Werewolf Kill.
You must realize that if you guess the identity of our own Chosen One, you could be the one to learn the Daoist Formula from the True Monarch instead.
For example, if I discover the Chosen One is the Miodan True Person from Shushan, I could then secretly inform Liandu True Monarch, thereby switching the Chosen One to myself.
Due to this rule, everyone has a strong motive to do so.
Thus, not only must we outwit the True Monarchs from the other side, but we also can’t trust our own companions…
Hmm?
If it’s Junior Sister Xu, she wouldn’t keep it from me, right?
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