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Chapter 98 Coming back alive is victory

The top of the mountain is shrouded in mist, with pines and cypresses towering into the clouds. Under the trees there is a stone table, with clear tea bubbling and steaming, as if someone has always lived here.

The old man sat on the stone bench, watching what Lu Zhan did, and fell into silence for a long time.

At first, he thought that Lu Zhan liked to take unconventional approaches when breaking through the levels, which made him subconsciously suspect the existence of loopholes in the secret realm, but now he no longer suspects the loopholes.

He began to doubt himself.

It must be his own fault, otherwise how could there be so many loopholes in the secret level he set up? Perhaps Lu Zhan's approach was correct, but his thinking was wrong.

He wanted to test whether the doctor had a kind and loving heart, so he set up this scholar. If the other party did not have a kind heart, even if he carried the scholar through the water curtain, the road under his feet would become more and more difficult to walk, and the scholar on his body would become heavier and heavier. If he dropped it halfway, he would return to the starting point and would never reach the top of the mountain.

As a result, Lu Zhan's actions scared away all the scholars he had recruited.

"Whoosh!"

The mist suddenly dispersed, and a golden figure rushed out. When it came closer, it turned into a golden rooster. It ran and cursed: "I can't do this job anymore. Whoever wants to do it can do it. This doctor is mentally ill. He actually broke my leg. He doesn't do things like that!"

Jin Ji now felt a dull pain in his legs. Fortunately, he had transformed into the appearance of a scholar. If he appeared in his original form, Lu Zhan would probably stew and eat him. That guy would definitely do such a thing. He must have a problem with his brain.

The old man was also very angry. He touched the golden rooster's head and said with emotion: "Xiao Jin, do you think it's my problem or the problem of this group of cultivators? I always feel that after they came, the secret realm that we were so proud of has become full of loopholes."

The Golden Rooster flapped its wings in anger and shouted, "I don't know about the others, but there is definitely something wrong with this kid named Lu Zhan. I was taken in by the senior and have cultivated in this secret realm for 250 years. I have never seen such a... such a sick person."

"That's because you haven't met anyone other than me..." the old man said dimly.

The Golden Rooster blinked, "That's right... Two hundred and fifty years ago, I mistakenly entered the cave you arranged when you were alive, and have been practicing in the cave ever since. Today, because the secret realm envoy had a problem, I replaced him and became a scholar... It's a pity that I failed so completely the first time I helped you."

“No, no, no… Sometimes, coming back alive is victory.” The old man sighed. He looked at Lu Zhan step by step and said, “He has one last hurdle to the top of the mountain. This is also the most difficult hurdle. It’s time to test Ye Yi’s strength. No fancy tricks will work. Only strong strength can pass it.”

Jin Ji recalled how decisive Lu Zhan was when he hit him with a rock, and said faintly, "I think he should be pretty tough."

If you are not strong, would you dare to hit the messenger in the secret realm without saying a word?

……

After an unknown amount of time, Lu Zhan finally reached the top of the mountain. Under the lush pines and cypresses stood a stone tablet with a few lines of large characters engraved on it.

"Congratulations on reaching the end of the secret realm. Please place your right hand on the stone tablet."

Lu Zhan thought for a moment, then placed his right hand according to what was written on the stone tablet.

The stone tablet burst into golden light, and the surrounding scenery changed drastically in an instant. The originally towering mountain peak turned into a valley, and an old man in white appeared in front of him. The old man looked the same as the previous divine thought, but his temperament was completely different. At this time, he was holding a mace and his face was solemn.

"After hundreds of years, my cave was finally discovered by cultivators. Now that you have reached the end, are you ready to accept the final test?" asked Old Man No. 2 in a deep voice.

Lu Zhan clasped his fists and bowed, and said politely: "Excuse me, Senior, what is the test of this level?"

The old man pondered for a moment and explained, "I and the guide outside are both the divine thoughts left by Zhenyuan Immortal. However, my divine thoughts have been specially refined and can exert the power before birth to fight. My mission is to test your strength."

"To put it simply, you are a night doctor. If you can hold out for a cup of tea under my stick, you have passed the test."

What you said is strange... Lu Zhan seemed to be thinking: "Senior is a great being in the realm of creation, while I am only in the realm of mortals."

“Don’t worry. Before I died, I placed a restriction in the secret realm. Only cultivators in the Demortal Realm can enter. If cultivators in other realms break in without permission, the secret realm will collapse instantly. So to ensure fairness, my divine consciousness will only exert the strength of the peak of the Demortal Realm. Are you ready?” Old Man No. 2 said lightly.

Lu Zhan understood the mechanism of the last level, which was similar to the dungeon training of the nanny in the online game. The opponent attacked, and the nanny healed herself. If she did not die within the limited time, she would win.

But the reality is different from the game... Lu Zhan asked politely: "Senior, you just need me to hold on for a cup of tea, no matter what method you use, right?"

"Of course." Old Man No. 2 nodded.

"Will the senior die?"

"What are you talking about? I will not die. Even if you break me apart, I can still gather myself again. This is also a special sacrifice I made to this divine thought during my lifetime. I have several opportunities to gather myself again."

Lu Zhan smiled: "Then I'm ready."

Old Man No. 2 did not utter a word, as his figure rose into the air and swung the mace in his hand in the air, condensing into a huge stick shadow that had the power to sweep away thousands of troops. The oppressive force swept over like a raging wave, and the shadow of a gray wolf appeared in the sky on all sides, howling towards the sky and creating waves of sound.

The whole world was shaking with the sound waves. The surrounding grass and trees were wrapped in the true energy and turned into sharp blades, condensing into a huge mace and the outline of a gray wolf. In an instant, the wind and clouds changed color, the land trembled, and a full moon seemed to appear in the sky.

Lu Zhan stared at the full moon, his eyes shining with golden light. This was a fake moon, but it was full of oppression.

The old man who was watching the battle on the top of the mountain smiled and said, "Humph, this is a skill I learned during my lifetime, called Greedy Wolf Howling Moon Stick. This kid deserves to suffer..."

Before he could finish his words, the old man stopped abruptly.

Suddenly, a beam of blood shot up into the sky, and the aura around Old Man No. 2 instantly dissipated, turning into a beam of white light and escaping into the distance.

In other words...Old Man No. 2 was knocked away by one punch.

Lu Zhan cleared the level.

The old man rubbed his eyes in disbelief. He slapped the golden rooster on the head and stared in amazement: "How is this possible?"

"Ah!" Jinji's head was buzzing from being hit, and he shouted, "Senior, what are you doing?"

"It was an accidental injury. I am a little excited, but how did he do it? It's unreasonable..." The old man hurriedly called up the "screen playback".

Under the shadows of sticks all over the sky, Lu Zhan raised his fist. This punch was plain and simple, without much magic, but it directly blasted the Divine Mind of No. 2 away, and it lost its combat ability in an instant. Not to mention a cup of tea, it would take even two and a half hours to recover.

“How is this possible? He is obviously a night doctor. Although night doctors are good at using poisons, they are far inferior to martial artists in physical skills. How could this be…” The old man found it incredible. This level tests the professional ability of the night doctor to see whether his treatment level is up to standard.

As a result, this kid didn't play according to the routine and actually knocked a warrior at the peak of his mortal realm away with one punch?

The Golden Rooster cried out, "I told you, this guy is tough, and he is definitely mentally ill. He is a night doctor, but he is so violent!"

The old man doubted his life for a moment, then said, "No, no, no... I suddenly feel that whatever he did was quite normal."

Jinji's eyes widened instantly: "??? Senior?"

The old man hesitated and said, "Yes, it must be my problem. I can't understand it. Hahaha..."

……

Lu Zhan returned to the top of the mountain.

Just now when he was fighting with Shennian No. 2, that punch utilized the power of his soul. He wanted to try whether he could bring out the power of his soul with his plain fists.

Experiments have proven... it is indeed possible, and it is quite violent... Although it looks ordinary, its power is not diminished at all, it is simply One Punch Man.

The fog on the top of the mountain dissipated, the scenery in front changed, and a bronze door appeared at the end of the mountain road. The bronze door was tightly closed, and many strange patterns were engraved on it.

Lu Zhan did not see Jiang Ningshuang, and it was obvious that she had not yet passed the level.

"Well, this is more reasonable... Although it's fair competition, if I really attack her, she will definitely still have resentment in her heart, which is not conducive to unity..." Lu Zhan was very satisfied with the result. He walked to the bronze door and suddenly found that the pattern on the door was very familiar.

Before Lu Zhan could observe carefully and confirm, the figure of the old man came floating over: "Congratulations on reaching the end, but to open this door, you also need a little wisdom."

Hmm… the old senior’s attitude seems to be much kinder… Lu Zhan nodded: “I’ll give it a try.”

The small mechanism on the door is similar to a jigsaw puzzle. Every picture can be put together completely. You just need to find the corresponding pieces and put them together, and the door will open naturally.

Lu Zhan was observing the pattern of the picture on the door when he suddenly felt a chill at his feet and he kicked out instinctively.

"Ah!!" A scream was heard, and a golden figure was kicked away.

Lu Zhan was shocked: "Old senior, was there something trying to plot against me just now?"

"Is there?" The old man kept smiling: "Absolutely not."

Having said that, the old man was secretly worried in his heart... I have raised chickens for two hundred and fifty years, I hope you won’t kick them to death... I really am... Never mind, he is Lu Zhan, it is reasonable for him to do so, it is my chickens that are not strong enough... The old man put on his warm smile again.

Lu Zhan observed for a while and gradually figured out the species in the puzzle on the door. There were humans, fox tails, cat ears, cow horns, etc.

The old senior is indeed a fellow traveler. The puzzle on the door is not a simple puzzle of animals and beauties. It is obviously more like a puzzle of beast-eared girls... Lu Zhan instantly remembered the book [Compilation of Illustrated Books of Beast-Eared Girls of Major Demon Tribes] that he accidentally obtained in Jiangning Library.

Relying on his rich experience, Lu Zhan quickly pieced the picture together, and the cave door immediately opened with a "boom".

The old man's calmness disappeared, and he glared at him and said, "You can do this?!"

The puzzle on the door took him a lot of effort. It was not for the purpose of testing anything, but purely out of his own bad taste.

Men... especially those who have kept their sexual energy for hundreds of years... always have some weird hobbies.

This puzzle is not difficult, it just takes time to figure out the pattern, but for people who have no experience with this, it takes a lot of time to experiment... But Lu Zhan is so skilled that he can complete it in one go after just looking at it for a while.

This made the old man start to doubt the scope of Lu Zhan's reading... This kid has a wide range of knowledge.

"I'm a night doctor, so of course I have research on various races." Lu Zhan would certainly not admit that he would read learning resources whenever he had time.

The old man shook his head, "No... No... Even if the cultivators are not opposed to forming a partnership with the demon race, they will never be so skilled. After all, there are more than 40 kinds of beast-eared girls on this list. Can you be accurate after just a glance? A serious cultivator can't do it... Even an unserious cultivator needs time to make mistakes... No, no... Have you read my masterpiece?"

Lu Zhan said, "What masterpiece do you mean, old senior? I have never read any martial arts secret manuals."

The old man coughed twice and whispered, "It's... about the secret book of Night Doctor."

Lu Zhan's expression changed, and a bad premonition rose from the bottom of his heart. He silently took out the book that was almost torn apart from his arms, and said vigilantly: "This fraud secret book, could it be written by you?!"

He went to the library to look for serious information about night doctors. He saw the title of this book "My Years as a Night Doctor·Top Secret" and then he flipped through it to read it.

I never thought that it recorded the habits and characteristics of animal-eared girls of various races.

He had been wondering which senior had such rich experience, but he didn't expect that this senior was actually Zhenyuan Immortal? !

The old man was a little embarrassed, but said incredulously: "I didn't expect that the one who inherited my mantle would be you?! No wonder I always felt that you were very similar to me when I was young, it turns out that you are my successor in this way!"

The corner of Lu Zhan's mouth twitched: "Senior, you call this a masterpiece?" Although it is indeed a masterpiece, isn't it inappropriate for you to be a night doctor?

The old man said seriously, "Although I am not a night doctor, I once thought about switching to night doctor training, so I spent a lot of effort to write down what I saw in my life into this masterpiece, hoping that doctors would have some understanding of alien races... Later, the switch failed, and this masterpiece was accidentally lost... Ahem, I always thought it was gone."

After knowing that Lu Zhan was his successor, the old man became much kinder: "I saw that you had extraordinary talents when you passed the test, and now it seems to be the case. I hope you can carry forward this path."

You said before that I was unconventional and you disliked me... Lu Zhan put the book away and said seriously, "Senior, I am not that kind of person. I read this book only to understand the characteristics of alien races."

"I understand, I understand... so do I." The old man smiled and said, "Since you have reached the end, go in. There is the Night Doctor's magical instrument that I spent a lot of effort to refine."

"Can we take everything inside?" Lu Zhan asked.

The old man nodded, and admired his successor very much. In the eyes of the old man, Lu Zhan's previous strange way of passing the level also became a new way. Young man, you have a good idea.

Lu Zhan thanked him and turned to walk into the cave.

……

There is no sunlight in the cave, but the flowers are blooming and fireflies are flying by, making it look a bit eerie.

In the center of the cave stood a huge stone table, on which stood two boxes. One of the boxes was square and quite small, and contained a jade ring.

"This is a spirit ring. It has a huge space inside, and it is a necessary storage space for cultivators." The old man glanced at Lu Zhan and said, "Some disciples of immortal sects have it, but it seems that you don't have it. Bite your index finger and let blood drip, and the spirit ring will recognize its master."

Because state-owned enterprises in our country do not earn as much as private enterprises... Lu Zhan dripped blood according to the procedure, and saw the spirit ring spinning in the air and automatically appeared in Lu Zhan's hand. Lu Zhan probed with his spiritual sense, and found that there was indeed a vast space inside, enough to hold many things, and he could store or take things out with his mind.

Lu Zhan put away the spirit ring and opened the long box in front of him. The feeling of sudden wealth was really exciting.

There was an ancient zither placed in the long box. The body of the zither was six inches wide and three feet six inches long. The whole body of the zither was green, surrounded by a faint glow. The head of the zither was in the shape of a crane with green feathers and a plum branch inserted diagonally.

"The name of the zither is the Qingyu Liuguang Zither. The Night Doctor controls the zither with his true qi. The sound of the zither condenses spiritual energy, which improves the healing ability while dispelling illusions and keeping away from all evil. The plum branch is the handle of the gun. After pressing the mechanism, it turns into a thunder-controlling plum blossom gun, which can be used for attack or defense." The old man was very satisfied with his work and introduced it with a smile.

This is like getting one for free and getting an extra one as a gift. This situation is hard to accept in some things, but it is obviously the icing on the cake when it comes to weapons... Lu Zhan pulled out the plum blossom, and it turned out to be a gun.

The spear body is the same length as the body of the zither, which is just right for a sword but a little short for a spear. When the spear handle is turned into a plum blossom shape, two more sections instantly appear at the tail, turning it into an eight-foot-long spear. The spear body is shiny and when it is wielded, the plum blossom-shaped handle is surrounded by a bleak light of lightning, which is quite magical.

"Senior, why don't you make the spear into a sword?" Lu Zhan had seen similar magical instruments, but in order to fit the body, the sword was hidden inside the body of the instrument, and the spear was too long.

The old man said proudly, "Oh, if you want to do it, do it differently. If you do it the same as them, what's the point of talking about skills? I'm not bragging. Today, the weapons from my secret realm have appeared in the world, which will definitely re-arrange the rankings of the Divine Weapons List."

I believe this. Although I don't quite understand it, I know it's special just by looking at this glowing special effect... Lu Zhan was a little curious: "Senior, the quality of your magic weapon is so outstanding, why does the secret realm only allow those in the Dehumanized Realm to enter?"

Hearing this, the old man snorted coldly: "After entering the mysterious realm, you should rely on your own efforts to create. People who still want to take the treasures of other people's secret realms are useless. I hate useless people."

Lu Zhan: “…”

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