Mysterious mirror hanging high

At this time, Jing Yu had already passed four levels in a row. After he finished reading the jade slip in his hand, the puppet of the fifth level had already appeared.

This puppet was covered in golden light, with empty hands except for a pair of fists. It made a fist gesture and attacked Jing Yu.

As expected, the puppet's strength was one level higher than the previous silver-armored puppet, reaching the seventh level of Qi training.

This was not too difficult for Jing Yu. His Ku Du body, which was at the eighth level of body forging, was still strong enough to fight against a puppet at the ninth level of Qi training. The puppet in front of him was only at the seventh level of Qi training, so he defeated it with just a little effort.

This time, the reward for completing the level did not fall from the sky. Instead, a palm-sized golden token suddenly flew out from the wreckage of the golden puppet that Jing Yu had disassembled into a pile of tiny parts and landed in Jing Yu's palm.

Jing Yu probed into the token with his spiritual sense and knew its function.

"Is this the pass token to this secret realm? Can I use it by injecting mana into it?" Jing Yu pinched the golden token and muttered to himself, "It can only be used four times. After four times, the token will automatically be destroyed. Each time I enter or exit, it counts as one..."

At this moment, the dull metallic voice sounded again: "The advanced test is over. Do you want to start the core test?"

"What is the core test?" Jing Yu asked.

"Fight a puppet in the early stage of foundation building. The winner will obtain [True Explanation of Puppetry. Foundation Building Chapter]."

A puppet at the foundation-building level? He was still far from that. Jing Yu shook his head and said, "Let's not activate it yet."

"Those who have passed the test have obtained the qualification for the core test. Within 500 years, they can use the pass token to enter the secret realm and take the test at any time. After 500 years, the token will automatically be destroyed and the test will be invalidated."

"Five hundred years? That's not bad."

Jing Yu breathed a sigh of relief. The deadline set by the Taoist Nine Lives was quite generous. In five hundred years, he might have reached the Golden Core stage, and passing the Foundation Establishment test would be a piece of cake.

In fact, the most important thing is that within these five hundred years, there are two opportunities to hide in the secret realm to avoid life and death crises. This is a reward more valuable than the [True Solution to Puppetry]!

At this time, a teleportation light array with intricate patterns rose in the center of the platform. Jing Yu put the reward into the newly acquired storage bag and stepped into the light array without hesitation.

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The monks stranded in the square stared at the puppet statue eagerly. Jing Yu had been in there for almost half an hour, but there was still no movement. Just when Mu Shan and others were worried that something had happened to Jing Yu, a crack appeared on the lower abdomen of the puppet statue, and Jing Yu walked out slowly with a bruise on his head.

The next moment after Jing Yu returned to the square, the eighth of the twelve gems inlaid above the small sky gate held in the puppet statue's hand flashed with green light and was completely lit up.

"It's done!" Zhao Yunlong watched as another orb lit up, his heart filled with joy. "What level has Fellow Daoist Zhao reached?"

"Fortunately, I fulfilled my mission. Relying on my physical training, I barely passed the second level..." Jing Yu said with a wry smile, "The puppet at the third level was too strong, so I crushed the jade talisman and retreated."

When Jing Yu said this, he was stunned. It seemed that he was not given any escape jade talisman when he went in!

"It's already a rare achievement for you, fellow Daoist, to have passed the second level!" Zhao Yunlong smiled, twirling his beard. "There are only three people who can pass the second level now."

Hu Yiming approached with a hint of envy and whispered, "Brother Zhao, I heard there are rewards for each level of advancement. You passed two levels in one go. I wonder what kind of treasures you got?"

Hu Yiming's words made the surrounding monks prick up their ears, and the looks they gave Jing Yu became somewhat ambiguous.

Mu Shan stood in front of Jing Yu with an unwavering expression, blocking the malicious gazes of most of the cultivators. He said coldly:

"Fellow Daoist Hu, whatever opportunities a cultivator has gained alone in a secret realm are their own secrets. If others were to pry into the details, it would inevitably lead to misunderstandings. This is a taboo in the world of immortal cultivation."

Hu Yiming's expression changed, and he quickly apologized, "Brother Zhao, Deacon Mu, I'm so sorry, so sorry... I've only been in the immortal way for three years, and I really don't know the ins and outs of this..."

"Haha, Old Mu, that's not necessary." Jing Yu said with a smile, "It's nothing, actually. The first level gave me ten spirit stones, and the second level reward was a fifty-cubic-meter storage bag. They're not particularly valuable."

Jing Yu really didn't lie when he said this. In fact, the five levels of the advanced test were progressive, and the rewards were better each time. This secret realm was a carrot pit specially made by the Taoist Jiu Ming for Jing Yu alone. It could be said that no one in the entire Wushan market could pass the five levels except Jing Yu at the moment.

Naturally, there is no need to give Jing Yu any preferential treatment in the rewards of the first few levels.

The first level rewards simple spirit stones, and the second level's storage bag, which is fifty square meters in size, costs only about thirty spirit stones in the market.

Zhao Yunlong nodded slightly. "It seems the rewards for each level are pretty much the same. Those who passed the first level generally received between eight and twelve spirit stones... I and another casual cultivator received different things for the second level, but the market value is roughly thirty spirit stones..."

Hu Yiming beat his chest and stamped his feet. "Damn! Brother Zhao, you've netted over forty spirit stones from this trip to the secret realm... If I had known I'd spend a spirit stone on a body-refining technique three years ago, I might have made ten times as much today!"

Jing Yu smiled when he heard this: "There are countless secret realms in the world, each with its own unique tricks. How could you guess the answer so accurately?"

"By the way, I wonder what the rewards for your introductory test are?"

Mu Shan sighed, "They're just a few small items worth of spirit stones. Anyway, this trip wasn't in vain."

Jing Yu had a strange look on his face. In fact, he had already obtained the most valuable reward of this secret realm during the entrance test.

It seems that Jiu Ming Dao Jun is really flawless in what he does.

"I don't know what the point is of you going through so much trouble... Can't you just give me the technique and treasure directly?" Jing Yu thought secretly: "Could this also be a rule set by the Taoist Master?"

"I think we should not be too happy too soon. If we can't gather twelve fellow Taoists who have passed the level, I'm afraid we will be trapped to death in this secret realm. No matter how many spirit stones we earn, we won't be able to take them out!" A cultivator from the law enforcement team said coldly.

"Then what else can we do? We can only wait." Mu Shan shook his head and simply found an open space to start meditating and practicing Qi to consolidate his cultivation.

Jing Yu took this opportunity to exchange a few words with Zhao Yunlong and other monks from the law enforcement team, trying to make some friends and get to know them.

Originally, the cultivators in the law enforcement team thought Jing Yu was just an ordinary spiritual plant husband, and usually ignored him when they met him during patrols. Now they just found out that this person is actually a cultivator who practices both magic and body. Now it seems that he is a lucky person. Although he is older, he may still have hope of building a foundation. So they are happy to give him a smile, who knows, it may come in handy later.

Just as the monks were practicing and chatting, two more monks appeared at the entrance of the square.

The expressions of all the cultivators brightened as they looked at the newcomer.

It was Zhao Yunlong who first recognized the two men. His expression darkened and he gritted his teeth and said,

"Oh no, it's the Yunfeng Twin Devils!"