Mysterious mirror hanging high

Yun Xuance nodded silently, then suddenly asked, "What about the passing away? Why did I use your real name to test you?"

After all, Jing Yu had a good relationship with Yuan Ji. Without Yuan Ji's permission, he couldn't reveal too much about him to others, so he just evaded the question by saying:

"Master Yuanji... I have a close relationship with him, so he is kind of covering for me."

Yun Xuance said thoughtfully, "I see... Honestly, I don't know why, but I have a vague feeling that you are more like you in the Hall of Eternal Life after you enter Nirvana..."

"When you revealed your identity to me just now, I even thought Yuanji was one of your incarnations!"

Jing Yu thought to himself, "What a clever mind... He guessed it almost right... But it was a pity that he was off by a hair's breadth and a thousand miles."

"However, after hundreds of years, we, the contemporaries of the Immortal Selection Palace, have finally heard from each other. Once we leave the Six-Yao Star Palace, we can have a good reunion in the [Illusionary Realm] of the Heavenly Fate Building."

Yun Xuance smiled and said, "After all, among the five building masters of [Tianming Tower], the position of [Changsheng Tower Master] has been vacant for a long time! Many members of Tianming Tower have even begun to doubt whether this person really exists. It's a good opportunity for you to take on this position and show your face."

"There's no rush." ​​Jing Yu glanced at Xiao Guanying. "This Suying Heavenly Monarch's plan has failed. When he returns to the human world, I'm afraid there will be more trouble."

"The threat posed by the great calamity in the Immortal Continent that may have come at an unknown time has been greatly weakened. Xiao Guanying established the Heavenly Court on the surface just to deal with the calamity. Now that he sees this result, he should be happy." Yun Xuance said leisurely.

Jing Yu pondered, "Then the question arises: for Xiao Guanying, is he [dominating the world] in order to [prepare for the catastrophe], or is he [preparing for the catastrophe] in order to [prepare for the catastrophe]?"

"Which causes and which effects are important is actually extremely important."

Yun Xuance's eyes flashed: "What does the Xuanjing say?"

Jing Yu sighed, "If it's the former, it will naturally be a blessing for all mankind. Xiao Guanying may not be so obsessed with unifying the Immortal Continent after this."

"But what if it's the latter?"

"Then he will definitely not give up. Instead, due to the change in the prophecy, he will react more violently than originally planned."

Yun Xuance said, "But no matter what, he must stay in this Liu Yao Star Palace for the next ten years. He can only return to the mortal world with us when the Star Palace opens again."

"At least for the past ten years, he has not been able to make plans outside."

Jing Yu nodded: "That's right. If there is anything, we can talk about it after we return to the real world."

The two of them then stood up and headed to the [Six-Line Star Palace].

After entering the palace, I found that there was another world inside. It seemed much more spacious than it looked from the outside. I was afraid that it contained the wonders of a high-level space.

As expected, they saw a ten-story tower standing deep in the palace. From the outside, it looked only a few dozen feet high, but it was unknown what the inside looked like.

Two stone lions squatted in front of the tower's gate, speaking to Jing Yu and the others, "Everyone entering this [Star Palace Tower] will be transported to an independent dimension. Fellow Daoists, please enter in turn."

Following the guidance of the stone lion, Jing Yu stepped into the tower. As expected, he felt dizzy and the surrounding scenery suddenly changed. He came to the first floor inside the tower.

"here it is……"

Jing Yu looked around and found that there were three stone platforms in the center of the first floor of the tower. There was a word engraved under each stone platform, from left to right: [卜], [算], and [武].

But the door to the stairs leading to the second floor of the tower was closed.

"My dear Xuan Jing, do you need me to explain something to you?"

A voice suddenly sounded, and Jing Yu looked in the direction of the sound, only to see a little monkey no more than three inches tall, emitting a faint starlight, falling in front of him. There was a starlight chain hanging on the little monkey's body, which seemed to be firmly connected to the Star Palace Tower, locking it here.

"Are you...Senior Star Ape?" Jing Yu asked in surprise.

"Exactly." The three-inch monkey laughed, "But strictly speaking, I am a bit of the true spirit of the Star Ape, locked in the Star Palace Tower."

"Why?"

The Star Ape said, "My friend Xuan Jing, you may not know that I, the old ape, was born a criminal from the upper realm. Now I work for the Immortal King and tour the lower realms. This can be considered as redeeming my guilt and meritorious service, so naturally my freedom must be restricted."

"Besides, I am a cultivator of the lower realm who has reached the state of perfection. I definitely cannot move around freely."

The Star Ape continued, "It's extremely difficult for cultivators from the upper realm to ascend to the lower realm. It's almost ten or even a hundred times harder than ascending from the lower realm to the upper realm..."

"So, if you want to send a Divine Transformation cultivator to the lower realms, the price is not something that ordinary cultivators can afford."

"Even if you possess the power of an immortal, you will still feel the pain."

"But compared to sending monks to the lower realms, sending secret realms and cave heavens to the lower realms one by one is much easier."

Jing Yu's mind moved: "If that's the case... then what if I secretly put a cultivator in the [Dongtian]?"

Xing Yuan laughed and said, "Yes, this is indeed a solution, but it is also something that is expressly prohibited by the various immortal courts in the upper realm. They are worried that some cultivators will sneak into the lower realm and cause trouble in the world and disrupt the order of the lower realm."

"Therefore, when star officials like us travel to the lower realms, we must be chained in the caves. Not only our Dharma bodies, but even our true spirits must be trapped here."

"But to be honest, for cultivators like me from the upper realm, there's nothing good about staying in the lower realm. This desolate little realm doesn't even have much immortal spiritual energy, and it's simply not enough to support our daily practice and refinement of the laws."

"Therefore, there wouldn't be any cultivator from the upper realm who would be so foolish as to ignore the abundant cultivation resources in the upper realm and instead sneak across to some lower realm to survive."

"What about the cultivators above the Spirit Transformation Realm?" Jing Yu asked.

The Star Ape said, "If one's body becomes a cave heaven, then the cave heaven within the cultivator's body will repel the origin of the small world, and naturally, he will not be able to descend to the lower world."

"This is also the reason why there are no Cave Heaven Realm cultivators in the lower realm."

"In other words, the only ones who can descend to the lower realms are the dead [Dongtian]."

"I see. Thank you, Senior Xingyuan, for clearing up my confusion."

"What are these three stone platforms?"

"These three stone platforms are the test of the [Star Palace Tower]."

The Star Ape said, "The [Star Palace Tower] has a total of ten floors. Each floor from the first to the tenth floor has three stone platforms, which are also the [Divination Platform], [Calculation Platform], and [Martial Arts Platform]."

"The Divination Platform tests your Divination Skills. They give you a hexagram and ask you to interpret it using the Six-Line Divination Technique."

"The [Calculation Platform] tests your [Arithmetic Skills]. There's a game called [Meteoric Chess] on it. If you don't have enough calculation skills, it'll be difficult to pass."

"[Martial Arena], as the name suggests, is a test of combat. The Star Palace Tower will set up a corresponding puppet based on your current cultivation level. Defeating the puppet will pass the level."