343 Is This Illusion Broken?
The illusion has its own set of behavioral logic to support its operation. Jiang Xin's words made the Saint Church elder who persuaded her to sacrifice herself stunned for a while, and then he taught her a lesson with a stern face: "What are you talking about? You are the Saint of the Saint Church, only you are qualified to sacrifice!"
Jiang Xin imitated him and sternly lectured him: "It is said in the canons of the Holy Church that the World Tree believed in by the Holy Church protects each of us. My Saint is just a title, but you are protected in reality. The Holy Church has paid so much for you, and now it is your turn to pay for the Holy Church. Why are you unwilling? Are you disloyal to the Holy Church?"
She took the initiative and snatched away the lines that the elder was about to say, confusing the elder on the opposite side once again.
While the elder was racking his brains to think of how to refute, Jiang Xin waved to the four guardians holding the immortal chains, pointed at the elder and ordered: "Tie him up and send him to the altar!"
The elder was furious: “How dare you!”
"Shut his mouth!" Jiang Xin's voice was louder than his. Seeing the guardian hesitate, she tensed her face and asked seriously, "Can you bear the responsibility for delaying the auspicious time of the sacrifice?"
Since ancient times, sacrifices must be timed accurately to achieve twice the result with half the effort.
When the guardians heard this, they were afraid of being criticized, so they rushed forward, used a silencing spell to seal the elder's mouth as he wanted to argue, tied him up and quickly sent him to the altar.
The sacrificial formation lit up under the altar. The moment the sacrificial ceremony successfully began, a golden light lit up above Jiang Xin's head, indicating that she had successfully passed this level.
Gu Dong, who was hiding in the dark, was stunned. He couldn't understand it. "This can also be passed???"
Jiang Xin's outrageous move shocked Yao Hengtai, and he also began to doubt his life until Gu Dong asked him a question.
This illusion was set up by Yao Hengtai. Now that Gu Dong is questioning the illusion, it is equivalent to questioning him. How could Yao Hengtai admit it?
He put away all the surprise on his face and said in a profound manner: "This level tests the spirit of dedication, and confirms the candidate's piety and loyalty to the World Tree. Although Jiang Xin did not volunteer to be a sacrifice according to the established script, she successfully found a sacrifice for the World Tree, proving her loyalty, so of course she can pass the level."
Gu Dong looked suspicious.
Is this really the case?
Why did he feel that all the rules of the game had been broken by Jiang Xin?
However, whether the examinee can pass the test is directly determined by the illusion. With Yao Hengtai supporting Jiang Xin here, even if Gu Dong wants to judge Jiang Xin as a failure, he can't do it.
He was really unwilling to accept this and secretly suspected that the illusion was broken.
Gu Dong didn't dare to say this to Yao Hengtai, so he could only say in a roundabout way: "Senior, there are many outstanding candidates this time, shall we go and take a look at others?"
Yao Hengtai also needed to see other people's normal clearance process to stabilize his mind, so he agreed immediately: "Okay."
The rapidly changing lights and shadows in his eyes were the illusions that the examinees were experiencing.
Gu Dong hoped that he could pick a more normal candidate.
The next second, Yao Hengtai grabbed him and appeared in Jiang Xiao's illusion.
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The content of the illusion experienced by each candidate in the second level is the same, and the lines of the elders persuading the candidates to sacrifice themselves have not changed.
Jiang Xiao stood under the tall altar, listening to the elders' advice on self-sacrifice, and yawned sleepily.
His spirit had not yet recovered and he seemed a little weak.
Jiang Xiao realized that this level would require him to voluntarily go to the altar, sacrifice his small self and fulfill his greater self, in order to pass it.
Jiang Xiao felt that it was a loss to sacrifice for the "World Tree" even if it was in an illusion.
But if he doesn't do something, he won't be able to pass the level. Jiang Xiao doesn't want to hold his senior brothers and sisters back.
Thinking of Jiang Xin, Jiang Xiao had a flash of inspiration.
The little guy covered his eyes with his hands, then left two gaps between his fingers and looked through the void at another illusion.
Let him secretly take a look at how the senior sister answers the questions.
After reading it, Jiang Xiao suddenly realized something, and said to the elder in front of him confidently: "You are older than me, have higher cultivation than me, and have received more grace from the Holy Church than I have. You should sacrifice yourself."
Yao Hengtai, who had just jumped here from Jiang Xin, heard the same lines and almost sprained his ankle at the sound of the childish voice.
Gu Dong was even more surprised: "Why is he like this?!"
Yao Hengtai was also puzzled.
Are these senior and junior brothers of the same character?
Seeing that Jiang Xiao copied Jiang Xin's answer and passed the level successfully, Yao Hengtai jumped towards Lin Yan's illusion without giving up.
Lin Yan had just finished a divination before he came and got the correct answer. He walked up to the altar calmly and passed the level smoothly.
Yao Hengtai breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.
Fortunately, the illusion was not broken, and I knew how to determine the correct response.
Jiang Xin and Jiang Xiao were also able to pass the level, so they must be bad people.
This thought flashed through Yao Hengtai's mind, making him feel inexplicably uneasy, but he quickly erased this bad idea.
Jiang Xin and Jiang Xiao, who had just sensed that someone was scolding them, withdrew their inquiring gazes at the same time and squatted obediently in their respective illusions waiting for the illusion to end.
But the uneasy feeling in Yao Hengtai's heart did not disappear. He did not dare to stay where he was. He grabbed Gu Dong and jumped directly to the nearest illusion.
This is Ning Yao’s illusion.
When Yao Hengtai walked over, he just happened to see Ning Yao knocking down everyone with one sword, and then turned around and left angrily.
He used his sword to cut down the tall altar until not even the foundation was left. Both the elders who had previously persuaded him to voluntarily sacrifice, and the guardians who were used to enforce the law, fell to the ground and wailed.
Looking at Ning Yao's leaving figure, the elder spat out a large mouthful of blood and shouted angrily: "You can't do this! The Holy Church raised you and taught you..."
Before he could finish his words, Ning Yao swung his sword back, shutting his mouth permanently.
The rest of the believers were horrified as they saw the young man in white holding the sword in one hand swiftly put away the sword and turn away.
On the sacrificial square, which still had the sharp sword intent, the only thing left was the young man coldly uttering two words: "Evil Cult."
Watching Ning Yao's back disappearing, Gu Dong secretly swallowed his saliva and glanced at Yao Hengtai fearfully.
Although in the second level the candidate's cultivation will be greatly improved in order to fit the candidate's identity as a "holy son" or "holy daughter" carefully cultivated by the Holy Church, the strength demonstrated by Ning Yao is far beyond what can be simulated in an illusion.
Gu Dong even suspected that he was holding back when attacking the characters in the illusion, otherwise Ning Yao would have been able to rely on his own skills to forcibly break through the illusion and even beat Yao Hengtai.
But isn’t this just a swordsman in the Qi Refining Stage?
Even if sword cultivators are relatively stronger among their peers, they shouldn't be this strong, right?
Gu Dong glanced at Yao Hengtai, hoping to see something from his face.
But Yao Hengtai felt the same as him and was also secretly glancing at his expression.
The two people's worried and inquiring gazes suddenly met in the air. They were both startled and quickly moved away.
Gu Dong hurriedly tried to find a way out for Yao Hengtai: "Senior, this child doesn't seem to be suitable for our academy. Should we go and see other people's illusions?"
"Yeah." Yao Hengtai responded with pretended calmness, grabbed Gu Dong and randomly selected an illusion nearby, which happened to be Chu Linfeng's illusion.
Seeing that it was another sword cultivator in this group, their eyelids twitched violently.
Could this be another violent teenager who can beat up all the characters in the fantasy story?
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