Not only were the crowd stunned, but even the dozen or so ghosts that appeared at the same time looked at each other in bewilderment. For a moment, the people and the ghosts stared at each other without saying a word.
"You're not going to fulfill all of these wishes, are you?" Aju broke the silence and blurted out.
Everyone looked at Hua Qianxun, who quickly waved her hand and said, "Don't even think about it. This would seriously disrupt the order of the human world, and my older brother would fight me to the death."
"It seems that if you don't fight your older brother to the death, we'll have to fight these guys to the death," Dongfang Mian said helplessly.
At this moment, the ghosts opposite finally reacted, and the oldest one stepped forward and said, "Have you come for the Emperor's treasure?"
Everyone nodded, and the old man asked again, "Then why did you come out through the back door?"
Dongfang Mian thought to herself, "How are we supposed to answer you? We can't exactly say that we've already taken the Emperor's treasure and are about to leave."
"Um, is there some kind of test here? Do we need to fulfill any wishes of yours?" Dongfang Mian asked, changing the subject.
The old man nodded and said, "If you want to pass through here, you need to answer three questions."
Everyone was relieved to hear this. As long as it wasn't about fulfilling a wish, how difficult could three questions be? But after the old man finished asking the three questions, even Hua Qianxun thought it would be better to just fight her older brother.
These three questions are as follows:
1. What is the Emperor's favorite saying?
2. What was the first skill that the Emperor used?
3. What was the most frequently consumed celestial fruit by the Emperor during his lifetime?
After the three questions were asked, everyone was speechless. What kind of questions were these? How could anyone possibly know the answers to these questions? These were clearly questions designed to prevent people from passing through this point.
Seeing everyone looking worried, the old man was unusually happy and said with a smile, "You don't know, do you? It doesn't matter. I have one more question. If you can answer it, you don't need to answer the other questions and you'll have passed."
"What's the problem?" everyone asked curiously.
"What is the most numerous item in His Majesty's treasury?" the old man asked, enunciating each word clearly. After speaking, he seemed to have thought of something, and his eyes crinkled into a smile.
The other ghosts were also casually sitting, standing, or floating in the air, waiting to see the joke. It seemed that Dongfang Mian and the others were just a way for them to pass the time when they were bored while on guard duty.
Unexpectedly, Dongfang Mian's eyes lit up when she heard the question. With a sudden thought, she communicated with Tianyin and then blurted out, "It's Demon Tail Grass."
Instantly, all the ghosts froze, and those in mid-air fell to the ground, all staring at Dongfang Mian with terrified expressions, as if she were the truly terrifying ghost.
"What? Am I wrong?" Dongfang Mian asked.
"Yes, you're right, it is indeed the Demon Tail Grass. How did you know?" The old man was utterly astonished.
"I guessed," Dongfang Mian said calmly, as if it were just a common occurrence for her.
Looking around at the calm expressions of the people around her, who seemed completely unsurprised that Dongfang Mian had answered the question, the old man suddenly began to doubt Gui Sheng.
"Alright, you've passed the test. You can now venture deeper to search for the Emperor's treasure," the old man said, bowing his head.
Dongfang Mian waved her hand and said, "No need, we just want to go out through the main gate now."
"You're leaving? Aren't you going to look for the treasure?" the old man asked, his eyes wide.
"Yes, we have some things to take care of at home," Dongfang Mian said with a smile.
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