Luo Yan had never thought too much about Shi Liuli's thoughts.

What worries him most now is not the love affairs and petty quarrels, but the major issues concerning his own path.

That is the bottleneck of the practice of the Root-Seeking Stage to Great Perfection.

Looking back, although the road construction process was not completely smooth, it can also be said to be smooth sailing.

Compared with ordinary cultivators, it is even faster, so fast that it is not an exaggeration to say that he is soaring into the sky, but only Luo Yan knows how tight his time is.

Now, there are only about 800 years left before the world is destroyed.

More than eight hundred years, if given to other cultivators, would be almost the same pace from entry to infant formation... or they would die halfway.

But for Luo Yan, he must gain the trust of the immortals as soon as possible and then seize the fragments of the Sky-Repairing Stone from them, otherwise the world will fall into destruction.

In order to save the world, I can only encourage myself and run into the Youwei Steps!

Ajing, help me!

"What can I do about your bottleneck in cultivation?" Kunlun Jing said speechlessly, "If I can solve your bottleneck, I will directly give you an initiation and make you an immortal, okay?"

"If it's possible, that would be great!" Luo Yan said nonchalantly, "Why not?"

Kunlun Jing was speechless after hearing what he said, thinking that he had underestimated this man's shamelessness. He shouldn't have been sarcastic just now!

When they arrived at the top of Xihua Peak for the third time, everyone was helpless in the face of the snow-capped peak, and soon Shi Liuli was summoned by the head of Yujing to do divination.

Luo Yan was bored and slacking off nearby. Seeing this group of people running around like headless flies, he pretended to choose a direction at random with some impatience and used the acquired Five Elements Divine Light to dig out a corner of the ruins.

There is no need to go into details about what happened afterwards. In short, he and Shi Liuli set foot on the road of light that led to the sky.

Seeing that the higher he climbed, the steeper the light path became, and remembering Xu Yinglian and An Zhisu's reactions, Luo Yan acted resolute and said tragically:

"My lady! If I can't hold on any longer, you can step on my shoulders and use my body to jump up!"

"No need." Shi Liuli quickly comforted him, "I've checked. This light path has no leverage at all, and it doesn't allow the use of any spells or magic weapons. I think it's because after we fall naturally, we will be able to enter the Golden Palace Secret Realm. Otherwise, it means that this secret realm was never intended for people to enter from the beginning, which is really unreasonable."

"Ah, this..." Luo Yan was stunned for a while before he said, "What if we just couldn't find a way in and were left behind? What should we do?"

"No big deal." Shi Liuli replied, "It's just that we are not destined to be together. When we go back, the headmaster may not blame you or me for this."

Luo Yan: ...

This is not fun! Miss Shi!

When the light path tilted to ninety degrees, the two men finally couldn't hold on and fell down.

Luo Yan controlled the Five Elements Divine Light, turned earth into water, and dug a pond in the open space below, causing the two of them to fall into the water.

"Are you okay, madam?" Luo Yan stood firm and went over to support Shi Liuli.

"It's okay." Shi Liuli helped him stand steadily, and suddenly heard a voice coming from the secret realm:

"Inside the Golden Palace, there are more than twelve people."

"Once the requirements are met, the twelve Que Lords will be chosen."

Shi Liuli frowned slightly, looking thoughtful.

Luo Yan noticed her pensive look and was secretly shocked.

Not good!

Although he didn't know why, he always felt that with Shi Liuli's intelligence and miraculous divination skills, he might be able to pass the Golden Palace easily.

"Husband, shall we go?" Shi Liuli smiled. "It seems that the way to get the Golden Palace this time is different from the last time."

How do you know it’s different from last time… Luo Yan really wanted to ask, but he barely held back.

The two wandered around in the secret realm and soon met the maid sent by the True Lord. They were then invited to a small pavilion where the True Lord lived.

This True Lord is a handsome man or woman with a face as beautiful as jade. At least one's gender cannot be determined from his appearance and voice. In other words, regardless of gender, when their appearance reaches a certain extreme, they have many things in common.

This time, Luo Yan and his companion were the first to arrive, so the True Lord only spoke a few words to them, asked them to sit on the bench in the pavilion, and wait until there were six people before starting.

The two naturally did as they were told. Not long after, Tianqi Zhenren from Shushan and three other unknown demon monks arrived here.

One is a cultivator of the Heavenly Demon Sect, one is a monk of the Shura Sect, and the other looks like a cultivator of the Eastern Emperor Sect.

"Since there are already six of us, let the trial begin." The True Lord smiled faintly and said gently, "I am the True Lord Zhonghou."

"My test is also very simple: starting from my right, everyone can pick anyone present and ask a question."

"The other party can choose to answer honestly or lie, but cannot refuse to answer. Otherwise, they will be eliminated early."

"If any part of your answer is untrue, it will be considered a lie."

“After the answer is given, the questioner must decide whether the person is telling the truth or a lie and give an answer on the spot.”

"If the questioner's judgment is correct, then the person being asked will be considered a failure and will not participate in subsequent questions or answers and can leave early."

"Of course, if the questioner makes a wrong judgment, there will be no punishment and the right to ask the question can be passed on to the next real person."

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone looked at each other in surprise... Luo Yan certainly knew why they were surprised, but he did not expect that the test in the Golden Palace Secret Realm would be this type of battle of wits and strategies.

However, I have participated in three rounds of tests, while you are a newcomer. How can you be my opponent?

Luo Yan was thinking this complacently when he suddenly heard Lady Liuli beside him speaking to him in secret voice transmission:

"This competition is quite interesting. It tests one's judgment and psychological skills."

"We happen to be sitting on the right hand side of this Master, so we need to make the best use of our first-mover advantage and eliminate as many people as possible in the first round."

"Of course." Luo Yan quickly followed suit, then suddenly reacted.

Wait, this is your first time here too, right? Why do you seem so experienced?

"Then I will ask first." Shi Liuli took out a copper coin from his sleeve, turned it over and over in his hand, and asked the Heavenly Demon Daoist sitting on Luo Yan's right, "Excuse me, fellow Daoist."

"Among all the skills, magic weapons, flying swords you usually use, what is your biggest weakness... or the most fatal weakness?"

When the demonic cultivator heard this, he immediately revealed an expression of extreme shock and horror.