Chapter 135 Level 2 (5)
Monk Hu didn't notice what Tao Zi was thinking when she looked at him, and continued to ask, "What do you think, Fellow Daoist Tao?"
"Then let's continue walking together." Tao Zi said with a smile.
An unknown amount of time had passed, but the two had already killed dozens of monsters, cut down several monster plants, and even obtained a lot of high-level medicinal herbs, but they still hadn't encountered the gatekeeper.
If Tao Zi was not firm enough, she would probably start to doubt whether she was in an illusion.
During the break, Monk Hu handed her a piece of dry food and frowned, saying, "Why haven't we met the Gatekeeper yet? As far as I know, the Gatekeeper usually appears early. If we keep waiting like this, I'm afraid the ruins will be closed and we won't be able to complete the three inquiries."
She didn't respond to this, but just looked not far away and said, "Someone is coming."
He followed and looked over.
A disheveled man appeared behind a big rock. The sleeve of his left hand was empty, probably because it was broken.
Seeing them, he was obviously relieved and said, "Finally, I met a living person. Can I have some food?"
Tao Zi smiled and said, "Of course."
He sat down beside them nonchalantly and complained, "Are we really in reality? Why haven't we even had a chance to examine our consciences?"
She asked in surprise, "You haven't experienced the test of self-examination, fellow Daoist?"
The man pointed to his sleeve and said with a smile: "Yes, if this continues, I can't bear it anymore."
Tao Zi watched his every move and always felt that he was inexplicably familiar, but this person did not exist in her mind.
Not long after, the man asked again, "Do you have any healing spells or herbs? I can trade them with you using spiritual tools."
As he spoke, he actually took out a spiritual weapon, a second-grade one.
Monk Hu said, "Yes, there is, but the healing ability is very ordinary."
"It's okay. I'm seriously injured. Even an ordinary person can help me."
He actually handed over the spiritual weapon in exchange for those ordinary talismans and medicinal herbs.
Exchanging a second-grade spiritual weapon for medicinal herbs and talismans, this is too generous. Could he be the young master of some sect?
Tao Zi was a little suspicious, but most of all she suspected that there was something wrong with the spiritual weapon.
Monk Hu had the same suspicion and wanted to put the spiritual weapon back, but he couldn't stop him and got up and left.
"I've lost my companions and need to find them. Goodbye."
He left very quickly. The two looked at each other and Tao Zi said, "Let me take a look at this spiritual weapon."
As soon as she got the spiritual weapon, she tried to input spiritual energy into it to use it.
With the input of spiritual energy, the spiritual weapon changed from a small piece of iron into a long iron robe.
It is obvious that this spiritual weapon is a protective weapon.
Monk Hu looked at Tao Zi's suddenly serious expression and asked, "Is there any problem with this?"
She withdrew her spiritual energy and said naturally, "This spiritual weapon is very good, but there seems to be a mark inside."
"Do you know which sect's symbol this is?"
She handed the spiritual weapon back, her tone also filled with confusion: "I don't know about that. Fellow Daoist Hu, take it, but be careful."
"Don't worry, since you gave it to me, it's mine. There's no reason for the sect to take it back." Monk Hu put the spiritual weapon directly into the storage bag.
Tao Zi's expression remained the same, and it was impossible to tell that a huge wave of emotions was stirring in her heart.
She recognized the mark, not only recognized it, but also felt very familiar with it.
That was the Minglan Sect's tracking mark, and it also had a lesser-appreciated ability—it could record whereabouts and transmit them back to the sect.
Tao Zi looked in the direction the man left.
In Minglan Sect, not everyone can possess a second-grade spiritual weapon, but in her impression, there is no such person in Minglan Sect.
Could it be that he robbed someone from the Ming Lan Sect? That would be really interesting.
Of course, she did not intend to remind Monk Hu. After all, this man had many secrets, and she did not need to reveal her familiarity with the Minglan Sect to remind him.
The two of them rested for a while and then got up to look for the gatekeeper.
Monk Hu asked, "How do we find this gatekeeper?"
"I don't know either. It is said that only the gatekeepers can look for people, and no one who has experienced it has any reason to look for it."
The two looked at each other in silence and sighed together. He said with emotion: "Why are there so many things wrong?"
Tao Zi was about to nod, but stopped.
Something wrong?
She remembered that the familiar feeling from the man just now came from the man in black she met in the first level. The two of them had a similar temperament in their gestures, and both loved to give away money and cut off hands.
Tao Zi glanced in that direction a few more times before saying, "Let's go. This situation is clearly not normal. Perhaps we should look for more people."
Monk Hu naturally agreed.
The two had only taken a few steps when the same voice that had spoken when they entered the second level rang out again: "The rules have changed. Please stop, all monks!"
Everyone stopped and listened to the voice in surprise.
"The three stages of the Heart-Searching Exam have been integrated into one, and will be triggered in the Heart-Refining Valley. Please rush to the Heart-Refining Valley immediately and pass the Heart-Searching Exam to enter the Opportunity Exam!"
The same sound echoed three times in different scenes of the ruins.
Tao Zi frowned. Being able to force the ruins to change the rules was a big deal.
Monk Hu looked at Tao Zi in confusion and asked, "Fellow Daoist Tao, do you know where the Refining Heart Valley is?"
"I don't know." She shook her head. Every time she entered the ruins, the scene would be different.
They were not the only two who were confused. Fortunately, after a while, several butterflies appeared out of thin air in front of everyone and led the way.
Tao Zi and his companions rode on their spiritual weapons and met many cultivators along the way.
Due to the strange situation, everyone was not as wary of each other as usual, but instead exchanged information.
One of the Tiandao Sect disciples, flying on a sword, said, "Something's not right with this ruins. Not to mention the temporary change in the rules, even this scene is amiss in every way."
Everyone present had experienced the triple illusion, and many of them shuddered when they heard this.
One of them said with a wry smile, "My fellow Daoist, please don't scare me. My junior brother has just recovered."
This voice was exactly the same voice that Tao Zi and the others had heard before.
The Tiandao Sect disciple said solemnly, "I too had my doubts, but after various tests, I'm certain that this scene is indeed real, and we are not in an illusion."
Monk Hu then asked, "What's wrong?"
"Normally, there should be a lot of natural treasures in the ruins, and even hidden spiritual weapons. However, my fellow apprentices and I walked around and found only some ordinary spiritual plants. Even the monster beasts were not very powerful."
Someone asked hesitantly, "Spiritual weapon...isn't it at the level of opportunity?"
The disciple shook his head and said, "Spiritual weapons are at the second level, and the third level is the opportunity level. It should contain techniques and skills, and even some inheritance. Even if there are weapons, their grade should be higher than that of spiritual weapons."
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