Gu Qingfeng could sense the breath of time from this man.

He was sure that the man in front of him was from the previous era, or to be more precise, a projection.

The man's aura was exactly the same as Hua Caiyu and Yan Lingxue, but he was not a Half-Step Immortal Lord, but a projection.

This shadow seems to be preserved by this bronze pagoda.

His strength is not very strong, just a peak Immortal King.

However, for the original quasi-Immortal King level contestants, the peak Immortal King level has reached its end.

If the requirement of the trial is to defeat the man playing the musical instrument, then it is impossible for any of the quasi-immortal kings, including Jie Tiandaozi, to pass the first level.

This means that the first level of the trial should not be a battle, but related to the sound of the piano.

"What do you think of this song?" the man playing the piano suddenly asked.

"The song is okay, but it's not accompanied by a cool dance, so I give it a bad review."

The man playing the zither was slightly stunned, then said with an unhappy face: "Vulgar! The zither is an elegant thing, how can it be so vulgar? You don't understand music at all, it's like playing the zither to a cow, you are unqualified, go back!"

Gu Qingfeng smiled slightly, said nothing, and walked slowly towards the man playing the piano.

A sneer flashed across the face of the man playing the zither: "It seems that you want to force your way in. You really overestimate your own abilities. This level cannot be passed by force. Only those who understand the zither can pass it!"

clang!

The man playing the piano suddenly played the piano with both hands, and the tune suddenly changed, becoming high-pitched and passionate. Billions of invisible piano sounds turned into terrifying sharp blades and shot towards Gu Qingfeng.

Gu Qingfeng walked leisurely in the garden, completely ignoring the blades and letting them hit his body.

Bang bang bang!

The blades of the zither exploded as if they had hit an unshakable sacred mountain.

"What!?"

The man playing the piano cried out in surprise, his face suddenly changed color. He quickly increased his strength, preparing to launch a fatal blow. However, at this moment, a white and powerful hand seemed to ignore the distance and directly pinched his throat.

All the piano sounds stopped abruptly.

The man playing the piano looked up in horror, and met a pair of eyes filled with scarlet devilish light, which seemed to contain mountains of corpses and seas of blood, and the underworld of hell.

Looking directly into it is like looking directly into the abyss.

The man playing the piano wanted to struggle at first, but after meeting such a pair of eyes, he stopped all struggles. He was frightened and scared.

This is simply not the strength that a contestant at the quasi-immortal king level can possess!

Where on earth did this demon come from!?

Gu Qingfeng didn't say anything, just looked at him calmly.

The man playing the zither suddenly broke out in a cold sweat and said hurriedly with difficulty: "You have passed the checkpoint, the passage is over there."

As he spoke, a beam of fairy light came out from his hand and hit the wall beside him, and a door suddenly appeared on it.

"Oh?" Gu Qingfeng's mouth curled up into a sinister smile: "Didn't you say that this emperor doesn't understand music? How come you can still pass?"

The man playing the zither forced a smile and said, "You are joking, sir. I am the one who does not understand the rhythm of music. Your words just now really woke me up. As the saying goes, the harmony of music and color is the most wonderful thing in the world. How can you be called elegant if you only play the zither without observing the color?"

In my opinion, it should not only be accompanied by a cool dance, but it should also be accompanied by a roar to be considered elegant! "

"Hehehe..." Gu Qingfeng was overjoyed when he heard that. He loosened his hand and let go of the man playing the piano.

"You are good. You really know how to play the piano."

"Alas, I am far inferior to you. Please come this way, and take care."

The man playing the piano respectfully led Gu Qingfeng to the entrance to the next floor, and then watched him leave.

Only after seeing Gu Qingfeng leave did he breathe a sigh of relief.

He muttered, "In the past, it was always the Quasi-Immortal Kings who came to participate in the trial. It would have been fine if only one person came today, but I didn't expect it to be such a powerful evil demon. What is going on? Fortunately, I am smart."

At this moment, the guqin made a few harsh sounds, as if it was mocking.

The old man who was playing the piano blushed and said, "What do you know? I'm not afraid of death. I just can't bear to give up the piano. If I die, I will never hear the sound of the piano again."

......

The second floor of the bronze pagoda.

The layout is basically the same as the first floor and it is still very empty.

There was only one young child sitting in the hall.

A young child wearing a red bellyband and a pigtail.

There was a chessboard placed in front of the child. The chessboard was very high, and the child could only show his two protruding fingers when standing in front of the chessboard.

Gu Qingfeng looked at the child. Just like the man playing the piano on the first floor, the child seemed not to have seen the person coming. He just stared at the chessboard intently, as if he was in a trance.

"Music, chess, calligraphy and painting?" Gu Qingfeng chuckled, "I didn't expect the owner of this pagoda is quite good at playing."

"Shh, don't talk, don't disturb me playing chess."

The child raised his head and said dissatisfiedly.

It was then that Gu Qingfeng noticed the child's entire appearance. It was a boy, and he looked very young, but his eyes were filled with the heavy breath of vicissitudes of life, like an old monster who had lived for endless years.

"Open the passage quickly, or I will overturn your chessboard."

Gu Qingfeng was too lazy to waste time with him and threatened him directly.

Unexpectedly, the child laughed and said, "You are just a quasi-immortal king, yet you are so arrogant. This chessboard is connected to the pagoda, even I can't move it, how can you?

If you want to pass it, then you can break this deadlock."

The child pointed at the chessboard.

Gu Qingfeng walked slowly towards the chessboard.

The child thought he was coming over to play chess, so he began to introduce: "This is the Prison Heaven Endgame. Since the last era, no one in the world has been able to crack it. Even if a chess master came, it would be useless. No matter how you place the pieces, you will definitely lose after thirty-six moves. Everyone says this is a dead end and there is no way to crack it.

But I don’t think so. There is no chess game that cannot be cracked. It’s just that we haven’t found a way yet. Of course, I don’t expect you to be able to crack it. As long as you can persist for 20 moves without losing, then you…”

Before the child could finish his words, a big foot had already kicked onto the chessboard.

The young boy did not stop him, but sneered, thinking that Gu Qingfeng was overestimating his own abilities, because even a peak Immortal King like him could not destroy this chessboard, unless the person who came was a Half-Step Immortal Lord.

The result is the next second.

Snap!

A bright crack appeared on the chessboard, and then more and more cracks appeared, until the chessboard shattered and the chess pieces shattered to the ground.

The young child was so stunned that his eyes almost popped out.

"You, you, you...how...?"

"Open the passage or die." Gu Qingfeng's calm voice directly interrupted the child's exclamation.

The child's expression changed again and again. Suddenly, he clapped his hands violently and looked at the chessboard fragments on the ground with ecstasy on his face.

"The Prisoner's Heaven endgame has been solved! I understand! No wonder no matter how I deduce or how I gamble, it always ends in a dead end. I have suspected countless times that this chess game is an unsolvable dead end, but my master said back then that there must be a solution, and today I finally understand.

Your action of breaking the chess game may seem reckless, but it is actually the only way to survive!

Destroying the chess game is the real way to break the deadlock!

If the chess game is ruined, then the deadlock is gone, right? If it is gone, then it is broken, right?

Now I finally understand! The Prisoner of Heaven endgame is indeed a dead end. If you want to crack it, you have to jump out of the chess game, and naturally you won't be trapped in the dead end!

It turns out that victory or defeat is not determined within the chess game, but outside the game!

Your Excellency is truly a wise fool, a wise fool! Hahaha, you passed the test!"