Zhou Yuanyuan finally breathed a sigh of relief when Xiaoyu announced she wasn't dead. As long as she remained in her original plane and time, she could see her family again. Her family was the driving force behind all her efforts.
"Oh, oh, oh... Master, this broken bead is so mean. Xiaoyu just wanted to talk to it, but it thought Xiaoyu wanted to devour it, and brought the three of us to such a damn place. Master, you have to avenge Xiaoyu! You can't be partial to it and dislike Xiaoyu in the future." Xiaoyu thought of her miserable life in the trial mission over the years, and couldn't help crying.
There's a saying: A phoenix without feathers is no better than a chicken. Xiaoyu used to mock the Phoenix clan for this saying, but now Xiaoyu has deeply understood the true meaning of this saying: A fallen Xiaoyu is no better than the Chaos Pearl!
Xiaoyu and Chaos Pearl were both innate spiritual treasures. While in the Sky Realm, Xiaoyu had a large following, while Chaos Pearl was a solitary being. Therefore, Xiaoyu always considered herself superior to Chaos Pearl. Xiaoyu and Chaos Pearl had clashed several times, fighting intermittently for tens of thousands of years, with each side winning and losing.
Upon seeing the Chaos Pearl again in the Black Bear Demon's treasure cave, Xiaoyu initially thought she'd misjudged it. In her memory, the Chaos Pearl was milky white, not the pitch-black it was now. However, these spiritual treasures recognize people by more than just appearances. Even after tens of thousands of years, Xiaoyu still remembers the Chaos Pearl's unique magnetic field fluctuations. Just as Xiaoyu was about to reminisce with the Chaos Pearl, Zhou Yuanyuan and Hu Sanniang were sucked into the Chaos Pearl's newly created trial world.
Xiaoyu is sweating profusely! Where's the acquaintance we agreed to meet? Why won't you even give me any respect?
With no other options, Xiaoyu had to save herself. Zhou Yuanyuan and Hu Sanniang were unconscious for half an hour after being sucked into the trial world. Xiaoyu only had time to get Zhou Yuanyuan and Hu Sanniang out of the trial world before the trial began.
There are two types of Chaos Orb Trial quests. One involves entering the Trial World with your original form (body and soul intact) and solving the puzzles posed by the Chaos Orb. Chaos Orb itself enjoys this type of Trial the most. In this type of Trial, it can challenge the characters in the Trial World with various challenges while enjoying the pleasure of watching the characters weep bitterly after failing. It can also wander around the various interfaces.
Another type of trial mission involves the participant entering the mission in the form of a spirit. In this type of trial mission, the participant's spirit possesses no inherent attributes and begins the trial in its most primitive state. Simply put, the participant has no memories of their past; they have no idea who they are or how powerful they once were. All challenges they face are automatically generated by the laws of the world, and even the Chaos Orb cannot interfere with the trial's content.
The second type of trial task has another advantage. Because the body and soul of the trial-taker cannot be separated too far, the Chaos Orb cannot wander around in various realms and can only stay in the original interface, waiting for the trial task to end.
Xiaoyu and the Chaos Pearl had fought for so many years that they had developed a bit of a friendship. When the Chaos Pearl was in a good mood, it had boasted to Xiaoyu about its world of trials and had also pointed out its bad taste: it didn't want to find its master, so how could anyone possibly pass its test if it set the questions?
For example, if the Chaos Orb asks: What shape is the sun?, the participant will definitely answer: Round.
Hehehe... At this time, the Chaos Pearl will definitely say: You are wrong, the sun is not round, it is flat. Even if the person who answers says it is flat, the Chaos Pearl can still say that he is wrong, the sun is actually round.
There are countless examples like this. In short, the Chaos Pearl that Xiaoyu knows is extremely shameless and unruly, and takes pleasure in killing trial participants.
It is precisely because of this that, over the years, no one who undertook the trial mission succeeded. Both their bodies and souls became nutrients for the Chaos Pearl.
Because of this insider information, Xiaoyu decisively sent Zhou Yuanyuan and Hu Sanniang's bodies away upon entering the trial world. While the Soul Trial might be more difficult, the questions were set by the laws of the world, and not even the Chaos Orb could interfere. Xiaoyu felt that this type of trial was fairer to its master.
After Zhou Yuanyuan's consciousness was placed into the osmanthus tree seed by the Chaos Pearl, her sea of consciousness closed. This closed sea of consciousness was a pitch-black world. Xiaoyu remained in this dark world, afraid to waste even a single bit of spiritual energy, fearing it would affect Zhou Yuanyuan's trial. She knew that if Zhou Yuanyuan failed, Xiaoyu and Hu Sanniang would also die.
Over the years, Xiaoyu has lived alone in the darkness, feeling lonely and almost going crazy. She can't see the outside world, and can't contact Zhou Yuanyuan. All she can do is wait.
But the Chaos Pearl just wouldn't let go of Xiaoyu, its old acquaintance. In this trial world, the Chaos Pearl is the master and can do whatever it wants.
Whenever Chaos Pearl had free time, it would come to Xiaoyu and rant about how Xiaoyu had willingly lowered herself to accepting a cultivator as her master. It also said that Xiaoyu's cultivator master had transformed into a small tree, withered and unable to even hunt, and was dying. Speaking of pride, Chaos Pearl even boasted to Xiaoyu that once Zhou Yuanyuan failed the trial, it would absorb Xiaoyu.
Xiaoyu was almost depressed to death. Before Zhou Yuanyuan's trial was completed, he couldn't argue with the Chaos Pearl, so he could only bite the bullet and analyze Zhou Yuanyuan's situation from the Chaos Pearl's scattered words.
Hearing that Zhou Yuanyuan was dying, Xiaoyu felt anxious. Hearing that Hu Sanniang was being bullied by the people of Xiushui Village, Xiaoyu could only suppress her anger. Over the years, who did Xiaoyu hate the most? It was none other than Chaos Pearl.
There is no harm without comparison. Compared with Xiaoyu's misery and Chaos Pearl's arrogance, Xiaoyu felt that she had suffered tens of thousands of points of damage.
"Master, that Broken Pearl is a treacherous and cunning creature. It deliberately fails people in trials. It's truly evil." While the Chaos Pearl was away, Xiaoyu recounted her findings to Zhou Yuanyuan, concluding with a relentless smear campaign against the Pearl. Was it Chaos Pearl's recent behavior that truly deserved a beating? Was it simply that its current strength wasn't as strong as the Chaos Pearl's? Xiaoyu was truly afraid that with the Chaos Pearl, her Master would no longer favor her.
"Broken stone, who did you say broke the bead? Do you still have any shame? You destroyed my beautiful image in front of my master." As Xiaoyu finished speaking, a black bead flew over from the sky with a "whoosh" sound and stopped in front of Zhou Yuanyuan.
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