Chapter 155: At First Glance, He Is an Honest Person

"...Why does a common name sound more like a scientific name than a scientific name?" Lu Yang complained softly from the back.

"Because the first Senior with a pure Yang spiritual root simply called his own spiritual root a single spiritual root." Yun Zhi's cultivation was immeasurably deep, and Lu Yang's soft complaint was no different from speaking in her ear; she heard it clearly.

Yun Zhi paused for a moment, then said, "The cultivation world has the habit of respecting Seniors."

It seemed saying such a sentence could enhance persuasiveness.

Meng Jingzhou naturally passed the first level, and after Meng Jingzhou was Lu Yang.

"Hmm?! Another single spiritual root?!" Dai Bufan's pupils shrank. He had just been complaining that he hadn't encountered a single spiritual root after being busy for half the day, and now there were two in a row.

"Me, a single spiritual root?" Lu Yang pointed at himself, his heart pounding, always feeling like he was having auditory hallucinations, the corners of his mouth involuntarily turning up.

"Correct, you are a variant single spiritual root, a sword spiritual root." Dai Bufan nodded affirmatively. He had never made a mistake in testing spiritual root bones.

A sword spiritual root, an innate sword seed, sharp and unbeatable, with the most powerful attack!

Senior Sister Yun Zhi looked at Lu Yang with slight surprise. She had agreed to ride in the carriage merely casually, not expecting that the two people in the carriage were both top cultivation geniuses.

The eyes of the crowd became more and more fervent, and they began to calculate the appropriate age girls for Lu Yang, wishing they could abduct Lu Yang and marry him into their respective forces.

And unlike Meng Jingzhou, who had the Meng family behind him, Lu Yang was obviously of mortal origin, with no backing.

Extremely good talent, yet no power behind him, simply the best object to marry into their family.

The most crucial thing was that he could marry and have children!

Lu Yang felt the crowd's eyes on him were strange and quickly entered the second level.

Behind Dai Bufan was a patch of bamboo forest, and the second level was conducted within this bamboo forest.

"How about it, what spiritual root are you?" Meng Jingzhou quickly walked out of the shadow of being a single spiritual root, full of interest as he inquired of Lu Yang.

What about a single spiritual root? On the path to immortality, there were many withered bones, and women were merely skeletons covered in red powder. He didn't need any beauties or fairies accompanying him left and right!

Instead, Lu Yang, although he could pass the first level, thought that there was only one transcendent talent like himself, and Lu Yang was just at the double spiritual root level.

As an absolute genius with a single spiritual root, he ought to care for mediocre geniuses.

"Sword spiritual root."

"Your grandma's."

"Hmm?" Lu Yang was completely confused.

After another half day, those ranked behind entered the second level one after another, and Dai Bufan eliminated those whose spiritual root bones did not meet the standard.

Listening to the discussions of the people behind, it seemed that several more special physiques had appeared, but before he could inquire about the specific situation, Senior Sister Yun Zhi appeared in front of the crowd, lightly dropped one sentence, "The second level begins below," and then disappeared directly, leaving the crowd bewildered.

Thick fog gradually rose, like smoke and waves, vast like water, like a huge gauze net covering the entire bamboo forest.

The crowd subconsciously wanted to struggle, but it had little effect. Their whole bodies were powerless, and their consciousness gradually sank.

This was the Illusion Bamboo Forest, which was one ring of the sect's great array protecting the sect. How could these people resist it?

Yun Zhi casually drew a circle, dispelling the fog, clearing out a space, and asked the sect disciples to stand behind her.

Dai Bufan chuckled: "Falling into the Illusion Bamboo Forest will make them forget their identities, forget the test, forget everything, and make their most real reactions. I just don't know how many people can pass the second level this time."

"I hope more can pass. This batch has several good seedlings; it would be a pity to lose them in the second level."

Yun Zhi never kicked Meng Jingzhou and Lu Yang out of the test, because Meng Jingzhou had obtained the exam questions not from this year, but from twenty years ago.

"I also don't know which elder sold them."

"Junior Brother Dai, who do you think can pass the second level?"

"Naturally, that ancient barbarian clan. The ancient barbarian clan is famous for their pure hearts; their heart nature is beyond doubt."

"I see that single spiritual root and sword spiritual root are also not bad. At first glance, they are honest people."

Yun Zhi thought of the scene where Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou discussed how to cheat in the carriage, and felt that they had nothing to do with being honest people.

...

"Where am I?" The strong man of the ancient barbarian clan, named Man Gu, looked around in confusion, forgetting what had happened earlier.

He held a worn-out axe and stood at the edge of the river. The small river's waves sparkled, very beautiful.

Man Gu's hand slipped, and the worn-out axe fell into the small river. Man Gu was just about to go fish it out when he saw the small river bubbling gurgle gurgle, the bubbles getting bigger and bigger, a fountain surging up, and a fairy-like immortal figure appeared, floating three axes of different styles in front.

"Young man, I am the River Spirit. Did you drop this worn-out axe, or this spirit tool Mountain-Opening Axe, or this immortal tool Sky-Opening Axe?"

The spirit tool Mountain-Opening Axe and the immortal tool Sky-Opening Axe were two famous axes in the Central Continent. Even if a mortal had no talent, once they obtained these two axes, they could also soar and become giant-like figures.

Man Gu blurted out: "It was the worn-out axe."

The River Spirit smiled: "Truly an honest young man, then I'll give you all three of these axes."

Man Gu passed the second level.

"You see, I said Man Gu would definitely pass the second level. Let me see how the single spiritual root and the sword spiritual root choose." Dai Bufan looked down with great interest.

The second level tested honesty, and the passing standard was to obtain the three axes.

The River Spirit was not an illusion; he was a spirit nurtured by heaven and earth, born in the small river surrounding the bamboo forest.

He transformed into many forms, entering the illusion to test the crowd.

The River Spirit liked honest people. There was only one way to pass the second level: just honestly answer the River Spirit's question and let the River Spirit gift the three axes.

...

"Hmm? How did the axe fall into the river?" Lu Yang was a bit strange. He felt like some mysterious force had forced him to drop the axe.

The River Spirit appeared again and gently inquired of Lu Yang: "Young man, I am the River Spirit. Did you drop this worn-out axe, or this spirit tool Mountain-Opening Axe, or this immortal tool Sky-Opening Axe?"

Lu Yang squatted down, his gaze sweeping over the three different axes, and he looked up at the River Spirit like looking at a fool, his gaze full of pity: "Two of these axes are yours, don't you know which two axes you have, and you're asking me?"

The River Spirit's smile stiffened, and for a moment he didn't know what to say, he could only follow Lu Yang's words and say: "I really don't know which two axes are mine."

Lu Yang vigilantly looked at the River Spirit: "Then if I choose one axe, you won't suddenly recover your memory and say you remember which two axes are yours, right?"

"Absolutely not." The River Spirit swore.

"Let me see all three of these axes."

The River Spirit handed all three axes to Lu Yang.

Lu Yang turned around and threw all the axes into the river: "Can you ask the earlier question again?"

The River Spirit reflexively asked: "Did you drop the worn-out axe, or the spirit tool Mountain-Opening Axe, or the immortal tool Sky-Opening Axe?"

Lu Yang's face was full of smiles: "They are all ones I dropped."

River Spirit: "..."

The River Spirit gritted his teeth and said: "Truly an honest young man, then I'll give you all three of these axes."