Do True Disciples Not Take Reading Comprehension Tests?

What was going on!?

Lu Ze was dumbfounded.

The notifications he usually heard were all plus one, or plus 0.1.

Among Qi Refining Stage Outer Disciples, some even only gave 0.01.

This sudden lump sum of 10 made him feel as if he had struck it rich overnight.

Less than a quarter of an hour passed.

Demonic Value +10

Heaven-defying fortune came crashing down on him again.

"Could it be..."

A bold guess arose in Lu Ze's heart.

"Is an Elder playing?"

The amount of Demonic Value was determined by the player's strength.

That bunch of Inner Disciples and Outer Disciples from the other day had cultivation no higher than the Golden Core Stage.

They often had to die dozens or even hundreds of times before dropping Demonic Value for him once.

This player was clearly different.

In less than the time it took to burn an incense stick, he had dropped Demonic Value three times in a row!

Clearly, Demonic Value dropped every time he died!

Demonic Value +10

Demonic Value +10

Two notifications suddenly arrived in quick succession.

It seemed he had died the moment he respawned.

He was probably furious.

Lu Ze was afraid he would rage-quit. This guy was a major source for his leveling up.

His cultivation was still too low, so he could only check on the players in the Training Hall from the control room.

Once he reached the Nascent Soul Realm, he could use Spiritual Sense through the terminal to observe every player.

Then Lu Ze could remotely adjust the difficulty for this big shot and trick him into playing nonstop.

"I wonder which Elder it is..."

Lu Ze muttered quietly.

Just then, three figures suddenly appeared outside the door.

Lu Ze had never seen the Daoist robes they wore before, but at a glance, he knew they were the exclusive robes of True Disciples.

The moment he heard they had come to experience "Demonic Path Escape," Lu Ze could no longer suppress the AK grin at the corners of his mouth.

They were all gleaming Demonic Value!

"Senior Brothers, please follow me."

Lu Ze happily led the three of them into the training area.

"It is no different from the other Illusion Realm Trials. I wonder what is so profound about it."

Zhong Yi examined the Illusion Tower at the center.

Compared with the specially made Illusion Towers used by True Disciples, this one was downright shabby.

The moment he turned around, however, he discovered that the other two had already infused spiritual energy and entered the Illusion Realm.

No wonder.

Li Moran had no interest whatsoever in anything beyond cultivation and merely wanted to quickly complete the task assigned by the Grand Elder.

Mu Yawen, meanwhile, was a battle maniac for Illusion Realms and was most interested in things like Illusion Realm cultivation.

"What impatient people..."

Zhong Yi smiled and shook his head, then infused spiritual energy into the Crystal within his token.

His consciousness entered the Illusion Realm along with it.

Lu Ze returned to the control room.

He was very curious what it would be like for three Inner Disciples to play "Demonic Path Escape."

If any problems arose, he could deal with them in time.

"Let's look at the big guy first."

Lu Ze first locked his perspective onto Mu Yawen's Illusion Realm.

Mu Yawen stared intently at the several rules floating in the void, his brows tightly furrowed.

Lu Ze began to feel doubtful.

Something's wrong. The rules are written clearly enough. Don't tell me he can't understand them...

Once all the rules had appeared, Mu Yawen suddenly burst into laughter. "Hahaha! I get it! I'm being hunted by a Demonic Beast!"

Lu Ze breathed a sigh of relief.

It seemed he had worried too much.

"So I just need to kill the Demonic Beast!"

Mu Yawen continued.

Lu Ze: ...

No, brother.

Does the sect's entrance examination not test reading comprehension?

How did this god-tier understanding even come about??

At that moment, the game began.

Mu Yawen's character appeared on a road filled with traps.

He turned around and took a look.

The moment that black Demonic Beast entered his field of vision, Mu Yawen's eyes lit up. "There really is a Demonic Beast!"

Not only did he not run, he turned around stiffly and faced the Demonic Beast head-on.

"Come, beast! Let us fight to our hearts' content!!!"

Mu Yawen laughed wildly.

He frantically mobilized the spiritual energy within him, but received no response for a long while.

"Hm?"

Only then did Mu Yawen realize something was wrong.

"I understand! This Trial has restricted my cultivation, so it wants me to subdue demons with my physical body? Good! That is what makes it challenging!!"

Lu Ze: ...

This guy had figured it out again.

His figuring-it-out had left Lu Ze numb.

Mu Yawen possessed the Indestructible Vajra Body and had long since tempered his body to the utmost limit.

He was extremely confident in his body.

Even if the monster rammed into him, he absolutely would not suffer any injury.

"Come on!!"

He assumed a combat stance.

The next second—

Demonic Value +1

Lu Ze was stunned.

This was the first time he had seen someone play this game without running.

Not running was one thing...

But turning around and running back to fight the monster—what the hell was that!!!

This was not a monster-fighting game at all, okay!

Lu Ze hurriedly switched his perspective to another True Disciple's Illusion Realm.

On one hand, Mu Yawen's perspective was too painful for him to watch.

On the other hand, he felt Mu Yawen was very reliable and did not need watching.

He died quickly and dropped plenty of Demonic Value. He would definitely be a mainstay of Lu Ze's leveling up in the future.

Then there was this Zhong Yi beside him.

This guy was much more normal.

He was just a little bad at it.

He kept dying to all sorts of traps at every turn.

For a moment, Lu Ze began to wonder whether these True Disciples were all impostors...

Weren't they supposed to each be heaven's favored sons?

But games and cultivation were ultimately two different things.

Just like in his previous life, those top students around him who scored perfect marks were not necessarily better at games than the poor students.

Although games in this world relied on Illusion Towers and appeared to be somewhat related to cultivation,

in truth, after Lu Ze adjusted the rules, aside from having to use the Cloud Shattering Art to make the game character run forward, they had nothing to do with cultivation.

No wonder True Disciples kept running into walls.

Still, this True Disciple named Zhong Yi had an exceptionally good mindset.

Every time he died, he remained cheerful, constantly analyzing what had gone wrong and summarizing the lessons from his failures.

Each death dropped 1.2 points of Demonic Value for Lu Ze.

"Mm, this one is not bad either."

Lu Ze nodded in satisfaction.

Bad at the game yet loved playing it, and dropped plenty of Demonic Value too. This was exactly the kind of talent he needed.

It seemed every True Disciple was a good person.

He shifted his perspective again and looked at the last True Disciple.

"Hiss..."

Lu Ze could not help drawing in a sharp breath.

The whole style abruptly changed.

This Li Moran's talent for games was terrifying.

The two True Disciples next door had each died dozens of times, yet Li Moran had not died even once. Her escape distance had already surpassed 2,000 steps.

One had to know that the highest record outside had not even reached 4,000 steps.

An Inner Disciple had spent five days grinding it out just to defend the Inner Sect's honor.

Li Moran, who was about to claim the top spot, dodged traps expressionlessly.

Her steady breathing suggested that she still had strength to spare.

"This is bad."

Lu Ze silently cried out in alarm.

He understood this very clearly.

Players needed a goal when they played games.

For instance, the Inner Disciples gritted their teeth and fought desperately, even offering rewards, all to reclaim first place for the Inner Sect.

That was because they wanted to surpass the Outer Disciples.

Now the attackers and defenders had switched places, and the Inner Disciples had become the Outer Disciples' target.

Of course, would the Inner Disciple who took first place truly have peace afterward?

The answer was no.

The gap between first and second was not large.

As long as one side got a little luckier, or their Artifact or Mount rose another rank, the answer might change.

And Li Moran,

was clearly a ceiling-level existence in this game.

Once she reached the top, the gap between her and second place would likely become absurdly large.

Once everyone lost their goal, naturally they would no longer play the game.

Lu Ze knew the strength of True Disciples very well.

Other disciples had to die hundreds or even thousands of times before providing him with even a tiny bit of Demonic Value.

True Disciples were different.

Every death brought in Demonic Value!

If Li Moran lost interest in the game, his losses would be enormous!

"No, I have to give her a goal..."