Song Zhong remembered it clearly: the other party had said to catch a fish, not where he had to catch it from.
So was there any problem with fishing a fish out of a water bucket?
Afraid the fish would not bite the hook, he even used his true qi, making the hook catch the fish directly before pulling it up.
Never mind where I caught it from, never mind how I caught it—anyway, I caught one.
In the void, every Hundred Peaks Sect examiner was utterly dumbfounded.
What kind of move was this?
That worked too?
Did your family fish by directly catching fish from someone else's bucket?
How was your brain built? Why was it so different from everyone else's?
"Does this count as success?"
"It does. His illusion has been broken."
The moment Song Zhong caught the fish, he discovered that he could see the others again. Each of them was still talking nonstop to empty air, saying things like, "Don't kill yourself," and, "Women will all become a heap of beautiful bones sooner or later."
"So I was caught in an illusion just now. I completed the task and came out automatically, while they're still inside the illusion."
Song Zhong looked up at the sky, and Li Huaying's voice rang out.
"You have passed the first stage of the assessment. You may proceed to the second stage."
Her voice seemed even harsher than before.
She acknowledged that he had passed the assessment, but she greatly disliked the way he had done it.
Song Zhong was puzzled. I didn't provoke this woman, did I? Why is she so fierce?
Wonder if she has a title called Extinction.
And she wants me to go take the second-stage assessment now?
"No, no. I'll stay here and watch for a