Borrowed Sword
Chapter 238

That Ninth-Realm Madman

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Of the three characters in [South Flowing Scenery], the only thing Chu Huai Xu remembered was a line of poetry by Cao Zhi.

—Willing to become the southern flowing scenery, riding the light to see my lord.

Later, people began treating these three characters as one of the elegant names for the sun.

However, many disciples of Junzi Temple had received two-character Dao Seals, so they could use them as Dao titles without sounding awkward or strange.

But South Flowing Scenery Daoist was a little strange.

"South Flowing Scenery refers to the sun."

"In other words, haven't I become... Sun Daoist?"

He poked fun at himself inwardly. Looking at the three golden characters in his palm, he was still quite satisfied.

As for why the Dao Ancestor had given him South Flowing Scenery and Han Shuangjiang Return to True Origin, perhaps there was a deeper meaning behind it.

—To discern right and wrong was to uphold justice; to harbor a good heart was to wield killing.

"So the final level of the Dao Ancestor Inheritance Secret Realm is actually a psychological test?" Chu Huai Xu was somewhat uncertain.

He looked back, recalling the previous levels.

The first level seemed to test one's state of mind, tormenting the will and consciousness.

The second level had so many mechanical puppets, and Han Shuangjiang had even been injured. It tormented the body and sinews, and soaking in the herbal liquid had also tormented her meridians.

The third level was about Sword Comprehension, but it was not merely a test of talent. Hunger and thirst created a sense of urgency, along with the threat of death.

In the fourth level, after entering the illusionary technique, one became an ordinary Dao Sect disciple. All one's magic treasures, power, divine abilities, and so on were gone,

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