Seed

Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou were unaware of what was happening outside. They impersonated Demon Race prodigies and officially entered the second level.

The second floor is filled with the fragrance of flowers, blooming profusely, and beautiful scenery everywhere.

Here is a vast flowerbed, and in the flowerbed, a graceful figure is squatting on the ground, smelling the fragrance of the flowers.

Seeing everyone arrive at the second floor, Qianying stood up, smiled, and clapped to welcome them.

"Welcome, everyone, to the second level. I am the spirit of the secret realm; you may call me Luo Hong."

The spirit of the secret realm is something that only exists in secret realms built during the Tribulation Transcendence stage. It is not a living being, but more like a pre-set Technique Method.

However, once this Technique Method gains enough experience, it can mimic the thought processes of living beings.

The Creation Realm is a High Antiquity realm. When the rules were announced on the first level, they spoke the modern language, precisely because the spirit of the realm, Luo Hong, was learning it.

With the master of the secret realm absent, the spirit of the secret realm possesses the greatest authority over it.

"Hello, senior."

Although they knew it was a Technique Method, no one dared to take Luo Hong Technique Method and bowed respectfully.

"It seems this year's class is quite polite."

Luo Hong didn't go easy on her just because she was polite. She clapped her hands lightly, and a flowerpot and a seed fell from above everyone's heads.

"The first level tests physical strength, the second level tests character."

"The challenge here is simple: plant flowers."

"What you hold in your hands are seeds of the Moonshadow Flower. When they bloom, they resemble a stunningly beautiful woman dancing in the moonlight—a breathtaking sight."

"The Moon Shadow Flower's growth cycle is fifteen days. What you need to do is get the flower to bloom in the pot within these fifteen days. That's how you pass the test. I won't supervise you during this time."

"The more vigorously the flower grows, the higher the evaluation."

"Please note that you cannot use any cultivation methods such as Law Technique spells or magical treasures during this period."

"And you can't talk to each other; you have to plant the flowers independently."

Seeing that everyone was a little nervous, Luo Hong smiled and said, "Don't be too nervous, Moon Shadow Flowers are very easy to grow; they can take root and sprout as soon as they see soil."

"Fairy, have you ever heard of the Moon Shadow Flower?" Lu Yang asked secretly.

"I've heard of it. It's a very beautiful and popular flower. Since you haven't heard of it, it's probably extinct now."

The second set of rules sounds simple, but unfortunately, we can't discuss it with Lao Meng.

Jiang Shishi held the flowerpot, buried the seeds in the soil, loosened the soil, watered, and took good care of them, but the moon shadow flower still showed no signs of sprouting.

Jiang Shishi frowned, instinctively wanting to discuss it with Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou, but remembering that the rules prohibited discussion, she had to give up.

She began to review the rules over and over, wondering if she had missed anything.

"If it were Fellow Daoist Lu Yang, how would he think...?"

Fifteen days passed quickly, and the day of inspection arrived.

The Demon Race prodigies and the two pure-blooded humans stood in a row, waiting for Luo Hong's evaluation.

Standing in the first row was Su Lian'er from the Nine-Tailed Fox Clan.

Su Lian'er, dressed in white, was stunningly beautiful. She held a flowerpot, looking utterly pitiful.

The flowerpot was completely empty.

Luo Hong frowned. "Where are your flowers?"

Su Lian'er's tears fell in large drops, making people unable to resist wiping them away.

"The flower was growing well, but I inherited the beauty of my ancestors, possessing the beauty to make fish sink and geese fall from the sky, and the moon hide and flowers blush. As soon as the Moon Shadow Flower bloomed, it withered and died upon seeing me."

Luo Hong stared at Su Lian'er for a long time before finally letting out a slow breath.

"Fine, you pass."

The second is Jiang Shishi.

In Jiang Shishi's flowerpot, the moonflower is in full bloom, a breathtaking sight.

Luo Hong nodded, which meant she had passed.

Next up is Ao Yue.

Ao Yue's flowerpot was also empty, with no moonflowers in it.

Where are your flowers?

Ao Yue clasped his hands in a respectful gesture and said, "Reporting to Senior, I have not been able to grow any flowers."

Give me a reason.

Upon hearing this question, Ao Yue straightened his back and laughed, "As the senior said at the beginning, the second level tests character. In my opinion, the seeds the senior gave us cannot grow into Moon Shadow Flowers. This level tests our honesty!"

"... You've been eliminated."

"Why!" Ao Yue exclaimed anxiously, feeling that he should be able to pass the level.

Luo Hong sneered, "You still have the nerve to ask why? It's true that I gave you cooked seeds that won't grow flowers, but who told you that this test was about honesty? Humans are cunning and shameless, what honesty do Demon Race talk about? Do you think you can defeat humans with your honesty?"

"This test is about lies."

"Although the little girl from the Nine-Tailed Fox Clan's lie was crude, it still counts as a lie. I'll accept that she passed."

"Then how did Jiang Shishi manage to grow the Moon Shadow Flower?"

Luo Hong continued to sneer, "Didn't you listen when I told you the rules? You were supposed to grow flowers in the pot. When did I ever say I was going to plant the seeds I gave you?"

Ao Yue was speechless. After thinking it over carefully, he realized that it was indeed true.

Not only Ao Yue, but all the Demon Race prodigies behind him were holding empty basins, bowing their heads in shame.

They all thought Luo Hong was testing honesty.

Jiang Shishi breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this. Fortunately, she had imitated Lu Yang's way of thinking, carefully studied the rules, and figured out what Luo Hong wanted.

Unsurprisingly, the Demon Race were ranked after Ao Yue were eliminated, and Luo Hong didn't stop until she reached Meng Jingzhou.

She looked Meng Jingzhou up and down; Meng Jingzhou active performance in the first round had caught her attention.

Where is your flowerpot?

Meng Jingzhou arrived empty-handed; he didn't even have a flowerpot, let alone flowers.

"Please come with me."

Meng Jingzhou gestured for Luo Hong to come to a place filled with Moon Shadow Flowers, which were in full bloom and exceptionally beautiful.

Meng Jingzhou hollowed out the bottom of his flowerpot and used it to surround the most vigorous cluster of moonflowers, just like a wall.

Meng Jingzhou scratched the back of his head sheepishly, his smile stretching to his ears, "Oh dear, I'm so sorry, I don't know what happened to the flowers I planted, they grew so much that they made a hole in the flowerpot, look at how it looks now."

"I remember you said that the more vigorously the flower grows, the higher the evaluation, right?"

Luo Hong: "..."

I mean the more vigorously the flower grows, the higher the evaluation, but what you're saying is too outrageous.

It's obvious this test is about lies, so they've started making things up.

"Customs clearance."

The last one is Lu Yang. Lu Yang's flowerpot is empty; there's not even any soil, let alone flowers.

"Empty, you didn't pass..."

"Wait a moment." Lu Yang raised his hand to stop him.

"The condition for passing customs is that flowers must grow in the flowerpot within fifteen days, right?"

"Right."

"Then I've completed the game."

"Where are you spending your money?"

Pointing to the flowerbeds all over the ground, Lu Yang said confidently, "For the past fifteen days, I've been planting flowers from the flowerbeds into flowerpots, then moving them out, planting another batch, and then moving them out again."

"All the flowers in the flowerbed grew from my flowerpots."

"If you don't believe me, senior, you can check the root systems of all the flowers in the flowerbed; they'll definitely have soil from my flowerpots stuck to them."

Luo Hong: "..."

The conditions for passing the level weren't specified as the fifteenth day, but rather as the fifteen days starting from the beginning of the competition.

Luo Hong herself didn't even realize there was this loophole in the rules.

"No, the second level tests whether you have the quality of lying." Luo Hong wanted to turn the tables on herself.

"Yes, I made that up."