Without mishap, the two of them passed the trial checkpoint smoothly.
"Number fifty-one, Number one hundred eighty-two, the artifact you crafted, Radiant Flow, has been judged a fourth-grade mid-grade artifact and meets the trial assessment standard... Are the two of you willing to proceed to the Trial Grounds?"
"Yes, yes!"
They had originally thought this would merely be a sightseeing trip, but they had actually made it to the Trial Grounds. However, Shu Jinze knew very little about the Trial Grounds. He only knew that they rotated once every hundred years; he had no idea what this year's trial would be.
"I wonder how my two fellow disciples are doing?"
"They should be fine. We'll know once we reach the Trial Grounds. Over there..."
Under their guide's direction, the two arrived before a formation gate. The moment it opened, they were immediately sucked in by a tremendous force. What followed were Communication Talismans from Wen Xu-Xu and Chen Zui-Zui.
So they had not been in the same layer of space just now? Could the Bright Moon Secret Realm actually have several heavens?
Bian Chunchou read the messages on the Communication Talismans and learned that his two friends had completed their trials before him. When he and Shu Jinze landed, the sight before them utterly overturned his understanding of secret realms.
"...Wait, you built a city inside a secret realm?"
Yet Shu Jinze's expression changed drastically at the sight of the city. "That's not right. Why would there be a city in the Trial Grounds? Shouldn't it be something like furnace exploration or treasure hunting in a mine shaft?"
"Huh? Did we enter the wrong place?"
Shu Jinze thought, *Could Third Brother and the others have lied to me? But what would they gain from lying about this? If I had