Xu Zimo looked around.
Among their group, many were prodigies from the Five Great Powers.
Quite a few had still made it through.
Of the fifty people, more than twenty had passed as well.
Immediately afterward, the third batch quickly entered too.
"Let's go take a look at this so-called Heart-Testing Bridge," Xu Zimo said.
Monk Zizai nodded.
The group of twenty left the Hall of Transmitting the Way and headed outside.
Beyond the great hall, a palace could vaguely be seen in the distance.
Before that palace stood an exceedingly ancient iron suspension bridge.
From the outside, the Human Saint Palace did not seem particularly vast.
Yet once everyone entered, they discovered that space within was folded over itself.
The same space could expand more than tenfold.
It could not be seen from outside unless one was within that space.
Standing before the iron bridge, they looked down.
Below was bottomless, like an abyss.
Black Tide surged from time to time.
It seemed ready at any moment to swallow those crossing the bridge.
"Does anyone know what lies beneath?" Liu Xuer of the Jade Maiden Palace was the first to ask.
"It's everyone's first time at the Human Saint Palace. Who would know?" Zhang Meng said with a smile.
"There's a Stone Tablet here," someone suddenly cried.
Beside the bridge, a Stone Tablet had already toppled over and lay flat upon the ground.
Everyone hurried over.
"Let's see what it says."
Someone read aloud, "Heart-Testing Bridge. The gentleman is open and at ease; the petty man is forever anxious.
Understand yourself, and you may cross this bridge.
Below the bridge dwell Heart-Devouring Beasts. Those who fail to cross it shall become Heart-Stripped Corpses.
Enter with caution."
"Even the Human Saint specifically warned us to enter with caution." Someone sucked