The first trial of the West Mountain Secret Realm was called True Heart Questions Love. As long as they honestly spoke their minds, they could pass without trouble.
The trial had three rounds. Though dangerous, the first stage was not particularly difficult. The real difficulty lay in the next two.
There were no fixed answers to True Heart Questions Love. The key lay mainly in the question of whether they were willing to die for their lovers.
Whether they answered yes or no, they could pass as long as their answer truly reflected what was in their hearts.
Only one kind of person could not pass the first stage: those who claimed they were willing to die for their lovers, then went back on their word and begged for mercy when ordered to kill themselves to save their lovers.
After all, saying it was easy. Actually doing it required considerable resolve.
It was rather ironic.
The flat voice seemed to possess a pathological urge to verify their claims, obsessed with using the threat of death to test those who said they would die for their lovers and force them into weeping and sobbing.
Meanwhile, the members of the Holy Spirit Cult, who regarded their lovers as pet cats and dogs, all passed True Heart Questions Love, receiving only a few lashes each as punishment.
The flat voice rang out in everyone's ears at once.
"The second stage, adventure, begins. You will each take your turn."
The large circular platform beneath them changed into a wheel divided into several sections, each bearing a different symbol.
"The adventure begins. The light beneath the chosen person's feet will shine, and the wheel will begin spinning."
"When the wheel stops, you must follow the adventure rules corresponding to the section where the light lands."