Ling Wushuang entered the cave and saw Lin Heng and the other two, who all expressed the same question.
"How come the three of you are still alive?"
Although the words were unpleasant, Ye Feng and the other two exchanged glances and could only offer a helpless explanation.
After listening to Lin Heng's explanation, Ling Wushuang suddenly understood, and Lin Heng also curiously inquired about the situation outside Heavenly Estate.
It turned out that Ling Wushuang and Lei Yuxiao were waiting for the powerful figures on both sides to wake up so that they could try to break through the three Sword Qi again.
Unfortunately, their unstable Dao heart and insufficient Dao Realm prevented them from passing the postgraduate entrance examination.
In the end, Ling Wushuang and Lei Yuxiao could only leave them to guard outside Heavenly Estate.
They would wait until they had left Heavenly Estate before taking the others with them.
As they were still talking, Lei Yuxiao followed them into the cave.
After the same questions and explanations, Lei Yuxiao finally came to his senses.
At this moment, Ye Feng took out a storage ring and handed it to Ling Wushuang: "Brother Wushuang, this was obtained in the previous level, the Hundred Illusions Mountain Range. According to the agreement we made before entering the ruins, this is the extra portion."
Ling Wushuang nodded and accepted the storage ring, while Lei Yuxiao looked towards Yan Xishan.
After being glanced at by Lei Yuxiao, Yan Xishan could only awkwardly tell the truth.
Upon hearing that his Eight Great Imperial Clans had gained nothing in the Hundred Illusions Mountain Range, Lei Yuxiao was furious.
Ling Wushuang naturally wouldn't let such a good opportunity to strike back slip by. He raised an eyebrow and smiled, "Brother Yuxiao, you can't blame them for this. It's just luck, luck, hahaha!"
Lei Yuxiao glared at Ling Wushuang, who was acting innocent despite getting the benefit, snorted coldly, and stood aside without saying a word.
The scene fell silent again as the group continued to wait.
It took seven days for the rest of the team to finally arrive.
No one was injured or killed; the only difference was the time of arrival.
This made Lin Heng suspicious. Based on his previous experience in Heavenly Estate, the master of Heavenly Estate shouldn't be this kind.
"Everyone!"
Just as Lin Heng had this thought in his mind, Tian Wu suddenly reappeared in front of everyone.
Congratulations on passing the first half of the first stage of the trial.
Tian Wu spoke, Lin Heng guessed that something bad was going to happen.
The first half of the trial?
It seems there's a second half to this first hurdle.
Is the real killer move in the second half?
"The preceding was just a warm-up exercise for everyone."
"The next stage, the Trapped Beast Maze, will reward you handsomely if you manage to clear it."
Tian Wu spoke, he waved his hand, and the cave in front of him, which was originally full of stone walls, quickly changed.
A maze with fourteen entrances appeared before them.
The number of people currently existing in the cave is exactly fourteen.
"Enter the cave in the order you arrived."
Tian Wu did not provide further explanation; upon the appearance of the maze, he immediately issued an order.
Everyone had witnessed his terror firsthand, so no one dared to hesitate.
Ye Feng was the first to step out. After glancing at Ling Wushuang and the others, he entered the first cave entrance.
Following the second cave, Yan Xishan, Lin Heng then entered the third cave entrance.
"Young Lin, let me give you a piece of advice."
Sometimes what you see is not necessarily the truth.
As Lin Heng stepped into the cave, Tian Wu's voice echoed in his mind.
Lin Heng was taken aback!
Didn't Dijiang tell him to double the difficulty of the test he would face?
Why did Tian Wu do this?
Lin Heng couldn't figure it out for a moment, so he shook his head and continued walking forward.
The maze was built with earthen walls, and there was a corner almost every three steps, and a fork in the road every ten steps.
Relying on his memory, Lin Heng first chose a route to walk on and memorized it.
This journey took almost half a day, but when Lin Heng reached the end, he found it to be a dead end.
Helpless, he turned back and went to the last fork in the road, continuing along the other route.
An hour's journey, in the end, still leads to a dead end.
Following the same line of thought, Lin Heng kept turning back and retracing all the forks in the road.
What puzzled him was...
This maze is indeed quite large, with many branching paths.
With their cultivation levels, remembering the route would be no problem at all.
If you keep walking, you'll eventually find the way to get through.
And there were no troubles or obstacles along the way.
What does this level test?
With this question in mind, Lin Heng spent five days wandering through the maze.
After exploring all the routes, he was astonished to discover that there was no way to pass the level.
"Are they all dead ends?"
Having completed the last route, Lin Heng, standing in a dead end, asked a question.
The slightly hoarse, yet deeper voice immediately alerted Lin Heng.
Why has my voice changed?
As Lin Heng raised his hand to feel his throat, he noticed that the back of his hand had become wrinkled and was no longer as delicate as before.
The scene before him made Lin Heng wonder if he was seeing things.
Let alone a cultivator at the Primordial Realm, even someone at the Nirvana Realm would never be able to age.
Of course, there are exceptions, such as those who prefer an aged appearance and choose to maintain it voluntarily.
However, this is only the normal situation; once you enter the Longevity Realm, you will possess eternal life.
It's impossible to age naturally unless you intentionally change your appearance.
But this impossible thing actually happened.
Could this maze be a spacetime with an incredibly fast flow of time?
wrong!
Even if a second is a billion years, it's just the flow of time, and it's impossible for you to grow old.
This maze is strange!
Lin Heng attempted to use his world power to repair it.
What happened next was even more terrifying.
Lin Heng could sense the existence of the world's power, but he was completely unable to mobilize it.
Not to mention the Primordial Chaos World Power, even his own cultivation level was restricted.
Now, he is no different from an ordinary person.
Upon discovering this phenomenon, Lin Heng was greatly alarmed.
If things continue like this, Lin Heng no longer dares to imagine what will happen.
I calculated that it took me about five days to get into the maze.
Looking at my hands again, I realized they looked almost ten years older.
At this rate, I won't be able to linger in the maze for long.
Oh, right!
Lin Heng suddenly realized what Tian Wu had said to him when he entered the maze.
Sometimes what you see is not necessarily the truth.
Lin Heng repeated Tian Wu's words, pondering them carefully.
He hadn't felt it before, but now that he had explored all the paths in the maze, Lin Heng finally understood.
Is the dead end ahead truly not a dead end?
Thinking of this, Lin Heng turned around and looked at the earthen wall in front of him.
Reaching out, Lin Heng touched the solid earthen wall.
Even with forceful pushing, the earthen wall Immovable.
It was Tian Wu who was referring, not to the earthen wall in front of them.
Or is my method wrong?
Lin Heng fell into deep thought once again.
If there's a specific earthen wall in mind, there are countless such walls in this maze's dead ends. Should I just go through it all again and try them all?
But if it's just that the method is wrong, then haven't I wasted so much time for nothing?