"Okay, here you go, I'll retrieve Jiang Wuxie's past videos."
Please proceed to the main hall at the summit for a closer look.
The ethereal, indifferent mechanical sound echoed in Lu Li's ears.
Both the Tier 3 main unit and its sub-units of the Heart of Primordial Beginning have been refined by Lu Li.
Lu Li can communicate with Lu Li at any time using his Divine Sense.
As if it were an arm or a finger.
It's just that it lacks some functionality.
Currently, it is not possible to project Divine Sense over extremely long distances.
Otherwise, according to Lu Li's plan, he could directly observe with his Divine Sense as soon as he finished speaking.
Before leaving, he glanced one last time at the man with a thin face, dark skin, and sharp, knife-like eyebrows.
The disciple's eyes held a hint of wolfish glint, and a hidden air of malevolence lingered around him.
Yes, this disciple does have a somewhat ruthless and sinister appearance.
But Lu Li is not one to judge people by their appearance.
He just wanted to know what kind of mental test could keep such a talented person stuck for so many years.
Silently evacuating the palace, Lu Li arrived at the main hall on the peak.
This main hall can be considered his temporary palace and office in the outer courtyard.
Spacious and bright.
He sat upright on the cool chair in the center of the main hall.
A projection Jade Slip suddenly appeared.
Footage of Jiang Wuxie's past character assessments played in an instant.
In the scene, Jiang Wuxie and ten other disciples undergoing promotion assessments arrived at the main hall of the peak in order.
The guard puppet placed ten helmet-like objects on the heads of these disciples.
The light of the Heart of Primordial Beginning flickered, activating the illusion of mind.
The next second, ten light screens displayed images.
In the scene, Jiang Wuxie is placed on the city wall of a mortal city ravaged by plague.
Below are tens of thousands of innocent people weeping in fear.
Beside him was a fellow disciple who was severely injured and on the verge of death.
His senior brother grabbed his arm, vomiting blood as he struggled to speak.
"Wu Xie... my foundation of cultivation has been destroyed, I have contracted the plague, and my life is nearing its end."
"But... but I possess the formula for the Plague-Cleansing Pill, the only one my master entrusted to me before his death, that can save this city from the plague."
"This formula requires my remaining Divine Soul as a catalyst, to be refined immediately... Quick, throw me... throw me into the Pill Furnace!"
The screen flickered, and the assessment questions appeared before my eyes.
"Article 173 of the sect rules strictly prohibits harming fellow disciples. Violators will have their cultivation revoked, be expelled from the sect, and never be recorded in the sect again."
" Jiang Wuxie, are you going to defy the ironclad rules, harm your fellow disciples, and save these ant-like mortals?"
"Or should we obey the law, let him die naturally, and then watch the entire city's inhabitants turn to ashes?"
Time ticks by.
The air below was filled with wails of agony, and the senior brother's eyes gradually became unfocused.
Seeing this, Lu Li became interested.
This assessment is quite interesting; he doesn't participate in the entire assessment process every year.
I might offer a suggestion occasionally, but the rest is left to the Great Xia and the Primordial Beginning to jointly manage.
Unexpectedly, the assessment was so in-depth.
He continued reading, eager to find out Jiang Wuxie's answer.
In the scene, Jiang Wuxie seen looking at her senior brother.
He glanced down at the ravaged city below, his face showing no sign of struggle.
Suddenly, he raised his hand and grabbed his senior brother Tianling.
The voice was calm. "Senior brother, you said... the Pill Formula requires your Divine Soul as a guide."
"Then I'll trouble you."
Click!
In the hallucination, there was a soft sound of skull cracking.
Jiang Wuxie extracted his senior brother's Divine Soul, but did not use it to refine pills to save him.
He simply nurtured its remnant soul with Spiritual Power and transferred it into a Law Artifact.
Then he sat there silently, watching all the ordinary people in the city turn to ashes.
Then they collected the souls of all the people in the city...
"Assessment failed."
As the chilling voice of the Heart of Primordial Beginning echoed, the scene faded away, and last year's replay came to an end.
A big question mark appeared above Lu Li's head.
What's going on? Given options A and B, why did this person choose C?
" In the Primordial Beginning, what was the standard answer to his test?"
"This assessment has two criteria for completion: one is not to violate the sect's rules and not to save ordinary people."
"Secondly, it violated the sect's rules to save ordinary people."
"Whether it passes or not depends on the disciple's specific answers and the effectiveness of their implementation."
Upon hearing the answer from the Heart of Primordial Beginning, Lu Li's lips twitched slightly.
It really was a C out of A and B.
However, he was also very understanding.
The illusionary test given under the Primordial Beginning was jointly developed through some low-level illusionary techniques and virtual technology transmitted back from the Great Xia Dynasty.
The visuals are incredibly realistic, and with the cultivator's Divine Sense entering the scene, it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that one feels completely immersed.
This makes it very difficult to cheat on any choice made during the assessment.
You can fool heaven and earth, but you can't fool yourself.
If one cannot follow their heart and makes a choice against their conscience just to pass the assessment.
After this, doubts will arise in one's heart. If, at the critical moment of breaking through to a higher realm, inner demons arise, one will surely die and one's cultivation will be extinguished.
Therefore, it is extremely difficult to fake the moral character assessment conducted at the Dao Academy.
But these methods seem far too much like those of Evil Cultivator.
"His act of taking his senior brother's Divine Soul might also have been motivated by a desire to save him."
"But what is the purpose of him collecting the souls of ordinary people? The Soul Refining Banner?"
Lu Li frowned. The Dao Academy was expanding its recruitment of disciples day and night, so it was normal for it to take in a few ruthless individuals.
However, he had a vague feeling that this disciple didn't think that way.
" Primordial Beginning, could you perhaps make a rough prediction about this disciple's thoughts?"
"Alright, this will help you predict the disciple's psychological state during the decision-making process."
The assessment illusion is linked to the disciple's Divine Sense and is extremely sensitive to Divine Sense detection.
Using the psychological techniques provided by Great Xia, a general inference can be made about Primordial Beginning.
Soon, the deduction came to Lu Li's attention.
"Based on speculation, Jiang Wuxie himself has always displayed a spirit of planning before acting during previous assessments."
"After each setback in the assessment, we will work doubly hard to make up for it in the next assessment."
"Based on the fluctuations in the other party's Divine Sense within the illusion, there's a 90% chance that their actions are aimed at refining the souls of my senior brother and the common people."
"There's a 10% chance they want to save their senior brother's Divine Soul and refine the souls of the common people."
"However... there's a high probability that this disciple intends to use this opportunity to improve his cultivation so he can avenge his senior brother and the people."
Jiang Wuxie's prediction showed absolutely no sign of uncertainty.
According to the analysis of the Heart of Primordial Beginning, the other party wanted to refine the souls of the senior brother and the common people.
Just the purpose...
"Out of revenge?"
"Interesting, this disciple... is quite ruthless."
Lu Li stroked his chin, intrigued.
The outer disciples of the Beyond Heaven Dao Academy are relatively more diverse.
The inner court disciples are generally of better character, and most are kind.
However, if this were the case for everything, numerous problems would arise in the long run.
An environment that is too mild can only produce ornamental golden carp, not fierce dragons.
Jiang Wuxie's actions seem ruthless and cunning.
However, it still has a catalytic and helpful effect on inner court disciples who are too kind and virtuous.
Lu Li didn't rush to conclusions, but instead reviewed all of Jiang Wuxie's past assessments.
The assessment content is varied.
The final result was a complete failure.
The process Lu Li that it's hard to describe in words.
This disciple is incredibly talented.
He was ruthless, and also a bit wicked.
but...
"How can Evil Cultivator trained by our own family be called Evil Cultivator?"
"Yes, Elder Yuanhao will have to put in a lot of effort in the future!"