Chapter 198 Trial Dream

In the dream of trials.

Wei Yuan circulated the footwork under his feet, and the Qi sword in his palm was fierce. After obtaining the mantra taught by the Nine Heavens Mysterious Lady, he seemed to be able to see the flow of rules. It would have been fine if it was just like this, but there happened to be a Lu Wu spirit available as a sparring partner.

There were also Zhujiu Yin, Xing Tian, and Wuzhi Qi watching by the side to prevent accidents.

So, after pondering.

After shamelessly freeloading the answer, a certain white-haired man successfully turned the chief examiner into a sparring partner again.

Wei Yuan calmly sparred with Lu Wu's spirit. The many past combat experiences played a role at this time, and even when facing a completely unfamiliar spirit of a god, he did not fall into too much disadvantage.

Zhujiu Yin's expression was thoughtful, his lips opening and closing silently:

"That Qi technique taught to Xuanyuan back then?"

"Golden Casket Jade Scripture?"

The Nine Heavens Mysterious Lady frowned slightly, watching Wei Yuan fighting with Lu Wu, and said plainly:

"Yes, but only the first part."

"His swordsmanship is very strong, he doesn't need the latter part."

"Perhaps, explaining the principles of law with swordsmanship is the path he should take. Forcibly teaching him all of the Golden Casket Jade Scripture is not a good thing. However, the Golden Casket Jade Scripture is no ordinary technique, even with his accumulated past lives, he shouldn't want to achieve it in one..."

Just as she was saying that.

The sword in Wei Yuan's palm shattered once again.

He had already lost count of how many times the Qi sword in his palm had shattered.

He looked at his right palm, as if realizing something, and sighed, "So that's how it is."

His five fingers clenched slightly.

The dissipated sword Qi suddenly became violent.

The Mysterious Lady's voice paused slightly, and there was a faint sound of sword cries piercing through the heavens and the earth. Wei Yuan suddenly stepped forward, thrusting forward with his fingers together. His sleeves rolled and surged violently, and the Buddha-light flowed between his eyebrows. Sword Qi crisscrossed, and the force flowed to the extreme. It was as if he held a real sword in his palm, colliding with Lu Wu's spirit who was roaring and charging towards him.

In an instant, the man and the god seemed to have exchanged positions.

The sound of sword cries and tiger roars lasted for several breaths before dissipating.

Wei Yuan groaned.

The sleeves of his right arm shattered inch by inch.

He staggered a few steps.

His face was pale. Even with this special body, he couldn't help but open his mouth and cough up a mouthful of blood. Only then did the Nine Heavens Mysterious Lady, who had a tense expression, relax slightly and continue, "...even he shouldn't want to achieve it in one fell swoop."

As her voice fell.

Wei Yuan's five fingers slowly clenched together.

Lu Wu's spirit suddenly roared out, with a hint of rage in it.

Then a sword mark appeared between his eyebrows, his divine power was cut through, and the rules also flowed. Explaining the principles of law with swordsmanship, cutting away divine power, breaking through rules, only the sword is indestructible. Then this Lu Wu spirit raised his head and roared a few times, and then collapsed, disintegrating like a cloud of gas without bones and flesh, flowing into the heaven and earth.

Xing Tian said with emotion, "Indeed, it is not achieved in one fell swoop."

"I counted, it probably takes two fell swoops."

"You think..."

Just as he was about to speak, Kua Fu laughed awkwardly and said, "...This, Your Majesty, drink tea, drink tea."

"Haha..."

The sword Qi flowing in Wei Yuan's fingers dissipated.

Holding cause and effect in hand, one can slay all living beings in fate.

Pointing at the principles of law with a sword, one can draw a sword against the heavenly gods and break the law with one sword.

Wei Yuan pondered for a long time, and slowly exhaled a mouthful of turbid air. He roughly understood how to use a sword against a god. In fact, he needed to change his thinking. It was not to cut off the body and obliterate the soul like killing creatures or demons. The method of slaying gods is to cut the Dao with a sword.

Of course, it wasn't that outrageous.

But probably, one has to break through the protection and flow of divine power in order to truly cause harm to the god.

After all, this is just a spirit of Lu Wu, and the difference between it and Lu Wu's main body is almost equivalent to the gap between a hair of the Monkey King and the Monkey King himself. For example, if one wants to attack Zhujiu Yin, who is of the same rank as Lu Wu, then one must cut through the rotation of the sun and the moon with one sword to have a chance.

Otherwise, one will always be expelled from time.

This is what Wei Yuan judged from Zhujiu Yin's interference with the flow of time around Lu Wu just now.

And he was able to cut off the Yuan Chen that made up the Twelve Yuan Chen formation back then, without a doubt.

Although Zhujiu Yin said that he was not good at time,

But I am afraid that this lack of expertise is also stronger than the Great Wilderness gods of the Twelve Yuan Chen level.

Wei Yuan dispersed the sword in his hand, and bowed slightly to the Xuan Nv, who had an heroic and stern temperament, and said solemnly, "Thank you for your guidance."

"I probably understand something."

The Nine Heavens Mysterious Lady nodded expressionlessly:

"...The speed of comprehension is acceptable."

Wei Yuan heard the hidden fluctuations in this Kunlun goddess's words, stretched out his palm, and explained with a smile:

"Actually, it's not that I comprehend quickly."

"It's that Xing Tian and the others tried to get me to learn Xuanyuan swordsmanship before."

"And I know a little bit about swordsmanship."

"So I can feel that there are a few moves in Xuanyuan swordsmanship that are vaguely in harmony with this Qi technique, and have the effect of promoting each other."

"Probably because I mastered the Xuanyuan Sword Technique before, I was able to get started so quickly."

Xing Tian still wanted to speak.

"Oh, could it be that Jiu..."

Kua Fu directly stuffed a teacup into Xing Tian's mouth, and laughed loudly:

"Your Majesty, do you still want to drink tea?"

"Don't be polite, I'll feed it to you!"

"Hahahaha..."

The Nine Heavens Mysterious Lady narrowed her eyes slightly, looked at Wei Yuan, and said in a clear voice:

"What do you think... is the reason for this?"

Wei Yuan thought for a while and replied:

"Probably, the creator of this technique is very important to Xuanyuan... Xuanyuan Emperor, when he fought against Xing Tian, was already the leader of Middle Earth. His strength must have reached its peak. The swordsmanship of his youth can be more pure, simplifying complexity. A single person and a single sword are the peak."

"But in this swordsmanship, there are sword moves and styles specially prepared for this Qi technique."

"This is different from his realm at that time."

"People may lie, but the swordsman's sword style will not lie."

"He must be extremely missing the days when he fought side by side with the master of this Qi technique, so even when he turned against Xing Tian and fought each other, he would still use such a sword technique."

Wei Yuan asked with emotion:

"The creator of this Qi technique is..."

The Nine Heavens Mysterious Lady said without changing her expression, "I don't know. I just happened to get it in a White Cloud Cave."

"So that's how it is."

Wei Yuan pondered: "I have also practiced Taoism."

"There is a legend in the Daoist sect that during the reign of King Zhou Jing, Wu and Yue fought. The Nine Heavens Mysterious Lady saw a strange beast, the White Ape, in Yunmeng. The White Ape was extremely respectful to the Mysterious Lady, picking flowers and offering fruits all day long to worship her. The method passed down later is the Lord of the White Cloud Cave."

"The heavenly book in later legends is said to have been copied by the White Ape from the stone walls of the White Cloud Cave, one of the Nine Heavens Secret Books, *Ruyi Ce*, stolen from the Mysterious Lady of the Nine Heavens. It seems that it is correct. This Qi technique should be one of the Nine Heavens Secret Books of the Nine Heavens Mysterious Lady, created by the Nine Heavens Mysterious Lady."

Kua Fu: "…………"

Wei Yuan said softly: "What else needs to be explained? People will lie, words will weave illusions, and even emotions can be deliberately deceived. Only the sword and sword technique that accompany life and death represent the heart of sincerity. People will at least not lie to a weapon. It seems that Emperor Xuanyuan has always been missing the Nine Heavens Mysterious Lady..."

Wei Yuan sighed softly, thinking of the events of that year, with a faint feeling of emotion.

Zhujiu Yin looked at Wei Yuan in surprise.

Could it be that he has the talent of celestial secrets?

Even if he has not practiced, he can naturally avoid evil and seek good fortune?

And the Nine Heavens Mysterious Lady's expression softened unconsciously.

She even felt for a moment whether she was too harsh on the swordsman in front of her.

"Is that so..."

Until Wei Yuan finished the last sentence with emotion: "...Missing his teacher."

Zhujiu Yin withdrew his gaze.

Okay,

Hopeless.

Wei Yuan did not notice the momentary sharpness in the eyes of the Nine Heavens Mysterious Lady, nor did he discuss the obscure thoughts hidden in the past. The old friends have passed away, and only the moves and styles in the sword technique still contain unknown emotions. Wei Yuan just pondered:

"But...I won against Lu Wu's spirit, why hasn't this level ended yet?"

Xuan Nv slowly exhaled a mouthful of turbid air, and said in a clear voice:

"...It's very simple, it's also because Lu Wu is asleep."

"You need to know that whether you pass the level or not is determined by Lu Wu. And now you have dispersed Lu Wu's spirit."

"It is equivalent to expelling the referee examiner during the examination. How can you know that you have passed the level?"

Her tone was playful.

"…………"

Wei Yuan supported his forehead, only feeling a headache. He had reached the last step, but he encountered this kind of thing.

Zhujiu Yin said slowly: "It's okay, you can find it yourself. His true spirit is sleeping. This dream of trials is based on his true spirit. Now that this dream is still there, it means that the trial has not been broken and the true spirit still exists."

"Find his true spirit, take the token, and you should be able to pass the level."

Zhujiu Yin's rank is the highest, even Xing Tian's combat power in his prime was equally powerful and unparalleled.

But Xing Tian said that he did not understand these knowledge.

So they split up to find Lu Wu's true body.

"Lu Wu is the Nine Divisions of Heaven, in charge of the laws and majesty of Heaven, seeing through like thunder, like the wrath of Heaven."

"Then, he should be at the highest point of this illusion."

Wei Yuan thought thoughtfully and walked towards the highest pavilion.

Lu Wu's dream is like the Kunlun he is in charge of, where you can see rare and exotic animals, and strange flowers and herbs everywhere. At the highest point, there is a majestic pavilion, like a heavenly god overlooking his domain.

Wei Yuan stepped up, opened the door, but saw that it was empty inside.

He frowned slightly: "...Could it be wrong? The majesty of the gods, absolute order."

"Lu Wu's true spirit must be a symbol of these things."

"So he should be here in the dream."

"Or, because his true spirit has also fallen into a deep sleep, it has changed again, from the superficial true spirit representation to the deepest appearance of the true spirit..."

Wei Yuan suddenly realized something and turned to the back of the shrine throne.

The knowledge of the Black Ice Terrace in the Qin Dynasty allowed him to at least notice the uneven places under the throne.

"There is no huge majesty transformed by supernatural powers, and there are even mechanisms without the use of mana supernatural powers. In the dream, the second sleep of the true spirit is equivalent to entering the true depths of the heart. Could it be..."

Wei Yuan hesitated and opened the mechanism.

Below is a small underground passage, holding a sword and walking into it.

In the dark night, two faint lights appeared.

Then there was a roar, attacking with evil wind.

Wei Yuan subconsciously punched out.

He found 'Lu Wu'.

Probably.

………………

A moment later.

At the core of the dream of trials.

Wei Yuan said slowly:

"So, this is Lu Wu's dream, and also the foundation of the trial ground."

Kua Fu nodded.

Wei Yuan said: "Lu Wu's true spirit consciousness here, because of the extreme lack of divine power and mental exhaustion, has fallen into a deep sleep, and thus entered a special state that has never happened before."

Xing Tian nodded.

Wei Yuan pondered, then as if he realized something, and said to himself:

"The heart of a strong person is very likely to hide a weakness that they don't even understand."

"The strong person who always protects others will occasionally miss the time when they were protected."

"The strong person who is 'recognized' and 'expected' by everyone cannot be weak even in their dreams. Only when the self in the dream loses consciousness and falls into a deep sleep can they return to the era when they were weak and did not need to bear great responsibilities."

"It does conform to psychology, so..."

Wei Yuan pointed to the 'fierce tiger' that was biting his shoulder and refused to let go, about the size of an arm, grinning, and twitched the corner of his mouth, and said, "This little guy, is it a possibility of a certain 'self' in the depths of Lu Wu's heart, expressed after extreme fatigue and continuous sleep?"

The fierce tiger was completely not in the state of cultivating into a human-faced tiger body, but still had a tiger head.

The tail was curled up into a ball.

The teeth were very sharp though.

He was trying hard to bite Wei Yuan's shoulder.

Wei Yuan flicked his finger and knocked him directly on the head.

The fierce tiger's fur exploded, and fine transparent fluff exploded from head to tail.

The tail curled into a ball instantly turned into nine, and then fell down.

But it was still stubborn and bit Wei Yuan's shoulder tightly, with its limbs and nine tails drooping down like a cat stick, biting Wei Yuan's shoulder hard, swaying, swaying.

Wei Yuan took out his mobile phone and took a group photo with Lu Wu's 'deep self'.

Kua Fu forcibly shifted his gaze away from Lu Wu at this moment.

He said, "However, in any case, Yuan, you have found Lu Wu's true spirit."

"You can pass the trial."

Wei Yuan pondered and said:

"Whether the trial is a trial is not very important."

"What will happen if I take him out of this dream?"

ps: Today's second update...

The legends of the White Ape, the *Ruyi Ce*, and the Nine Heavens Mysterious Lady come from *The Legend of Subduing Demons*, which was collected and written by Luo Guanzhong. Of course, a part of it was extracted and turned into the anime *The Book of Wonders*. One of the protagonists of *The Legend of Subduing Demons* is Dan'er.