"When the trial begins, the Trial Taker's consciousness will enter the Illusion Array."
"Depending on the Trial Taker, the Illusion Array can simulate all sorts of different Illusion Realms to test their various abilities."
"The most terrifying part is that the Illusion Array can see into the deepest fears and desires in everyone's heart, causing people to sink deeper and deeper without even realizing it."
"Inside the Illusion Realm, there will be many different paths to choose from. The difficulty you encounter will vary greatly depending on your choices."
"That's why you can only succeed by entering multiple tis, gaining enough experience and tempering, and learning to choose the right path."
Sun Daxiong tried his best to explain, but Chu Qingyun and Xia He still looked confused. They didn't quite understand.
"Sigh, you'll understand once you try it for yourselves."
"In short, Chu, since you only have one chance, I urge you not to rush. You absolutely must be fully prepared before you attempt the trial."
Hearing how complicated it was, Xia He couldn't help but shake his head. "It's just a trial. Why make it so complex? Wouldn't it be easier to just have us fight so opponents?"
Sun Daxiong chuckled and said, "This is a tradition of our Great Xia Dragon Guard. No matter the assessnt, as long as it involves ranking, it has to be a comprehensive, multi-faceted evaluation. You should have gotten a sense of that from the three stages of the entrance assessnt."
"By the way, Old Sun, after all this talk, you still haven't told us what Captain level you are. Don't tell you're at the Ordinary Level."
The question suddenly occurred to Xia He, and he asked with a smile.
Sun Daxiong looked a little embarrassed. "My strength is definitely on par with those Silver dal Captains, but I can never pass the standard-difficulty trial, so I'm just an Iron dal Captain..."
After the three of them arrived at the rit Assessnt Office, they found their luck was pretty good—no one was currently taking the trial.
Wanting to get his turn in before Chu Qingyun, Xia He rushed in first, handed over his Token, and directly selected the Difficult Level trial.
Chu Qingyun and Sun Daxiong were a bit speechless. Xia He was two years older than Chu Qingyun, but his temperant was far less mature.
It was probably related to his upbringing.
Although neither of them knew Xia He's specific background, it was clear he didn't co from so small place or minor family.
"Sun, how long does one trial attempt usually take?" Chu Qingyun asked.
"It depends on your progress inside, but under normal circumstances, it takes two to three hours to finish," Sun Daxiong replied after a mont's thought.
'Two to three hours…' Chu Qingyun nodded.
He was considering whether he should wait for Xia He to co out and imdiately start the trial himself.
Or if he should first go to the exchange office, buy the Wood-type Spiritual dicine, cultivate the Third Layer of the Profound Celestial Divine Pattern, and then challenge the Illusion Array.
With over nine thousand Military rits, he could probably buy a dozen or so Tier Three Wood-type Spiritual dicines, but that likely wouldn't be enough to cultivate the Third Layer.
This was because the Third Layer was much stronger than the Second Layer.
In truth, the Second Layer of the Profound Celestial Divine Pattern didn't offer much of an enhancent for the current Chu Qingyun. In his previous battles, it had rely been Icing on the Cake.
The opponents he faced now wielded attacks that the Second Layer of the Profound Celestial Divine Pattern couldn't block, whether it was Primordial Power attacks from those at the Half-Step Martial Spirit realm and above, or Captain Level Tier Three Soul Techniques.
Logically, he should have perfected the Second Layer back in Fla City for it to have been truly effective.
But back then, he simply didn't have the extra resources to cultivate a Secret Technique. Doing so would have hindered his Realm progression, and the cost would have outweighed the benefit.
Now that he was in the Great Xia Dragon Guard, he naturally had to use the resources here to make up for his shortcomings in Secret Techniques.
After a mont of hesitation, Chu Qingyun decided not to rush into the Illusion Realm trial just yet.
After all, he only had one chance. Sun Daxiong's repeated warnings had also made him wary, unlike the careless Xia He.
If he failed, the loss would be far too great—he would lose his Army Guardian Level authority.
If he missed this opportunity, he would have to wait until he broke through to the Martial Spirit Realm and beca an Army Guardian, and who knew how long that would take.
Therefore, Chu Qingyun would rather wait a few more days, cultivate the Third Layer of the Profound Celestial Divine Pattern, and be fully prepared before attempting the trial. That would give him a much better chance of success.
"Sun, I'm going to the exchange office to trade for so things first. Are you waiting here, or coming with ?"
Sun Daxiong thought for a mont, then shook his head. "Uh, you go on your own. I'll wait for you guys here. With my asly amount of Military rits, I feel miserable every ti I go to the exchange office."
Chu Qingyun: ...
Chu Qingyun was already familiar with the way as he entered the exchange office again.
This ti, he had a clear goal. He went straight to the Spirit dicine District within the Captain District, planning to buy Tier Three Wood-type Spiritual dicine.
As he passed the display for Thunderlight Stone, he couldn't help but take another look.
'Sword Qi…'
'That's a power completely beyond Sword Montum. With my aptitude for the Sword Dao, I'm very confident I can cultivate the third form of the Thunder Sword Manual. The only thing I'm missing is the Thunderlight Stone…'
The price of Tier Three Wood-type Spiritual dicine was similar to that of the Fire Elent ones. With his 9,875 Military rits and the 10% captain's discount, Chu Qingyun bought a total of thirteen.
Afterward, he was left with a paltry sum of just over five hundred Military rits in his Token.
Including the three he had bought before, he now had a total of sixteen Tier Three Wood-type Spiritual dicines.
Based on his experience cultivating the first two layers of the Profound Celestial Divine Pattern, Chu Qingyun estimated he would need at least twenty Tier Three Wood-type Spiritual dicines to perfect the Third Layer.
'Still a bit short... Why did ng Chengde and his group have to be so poor…'
Chu Qingyun couldn't help but feel a little regretful.
If he couldn't cultivate it to perfection, the power of the Third Layer would ultimately be greatly diminished.
However, after settling his Military rit balance, he suddenly rembered that he still had three Fiery Red Lotuses contaminated with Fire Poison that he hadn't dealt with.
So, Chu Qingyun went to a place in the exchange office for appraising and selling Treasures and handed over the three Fiery Red Lotuses.
"Excuse , old sir. Could you please take a look at these three Tier Three Fire Elent Spiritual dicines and see how many Military rits they're worth?" Chu Qingyun said politely to a very old-looking Appraiser inside.
Although he knew the Spiritual dicines probably wouldn't sell for many Military rits, every little bit counted.
Tier Three elental Spiritual dicines should at least sell for a few hundred Military rits, which was equivalent to a few drops of Primordial Spirit Liquid.
Supporting a Qi Sea spanning ten thousand ters, Chu Qingyun didn't dare to waste even a little.
Perhaps it was being addressed as "old sir," because the old Appraiser inside seed very pleased.
He picked up a Fiery Red Lotus and examined it carefully, even using so other instrunts to test it thoroughly.
"Hehe, young man, if you don't mind asking, are you trying to sell these three items as Spiritual dicine, or as Fire Poison?"
The old Appraiser asked with a chuckle.
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