For a mont, an eerie silence fell over the group.
The silence lasted until the giant, hundred-ter-tall copper statue leaning on its sword spoke again, declaring that if no one answered soon, everyone would be considered to have failed the test.
Only then did Chu Han grit her teeth, step forward, and answer loudly:
"It must be the ruler wielded in the Qi Region, striking that Ancient Immortal, Zhang Ling!"
Her clear voice echoed through the vast space.
Several people turned to look at her, and Chu Han waited nervously.
However, the copper statue rely lowered its enormous head and spoke chanically:
"Incorrect answer. Next."
Chu Han let out a soft sigh.
Wang Zhiyao furrowed her brow and mused:
"This question is truly strange. It has no rhy or reason. If the answer isn’t the Qi Region, then what could it be?"
Her mind raced with a thousand thoughts as she murmured to herself:
’If this is so kind of brain teaser, I can’t see it. I’ve pondered the words for a long ti, and there don’t seem to be any hidden tricks....’
Lu Xuan blinked innocently but said nothing.
At that mont, a Celestial Human stepped forward to answer:
"It’s a ruler wielded between heaven and earth!"
The statue shook its head.
"Incorrect answer."
Chong Shanhu seed inspired by this answer. He took a step forward and declared loudly:
"It was in the Ancient Tis!"
"Incorrect answer."
’That was wrong too??’
’Where on earth is the trick to this question?’
Zhu Cun thought for a mont, then suddenly looked up and spoke with a grave expression:
"Could it be a ruler wielded in front of Zhang Ling?"
"Incorrect."
The statue’s replies grew shorter and shorter.
Wang Zhiyao, who had thought of a few answers herself, saw that everyone else had already tried and failed, so she decided to give up.
With a wry smile, she subconsciously asked the young man beside her:
"This question is so bizarre. Do you have any ideas?"
"I do," Lu Xuan replied honestly.
Wang Zhiyao froze for a second, then turned her head in surprise. She had only asked casually, but this Wu Xiaoxu seed so confident?
The Celestial Humans, Sakata Izumi, and the others also glanced over in astonishnt. Lu Xuan grew a little bashful under their gazes and decided to save so face for his future self.
He cleared his throat softly and said:
"Is it possible—and I’m just spitballing here—that this question is a test of historical knowledge?"
Huh?
Everyone was taken aback.
Lu Xuan stepped forward, looked at the giant copper statue, and proclaid:
"I once read a story in a fragnted ancient text. In ancient tis, there was a Great Divine Power User whose ears could hear all things and who could appear anywhere under the heavens..."
He paused, then continued:
"One day, while in the Guardian Storage Room in Ancient Luoyang City, this Great Divine Power User heard his disciple, Zhang Ling, speak of him disrespectfully from ten thousand leagues away. The Great Divine Power User brandished his ruler and struck him from that vast distance... The answer is Ancient Luoyang, in the Guardian Storage Room."
After patching up his story, Lu Xuan looked up quietly.
The copper statue also raised its head and, to everyone’s astonishnt, announced in a booming voice:
"Correct answer."
As the words fell, the longsword vibrated and the copper statue shattered. Amidst a trendous roar, a golden light shot out from the crumbling statue, like an inverted galaxy, and plunged into the young man’s head.
Lu Xuan’s expression instantly turned solemn.
He heard the sound of sermons, the sound of Dharma being taught. He saw scriptures that could not be spoken, described, or expressed. He saw ultimate truth, he saw wondrous Skills, he saw the Great Dao!
The [Form Acupoint] activated automatically, encompassing all things within this space and analyzing them one by one.
In the end, all of this ethereal knowledge, which could not be comprehended by normal ans, was completely absorbed by Lu Xuan!
Although the statue had said the reward was four acupoints, it had actually revealed the secrets of all five.
[Form Acupoint: Grants complete and thorough vision. From a seated position, one can see in all ten directions. There are no barriers between heaven and earth. Within the six cardinal directions, the forms of Ghost Gods, all things hidden and manifest, large and small, the true nature of all matters, past and future—all are seen by the eye!]
[Sound Acupoint: Grants the ability to hear everything in heaven and on earth, from all four corners and eight directions. No sound goes unheard. The clamor of humans, celestials, birds, and beasts; the sounds of flight and vibration—all sounds are heard and understood with perfect clarity. One can also hear the true sound of the Great Dao and the prayers of All Realms!]
[Sll Acupoint: Perceives precious aromas. Through scent, one can distinguish the thickness, thinness, and fluctuations of fate and fortune, noting every minute detail. Across the four directions and above and below, throughout All Realms and the Celestial Realms, the scents of good and ill, the countless threads of destiny—all are slled as if they were right before you.]
[Taste Acupoint: When all ten thousand things are combined into a single al, the tongue will know the nature of each, distinguish its flavor, trace it to its roots, and understand its Source.]
[Touch Acupoint: Pass through mountains and touch stone without hindrance. Separate one’s form and disperse one’s body into a thousand transformations. The form can extend to the eight poles of the world or shrink to the infinitesimal. With a single touch of the palm, one can reach the very root of all things. One can touch the formless, one can touch the Years, one can touch fate, one can touch Ti, one can touch the Great Dao.]
The great secrets of the five acupoints resounded in Lu Xuan’s mind. He was completely srized, imrsed in them, peering into their foundations and comprehending their mysteries.
At this mont, at this ti, in this place, within this space.
Lu Xuan achieved a sudden enlightennt.
His Form Acupoint was already open, and now the Sound, Sll, Taste, and Touch Acupoints opened as well. He used the wondrous Dharma of heaven and earth to perfect his own wondrous Dharma; he used the outer way of all things to perfect his own true Dao!
With the five sensory acupoints open, his five viscera resonated, opening five more acupoints!
The human body has three hundred and sixty-five acupoints. At this point, Lu Xuan had opened three hundred and seventy of them!
Surpassing the stars in their celestial Circulation, surpassing the fixed numbers of the world!
He pressed his palms together, bowing to the shattered copper statue, bowing to his past self, and bowing to his future self.
"I have attained enlightennt."
In the eyes of the Celestial Humans, Wang Zhiyao, and the others, the Physique of the young man called ’Wu Xiaoxu’ began to vibrate at a high frequency.
And amid that vibration, with that bow, with that declaration of "I have attained enlightennt," his body—in all directions, above and below—suddenly exuded an abstruse and profound sense of flawless, immaculate Perfection!!
A strange thought inexplicably surfaced in Wang Zhiyao’s mind: the Physique of the Wu Xiaoxu before her was the most perfect, the most complete Physique in the world. There might be those who were stronger, but none were more perfect!
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