Chapter 77

"Anping, why are you crying again? Is it because the food Mother made isn't good?"

The woman held Jiang Anping's head, asking with concern.

"No, it's because it's too good."

Jiang Anping laughed while crying.

"If it's good, eat more." The woman smiled and picked up a large piece of meat, placing it in Jiang Anping's bowl.

"Eating meat without garlic is like losing half the flavor." The man handed a clove of garlic to Jiang Anping.

"Deadbeat! Eating garlic again, no kissing today!" The woman glared at the man.

The man缩了缩脖子.

"Ha ha~"

Jiang Anping suddenly burst into laughter, and the woman and man were taken aback, then followed with laughter.

Li Yuanyue, with her tiger-like head, didn't understand what was happening, looked left and right, and finally joined in the laughter, a bubble forming in her nose.

Laughter echoed through the old, familiar thatched cottage.

Outside the Netherworld Secret Realm.

A man in white, more beautiful than any woman, slowly walked out, his handsome face devoid of any emotion.

Mingchen and the other governors were slightly stunned.

How could someone come out so quickly? What kind of genius has such strong willpower?

One of the governors said, "He is a genius from my Qinghai Prefecture, cultivating the无情道 (Path of Indifference), which is devoid of emotions and desires."

The other governors were enlightened. No wonder he came out so quickly.

The Path of Indifference is a path that allows one to have no attachments, to do anything to become stronger, even to kill one's own family.

It is not an easy path to walk, and it is very difficult to truly achieve a state of no emotions and no desires.

Indifference can be achieved, and a crueler person can sever family, friendship, and love.

However, no desires are hard to achieve.

The desire for strength is very difficult to sever.

According to legend, the highest realm of the Path of Indifference is the Supreme Forgetfulness of Emotions, forgetting all emotions and desires. Of course, this is just a legend.

However, cultivators who walk this path generally have no emotions.

It is not surprising that this person was the first to come out.

Soon, a woman in a red dress walked out.

Seeing her, Xia Qing smiled, "Yunhuang, you did very well."

Being the second to come out indicates strong willpower.

Yunhuang saluted, "I did not fail my mission."

Mingchen looked at Yunhuang with admiration, "How did you overcome the temptation?"

"State Governor, when the illusion appeared, I directly used a spell to burn everything I saw to ashes."

Mingchen: "……"

Everyone: "……"

Quite violent.

But it is indeed a good method.

The Divine Phoenix Fire can burn everything, no matter what.

Soon, the third person, holding a sword, walked out.

"In this kind of illusion, I experience it every month in the Ethereal Sect. I should definitely be the first to come out..."

Zhou Feng's words were cut off when he saw two people already standing outside, his face turning dark.

Someone actually came out faster than him, and there were two of them.

These two must be his biggest rivals.

After the three came out, there was a half-incense stick's time before more geniuses started to emerge.

Although the secret realm can evoke the deepest desires of the heart, these young geniuses have strong willpower.

As long as they don't completely fall into it, they still have a chance to come out.

After half an hour, only over two hundred people had come out.

More than a thousand were still trapped inside.

This shows the difficulty of the first test.

In the illusion, Meng Jing looked at the young man eating pastries with her and suddenly crushed the pastry.

"Xiaojing, what's wrong?" the young man asked, puzzled.

"It's not fun. You're not a log; logs don't talk as much as you do."

Meng Jing raised her hand and sent a lightning bolt, sending the young man away.

"So scary, I actually killed a log."

The scene before Meng Jing gradually blurred, and a path appeared.

"I wonder if the log's illusion is me. Hehe."

Meng Jing put away her sword and skipped out of the secret realm, her ponytail bouncing.

Meng Jing looked around and didn't see Jiang Anping. She walked to Xia Qing and asked,

"Princess, has the log not come out yet?"

Xia Qing shook her head.

Meng Jing propped her chin with her hand, her brows furrowed, "That's not right. The log has stronger willpower than me; he should have come out faster."

Xia Qing was also puzzled. According to Jiang Anping's character, he should have resisted the temptation and come out quickly.

But it had been more than half an hour, and he still hadn't come out.

Perhaps Jiang Anping's mental strength wasn't as strong as she thought.

Beside her, Feng Yuchen, in a golden robe, said, "Jiang Anping has cultivated too much, and his mental state is unstable. It's normal for him not to come out. Not just Jiang Anping, two-thirds of the geniuses who entered haven't come out."

He had never been optimistic about Jiang Anping.

Jiang Anping came from the lower class, with no bloodline or talent. Even if he had some opportunities, his cultivation improved quickly, but it was just luck.

People from the lower class find it hard to resist their weaknesses.

These people work hard to pursue their desires, and when the desires are realized, that drive will slacken.

This is the difference between the lower class and the aristocracy; the aristocracy pursues higher goals.

Jiang Anping must have been lost in the illusion, realizing his dreams and unable to extricate himself.

Meng Jing stared at the hourglass, vaguely guessing what Jiang Anping might have seen.

For Jiang Anping, this illusion was indeed his deepest desire.

Time passed, and fewer geniuses came out.

The hourglass was almost empty.

Meng Jing sighed silently. Jiang Anping had indeed failed to overcome his weakness.

No, perhaps Jiang Anping didn't want to overcome it.

Disappointment flashed in Xia Qing's eyes. She hadn't expected Jiang Anping to fail the first test, overestimating the young man.

Inside the secret realm.

Jiang Anping made a meal for his parents and smiled calmly, "Father, Mother, I have to go."

The mother, who was mending clothes, looked up, quickly grabbing him, tears streaming down her face, "Anping, where are you going? Are you leaving Mother?"

"Child, don't go." The dark-skinned father pleaded.

Jiang Anping touched his mother's rough hand and said, "Mother, don't worry. Uncle Meng is good to me, Xiaojing is good to me, and Princess, though she has her own agenda, is also good to me. You don't need to worry."

"I don't know if I can become a immortal, but I will keep walking this path to revive you."

"By the way, I won't let the scoundrels of Lingtai Kingdom off. Destroying Ping Shui County is not enough to quench my anger."

"Father, Mother, I'm leaving."

"Anping!"

The woman and man cried out.

"We will meet again." Jiang Anping smiled and turned to leave.

Outside the secret realm.

Mingchen looked at the hourglass, which was about to run out. He took a deep breath and was about to announce, "I declare..."

At that moment, Jiang Anping slowly walked out.

The moment he stepped out, the hourglass ran out.

Mingchen was slightly stunned. Coming out at this exact time, he suspected the boy had deliberately enjoyed it inside.

"I declare, the first competition is over. All those who have not come out are eliminated!"