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Chapter 2281: Golden Force
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To be honest, Wan Feng and the others were more surprised that Zhao Hai set out immediately after recovering from the illusion than Zhao Hai reaching the Sixth Stage.
Wan Feng and the others had also climbed the Heart Refining Road. They knew how terrifying its illusions could be. The illusion targets one’s conscience directly. It penetrates one’s weakest mental point. It immediately goes after what you desire the most and what you most fondly remember. Once you fall into the illusion, it would feel like you have entered the real world. It was almost impossible to come out by then.
Once you fall into the illusion, the road would urge your body to the edge of the road so that you would fall down. Naturally, the Elder accompanying the participant would come over and catch you. There would be no accidents in the end. But this also means that your trial has ended.
Since the beginning of the Heart Refining Road, only a few people could wake up again after falling into the illusion. Wan Feng and the others were prepared when they went up the Heart Refining Road, so they didn’t fall easily into the illusion. People like Zhao Hai who could continue after falling into an illusion were one in a million.
Zhao Hai has been on guard ever since he entered the Heart Refining Road. After all, this was his first time. Now that he had overcome the new energy and the harm to his mind wasn’t too big, Zhao Hai was very quick when traversing through the sixth stage. Before long, he arrived at the seventh stage.
This time, Zhao Hai was even more careful. Just as he stepped into the seventh floor, he felt a surge of energy different from the previous one. Fortunately, Zhao Hai was prepared, so he didn’t fall into an illusion.
Zhao Hai continued to move forward. Not long after, he walked to the Eighth Stage and headed to the Ninth Stage. Seeing Zhao Hai step onto the Eighth Stage, Wan Feng and the others were stunned. From the fifth floor onwards, the test was no longer about spiritual force, but willpower. If you are short on willpower, you will immediately fall into an illusion. Each stage required more and more robust willpower. For Zhao Hai to reach the Eighth Stage in his first time and was quickly reaching the Ninth Stage, this shows the strength of his willpower.
At this moment, Zhao Hai wasn’t having a great time. He felt the invisible energy constantly attacking his mind, wanting to pull him into an illusion. His spiritual force was useless against this energy. Zhao Hai could only use his willpower to push through. The energy was getting stronger and stronger. Zhao Hai could already feel his willpower shaking.
Despite this, Zhao Hai clenched his teeth and continued on. The only thing in his heart was stepping forward. He solidified his will to deter his mind from being pulled into an illusion.
What Zhao Hai didn’t know was that he was already at the Ninth Stage and was not far from the summit. On top of the Heart Refining Road was a small platform with three people standing on it. All three were wearing black cultivator’s robes and their hair were already white. The three were looking at Zhao Hai with a look of surprise.
The person in the middle looked at Zhao Hai and couldn’t help but nod, “What a good seedling. His willpower is quite formidable. With his potential and the cultivation method that he practices, it seems like he will become a Core Disciple in the future.”
The other two didn’t say anything, but the expression on their faces was interesting. One of them had a surprised look but with a hint of unwillingness and annoyance.
The other had a much better reaction. He didn’t hide his smile as he looked at Zhao Hai. He looked like an old man who was proud of the younger generation’s achievement.
The reason these two old men had these reactions was because of their identities. One of them had the surname Long while the other was surnamed Zhou. The old man with the Long surname was the Supreme Elder of the Long Family. He is an Inner Sect Elder of the Forbidden Path Sect. He is also Long Batian and Long Fei’s great grandfather.
The old person with the Zhou surname was the Zhou Clan’s Supreme Elder. He’s also an Inner Sect Elder of the Forbidden Path Sect. He’s Zhou Feng’s great grandfather. It can be said that the two old men are the Zhou Family and Long Family’s representatives in the Forbidden Path Sect.
The brothers Long Fei and Long Batian, one of them had their arms broken by Zhao Hai, while the other was a Teleportation Stage Expert that couldn’t deal with Zhao Hai. It can be said that they had been embarrassed in public by Zhao Hai. This also made the Long Family bare a grudge against Zhao Hai. And as the Long Family’s Supreme Elder, it was natural for the old man named Long to not have a good impression of Zhao Hai.
Old Zhou was the exact opposite. Zhao Hai and Zhou Feng were good friends. The better Zhao Hai performed, the better he would be valued by the Forbidden Path Sect. The higher the status that Zhao Hai could gain in the Forbidden Path Sect, the bigger the help he could provide to the Zhou Clan. Seeing Zhao Hai’s good results, the Supreme Elder of the Zhou Clan was naturally very happy.
The Supreme Elder of the Long Family knew that now that Zhao Hai had reached the Ninth Stage, even if he failed, he would be valued by the sect. If the Long Family wanted to make a move on him, they could only do so through aboveboard means. They could no longer target him directly. Otherwise, they would be investigated by the Sect.
The three old men were investigators of the Heart Refining Road. The Heart Refining Road was a big deal for the Forbidden Path Sect. Everyone who reached a high level in the Heart Refining Road would certainly have a high status within the sect in the future. They could become pillars of the sect.
Zhao Hai has great talent. He also studied a Buddhist Body Cultivation Method. If he passes the Heart Refining Road, his future achievements wouldn’t be low. It was because of this that the three elders were sent to observe Zhao Hai. 𝘳𝓪𝐍Ò𝔟ĚS
The third old man also has an interesting status. He is a Merit Transferring Elder of the Core Disciples. He’s one of the Supreme Elders of the Forbidden Path Sect.
As for the other two, one being from the Zhou Family and the other from the Long Family. Both old men understood why the sect sent them. It was to make them calm down. It was the sect’s way of telling them not to touch Zhao Hai. They can’t make a move against him, nor could they try to win him over.
Although they understood the message, it was still impossible for them to let Zhao Hai go like that.
Zhao Hai wasn’t aware of what the three old men were thinking. He now felt difficulty in every step he took. The sweat on his forehead fell like rain, which was a situation that never happened to Zhao Hai before.
Zhao Hai was fighting powerful illusions all the time. It can be said that he was only conscious half the time.
However, despite his situation, Zhao Hai continued forward. He has now entered the Ninth Stage.
The illusions on the Ninth Stage were even more powerful. Zhao Hai felt his mind being torn in half. Half of his mind was anchored in reality while the other was stuck on Earth. His life on Earth was too realistic. After all, Earth was also his real life. Being stuck in two realities made Zhao Hai feel miserable.
Just as Zhao Hai felt that his mind was going to split into two, the golden spiritual force in his soul suddenly moved. As the golden spiritual force entered his mind, Zhao Hai felt his thoughts becoming clearer. He felt his soul turn gold. Under this golden light, Zhao Hai felt comfortable as if he was basking under the sun. The feeling of being torn apart has completely disappeared.
Zhao Hai quickly felt the pressure pressing on his mind mellow down. But soon after, he noticed the three people on the summit. This stunned Zhao Hai, then he immediately became careful. He pretended that he was still going to fall down. He didn’t let any carelessness show.
At the same time, Zhao Hai found that the energy that entered his mind has started to duplicate his memories and plans to take it out. Fortunately, the golden spiritual force has been absorbing the energy from the Heart Refining Road bit by bit. Because of this, Zhao Hai’s mind became more and more stable.
This process also sobered Zhao Hai up. But before this, Zhou Feng told him that the Herat Refining Road would make people reveal their true selves. This meant that they might not have revealed it through their mouths, but through the Heart Refining Road’s unusual energy. The energy would allow the Forbidden Path Sect to record people’s memories, making sure that nobody kept any secrets.
Thinking of this, Zhao Hai suddenly had an idea. He immediately used the golden spiritual force to create fake memories and fed it to the unusual energy. This way, the sect would instead have his fake memories and remove all suspicions on him.
After completing all these, Zhao Hai pretended to lose control. As soon as his body swayed, he immediately fell down the cliff. He didn’t manage to reach the summit.
But seeing Zhao Hai fall down, the three Elders along with Wan Feng and the others relaxed. To be honest, Zhao Hai’s endurance surprised them. If Zhao Hai passed the Heart Refining Road, he would have been a monster in their eyes.
Wan Feng immediately moved and caught Zhao Hai in mid air. Then he saw Zhao Hai grit his teeth and faint. Wan Feng couldn’t help but sigh. He slowly landed on the ground and laid Zhao Hai down. Then he looked up to the summit of the Heart Refining Road.
Just as Zhao Hai fell down, the head Elder couldn’t help but sigh, “Good kid. He’s quite resolute. He’s good material.”
After he said that, the elder went to a stone slab at the side of the summit. He lifted the slab revealing a jade slip underneath. Then the Elder picked up the jade slip and probed it with his spiritual force.
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