34: The third level of the Battle Royale! Face Zhao Qing!

“Hiss! This is a difficult problem!”

“Good heavens, save one life or save five lives? It seems like an easy choice, but if you abandon the minority to save the majority, do those few people deserve to die? You have the ability to save him, but you give up. Does this mean that you also bear some responsibility for his death?”

“Tsk, this question involves moral ethics, making it very difficult to decide.”

Outside the Illusory Void Formation, Luo Qinghuang and the others couldn't help but gasp slightly when they saw this new test set by Hu Mei.

Luo Qinghuang also put herself in their shoes and thought for a while.

“If it were me, I would choose to save those five people, but I would also feel a touch of guilt for the death of the other person.”

Luo Qinghuang said.

“Hmm, let's see what Chen Yi chooses first.”

“He’s probably going to hesitate. What?! He actually acted immediately!”

At this moment.

Inside the Illusory Void Formation, facing the situation on the two divergent paths, Chen Yi acted almost without any hesitation, swinging his sword.

The scorching Sword Qi annihilated the bandits surrounding the family of five!

And on the other side.

Because Chen Yi did not offer assistance, the woman was killed by another bandit. Immediately after, the scene before him shattered like a mirror.

Hu Mei’s figure appeared before him and she said indifferently:

“Why did you choose to save the majority? Do you also, like most people, believe that the lives of the majority are more important than those of the minority?”

Chen Yi said indifferently, “It doesn’t matter, I just chose at random.”

Hu Mei, Luo Qinghuang, and the others outside the Illusory Void Formation were stunned by his words.

What’s going on?

Chose at random?

What does that mean?

Hu Mei looked deeply at Chen Yi, “Chose at random? Do you mean that choosing the majority or the minority is all the same to you?”

“Precisely.”

“Why?”

“If I’m not mistaken, the key to this test isn’t which side I choose, but whether I can decisively act to eliminate the bandits! After all, in combat, even a moment of hesitation can be fatal! So, it doesn’t matter which side I choose, but if I hesitate, both sides will be killed. Am I right?” Chen Yi said calmly.

Upon hearing this, Hu Mei couldn't help but applaud, “Well said, young man. If you had hesitated for even a moment just now, you wouldn't have been able to save anyone!

Your decisiveness is a great advantage for a Martial Artist. Tsk tsk, I really don't know where you, a young man, got such a Heart-Nature!

Alert, calm, decisive, and not lacking in ruthlessness!”

Chen Yi said indifferently, “Don’t forget, I cultivate the Path of Emotional Detachment!”

Upon hearing this, Hu Mei’s mouth twitched slightly. Good heavens, cultivating the Path of Emotional Detachment, so his Heart-Nature is as still as water, allowing him to be calm in the face of trouble and decisive in action?

Indeed.

Those who can cultivate the Path of Emotional Detachment all have excellent Heart-Natures.

Those with poor Heart-Natures wouldn't be able to cultivate the Path of Emotional Detachment.

They would have long been utterly captivated by the colorful world.

“You’ve passed this test!”

Hu Mei said indifferently.

Then, with a flick of her sleeve, the scene before Chen Yi changed again.

He appeared in a mountain forest.

He stroked his chin and murmured, “What kind of test is next?”

On the other side.

Outside the Illusory Void Formation, Luo Qinghuang and the others couldn't help but exclaim in wonder after listening to the conversation between Chen Yi and Hu Mei, “Good heavens, so this was the key to passing the second test. But this is too difficult!

After all, when faced with such life-and-death choices, anyone would hesitate for a moment.

There's no one who can be that decisive.

Only Chen Yi, a cultivator of the Path of Emotional Detachment, might be able to do it!”

“Even we might not be able to pass, so how are the other Disciples supposed to pass? Could it be that only Chen Yi will pass?”

“No, this test was set by Elder Hu Mei privately, as an additional test for Chen Yi. The other Disciples don't have such a high difficulty.”

“In terms of Heart-Nature alone, Chen Yi has already surpassed many Disciples!”

“From the start of the Sequence Competition until now, Chen Yi has performed the best. Who would have thought that he only joined our Yuhua Sect not long ago? I unilaterally declare that he will definitely have a place among the Sequence Disciples this time!”

“Needless to say, his cultivation has also reached the Golden Core Realm, coupled with his performance in these two tests, being a Sequence Disciple is more than enough!”

“Now it depends on which sequence he can rank in? I feel he should be able to make it into the top five! The top three might be a bit difficult, after all, there's Sword Dust and Red Hua pressing down. One of those guys has advanced to the Nascent Soul Realm, and the other is at the Purple Mansion Realm Peak!”

The Elders discussed animatedly, all very optimistic about Chen Yi.

Meanwhile, inside the Illusory Void Formation.

Chen Yi was walking in the mountain forest when a voice suddenly sounded in his ear.

“Third test: survival ability!”

“Whoever can survive to the end in this mountain forest will receive an opportunity to enter the Sect’s treasure vault and choose a treasure!”

Chen Yi’s eyes flickered when he heard the voice.

As a major School in the cultivation world, the Yuhua Sect’s treasure vault naturally collected many rare and exotic treasures. Entering it to choose a treasure held immense temptation for any Martial Artist below the Nascent Soul Realm.

“Testing survival ability? And only one person can enter the treasure vault. In other words, anyone I encounter in this mountain forest can be considered my enemy!” Chen Yi thought, stroking his chin.

At this moment.

A figure suddenly darted out of the mountain forest.

It was a man in white. He was stunned when he saw Chen Yi, then smiled, “Junior Brother Chen, how have you been?”

Chen Yi nodded slightly, “Hello.”

“What a coincidence to meet you here.”

The white-robed man slowly approached Chen Yi, his hand behind his back accumulating True Qi, preparing to defeat the opponent with one move once he got close!

But before he could even make a move, Chen Yi’s heavy sword had already swung first, and the scorching Sword Qi instantly enveloped him!

One second he was saying hello.

The next second he attacked without any warning.

Good heavens!

So ruthless!

The Sword Qi was formidable, and the white-robed youth hastily moved to block, but he was still sent flying in an instant, breaking two or three large trees in succession.

Then a pillar of light descended from the sky, enveloping the white-robed youth.

The opponent instantly vanished from the spot.

Presumably, he had been teleported outside the Illusory Void Formation.

After all, this was ultimately just a Sequence Competition, a test. The Sect wouldn't allow Disciples to kill each other and deplete their strength.

After defeating the white-robed youth with one move, Chen Yi retrieved his heavy sword and continued searching for his next target in the mountain forest!

And here, one by one, the Disciples who had passed the first two tests were also using their various methods to strive to survive to the end.

Above the mountain forest, a light shield, like a giant bowl, was inverted over the forest, and this light shield was continuously shrinking inwards.

Making the range of activity for the Disciples smaller and smaller.

This was likely to prevent anyone from continuously hiding and enduring until the end.

Chen Yi looked at the light shield and couldn't help but exclaim in wonder, “Isn’t this just a cultivation version of a battle royale? Interesting.”

Whoosh!

At this moment, a sharp Sword Qi swept from not far away.

Heading straight for Chen Yi.

Chen Yi reacted quickly, taking out his heavy sword to block it.

And based on the force transmitted through the heavy sword, he could roughly judge the cultivation of the attacker; it was definitely a top-tier Golden Core!

He looked towards the source of the Sword Qi and saw a familiar figure.

It was none other than… Sequence Nine, Zhao Qing!