64: Ask your conscience

"Lin Ye, my apologies. These Sequence Disciples have grown accustomed to being arrogant in their daily lives. You aren't hurt, are you?"

"This Disciple is unharmed."

Lin Ye shook his head slightly, indicating he was fine.

Since the Elder provided a way out, he should just take it; there was no need to be unruly.

After all, Elder Feng had never had any deep interactions with him, so such politeness was merely because of his Revered Master.

Madam Miao's prestige within the entire Sect, just looking at how she alone could manage the vast Qingyou Peak, showed how great her influence was.

Before demonstrating his own value, Lin Ye did not want to leave a bad impression on everyone, especially since Jiang Yunmei hadn't actually harmed him.

What Lin Ye didn't know was that the deaths of those dozen or so Soul Transformation Cultivators had already caused the Sect's upper echelons to view him in a new light.

Their own Holy Son Candidate had almost been assassinated.

It would be strange if Supreme Bliss Holy Land didn't thoroughly investigate this matter.

They had even thoroughly investigated Lin Ye's background, first ruling out that Lin Ye had the support of some Senior expert behind him.

Those dozen or so Cultivators above the Soul Transformation realm could not have died for no reason.

In other words, this Disciple of theirs held a great secret.

Everyone has secrets, especially someone like Lin Ye, so the upper echelons had even higher expectations for him.

This was the reason why Elder Feng was so amiable toward him.

Upon seeing Lin Ye so "well-behaved," Elder Feng was even more satisfied.

Talent, state of mind, conduct—the Lin Ye before him was simply the best candidate for a Disciple.

"Sigh..."

Elder Feng sighed inwardly.

If such a Disciple were his own Personal Disciple, it would be perfect.

However, Madam Miao had taken a liking to him; who else would dare compete with her for a Disciple?!

Watching Elder Feng stare at him without speaking, Lin Ye shuddered. Could it be that Elder Feng had a penchant for the same sex?!

He quickly spoke up: "Elder Feng, if there is nothing else, this Disciple will head to the Trial Great Hall."

"Oh, go ahead, go ahead."

Elder Feng snapped back to reality, smiling at Lin Ye: "Remember, the Trial Great Hall is about Asking the Heart..."

After leaving these words, Elder Feng vanished on the spot.

Because of the earlier dismissal, only Lin Ye remained in front of the Trial Great Hall.

He pondered Elder Feng's words.

Asking the Heart?

These two words were clearly a hint, meant to help him pass the trial, but he didn't know what they truly meant.

Forget it, thinking too much was meaningless; he would just go in first.

With that thought, Lin Ye entered the Trial Great Hall.

Upon entering the Trial Great Hall, he could only see a stone pillar in the center of the vast hall.

The stone pillar was engraved with all kinds of patterns, and those patterns seemed as if they were alive.

Patterns of thousands of armies fighting, the sun, moon, and stars shattering, the creation of the world, the scenes of the primordial Universe... even the pattern of the Time River was engraved upon it.

Even without approaching the stone pillar, Lin Ye could feel the mysterious aura and wisps of killing intent emanating from it.

"Hum..."

Just as Lin Ye was still investigating this stone pillar, it suddenly emitted a bright light, which completely enveloped him.

Accompanied by a dizzying sensation of the world spinning, when Lin Ye opened his eyes again, he had arrived in a strange space.

He didn't know where this was; everywhere he looked was darkness.

Moreover, this space seemed completely sealed, and he couldn't even sense any Spiritual Qi in the air.

"System."

"..."

"As expected..."

Lin Ye looked around vigilantly. He had to know, the System was a magical Golden Finger bound to his Sea of Consciousness.

When he entered the Blood Floating Pagoda world, he couldn't sense the System, and coming into this dark space, he couldn't feel the System either.

In other words, was this also a Small World that had been carved out?

"Hum..."

Just as Lin Ye was still pondering, the surrounding space lit up.

He appeared in an antique room, and at the same time, his perspective became strange; a bunch of "giants" appeared beside him.

Lin Ye subconsciously wanted to take out his Spirit Sword from the bronze coffin to fight those giants.

But his back was empty, and when he tried to turn his fingers into a sword, he couldn't perceive even a trace of Spiritual Qi fluctuation within his body.

"Hmm?!"

At this, Lin Ye panicked a little.

With no Spiritual Qi, had he become an ordinary person?

He stretched out his hand to check the situation, but saw the hand waving before his eyes had turned into a small, soft, white hand, like that of an infant.

"What is going on? I?!"

Lin Ye suddenly discovered that his voice had also turned into an infant's cry.

"Hahahaha, excellent! Born with Emperor Eyes, my Lin family has finally succeeded! Minger, you are saved! In the future, you will surely rule the world!!!"

An old man reached out and picked Lin Ye up, shouting excitedly.

On the bed to the side lay a woman who looked like a fairy. Her face was full of gentleness and doting, and even though her complexion was a bit pale, it could not hide her peerless appearance.

By the bedside, there was also a young man anxiously asking about the woman's health. But his face always carried a trace of worry.

Lin Ye widened his eyes. He realized that the woman was his mother, indeed looking exactly as he remembered, but the man was not his father, Lin Zhentian!

What was going on?!

"Qing'er, we..."

The handsome and heroic man spoke in a heavy tone to the woman on the bed: "We must do this; otherwise, I fear Minger won't last much longer."

The woman's delicate face was full of conflict, and crystalline tears even appeared in her beautiful eyes.

"No! I still don't want to do this! Lin Ye was just born, and to let him endure such a thing... he has no choice, and I cannot choose for him!"

"Sigh!"

The man sighed heavily, then tried to persuade her again: "Minger is about to lose his life. A pair of eyes in exchange for a life—isn't this worth it?! How much have we sacrificed for these eyes? Emperor Eyes—these eyes are not easily obtained."

"You endure the scorching of the Imperial Dao Qi every day, and I have to enter the Dragon Transformation Pool to constantly gather my Bloodline."

"The Ancestors even plundered the Imperial Dao Qi from many Immortal Dynasty to make this happen; wasn't it all just to take a gamble?!"

"Now, we have finally secured this chance."

"In the future, we will not fail this child, Lin Ye! Even Minger, he will be grateful to his younger brother!"

"No!"

The woman bit her lower lip with her teeth. Two children—she was torn over both.

But one was a life, and the other was a pair of eyes.

Both are flesh and blood; she could not easily give up either.

Just at this moment, the old man spoke: "Haven't we sacrificed everything precisely for these Emperor Eyes to save Minger? There is no need to say more about this matter; I have made the decision!"