366: Chapter 366 A Text Not Belonging to This World

"Let me see what's going on here."

After entering this mysterious space, Zhou Yan began to survey his surroundings.

It was a square platform; on one side were three doors, and on the other was an illusory staircase.

Zhou Yan first walked toward the staircase and reached out to test it, only to find that this seemingly illusory staircase was indeed fake; his hand touched nothing but air.

To be safe, he lifted his foot and stepped on it, but he still stepped into empty space.

"It seems the staircase is a fake. That so-called memory should refer to the choice of the light gates."

Zhou Yan didn't know the specific details of this trial, only a single route.

Right, Left, Left, Middle, Right.

When he first entered, the stairs were on the right and the light gates were on the left. He originally thought it meant for him to walk straight up.

Since the stairs led nowhere, it must refer to the light gate on the far right.

Just as he was about to reach out to probe the door on the right, streaks of flowing light suddenly surfaced upon it as he approached.

Zhou Yan's brow furrowed. He exerted force through his feet and leaped back quickly, only then seeing the situation clearly.

At this moment, all three doors were bursting with flowing light, and light was also converging above.

"Is this a combat stage?"

Even as the words left his mouth, his body had already reacted ahead of time.

Zhou Yan directly took out yuanwu xielü and began drawing a Formation on the spot, intending to set up ten or twenty Formations before the monsters appeared.

By the time he was laying the eighth Formation, the flowing light stopped. Zhou Yan was ready for battle, even though he had only completed eight Formations.

While he was on high alert, the light gate finally finished its transformation. However, instead of the elite mobs or Bosses he expected, a line of text appeared on the door, and three answers appeared before it.

Zhou Yan finally breathed a sigh of relief and put away yuanwu xielü.

"That gave me a fright. I thought it was a Boss battle, but it turns out to be a knowledge quiz."

"Isn't that Demon Venerable's memory the answer key? This will be a breeze."

He strode forward, looking up at the question with full confidence.

"Which of the four extremes is the Azure Dragon responsible for guarding?"

The three light gates below corresponded to the following options respectively:

Western Extreme, Taiji, Eastern Extreme.

"What is this? A brain teaser?"

"Oh my god, stop making your Brother Zhou laugh. If it's all at this level, then I..."

Halfway through his quip, Zhou Yan suddenly froze.

He looked up again, eyes wide, staring at that line of text in disbelief.

Thump... thump, thump-thump-thump.

His violent heartbeat sounded like a drum within his chest. A wave of dizziness hit him, and fear and sorrow spread uncontrollably.

Even his usually indestructible Pure Dao Heart fell into silence.

Zhou Yan asked tremulously,

"This... why, why is this in Hanzi characters?"

On the other side of the labyrinth, the dragon that looked like a sheep hesitantly reminded Ao Ye.

"Brother Ye, are we just leaving like this? Didn't we say there was something we needed there?"

The two demons beside him both looked at Ao Ye with faces full of admiration.

However, Ao Ye was not as furious as they imagined; he only said coldly,

"It's not just that one; there are others. It's just that one was the best."

That demon was still somewhat unwilling to give up.

"But Prince, you specifically doubled back from the exit just to get the best one, right? Are we just going to leave like this without even resisting?"

"That guy named Zhou Yan is only at the Late Nascent Soul Stage. No matter how extraordinary he is, if the four of us attack together, we might not necessarily be afraid of him."

"Even if we want to play it safe, we can gather more people and bring a few more demons to corner him."

"Even if he gets nothing, it would serve as a way for you to vent your anger, Prince, and resolve a trouble in advance."

The more he spoke, the more invested he became, even working out the plan in detail.

But he failed to notice Ao Ye's face growing darker and darker.

Finally, Ao Ye threw a backhand punch, smashing the demon violently against the wall, kicking up clouds of dust.

"From now on, you are not allowed to mention him again, nor are you allowed to scheme against him."

"Do you understand!"

Ao Ye's face was still somewhat pale, but the killing intent on it was something they had never seen before.

The demon who had been sent flying scrambled up and repeatedly agreed. Ao Ye said nothing more, only threw him a Medicinal Pill before turning to walk in the next direction.

On the other side, it took a long time for Zhou Yan to calm down. He wiped away the tears falling from the corners of his eyes and looked at the characters again, his emotions still difficult to settle.

Because of his predecessor's memories, Zhou Yan had mastered the script and language of this world. Combined with the fact that the culture here was similar to Blue Star, he had actually been ignoring the issue of the script.

Seeing Simplified Chinese at this moment, he no longer knew what to say.

If it were anyone else seeing familiar writing in another world, they might feel nostalgic or cautious, but they wouldn't have such a violent reaction as he did.

The reason for this was that the Law of the Heart he specialized in originated from a Pure Heart and feelings of homesickness; thus it was indestructible, but also as soft as it was at the beginning.

Now that it had encountered the very thoughts that formed its Foundation, that steel-like heart could no longer remain hard.

"Ha—"

Zhou Yan took a deep breath and walked somewhat staggeringly toward the light gate on the right.

"It seems this world is even more mysterious than I imagined."

"In the future, when I achieve Soul Transformation, I must also be careful. Because I have a heart, I am firm, but also because I have a heart, I am soft..."

"Sigh."

Stepping into the light gate, he appeared on the second platform.

Again, three light gates and another question.

"What is the name of the Azure Dragon?"

From left to right, the options were: Meng Zhang, Zhiming, Ancestral Dragon.

It was still in Simplified Chinese characters.

Relying on the Demon Venerable's memory and his own knowledge, Zhou Yan chose the left and entered the next stage.

The third platform.

Zhou Yan had already recovered from the influence of the Law. He was no longer sentimental; instead, he felt worry about the unknown and a sliver of hope.

According to what Yu Kou said, this Secret Realm should be related to the legendary Sacred Beast, the Azure Dragon.

There were no records of the four Sacred Beasts in this world, at least not in the public domain.

But many powerful figures seemed to know something; he himself only came here after being pointed in the right direction by Yu Kou.

Combining these questions with the script, a thought surfaced.

"Could this Azure Dragon be a Transmigration Senior?"

He looked at the next question.

"Where does the Azure Dragon rank among the four Sacred Beasts?"

He chose "First" on the left.

The fourth platform.

"What Great Dao does the Azure Dragon primarily cultivate?"

He chose "Great Dao of Life" in the middle.

The fifth platform.

"Who is the Heavenly Emperor most recognized by the Azure Dragon?"

Zhou Yan stopped and looked closely at the three names in front of him.

Chiyou, Jade Sovereign, Saint Sovereign.

"This... what is this?"

He suddenly realized that this might be a question touching upon the secrets of this world—the mysterious Immortal Realm.

"Heavenly Emperor?"

"There are so many of them?"

"Are they all Heavenly Emperors, or are there fake answers among them to mislead, like before?"

"Chiyou, Jade Sovereign, Saint Sovereign..."

He whispered the three names three times, sensing that hidden behind these names were things that someone at his Realm shouldn't touch.

But he really didn't know how to answer this question. Relying on his knowledge of Chiyou from Blue Star, he first eliminated Chiyou.

Although he didn't know why this name appeared, if that Azure Dragon really was a Transmigration Senior, then this shouldn't be the correct answer.

He couldn't rule out that this was a reverse-psychology move by the Transmigrator, but he didn't dare gamble.

Ultimately, he walked toward the answer from the Demon Venerable's memory on the right—the door with 'Saint Sovereign' written on it.

The moment he stepped in, Zhou Yan's heartstrings were taut.

It wasn't until he stepped through and stood on the sixth platform that he breathed a sigh of relief, but three light gates and a new question appeared before him.

"Second-generation Human Race, what is his definition of humanity?"

Born as human, Origin is human, possessing human nature.

"Why are there still more?"

Looking at the question that appeared again, Zhou Yan frowned. He no longer had the answers for the subsequent ones.