35: Second test

"Investing a thousand and getting two thousand back, what a profitable deal! System, you could open a bank!"

Su Xuan mused to himself.

Su Xuan's astonishing talent greatly excited Senior Lingxiao. He circled Su Xuan several times, continuously muttering, "Chosen One."

Not only that, Li Qiuyue's gaze towards Su Xuan became a bit more ambiguous. The thought of her future husband possibly being a man as excellent as Su Xuan made Li Qiuyue hum softly.

Lin Fan, standing nearby, looked at Su Xuan with an expression as if he had eaten several pounds of excrement. He couldn't understand why Su Xuan would awaken such a talent!

"No! I don't believe it! How could Su Xuan, that despicable scoundrel, possess such a talent!"

Lin Fan said, unconvinced.

"The testing crystal has never been wrong for thousands of years. What, are you questioning me?"

Senior Lingxiao said in an unkind tone.

Originally, Senior Lingxiao felt some pity for Lin Fan, but seeing Lin Fan's current appearance, he immediately felt no pity at all.

This boy's jealousy is too strong. The clothes and preparations on his body were all given by Su Xuan, yet he still envies Su Xuan.

"I... I..."

Lin Fan stammered for a long time, unable to articulate anything coherent.

Under Senior Lingxiao's oppressive aura, the current Lin Fan was truly helpless, unable to call upon heaven or earth!

"Shut your mouth! It's truly disgusting. If there's a problem with the testing crystal, it must be with you!"

Li Qiuyue said angrily.

"I... I... Sigh..."

Lin Fan didn't know what to say. In the past, when he encountered such situations, the crowd would always help him! Why were they all stepping on him now?

There are bad people in the crowd!

Lin Fan felt utterly exhausted.

"Alright, since there are no issues, and you have all successfully passed the first trial, how about we call this round a draw?"

Senior Lingxiao suggested.

"I have no objections!"

Su Xuan said magnanimously.

"Look at others, then look at yourself!"

Li Qiuyue mocked.

Originally, Su Xuan should have won this first test, but he magnanimously chose a draw.

"Next is the second trial."

Senior Lingxiao calmed his emotions and said loudly.

"This second trial is a test of your state of mind."

"You will enter the illusion array behind me. As long as you can persist for the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, you will pass."

Senior Lingxiao explained.

This second test was relatively simple.

Li Qiuyue entered first. Soon, the time for an incense stick to burn passed, and Li Qiuyue emerged with an expressionless face.

Having never experienced any setbacks since childhood, her mentality was incredibly good. She didn't know what fear was, so she easily passed this test.

Soon, it was Su Xuan's turn.

He directly spent a thousand Villain Points and activated a small cheat from the System, allowing him to be unaffected by any illusion array for the duration of an incense stick's burning time.

Under Li Qiuyue's expectant gaze and Lin Fan's wish for Su Xuan to die soon, Su Xuan walked directly into the illusion array.

Soon, the time for an incense stick to burn passed, and Su Xuan also emerged unharmed.

However, unlike Li Qiuyue's expressionless face, Su Xuan had a feeling of wanting more.

After activating the cheat, Su Xuan was in the illusion array, where things that should have been terrifying turned into various beautiful women. Even those two-dimensional characters from his previous life intruded.

C.C., Kurumi, Megumin, Misaka Mikoto, Tifa... all rushed towards Su Xuan in strange ways.

What kind of illusion array was this?! It was practically a blessing for humanity!

"This kid... he's not even changing his expression, and he even seems to want more? What kind of state of mind is this!"

Senior Lingxiao was shocked.

This trial wasn't too difficult for most Holy Sons and Holy Maidens.

They had been in high positions since childhood and had never experienced any setbacks, so they naturally didn't know what fear was, and a firm state of mind was understandable.

Therefore, he wasn't surprised by Li Qiuyue's performance.

However, he had never seen anyone like Su Xuan before. It felt as if Su Xuan had gone in there to play around, even seducing a few beautiful women, and was about to do something bad when he was teleported back.

"Is this the extraordinary nature of a Chosen One? It's truly beyond the comprehension of ordinary beings like me!"

Senior Lingxiao sighed.

"As expected of Su Xuan! He's so composed! He even seems to want more! This is truly much stronger than me!"

Li Qiuyue looked at Su Xuan with a face full of admiration.

With Lin Fan as a foil, Su Xuan was so outstanding that Li Qiuyue's favorability towards him quickly reached 40.

"Ding! Destined Protagonist Li Qiuyue's favorability towards the Host has reached 40. Reward: 20,000 Villain Points!"

Lin Fan looked at Su Xuan with a face full of jealousy. At this moment, his heart was filled with an immense sense of defeat.

Su Xuan ignored Lin Fan's almost murderous gaze, a faint smile playing at the corners of his lips as he slowly walked towards Li Qiuyue.

"Su Xuan! You're truly amazing! Much more amazing than me!"

Li Qiuyue looked at Su Xuan with a face full of admiration. It was her first time seeing someone emerge from the illusion array like that.

"It's just a minor trick!"

Su Xuan smiled faintly.

Lin Fan scoffed and couldn't help but say, "Hmph, he just got lucky. What's there to be proud of!"

Facing Lin Fan's mockery, Su Xuan responded without hesitation, "Don't say I didn't warn you, Lin Fan. Your emotions are so unstable right now. If you enter the illusion array, be careful your negative emotions aren't infinitely magnified!"

Hearing Su Xuan's words, Lin Fan didn't know if they were true or false, and immediately broke out in a cold sweat from fright.

Seeing Lin Fan's frightened expression, Su Xuan almost burst out laughing. This kid actually believed him.

"Alright, no more useless talk. Lin Fan, it's your turn to be tested!"

Senior Lingxiao said indifferently.

Lin Fan bravely stepped into the illusion array. Although his heart was filled with fear and apprehension, he still walked in.

Inside the illusion array, various terrifying sights surged like a tide.

Lin Fan was scared half to death by this sudden tactic and actually wet himself.

Li Qiuyue and Su Xuan instinctively covered their noses.

"Ding! Host indirectly caused the Destined Protagonist to make a fool of himself in public. Reward: 1,000 Villain Points!"

"Ding! Detected that the Destined Protagonist is about to be blackened. Please proceed with caution~"

Despite wetting himself, Lin Fan, as the Destined Protagonist, still emerged from the illusion array unscathed at the last moment.

"I succeeded! I survived! Hahahaha!"

Lin Fan, having escaped a disaster, immediately burst into laughter.

"Stop laughing. Go over there and change your clothes!"

Senior Lingxiao casually threw a new set of clothes to Lin Fan.

Only then did Lin Fan realize what he had just done.

Facing Li Qiuyue and Su Xuan's sympathetic gazes, he felt both ashamed and annoyed, but there was nothing he could do.