103: Big brother will definitely satisfy you.

Emperor Xuan's eyes narrowed slightly, a trace of calculation hidden deep within.

After Tang Shuying returned last night, he had pondered over it carefully. Fearing that something might go wrong on Cao Bu's end, he came up with this plan.

With Gu Feng and his wife present, Cao Bu presumably wouldn't dare to act recklessly.

This was equivalent to adding a layer of security to Chu Hao's trial.

Cao Bu looked toward Gu Feng and Yun Shang on the right. His expression was calm, but he was laughing inwardly.

His goal in setting up this trial was to take down Gu Yin.

Emperor Xuan's move to involve Yun Shang had actually done him a huge favor.

Cao Bu looked at Gu Feng and said with a teasing tone, "Brother Feng, do you have the confidence to let Emperor Xuan witness the unwavering love between you and Younger Brother's Wife?"

Gu Feng's brow furrowed immediately. Just as he was about to refuse, Yun Shang beside him responded first, "Sure, it's a good chance to try it out and test each other."

"Xiao Shang!" Gu Feng hurriedly tried to stop her, whispering, "We don't even know the contents of the trial yet. In case..."

"What?" Yun Shang interrupted him. A smile played on her face, but her eyes held a hint of scrutiny. "Does Husband lack confidence, or is Husband's love for me not as deep as he claims?"

The incident on the flying boat yesterday had already planted a thorn in her heart.

She wanted to see if Gu Feng was like other men—only good at making empty promises but completely unreliable in reality.

Seeing Yun Shang's absolute determination, Gu Feng could only grit his teeth and agree. "Fine! If it's a trial, then let it be a trial!"

"Xiao Shang, I will definitely let you know that my, Gu Feng's, love for you is faithful unto death!"

In truth, he also wanted to see just how much Yun Shang cared for him.

However, to save face, he sent a secret transmission to Cao Bu: "Big Brother, you know that if anything happens to the relationship between Yun Shang and me, it would be a disgrace to the Gu Clan. Please show some mercy, Big Brother, and be considerate."

As soon as he finished speaking, Yun Shang's transmission also rushed into his Sea of Consciousness: "Big Brother, you don't need to go easy on us. Do whatever the trial requires. I want to see if Gu Feng is actually a good man."

The corners of Cao Bu's mouth curled up. He first replied to Gu Feng's transmission: "Brother Feng, if you truly love Younger Brother's Wife, then rest easy. My trial is very simple."

After hearing this, an inexplicable sense of unease rose in Gu Feng's heart.

He did love Yun Shang, but he loved himself more.

If Cao Bu's trial was tricky, it was hard to say whether he could pass it.

Seeing that Gu Feng didn't respond, Cao Bu sent a transmission to Yun Shang: "Don't worry, Younger Brother's Wife. Big Brother will surely satisfy you."

"Actually, you needn't worry. I watched Brother Feng grow up. His character is much better than Gu Yun's; he won't let you down."

Yun Shang replied: "I hope so."

She had already made up her mind that as long as Gu Feng didn't commit a mistake of principle, she could forgive him.

After Gu Feng agreed, Emperor Xuan became the happiest person besides Cao Bu.

With this layer of security, the probability of his son passing the trial was eighty to ninety percent, if not a hundred.

"Steward Cao, since that's the case, let's begin," Emperor Xuan said confidently.

Cao Bu nodded with a smile. "Before the trial begins, I'll make the rules clear."

The others immediately held their breath and listened intently.

Cao Bu looked around and spoke slowly, "There are three stages to the trial. My Adoptive Mother and I mean that if the two of you who love each other pass two stages, then I, my Adoptive Mother, and the Gu Clan we represent will have no objections."

"Of course, this is just our thought. Whether it ultimately succeeds or not depends on the hearts of both parties."

"So this trial isn't that important. Success or failure depends entirely on how deep your love for each other is and whether you can tolerate the mistakes your partner makes during the trial."

"Is what I've said clear to everyone?"

Everyone nodded.

Seeing this, Cao Bu turned to Su Li and bowed. "Adoptive Mother, I'll have to trouble you."

Su Li nodded and waved her hand. The thousand illusions exquisite pagoda suddenly appeared above everyone's heads.

Feeling the faint Emperor's Might emanating from the pagoda, stormy waves instantly rose in the hearts of Emperor Xuan and Gu Feng.

It was an emperor weapon!

It was actually an emperor weapon!

Compared to Emperor Xuan's shock, Gu Feng's astonishment was even more intense.

He already had two emperor weapons on him: one High Grade emperor weapon left by his father, and another Medium Grade emperor weapon from the emperor bone Senior.

But the Emperor's Might emitted by those two emperor weapons hidden in his body was not as thick as the one from the pagoda before him.

From this, it wasn't hard to deduce that this pagoda might be a supreme dao emperor weapon.

Back then, Gu Qingtian had two supreme dao emperor weapons; he gave one to Gu Yun and one to Luo Qingcheng.

Could there be another hidden one given to Su Li?

Even his mother didn't have one. Could it be that in his father's heart, the ones he loved most were actually Concubine Luo and Concubine Su?

Although his mother ranked second, was she actually the last in his father's heart?

Cao Bu took in everyone's expressions and explained, "There is one stage of the trial per day. Once you enter the pagoda, it will be very difficult to distinguish between reality and illusion. In other words, everything you experience in the pagoda will feel as if it is truly happening to you."

Hearing this, Gu Feng's face darkened immediately.

If this pagoda were a High Grade emperor weapon, he could still secretly use the power of the emperor weapons in his body to help himself distinguish truth from falsehood.

But facing a supreme dao emperor weapon, coupled with the fact that he currently couldn't fully activate his own emperor weapons, trying to distinguish reality from illusion would be as difficult as reaching the heavens.

Furthermore, this pagoda was being activated by Concubine Su, a Quasi-Emperor.

He gave Cao Bu a deep look, only hoping that Cao Bu would consider the big picture and not let things reach an irreconcilable state.

Cao Bu announced loudly: "The first stage: Life and Death Choice, begin!"

With that, he gave Su Li a meaningful look.

Su Li immediately raised her hand and struck out a Law, which surged into the thousand illusions exquisite pagoda.

In an instant, the pagoda shone with brilliant light, followed by a powerful suction force that acted upon Gu Feng, Yun Shang, Chu Hao, and Gu Yin.

In the blink of an eye, the four had disappeared from where they stood.

Su Li waved her hand again, and two light screens appeared in the air, clearly reflecting the scenes inside the pagoda.

Cao Bu smiled. "Emperor Xuan, why don't we sit down and watch?"

As he spoke, he had already walked to a nearby seat that had been prepared and sat down.

Su Li and Yan Ruyu also took their seats beside him.

Emperor Xuan and Tang Shuying sat opposite them, their eyes locked tightly on the light screens, not daring to look away for even a second.

"Linglong, Li'er, let them all pass this stage," Cao Bu sent a secret transmission.

This thousand illusions exquisite pagoda was something he had originally given to Ye Linglong.

She had already developed sixty percent of the pagoda's functions.

The illusions within were merely one of its most common functions.

Now that Ye Linglong was attached to Su Li, the two of them worked together to set up these three trial stages according to Cao Bu's requirements.

Su Li frowned and replied via transmission: "Didn't we agree to not let them pass any of the three stages?"

As soon as she said it, she realized. "Is it because of what happened last night?"

Last night, to prevent being discovered, Tang Shuying had secretly set up a boundary.

But in the eyes of the current Su Li, that boundary couldn't stop her investigation at all.

Cao Bu nodded inconspicuously. "Since we've already played around, we can't make her too sad."

Su Li sneered, "I think you just haven't had enough fun and want to lure her over to toy with her again, don't you?"

Cao Bu didn't hide it at all. "Li'er is the one who understands me best after all."