After meeting King Akasu and Master, meeting a few old friends of Master, and buying a few jars of fine wine on the streets of Wangcheng, they returned to Snow Mountain City by Fei'er. Along the way, Akasu and Master didn't mention a word about next year's test, but Akasu felt that Master's eyes on him were not the same as before, and he couldn't tell for a while how it was different.

Back in Snow Mountain City, Master told Akasu that the two of them were going on a long trip, and asked Akasu to pack his bags, prepare Fei'er, four months of dry food, and bring the fine wine he bought from the royal city.

Before dawn the next day, the master woke up Akasu, who was still asleep, and left the Snow Mountain City in Fei'er, which had been prepared the day before.

Leaving the snow-capped mountain city, the Akasu flew towards the boundless snow-capped mountains in the north. After flying for about two hours, they stopped in the middle of a tall snowy peak. Fei'er stopped on a platform of about 100 square meters. The platforms are all made of white stone, which is integrated with the snow-capped mountains, and it is difficult for you to find that there is a man-made platform on top of the snow-capped mountains hundreds of meters high, no matter how good your eyesight is.

"Go, put your luggage in the cave," Master said as he took a sip of wine and smiled at Akasu

Akasu looked around and didn't find the cave Master was talking about. But then I thought it was wrong, since the master said that there must be, could it be that someone here has cast an illusion to hide the entrance to the cave? Akasu looked at the master's smiling eyes and realized that his guess was right, there must be an illusion here.

"Ogri Shamanmuga!!" Akasu used the spell of ice illusion in the ice spell, and a small purple light flew in the direction of Akasu's finger. This was learned by Akasu with his friend Rukais, and in exchange for Akasu teaching Rukais the trapping beast spell that his master had taught him.

The purple light collided with the snow-capped mountain wall in front of him and spread out, and a closed stone door was vaguely seen through the purple light Akasu. Determining the direction of the stone gate, Akasu walked over quickly and pushed hard, only to hear a few "gurgling" sounds of the mechanism, and a white jade door slowly opened on the mountain wall.

Akasu turned around and walked in with a bag of dry food, and when he turned around, he saw Master leisurely drinking his wine not far away, as if everything was expected.

After entering the cave, Akasu discovered that the person who had dug the cave in the first place was indeed remarkable. The stone chamber at the entrance to the cave is not very large, about a foot square, but if you look closely, you will find a small door on the right side of the stone chamber. Curious, Akasu pushed open the small door, and saw a neat and winding path of steps. It stands to reason that the cave should be dark, but after entering, Akasu found that the entire stone chamber and steps were faintly glowing with a pale cyan light, and he did not feel the existence of darkness at all. Akasu circled up the steps for about a stick of incense, and a small platform appeared in front of him, on which there was a fork in the road, one to continue going up, the other to turn down. As he was hesitating, Akasu remembered what Master had said about not being too curious, as it was easy to fall into unknown dangers.

Akasu regretted a little in his heart that he had recklessly intruded into an unknown place without consulting his master, maybe there was a profound phantom array in this cave itself, but he didn't find it. Akasu consciously broke through the shallow illusion at the entrance of the cave, and everything was not dangerous, and after entering the cave door, he relaxed his vigilance, not realizing that there was also a phantom array in the cave. If this cave is a test given by the master, he can't even break through this cave phantom array, so why talk about breaking through the test of the whip of death? Not to mention that next year's test will be presided over by Bron, who knows what trap this guy will design.

Akasu stabilized his emotions, and his mind spun like a wheel. Sand Sea Illusion, Jungle Illusion, Misty Illusion, and other illusion scenes and techniques that I had seen in Master's collection appeared in front of me one by one. It's a pity that at that time, I only cared about swallowing dates, and I couldn't think of the illusion layout techniques and the details of cracking. What should I do? At present, all Akasu can remember is the cracking technique of the ice illusion that he mixed up from Rukes, and I don't know if it will have an effect on this illusion array.

Whether it's useful or not, "Ogri Shaman, Broken!" a purple light began to spread out in front of his eyes, but through the purple light Akasu found that nothing had changed, and the two forks in the road still existed. Akasu thought that maybe he was overthinking, there were originally two intersections here, and there was no magic array. Akasu told himself, well, since he couldn't confirm that there was indeed a phantom array, then he chose one of the paths to continue climbing. Just be careful now, at least make a mark across the road. Akasu drew his saber from his waist and drew a mark on the stone wall every ten steps. After about a thousand steps upward, Akasu found that he had returned to the same place. There were still two roads in front of me, one continuing upwards and the other turning downward, and the mark I had left when I set off was not far away.

It seems that he has broken into the phantom array, or at least into the labyrinth. Akasu thought maybe he should try the downward path, so he marked the other path at the fork in the road and walked all the way down. This time, I walked more than 2,000 steps, and I walked to the fork in the road again like last time. In both directions, you can see the marks you just left. What should I do now? Go on endlessly, or go back the way you came? What if you go back? Akasu thought that Master must have been waiting for him at his destination at this time. If he just retreats like this, how will he carry out this cultivation? How can he complete the test of the Whip of Death next year? If he can't face such a test, then he will be a future high priest. Master, His Majesty the King, Bron, they will definitely look down on themselves.

Akasu told himself that he had to persevere! Something must have gone wrong in the way I was going, and I had to carefully check the path I had just walked again. Akasu walked along the upward passage again, and looked all the way up to find that the marks just left were clearly visible, and there was nothing wrong with the path he walked all the way. But what is puzzling is that he walked along the direction and once again walked to the fork in the road platform. No, I have to move on, this time I have to be careful and careful, Akasu reminded himself. This time, more than 1,000 steps, Akasu walked for an hour, but to his dismay, Akasu returned to the same place.

Akasu was already a little exhausted, leaning against the stone wall and panting. While resting against the stone wall, Akasu kept thinking about how to get out of this labyrinth.

Why is this so? Akasu found that the stone wall where he was resting was not cold, but warm. According to conventional thinking, the stone walls should be cold, but the stone walls here are warm. For a moment, Akasu thought, wouldn't the passage he saw go beyond his own understanding? Could it be that he was just as he had shown, one up and the other down, but then went back in circles?

I remember Master said that the world is actually a big illusion, and you think that everything should be like this. But he may not be what you think he is. Isn't the stone wall of today's cave an example? The stone wall on the snow-capped mountain that has not melted for thousands of years should be cold to the bone, but it is warm. Isn't the reason why I have been trapped in the cycle of two forks in the road is because I have been moving in the direction where I think I will reach the end? If I am not guided by the direction of progress? Will I take a new path?

Thinking of this, Akasu was a little excited, and all the frustration and exhaustion just now were forgotten. He regained his courage and walked towards the upward path.

The first time he walked this path, Akasu was guided by the extension of the path, the second time he walked this path, he was guided by the marks he made the first time, and the third time he walked this path, he was always looking for the mistakes of the first two times, and although he was careful but still guided by the direction. This time Akasu decided to follow an unusual approach, guided in no direction.

Akasu settled down, unbuckled his belt and put it over his eyes. After blindfolding, the steps and stone walls that had shimmered just now will no longer be seen, let alone disturbed by all the marks and directions.

Step by step, Akasu walked slowly forward with the bag of dry food on his back. "Boom" his head touched the stone wall, and Akasu shivered in pain. "Boom" his arm hit the stone wall again.

I stumbled all the way, I don't know how many times I touched the stone wall, I don't know how long I walked, and suddenly I felt a strong light shining on Akasu, and I felt an indescribable warmth all over my body. This warmth is different from the warmth on the stone walls in the cave. Akasu thought that maybe he had gone somewhere. Akasu took a deep breath and slowly removed the belt from his eyes. The view in front of me was beyond my expectations.

At this time, he was in a green meadow, and several sika deer were grazing leisurely not far away. Seeing Akasu walking towards them, the buck led by him was already alert, and quickly ran away with several other deer. Akasu looked up and saw that he was surrounded by mountains, and the warm sun was lazily shining on him. What the hell is this place? Finally out of the labyrinth, Akasu couldn't control his excitement. Put down the bag of dry food and roll happily on the grass.

"Akasu, although I don't know why you were able to enter the meditation place by mistake through this blindfold, I still congratulate you on passing the psychedelic steps. Master's voice slowly came from the sky.

"Man, the hardest thing is not to gain but to give up, perhaps this is the first lesson that the god of time wants to tell us. It takes a lot of human courage to give up the advantages you have always had, and to give up the direction in which you may succeed. And at such a young age, you dare to give up the only thing that may take you out of the psychedelic steps, the guidance of your eyes. Breaking through the shackles of the psychedelic steps is still something to be proud of, maybe it is really the god of time who has arranged it!" Master continued.

Akasu thought to himself, what kind of psychedelic steps, you have to give up your advantage to enter? Who would give up your advantage in the ordinary world? Who would want you to let those mages give up their spells, let those warriors give up their weapons, let the rich give up their wealth.

But thinking about it, Akasu was still glad that he had walked out of the maze and came to the place of cultivation.