Xuanxiao Peak, by the bridge of inquiry.

Lingmu stood silently on the edge of the cliff, looking at Li Mu on the bridge with an expressionless face.

For the danger and strangeness of this assessment, he had a deep understanding when he got started. At the beginning, he was still reminded by his elders to barely pass this level, and as for whether Li Mu, a thorough "mortal", could get by, he was not optimistic in his heart.

After he saw Li Mu walking to the bridge, he suddenly closed his eyes and stood still, and he understood that Li Mu had also fallen into that almost chaotic illusion. Then he saw Li Mu with his eyes closed slowly walking forward, and he felt great regret in his heart, knowing that Li Mu should be in a situation where he was fascinated by illusions and at a loss. When he saw Li Mu holding on to the guardrail on the edge of the suspension and one foot had stepped into the air, he was already ready to go over to save people.

But what happened next made him stop.

It turned out that Li Mu had already stretched one foot out of the bridge, but his expression changed drastically, and after a long time of ups and downs of great sorrow and joy, he suddenly settled down, and then slowly and resolutely retracted that foot, and stood still in place.

A faint smile appeared on Lingmu's expressionless face, and with a little appreciation and expectation, he stopped in place and continued to observe Li Mu's performance.

In the illusion.

Li Mu stood with his eyes closed, his mind empty, and he didn't think about it. He didn't look at the people in all directions, and the sound of the wind, water, and human voices in his ears slowly faded and gradually disappeared.

After a cup of tea, Li Mu opened his eyes and saw that he was in the middle of the Broken Sky Bridge, with the vast blue sky above his head and the endless white clouds under his feet.

He didn't look back, he didn't look at the scenery around him, even though it was majestic and majestic he had never seen in his life. He stared straight at the other end of the suspension bridge and walked straight over.

Lingmu looked at Li Mu lightly, and when he saw Li Mu walking to a place three feet away from the end of the suspension bridge, he said in a low voice: "It's here!"

In that tone, there seemed to be nostalgia and fear.

Li Mu on the bridge only felt a flower in front of him, and in the rippling space in front of him, he once again conjured up the lively scene in the previous market, and he was still standing on the bluestone slab bridge in the scene.

Li Mu looked at the avenue below the bridge, pedestrians were still the same, and new faces were constantly coming out of the street corners. He was suddenly very afraid of the arrival of the carriage, and even more afraid of seeing the eager eyes of his parents again.

But what should come will come. The black carriage came slowly, the curtain was lifted, and his parents slowly walked down, quietly, looking at him again. In that look, there seemed to be blame, concern and expectation.

Only this time, Li Mu's emotions calmed down, and he was no longer as painful and entangled as before. He knew that this scene was all conjured up in this space to confuse him, so he didn't pay attention to it. Therefore he stood silently on the bridge, not looking at the illusion, but purifying his heart and waiting for the illusion to fade away.

But he couldn't help but underestimate the difficulty of this assessment and the meaning of "dangerous" that Lingmu said before.

Li Mu closed his eyes for a long time, and the voice in his ears not only did not slowly disappear like last time, but gradually became noisy. The screams, cries, and quarrels are particularly harsh, making people sound as if they are in hell.

His mind could no longer remain calm, and he only felt a sullen emotion rise from the bottom of his heart, forcing him to open his eyes.

Li Mu saw that the passers-by who were normal before had changed their appearances, and they all looked at his parents with distorted faces and hideousness. Then they let out all kinds of senseless screams and rushed over in unison.

Li Mu's eyes were torn, although he knew that everything in front of him was an illusion, he still couldn't help but want to rush into the crowd to protect his parents who were at a loss.

There was a strong struggle in his consciousness to waver. After a while, Li Mu gritted his teeth and was about to walk off the bridge.

At this moment, a faint light flashed in his chest, and then the sky suddenly darkened.

Thunder and rain fell, and the glimmer of light from his chest turned into a giant monster that swam back and forth in the sky and roared loudly at him.

This monster is covered in gold, with a snake body and antlers, four legs under its feet, scales on its body, and a hanging forehead, but it is not the legendary dragon?

Li Mu stared blankly at the huge golden dragon in the sky, he moved his eyes to look down, only to see that the people and things in the illusion slowly dissolved under the heavy rain, and soon disappeared. But where his parents were standing, there was a strange-looking monster with a black and red body.

This beast resembles a human with two heads, long limbs, and large pupils, which looks extremely hideous. It squatted on the ground, staring at Li Mu deadly, making a heavy panting sound from its mouth, but it was afraid of the golden dragon above Li Mu's head and did not dare to step forward.

The huge golden dragon above Li Mu's head suddenly turned his head and roared at the strange little beast on the ground, spitting out a huge fireball.

The monster howled, and under the traction of the fireball's qi, it couldn't move a bit, and with a bang, it turned into a cloud of ashes.

In the sky, the huge golden dragon looked extremely tired after sending out that fireball. After it glanced at Li Mu deeply, it turned into a light and flew back into Li Mu's chest.

The illusion in front of him dissipated like a broken mirror, leaving Li Mu standing in place with a strange expression.

He tried to take two steps forward, and when he saw that there was nothing unusual, he walked briskly down the suspension bridge.

Lingmu had been waiting here for a long time, and when he saw Li Mu walking out of the illusion unharmed, his face was extremely strange.

Seeing that Li Mu was still there in a daze, he couldn't help but ask, "Boy, what weird things have you encountered in the illusion?"

Li Muxing turned around and hurriedly explained the experience in the illusion, of course, he would never reveal the existence of the golden dragon.

After hearing this, Lingmu asked again: "The monster you are talking about is called 'Nightmare', and it is a dream-eating beast, which is transformed from this Guan Maze Array. Its form is illusory, but it goes straight into people's consciousness and mind, creating illusions and bewitching human beings. Once it is recognized, it will reveal its prototype and launch a spiritual attack on the people in the illusion, but how do you destroy it?"

Li Mu's mind turned sharply, and he replied vaguely: "I don't know very well, the monster screamed at me after it appeared, and I was bored when I heard it, so I picked up a brick at the head of the bridge and smashed it, smashing it into meat sauce, and then I woke up." ”

Lingmu's eyes widened and he looked at Li Mu speechlessly. Otherwise, many of the people who participated in the assessment in the past were injured by the sound of this "nightmare" and passed out on the spot; even if they were able to pass the assessment, most of them would be extremely embarrassed by the impact of this spirit. But he was able to be unharmed, and he killed this beast with a brick! If it weren't for the fact that this kid was still honest, Lingmu would have thought he was lying.

Lingmu coughed lightly and said, "Since you have successfully passed the assessment of this level, then you have the preliminary qualifications to enter this sect." Next, let's go with me to the 'Gong Gong Department' to test the spiritual root. By the way, I will tell you that the test for your entry this time was actually at the request of your recommender He Qiu, and I would personally go out. And because he thinks so highly of you, I don't treat you as an ordinary person. Therefore, the content used to test you was originally intended for innate disciples - that is, as long as your spiritual root is not too bad, you can directly have the qualifications of an innate disciple who has passed this level and become one of the official disciples of this sect. ”

Regardless of the sluggish Li Mu, Lingmu took out the flying boat and said to him, "Come up." ”

Li Mu took a deep breath and got on the flying boat. When the flying boat ascended to the sky, he looked down at the "Asking Heart Bridge" that lay in the middle of the two cliffs, and between the rolling clouds, there were birds floating and sinking from time to time, but he didn't dare to approach the bridge within a kilometer.

He had no complaints about He Qiu's evaluation and Lingmu's approach. He knew that He Qiu understood his mind, so he would deliberately exaggerate his evaluation of himself to Lingmu, so that Lingmu would pay attention to him. And Lingmu also thought like this, so he would bring him to the assessment that only this innate disciple would have. Therefore, at this time, he was quite grateful to He Qiu in his heart, and even his perception of Lingmu was much better.

The speed of the flying boat was extremely fast, and after a while, it came to the "Gong Transmission Department" mentioned by Lingmu.

Lingmu took Li Mu into a black building where the "Gong Transmission Department" was located, and he didn't look around, looking extremely well-behaved. After entering the room, some disciples obviously knew Lingmu, and after seeing Lingmu, they came over and said, "I have seen Lingmu Master, may I ask what happened to Shizu?"

Lingmu regained his expressionless appearance, and said lightly to the disciple: "I brought this person to test the spiritual root and bone age, you go and get the test magic weapon." ”

The disciple Gong claimed yes, turned his head and walked into a separate room.

After a while, the disciple turned around and came back, dragging a colorless and transparent crystal-like object in his hand. This thing is in the shape of a straight cylinder, the size is similar to the pen holder that Li Mu used to study before, and it must be a magic weapon used to test his spiritual root and bone age.

The disciple walked up to Lingmu and handed the magic weapon into Lingmu's hands. Standing aside and looking at Li Mu curiously, he didn't know who he was, and he was able to alarm the famous Lingmu real person in the door to test the spiritual root himself.

Lingmu held the spiritual root testing instrument in his hand and instructed Li Mu: "Stick your left hand on the low end of this object, close your eyes, spread your energy, don't think about anything, and don't pay attention to any discomfort." ”

Li Mu nodded, and as Lingmu said, he slowly pasted his left hand to the bottom of the crystal, closed his eyes and emptied his mind.

After a moment, he suddenly felt a coolness coming from the place where his left hand touched the crystal, and then this coolness followed his hand and swam all the way to the spine, and after such a circle, he returned to the crystal.

A faint voice from Lingmu sounded in Li Mu's ears: "Open your eyes, the test results have come out." ”

Li Mu looked at the crystal artifact, and saw that its originally transparent body was intertwined with three colors: yellow, red, and blue, of which yellow was the most abundant, followed by red, and cyan was the lightest.

Then Lingmu's indifferent words came into his ears: "The spirit root under the three attributes of earth, fire and water, although it is far from my expectations, it is better than nothing. ”

Then Lingmu instructed the disciples standing on the side: "Take him to the second-floor mountain to settle down, pass on my message, and give him a full amount of resources according to the quota of the new official disciples." ”

After speaking, he flicked his sleeves and floated away, never looking at Li Mu again.