Chapter41:TheTrialReopens

"Mei’er,thankyou."

Holdinghistinystarspiritinhisarms,YunXiquicklymovedusingtheskill"QuicksilverMotion"andexpressedhisthankstothecuteandsensiblestarspirit.

ItwaswaytoodifficulttodotheLimitPracticeintheemptyvalley.

EverytimehefinishedoneturnoftheLimitPracticeandfelltothegroundunderthebigtree,Mei’erwouldlickhisears.Hertinybodywentbackandforthbetweenthevalleyandthestream,bringinghimlifesavingwater.

EverytimeYunXifeltthathecouldn’tkeepon,thathissoulandbodybothhadreachedthelimit,itwasMei’erthatmadehimsummonuphislaststrength,forcinghimtogoon.

Ifthegreenhippo’sseedsupportedhisbodyinfinishingthegrievousLimitPractice,thenMei’erwaslikealighthouseinhisheart,makinghimseehopewhenhewaswanderingintheseaofpain.

Now,YunXiwasconfidentaboutthesecondstartrialtonight.

(TranslatedbyGravityTales妫ｅ啯袩)

Yes,todaywastheseventhdayafterthefirsttrial.ThetimeMei’ersaidthatthesecondstartrialwasgoingtostart.

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Inthedeepofnight,YunXisatontheroofofhishome,lookingatthestarrysky.

Aroundhim,thesmallvillagewassolivelythatitalmostfeltunfamiliartoYunXi.

Oneafteranother,bamboohousesoccupiedtheplacewherefamiliesYunXiknewshouldbe.Thebamboohouseswereverytall,thetalleronewasevenoverahundredmeterswithhugebannershangingdownfromit.

"WishingthatChildeYunHe,SiNian,andSanQuanpassthetrialoftheSwordPalace!"

Itwasn’ttheonlybannerlikethis.EvenasYunXiheadedbacktovillage,hegottoknowthethreehottestchildesoftheexamoftheSwordPalace.

"Isn’tthattooexaggerated?Thesechildes..."Lookingatthesmallvillagethatwasdecoratedwithlanternsandcoloredhangingsandburstingwithhappiness,YunXihadneverseenhishometownsolively.

"Infact,youknownothingaboutpower..."YunXireachedouthissmallhands,feelingthelightofthestarsemanatingfromthesky.

Unlikethelasttime,thistimehecouldclearlyfeelthecomingofthepowerofthestars.

Comparedtothelasttrial,thistime,thescaleofthistrialincreasedbytentimes.

Didthatmeanthestarsthoughtthereweretentimestheamountofpeoplethathadthequalificationstoenterthetrial?

Ifso,justletitstart.Perhapstonightwouldbeverylong.Withthiskindofanticipation,YunXiwentbacktohissmallroom,countingdowntothetimehehadtoentertheworldoftrial.

Ten,nine,eight,seven...

"Eh?DidIdrinktoomuch?"ChildeYunHewasdrinkingwithseveralnoblefriends,buthesuddenlyfeltverysleepy.Hecouldn’tkeephimselfawakeandliedonthetable.

"Let’sdrinktoourheart’scontenttonight!"

"Let’swalktogethertothewest!"

ThenoblechildeswhoweredrinkingtogetherwithChildeYunHewerealreadydrunk,andnoneofthemfoundanythingweird.Theyfelldownonebyone.

Atthesametime,inanotherplaceofthesmallvillage,theotherboysandgirlswhotookpartintheexamoftheSwordPalacealsofeltverysleepy.

"Hoo...whyamIsosleepy?That’sstrange..."ChildeSiNianwaspracticinghisswordskillintheyardhejustbought.Heyawnedandputdownhistwo-handedheavysword.

"ThehexagramsareveryauspiciousandsaysthatIshouldgotobedasquickaspossible?"ChildeSanQuanwasdivininghisluckfortomorrowandgotagoodprediction.Heclosedhiseyeswithsatisfaction,sinkingintodeepmeditation.

However,thistime,hefellasleepunconsciously.

Inthesoftlightofthestars,oneafteranother,geniuseswhocamefromalldirectionsoftheWhiteLotusSwordDomainfellasleepunconsciously.

Halfanhourlater,YunXi’schildhoodsweetheart,HuaHuo,alsofellasleep.

Finally,intheencampmentbesidetheriver,thetwinwitchesstretchedthemselvestogether.

"Itfeelsweird.Ihaveabadpresentiment."RedLotusrubbedhertemples,tryingtoraiseherspirit,buthereyescouldn’tstopclosing.

"Let’ssleep,sleep,mysister."WhiteLotuswashummingasoftandrelaxingtune.Justlikehersister,shealsohadanunknownpresentiment.

However,itwasaverysweetpresentiment.

"No,Ican’tsleep...dammit..."RedLotus’sbodyshookforacoupleoftimes,thenfinallylaiddownontheground.

"Sister,let’shaveagooddream."WhiteLotussmiledsweetly,closinghereyestogetherwithhersister.

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"Thesecondtrialstartsnow!"

"FinalQuest:Thepoorprincessislockedupinaneviltower.Pleasedefeattheevilstonesoldierarmyandbreakintothetowertosavetheprincess!"

"OptionalSideQuest:Thebravegirlischallengingtheevildragon.Gotobecomeherpartneranddefeattheevildragon!"

"Armoryopened!"

"GalleryofSpoilsopened."

"ForgingSystemopened!"

AseriesofnotificationtonesranginYunXi’sears.Itwasn’tassimpleasthenewbietrial,thistrialwasmoredifficult,anditwasthefirsttimetherewasasidequestthatcouldbechosen.Therewerealsothenewarmory,galleryofspoils,andforgingsystemaddedinthetrial.

Openinghiseyes,YunXifoundthathewassittingbesideabonfireinthesunsetglow.

Asfarashiseyescouldsee,therewasagreattowersittingattheendofthecoast.

Thedilapidatedpalaceswerelinkedtogetherbyfloatingstonebridges,releasinganancientauraofvicissitude.

Obviously,thegreattowerwasthelocationwherethe"princess"wasimprisoned.YunXihadevenexpectedwhotheprincesswas.Afterall,inthesmallvillage,only"she"couldbethemostgloriousandbeautifulprincess.

Lookingtotheleft,therewasanactivevolcanoemittingoutredcloudstothesky.Hecouldhearadragon’sroarcomingfromthatplaceandtherewerefiercegriffinshoveringabovethevolcano.

Thatwasthewayleadingtothehero.Sincetheheroinewassopowerfulthatshewasabletochallengetheevildragon,YunXipracticallyknewwhoshewas.

Lasttime,itwasasinglegamelineofthesleepingbeauty,butthistimethereweretwochoicesthegamelineofheroineandthegamelineoftheprincessinthegreattower?

ThelovesystemofthestarslikedtomakeYunXifaceextra-harddifficulties.

Justlikelasttime,thestarsalsogaveYunXithemapofthetrial.

YunXijusttookaglance,thentheserriedredpointsonthemapscaredhim.

Exceptforthegreenpointofhimself,thegreenpointinthevolcanozone,andthegreenpointonthetopofthegreattower,theywereallbloodredpoints.

"KaLa!"

"KaLa!"

"KaLa!"

ItseemedthatYunXi’scomingactivatedtheswitchofthistrialworld.Thestonesoldiersindifferentpalacesallopenedtheireyesonebyone.

"Enemy!"

"Invader!"

"Find,eliminate!"

YunXihadn’tyetwalkedawayfromthebonfirebuthealreadyfeltthathewasinvolvedingreatdanger.