Seeing that the fifth trial actually required composing a poem based on the scene before them, many people showed confident expressions.
“Let me go first!”
The tall and sturdy Niu Zhuangzhuang was the first to step out from the crowd. He walked around the sword immortal stone statue once and said:
“Looking closely, it's a big stone statue; looking from afar, the stone statue is big.”
The moment this poem was recited, everyone present wore a baffled expression, as they were all somewhat speechless.
Bang!
Niu Zhuangzhuang, who had composed a nonsensical poem, was instantly blasted away by a beam of light from the stone statue, clearly eliminated.
“This isn't right, is it? I thought it was pretty good!” Even as he vanished, Niu Zhuangzhuang was still a bit dazed.
Seeing that failure resulted in immediate elimination, the previously confident crowd now began to hesitate.
“The sword conceals the storms of eternity; the wine holds the leisure of a half-lifetime.” A genius from the True Dragon Clan, possessing extraordinary courage, directly recited his poem.
Buzz!
This time, the genius was not eliminated. Instead, a green light enveloped him, and he was teleported away to choose his heritage.
“Red, orange, yellow, green, cyan, blue, purple... He actually obtained a cyan-tier heritage! That's at least at the Immortal King level!”
Seeing that the Dragon Clan genius had actually obtained a cyan-tier heritage, many people present revealed looks of envy.
An Immortal King was considered one of the supreme titans in the Immortal Realm. To obtain such a heritage meant that the Dragon Clan genius would surely shine brilliantly in the future.
“For a thousand autumns, I wield my sword to watch the clouds rise; for eternity, I hold my cup to await the moon's arrival.”
Seeing the Dragon Clan genius step forward, a genius from the Qingluan Clan, which shared branches with the Phoenixes, also stepped forward and recited her poem.
Buzz!
As soon as she finished reciting the poem, she was also teleported away by a dazzling cyan light.
Seeing this, some were eager to try, while others hesitated.
Ye Lin did not linger in the crowd. Knowing that the stone statue before him was modeled after that legendary Poet Immortal who would be remembered for eternity, he thought for a moment and directly recited a poem from his memory:
“When life is full of joy, make the most of it; never let the golden goblet face the moon in vain.”
Boom!
The moment his voice fell, a purple light that pierced through the void enveloped him, and he was teleported away.
“Holy crap, pur... purple?”
“How is this possible? Since the appearance of the Thunder Ancestor Hall, countless favored children of heaven have come here, and the highest record was only a blue-tier, quasi-Immortal Emperor-level reward.
But how could a purple, Immortal Emperor-grade reward appear today?”
“Does anyone have information on that youth? I will trade a heavy treasure for it!”
“An Immortal Emperor heritage... Once he returns to the Immortal Realm, I'm afraid there will be a bloodbath. If word gets out, the power behind him might not even be able to protect him.”
Seeing Ye Lin teleported away by the dazzling purple light, all the geniuses present wore expressions of utter disbelief.
An Immortal Emperor-grade heritage was something that even the strongest ancestors of their families would covet with envy.
Thus, at this very moment, the geniuses unanimously began to inquire about Ye Lin's identity, intending to send word of the Immortal Emperor-grade heritage back to their respective families.
It was clear that both they and the factions behind them coveted this supreme heritage immensely.
Unfortunately, no matter how much they racked their brains, they could never have imagined that the identity Ye Lin had provided was not only fake, but he wasn't even a native of the Immortal Realm.
With the Desolate Ancient Dao Pagoda masking his aura and heavenly secrets, they wouldn't be able to find Ye Lin even if they turned the entire Immortal Realm upside down.
Meanwhile, carried by the purple light, Ye Lin soon arrived at a small, elegant courtyard filled with the fragrance of flowers and the singing of birds.
In the courtyard stood a large willow tree. Beneath it was a rocking chair, upon which reclined a youth in Daoist robes with flowing long hair, sharp sword-like eyebrows, and eyes like stars.
Seeing his arrival, the youth waved his hand casually. A table, a chair, a teapot, and two cups materialized out of thin air before them.
The teapot then began to brew and pour tea all by itself, acting in a very mature and independent manner.
“Not bad, little brother. You managed to become a First-Tier Heavenly Dao at such a young age. Unlike me, your elder brother, who cultivated for nearly ten thousand years before successfully replacing the Heavenly Dao and ascending to the Immortal Realm.”
Taking a sip of the tea in his cup, the youth in Daoist robes made a gesturing motion and began to chat in a very familiar manner.
“Just a stroke of luck. My luck is just slightly better than others.” Ye Lin replied as he accepted the hot tea and took a sip. At the same time, he activated the Great Dao Mirror of Years in his right eye to inspect the youth's information.
【Name: Mu Chaoge
Identity: One of the clones of the Thunder Ancestor
Cultivation: Quasi-Immortal Emperor
Talent: Thunder Emperor Bloodline, Purple Heaven Divine Thunder Physique
Description: Blessed by destiny, a Fifth-Tier Heavenly Dao clone with deep foundations. Good at planning and investing across the heavens.】
After reading the information provided by the 'Reflecting the Present Life' ability, Ye Lin formed a general judgment of the youth before him.
Setting aside his name, Mu Chaoge, this 'investing across the heavens' likely had a lot to do with the other party's golden finger.
“Your luck is a 'hundred million' times better than others, eh? I get it. After all, very few of us transmigrators are unlucky.”
“By the way, I transmigrated by sheer dumb luck. How did you transmigrate?”
Taking another sip of tea, Mu Chaoge looked at Ye Lin with curiosity.
“I watched too many 'study materials' and ascended,” Ye Lin replied without batting an eye.
In truth, he wasn't a transmigrator at all, but rather a game player. However, this was a secret he obviously couldn't reveal.
“Cough, cough... Holy crap, you played that hard?” Hearing such a bizarre reason, Mu Chaoge, whose mind was usually as calm as still water, couldn't help but spit out the tea he had just sipped.
“Just a basic maneuver, no need to be amazed,” Ye Lin waved his hand calmly.
“Impressive. I have to admit, you are indeed the more hardcore one in this aspect.” Mu Chaoge said with a face full of admiration.
“Cut the crap. You left a heritage here to attract fellow transmigrators, so you must have some difficulties or plans, right?”
Draining the tea in his cup, Ye Lin got straight to the point.
“Naturally. Since you've already become a Heavenly Dao, you should also know the secret of how the Great Dao is hidden and how the peak powerhouses of the myriad realms have usurped its authority.”
“Precisely because they usurped authority, they obtained immense benefits and stood at the peak of the myriad realms. Thus, to prevent latecomers from imitating them and threatening their status, they used their authority to set pre-requisite conditions for breakthroughs in cultivation realms.
These pre-requisite conditions are still fine in the beginning, but they become increasingly harsh later on. Especially regarding lifespan, it's been severely slashed.”
“Countless geniuses who should have achieved far more have fallen to this blade of lifespan limitation.”
“To break this difficult situation, we transmigrators can only set up layouts across the heavens and unite with other geniuses who refuse to submit.”
“This clone before you and the Thunder Ancestor Secret Realm exist precisely for this reason.”
Seeing Ye Lin bring up business, Mu Chaoge didn't hesitate and directly explained the general reason.
Hearing this, Ye Lin nodded in agreement.
“Then do you currently have any means to control or guide the refresh time of the pre-requisite quests?” he asked immediately after.
The reason he was in such a hurry to come to the Thunder Ancestor Secret Realm was precisely for his cultivation breakthrough.
After all, those pre-requisite conditions were indeed quite disgusting. If the refresh times of those pre-requisite conditions hadn't been stalled, he would have already broken through to the Golden Core Stage or even higher realms.
Now that there was a fellow transmigrator with profound cultivation right in front of him, he naturally had to ask.
“Of course we do. Otherwise, if you were to wait for the rules of heaven and earth to actively refresh the pre-requisite quests for you, the Heavenly Dao consciousness could easily mess with things behind the scenes and stall you for hundreds or thousands of years. Wouldn't your mental state completely collapse then?”
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