Chapter 182: 119, Senior brother, your hand is so small.
"Impossible!"
"Absolutely impossible!"
The scholar's previously elegant demeanor had vanished completely, replaced by shock and anger.
He raised his shaking finger, pointing at the contents displayed in the Water Mirror.
Within it, the situation that should have been overwhelmingly one-sided had suddenly changed.
Xu Yuan, covered in blood, stood calmly; but around him, not a single living corpse remained.
On the Thunderfire Sword he held, the Thunder Dragon and Fire Phoenix intertwined, emitting a relentless chant.
Just in that instant, he had used his sword to directly slay the surrounding corpses.
Yet strangely, the arrows tracking the flow of Spiritual Power remained completely still.
"You must have given him a backdoor," he accused.
In response to his outburst, Jing Lixue remained very calm, "I didn't."
"How could you not have!"
He widened his eyes and said through clenched teeth, "Since it's an inheritance, there must be loopholes. You definitely told him about those backdoors or loopholes!"
"I did not," Jing Lixue shook her head again.
"On the contrary, precisely because it's an inheritance, it naturally wouldn't offer an opportunity to exploit any gaps. You're overthinking it."
In fact, there were indeed methods to quickly pass the inheritance.
Jing Lixue truly hadn't opened a backdoor; she simply had left it unclosed.
However, that precaution was taken only because she was worried that Xu Yuan's speed might not match that of the others. Now that Xu Yuan was far ahead, she naturally had no need to take such a risk.
"I don't believe it! You must be cheating!"
The scholar still behaved like someone throwing a tantrum.
This made Jing Lixue frown.
Compared to the others who watched eagerly for entertainment, she felt something was amiss.
Logically speaking, for them, losing a Magical Treasure of the Primordial Spirit would certainly hurt, but not to the extent of such theatrics.
His behavior seemed like he was bemoaning the loss of the Magical Treasure and trying to deny it, but in fact...
Was he targeting Xu Yuan?
Jing Lixue thought over his series of exaggerated actions and felt it increasingly likely.
Sure enough, as a result of his impassioned accusations, although the other True Persons of the Primordial Spirit didn't say much on the surface, suspicion began to appear on their faces.
Was it because of his connection with the Heavenly Dao Sect? Or had he already learned the truth?
Without time to think further, Jing Lixue let out a decisive sneer. Discover hidden tales at empire
"Ha, why would I help him? If anything, if there truly were backdoors, I'd rather eliminate all these people. I think it's Mr. White Ink who can't accept his loss and doesn't want to give up the Magical Treasure of the Primordial Spirit."
"A Magical Treasure of the Primordial Spirit is nothing to me; what I truly care about, besides fairness, is fairness."
Without hesitation, White Ink took out a small sword emanating the aura of the Primordial Spirit from his storage bag and threw it at her.
And his action further convinced Jing Lixue that he was deliberately targeting Xu Yuan.
His tantrum was simply to make them dissatisfied with Xu Yuan.
"Look quickly, someone has passed the trial!"
Just as she was about to say more, someone suddenly spoke up.
Everyone turned to look in response.
One of the previously still Water Mirrors suddenly changed.
A stunningly beautiful and celestial girl abruptly opened her eyes.
"Another disciple of the Heavenly Dao Sect?!"
On hearing this, the faces of many became somewhat strange.
As Lin Qingque opened her eyes, on the other side, Tian Liuli also opened hers.
However, compared to Lin Qingue, Liuli's expression was undoubtedly a bit more irritable.
The Giant Demon Guardian opened his eyes, gazing at the two women; a rare hint of fear flickered through his luminous eyes, like those of a blazing sun.
He sensed that these two were... far from ordinary.
The strength of their souls was much more terrifying than he had imagined, reminiscent of Immortals from the legends.
Therefore, during the recent Asking the Heart trial, when Tian Liuli couldn't give an answer for a long time and could only respond with a curt dismissal, he meekly let her pass.
"Eh, where's senior brother? Has he already entered?"
"Mr. Xu has already gone inside?"
Upon opening their eyes, both women surveyed their surroundings and simultaneously came upon this thought. They then glanced at each other.
"Hmph!"
Lin Qingque let out a hum but showed no desire to engage in a confrontation, moving her lotus steps decisively into the Inheritance Space.
...
Xu Yuan, gazing at the densely packed corpses lying on the ground, did not seem particularly pleased.
"The difficulty of the Azure Dragon Heritage is truly not small, I've wasted too much time on this, and I have no idea how far the others have gotten."
He sighed deeply.
This statement made the faces of those outside twitch involuntarily.
Sly boy, putting on an act?
They were unaware that these were Xu Yuan's genuine sighs.
After all, if it had been Tian Liuli who was present, with her keen eyesight, she would probably have seen through the mysteries at a glance.
This was the reason why Xu Yuan, even after qualifying to enter, did not hurry to do so.
He had originally planned to take Tian Liuli and Lin Qingque into the space during the ensuing chaos when the Giant Demon Guardian was absent. With their assistance, securing the heritage would be considerably easier for him, and as they weren't eligible for the heritage, he wouldn't have to worry about them stealing his Heritage Mark.