To Harm the Righteous Path, I Had No Choice But to Make Games

This scene left everyone watching from outside dumbfounded.
"I didn't see wrongly, did I? Those three words..."
"Yes, they just flew over and killed Elder Yang in a flash."
"You can play like this???"
"Ahem, Elder Yang seemed to have said he'd clear it in one go..."
The discussions from the outside world made Yang Zhengxin feel uncomfortable.
"Bastard! How can an Illusion Realm be designed like this!?"
Yang Zhengxin roared, having revived at the spawn point.
"Elder Yang, your words are mistaken."
Lu Ze shook his head with a smile.
"Did you forget the hint just now? 'Everything here is full of strangeness.'"
Hearing Lu Ze's words, Yang Zhengxin was speechless.
Indeed,
Many traps in Secret Realms disguise themselves in imperceptible ways.
But he had never seen one disguised as text before.
Yang Zhengxin still wouldn't give up: "But dying from just a brush, it's a bit too..."
Lu Ze continued to explain with a seemingly earnest expression:
"This Junior designed it this way to instill a sense of awe towards unknown traps in the Disciples."
"If Elder Yang feels it's unsuitable, we can change the 'one-time clear' to a 'time-based clear'. What do you think?"
Lu Ze said this on purpose.
The immediate priority was to trick him into grinding quest attempts for himself.
As long as Yang Zhengxin stopped fixating on how many times he died, he would keep playing.
And 8 Demonic Path points per clear was incredibly appealing.
"Alright... then let's change it to the time it takes for one stick of incense to burn."
After pondering for a moment, Yang Zhengxin felt there was some truth to it and nodded in agreement.
What he cared about was Face.
He had just said he'd clear it in one go, but then he was killed by a trap right after starting, which was quite a loss of Face.
Now that Lu Ze had proactively changed the condition to time, how could he not agree?
"One stick of incense? Elder Yang, are you sure you don't want to add more?"
"Less nonsense. I already understand your methods. Crooked and Evil Path, one stick of incense is more than enough!"
"Then... alright."
Lu Ze walked to the center of Yunling Hall with a smile and lit a stick of incense.
The challenge continued.
Yang Zhengxin took three steps and looked back, afraid that the three large characters, "if you're a Cultivator," would launch another sneak attack.
He once again arrived at the base of the high platform.
Yang Zhengxin took a deep breath, performed a nimble double jump, and leaped onto the high platform again.
This time, he was fully prepared.
As soon as his toes touched the ground, he immediately jumped again.
Just as he expected, the three large characters, "if you're a Cultivator," whizzed past his original position.
"Hmph, I won't fall for the same trick twice!" Yang Zhengxin snorted smugly.
Ahead was a sunken pit, clearly testing a Cultivator's jumping ability.
Yang Zhengxin was careful this time.
While jumping, he kept an eye on the mini-map in his Divine Sense, observing whether the subsequent "then descend" and "100 floors" would suddenly attack again.
To be safe, he jumped again as soon as he landed.
However, no more text flew to attack him.
"It's rare to design a somewhat useful trap, yet not continue using it? What a waste!" Yang Zhengxin commented, then continued forward.

Before him was a very long and tall large dirt slope.
He saw it.
This was also simple.
Just like before, it tested jumping ability.
Only, the pit was for long jump, and the high platform was for high jump.
"The Lingxiao Sect's Disciples this generation are truly pathetic; these dirt slopes are worthy of being called traps!? Absurd!" Yang Zhengxin scoffed.
He performed a double jump, his body soaring into mid-air.
His mind had already planned it out.
Upon landing, he would quickly roll forward, accelerating rapidly to the finish line, showing these Disciples what a movement Great Master was capable of.
The plan was beautiful.
When he completed his double jump and his toes were just about to touch the ground—
The dirt slope suddenly disappeared!
"???"
Yang Zhengxin's eyes widened.
Where's my dirt slope??
Where's my massive dirt slope???
What was even more despairing was what lay beneath.
In the pit that appeared after the dirt slope vanished, several large characters were hidden: "Hi, hello!"
And they even had punctuation marks.
An ominous premonition flashed through his mind.
Yang Zhengxin desperately twisted his body in mid-air, adjusting his posture.
However, the text below couldn't stand the loneliness and launched an attack first.
"Hi, hello!" accelerated upwards, passing through Yang Zhengxin's body and splitting him in half.
Yang Zhengxin reappeared at the spawn point.
Outside Yunling Hall,
The crowd of Lingxiao Sect Disciples watching burst into uproarious laughter.
"Hahahahaha!! This trap is absolutely genius!!"
"Hi, hello~~"
"What kind of brilliant design is this!!!"
"It's a good thing Junior Brother Lu isn't from the Demonic Path, otherwise, if he designed Secret Realms, we wouldn't have a good time."
"Elder Yang's expression was priceless!"
Yang Zhengxin was furious.
But he had nothing to say.
In fairness, this kind of illusion trap was not uncommon.
Normally, he would observe carefully, but this art style was too crude and bizarre, causing him to be negligent.
"It's still early, again!"
Yang Zhengxin launched another attack.
This time, he was familiar with the path, avoided the traps, and quickly reached the finish line.
Lu Ze was not surprised by this outcome.
The initial stages that could be randomly selected were all beginner maps; only the text traps on this map were a bit tricky mentally.
These were just the beginning, one could say they weren't even entry-level.
The truly difficult parts were yet to come.
Yang Zhengxin didn't know this; instead, he thought he had already cleared the level.
"Heh, this is too simple."
Yang Zhengxin crashed into the blue light circle.
When he opened his eyes, he appeared in another space.
The top left corner read: "Random Stage: Two."
"???"
Yang Zhengxin was stunned.
It's not over yet?
"Heh heh, Elder Yang, could it be you forgot? This Illusion Realm is called 'if you're a Cultivator, then descend 100 floors', and you've only cleared one floor."
Lu Ze reminded him, chuckling.
Yang Zhengxin was dumbfounded.
He really wanted to complain, saying that when others say 'a hundred floors', it's just for show, but you actually made it?
But if he said that, he would lose his dignity.
He could only feign toughness: "Hmph, merely a hundred floors, this old man can clear it with a flick of his hand."
"Then I wish Elder Yang good luck."
Lu Ze looked at the current terrain and could no longer hold back.
The corners of his mouth spread, trying hard not to laugh out loud.
This stage was a somewhat famous indie game from his previous life, full name: "I wanna be the Poronkusema."
The difficulty was not high, only 28.1 points.
But in terms of how frustrating it was...
Even the battle-hardened Lu Ze had to give it a thumbs up.
This old man hitting this jackpot was like not having the Tianxuan Sect Elder divine a hexagram for him before he went on stage.
Yang Zhengxin learned his lesson.
Before starting, he first used his Divine Sense to observe the terrain.
By now, he was very proficient.
He could constantly watch the floating thumbnail map while clearing the stage.
The terrain in this stage was clearly much more complex than the first.
Mountains and pits of varying heights, covered with numerous ground spikes.
Yang Zhengxin's brain worked rapidly, and he quickly figured out the key to solving it.
"Hmph, isn't this simple?"
"First, jump to the platform opposite, then high jump to the second layer."
"The ground spikes on the left will move; this is the only difficulty. Just jump past them without touching them! With this old man's movement technique, it's simple."
"Then jump to the Gathering Array opposite, move straight ahead, avoiding the ground spikes..."
"Heh, you dare to let people observe the entire terrain map? You truly underestimate this old man!"
Yang Zhengxin's analysis excited the Qingshan Sect Disciples outside who were listening.
"Elder Yang is brilliant!"
"He truly lives up to being an Elder; in just a few breaths, he found the key route..."
"Hmph, if it weren't for that kid playing dirty tricks, Elder Yang would surely clear it without any damage!"
"In short, just be careful when you see text!"
"Look! Elder ~Nоvеl𝕚ght~ Yang is moving!"
Yang Zhengxin moved.
He stepped on the edge of the cliff and performed a Extreme Jump (extreme jump).
At the highest point, he performed an extreme double jump.
His posture was so light that Lu Ze couldn't help but look away.
When he was at the highest point of his jump,
The usually calm Yang Zhengxin suddenly felt as if time had stopped.
Looking at the pit opposite, and the ground spikes hidden deep inside, he couldn't help but wonder:
Is Lu Ze an idiot?
Why were the ground spikes placed at the very back?
Who could they even pierce?
Just as this question appeared in his mind, his toes touched the ground.
In an instant.
The innermost ground spikes suddenly grew larger and thicker, filling the entire platform!
"???"
Yang Zhengxin.
Deceased.