72 Suspicions (1/2)

After reading through all of the words written on the screens that stacked on top of each other in front of Shi Li's face, he prompted all of the screens to close and let him enter the so-called Mental Tree's Shop.

But before he could do so, the tower's mechanical voice spoke out.

”The cultivator shall have 5 minutes of rest before the final test, please use this time to the fullest.”

Hearing that the amount of time was reduced to 5 minutes, Shi Li threw the thought of entering the shop into the back of his head and sat down as he complained.

”What the heck?! 5 minutes of rest before the third test? I know it's like the last test and this trial will be over, but even the previous 20 minutes of rest will be enough for me to check the shop out in its entirety!”

Having no choice, he gradually calmed his breath and did a few sets of stable and long breaths. For each set he finished, he could feel that all of the anger and stress he felt was being washed away.

'Wow. I knew it was effective in regenerating mental energy, but even though this is the second time I've done this, it still amazes me,' Shi Li couldn't help but mutter as he continued to meditate.

Meditation is a way to ponder over one's self and cleanse the impurities of the mind. In his previous life, meditation was mainly attributed to qi cultivation, which was definitely not the case. Even though they look the same, they do different things.

After the five minutes were up, Shi Li opened his eyes as he let out a breath.

At that exact moment, the tower's voice spoke out once more, explaining the third test.

”The third test shall check the cultivator's will in life, those that have the same will as the tower shall pass this test with a Perfect Score. Those that don't shall be given a consolatory reward before being teleported away from the tower.”

”Let the test begin.”

…

Shi clan, outside the Shi Trial Tower.

Swoosh!

Multiple silhouettes appeared not far away from the massive hole on the ground, alerting Shi Xingwan and Senior Yan to look at the faces of the members.

With their keen eyes, they could see that 7 members were kicked out of the tower. The two of them were shocked to see that Shi Heishen, one of the two Organ Tempering realm cultivators that entered the tower was kicked out. But what shocked them even more was…

Shi Li wasn't included in the members who were kicked.

With this surprise, Shi Xingwan instantly put on an amicable smile and asked the members, ”How were your experiences in the tower?”

Being in front of the patriarch, they didn't dare to answer simultaneously, maintaining a sense of order between them.

Some of the members said that due to a hapless mistake, they were kicked out of the tower before they even had the chance to retaliate.

A few told their experience in the tower being harder than the ones explained by their parents and friends that attempted the tower before.

As for the sole Organ Tempering realm cultivator in the group, Shi Heishen replied in a straightforward manner

”The second test was multiple times harder than before. Instead of bombarding us with blasts of mental energy, we were instead sucked into an illusionary realm, which we had no idea how to get out of.”

Hearing Heishen's explanation, Shi Xingwan's eyes slightly widened. 'So that means Shi Li was also brought into an illusionary realm?'