Lin Guang couldn't help but be stunned for a moment.

Soon after, he checked the rewards just placed into the Storage Ring.

[Name: Retrospection Treasure Pearl]

[Description: Only effective during the second trial of the Celestial Ladder Inheritance Secret Realm, it can set a "Save Point" in the Illusion Realm when injected with Spiritual Power. If unsatisfied with the development of events or results, the pearl can be activated to return to the "Save Point", resetting scores and time consumption in the level.]

[Can only be used once per level.]

At this moment, a young boy's voice suddenly echoed in Lin Guang's mind.

[Yes, how should we deal with the desert bandits?]

[Father has gone far away, the desert bandits active to the southwest don't know there's a cultivator hiding here, targeting us and the nearby villages; they might attack within a day.]

[Among the villagers are many old, weak, sick, and disabled, even if I notify them, they can't run far. I am a cultivator, of course, I can run away to a safe place by myself, but the villagers probably…]

[Sigh, if only father had revealed his cultivator identity to me earlier and let me embark on the path of cultivation sooner, I wouldn't just have broken through to the initial phase of Qi Cultivation now, without having practiced any spells, unable to resist the numerous desert bandits.]

[If father were here now, how good it would be.]

[Even if he was gravely injured hunting demon beasts and fell to the peak of Qi Cultivation, he still has the perception of the Foundation Establishment stage, even if that old man seems like a Golden Core Stage Great Cultivator, at least he could discern some things.]

[Although I always felt there was something off about this person, unlike the righteous path.]

[But… I can't hesitate any longer; noticing the two faint Escape Lights slicing through the sky, landing ten miles next to the village, and discovering the presence of this suspected Golden Core Stage Great Cultivator—is already heavenly favor.]

[If I can help him escape, not only can I save the village, but I can also become the disciple of a Golden Core cultivator, and father will definitely praise me when he returns!]

[There's nothing to hesitate about anymore.]

[First, go and take the Storage Ring off Blood Refiner Old Ghost.]

As the young boy's voice resonated, even the emotions seemed to echo in Lin Guang's mind.

The shock and panic upon first encountering the desert bandits.

The anxiety over wanting to save the villagers.

And… the ecstasy of finding a lifeline.

"..."

Lin Guang turned his head to look, six or seven meters to the right of the old man sat another elder in a black robe, eyes closed, with a trace of dried blood at the corner of his mouth, already lifeless.

"You must be cautious, there are still some arrays set around Blood Refiner Old Ghost. One wrong step could lead to an attack and instant death," the white-robed elder reminded again.

Lin Guang was momentarily bewildered: "..."

The scene before him was indeed rather confusing.

Is this… meant to follow the guide step by step?

Who is that voice of the young boy in my mind?

No need for this so-called Golden Core Stage cultivator's reminder; the Eye of Omniscience and Omnipotence and Ether Perception both indicated to Lin Guang that an invisible array was set beside the corpse.

The entire array was roughly a twenty-meter diameter circle.

According to perception, it seemed there was only one correct path leading inside.

Lin Guang couldn't help but ponder.

Speaking of which, this level only has a time limit, so what is the "passing condition"?

In previous levels, there was always a clear transmission of sound, informing the Trial Taker of what to do, how to construct the Array, but this time there wasn't.

For Lin Guang, who had received the True Array Intent Inheritance and went through the baptism of the past six levels, breaking the "Imprisonment Array" beside the white-robed elder wouldn't be too difficult.

In terms of difficulty, it's even simpler than the sixth level, not to mention using the "Retrospection Treasure Pearl"…

This is clearly somewhat unreasonable.

Perhaps, the passing condition is not to break the Imprisonment Array.

Thinking like this, Lin Guang lifted his steps and walked toward the "Blood Refiner Old Ghost".

The "Path of Life" within the attack array was not fixed, but constantly changing. Every step required careful perception, and it took him a full ten minutes to cover the less than twenty-meter distance.

The white-robed elder showed excitement and couldn't help but praise: "Good! I knew you were a genius in Array Dao, among thousands, to pass through this array having never encountered Arrays before!"

"..."

Lin Guang slightly narrowed his eyes and took the ring off the corpse's finger.

He attempted to inject his Spiritual Power into it and indeed felt the internal space unique to a Space Ring.

The space inside was about ten cubic meters, filled with various items: Spiritual Artifacts, Spiritual Materials, Elixirs, Spirit Stones, and miscellaneous objects.

This is so real… what on earth…

At this moment, the white-robed elder urged again from the side: "My friend, time is urgent; look for objects in the form of books or bamboo slips."

Still ignoring the elder, Lin Guang scanned with his Spiritual Power, finding two seemingly useful items—a book marked with "Thousand Derivation True Technique", exuding a mysterious aura, and a wooden token engraved with the characters "Thousand Derivation".

This time, the boy's voice echoed in his mind again.

[Thousand Derivation? I've heard Father mention that there's a righteous Sect named Thousand Derivation Sect a thousand miles beside our desert.]

[Is this a coincidence? Or…]

Accompanying the voice was confusion and vigilance.

Lin Guang took out the "Thousand Derivation True Technique" from the ring and showed it to the white-robed elder, who was exhilarated: "Yes, it's that!"

"The restraint on it has been broken, my friend, just open it, and Divine Thought will enter."

Reaching out, Lin Guang briefly flipped through the mysterious book only to find regretfully… the words inside were completely blurred, and there was no True Intent.

Well, it makes sense there isn't such a good thing.

After all, this is Blue Star, without True Intent or Spirit Pattern to carry it, the Cultivation Technique cannot be replicated, which is normal too.

Just as Lin Guang set down the book, the boy's voice echoed again in his mind, as if he truly saw the content inside.

[This "Thousand Derivation True Technique" is indeed mysterious. Given more time to comprehend, perhaps I can also break the restraints on the other person.]

[However, I'm not too confident, as the other person seems to have solutions too. I should first break this Imprisonment Array.]

Coming back to his senses, Lin Guang pondered for a moment, considering the freedom of this trial, the previous True Intent Implantation provided, and the emotions faintly sensed from the boy's voice.

He… had some ideas.

Lin Guang closed the "Thousand Derivation True Technique" and injected his Spiritual Power into the Treasure Pearl, setting a "Save Point".

Then, he suddenly reached out, extending towards the Imprisonment Array with sword shadows morphing beside him.

The white-robed elder exclaimed in surprise: "My friend, what are you doing?"

"Be careful, the array cannot be touched directly, otherwise, you will be overwhelmed by endless Attacking Sword Qi. I have already pointed out the path for you, all you need to do…"

"There's no need for that."

In the stunned gaze of the elder, Lin Guang's hands revealed the colors of a galaxy.

In an instant, the invisible array was directly manifested.

Countless sharp white rays traversed along a complex trajectory, seemingly to cut apart anything that attempted to intrude.

However…

With just a wave of Lin Guang's hand, the formation was effortlessly torn apart by an invisible force, collapsing.

"What!!"

The white-robed elder's eyes were almost bulging out.

In his eyes, Lin Guang seemed to have quit hiding, suddenly revealing an undeniable aura.

"How can your Divine Thought be so powerful… you are not a Qi Cultivation Cultivator, who are you?!"

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