Many people saw an incredibly majestic Immortal Crane descend from the sky with a person on its back, leaving them stunned.

Then, everyone exchanged glances and stepped forward to pay their respects.

"Greetings, He Ling True Master!"

"No need for formalities."

He Ling True Master nodded slightly. His gaze swept over the crowd, and upon seeing Li Changqing, his already indifferent expression became even more aloof.

Li Changqing also stepped forward to salute: "Junior Li Changqing, greets the Ninth Elder!"

"Hmm."

He Ling True Master reacted indifferently, not sparing him another glance, and looked at the crowd: "Is everyone here? Very well, since that's the case, let's begin the assessment."

"Yes!"

Li Changqing did not show the slightest hint of dissatisfaction, simply taking a few respectful steps back.

Some people observed this scene, their eyes flickering, each with different thoughts.

He Ling True Master turned his palm and took out a mirror.

This mirror was entirely dark blue, with mysterious patterns covering its back, but the mirror surface was a hazy white. Gu Yuan felt a slight dizziness just by taking a glance at it.

He Ling True Master had no intention of explaining further. He pointed a finger, and the mirror floated upright in the air.

The mirror shone brightly, the light so dazzling it seemed to be able to absorb a person's Divine Soul.

Gu Yuan only felt a blur before his eyes, and when he regained clarity, he found himself inside a house.

Then, he saw a beautiful woman with a seductive and voluptuous figure swaying her snake-like waist as she approached gracefully.

"Who are you?"

Gu Yuan looked at the woman before him, frowning slightly. He felt a sense of familiarity, as if this woman was someone he knew.

The woman approached Gu Yuan, leaned close to his ear, her smile as radiant as a flower, her breath fragrant like orchids:

"My dear husband, how could you forget me... I am your wife."

Yes, she is my wife... Gu Yuan suddenly realized, and the more he looked at the woman, the more familiar and close she felt, with memories related to her appearing in his mind, not suspecting anything amiss.

Moreover, Gu Yuan seemed to have forgotten that he was undergoing an assessment by He Ling True Master.

Yet another thought instinctively arose in his mind—this isn't right, this woman is overly made-up and seductive, not like someone from a good family. Even if I were to find a wife, it shouldn't be someone like this...

Besides, no matter how good a woman is, what could be more exhilarating than practicing swordsmanship and cultivation?

"Husband, what are you thinking?"

Seeing Gu Yuan silent, the woman reached out with her delicate fingers, drawing circles on Gu Yuan's chest, her voice enticing.

"I was thinking about what I should eat tonight..."

An alluring sweet fragrance wafted to Gu Yuan's nose, while a warmth quietly rose in his abdomen.

The woman's smile became increasingly alluring, her eyes watery with a deep spring-like allure about to overflow: "Husband, you are such a tease. Would you like me to warm some dishes for you?"

Though her words were provocative, from an angle unseen by Gu Yuan, the nails on her other hand extended like short swords, gleaming with a sharp cold light!

Just as the woman's eyes turned fierce, preparing to gouge out Gu Yuan's heart, the trace of bewilderment in Gu Yuan's eyes disappeared, replaced by an amused glint:

"Is this it? You actually tried to seduce me?"

He acted first, forming his fingers into a sword. With just a lift of his hand, a Sword Qi flew out, and the woman's head burst like a watermelon with a "bang," her headless body swaying as it fell to the ground.

"Even a short video shows more than you do, who are you trying to seduce?!"

Gu Yuan secretly complained, recalling that he was undergoing an assessment, then looked around: "But, where am I now? Is this the Illusion Realm? It looks quite real..."

As soon as he finished speaking, the surroundings changed suddenly.

Whoosh, whoosh——

The weather was gloomy, with a cold wind howling, raising clouds of dust.

Numerous old tombs of varying sizes were scattered disorderly around, and on the ground were pale skulls and broken coffin boards.

A few withered old trees stood beside these tombs, the bark peeling off and fluttering in the wind, their branches like ghostly claws wildly reaching out.

From a nearby grave mound came a strange "thumping" sound, like something was knocking against a coffin board, intermittently interspersed with eerie and shrill cries of unknown birds, sending chills down one's spine.

"Chaotic Tomb Ridge?"

Gu Yuan's gaze swept over, dawning upon him: "Is this to test one's mental fortitude and willpower using malevolent spirits..."

As the words left his mouth, an old tomb to his left suddenly collapsed with a boom, scattering dust.

Immediately after, a "person" emerged from it.

This person's clothes were tattered, most of the flesh on their body rotting away, with several large holes in the chest and abdomen areas.

Black and red internal organs spilled out, trailing on the ground, emitting a nauseating stench of decay.

Under the disheveled hair, a pair of green glowing eyes stared relentlessly at Gu Yuan, with a seemingly malicious grin on that rotten and gruesome face!

Amid the eerie and cold atmosphere, this scene could frighten a timid person to death!

Gu Yuan frowned and took a few steps back. He didn't feel overly scared, instead feeling somewhat repulsed.

Meanwhile, the surrounding graves simultaneously collapsed.

Figures either intact or incomplete, rigid or slow, swift or sluggish, emerged from them and swarmed toward him.

Such a terrifying scene would strike fear into the hearts of ordinary Martial Masters, making their legs weak, but Gu Yuan remained poised.

Even though he knew the scene before him was false, he found no flaws in it, making everything seem incredibly real, but also exceedingly dangerous!

A faint sense of crisis lingered in his heart.

Gu Yuan, lacking a sword in his hand, picked up a straight branch from the ground, wielding it as a sword, and fearlessly advanced to slay these corrupted corpses and zombies!

Siii! Siii! Siii!

Despite being a branch, in Gu Yuan's hand, it was more terrifying than any Divine Weapon or sharp blade.

With the infusion of True Qi, the branch emitted a sharp three-foot Sword Light, tearing these disgusting and horrifying malevolent spirits to pieces, with severed limbs and fragments scattered all around!

Amid these corrupted corpses and zombies were several unusually hard Copper Armor Corpses, shimmering with bronze light, along with a few sinister ghosts emitting an eerie chill, intermittently letting out piercing, dizzying howls that made bones and muscles ache.

Yet Gu Yuan ignored them all, maintaining his focus, his "Wooden Sword" in hand gleaming with an icy, murderous aura!

Under the sweeping Sword Light, whether it was the invulnerable Copper Armor Corpses or the incorporeal fierce ghosts, all were shredded to pieces by the Sword Light!

He exuded a grandeur of slashing anything, be it phantom or reality, human or ghost, with a single sword!

No telling how long it took, but when the last malevolent spirit had its head chopped off by Gu Yuan, the scene of Chaotic Tomb Ridge gradually faded from his view, then vanished completely.

Gu Yuan was back in the real world once again.

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