Chapter 692: Chapter 26 The Junior Brother Is Always Right Chapter 692: Chapter 26 The Junior Brother Is Always Right If White Jade Capital Secret Realm is about competing with strength, then Golden Que Secret Realm is about competing with wits.
Twelve True Monarchs correspond to twelve positions, attainable only through various temple calculations and tests, including logic deduction, psychology, and game theory…
Although this world does not have so many specialized terms, it didn’t hinder the ancients from setting up corresponding challenges.
Ling Yunpo and An Zhisu followed the serving girl, turning through numerous pavilions, terraces, buildings, and water galleries, and at last, they arrived at a courtyard.
Inside the courtyard were already seated four cultivators.
One was the Wondrous Dan True Person from Shushan; the other three were strangers, but judging by their enchanting, seductive demeanors, they were undoubtedly Demon Path Cultivators from the Heavenly Demon Path.
Among the Six Paths, only the Heavenly Demon Path recruits female disciples, and the Asura Path recruits male disciples; the former are all bewitching beauties, and the latter are all bald, burly men-it’s quite easy to identify them based on their appearances.
Besides the four cultivators, there was also a beauty in palace attire, presumably one of the twelve True Monarchs.
“Distinguished guests, I apologize for any lack in hospitality,” said the beautiful woman in palace attire with a smile, “I am Zhao Ling True Monarch, one of the True Monarchs overseeing the Golden Que Secret Realm.”
“If you wish to acquire a Sanctum Lord position, please sit here for a while.”
Seeing no hostility from the other party, An Zhisu and Ling Yunpo found themselves a place to sit together.
“With this, six persons are gathered,” continued Zhao Ling True Monarch with a smile, “According to the rules of the Golden Que Secret Realm, you need to pass the test designed by myself, and among you, one who prevails will obtain the position of Sanctum Lord.”
“My test is very simple: there is an inhuman demon that sneaked into your midst when the secret realm opened and intruded here.”
“As long as you find it and report to me before noon tomorrow, you will have passed the test.”
An inhuman demon, what is that?
Considering that the Golden Que Secret Realm hangs high above the Heavenly Dome, it’s highly likely a Heavenly Demon from beyond the realm.
Just as Zhao Ling True Monarch was about to leave, a Demon Path Cultivator from the Heavenly Demon Path asked,
“May I ask, True Monarch, does this inhuman demon have any particular traits?
Could you give us a clue?”
“That inhuman demon was found as soon as it entered the secret realm,” said Zhao Ling True Monarch with a smile, “We joined forces and repelled it, and now it should be hiding somewhere.”
“But these Demon Heads are always cunning and deceitful; I do not know how it would conceal and disguise itself, in the end, it depends on your ability to adapt on the spot.”
“By the way, this time, the goal is to test your level of wits, so you may not harm each other…
the inhuman demon is an exception.”
Having said this, Zhao Ling True Monarch gracefully left.
The group looked at each other for a moment, and then another Demon Path Cultivator from the Heavenly Demon Path said with a flirtatious smile,
“Since we can’t fight each other with magic, then let’s have a friendly competition.”
Although she said “we,” her eyes were clearly fixed on An Zhisu and Ling Yunpo; evidently, the two cultivators who fought their way into the top twelve in the White Jade Capital competition also had a fierce reputation among the Heavenly Demon Path, causing significant wariness.
An Zhisu said nothing; she never liked Demon Path Cultivators to begin with, and not drawing her sword now was already the utmost self-control.
Ling Yunpo nodded, said nothing, and left with Senior Sister An.
Wondrous Dan True Person, ignored from beginning to end, was nearly driven mad with rage.
Since violence was forbidden here, and she was unable to demonstrate her pride in her swordsmanship, she also had no choice but to leave with a darkened face.
Ling Yunpo wandered nearby with An Zhisu while silently pondering.
Earlier, in Qiu Changtian’s timeline, he came to Liandu True Monarch’s palace and learned the content of the test; Ah Jing gave him two hints, saying they were from the future Wei Dongliu through the future Ah Jing.
First, he asked Ah Jing to impersonate the Real Person Miaodan of Shushan, thus gathering six participants to undertake the trial of the True Monarch Liandu.
Since no one was aware of Ah Jing’s true identity, it was impossible for anyone to guess it.
Therefore, once Qiu Changtian became the chosen one, he was to be transferred to Ah Jing, which would place him in an invincible position.
Second, Mo Gu True Person thought he was being clever by pretending to transfer the chosen one’s identity to himself, when in fact, he left the identity with the other person.
Having received hints from his future self, Qiu Changtian also confirmed the identity of the chosen one opposite him through Junior Sister Xu and naturally ignored Mo Gu True Person’s blinding spell, writing down the correct answer directly.
So the question arose: If the answer could be directly revealed during the last examination, then why didn’t my future self explain the answer concerning the Inhuman Demon to my present self?
Maybe the answer was so simple that it didn’t require any effort to explore and could be obtained smoothly.
Well, maybe as I walked along, I would run into the Inhuman Demon right away!
With this thought, Ling Yunpo simply gave up thinking and followed An Zhisu around aimlessly, searching for traces of the Inhuman Demon.
Soon, a night had passed.
Ling Yunpo was almost spitting blood: where in the world was the Inhuman Demon?
If we keep relying on blind luck , it’ll quickly be the final deadline at noon, hey!
Ah Jing, scan for me!
“You really want me to scan?” the Kunlun Mirror confirmed.
“What do you mean ‘really want to scan’?” Ling Yunpo said discontentedly, “Without scanning, how are we supposed to find the other party’s traces?”
“Alright then.” The Kunlun Mirror chuckled, “You go walk around so I can scan a larger area.”
Ling Yunpo called Senior Sister An to a halt and said,
“Senior Sister, if we continue searching , won’t it be nearly the same as searching for a needle in the sea?”
“Junior Brother, do you have an idea?” An Zhisu, who was already frustrated and agitated from the search, brightened up immediately upon hearing this.
Her junior brother indeed far exceeded her in terms of cleverness.
Back in the Southern Sea, he came up with the idea of “following the birds to find the island”.
Perhaps he had another ingenious plan this time.
“I don’t have any good methods,” Ling Yunpo humbly said, “but I wondered if the Inhuman Demon, if it really is a Heavenly Demon, might have already snuck into someone’s body, becoming a Heart Demon?”
“That’s very possible!” An Zhisu quickly responded, then pondered, “If that’s the case, we shouldn’t really be searching for a demon head, but rather the person, right?”
“But if it really is a Heart Demon lurking within a cultivator’s body, we don’t have any good methods of detection either.”
In fact, the entire Cultivation Realm lacked effective means to investigate Heart Demons, particularly those that hid deep within a cultivator’s Daoist Heart without revealing themselves-otherwise, Daoist Heart Clarity wouldn’t be such a rare and peerless talent, right?
“Indeed so,” Ling Yunpo said with a laugh, “However, Senior Sister, have you noticed that Zhao Ling True Monarch didn’t set a penalty for ‘accusing the wrong person’?”
“In other words, if we suspect someone of harboring a Heart Demon and report this as our answer to Zhao Ling True Monarch, we would succeed if we are right, but even if we are wrong, there is no penalty, correct?
Instead, it’s like eliminating a wrong answer.”
“That’s it!” An Zhisu’s eyes widened in admiration, showing a look that said “Junior Brother, you are so clever.”