Chapter 374: The Body of a God

This heart-questioning was indeed as the Captain said, a kind of oath for the Sword-Holders.

In front of the Great Emperor, answering the questions asked by the Great Emperor god statue in one's mind, this process was on one hand to verify the race, and on the other hand to test the heart and nature.

It was not important because even if one didn't pass, it wouldn't affect becoming a Sword-Holder.

It was important because for all future promotions and selections, especially those involving the core affairs of the human race, the light emitted by the Great Emperor's heart-questioning was an implicit condition.

And this process could not be faked, but first, you had to have the ability to deceive the Great Emperor god statue.

Although the Great Emperor god statue was not the true Great Emperor who had already fallen, the main body of the same statue located in the Imperial Capital Great Domain was transformed by a wisp of the Great Emperor's divine soul, and after being worshipped by the human race for countless years along with several other Great Emperor statues, it had long possessed heaven-shaking ability.

That was why it could manifest sanctity within the human race's range and become the watcher of the Sword-Holders.

At this moment, after Xu Qing and the five others stepped forward a hundred feet, following the descent of the Great Emperor god statue's pressure, the heart-questioning began. The first to be heart-questioned was not Xu Qing, but Qing Qiu.

One could see a seven-colored light emanating from the god statue's brow, shrouding Qing Qiu's body.

This process attracted the attention of the masses below, and at the same time, all the Sword-Holders in the sky also gazed to witness.

Qing Qiu's body trembled, and the evil ghost on the sickle was currently shivering, closing its eyes tightly, not daring to open them, nor daring to have any rash movements.

It felt a vast divine sense fall on its body, sweeping past, and then the focus gathered on Qing Qiu.

This divine sense was too vast; outsiders could not feel it, but it could perceive it clearly. And at this moment, Qing Qiu's eyes appeared in a vast starry sky; in the starry sky, the first thing she saw was a piece of brilliant light sea above.

That light sea attracted all her attention, making her not look down beneath the starry sky for the first time.

Instead, she looked up at the light, and vaguely, she saw a sacred figure seemingly existing in that light.

In front of this figure, she felt herself incomparably small; everything in front of her made her eyes somewhat confused, but soon a firm belief made her eyes reveal clarity.

At this very moment, a gentle voice drifted leisurely into her ear.

"Little girl, don't be nervous, tell me, what do you think a god is?"

Qing Qiu was stunned; the gentleness of this voice was beyond her expectations.

She had thought that according to the Great Emperor god statue's dignity, it would be the kind of inquiry that echoed in her mind with divine power, but she didn't expect it to be so approachable.

Qing Qiu hesitated for a moment, and her mind slowly became ethereal at this moment, vaguely appearing with some images. Looking at those images, her eyes revealed confusion, and vaguely she felt an answer rising in her heart, wanting to say it from her mouth.

It wasn't that she couldn't stop it, but that gentle voice made her feel that it didn't matter even if she said it, so she spoke softly.

"I don't know what a god is, but it doesn't matter; if I have the chance, I will perish together with it!"

As soon as these words came out, she seemed to hear a laugh full of kindness.

"Courage is commendable."

Following the echo of the laughter, the starry sky in front of her dissipated; when she felt herself return to reality, standing in front of the Great Emperor god statue, she saw the god statue in front emit dazzling brilliant light. This brilliant light reached over five hundred feet high in an instant, but it did not stop, but rose until a thousand feet, finally reaching over eleven hundred feet, and then stopped.

The brilliant light of over eleven hundred feet reflected in the sky, and everyone here could clearly see it; the Sword-Holders in the sky looked sideways one after another, and even the middle-aged man who read all this looked at Qing Qiu with admiration, and even the nine Sword-Holding Elders were gazing at Qing Qiu at this moment.

Qing Qiu, as the first to be heart-questioned, reached a thousand feet directly; although she did not break the record of Yinghuang Prefecture, a thousand feet was rare, enough to show that her heart-questioning pass was very upright!

"This girl is not bad!"

"She is a very good seedling, can be focused on cultivation with the resources of our Yinghuang Prefecture; with such height, she has a great probability of being valued in the Upper County in the future."

Xu Qing also looked at the Red Woman a few more times; as for the Captain on the side, he first felt a shock in his mind, then thought of the answers he had memorized and the preparations he had made, and became stable again.

Next, the second person to be heart-questioned appeared; only to see that seven-colored light emanating from the Great Emperor god statue's brow move away from Qing Qiu and shroud the little youth Xiang Ningyan.

Clearly, there was no rule for the order of heart-questioning, all depending on the Great Emperor statue's own will.

Soon the same starry sky appeared in front of Xiang Ningyan's eyes; although he was nervous, he was more expectant, and at this moment, he looked up instinctively, his face full of fanaticism.

"Little one, tell me, what is a god?"

The gentle voice echoed in Xiang Ningyan's ears.

Unlike Qing Qiu's pondering, Xiang Ningyan did not have any hesitation; amidst the fanaticism in his eyes and the piety of his expression, he spoke loudly.

"Gods are the great enemies of our human race, hated by all races, making all living beings miserable, and are the source of resentment for all life...", he didn't say much, but most of what he said were the remarks he had accepted in the sect since he was a child; it couldn't be said to be bad, but it couldn't be said to be very good either, very mediocre and without his own thoughts.

So, after he finished speaking, when he returned to reality, he

saw the Great Emperor god statue emit sixty feet of light.

This light could not be compared with Qing Qiu's at all.

Xiang Ningyan was stunned; he didn't know what problem his answer had.

He felt he was right, but the gap in the light was huge, which made him puzzled while looking at Qing Qiu; he really wanted to know the other party's answer.

The Sword-Holders in the sky had expressions as usual; in fact, sixty feet of light was the norm, representing passing.

But the Captain on the side sneered in his heart, secretly thinking that he would definitely have thousands of feet of height this time; with this thought, he looked at the Great Emperor god statue with longing.

The next instant, seven-colored light descended on the Captain.

The Captain's body shook, excitement revealed in his eyes, his expression carrying smugness, but his process was incomparably short; only 2 breaths of time passed, and the seven-colored light on his body dissipated.

And the Great Emperor god statue standing in front was motionless, without any brilliant light emanating.

The Captain was stunned.

Xu Qing blinked and looked at the Captain in surprise.

Qing Qiu was also suspicious, and Xiang Ningyan on the side was also stunned for a moment.

It wasn't just them; all the Sword-Holders in the sky also revealed strangeness, and the nine Sword-Holding Elders were even more sharp-eyed.

"No light means not human."

The Great Elder in the center looked down and spoke calmly. As soon as his words came out, killing intent erupted from all around, but it did not descend.

Because this situation had appeared before, and every time there was no light, it meant the other party was not human, but what they found strange was that in the past, in this situation, the heart-questioned person would be wiped out directly.

But now, Chen Erniu was still standing there safely.

This was also the reason why the killing intent erupted but did not descend.

"That can't be, I am human, and my answer was very good, and the Great Emperor also liked me very much; at the beginning, he even affectionately called me little ghost." The Captain was a bit nervous, looking at the Great Emperor god statue.

Xu Qing also became nervous.

Finally, when the atmosphere here became even more solemn, the Great Emperor god statue slowly emitted one foot of light. One foot...

The Captain was stunned.

Xu Qing also felt incredible in his heart; he vaguely felt that this one foot from the Great Emperor god statue seemed to be given somewhat reluctantly, as if it gave a little symbolically to prove that he was human.

The killing intent in the sky dissipated, but all the Sword-Holders were now looking strange, and the nine Sword-Holding Elders were also like this; they had never seen one foot before.

"This kid, what exactly did he answer?"

"If this spreads, it's too shameful; our Yinghuang Prefecture Sword-Holders actually produced someone with one foot of heart-questioning."

"Should we find a reason to cancel his qualification..."

The Captain was a bit confused; looking at that one foot of light, while incomparably aggrieved in his heart, he also felt relieved; the killing intent from the sky just now almost made him feel he was going to be beheaded.

But soon he felt unfair again; full of indignation, seven-colored light fell on Taisi Daozi Zhang Siyun, and when it ended after dozens of breaths, the Great Emperor statue emitted a height of five hundred feet. This height was already okay, but compared to Qing Qiu, it was far behind.

Only no one noticed that when Zhang Siyun was heart-questioned, the Great Elder in the sky seemed to have received divine sense from the Great Emperor, his eyes suddenly narrowed, a cold light revealed in them, and he looked at Zhang Siyun deeply, then remained calm, restraining the cold light in his eyes.

Zhang Siyun on the staircase did not notice these and looked coldly at Xu Qing.

At this moment, among the five, only Xu Qing had not been heart-questioned.

Xu Qing took a deep breath, his expression calm, looking back at the Captain's gaze, and when he looked up at the Great Emperor statue, seven-colored light descended, shrouding his body within.

A starry sky appeared in front of Xu Qing's eyes.

He stood in the starry sky, feeling the brilliant light sea above, but he did not look up for the first time, but lowered his head to look at his feet.

This was his habit; he liked to observe the place where he stood first.

With one look, his eyes shrank fiercely.

He saw a vast continent.

This continent was too big, as if it occupied half of the starry sky, and on the continent, he saw the god remnant face. Its hair was fluttering, drooping, permeating half of the continent, and at the same time, behind this remnant face, was a golden spine.

This spine was very, very long, circling outside the continent, shrouding it in circles, and at the same time, it seemed to be slowly shrinking...

No arms, no body, no legs, only this golden spine composed of countless bones.

Inside, each bone was as big as a domain, emitting incomparable divine power. Connected to half a head, it transformed into a god remnant face that was supreme in the life level.

Xu Qing just took one look, and his whole body was about to collapse, his mind shaking violently, stirring up huge waves.

But he could feel that he was in a protected state, and what he saw was likely formed by illusion; otherwise, he was afraid that just by looking at this one glance, he would instantly be unable to bear it, his form and spirit destroyed.

At the same time, a gentle voice echoed in his ears.

"You are the only one among the previous few who, after coming here, did not look up at me,"

"But lowered your head to gaze at the place where you stood."

"I think, you hope to take a look at this world, so I let you see this scene, while they did not see it."

"Then now, I ask you a question."

"What is a god?" ===== CHAPTER 375 =====