Chapter 481: Where the Truth Lies

Many prodigies of the second tier also clearly saw the gap between themselves and Bing Yi.

If it were them entangled by this malicious creature, they would likely have died long ago.

Outside the Ten Thousand Appearances Island.

Lu Jianxia's beautiful eyes trembled; she heard what had happened over at the Life and Death Gate.

"For the final time in the second round, please write down the name of the person you most wish to choose a house."

The sculpture's voice sounded once again.

"Bing Yi, come again, you probably won't be able to hold on," Chen Yunyou said, his expression calm, but the gaze he cast toward Chen Yan flickered with certain other meanings.

Chen Yan did not speak; he was still pondering the rules of this place.

"Bing Yi, come back," Lu Jianxia's communication arrived.

Chen Yan did not speak; if he left, he would not be able to enter this place again.

But he clearly felt some things that belonged only to him.

Right here!

How could he give up?

"Bing Yi, you don't want to leave?" Lu Jianxia frowned.

"Yes," Chen Yan nodded, "I want to awaken the Immortal Will!"

Lu Jianxia was speechless for a moment.

At this moment, the prodigies of the other five clans were also listening to the communication between Lu Jianxia and Bing Yi.

Yet at this time, Lu Jianxia's voice sounded once again:

"Ji Chuxi."

In the distance, Ji Chuxi, the second-ranked prodigy of the first tier, had a slightly changing expression and bowed slightly:

"Help Bing Yi once, and I can discuss with my clan to assist your Ji Province once."

Ji Chuxi's expression tightened slightly:

"Truly?"

"Truly," Lu Jianxia said:

"You are the second-ranked, and you have also awakened the Will Martial Dao; even if you choose wrong, nothing will happen to you!"

At this moment, even Lu Fukun's expression changed drastically, and the look in everyone's eyes as they gazed at Bing Yi was different.

Bing Yi's status in Lu Jianxia's heart was unexpectedly this high.

Chen Changyuan frowned.

"I understand," Ji Chuxi nodded in silence and looked at the others:

"Everyone, write my name; not only is it helping Bing Yi, it is also helping my Ji Province."

A smile appeared on the corner of Ji Chuxi's mouth; he was a refined gentleman, casting a friendly smile when looking at Chen Yan.

But the brow beneath Chen Yan's mask was furrowed.

He could perceive a trace of Ji Chuxi's emotions; this Ji Chuxi held no goodwill toward him.

Soon, everyone's expressions changed again and again, and they began to write names.

After everyone had finished writing.

Deep in Chen Yan's mind, someone suddenly sent a voice transmission:

"Ji Chuxi wants to help you on the surface, but in reality, he sent a transmission to us to write your name.

That is all I can tell you."

Chen Yan's expression was calm; this was Chi Yuexi's voice.

Chi Yuexi looked at Chen Yan and sighed inwardly.

She actually wanted to be on good terms with Bing Yi; after all, she had seen with her own eyes the speed at which Bing Yi practiced the 【Calamity Corpse Thousand Shadow Kill】.

However, Bing Yi had made too many enemies.

And just at this time.

"Third time, the person with the most names..." the sculpture's voice sounded simultaneously.

Ji Chuxi was still looking at Chen Yan with goodwill and nodded.

"Bing Yi!"

The moment this voice fell.

Ji Chuxi's expression changed slightly:

"This...!"

He looked at the people around him in disbelief, full of astonishment.

Acting very well.

"What is going on?!"

Inside the communication array disk, Lu Jianxia's voice was even trembling slightly.

Chen Yunyou closed his eyes, sat cross-legged on the ground, and began to resist the corrosion from the pitch-black long tongue on his body.

"Damn it!" Lu Fukun let out a low shout, but he did not say anything more.

The matter had already happened.

And Bing Yi was not a person of Lu Province.

"It's fine, thank you all," Chen Yan looked at the crowd and smiled.

At this moment, the prodigies of various clans narrowed their eyes.

Was Bing Yi threatening them?

But what power does the threat of Bing Yi hold now?

Whether Bing Yi can even pass the next trial is another matter entirely.

"Brother Bing Yi, you've misunderstood; I didn't write your name," a Chen Clan prodigy spoke up, sounding regretful:

"After all, what Ji Chuxi said just now was already very clear."

"That's right, Bing Yi, I didn't write your name either."

Another Chizhou prodigy sighed.

Many people were clarifying themselves, some truthfully, some falsely.

The only thing that could be certain was that there were the most people who wanted Bing Yi to die.

Sss, sss, sss...

On Chen Yan's body, that pitch-black long tongue was still abrading his flesh.

Along the long tongue, one could see that malicious little girl being dragged on the ground, her eyes scarlet.

"Here," Lu Fukun handed over a spatial ring:

"Inside are all explosive formation disks; Princess Jianxia asked me to give them to you."

Chen Yan nodded and walked toward those rows of houses.

Chen Yan's eyes flickered as he kept pondering the rules of this game.

Life-Death Gate.

This game is called Life-Death Gate.

Just now, the game of choosing light orbs was the first trial.

Now, the game of choosing houses is the second trial.

One life, one death.

They must be connected.

Chen Yan's thinking broke through its limits; he had grasped a certain key point.

He had thought of this just a moment ago, and now he only needed to execute it.

And it was at this very moment.

"Ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five..."

The countdown from the sculpture rang out.

Chen Yunyou and the other prodigies of the Five Clans who were watching all held their breath and focused.

Outside the Ten Thousand Phases Island.

Lu Jianxia's face had turned somewhat pale, and her pair of silver eyes revealed many things.

Chi Xun frowned and looked toward the direction of the inner city.

Chen Qi sat cross-legged calmly, as still as an ancient well.

And it was at this very moment.

Creak.

A sound of a door opening rang out in the ears of Lu Jianxia and the other three simultaneously.

Even Chen Qi opened his eyes at this moment.

"How is that possible!?"

A prodigy of the Five Clans exclaimed, somewhat incredulously.

Lu Jianxia's breathing became rapid and disordered, and she asked Lu Fukun:

"He... he..."

"Bing Yi entered the room with the serial number ten; there are no ancient divine beasts inside."

The moment Lu Fukun's voice rang out, Lu Jianxia suddenly let out a sigh of relief.

A smile appeared at the corners of her mouth.

Chen Qi frowned:

"Why would there be a precious medicinal herb in Room Ten? What kind of rule is this?"

Chi Xun smiled and said:

"I think I've figured it out."

"Speak," Chen Qi said.

"I won't say; this is a junior's fortuitous encounter. I didn't expect Bing Yi to be the first to figure it out," Chi Xun said with a chuckle.

Chen Qi snorted coldly and said no more.

Inside the room with the serial number ten.

Malice permeated the air; Chen Yan endured the sharp pain coming from his waist and looked toward the very center of the room.

A tree branch lay there.

The tree branch, about thirty centimeters long, radiated dazzling golden light, illuminating the entire room, its aura incomparably terrifying.

Rolling heat waves even emanated from it, causing Chen Yan's flesh to burn.

A Sun-Radiance grade body-tempering precious medicinal herb!

It seems...

It's even a Sun-Radiance grade, second-tier one.

This was what Chen Yan judged from the aura overflowing from this tree branch.

Incomparably intense.

A Sun-Radiance grade, second-tier precious medicinal herb is equivalent to ten third-tier ones, or one hundred fourth-tier ones.

Chen Yan's gains this time could certainly be called significant.

Chen Yan immediately stored this tree branch into his own origin space.

He glanced at the malicious little girl he was dragging on the ground, a smile appearing at the corners of his mouth.

It was just as he had guessed.

The Gate of Life and Death represents the reversal of life and death.

This round must be the opposite of the first round's game of choosing light orbs.

That is to say.

The most dangerous number in the first round would be the safest in the second round.

But, why ten?

Among one hundred light orbs, one contained an explosive array disc.

Every second, one light orb would be automatically consumed.

Asking at how many seconds is the probability of consuming the light orb containing the explosive array disc the highest?

The probability of the first one exploding is certainly one percent.

The probability of the second one exploding must be increased based on the probability of the first one not exploding.

0.99×0.02.

The probability of the third one exploding must again be increased based on the probability that neither the first nor the second exploded.

Calculated this way, the probability of the tenth one exploding is the highest.

After the tenth one, the probability will slowly decrease.

All the way until the one hundredth, which approaches zero the most.

Since this round of choosing houses is a life-and-death swap with the first round.

Then the first round's most dangerous number, ten, is actually the safest in this round.

Chen Yan walked out from the house, dragging that malicious little girl behind him.

But at this moment, all the Five Clans prodigies watching Chen Yan revealed strange expressions.

"What is going on?" Chen Yunyou's eyes went wide, somewhat unwilling to accept it.

Could it be that Bing Yi has already fathomed the rules of this round?

Many prodigies' expressions were changing as they looked at Chen Yan.

Chen Changyuan narrowed his eyes, somewhat disappointed, while also pondering what the rules actually were.

Chi Yuexi had secretly heard the communication from Elder Chi Xun, and at this moment, she had a sudden realization.

Her expression changed as she looked at Chen Yan.

Ji Chuxi, who had been hypocritically sighing the whole time, smiled unconsciously:

"Brother Bing Yi is very clever; could you enlighten us?"

Chen Yan laughed:

"I guessed."

Ji Chuxi's expression changed slightly:

"A good guess, a very good guess indeed."

He clearly did not believe it, but at this moment, it was not easy to ask further.

It was also at this time.

Lu Fukun looked at Chen Yan, wanting to ask, but still smiled:

"Congratulations."

"Mm." Chen Yan nodded:

"I must thank everyone for choosing me, otherwise I wouldn't have been able to get the precious medicine."

His voice fell, and there was silence.

Sss, sss, sss...

Green smoke was still rising from Chen Yan's body, but anyone with a discerning eye could see that Bing Yi was slowly breaking free from the malicious erosion of the Ancient Divine Beast.

Bing Yi, who had originally been on the verge of life and death, had now actually seized the opportunity directly.

Moreover, it seemed he had already mastered the rules.

It was also at this time.

"The second round begins!"

The sculpture's voice sounded once again:

"The game rules have changed this time; within these one hundred and twenty-five houses, there are no longer Body Tempering Precious Medicines, but Blood Qi Precious Medicines!

This round, you have three chances just the same.

Please write the person you have in mind on the paper, and at that time I will choose the person with the most names to give that person a chance to enter a house and take an opportunity."

The sculpture's voice fell, and a piece of paper appeared in front of everyone once again.

In an instant, the surroundings were quiet.

Everyone looked at Chen Yan.

"The game in this round just changed the type of precious medicine opportunity; the rest of the rules haven't changed."

Someone spoke up:

"Which means, the previous method of cracking it can be used now."

As that person spoke, they looked at Chen Yan.

Everyone was speechless, communicating privately via voice transmission.

Everyone understood one thing.

That is, if Bing Yi had not been guessing just now, but had already peered into the mysteries of this trial.

Then, if everyone chose Bing Yi again, not only would Bing Yi not encounter danger, but Bing Yi would continue to obtain opportunities.

And the other party is a Qi-Blood martial artist, so body-tempering precious medicine is completely useless to him.

Qi-Blood precious medicine, on the other hand, could allow Bing Yi to become stronger in a very short period of time.

"Bing Yi, could you sell me your method for breaking the rules earlier? I will gift you ten Sun-Level Grade D Qi-Blood precious medicines."

Ji Chuxi smiled gently.

"I said, I was just guessing earlier," Chen Yan smiled.

Ji Chuxi's expression stiffened.

It was also at this moment that Ji Chuxi's expression suddenly changed as he looked at Chi Yuexi.

Chi Yuexi sent a voice transmission:

"It was Elder Chi Xun of my clan who cracked the secret. If you are chosen, you need to pay me half of the opportunity."

Ji Chuxi frowned, and after pondering for a while, he nodded.

Soon, everyone began to write down names.

However, this time everyone was whispering and sending voice transmissions to each other.

Right up until the end.

"Ji Chuxi, you are the one with the most names," the sculpture's voice rang out.

Ji Chuxi gave a faint smile and cupped his hands toward the crowd:

"Many thanks to everyone for your favor."

He glanced at Chen Yan, then walked toward those one hundred and twenty-five houses, wearing a smile.

Chen Yan sat quietly in meditation, resisting the malicious erosion of that pitch-black long tongue on his body, and at this moment, his brows also furrowed.

He knew that in this trial, everyone would not choose him.

Chen Yan believed that what was cracked earlier, in room number ten, must also contain precious medicine.

After all, the rule of the Life-Death Trial is that life and death are reversed.

The number ten had already been proven by Chen Yan to represent vitality.

But at this moment, Chen Yan still had questions in his heart.

That is.

Within these one hundred and twenty-five rooms, why were there as many as five rooms with opportunities?

And how were the room numbers of the other four to be identified?

Chen Yan was still deep in thought.

Boom!

An explosion suddenly rang out.

Amidst the terrifying firelight, divine chains spanned the air, and the blinding luster almost pierced through the world of malice; a scream from Ji Chuxi rang out.

When he flew out, a pitch-black long tongue was already wrapped around his waist.

A little girl of malice was sticking out her tongue, having bound him.

Outside Ten Thousand Phases Island, Chi Xun frowned:

"That's not right, life and death are reversed; even if the types of precious medicine change, the room containing the precious medicine must still be ten."

Chi Xun was puzzled; where exactly did the problem arise?

"What is going on, Chi Yuexi!" Ji Chuxi shouted in a low voice, the flesh on his waist already being corroded.

Chi Yuexi's expression also stiffened; she hurriedly looked at Chen Yan:

"Bing Yi, do you know what is going on?"

"I don't know, the rules have already changed," Chen Yan said, then stopped speaking.

Chen Yan was also startled.

How had the rules changed?

Would rooms that had already contained precious medicine no longer have precious medicine appear in them?

But, where should one look for the pattern?

Chen Yan closed his eyes and began to review everything that had happened before.

Until at a certain moment, his expression changed slightly.

The crowd was also discussing.

"Could it be a multiple of five? Look, the poem in front of the Divine General Temple earlier only had five lines."

"These houses are also five times twenty-five, a total of one hundred and twenty-five!"

"I also noticed that between every two trees in front of the Divine General Temple, there were five bricks."

"But why was there no precious medicine in room number ten this time?"

"Could it be because the precious medicine had already been taken by Bing Yi, so precious medicine will not appear in room ten again?"

The crowd pondered, and some began to suggest that Chen Yunyou go and try again.

Some saw that the number five had a special significance.

But no one could truly confirm the rules.

After all.

No one could clearly explain the secret of the rules; all the discussions were just their own guesses.

At the same time.

Sheets of white paper appeared before everyone once again.

The second round of selection for the Blood-Qi Precious Medicine began.

Chen Yan lowered his head and looked at the crowd:

"Everyone, I do not wish to leave the Inner City; I hope you will not force me!"

His voice was resonant, and at this moment, everyone's expression faltered slightly.

"Bing Yi, have you not cracked the secret of the rules?" Chen Changyuan spoke slowly.

"I have cracked it!" Chen Yan said:

"Everyone, writing my name again is just gifting me precious medicine; it would be better to write Chen Yunyou's name, he can still withstand it once!"

Chen Yan's voice fell.

Laughter erupted immediately.

Chen Yunyou looked at Chen Yan with a smile, then slowly shook his head.

He did not know whether Bing Yi had actually cracked it or not.

But given Bing Yi's current state, it looked a bit like he had been pushed to the brink.

With a wave of his large hand, he wrote Bing Yi's name on the paper.

Very quickly.

Everyone finished writing their names.

"Bing Yi, you are the one with the most names," the sculpture's voice rang out.

Chen Yan stood up slowly and glanced at the crowd:

"Why must it be like this?"

"Bing Yi, I didn't write your name; what you need is to recognize the true enemy," Chen Yunyou said indifferently, telling a lie with his eyes open.

The others did not speak again.

It was not that everyone had a grudge against Chen Yan, but everyone knew one thing.

That was, the Chen clansmen would definitely write Bing Yi's name.

After all, there was a grudge between the two parties.

If they wanted to increase the probability of not being chosen, they just had to follow the Chen clansmen and write Bing Yi's name.

Chen Yan was indifferent as he walked slowly toward the rows of houses.

He paused for a long time until he reached the door of the eleventh house.

Inside the communication array disk, Lu Jianxia's voice rang out:

"Bing Yi, you have an explosive array disk, use it at the first opportunity."

Her voice trembled slightly.

From the very beginning, she had been supporting this man whose true face she had never seen.

"Alright," Chen Yan nodded.

Behind him, all the prodigies of the Five Clans watched intently.

Creak.

The door to the eleventh room was opened by Chen Yan.

In an instant, everyone's eyes went wide, as if they had seen a ghost.

"How is this possible?!"

Chen Yunyou's brows were deeply furrowed; he was completely unwilling to believe it.

Inside the eleventh room, there was no danger, only precious medicine!