Chapter 291

Baizhu, who was suddenly mentioned, smiled and said gently:

"Thanks to the Sect Leader's teachings, otherwise Baizhu wouldn't have this ability."

"Baizhu just doesn't want to smear Shushan."

Diluc shook his head and said seriously:

"Senior Brother Baizhu is humble. The feat of nine levels of heart-asking is not something anyone can succeed at."

Baizhu shook his head and didn't say much.

Everyone chatted for a while, and suddenly saw Zhongli make a move.

In the blink of an eye, over ten thousand people were sent out of the array.

The first batch of failures in the Heart-Asking Array had already appeared.

180. The law cannot save Fontaine, but cultivating immortality can

After an adventurer from Mondstadt was teleported out, he suddenly opened his eyes and waved his hands in horror.

"Get away! Get away! Don't come near me! Damn monsters! Get away!"

His bloodshot eyes were full of hatred as he looked at the crowd around him.

After noticing the crowded crowd, his heart froze for a moment, and the next moment, the cognition that had just been blocked returned.

He raised his hand and looked at himself in shock.

"I... am still alive? Was what just happened Shushan's test?"

"How is this possible! How is this possible! I clearly lived a lifetime! Was I killed by monsters in the wild?"

After a long while, the adventurer sat on the ground in despair.

"I... failed? Why! I have worked so hard!"

"Why is the test so difficult!"

The people around who were also in low spirits glanced at him without answering.

When they came out just now, they had also experienced such events.

In the Heart-Asking Array, they lived through a lifetime in a fleeting moment.

Some were mediocre, born, raised, married, had children, and died of old age.

No obsessions, no dreams, no brilliant life.

Some were magnificent, becoming the peerless experts or powerful dignitaries they dreamed of.

Gradually, they lost themselves in the flattery.

Some became poor people, who could have had a bright life step by step, but because they couldn't hold onto their bottom line,

they did things they shouldn't have done.

All kinds of life states passed by in a hurry in this Heart-Asking Array that lasted less than a few minutes.

A fleeting moment, a lifetime in a flash.

They finally knew what Shushan's test was.

But even if they knew, so what?

Just as Ningguang said, all assessments have the possibility of cheating.

Only...

the exam of life, from birth to death,

has no possibility of cheating.

Shushan's test is to open a brand-new life for everyone in the name of heart-asking.

In this life journey, no one can cheat.

Therefore, whether they know the essence of the Heart-Asking Array or not doesn't matter, because it is unsolvable.

Rather than saying Shushan is testing them, it is better to say that the world is conducting a lash on their original hearts.

"A reflection in the mirror, a dream of a lifetime."

Someone sighed at the sky, and a line of clear tears flowed from the corner of their eyes.

"Ultimately, I have no fate with the immortal path... but thank you, Shushan immortals. This heart-asking journey has made me understand my original heart. I know how to live my life from now on."

Some people saw through the essence of life from this failed Heart-Asking Array journey and knew how to act in the future.

It could be considered a gain.

Some people, however, remained trapped in the failure of the assessment and the lash of heart-asking, sinking into it.

The immortal path was never safe.

Not only coming up, but just getting close would bring great risks.

Some people were destined not to be able to hold on.

In this world, those who stand out are ultimately few, and most people's lives are ultimately boring and ordinary.

But Shushan didn't need those boring and ordinary people.

The path of cultivating immortality was always very cruel.

No one could change this cruelty.

Zhongli and the others kept making moves, sending out batch after batch of people.

Some couldn't stand the blow and went crazy on the spot, and some even laughed tragically, seeking death.

But in the Shushan territory, in the eyes of cultivators, the life and death of mortals were never controlled by mortals themselves.

Those who went crazy were restored by a roll of spiritual energy.

Those who were dying from suicide were restored as before by a sweep of spiritual energy.

Life and death were not controlled by themselves; this high-and-mighty authority of cultivators made these people without fate even more painful.

Before long, out of over 1. million people, only over 40, 00 remained, still gritting their teeth and persisting.

This crazy elimination rate made Ningguang and the others click their tongues.

However, Zhongli and the others seemed to have gotten used to it, sending them out batch after batch with expressionless faces.

Soon, these 40, 00 people also clearly showed a gap.

The dozens of most excellent ones were calm.

The next few thousand were a bit difficult, but still stable.

The tens of thousands after that were struggling, and people were being teleported out from time to time.

"Alas... the human path is vast, the immortal path is boundless..."

Lisa sighed and said somewhat gloomily:

"The Sect Leader is right; the immortal path is ultimately something most people cannot reach."

Among those eliminated, there were quite a few with excellent aptitude, but even so, they were still cruelly eliminated.

Cultivating immortality was also a cultivation of fate.

"Sister Ganyu is truly wise. The few people she pointed out just now are all at ease. I suppose these are our direct junior brothers and sisters."

Yae Miko looked at Ganyu with a smile, as if the elimination of so many people had no impact on her.

However, according to Yae Miko's personality, she would only feel it was interesting.

Ganyu smiled and didn't answer, just looking forward to those who were still persisting.

Furina, who was in the Heart-Asking Array.

At this moment, she had completely forgotten that she was seeking immortality in Shushan.

She was once again living through that grand and sad five-hundred-year one-woman show.

Step by step, she danced this one-woman show to its climax.

Even though there was no one watching under the stage.

Until the final curtain call, Furina had only one audience, Lumine.

A clear tear slid down, and powerful energy fell on a piece of land.

Furina knew that her five hundred years of pain and five hundred years of performance had ended here.

The murmuring energy floated to Furina's face, as if wiping away her tears.

"Furina, you are the most perfect human in my heart. You have human cowardice, human arrogance, but because of this, you are perfect."

"So, from now on, please live happily as a human."

Furina raised her hand and grabbed toward the water droplets, but everything disappeared like a dream bubble.

Her five-hundred-year curse had ended.