Chapter 569: Meng Jingzhou: There's a Black Curtain

Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou didn't know what happened outside. They pretended to be demon prodigies and officially stepped into the second layer.

The second layer was overflowing with floral fragrance, flowers were in full bloom, and there was beautiful scenery everywhere.

Here was an endless flower garden, and in the flower garden, a beautiful figure was squatting on the ground, sniffing the floral fragrance.

Seeing everyone arrive at the second layer, the beautiful figure stood up, smiled, and applauded to welcome them.

"Everyone, welcome to the second layer. I am the Spirit of the Secret Realm; you can call me Luo Hong."

The Spirit of the Secret Realm is something that only exists in a secret realm built by a Tribulation Transcendence stage cultivator. It is not a life, but more like a set of pre-set techniques.

It's just that this technique has gained enough experience to imitate the way of thinking of life.

The Ancient Realm of Creation is an ancient secret realm. When announcing the rules in the first layer, it spoke the current language precisely because the Spirit of the Secret Realm, Luo Hong, was learning.

The owner of the secret realm is not there, so the Spirit of the Secret Realm has the greatest authority in the secret realm.

"Greetings, Senior."

Although they knew this was a technique, no one dared to really treat Luo Hong as a technique and bowed seriously.

"It seems this generation is still polite."

Luo Hong wouldn't go easy on them because they were polite to her. She clapped her hands gently, and a flower pot and a seed fell on everyone's heads.

"The first layer tests martial power, and the second layer tests quality."

"The trial of this level is very simple: planting flowers."

"What you are holding in your hands are Moon Shadow Flower seeds. When they bloom, it's like a beautiful woman dancing in the moon, which is breathtakingly beautiful."

"The growth cycle of the Moon Shadow Flower is fifteen days. What you have to do is to make flowers grow in the flower pot within these fifteen days, and you will pass the level. During this period, I will not supervise you."

"The more vigorous the flower grows, the higher the evaluation."

"Note that during this period, you cannot use spells, spirit treasures, or any other cultivation means."

"And you cannot talk to each other; you must plant flowers independently."

Seeing that everyone was a little nervous, Luo Hong smiled and said: "Don't be too nervous; Moon Shadow Flowers are very easy to raise; they can take root and sprout as soon as they see soil."

"Fairy, have you heard of the Moon Shadow Flower?" Lu Yang asked secretly.

"I've heard of it. This flower is quite beautiful and very popular. Since you haven't heard of it, it's probably extinct now."

The rules of the second layer sounded simple, but unfortunately, he couldn't discuss it with Old Meng anymore.

Jiang Shishi held the flower pot, buried the seed in the soil, loosened the soil, and watered it, caring for it carefully, but the Moon Shadow Flower showed no signs of sprouting.

Jiang Shishi frowned, instinctively wanting to discuss it with Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou, but thinking of the prohibition on discussion in the rules, she had to give up.

She began to recall the rules over and over again, thinking about whether she had missed anything.

"If it were Fellow Daoist Lu Yang, how would he think..."

Fifteen days passed quickly, and it was the day of acceptance.

The demon prodigies and the two pure-blooded humans stood in a row, waiting for Luo Hong's evaluation.

Standing in the first row was Su Lianer of the Nine-Tailed Fox tribe.

Su Lianer was dressed in white, looking beautiful, holding a flower pot, looking pitiful.

There was nothing in the flower pot.

Luo Hong frowned: "Where is your flower?"

Su Lianer's tears fell in large drops, making people unable to help but want to wipe her tears.

"Originally the flower was growing well, but I inherited the inheritance of my ancestors, having the beauty of sinking fish and falling geese, closing the moon and shaming the flowers. As soon as the Moon Shadow Flower bloomed and saw me, it withered and died."

Luo Hong stared at Su Lianer for a long time, and finally let out a breath slowly.

"Forget it, consider you passed."

The second was Jiang Shishi.

In Jiang Shishi's flower pot, the Moon Shadow Flower bloomed, breathtakingly beautiful.

Luo Hong nodded, considering it passed.

Next was Ao Yue.

Ao Yue's flower pot was also empty, with no Moon Shadow Flower.

"Where is your flower?"

Ao Yue cupped his hands and said respectfully: "Reporting to Senior, I did not grow any flowers."

"Give me a reason."

Hearing this question, Ao Yue straightened his back and smiled: "Senior said at the beginning that the second layer tests quality. In my opinion, the seeds Senior gave us cannot grow Moon Shadow Flowers. This level tests our honesty!"

"... You are eliminated."

"Why!" Ao Yue was anxious, feeling that he should have passed.

Luo Hong sneered: "Still have the nerve to ask why? I did give you all cooked seeds that can't grow flowers, but who told you that this level tests honesty? Humans are cunning and thick-skinned; what honesty do demons talk about? Can you defeat humans by relying on your honesty?"

"This level tests lies."

"Although the little girl of the Nine-Tailed Fox tribe's lie was simple, it still counts as a lie. I count her as passed."

"Then what about Jiang Shishi? How did she grow the Moon Shadow Flower?"

Luo Hong continued to sneer: "Didn't you listen when I said the rules before? Make flowers grow in the pot; when did I say you had to plant the seeds I gave you?"

Ao Yue was speechless. Thinking back carefully, it was indeed the case.

Not only Ao Yue, but the demon prodigies behind him also held empty pots, lowering their heads in shame.

They all thought Luo Hong was testing honesty.

Hearing this, Jiang Shishi breathed a sigh of relief, fortunately imitating Lu Yang's way of thinking, carefully studying the rules, and figuring out what Luo Hong wanted.

The demon prodigies behind Ao Yue were eliminated without surprise. Luo Hong didn't stop until she reached Meng Jingzhou.

She looked Meng Jingzhou up and down. Meng Jingzhou's active performance in the first level made her care a little.

"Where is your flower pot?"

Meng Jingzhou had empty hands, let alone flowers, he didn't even have a flower pot.

"Please follow me."

Meng Jingzhou made a gesture of invitation, asking Luo Hong to come to a place full of Moon Shadow Flowers. The Moon Shadow Flowers were clustered together, exceptionally beautiful.

The bottom of Meng Jingzhou's flower pot was hollowed out, surrounding the most vigorous cluster of Moon Shadow Flowers like a wall.

Meng Jingzhou scratched the back of his head embarrassedly, his mouth smiling to his ears: "Oh, I'm really sorry, I don't know what happened to the flower I planted, it grew so much that it poked a hole in the flower pot. Look, it became like this."

"I remember Senior said that the more vigorous the flower grows, the higher the evaluation, right?"

Luo Hong: "..."

I did say that the more vigorous the flower grows, the higher the evaluation, but you are too outrageous.

This is clearly seeing that this level tests lies and starting to talk nonsense.

"Passed."

The last one was Lu Yang. Lu Yang's flower pot was empty, let alone flowers, there wasn't even soil.

"Empty, you didn't pass..."

"Wait a moment." Lu Yang raised his hand to stop her.

"The condition for passing is to make the flower pot grow flowers within fifteen days, right?"

"Yes."

"Then I passed."

"Where is your flower?"

Lu Yang pointed to the flower garden everywhere and said confidently: "During these fifteen days, I have been planting the flowers in the flower garden into the flower pot, then moving them out, changing another batch to plant in, and then moving them out."