Liu Yu's expression immediately stiffened as beads of sweat seeped out of his forehead.
He opened his mouth to say something, but Sunless said coldly, "On the way back, Shi Xiaobai's hair was always black."
Liu Yu said with a wry smile, "Patron Ye, why do you say so? And why are you so certain? "
Sunless said in a deadpan manner, "I was watching him the entire time."
Liu Yu was slightly taken aback before he immediately understood what Sunless meant. On the way back, her eyes had been staring at Shi Xiaobai without leaving him for even a moment. During that period of time, she did not notice that Shi Xiaobai's hair had not turned silver.
With Sunless's personality, she would indeed place all her attention on the unconscious Shi Xiaobai, even if her shoulder was seriously injured. Every step she took could aggravate the pain in her wound.
Liu Yu sighed and said, "Patron Ye, you must have misunderstood. This Penniless Priest had also said that Benefactor Shi Xiaobai's hair only turned silver for an instant. It was so short that This Penniless Priest suspected that it was an illusion. Even if you stared at him the entire way, you might have missed that instant by blinking your eyes. This Penniless Priest really did not lie. It's just that Patron Ye missed it. "
Sunless said softly without a hint of emotion, "I didn't blink."
Liu Yu was surprised. On careful look, he realized that the reason why Sunless' eyes looked dull was not only because she rarely showed any emotions, but because she had basically never blinked.
She did not need to blink?
What sort of special skill was that!?
Liu Yu smiled bitterly in his heart. He knew that Sunless was not joking. She had really stared at Shi Xiaobai without blinking on the entire way back. It could be said that she did not miss a single instant.
What a terrifying girl.
Liu Yu sighed and said, "This matter might have been a mistake on your part, or it might have been a mistake on This Penniless Priest's part. Maybe Benefactor Shi Xiaobai's hair did not turn silver. This Penniless Priest might have said something wrong, but this Penniless Priest was definitely not lying. Furthermore, since you had been staring at Benefactor Shi Xiaobai all this while, you should know more about what happened back then than This Penniless Priest, right? "
Sunless glanced at Liu Yu in a deadpan manner and said, "I saw it, but I did not see everything. Back then, you happened to block my line of sight, as though … you were doing it on purpose. "
Liu Yu's expression changed and he said in a solemn voice, "Benefactor Ye, your words are a bit too much. Back then, This Penniless Priest was pushed away by Benefactor Shi Xiaobai with his elbow, causing This Penniless Priest to lose control of his body and accidentally block your vision. Everything was just a coincidence. This Penniless Priest knows you are worried about Benefactor Shi Xiaobai, but how can you slander This Penniless Priest in such an unreasonable manner? "
Liu Yu looked rather agitated and indignant.
Sunless calmly glanced at him and said in a deadpan manner, "I did not tell you when you blocked my vision, but you know it better than me?"
Liu Yu's heart skipped a beat when he heard that. In a moment of desperation, he had neglected this simple level of logical thinking. Wasn't this tantamount to him confessing without being pressed?
Sunless said coldly, "You are indeed lying."
Liu Yu pretended to be calm and said in a deep voice, "You keep saying that I'm lying, but why would I lie? Why would I lie? "
"You want to hide a certain truth."
Sunless' eyes were glazed over, but they emitted an aggressive glow. She said, "There are only two possibilities for this truth. Firstly, you are helping Xiaobai hide the truth. Xiaobai was conscious when he killed Speechless. Secondly, you are helping yourself hide the truth. The person who killed Speechless is not Xiaobai, but you. You have pushed the blame onto the unconscious Xiaobai. "
It was rare for Sunless to say such a long sentence in one go. Furthermore, she had used words to express the logic so clearly. It was obvious that she had pondered over the matter for a long period of time. She might have been conflicted over it for the past three days.
Liu Yu smiled bitterly in his heart. He knew that Sunless was very intelligent, but he never expected her to be a 'monster' with monstrous intelligence. What seemed like a flawless' plan 'had nearly been seen through by her.
A wry smile suffused across Liu Yu's lips as he said, "Out of these two possibilities, I believe you are more willing to believe the latter, right?"
Sunless said, "In my eyes, the possibility of the former does not exist."
Sunless obviously did not believe that Shi Xiaobai would deliberately feign unconsciousness to kill Speechless.
Therefore, from her point of view, everything was a ploy by Liu Yu. He had sneaked up on Speechless and then pushed the blame onto Shi Xiaobai. Although she still could not figure out how Liu Yu had done it, it was the only possibility Sunless could think of.
Liu Yu sighed and said, "Benefactor Ye already has an answer in your heart. It looks like This Penniless Priest has no way of explaining himself."
Liu Yu knew that with Sunless's personality, it was impossible for him to change her mind no matter how much he said.
"Benefactor Ye, what do you plan on doing?"
Liu Yu looked at the surrounding scenery. At that moment, there was no one in the forest. There were few people passing by, so it appeared that Sunless had deliberately brought him there.
But what did she plan on doing?
Kill him? That was clearly unrealistic. Even if he could not beat Sunless, he could use the exit command to escape.
Using force to force him to admit to his crimes? He could similarly use the exit command to escape the calamity.
Could it be that she wanted to use 'words' to persuade him to surrender himself? Sunless was obviously not that naive.
Then, what was she planning on doing?
What was she planning on doing?
"Continue hiding it."
Sunless stated her goal. She said calmly, "I wish for you to not tell anyone the truth. Do not reveal any flaws. Keep this matter hidden forever."
When Liu Yu heard this, he was first surprised, but he quickly figured out what Sunless was getting at.
Sunless did not believe that Shi Xiaobai would feign unconsciousness to kill Speechless, but she did not have any evidence to completely deny such a possibility.
Therefore, such a possibility existed. Even if it was only 1%, 1/10,000, or 1 in a billion, it was still possible.
And in order to completely eliminate such a possibility, hiding the truth forever was the only solution.
She would rather let him, who was very likely to be the murderer, roam free than let Shi Xiaobai take any risk.
That was Sunless' goal.
Liu Yu was alarmed, but he also felt admiration and fear.
To Shi Xiaobai, Sunless was definitely the cutest woman in the world.
But to others, Sunless could become the most terrifying enemy at any moment.
Her reasoning was too unreasonable.
"This Penniless Priest is innocent. Benefactor Shi Xiaobai is not in the wrong either, but This Penniless Priest is temporarily unable to tell the truth."
Liu Yu sighed softly and said seriously, "There will come a day when the truth will be revealed. Now, all This Penniless Priest can do is to say … sorry ahead of time."
Sunless gave Liu Yu a nonchalant glance and suddenly turned around in silence. She walked out of the forest.
Regardless of the truth, as long as Shi Xiaobai was not harmed, it was the outcome she wanted.
At that moment, a familiar voice resounded in the sky. Instantly, it resounded through the world.
"A person has cleared the Transcendental World. Participant Shi Xiaobai has been sent to the eighth level. The remaining trial-takers in the seventh level will be forcefully expelled in thirty seconds."
A person had cleared the seventh level?
Shi Xiaobai had obtained the assessment program's recognition?
How did he do it?
A look of surprise flashed in Sunless' eyes as a guess appeared in her mind, but she immediately wiped it away.
Liu Yu turned his head to look in the direction of the Infernal King's bedroom and sighed secretly.
Was everything finally coming to an end?
…
…
The eighth level.
Shi Xiaobai descended with a golden beam of light and arrived in a world that only a few great figures in human history had ever reached.
Before the program's voice that introduced the eighth level's world resounded.
A familiar and fiery voice first resounded in Shi Xiaobai's mind.
"Absolute Choice completed. Congratulations to the Host for obtaining a B-level reward — Psionic Ability Martial Technique: Eighteen Subduing Dragon Palms."
The corner of Shi Xiaobai's mouth twitched slightly. He remained expressionless and his eyes looked somewhat glazed over.
At that moment, the Absolute Choice that announced the completion was the same as the three Absolute Choices — saving Little Fatso, saving Chen Lingcun, as well as preventing Kali from raging. It did not provide any hints.
He remembered that the contents of the choice were:
[Choice 1: Complete the King's Mandate (B-level reward)]
[Choice 2: End the Age of Bravehearts (B-level reward)]
[Choice 3: Leave the Nine Revolutions Transcendental Tower (No reward)]
Back when the Absolute Choice suddenly appeared, it left Shi Xiaobai dumbfounded. He did not know what the first and second choices meant.
At that moment, he finally understood what the two deeply hidden choices pointed to.
Completing the King's Mandate meant killing the Celestial King. Completing the Infernal King's Mandate meant … killing Speechless.
Ending the Age of Bravehearts meant killing the six leaders of the Age of Bravehearts. The Hexagram Bravehearts also meant … killing Sunless, Pulp Farmer, and company.
These two choices were cruel and difficult to complete for Shi Xiaobai. And it was because of the cruelty of these two choices that there was a third choice that allowed him to escape from everything … leaving the Nine Revolutions Transcendental Tower.
If Shi Xiaobai had known the true meaning of the three choices when they appeared, he would not have hesitated to choose the third choice.
But it was because of this that the Absolute Choice had deliberately used 'words' to create several layers of packaging.
Everything was to extrapolate the story to the present situation.
To the present situation.
The Infernal King killed the Celestial King.
Shi Xiaobai killed Speechless.
It was a foregone conclusion.
The cruelest situation!
…
Shi Xiaobai remained expressionless as his eyes glazed over. He remained silent for a very long time.
Until the Infernal Queen slowly walked over from afar.
She smiled coquettishly and her posture was enchanting. With every step she took, a snow-white lotus bloomed.
With every step she took, a lotus bloomed.
But it withered instantly.
In another world, Kali watched this scene coldly. Suddenly, a blob of darkness bloomed in front of her. She raised her delicate hand and was about to reach into the darkness.
As long as she wished, her hand could easily pass through the darkness and snap the Infernal Queen's neck.
But in the end, her fingers stopped right before they touched the darkness.
Her constantly changing expression finally turned into a hint of sadness and a light sigh.
Kali looked at Shi Xiaobai with a gloomy gaze as she muttered to herself.
"Sorry."
"Only your fate is something that even the world can only watch from the sidelines."
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