Who was that cold voice?
Upon hearing this question, everyone was stunned.
This was also a question? Of course, it was the assistant narrator of the sword tomb's trial, who else could it be to prompt the participants to follow the procedure of the trial? How could this be a question?
However, soon, when people carefully thought along this direction, the problem came.
Explaining the rules to the participants, timely prompting them to continue the trial procedure … These were just the role of the voice, not its identity.
In other words, who was the voice that explained the rules to the participants and made the prompt?
Reasonably speaking, there were too many possibilities. For example, it could be some kind of artificially refined intelligent creature, or it could even be just a simple sound recording spell … However, think about what it just said!
"Due to unexpected changes, the eight virtues trial has to make a temporary adjustment. The four virtues of faith, propriety, righteousness, and integrity that could not be carried out will be accumulated in this trial. If you can win this trial, it is equal to winning the first four trials, and at the same time, you can obtain the five virtues. "
No matter how hard the voice tried to conceal it, now that they thought about it, they couldn't help but feel strange: Liu Li breaking the four gates in anger was undoubtedly an accident for the ancient sword tomb, and the master of the sword tomb could not have expected that someone would be so rude. And even if it was expected, the reaction of the five gates combined into one was too bizarre … No matter how they thought about it, this bizarre thing meant that in this sword tomb, there was an intelligent creature that controlled the overall situation.
"But so what? Is there any inevitable connection between this and your conclusion? "
One of the deputies of Shengjing Sect, Wangyue Luanyun couldn't help but ask, "Isn't it normal for there to be intelligent creatures in the true immortal level ancient sword tomb? In the first few trials, this kind of intelligent creatures can be seen everywhere, what's so strange about it? "
"What's so strange about it?" Wang Lu smiled. "If there are intelligent creatures, then why would there be a need to design this nonsense eight virtues trial?"
Seeing that many people still haven't understood, Wang Lu earnestly explained, "The rules of this eight virtues trial are cumbersome and strict. Even if no one presides over it, it can still operate normally. However, in the general mechanism design concept, there's no need to add a high degree of intelligent creatures as a supplement, because the strict and meticulous rules and the autonomy of intelligent creatures would conflict."
After he finished speaking, the people from the other sects were still fine, but the people from the Ten Thousand Arts Sect were lost in thought. Regarding the design of the mechanism, these people have done a lot of research. Especially in this trip to the Ancient Sword Tomb, they had done their homework.
"In other words, for the test of this level, this intelligent life is probably an intruder and not an original one."
"And then?"
Wang Lu asked, "And then? A trial of the eight virtues invaded by a foreign object means that it is very likely to lose its original meaning and bear the will of the invader. "
Jianglu also pondered for a moment before saying, "If we analyze it from the design point of view … from the point of view of the master of the sword tomb, the level he designed to test the future generations should be to select those with extraordinary talent, or those who are fated with his inheritance. But these eight trials …"
Wang Lu said, "If there's no existence of this strange intelligent creature, it can be understood that after a long period of time, the established program of the sword tomb has been damaged, which led to a mutation in the rules, turning it into a deformity that no one could have expected. Such a case is not uncommon in the Immortal Cultivation World of Nine Regions. However, since the existence of the intelligent creature has been discovered, it means that all of this can be adjusted, or even deliberately adjusted. That intelligent creature is deliberately leading us to stage a mutual framing and internal division of the ugly drama. "
"But what's in it for it?"
"Actually, we don't need to figure out what the benefits are. As long as we know that what we do is good for it, but it's very likely not for us, it's not difficult for us to make a rational guess."
Jianglu asked, "So you suspect that after this pass, not only we won't get the treasure of the sword tomb, but we might even lose ourselves? Including the previous reward of half a level of cultivation base, is it just a bait to lure us to continue playing, to fall deeper and deeper into the trap? "
"Otherwise, do you have a better reason to explain what we've been through? The test of virtue has been transformed into a game that exposes the ugliness of human nature. Even if I have used extreme methods to try to end the game, I still encountered the five gates combined into one trick. After this eight gates test, it's as if there's an impatient figure hiding, using all means to make us continue playing. "
Speaking to this, Jianglu suddenly asked, "You've long found out that something's wrong? Why didn't you say so earlier? "
"The first time I noticed that something was wrong was when the filial piety rule appeared. At that time, I felt strange, isn't the resistance of this test too strong? Even if the ancestors wanted to determine who was superior through internal elimination, such blatant sowing of dissension was a little too extreme. But first, I'm not fully sure. Second, I'm not sure how much control the person hiding behind the scenes has over the mechanism in the sword tomb. If I carelessly reveal the truth, what if I'm struck to death by lightning? Leaving my Junior Sisters to be widows? So, my idea is the same as yours at the beginning. Regardless of whether it's normal or not, we should win first. Especially after the first pass, the reward of half a level of cultivation base is quite a heavy bargaining chip. "
In this regard, Jianglu just coldly snorted.
Wang Lu said, "But in the second pass, I soon realized that the problem is not that simple. This rule is too targeted, and the retaliation came too fast, as if it deliberately wanted me to lose. But in the third pass, it was reversed. So, I guessed that perhaps these eight gates want us to be in a stalemate, so that in each pass, we have to give it our all, exposing the ugliness of human nature to the extreme. "
Jianglu pondered for a moment. "We can't rule out this possibility."
"Since we're aware of the problem, although we still lack a lot of critical evidence, we can follow a basic rule: if the enemy supports it, we oppose it. If the enemy opposes it, we support it. It does everything possible to make us play to the end, so I will do everything possible to make this game end early. "
Upon hearing this, Jianglu suddenly smiled. "So, you said that you want to stop everyone from passing the test?"
"Of course, it's impossible to stop everyone from passing the test, because the rules don't allow one side to maintain the advantage for too long. But I think at that time, you shouldn't have thought of this. So, regardless of whether you believe it or not, there's only one choice for me to say this. "
Jianglu's smile turned cold, and under his calm appearance, great waves were once again set off. "When the time comes, we can only use force to solve the problem."
Wang Lu said with a smile, "But in a head-on fight, I'm not Shengjing Sect people's opponent, so I have no choice but to take the eight gates as hostages. However, your Senior Brother Power King has never negotiated with terrorists, so it's not surprising that hostages would be killed."
Jianglu humphed. "Good calculation! As long as the stone gate is broken, if your guess is right, you'll be the hero that saves everyone. If your guess is wrong, your Junior Sister Liu Li can also take this opportunity to win the eight gates. "
"It's indeed a good calculation." Wang Lu unceremoniously admitted, "Until just now, when I used the contradiction with you as a cover to reasonably and legally dismantle the gate … As a result, it didn't hesitate to reveal its flaws and only used the method of combining the five gates into one. I immediately judged that its control ability is very limited, so I can boldly share these things with you."
Jianglu sneered. "At the same time, it's also because you fell into the shame gate, which was beyond your expectation and interrupted your next calculation, right?"
Wang Lu didn't hesitate to say, "That's why there's a sigh of regret. No matter how professional an adventurer is, it's impossible for them to control everything. All they can do is to do everything possible to strive for more favorable conditions for themselves. If they can't get it, they can overturn it and start over again."
Jianglu said, "Your long-winded and unceasing speech can indeed provide a good hypothesis. There's likely to be a malicious figure hiding here, but all of this lacks evidence to support it."
"There's plenty of circumstantial evidence. For example, the simplest question is, when we were entangled with the ancient guardians and this pain in the ass eight gates trial, where did Big Sister Zhu Shiyao go?"
Jianglu was startled and somewhat incredulously asked, "You suspect …"
"No, if it's her, she wouldn't make it so troublesome. One person and one sword, at least in this place, she can be invincible. My question is, along the way, we haven't seen any trace of her, which means that we're probably not on the same path as her. So, based on the experience of the first three gates, when we're not on the same path as Zhu Shiyao, who do you think is more likely to go on the wrong path? "
"…"
"If it's a fork in the road, do you think what's waiting for us is the treasure of the ancient sword tomb or a trap?"
"…"
"Then, back to the question of the purpose of designing the eight gates trial. If the ancestor wanted to test the real eight virtues, it can be understood that he wanted to choose a successor with good moral character. But to design a trial that will only cause internal strife and reflect the ugliness of human nature, what does he want to do?"
Jianglu's patience was gradually worn down by Wang Lu's endless questions. "Perhaps he wants us to kill each other? Because his control over the original trial is limited, he can't change the framework of the eight virtues. Therefore, he modifies the rules within the framework, which continues to cause us contradictions. "
"That's a good guess. Then the next question is: if we kill each other, what's in it for him?"
Jianglu also couldn't understand. "What's in it for him?"
"I'm not him, so how would I know what's in it for him? But I know that if we kill each other, at least it's not in our best interest. That's why I said I hope everyone gives up on this trial. There's no need to let a person with bad intentions succeed."
With that, Wang Lu went silent. Even if Zhou Mumu, Hai Yunfan, Zhan Ziye, and the others gave him a meaningful glance, he ignored them.
Among the people present, only Jianglu's attitude was the most important. As long as he approved of it, things could be left at that.
"I understand." After a long time, Jianglu nodded his head. "Regarding this matter, although your speculation lacks conclusive evidence, it's indeed very convincing. Therefore, all the previous small frictions between us are written off. If someday there's evidence to prove everything, my Shengjing Sect will owe you a favor. "
Of course, the implication was that if there was evidence to prove that what he said today was just nonsense, then the two sects would have more than just a small frictions.
However, the next moment, Jianglu's words were accurate. "But, you want everyone to give up the trial, but what about you? Do you want to give up the trial and then leave the sword tomb together with the others? "
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