It was a palace made of bronze.
At the center of the palace, there was only a brass crane neck lamp. The crane's neck was long and slender, drawing a smooth arc in the air. At the tip of its perfectly straight beak, there was a peach-sized candle.
It was this candle light that illuminated the whole palace.
The candle light was weak, and many corners of the bronze palace were immersed in darkness.
A skinny young Gu Master was standing on a huge brick of the palace. Coincidentally, there was a huge red pillar next to him. It was so thick that it would require three adults holding hands to encircle it.
The candle light was blocked by the pillar, causing half of the young Gu Master's body to be illuminated, while the other half was shrouded in darkness and shadows.
It was Han Li.
Right now, Han Li's forehead was covered in cold sweat, he could not decide what to do.
"I was too careless!"
"This Senior Zhen Yuan Zi, although he is a righteous path Gu Immortal, his true inheritance is not something someone like me can obtain."
"Being able to reach this step, I have already exhausted all my efforts, there were even several steps that purely relied on luck!"
Han Li had experienced these, he was very clear about the dangers of this bronze palace.
Now that he thought about it, he felt a lingering fear.
In fact, righteous path inheritances were usually not dangerous, demonic path inheritances were full of schemes and were extremely dangerous.
Zhen Yuan Zi's inheritance test might be dangerous, but it was nothing to Gu Immortals. But to Han Li, who was still a Gu Master, it was too dangerous.
Han Li was a person with strong luck, and because of his connection with Fang Yuan's luck, he had many fortuitous encounters, and now had rank four cultivation level.
At his age, without a Gu Immortal backing, this was very rare.
Han Li stood on the spot, not moving. He tried to turn his body and look at the path he had taken. He wanted to retreat.
This Zhen Yuan Zi's Gu Immortal true inheritance was too high a level for him. Although it was extremely tempting, Han Li had completely woken up now.
He pondered for a long time before trying to move his right leg to the left and right.
At the next moment, his vision suddenly changed.
"I moved forward instead?"
Han Li quickly looked around and his expression turned pale.
He discovered that he had already left the giant red pillar behind him. He was now more than ten steps away from where he had been standing.
He was one step closer to the brass crane-necked floor lantern.
So long as he could reach that place, Han Li would be able to obtain the acknowledgement of Zhen Yuan Zi and inherit his true inheritance.
However, Han Li had already decided to retreat.
This step forward was just a blind cat catching a dead mouse, accidentally bumping into it. His true intention was to leave this place, but he ended up moving forward instead.
It was easy to imagine that if he had chosen to advance in another direction, he would have ended up in a terrible state.
As a rogue cultivator, Han Li's foundation in the Dao of Formations was extremely shallow. To put it nicely, it was the skill of a country bumpkin.
He had relied on his intelligence, calm thinking, and luck to make it this far.
Among these factors, luck was the most prominent.
As a result, Han Li became less and less confident.
Because luck was very unreliable. If a rational person only relied on luck, it would be a gamble.
"Ai, I'm gambling with my life. It seems that retreating to the right is safer." Han Li observed his surroundings. At this point, he was completely confused and could only rely on his intuition.
Then he took a step back.
Whoosh.
His vision changed again, and the result shocked him. This time, he had advanced by more than ten steps.
The brass crane-necked floor lantern that represented success was already within reach. Han Li could almost touch it if he stretched out his arm.
Of course, Han Li was still a hair's breadth away.
So close was the end of the world.
Han Li hesitated.
In this situation, he couldn't help but waver. After all, success seemed to be within reach. He only needed to take one more step.
"But will I be able to do it?" Han Li fell into a difficult decision.
Time passed quickly, and he felt as if only an instant had passed.
The difficult choice made him sweat profusely. But in the end, his clear reasoning overcame his greed.
"On the path of cultivation, how can I rely on luck?" Han Li let out a breath of turbid air and relaxed his body. At this moment, his mental state had risen to a whole new level.
He began to search for a path of retreat.
This bronze hall was merely a manifestation of the formation's space. It was like the palace that Fang Yuan was staying in in Southern Border's giant dream realm Gu formation.
Han Li's current position showed that he was at the center of the Gu formation.
However, the path of retreat was very clear now.
Even Han Li, who had a weak foundation in formation path, could see it.
Han Li's mind was clear as he retreated along this path of retreat, getting further and further away from the brass crane-necked floor lantern.
"I hope the rest of my journey will be as simple and smooth as this." Han Li had just said this when his vision suddenly changed again.
He was shocked to find that he had arrived in front of the brass crane-necked floor lantern.
"What, what's going on?" Han Li could not understand.
A consciousness slowly awakened in the lantern.
An old voice resounded in Han Li's ears in a daze, as if it had just woken up from a dream: "Not bad, not bad, fated person. You were able to see through this formation and arrive in front of me, it has already proven that you have the qualifications to inherit the true inheritance."
Han Li blushed with shame: "I, I was actually thinking of retreating."
That voice became clearer and more organized: "Hehe, this is the reason why Zhen Yuan Zi set up this formation. When the brass crane-necked floor lantern is so close, any choice of moving forward is a mistake. Only Gu Immortals with great intelligence and deep understanding of formation path can see through this. Understanding the path of retreat is the true path forward. Or those Gu Immortals with weak formation path attainment but who know when to advance and when to retreat, they have a good disposition and have a chance to inherit the true inheritance. "
Han Li suddenly came to a realization. "In that case, I'm the latter type. Also, aren't you Senior Zhen Yuan Zi's will? "
"Of course not, I am formation spirit Immortal Gu. I was created by Senior Zhen Yuan Zi, no one knows about it. "That voice replied.
Han Li was confused: "Formation spirit?"
"You still don't know? Blessed lands have land spirits, grotto-heavens have heavenly spirits, and Gu formations also have formation spirits … hmm, why are you a Gu Master, you are not a Gu Immortal!" Suddenly, the formation spirit's voice rose.
"Sorry, I was really just a fluke. If I do not have the qualifications to inherit the true inheritance, can I leave? "Han Li smiled in embarrassment.
The formation spirit was very puzzled: "Unbelievable, you are not a Gu Immortal, then how did you pass the several steps? How bad is your luck?"
"Oh no!" Han Li had thought the formation spirit would praise his luck.
The formation spirit's voice was shaking: "Very bad, Zhen Yuan Zi's original plan was to choose a Gu Immortal as his successor. You do not have immortal essence, you cannot suppress that immemorial desolate beast green claw ghost winged lion. You inherited the true inheritance, this Gu formation is about to collapse, but you cannot subdue the green claw ghost winged lion that has just awakened. Why aren't you running? No, no, how can you run? It's over, it's over, I did not expect that I would die just like this after inheriting the true inheritance and becoming my new master! "
"No, there must be another chance!" Han Li was not willing to give up like this.
"It is useless, the difference in strength is too great. Sigh … "The formation spirit Gu's formation spirit had a pessimistic attitude towards this matter.
Like it said, the Gu formation started to collapse, and the entire bronze hall turned from solid to phantom.
The wick floated up and landed on Han Li's shoulder.
The true environment was revealed.
This was a huge cave in the desert.
Large amounts of sand started to fall, and without the support of the Immortal Gu formation, this man-made cave that had experienced the vicissitudes of life started to collapse.
Han Li was left with no way to escape.
In front of him, there was a green claw ghost winged lion that was the size of a small mountain.
It was currently sleeping, if a Gu Immortal followed Zhen Yuan Zi's arrangements, they would be able to subdue it. Even if they could not subdue it, they could wake it up and not make things difficult for the successor.
This was actually one of Zhen Yuan Zi's tests.
The green claw ghost winged lion was an immemorial desolate beast, if the successor was outstanding enough, they would be able to control this green claw ghost winged lion.
But Han Li was not.
Not only that, he might even be devoured by the green claw ghost winged lion.
Sand and rocks continued to fall from above, crashing on the green claw ghost winged lion's body, waking it up.
Han Li attacked fiercely, but his mortal killer moves were like light breezes on the green claw ghost winged lion's body.
The green claw ghost winged lion suddenly charged forward and opened its mouth, swallowing Han Li into its stomach.
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