"What should I do after I enter?" Lu Ye asked. Since Bai Lu said there was no danger in this secret realm, there was no need to fight.
Bai Lu said mysteriously, "You'll know when you enter." Saying so, he gave Lu Ye a push and reminded him, "That's right, put away your saber."
Lu Ye had no choice but to put away his saber, push open the door, and walk into the Tian Luo Hall. When he took a step out, Lu Ye found himself in darkness. He couldn't even see his fingers in front of him. This was a kind of pure darkness. Even a constellation like him couldn't see anything. He tried to use his divine thoughts, but he could only sense a few feet around him.
There seemed to be a strange power in the Tian Luo Hall that greatly suppressed his various abilities.
Lu Ye didn't panic, because he didn't feel any dangerous aura. Just as he was looking around, a dot of fluorescent light suddenly appeared in his field of vision. Then there were two dots, three dots, and a large area!
In an instant, Lu Ye felt as if he was in the starry sky, and the large area of light dots were stars.
These fluorescent lights were of different colors. Some were white, some were green, some were blue, some were purple, and some were gold.
The multicolored light was like a swarm of fireflies, circling around his position, dancing in the air.
Lu Ye was curious because he couldn't see the nature of these light dots. He raised his hand to grab a light dot, but the light dot nimbly dodged like a playful girl.
The large area of light dots danced for a while before a part of them broke away and floated in front of Lu Ye. Then these light dots gathered and merged with each other. Soon, a flute-like thing floated in front of Lu Ye.
Lu Ye was slightly puzzled. He didn't know what was going on.
Bai Lu said that as long as he passed the test here, there would be benefits. But now, Lu Ye didn't see any test at all, and a flute condensed from light dots appeared in front of him. Was this the benefit?
He didn't know what was so special about this flute.
With this thought in mind, he reached out and grabbed the flute. It was warm to the touch, as if he was holding a jade flute. At the same time, the flute vibrated slightly, and a message appeared in Lu Ye's mind.
Blow!
He suddenly understood. So this was the test.
But how could he know how to play the flute? Ever since he came to the Nine Prefectures, he had been struggling to survive. The upper realm of cultivation was something that he had never touched before.
None of his friends were proficient in this field.
However, since this was the Heavenly Spiral Hall's test, he could only brace himself and face it.
Although Lu Ye wasn't proficient in this field, he still knew how to play it. He held the flute horizontally, placed it near his mouth, and gently pressed the sound hole with a few fingers.
As soon as he exhaled, an ear-piercing sound of the flute rang out. He didn't know how to coordinate the fingers that were pressing on the sound hole, so he just casually moved them up and down.
When the sound of the flute rang out, the specks of light that were constantly circling around him seemed to have been struck by lightning, and stagnated for a moment.
Lu Ye knew that there was a ninety-eight percent chance that he would pass this test, so he didn't care about it and just bragged about it.
The specks of light seemed to have intelligence. They couldn't stand the ear-piercing noise, and another batch of specks of light separated. The flute in Lu Ye's hand also dispersed, and the two waves of specks of light converged together, constantly changing. Then Lu Ye saw a blurry figure appear in front of him. It seemed to be a human figure, but he couldn't see it clearly.
At this moment, the figure was holding a flute, putting it near his mouth and gently blowing it. The pleasant sound of the flute immediately entered Lu Ye's ears. Strangely, when the sound of the flute sounded, the spiritual power in Lu Ye's body suddenly flowed a lot faster.
He was shocked. This flute sound … had the effect of increasing combat power!
If the spiritual power in a cultivator's body flowed faster, then no matter what kind of secret arts they used, or if they fought with others in close combat, their strength would definitely increase.
He immediately understood that he was too bad at bragging. These specks of light couldn't bear to see it, so they deliberately demonstrated it to him, which could be regarded as a temporary teaching.
He carefully observed the posture of the blurry figure holding the flute, and the rhythm of the rising and falling fingers, silently memorizing it in his heart.
After one song, the figure disappeared, and the flute reappeared in front of Lu Ye. Lu Ye grabbed it again and played according to what he had seen just now.
Compared to the messy playing just now, this time, it was clearly much more pleasant to the ear, but it was also choppy and incoherent. As Lu Ye played, specks of light constantly drifted away. By the time he finished playing, more than half of the specks of light had disappeared.
Lu Ye felt that he had played it well, but he didn't know why those specks of light looked so disdainful.
Bai Lu said that this place was very interesting. Indeed, it was very interesting to people who were proficient in music, but to him, it wasn't interesting at all. If the test here had anything to do with music, then he had no hope of passing it.
The flute suddenly dispersed and turned into specks of light, but it didn't disappear. Instead, it wriggled and changed again.
Lu Ye watched quietly, guessing that the test was probably not over yet.
It was somewhat torturous. Although the test wasn't dangerous, Lu Ye would rather have a big battle with the Skeleton Generals.
Within a short while, an erhu appeared in front of Lu Ye. It seemed that Lu Ye had experienced it before, so before she could try it, a blurry figure appeared and played a passionate melody to demonstrate to Lu Ye.
Just like the flute just now, the music of the erhu also had the effect of increasing one's combat strength.
Lu Ye helplessly picked up the erhu and imitated the figure to play a melody. As expected, the remaining specks of light in the surroundings decreased …
The erhu turned into specks of light and wriggled and changed for the third time. A moment later, a pipa appeared in front of Lu Ye.
Just like before, a blurry figure appeared again. With a light flick of the fingers, a simple instrument unrestrainedly produced a moving melody.
By the time Lu Ye finished playing the pipa, there weren't many specks of light left in the surroundings.
Seeing the pipa turn into specks of light and wriggle and change again, the corners of Lu Ye's eyes twitched.
The previous three tests were about playing the flute. Could it be that the fourth test was about singing?
What kind of bullsh * t was this test? He seriously suspected that Bai Lu was taking revenge on him. The merfolk were all multi-talented. After entering the Celestial Spiral Palace, they probably wouldn't have a problem passing the test here. However, for a weapon cultivator like him who was used to fighting and killing, entering this place was simply torture.
If he had known this would happen, he wouldn't have come.
More importantly, he didn't know how to get out now because there was no place to leave at all.
Under his torturous gaze, the specks of light turned into a figure. However, this time, the figure was more solid than the previous three times. Other than the fact that he couldn't see the face clearly, he could see the basic outline.
It could be seen that the figure was a curvaceous woman, and a mermaid at that. Because her lower body was shaped like a fish's tail, she opened her mouth slightly and sang softly.
Lu Ye felt a headache coming on.
What kind of bullsh * t Celestial Spiral Palace is this? Just change its name to Celestial Spiral Palace.
But soon, Lu Ye found that something was wrong, because the woman was not only singing, but also dancing. Her movements were extremely enchanting.
As she sang and danced, Lu Ye's face was as black as the bottom of a pot.
It was fine if she wanted him to play music, or simply sing, but it was absolutely impossible for him to sing and dance like this!
He was Lu Yi Ye of the Nine Prefectures. How could he not care about his reputation?
When the figure finished singing, the dance also stopped and turned back into specks of light. Lu Ye knew that it was his turn. It had been like this for the previous few times. The figure would demonstrate, and then he would learn.
But this time, he absolutely couldn't learn!
He stood there quietly without moving, thinking that if he didn't pass the test, he would definitely be able to leave.
But he waited for a full day. He didn't move, and the specks of light flying around his body didn't have any other reaction, as if they were waiting quietly.
Lu Ye had no choice but to walk around to see if he could find a way out.
After searching for a long time, he couldn't find anything. Wherever he went, the specks of light would follow, as if they wouldn't let him leave until he participated in the test.
Lu Ye knew that regardless of whether he could pass this test or not, he had to participate.
Glaring hatefully at the few remaining specks of light, Lu Ye cleared his throat and looked around with a guilty conscience, fearing that someone was spying on him nearby. Only then did he open his mouth and sing. He didn't know what he was singing, because the figure just sang in the language of the mermaid race. The language of the mermaid race was extremely difficult to pronounce. He didn't have a systematic learning, so he couldn't sing it at all. Forcing himself to imitate it was naturally unpleasant.
After a while, the specks of light flying around suddenly disappeared without a trace.
The world was quiet …
Lu Ye was in endless darkness, and there was no light at all. "Let me out!" Lu Ye shouted.
The test was undoubtedly a failure. Since he failed, he should be let out of here, but he still didn't see any hope of leaving.
It was as if he had been abandoned here.
After shouting a few times, there was still no response. The corner of Lu Ye's eyes twitched. He couldn't say that he had to sing and dance once, could he?
He just sang and didn't dance yet.
If this was the reason why he couldn't leave, it would be uncomfortable. Although there was no one around, Lu Ye really didn't want to do that, lest it become a darkness in his heart that could never be erased, and that would become a knot in his heart.
But thinking about it carefully, Lu Ye felt that something was wrong. This was the secret realm of the mermaid race. Since ancient times, many mermaids should have come here. In terms of talent, he, a human, naturally couldn't be compared with the multi-talented mermaids. In comparison, he undoubtedly failed every test.
But the mermaids' talent must also be high and low. It couldn't be said that everyone had to follow the highest standards. Then there wouldn't be many mermaids who could leave here.
So Lu Ye thought that as long as he passed one of the tests, he would be fine?
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