Chapter 186: 120. Once you accept your own weaknesses..._2
However, Xu Yuan looked around the room and saw nothing but ashes—it seemed like there was really nothing left.
Was this inheritance truly this simple?
Xu Yuan also tried to observe the other, but no matter how he checked, he couldn't find any trace related to the other's spiritual power or physical structure.
"Was I looking in the wrong direction, or...?"
Xu Yuan gazed at what was in front of him, which rather than a graveyard, it was more aptly a wooden house intended for living.
"Could the clue be outside?"
Just as he was about to lift the latch and open the door,
an anomaly suddenly occurred.
The originally pristine walls became mottled and moldy. The skin peeled off continuously, turning rough, and black-green mold grew on the uneven walls, emitting a cold, damp smell.
The rich darkness akin to ink attacked once more, but this time it enveloped the entire room.
This darkness was so oppressive that it almost made it impossible to breathe, as if one could get lost in it at any moment.
"Hehehe, didn't I tell you?"
The familiar unpleasant voice sounded again, but this time, it seemed as if it came from within the wooden house itself.
Suddenly, an eye opened on the wooden door, mocking him.
"This is just futile struggling. To defeat me, unless..."
"Unless what?"
Xu Yuan's expression had grown more solemn.
He had a premonition that forcibly breaking out might only make things worse.
"Unless you accept your own weakness."
Its voice was full of mockery.
The unpleasant, hoarse voice calmed, then transformed into another familiar voice.
This voice, compared to Lin Qingque's earlier, was similarly cold, but it also carried a hint of proud arrogance.
A faint light emerged in the air, and a graceful figure gradually became visible in the darkness.
"Is it Tian Liuli this time?"
Xu Yuan coldly watched the figure approaching him.
Combining what the other had said before and the initial illusion of Lin Qingque,
Xu Yuan quickly figured out the aspect this Inheritance Space was testing.
"Azure Dragon Spirit Leader, Vermilion Bird Heart Leader."
"If I'm not mistaken, this inheritance test should be about the heart, that is, the soul."
Xu Yuan's smile grew as he felt relieved.
Had he not met Lin Qingque before, if he had to face the Vermilion Bird Heritage alone, he really couldn't guarantee he would have made it through.
But now, with the professional and suitable heroine here, what was there to worry about?
Moreover, he had probably guessed what the test's content was.
"If you are hoping for the girl who came in with you to save you, I suggest you better give up on that idea."
Tian Liuli suddenly added, "She is now so engrossed in the Heart's Illusionary Realm that she can't extricate herself."
"Oh?"
Hearing her words, Xu Yuan was momentarily stunned, but quickly regained his calm.
Lin Qingque specialized in Heart Dao, and if he could see through the illusions, he didn't believe she couldn't.
"It seems you don't believe my words, thinking I'm deceiving you, right?"
Tian Liuli, seeing the expression on his face, seemed to understand what he was thinking and sneered, "Then I'll let you give up on that hope."
Her pale arms expanded slightly with a gentle wave.
With a pop, a Water Mirror condensed and appeared in mid-air.
In the mirror, a girl in a pink dress with her hair in twin buns was lying sideways on the ground, one hand reaching under her skirt doing something, her mouth emitting suspicious giggles, completely in her fool's paradise.
"Hehehe~ dear senior brother, don't run! Come here to Que'er, I'll be very gentle! Trust me, it won't hurt much at first, and then it will start to feel good slowly!"
Seeing the girl's flushed face and the drool all over the floor, Xu Yuan was inexplicably speechless.
Alright, alright, so this is the game we're playing?
He didn't believe Lin Qingque would fall for it; rather, it seemed she merely treated this place as some kind of amusement.
She wasn't taking it seriously at all.
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Tian Liuli, or rather the monster, completely missed the mark, brimming with pride as she looked at him, "Now, do you feel despair?"
"Despair, huh?"
Xu Yuan murmured.
He did have a way to directly make Lin Qingque this humanoid cheat initiate mayhem, but it wasn't necessary.
After all, with Lin Qingque as his backup, this was an opportunity to see if he could make it through this inheritance himself and to see if he could learn something from it.
During the recent Azure Dragon Heritage, after he switched his body's method of cycling spiritual power to mimic the Azure Dragon Formation, he could distinctly feel that his spiritual power consumption had significantly reduced compared to before.
Obviously, these inheritance tests could not only challenge the inheritor but also improve their abilities.
Accept his own weakness?
Xu Yuan took a deep breath, silently telling himself in his heart not to treat it as an inheritance trial anymore, but as... the real Tian Liuli.
He understood the other's intention.
Indeed, whether facing Lin Qingque or facing Tian Liuli, he always felt a sense of frustration and helplessness.