After saying this, Ling Shuang said no more, turned around and pushed open the door of the stone house, her figure disappearing into the night as silently as she had come.
David sat alone in the stone house, closed his eyes, and repeatedly sorted through, deduced, and verified the information left by Ling Shuang.
Deployment map, patrol patterns, formation structure, testing procedures, and triple verification.
All the information wove together in his mind to form an intricate map, with every road, every node, and every checkpoint clearly marked.
Triple verification.
His spiritual energy flow can be disguised, his Dao foundation can be disguised, and his spatial Dao can be folded and hidden.
However, his spiritual fluctuations, his Daoist mind frequency, and his cultivation instincts are indeed impossible to fake.
The origin of the Dao can suppress all leakage, and the Myriad Tide Heart Seal can stabilize the spiritual platform of the soul. However, if the verification method of the Patrol Division is to forcibly read the frequency fluctuations on the surface of the soul, those tools can only isolate, not forge.
He needs to find a way to fake the frequency of the “orthodox soul” in the third verification.
David opened his eyes and looked out the window at the silvery-white sky.
The spirit lamp had been extinguished, and the stone house was pitch black, with only the silvery-white light seeping in through the window cracks, casting a narrow strip of light on the ground.
He suddenly thought of something.
Origin Furnace.
The Origin Furnace contains the drained essence of tens of thousands of cultivators.
Those origins are pure essences of the Heavenly Dao, energy essences formed after being refined and purified layer by layer by the pseudo-order laws of the Orderers.
It contains everything that the cultivator had been drained of—spiritual power, Dao foundation, fragments of the soul, and remnants of memories.
If he could obtain some primordial fragments from the furnace and weave them into a “soul cloak” using the chaotic origin as a medium, covering the surface of his soul, the Border Patrol Division’s verification would only read the orthodox frequency on that cloak.
The entrance to the furnace is located in the deepest part of the Heavenly Trial Secret Realm.
Therefore, he must enter the Heavenly Trial Secret Realm.
David closed his eyes again and meditated in the darkness.
The primordial chaos flowed slowly under the protection of Wanxi’s Heart Seal, nourishing his meridians, dantian, and soul to their optimal state.
His breathing became extremely steady and long, like the final silence of a volcano about to erupt.
The bells rang the next morning.
Just like yesterday, more than three hundred monks awaiting inspection silently walked towards the dojo.
David mingled in the crowd, his pace matching that of the surrounding cultivators, his breathing steady, his expression calm. As he passed the stone house number seventy-three from yesterday, he sensed that the young man inside had already awakened.
His breathing was steady, his spiritual energy flowed much more smoothly, and his complexion was much better than yesterday.
The wisp of chaotic essence that David secretly injected last night not only soothed the conflicting forces within his body, but also silently nourished his meridians, ensuring that he would not experience any “deviations” for at least the next few days.
The morning lesson consisted of orthodox Taoist practices. David followed the instructions completely, his spiritual energy flow so precise that it was exactly the same as the steward’s demonstration.
The outer sect steward’s gaze swept over him without lingering.
However, David noticed that the atmosphere in the temple today was somewhat different from yesterday.
The monks’ steps were heavier than yesterday, and their faces were more ashen.
Many people had a faint look of fear in their eyes, as if something had disturbed their peace of mind.
He secretly released his divine sense and caught the whispers among the crowd.
“Have you heard? The Heavenly Trial officially begins tomorrow”
“More than three hundred people are all going to enter the secret realmtriple verification”
“Last year’s batch had 360 people go in, but only 80 came out”
“Those who didn’t come outit’s said their lineage wasn’t up to par, so they were left inside the secret realm”
“What does it mean to stay in the secret realm?”
“You know what I mean. Don’t ask anymore.”
David withdrew his divine sense, his gaze darkening. Tomorrow was the day of the Heavenly Trial.
Earlier than he expected.
Ling Shuang said “ten days” last night, which seems to be just a rough estimate.
The Border Patrol Division was moving faster than he had anticipated, which showed that they paid close attention to the Heavenly Trial and were extremely strict in their handling of each batch of cultivators awaiting inspection.
This also suggests that the Heavenly Trial may be even more dangerous than Ling Shuang described.
After the morning class, David did not return to the stone house, but followed the crowd to the spirit field area outside the gate.