Chapter 416: Chosen’s trial (1)

When they went through the hole, Mo Ze Chen didn't forget to look back, but all he saw was inside of the trunk of the tree behind him. The hole had completely closed and there was no sign of that room of white anymore.

Mo Ze Chen gave a sigh in the end before turning to Lin Fan to ask, "Boss, do you know anything about the chosen?"

Lin Fan was surprised by what Mo Ze Chen called him.

Before this, Mo Ze Chen had called him "Brother Lin", but now he had suddenly changed to "boss".

It was clear what he was thinking…

Well, it didn't take a lot of brain power to understand that Lin Fan's ability to read words that he couldn't see was an indication of something. It was very likely that Lin Fan was the chosen one that they talked about.

Since that was the case, if the chosen one was the one who would be able to save the girl of his dreams, there was no doubt what he should do. For the girl of his dreams, there was no need for his dignity either.

He was even willing to sell his soul to the devil, which was Lin Fan in this case…

Though Lin Fan would probably resent being called the devil in this case…

Still, this was fine with Lin Fan since he had already planned on bringing Mo Ze Chen into his fold.

He had seen all the artifacts that Mo Ze Chen had and since he had already placed a seed into Mo Ze Chen, it wasn't like Mo Ze Chen would have had much choice.

Of course, compared to someone he forced under him, he preferred someone who followed him out of their own free will. The chance was in front of him now, so how could he just let it go?

Lin Fan paused for a second before saying, "I can't tell you exactly why I can see these things that you can't and I can't tell you why I can understand them, but I can tell you that if you follow me, you should be able to get what you want. Can you accept those terms?"

Mo Ze Chen gave a nod without any hesitation as he said, "As long as you can help me save Lulu, I can even give you my soul."

Lin Fan shook his head with a bitter laugh, "There's no need for that. As long as you're willing to follow me, naturally I will help you with this."

Mo Ze Chen revealed a teary look as he said, "Boss, you really are a good guy."

As he said this, Mo Ze Chen was about to jump forward to hug Lin Fan, but Lin Fan quickly raised his hand to stop him as he said, "There's no need for that."

Please, Lin Fan didn't need any good guy cards, especially from other men…

Mo Ze Chen stopped for a second after Lin Fan cut him off, but then he swore, "Boss, as long as you can help me get together with Lulu, I swear that I'll follow you to the ends of the world!"

While Lin Fan didn't get why Mo Ze Chen was so infatuated, he still chose to accept this since it was an easy way to control Mo Ze Chen which he already planned on doing.

At the same time, he couldn't help thinking how Mo Ze Chen would act if he was to see Angela...Would he have to beat Mo Ze Chen in the end?

After settling this, the two of them started heading into the city that was in front of them.

…

Outside the tree of light, even though Dugu Xiao's first party had been smashed by the beast that had suddenly appeared, there were still more examinees that made their way into the city.

They were all groups that had seeded candidates, so they were careful as they made their way through the city.

There was even one group that had found the pools of blood that Dugu Xiao's group had left and they immediately avoided that.

There were traces of residual life energy that was left in those pools of blood. Based on those residual traces, they were able to estimate just how strong the one who created these pools of blood were.

If whatever created the pools of blood were still here, it was best for them to leave as quickly as possible.

But of course, all of them were smart people or they wouldn't have been designated as seeded candidates. Even if they weren't smart, it didn't take a genius to tell where the true treasures of these ruins would be hiding.

Naturally they would be in the giant tree of light that was right at the center of the city.

Slowly but surely, the various teams began to make their way towards the giant tree of light.

Some of them had chosen to use chained captives to lure these ghosts around to clear a path for themselves.

Some of them chose to use their own pets since they didn't have any chained captives with them.

And finally there were those rare ones that weren't in groups at all, but rather travelled alone that slowly made their way to the center of the city. Along the way, they lured in the ghosts one by one to fight against them.

The ghosts were actually much stronger than normal experts because they had the ability to combine laws. While it was only two laws that they were able to combine, it still made them stronger than experts at the same level.

However, the ones that chose to move alone were those that were much stronger than those at the same level, they were the ones that were considered peak geniuses. It was no problem for them to take out the ghosts.

Rather, they took their time to fight the ghosts because they considered it a form of combat training which was much more valuable than any treasure they would find.

But they also did find a strange thing with the ghosts.

In the combined laws that the ghosts used, there was always only a single law that was constant among these ghosts and the other law would differ between ghosts. It was almost as if each ghost had their own attributes which determined which laws they used.

But what about the first law, the one that was common among them?

Where did that come from?

Still, they didn't have time to consider that since they were on a time limit.

It had already been close to six hours since they had entered these ruins, which meant that they would only have six hours left. If they didn't take advantage of this time, there would be many benefits that they would be missing out on, so they didn't have time to consider all of this.

…

Inside the tree of light, in another room that was completely white, there was a flash of light before Lulu appeared.

When she appeared, she was surprised to see who it was.

It was the beast that had killed Dugu Xiao's group as well as the ghost commanders.

She looked at the beast with a curious gaze as she asked, "What are you doing here?"

The beast licked its paw before saying, "Since this place is open, you should know what that means."

She still asked, "Why are you here?"

The beast looked at her with narrowed eyes before saying, "What are you hiding?"

Lulu was taken aback when she heard this, but then she asked, "What do you mean by that? How could I have anything to hide when I'm stuck here all day?"

The beast didn't respond to this and turned to look around the room. After a while, it finally said, "Did they already pass by here?"

When she heard this, Lulu actually revealed a slightly nervous look.

In truth, Lulu rarely interacted with this beast even though they had both been trapped in here for the longest time. However, the one thing she did know about this beast was that it had been the pet of the one who had trapped them in here…

She wanted to believe in Mo Ze Chen and she didn't know what this beast would do if it found them, so she had tried to cover up their arrival in this tree. However, she never expected the beast to see through her so easily…

Lulu calmed herself down and then asked in a confused voice, "They? Who do you mean?"

The beast looked at her with narrowed eyes before giving a chuckle, "You really think you can hide this from me?"

Lulu then narrowed her eyes as she looked at the beast with a trace of hostility in her eyes, "What do you want to do?"

The beast gave a shrug with its paws before saying, "Who knows?"

Lulu revealed even more hostility in her eyes when she saw this and she said, "If you want to…"

The beast suddenly cut her off as it said, "Now, now, you don't need to worry. I just want to know if they've passed through here already, I'm not going to do a thing. After all, if they can pass through here, it means that they qualify by my master's standards and they have a chance of passing the trial."

After a pause, the beast said, "Finding someone that can pass the trial is the wish of my master, so of course, I'll see it through to the end."

Lulu felt that she should have calmed down after hearing this, but she was actually more worried since the beast had given up too easily.

Just what was it hiding?