The Prodigal Son of the Mystical Sect

In every Imperial Garden Contest, when the secret rooms are opened, there will be such a noise. At this time, each competitor can choose the secret room with rich opportunities based on experience. However, which secret rooms will be opened each year is completely random, and the rules and prizes will also change slightly... Therefore, the choice is particularly important - for example, according to experience, the secret room with the richest rewards is near the enemy's territory, or the rewards in previous sessions are rich, and although it is still the same this time, the difficulty has increased sharply and it is beyond one's ability... These are all issues that need to be considered.

And the most important thing is that no matter which secret room you go to, you will get the same destination at the end, but the experience in the middle is different. So, should you choose a secret room that can be passed quickly but has few rewards, and focus on the main building blitzkrieg, or choose a secret room that is more difficult to pass but has rich rewards, and develop slowly... It depends on which path the competitor intends to take. The pros and cons of this are also different for different people...

The battle for the Imperial Garden has never been a one-sided contest. It tests a lot of aspects. If you are just a martial arts genius, there is absolutely no hope of winning the Imperial Garden.

At this moment, the secret room was opened, and the two sides immediately ceased fighting - of course, this truce was only superficial. They stabbed each other in the back, bet on the secret room that the other party would choose, ambushed heavily, surrounded and sniped... these are fun.

However... for Chu Tianxiao, who has read "The Secret of the Imperial Garden", these are not a problem.

He drew a few circles and crosses on the Chu family's precise version of the Imperial Garden topographic map, and finally put the pen tip on a certain point.

"Well... look at the movement, the secret room that is known as the most difficult should be opened this time... this is it!"

Chu Tianxiao quickly made a choice, told Mu Liuling to look after the house, and then went alone, walked on a road that no one had expected, turned east and west, and came to a secret room.

"The final trialist... You are about to challenge the most difficult chamber in the Imperial Garden. You will either leave or die. Do you want to continue?"

Just as Chu Tianxiao put his hand on the door of the chamber, he heard such words in his ears. The voice was very ethereal and did not sound like it was spoken by a human being.

Is that... the spirit of the Imperial Garden?

"Well... Just as everyone has guessed over the years, the Imperial Garden itself is a 'vessel', and it must be of a high grade, otherwise it would not have bred a wise spirit... Whether it is the old man or the voice at this time, it is the same..."

It's just a pity that the evaluation in this regard has long lost its suitable system due to the interruption of generations, so everyone knows that the Imperial Garden is a high-level 'vessel', but no one knows how high-level it is, and no one has risked their lives to try it...

After thinking about it, Chu Tianxiao nodded and said, "I have made up my mind."

After Chu Tianxiao said this, he pushed the door open directly, and then felt that it was pitch black in front of him. Countless black shadows suddenly jumped out of the endless darkness. They turned out to be hundreds of tiny black snakes spitting dark red blood letters from all directions and rushed towards Chu Tianxiao, as fast as lightning!

Swish!

In the blink of an eye, Chu Tianxiao's Xingyue Sword was unsheathed, and a round of sword flowers danced in the air, with starlight and rapid cutting. Then there was a crisp sound of rustling, and those tiny black snakes were all cut in half. Countless wails resounded like ghosts!

And those black snakes that were cut down turned into clouds of smoke and dust as soon as they touched the ground.

Smoke and dust spread out, like fog condensing and not dispersing. Soon, this space that was originally endless darkness became a sea of ​​fog...

"Now, the test officially begins." The original voice slowly fell, and then, the heavy fog in front of Chu Tianxiao retreated to both sides, leaving a road that was neither wide nor narrow. He did not hesitate, and immediately picked up the Star Moon Sword and flew forward. After quickly passing a long road, he saw a door at the end.

"So that's it... This is the real secret room, just now it was just a cover... Hehe, it's interesting."

It was a very old copper door, rusty, but Chu Tianxiao was keenly aware of the horror contained in it. He concentrated his mind slightly, and then slowly pressed his hands on the two rings of the copper door and pushed it hard...

A subtle light penetrated the copper door. As Chu Tianxiao took a step in, more than ten torches suddenly lit up on both sides of the inner room, and continued in sequence, illuminating the place as bright as day!

Until this moment, Chu Tianxiao finally saw the scene inside the door, but the moment he saw it, he couldn't believe his eyes...

But inside the copper door, there was a strange room.

It was called strange because it was very narrow horizontally, which didn't correspond to the copper door at all, and it was too deep vertically. It looked like a square piece of tofu was cut vertically, and then the cut piece was connected to the back of the remaining piece.

And the cut mark was a red line that was divided in half in the middle of this strange room!

At one end of the red line, there was an ancient stone pillar, which was narrow at the bottom and wide at the top, like an inverted cone, and at the top was a golden hourglass and nine puzzle pieces.

And at the other end of the red line...it was densely packed, all of them were ferocious beasts, so many that they completely blocked that end, and it made people's scalps numb at a glance!

As soon as the ferocious beasts saw Chu Tianxiao breaking in, they immediately let out roars and screams one after another. The roars were so shocking that even Chu Tianxiao was almost frightened by these beasts when he first entered this place.

There were so many beasts, although they were all low-level beasts of the second rank, but if they suddenly attacked in groups, Chu Tianxiao would definitely suffer a loss if he was caught off guard. However... Strangely, even though they showed strong shock, dissatisfaction, and anger at Chu Tianxiao's entry, these beasts never crossed the red line. It was difficult to hide the fear between their ferocious faces.

Chu Tianxiao couldn't help but be slightly stunned. After waiting for a moment, he was sure that these beasts really didn't dare to cross the line. Then he stretched out his hand and placed it on the top of the stone pillar.

Whoosh whoosh whoosh!

The originally hard stone round surface softened immediately after he touched it, and the white flakes disappeared, revealing a few words. Chu Tianxiao immediately glanced at it and saw that it was written on it.

"Behind the red line, there are many beasts. If you want to find the door or the way, you need to solve this map."

When Chu Tianxiao saw this, he immediately looked far away. As expected, he saw a heavy iron door at the end of the beasts, and that small area was avoided by all the beasts as if in fear!

After staring and thinking for a while, Chu Tianxiao looked at the puzzle pieces again, but saw that there was a short red line on each of them. In the disordered arrangement, some short red lines were even accidentally connected. Looking more carefully, the feet of the beasts were also paved with black stones, which could be completely matched.

Seeing this, Chu Tianxiao finally guessed what this level was about.

"Even if they are only fierce beasts comparable to the lower realm of Mingyuan, it seems that there are already two hundred of them. If we fall into their encirclement, it is not only dangerous, but also unwise! Therefore, it is not a good idea to force our way through."

"If I am not mistaken, after the puzzle is completed, it can point out the correct path, and a path must be the most suitable route to break through the encirclement that has been studied... So now, I need to piece together the correct route!"

In just a few breaths, Chu Tianxiao sorted out the cause and effect, took a deep breath, and grabbed the puzzle!

With Chu Tianxiao's action, the hourglass suddenly reversed automatically, and the golden sand fell rapidly. It seemed that it would drain all in about ten breaths!

"Interesting..." Chu Tianxiao's mouth curled up a smile, but his hands were working quickly. After practicing the body refining technique, his hands became more flexible, moving between pieces like a whirlwind, and in just a breath of time, the puzzle was completely merged!

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At the same time, the three genius forces of the Imperial Garden gathered in front of a secret room.

"Brother Feng, I'll leave everything to you."

Feng Shiming waved his hand: "Thank you all for your help, follow the original plan!"

"Don't worry, I will definitely fulfill your mission!"