After they finished clearing out the spiders, the elders didn’t let their guards down.
They made sure to search the area to see if there were any stronger spirit beasts waiting in ambush.
Only when they made sure that the area around them was clear did they go back to Lin Fan and report.
“Sect master, the area has been cleared.”
Lin Fan gave a nod before looking around the forest for himself.
It wasn’t that he didn’t trust them to have cleared out the area, it was because he wanted to see if there were any clues to where to go next.
He had been using his Appraisal Eyes the entire time, trying to pick up a single clue as to what to do next.
But no matter how he looked around, he wasn’t able to find a single thing that was off about this place.
It seemed like this was nothing more than a normal forest around them.
But there had to be something or else there was no reason for Feng Yu to create this place.
Taking a deep breath, Lin Fan said, “Let’s keep going then. Make sure to pay attention to our surroundings and don’t let a single thing escape your senses.”
The elders all nodded before taking a formation around him.
This was the formation that they had agreed on taking before leaving.
This was a formation that would allow them to watch every direction and make sure that nothing snuck up on them.
As long as they were in this formation, they shouldn’t be caught off guard.
They made their way forward, not moving too fast or too slow.
As they went forward, it was too quiet around them.
It was almost as if there was no living creature that was there with them in this forest.
But that shouldn’t make sense…after all, there were the spirit beasts that had attacked them just now.
So that meant that there were things that lived in this forest…
Just where were they now?
They could have returned and gone in a different direction, but in the end they still chose to continue in this direction.
After walking for a bit, they could feel the spiritual energy in the air changing.
It was as if there was something that was different ahead of them that was affecting the spiritual energy in the air.
Whether that was good or bad for them, they had no idea.
They just knew that there was something there.
The group suddenly stopped and they all turned to look at Lin Fan.
However, Lin Fan didn’t say anything as he had his brows deeply knit like he was thinking about something.
Finally, he said, “Let’s go.”
The elders were surprised to hear this, but they followed behind him.
They didn’t know what he had found, but since he had been confident enough to go, that meant that he most likely found something.
That was the case with the barrier and they believed that it would be the case now.
As they moved forward, they found the forest around them thinning out
When they continued a bit further, the forest completely disappeared and there was a clearing spread out in front of them.
This clearing didn’t have a single thing in it other than a single pillar right in the center.
They could feel the aura that was coming from this pillar, this was what was changing the spiritual energy in the air.
As soon as they saw this thing, they immediately raised their guard.
But Lin Fan couldn’t help revealing a strange look…
It was a look that only he was able to understand.
That was because this pillar was somehow affecting his Appraisal Eyes.
It had been a while since he hadn’t been able to appraise something with his Appraisal Eyes, but this thing’s description just wouldn’t appear no matter how he looked at it.
There were only two reasons that this could be.
This thing was either made of a special material or…it was made by someone that was much more powerful than him. Just the residual spiritual energy from that person was enough to block him from appraising this thing.
Regardless of which reason it was, there was no reason for him to hesitate.
After all, Feng Yu who created this thing had a personality that made it clear that he was playing around.
So there should be some kind of fairness to this thing.
Taking a deep breath, Lin Fan started walking towards this pillar.
When the elders saw him walk forward all of a sudden, they were all caught off guard.
“Sect master, wait for us!” The elders shouted before running after Lin Fan.
Since he had already made a move, it wasn’t as if they could stop him.
The Love Sect elders didn’t want to since they trusted him and the Hidden Dragon Sect elders wanted to even less since they feared him.
So they could only resolve themselves as they followed him towards the pillar.
There was no reaction when they stepped into the clearing and there was no reaction even when they came closer to the pillar.
It was as if this pillar was just a dormant piece of rock…but they didn’t believe that.
Since this pillar had been left here, there had to be a reason why it had been left here.
Finally, when they were just a few meters away, the pillar suddenly lit up.
As soon as this pillar lit up, all of the elders immediately raised their guards.
There were a few of them that suddenly moved forward to stand in front of Lin Fan, but he waved them out of his way so that he could see the pillar better.
The pillar was covered in that light that seemed to be growing stronger until it suddenly concentrated on the tip of the pillar. This concentrated light stayed on the pillar for a bit before releasing as a beam of light in front of the pillar.
This beam of light…became a projection of a person.
This projection just stood there in front of them for a bit before suddenly saying, “If you’re seeing this, then you have accepted my inheritance and found this hidden Minor World. Since you are here, then you must undergo the four trials that I have set up here. As long as you can pass all four trials, you will be qualified to take the final trial to receive the inheritance that I have left.”
After hearing all of this, all of them couldn’t help knitting our brows.
They had already expected something like this, but they had never thought that it would be so straightforward.
But at the same time, Lin Fan couldn’t help looking at the tip of the pillar with a strange look.
The projection that came out, it didn’t seem like it was coming from the pillar itself.
It was almost as if there was something at the tip of the pillar that released this projection.
Something that was like a projection player.
But if that was the case…then could it be another case of advanced machinery in this cultivation world?
The projection Feng Yu didn’t seem to care about their reactions at all, but that wasn’t strange since this was just a projection. This was nothing more than a recording and it wouldn’t be able to interact with them at all.
“Now you’re probably wondering what your first trial will be.” The projection Feng Yu said with a smile on his face.
He then turned around and pointed at the pillar while saying, “Your first trial will be a trial of strength. It’s a very simple trial. As long as you defeat this pillar, then it will be considered your victory.”
All of them couldn’t help revealing strange expressions.
Defeat the pillar?
They were supposed to fight a pillar?
Could the pillar even fight back?
Could the pillar even move?
How was this considered a fight if the pillar was just going to stay there and let them hit it?
This didn’t seem to make any sense at all.
The only thing that seemed likely was that they would have to attack the pillar and destroy it.
It would most likely be a test of seeing how strong their attacks were.
But that wasn’t the case in the end.
“Now, let the show begin!” The projection Feng Yu suddenly gave a snap and there was a trembling that came from the ground.
They didn’t know what was happening, but they could tell from the trembling that something big was about to happen.
It was as if the ground itself was about to split apart.
In the end…the ground did indeed split as the pillar suddenly started rising from the ground.
When it came out of the ground, there were two strange things that came out with the pillar.
These things…seemed like legs that were attached to the pillar.
At the same time, when the pillar came out of the ground, there were parts of it that suddenly split apart. It was as if this pillar was transforming into something completely different.
We could only watch in shock as the pillar started to transform.
It seemed to create arms and legs from the parts that split off.
Then when it finished transforming, the top of the pillar suddenly flipped and there was a head that appeared.
Wasn’t this…a transforming robot?
It had gone from a pillar that had been stuck in the ground to suddenly becoming a transforming robot.
Everyone from the Love Sect was shocked by this, but none of them were as shocked as Lin Fan.