Chapter 1260 - 584: Test of Knowledge
"The function of those two Teleportation Arrays is not to bring you to the place of trial or outside the Dragon King’s Tomb. Their sole purpose is actually quite simple: to check whether the person standing on them has taken the Blood marrow and whether they are a descendant of the Dragon Clan."
Boss’s sixteenth Shadow image smiled slightly, pausing to give the two some time to react, and two seconds later, he continued, "In the space you were in before, I left a lot of gadgets, which can be used to verify the identities of visitors and activate corresponding effects. Although most Dragons think these fancy tricks are worthless, I have never thought so. Be it humans, elves, or dwarves, they all have much we can learn and borrow from. It’s just a pity that few among the Dragon Clan, who are naturally powerful and talented, understand this."
Motan and Ji Xiaoge, knowing that the other party is just an image, did not try to interact with it, just quietly listening to this somewhat ill-tempered but seemingly well-intentioned Dragon King rambling on.
"Hehe, sorry, perhaps because I’m about to die, I always end up unknowingly expressing some superfluous opinions or understandings whenever I leave these things behind. I hope you both can forgive me."
Boss blinked without any embarrassment, then straightened his face and continued, "So, let’s get back to the main topic. As you guessed, the little joke just now was intentional. I’ve already mentioned the reason. I don’t want to risk my children, so the trial is necessary. The only lie was that the first trial started as soon as you crossed the threshold and entered the shallow space before, testing the character of self-sacrifice and the will to remain true to oneself in the face of temptation. Foreign Dragon descendant, please accept my apologies and congratulations once again; your choice has brought me comfort."
While he was speaking, Motan also explained to Ji Xiaoge, under her insistent questioning, the words Boss had spoken ’before the teleportation’ without holding anything back, with a very cooperative attitude.
The reason both of them were trying their best not to speak, of course, was for fear that Boss might have set up some kind of trick here too. If some uninterpretable keyword were detected, it could directly trigger some extreme measures. Although this possibility was very small, it wouldn’t hurt to be a little cautious. Besides, messaging in the Realm of Innocence is extremely fast; it’s almost as good as talking directly, except you can’t hear the voice.
"Hey, speaking of which, even I would hardly be able to withstand that test of will, given it could be a great beauty or a handsome guy you desire, right? Oh right, there’s actually another arrangement on my part—if the test taker is female and the person who appears in the illusion is me, then it’s a direct pass. After all, good taste, and given my charm, it’s understandable to be irresistibly attracted..."
It seems that the Last Dragon King, who has a bit of a chatterbox attribute, has digressed again and started blathering some truly irritating nonsense.
’Humph, and you said you don’t lie, dare you say you didn’t fool me just now?’
Ji Xiaoge ignored Boss’s rambling, and while messaging, stared at Motan with an intense gaze.
’Well, it’s not quite like that, think about it carefully, I really didn’t lie to you just now...’
Motan chuckled awkwardly, seeing the girl’s increasingly fierce look, and quickly added another message: ’But of course, I was definitely being crafty and slick. My bad!’
’Where were you wrong?’
Ji Xiaoge sighed, giving Motan a helpless glance: ’I know you meant well for me, and if you had really told the truth, wouldn’t the earlier trial have failed? If I knew the situation, I definitely wouldn’t have let you take the risk. Ah, even though it seems a bit unreasonable, I’m still a bit angry...’
Motan shook his head thoughtfully and quickly replied: ’Anyone would be unhappy being tricked by someone they trust, I understand, but I actually had some confidence, although he seemed pretty casual at the time, he specifically emphasized that the Blood marrow was ’for one person,’ which really was superfluous...’
’Eh?’
’And he overemphasized the risks several times, although it’s a small detail, from his perspective, if he truly thought there was only one Dragon descendant and the Blood marrow could guarantee that person’s safe departure, there was absolutely no need to emphasize it more than twice.’
’That...’
’Also, the setting that the space would collapse in ten minutes seems a bit unreasonable. Although we don’t quite understand the worldview here, anyone capable of creating a space with a lifespan of over a thousand years should be able to maintain stability after its activation. If Boss said it was ’re-sealing,’ it might make sense, but he directly told me it would collapse; what about people who come after? Are there many similar spaces? Thinking about it this way, his words seem somewhat problematic.’
’You, you, you... how could you think of so much in such a short time? And you even tricked me!’
Ji Xiaoge, who had rarely experienced Motan’s deductive reasoning, was startled and then glared with widened eyes at the still calmly mannered Motan, furiously messaging: ’Since you’ve already seen the problem, why didn’t you tell me directly!’