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Chapter 705: Chapter 39: The Fairy’s Warning, Luo Yan Awakens Chapter 705: Chapter 39: The Fairy’s Warning, Luo Yan Awakens “`
Luo Yan wandered around the outside and soon realized that most of the tests had already begun.

It wasn’t surprising, since the previous tests had also lasted until noon the next day; it was likely that the other tests were similar.

Unless there was a test that could end early today, he might as well wait until tomorrow.

With this in mind, Luo Yan wasn’t in a hurry to claim a position; he just roamed around the Golden Que Secret Realm, treating it as a sightseeing tour.

Upon closer examination, he discovered that the Golden Que was all show and no substance; despite the presence of pavilions and towers everywhere, they were merely splendid in appearance with little sign of long-term habitation on the inside.

Though most attendants hovered around various True Monarchs, they also had their own ranges of movement.

To be precise, the attendants of each True Monarch would only patrol within a specifically designated area.

Hmm?

Luo Yan suddenly stopped and showed a strange expression.

After making a round around the Golden Que Secret Realm, a mental map of the entire Golden Que Palace City emerged in his mind.

Innumerable pavilions and towers were divided into unevenly shaped areas of various sizes along corridors, passageways, and the edges of buildings, with each area being roughly the same size.

The only place excluded from these areas was the Soaring Heaven Pavilion at the very center.

All cultivators vying for the position of the Master of the Golden Que from the True Monarchs would be guided to the Soaring Heaven Pavilion until a total of twelve were gathered.

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Luo Yan calculated silently once more.

Indeed, there were only ten areas in the entire palace, not twelve.

Twelve True Monarchs, why only ten areas?

If there were eleven areas, Luo Yan might have thought that perhaps a pair like a couple, siblings, or Daoist companions were sharing an area… but with only ten areas, it certainly couldn’t be that there were two couples, could it?

The more likely fact was that two areas were concealed.

Considering the character of these masters of art calculation, Luo Yan felt that this was the truth-there are twelve True Monarchs here, but only ten appear before you; go find the remaining two!

With that thought, Luo Yan let out a cold laugh.

Child’s play, can it escape my scan?

Thus, he circled around the periphery of the Golden Que Secret Realm meticulously once more.

And then he detected unusual spatial fluctuations near the Soaring Heaven Pavilion.

For an ordinary cultivator, even if they found the concealed space, they probably couldn’t find a way in, but Luo Yan was no ordinary cultivator.

He took out the Heavenly Weaving God Shuttle from his treasure bag, then energized his True Yuan and threw it into the air.

Next, Luo Yan found himself in another space.

All around him was a vast expanse of fog, and he was shrouded in a dense mist so thick he couldn’t see his own hands.

Before Luo Yan could take any action, the thick fog seemed to consciously part to both sides.

“Not bad.” A young female immortal slowly walked out from the fog, her face showing a peculiarly shocked expression, “To find this place-is the test I set up.”
“I used Qimen Dunjia to reverse the spatial orientation of this place and then activated a secret technique to conceal it into the void; finally, the clues to enter here were scattered in every corner of the Golden Que Secret Realm.”
“Unless one is a master of art calculation who has found all the clues I left behind, it would be impossible to enter here.”
“And yet, without finding a single clue, you managed to arrive here successfully, and I really can’t see how you did it.”
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Luo Yan then revealed a faint smile and said with feigned sincerity, “The illusions laid out by the True Immortal are indeed brilliant; I was just lucky.”
He certainly couldn’t tell her, “Your maze was nothing special, I merely scanned to find the entrance and then walked through the walls to enter, it was quite easy.”
Upon hearing Luo Yan’s words, the fairy knew that the other party had no intention of answering, so she scoffed coldly and asked,
“Is Dong You the True Person your Daoist Companion?”
“Oh?

You know her?” Luo Yan was also surprised.

How long had it been since he entered, and Miss Shi’s reputation had already spread among the True Immortals?

“She is inside studying Art Calculation,” the fairy said, reining in her scorn, “It’s fine if you don’t want to tell me.

According to the rules, the position at the Que is now yours.”
“Right, let me offer you another piece of advice.”
“Don’t try to fool a master of Art Calculation, or you will regret it sooner or later.”
Luo Yan became furious upon hearing this and said coldly,
“Do all you masters of Art Calculation like to pry into other people’s privacy?”
“My Divine Secret Skill, since it has helped me enter this place, must certainly not be a common Grade Rank Divine Skill!

You all are so keen to find out about it, what’s the reasoning behind that?”
“I’m not referring to that matter,” the fairy shook her head, her voice indifferent, “You bear a heavy karma, and it has been concealed by some extremely clever method.”
“With your Daoist Companion’s temperament, do you think she would ignore it?”
Luo Yan was immediately left speechless.

After the loss of her father, Liuli underwent a complete change-not so much in temperament, but rather, she transferred the focus of her emotional dependency from her father, Elder Shi Ding, to her husband Luo Yan.

Elder Shi Ding was a High Rank Nascent Soul Cultivator, held a transcendent status at Yuqing View, and the Heavenly Craft Workshop was brimming with accomplished disciples, monopolizing the Artifact Refining market of the entire Cultivation Realm-thus Liuli was naive, carefree, and indulged in pleasures-because Elder Shi Ding wanted her to live happily.

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However, when Luo Yan took over as head of the Heavenly Craft Workshop, there were no Nascent Soul Cultivators left to stabilize the situation.

With only three of the previous six disciples remaining, she naturally had to mature quickly, racking her brains to help her husband manage Heavenly Craft Workshop-also because Luo Yan needed someone to deal with the trifles.

Therefore, Luo Yan had long seen through: Miss Shi was a typical dependent personality, and the key to realizing her value in life was in being needed.

As long as I, her husband, keep slacking off, she’ll be able to derive a sense of accomplishment from “being needed by her husband.”
But correspondingly, there were drawbacks; she would try to help her husband more and delve deeper.

Or rather, it was a stronger desire for control.

Traditional family values dictate “men take charge outside the home, women inside,” which essentially clarifies the rights and responsibilities of husband and wife to avoid conflicts.

If in some family, the wife manages both inside and outside, then what other outcome can there be for the husband who is merely supported, other than to report everything to the wife?

Of course, there wouldn’t be any!

Upon realizing this, Luo Yan finally came to an epiphany:
One should not try to casually brush off Liuli as one would with An Zhisu; with her current temperament and mode of thinking, the more one tries to brush things off, the more she will strive to investigate thoroughly!

“Thank you for the warning, True Immortal,” Luo Yan replied earnestly, performing a polite gesture.

“It’s good that you understand,” said the fairy with dignified nod.

Understand what…

Inside his Sea of Consciousness, the Kunlun Mirror couldn’t help but complain to the Green Duckweed Sword.