Chapter 734 - 677: What to Do When Examiner and Examinee Collude to Cheat

The people of Central Continent had been waiting for nearly two days, but Han Yu still showed no signs of movement.

At first, Ling Wuce couldn’t sit still. Han Yu’s time spent inside was just too long.

Didn’t they agree to excavate the mountain? Are they really going to let him dig out a whole mountain by himself?

If that’s the case, by the time Han Yu emerges, Central Continent might already be gone.

Perhaps Han Yu will disappear before Central Continent!

The Artifact Spirit was even more worried than Ling Wuce, because Han Yu still had the issue of taking one Pill every three days. If the time drags on too long, the side effects of expired Pills could kill him.

Even if he doesn’t die, once he wakes up, the various side effects could paralyze him with fear.

In the end, even Quan Xiaotong began to worry.

"What kind of trial is it inside?"

He approached the Fire Spirit and couldn’t help but ask.

The Fire Spirit did not hold back and recounted their previous conversation.

This left the people of Central Continent dumbfounded, as they eyed the Earth Spirit with frighteningly strange looks.

The Earth Spirit became so scared that it jumped back into the bowl to hide.

"He can’t excavate the mountain, but ultimately, he has to excavate the mountain."

Even someone as remarkable as Quan Xiaotong was confused by such unreasonable demands.

So should he dig or not dig?

"Dig, but there must be conditions."

The Fire Spirit spoke on behalf of the timid Earth Spirit to explain.

What conditions?

"He must first resolve a trial about choice inside. After passing this trial, he will have a chance to face history directly..."

Face history directly?

What kind of trial field is this, even involving history?

What history in Central Continent could be linked to the Earth Spirit?

Regarding this question, Han Yu was also quite helpless.

Why complicate things again?

Couldn’t there be a thrilling battle instead?

I don’t want a literary examination!

He could already confirm that the events here definitely happened for real.

Because the expression in Yu Gong’s eyes already carried a complex sense of regret.

The whole world suddenly turned a gloomy gray, and two mountains suddenly descended, becoming two small hills.

An old man led a group of villagers walking along the mountain path, surrounded by still surging rivers, though not to an exaggerated extent.

The two quietly watched as these people used the most primitive tools to constantly excavate the mountain and carve paths, continuously changing the direction of the floods—from a hundred meters, a mile, two miles, and even reaching five miles.

At the last moment of flood discharge, an accident still occurred.

The flood’s origin was unexpectedly fierce, initially planned to disperse into multiple streams. Problems wouldn’t occur in the case of distributive branches, but the result...

In Han Yu’s sight, the surging flood came crashing, leaving the old man and the young villagers stunned in the distance, unable to react before being swallowed by this sudden flood beast.

"Was the village preserved?"

Han Yu suddenly asked with a complex expression.

Yu Gong sighed deeply and nodded heavily.

"It was preserved."

The scene shifted, with several tributaries appearing outside the two small hills, dispersing the original surging river into various small streams, yet Han Yu always focused on the figure between the mountain paths carrying a basket and a hoe.

He was indistinguishable from the old man beside Han Yu, repeatedly ascending and descending the hills, dumping soil, planting trees, then refilling soil...

"So, you are that Wise Old Man?"

This was the reason for Han Yu’s complex expression.

Yu Gong, or rather, Wise Old Man neither acknowledged nor denied.

He simply watched the figure with a sense of mourning, doing the same thing day after day, year after year, until finally collapsing one day.

"I could also be that Yu Gong."

Han Yu seemed somewhat understanding, and when the scene reshuffled, the mountain was still tall, and the rivers were still surging.

But in his eyes, he already saw its essence.

So this ancient matter never ended in Wise Old Man’s heart, thus the mountain kept being filled, and the river’s water level kept rising, never-ending!

He could probably guess that, "This event probably happened a very long time ago?"

The primitive tools were easy to see as starkly different from today’s Central Continent.

"Very long, so long that I’ve forgotten Yu Gong’s appearance."

"But have you not forgotten the obsession in your heart?"

Han Yu mused thoughtfully.

This time Wise Old Man nodded, responding positively to Han Yu.

"If I had been more cautious in my thinking back then, if I had used his method back then, would I not have died?"

"Impossible, even now your method is the most suitable."

Han Yu was particularly determined this time. Although Yu Gong was prudent, his method seemed foolish.

The true reason, only Wise Old Man could not overcome was the barrier in his own heart!

The two mountains, Taihang and Wangwu, are mountains in the cultivators’ hearts, and they’re also two mountains in Wise Old Man’s heart—self-blame and guilt!

"You have passed the cultivator’s test, and now you’ve seen the initial struggle between humans and nature."

"Earth’s path, carrying the weight of virtue; from now on, you are Yu Gong, the flood is rampant here, and life below, you devise a solution to solve this problem."

This is the second question.

Is it difficult?

It seems not too difficult.

Because Han Yu possesses Earth Divine Power, excavating riverways doesn’t seem too hard.

But Han Yu was worried that it might be too simple.

"Indeed, it’s that simple."

Wise Old Man seemingly saw through Han Yu’s mind and chuckled.

Who would believe that?

Han Yu wouldn’t believe there’s such a good thing left for him; he knows his own luck.

But since the question has been posed, Han Yu couldn’t not try.

Thinking of this, a surge moved under his feet, a gigantic hand lifted him up, sending him towards the river’s bank.

Countless earth was sent towards him, forming dams and small artificial lakes rapidly, but clearly not enough.

Because the riverbed did not change because of these, but instead, due to what Han Yu did, the water level suddenly rose and almost flooded.

Startled, Han Yu immediately dug deep more in the riverbed, barely lowering the water level again.

After trying several times, the results were pretty much the same.

The current situation was more complex than back then, he had nowhere to start.

He couldn’t play Yu Gong at all.

Suddenly, he realized, and returned to Wise Old Man’s side.

"Since you are Wise Old Man, you gave Yu Gong suggestions in the past, now I am Yu Gong, can’t you say a few words?"

Han Yu’s words left Wise Old Man stunned, first his face strange, then complex.

"You should know that I am the witness of this trial, also the examiner, and you are the examinee..."

He didn’t finish before Han Yu interrupted, Han Yu boldly, "I am Yu Gong, you are Wise Old Man, that’s just how it is."

Having said that, Han Yu still mused thoughtfully, "The beings below are the people who died with Yu Gong, right?"

No wonder he guesses so; after all, below, the villagers all knew of the mountain filling and flood, only unaware the true flood had long passed.

No need for Wise Old Man’s answer; his complex expression already explained it all.

"Don’t you want to try again? Surely later you’ve thought of countless solutions?"

Han Yu continued to coax.

"I am the examiner..."

Wise Old Man stopped short as he looked at Han Yu, truly what he said was right, in this endless remorse and self-blame, he indeed had imagined more governance plans.

"Beneficial to open notebook, no rules say I must be tested on flood management, what if it’s assessing control of Divine Techniques?"

Han Yu shamelessly continued.

"Shameless!"

Wise Old Man angrily spoke, but soon his voice grew softer.

"Intercept at the source, don’t make just one downstream dam, progressively control water flow, do these and then diverge..."

"Shameless!"

"Bastard, cheating!"

"Both are scoundrels!"

Central Continent, the Earth Spirit suddenly jumped out of the bowl, crazily bubbling, yet in the ears of the other two Spirit Bodies, it transformed into curses.

Fire Spirit and Wood Spirit listened in bewilderment, until Earth Spirit revealed Han Yu’s actions, and both Spirits almost burst into laughter.

The examinee inviting the examiner to cheat together, truly remarkable for him, a uniquely ingenious way to pass the trial.