You don't want your secret to be revealed by others, right?-Chapter 229 - 32. Test

The scroll revealed rows upon rows of text.

"Cultivation trials?"

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"Supervisory trials?"

Lin Yue looked carefully and roughly understood what the Prince’s trials were all about.

The Princely challenges were mainly divided into two kinds, Cultivation trials and Supervisory trials.

Cultivation trials were the same for every Prince and Princess, essentially a set of standards determined by the Divine Emperor. As long as these standards were met, the trial would be considered passed and some basic rewards granted.

At the same time, every Prince and Princess had set some records during the trials, and surpassing those records would also yield higher rewards.

For example, the first trial was to break through the Four Symbols Heaven Barrier within three years.

Completing it within three years was the bare minimum requirement.

The scroll also recorded the records of other Princes and Princesses breaking through the Four Symbols Heaven Barrier; the slowest among them, the Fourth Prince, took two years and eight months, while the fastest, the Third Prince, only took eight months.

Surpassing each Prince or Princess would grant an additional reward.

This could also be considered compensation for those born later.

Lin Yue started his Cultivation on the night of the fifteenth day of the ninth month in the fifteenth year of Qingyuan and broke through the Four Symbols Heaven Barrier just around the ninth day of the eleventh month of this year, using almost one year and two months.

These Princes and Princesses were born in the Xiahong Imperial Palace and had all kinds of Heaven and Earth Treasures to lay their foundations from childhood, naturally cultivating at a very fast pace.

Fortunately, he possessed an Acquired Primordial Body, so this speed was also considered quite fast among the Princes.

"I’ve surpassed sixteen Princes and Princesses; only seven people are faster than me."

Lin Yue pondered for a moment; by such calculations, he could receive sixteen rewards.

One reward was an ’Earth Merit’.

The Xiahong Imperial Family, like the Ancestor Hall, also used merits to exchange for Treasure, divided into three ranks: Heavenly, Earthly, and Human.

However, only relatively common Treasures could be exchanged for Human Merit.

Only with Earth Merit could one qualify to exchange for truly valuable resources and Treasure from within the Imperial treasury, and generally only the core high-ranking members within four generations of the Imperial Family could earn Earth Merit.

"Sixteen Earth Merits, not bad."

Lin Yue nodded inwardly, then looked at the Cultivation trials that followed.

These trials were almost all set at the Four Symbols Heaven Barrier stage, mostly before reaching the Four Symbols Heaven Barrier Peak.

For example, one must reach the peak of the Four Symbols Heaven Barrier and then challenge the Royal Secret Land ’Nine Beasts Mountain.’ Just getting through the Nine Beasts Mountain would grant ten Earth Merits.

Another example, the most challenging one, was to break through the Royal Secret Land ’Hundred Battle Platform’ before reaching the Four Symbols Heaven Barrier Peak. Doing so would earn a whopping fifty Earth Merits.

Of course, surpassing the record of any Prince or Princess would also grant an additional reward.

"Specifically required before the Four Symbols Peak?"

Lin Yue raised his eyebrows slightly.

"Correct," Prince Ji replied with a smile upon hearing this, "These trials at the Four Symbols Level are mainly used by our father to temper us. Once you reach the Four Symbols Peak and your Divine Soul transforms, awakening the memories of your past lives, these trials will no longer be difficult for us."

Prince Fengnan from a nearby Commandery chuckled, "Uncle Seventeen can now pass the fourth round of the Life-and-Death Battles; these trials pose no difficulty for Uncle Seventeen."

Prince Tian Li nodded and said, "The hardest are still the Cultivation trials that start from the Four Symbols Peak."

"Oh?"

Lin Yue looked closely at the subsequent Cultivation trials.

[Royal Secret Land ’Eternal Night Forest,’ one must cross it before breaking through the Three Talents Heaven Barrier to earn two hundred Earth Merits. Note, one must be an unrivaled Great Cultivator or below to have a chance of passing.]

[Wilderness Survival, one must live in the Beiyuan Mountains north of Di Hong City without using any power that transcends the Mortal realm before breaking through the Three Talents Heaven Barrier, and the amount of Big Money earned will be the number of Earth Merits granted.]

[Royal Forbidden Land ’Heart Demon Maze,’ one must pass the maze within ten days before breaking through the Three Talents Heaven Barrier to earn five hundred Earth Merits. Note, this trial does not test one’s strength.]

"These Cultivation trials are somewhat peculiar."

Lin Yue was somewhat surprised, then turned to look at the final Cultivation trial.

[One must pass the Third Layer of Tianxia Building and achieve five consecutive victories before breaking through the Three Talents Heaven Barrier to earn one thousand Earth Merits. If one passes the Fourth Layer of Tianxia Building, one Earth Merit will be granted, and for every additional consecutive victory, an additional Earth Merit will be earned.]

"Tianxia Building’s Fourth Layer?"

Lin Yue was a bit astonished; this was somewhat similar to the requirement set by the Main Hall Master for him.

Only, the Main Hall Master required him to pass the Fourth Layer of Tianxia Building and achieve five consecutive victories.

"Brother Seventeen, it is indeed difficult to pass the Fourth Layer of Tianxia Building for anyone below a Great Cultivator," the Fourth Prince said with a shake of his head and a smile. "Father set up these rewards also as a way to give us more tempering, and it can be considered a chance to earn Heavenly Merit."

"How many have passed the Fourth Layer of Tianxia Building?" inquired Lin Yue.

"All of my brothers and sisters are the most dazzling figures of their eras, naturally, they have achieved it," the Fourth Prince stated. "However, the one least skilled in battle has never won a single fight, while the strongest are Prince Jing and Princess Jing Yue; both have passed the Fourth Layer of Tianxia Building and achieved five consecutive victories."

Lin Yue fell silent.

Indeed, the Princes and Princesses were not only freakishly talented, but they were also once the most formidable existences.

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As for the Princes and Princesses’ past lives, many were founders of a sect, figures of grandmaster status, and one could imagine just how shocking and exceptional their talent was; coupled with their past memories, it was only natural they would pass the Fourth Layer of Tianxia Building.

Not passing would be the bizarre outcome!

Yet, even among those who had passed the Fourth Layer of Tianxia Building, there were differences.