Just as Baobao finished talking, the brightest 3 lights came forward and brightened before dimming revealing the tiny figures hidden within.
A young girl, a boy and a child.
The girl said to the boy, "Darling, what should we do, this child is still a child, she doesn't really have any weakness yet."
The boy patted her head and gave her a smile, "Honey, don't worry leave it to me."
The boy floated over to Xun Ying.
"Child, what is it that you seek?'
Xun Ying answered, "A good life."
"What kind?"
"Just a good life."
"Can you explain more about it?"
"No."
"..."
The boy frowns.
The girl floated up to him.
"Darling, give her one of the illusion spells. The highest one."
"You mean that one?"
"Yes, that one."
"Isn't it cruel?"
"A human life is to overcome the 5 emotions of life to seek the right path."
The boy sighed. "Okay, honey."
Xun Ying, "..." [Do I not exist?! Hey, I'm still here you know?! And I'm still an infant can't you see?!! I'm still a child! How do you bear for one as small as me and give me one of the highest illusion spells?! Where's your heart?! Where is your kindness?! Aren't fairies supposed to be kind and beautiful?!!]
"Well then let's get started."
With a wave of his sleeve, the boy revealed a wand and started chanting.
"Animals live shorter than human
But the human's lifespan is shorter than a cultivator's
While the span of a cultivator is shorter than immortals.
Through the cycle of life, you will be tested by heaven's will
Succeed and it would bring great fortune
Fail and you will die
But since this is a trial your soul will be protected
But the pain you would still have to bear.
Over the hurdles, over the battles,
Ultimately, the one you are fighting is not someone else
But rather yourself
Fought your desires and greed, human
And you will gain plenty
But beware it is not as easy as it seems.
For if it is everyone would have succeeded.
The commonly known five stages of life
Birth, Grief, Love, illness, and death
Birth, when your soul is retrieved and pain of giving birth
Grief, loss of someone important
Love, through the gentle yet cruel relationship you'll see
Illness, pain, and fear of the weaken and bleak future
Death quick easy death or death by torture depends on you
Each one you will experience
With tremendous pain and grief
Each one not losing any difficulty to one another
Five you will face
and five you are tasked to defeat
Show me what you got, mortal
And the trial begins...
Now!"
With that, a bright light shines upon Xun Ying.
"Mission complete, honey!"
"Good job, darling!"
Soon the light disappeared. However, Xun Ying was still standing on the spot...yawning.
"How? How is this possible?!"
"Oh, right! I forgot to say that I'm a newborn, so it wouldn't work on me." Xun Ying shrugged while looking bored.
The couple looks at each other in astonishment.
[A newborn with this level of intelligence already?! It is still understandable that the spell didn't work on the child since newborns had some of their past memories intact with them for a while, before gradually fading when they started to assimilate to the new world around them. But how is it possible for her to pass the previous stage?! That makes no sense at all! No! A genius! A heaven-sent genius!]
"Hey, so do I pass?"
"..."
"..."
Then the child tugged on the mother's sleeves and whispered to her. In response, she gave a thumbs up.
"Child you have passed, now you may enter the gate to the next part."
"Okay."
She walked toward the gate and heard the fairies snickering.
"Good idea! You are getting more and more sly aren't you?"
"It's not nice to call someone sly. It's smart."
"Yes, yes whatever you say, baby."
Xun Ying was speechless, their intentions are so obvious. How do they even trick the previous challengers anyways? Humph! They are a shame to Eververse!
Failure 1: ...What did I do?! You are the abnormal one here!
Failure 2: Exactly!
Failure 3: I protest the unfairness of knowledge!
Failure 1: So do I!
Failure 2: Me too!
Xun Ying: Shaddup! Knowledge is a skill, it is just you are lacking brain cells. So be quiet, you failures!
Failures: *Shocked* How can you be so cruel?!
Failure 1: Heartless!
Failure 2: Cold-blooded!
Failure 3: Weirdo!
Failure 1: Weirdo doesn't necessarily mean someone heartless. Change the adjective.
Failure 3:*very very very seriously said* Fine. You highly intelligent infant!
Failure 2: Nope. This guy is hopeless.
Xun Ying: Stop taking up my space! Go away! Baobao! Shoot them away
Baobao: aye-aye captain! Into the sky, you shall go!!!
Xun Ying then sighed and again punched the gate. It shattered and she went to the next trial. Exactly like how she went through the gate last time.
"Yeah, I can see now how all the other trials relate to each other. Hehe the same tricks over again. The first time it didn't work then neither will the second time."
The family of three, "..."
"What just happened?"
"I think she passed through the gate to the next round."
"I know that but how darling? How?"
"Mom, through a single punch if my eyes are not deceiving me."
"What a weirdo."
The boy and the child nodded in agreement as they watched the figure of Xun Ying slowly pass through the portal.