The master comes down the mountain: I don’t want to be a son-in-law

"I choose...myself!"

Li Muchen's voice seemed to have magnetic force. The sickle in Pluto's hand was attracted by the magnetism and turned into a white light, slashing towards Li Muchen.

"No!" Hades shouted, "This doesn't count! You lunatic! Do you think that if you die, they will be fine? They will be tormented in the flames forever and perish in the underworld forever!"

But no matter how Hades shouted, he could not take back the sickle.

A white light slashed across Li Muchen's neck.

The blood dyed the Shenguang Sea red, and the falling starlight floated above the sea of ​​blood, turning into a crystal clear sea of ​​stars.

……

Li Muchen slowly opened his eyes and saw that extremely beautiful face.

It was not his mother Gong Lingyan, but Gong Yuerong, the woman draped in a thin red veil, the woman that would make any man fall in love with her.

There is a hazy red light all around, the ground is warm underfoot, and the air is filled with a damp but fragrant smell.

Gong Yuerong was also looking at him, with a hint of curiosity in her eyes.

"Failed?" she asked.

"Failed." Li Muchen nodded.

"It's really strange. You didn't die after failing." Gong Yuerong asked curiously.

"Do you want me to die?" Li Muchen looked at her.

"That's not the case. I'm just curious because no one has ever failed the trial and come out alive." Gong Yuerong said, "I almost thought I had to collect your body."

"Have you ever collected a dead body?"

"I received it once."

"I understand."

"Understand what?"

“There’s no door here.”

"why?"

"If there is a door, those who fail the trial will die inside, and you won't be able to collect their bodies. So, the door doesn't exist, and everything is the consciousness and imagination of the person being tested, right?"

Li Muchen turned around and looked back at the Shenguang Trial Door.

The door is still there, and it is very similar to the door in the White Mountain Secret Realm.

He seemed to see again the words "Ghosts and gods are forbidden to enter" written on the back of the door.

Because that door was the real portal to the underworld and to the Shen Guang Sea that he had seen, so the door to the Shen Guang Trial that he imagined was also like this.

"You're very smart!" Gong Yuerong's face showed some admiration, but there was also a subtle cunning in her eyes. "How did you find out?"

Li Muchen did not answer directly, but said: "I finally understand the meaning of the two words Shen Guang."

"Oh? What is it?" Gong Yuerong asked curiously.

"Light is the lightest and the cleanest. It will sink only in a place where there is nothing. There is nothing lighter than light. There is nothing but nothing. Light cannot float in nothingness and must sink. And nothingness must be darkness."

As Li Muchen spoke, he stretched out his hand, and a ball of pure black flame ignited in his palm.

When Gong Yuerong saw the black fire, she opened her mouth in surprise and murmured, "You...are really him?!"

Li Muchen seemed not to hear and continued, "The Sea of ​​Sinking Light is the process of light passing through nothingness, the process of light purification and acceptance of darkness baptism, and also the process of self-destruction. In the process of sinking, all the sins, ugliness, and obsessions of the soul will be exposed. The only way is to let them dissipate in the darkness, leaving only the purest light, sinking to the bottom of the sea and gathering at the bottom of the sea. At that time, what gathers together is the pure soul of light."

"I had obsessions, which were too deep. I failed to cleanse my soul, so I failed." Li Muchen recounted his failure, but there was no trace of dejection in his voice, only calmness. "Thanks to this trial, I understood the true meaning of Shen Guang. Otherwise, if I really went to Shen Guanghai and faced the real Hades, I would definitely fail."

"You mean, you met Hades during this trial?" Gong Yuerong was even more surprised.

"Yes, I saw him. But now I know that it was just an obsession in my heart. I must cut off the obsession."

Li Muchen stood up and walked towards the trial door.

Gong Yuerong looked at him, her face full of hope, yet with a hint of worry: "Do you want to try again? You can't wake up every time!"

"If I can't wake up, please bury me in darkness."

After saying that, he reached out and pushed the door.

The moment my fingers touched the door, everything disappeared.

……

The familiar coldness spread from his fingertips to his entire body. Everything around him fell into darkness again, and he once again fell into the endless feeling of sinking.

The world seemed to be covered by a thick curtain, stripped away all colors and sounds.

His body was sinking rapidly, and the sound of wind whistling past his ears was a disembodied sound, but it was also vague, as if it was just an echo from the depths of his consciousness. The darkness was still as thick as ink, and boundless. Points of light flashed by his side, like twinkling stars, struggling to sink in the darkness.

A ruined house slowly emerged, the air was filled with the pungent smell of gunpowder and burning, broken walls, broken tiles, charred beams and pillars...

In the yard, his family members and servants all knelt on the ground, their faces filled with fear and despair.

Li Muchen looked at this scene, and his heart was no longer panicked. He knew very well that all this was the embodiment of his inner obsession, an illusion derived from his concern and guilt for his family. He swept his eyes across the crowd, not being swayed by emotions, but examining everything calmly.

"The Li family is guilty of eternal sins, and their evil deeds are heinous!"

The tall figure of Hades appeared in the center of the yard, his face stern and his eyes revealing endless majesty and coldness.

There was a sound of iron chains.

Li Muchen turned his head and saw a dark shadow dragging an iron chain towards the abyss. Tied to the iron chain was a bloodstained woman whose face vaguely resembled Gong Yuerong.

Li Muchen's heart ached slightly, but he quickly suppressed his surging blood, took a deep breath, and calmed himself down.

Pluto swung the sickle in his hand, and a raging fire instantly ignited around him. The flames shot up into the sky, covering the people in the yard. Screams and cries intertwined together, as if it was a tragic song of a miserable world.

Fire flickered in Li Muchen's eyes, but his gaze became more determined.

"Li Muchen, do you want to save her?"

The iron chains rattled as the black shadow dragged Gong Lingyan to the feet of Hades.

Pluto raised his scythe, and the snow-white blade exuded a cold breath of death.

"Haha, hahaha, hehe, hehe..." Hades laughed strangely, "Now I give you a chance to choose, save the Li family? Or save your mother? I want to see, does your body have more blood from the Li family or the Gong family?"

Li Muchen didn't answer.

He walked slowly toward the yard and into the raging fire.

Black flames burned on his body.

The black fire met the raging fire of hell and was extinguished. The sparks disappeared into nothingness like starlight sinking to the bottom of the sea.

Wherever he walked, everything disappeared.

He crossed the yard and walked up to Hades.

He reached out his hand and gently stroked the sickle.

The snow-white sickle was swallowed by the darkness bit by bit.

The moment the sickle completely disappeared, everything around it also disappeared, including Pluto and Gong Lingyan.

It was as if the floor suddenly collapsed, and the space suddenly collapsed. Li Muchen followed the starlight and fell to the deeper seabed, falling into the clean and dazzling world of sinking light...