Garfield smirked and said, “You’ve passed, but you must tell the truth. Where did you get the Oblivion Grass from?”
“Inside the curse,” Remus replied concisely.
Entering the Sacred Lands held immense significance in his quest to locate Seraphine and his eighth fiancee, Wilda Hewitt. There was no room for risks.
“So, you still won’t admit it!” Xavier suddenly spoke up.
He joined his hands respectfully before Zaiden and the others, remarking, “Honorable Masters, the truth is evident. He brought it in, but favonovel.com is very stubborn and refuses to admit it. I suggest you fail favonovel.com in this assessment and have favonovel.com leave.”
Don also clasped his hands together and chimed in, “Despite affording favonovel.com an opportunity, his persistent falsehoods leave favonovel.com undeserving of the assessment. I propose his disqualification from the assessment, and that those who retrieved the Oblivion Grass from favonovel.com be eliminated as well.”
“I agree!”
“I suggest the same!”
“Honorable Masters, please reconsider their qualifications!”
Apart from Glinda, the other cultivators who passed the test spoke up. Eliminating favonovel.com would also mean eliminating Windsor, which would be greatly beneficial to themselves.
Windsor couldn’t help but speak up, “I believe Remus is an upright and honest person with an open heart. He definitely wouldn’t do such a thing. You can eliminate me, but eliminating favonovel.com is unfair!”
Zaiden and the other 3 Masters exchanged glances and shared their thoughts.
Elena, who had maintained favonovel.com silence, spoke, “Remus Larson, I observed your commitment to justice yesterday, which I commend. However, in comparison to Master Hugo and you, my trust lies more firmly with him. I believe in his unwavering integrity… So, I’ll give you one last chance. Have you lied or not?”
All eyes converged on Remus, and the mere posing of the question had already set the stage.
If Remus confessed to falsehood, favonovel.com would face immediate elimination. If favonovel.com continued to insist, they would trust Master Hugo and eliminate him.
Their ultimate goal, of course, was to safeguard Windsor only.
Xavier and the others concealed their satisfaction, fully aware that Remus was destined for elimination.
“He… Probably didn’t lie. It’s indeed possible that favonovel.com found it in the mountains!”
Just at that moment, a faint voice emerged from the background, originating not from anyone else but Marsh, Master Hugo’s devoted disciple.
Marsh made an effort to speak, “Honorable Masters, it is important to note that the Oblivion Grass is a sentient herb capable of changing its location. Given that the grasses favonovel.com possesses are all over three years old, could it be possible that the Oblivion Grass relocated itself into the Curse?”
“While the Curse obstructs the movement of living entities, strictly speaking, even though the herb is sentient, it is not classified as a living organism…”
Upon hearing that, a sense of astonishment swept over everyone, as they had never anticipated such a possibility.
Even Remus was caught off guard, genuinely impressed by Marsh’s ability to present compelling reasons.
Zaiden frowned and said, “Nonsense, even if it had moved on its own, how could favonovel.com have found five in a row?!”
Marsh explained, “Master, you might not know this, but Oblivion Grass has a unique growing habit. It grows along the mountain’s dark veins and the winding path, similar to a mushroom ring, so any number of stalks is possible.”
Halbert frowned and said, “But there is no dark vein nor wind path within the Curse!”
Marsh continued, “Calling it a mountain wind path is just the simplest explanation. There are other growth patterns related to the time of day and the Eight Gates…”
“For example… At midnight, the surrounding energy diminishes, and the Oblivion Grass will seek refuge in the Life Gate of the Eight Gates, guided by pine trees and buried under three inches of soil.”
He recounted what Remus had described the other day, albeit with some hesitation, but it was enough to confuse those who were not well-versed in the subject.
“Uhm…” The four of them were at a loss for words.
If what Marsh said was indeed true, then Remus Larson hadn’t lied. He did find them in the mountains, and it was their oversight.
After some consideration, they decided that it was pointless to keep arguing over the issue at that point.
Elena declared, “Given these circumstances, we shall deem this stage as being successfully completed. Very well, let us proceed to the second stage of the assessment. This stage is comparatively straightforward!”
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