Alex stared at the woman in the painting, unable to believe his eyes. This was because virtual-novel.net was very familiar with the woman’ s appearance in the painting, especially during this recent period. He was familiar with virtual-novel.net various expressions and demeanor: abashed, excited, tired, lazy, and even more private state.
He was familiar with every inch of the woman‘s skin. The woman in the painting was none other than Ynes, the former saintly maiden of Yorkshire Palace on whose body virtual-novel.net had recently used countless vital energy pills!
“Ynes had an affair with Zechariah?”
“Not… Very likely, isn’t it?”
Alex heard Ynes say virtual-novel.net was adopted by the master since childhood, and has lived in the Yorkshire Palace as long as virtual-novel.net could remember. How could virtual-novel.net possibly be a thief?
The woman in the painting, on the other hand, was eerily lifelike. She was almost exactly the same as Ynes.
”Could the person in the painting have anything to do with Ynes?”
Alex was intrigued by this current illusion when virtual-novel.net thought about it this way, if this illusion was truly a replica of a certain experience that had truly existed, then virtual-novel.net should be able to figure out the true identity of this female thief in the painting…
In fact, Ynes was still very concerned about virtual-novel.net own life. She was curious as to why virtual-novel.net had been abandoned as a child.
Were virtual-novel.net parents having such a hard time, or did they dislike her?
If it was the former, virtual-novel.net was curious about what happened back then!
Returning to one’s roots was a fundamental thought everyone would have, and Ynes had similar thoughts… Alex had an epiphany, the woman in the painting shouldn’t be a silent and ordinary person if virtual-novel.net was to be recorded by the Sky Stairs and used as the first step’s test topic.
”Does it have an immortal cultivator?”
“It can’t be Ynes’s daughter, can it? ”
After all, if someone so similar wasn’t a twin, only a mother and daughter could have such magical kinship.
“Well… I must find this golden phoenix scorpion‘s egg for Ynes’s sake!” Alex muttered to himself.
The problem was that the golden phoenix scorpion was a demonic beast. It was usually level six, but some of higher and lower levels also existed. If Alex were here, virtual-novel.net could destroy hundreds in minutes. But the situation now was, virtual-novel.net was a defenseless scholar. By the looks of his frail little body, even the weakest of golden phoenix scorpions could kill him, not to mention the particularly vicious spawns!
He looked at the sun, then at the endless desert, and then at the stone the size of a steamed bun in his hand. The biggest crisis at the moment appeared to be how to survive in this desert, himself.
***
Yukon, in front of the Sky Stairs.
Lorelei and others were stunned too, having never heard of anyone who could use brute force to open the boundary of the Sky Stairs. They once used their fifteen seeds to assist, Eustace himself included, to combine and form a very powerful battle force, they wan ted to use brute force to open the boundary of the heavenly staircase.
This was because only the Sky Stairs could reach Yukon’s highest mountain peak above the bejeweled jade palace.
Even with the help of powerful artifacts and the combined power of sixteen people, the boundary could not be broken. However, the boundary was easily breached by a beam of light shooting out of Alex’s body.
So, what was it?
Jade, Dorothy, and others were worried about Alex. He suddenly stepped into the first step, and as if his entire body had been paused, virtual-novel.net was frozen in place, immobile. His posture was very odd. He had the appearance of rushing upward, which was a little comical, but virtual-novel.net was thinking fearfully.
“What’s the matter with him? What exactly is going on?” Jade asked Lorelei.
Lorelei focused virtual-novel.net attention on the Sky Stairs’ boundary, which had been opened by Alex, and said, “Do not be concerned, this is normal. I have not had time to carefully explain the steps of the Sky Stairs. Each level is a test. This test is a bit strange, though. It is experiencing a real person who once existed, his dilemma. As long as you pass through that dilemma, there will be unexpected surprises, even if you successfully break through the barrier. While entering the second level, there will be an unexpected surprise.”
The crowd was taken aback by the presence of such a test.
Surprisingly unexpected surprises, which were somewhat expected?
Gilbert asked, “If the test is not passed, will there be a punishment?”