483. Gates of All Heavens, the Girl in Shrine Maiden Outfit [First Update]_1

Lin Yi: "Damage 524,367, the reward didn't get downgraded this time, it's Golden Junior Level. The reward you get is a Challenge Card, the rule for the Prop Card is the same as it was with Tang Chen's time. I'll draw your challenge task for you."

Tang Chen looked at Little Golden Crocodile somewhat sympathetically at this moment.

He didn't really believe the little guy could complete these Prop Card challenges; to Tang Chen, these tasks all seemed quite tricky.

The panel in front of Lin Yi quickly proceeded with the task draw, completing it at a rapid pace, and the result came out in no time.

[Memorize the original text of "Lisao"]

Lin Yi stared dumbfounded at the task, then turned his dumbfounded gaze to the little creature opposite him.

What the heck?! A challenge task like this?!

Lin Yi glanced at the detailed notes and then said to Little Golden Crocodile:

"In a moment, I'll show you an article, and you'll have five minutes to memorize the entire text. Once the five minutes are up, you must recite the full text within the next five minutes. If there are any mistakes or omissions, I'll prompt you. You can't continue reciting further unless it's correct, and you can't go overtime either; otherwise, you fail the challenge."

Little Golden Crocodile showed a look of wisdom.

Memorizing an article?

He asked weakly, "Is it long?"

Lin Yi hesitated, then said, "Not too long, I guess."

Little Golden Crocodile breathed a small sigh of relief.

Although there wasn't much space left in his head, given the special circumstances, he decided to squeeze out just a little room for memorizing the article.

Lin Yi raised his hand and projected the full text of "Lisao" onto the panel, then pushed it through the air towards Little Golden Crocodile.

The smile on Little Golden Crocodile's face froze instantly.

The article wasn't long, but what in the world was each line about?

I don't recognize so many of these characters!

Gazing at the obscure characters, Little Golden Crocodile immediately thought of black sesame seeds scattered on pastries.

I want to eat pastries, I don't want to study... Let the delicious pastries take back their rightful place, there's no way this article is going to fit in my brain, Humph, Little Golden Crocodile turned and walked away.

"What are you doing?"

Thousand Waves' voice came from nearby. Little Golden Crocodile turned to look, only to see Thousand Waves speaking sternly, "Memorize it!"

The little guy expressed his frustration by making claws at Thousand Waves from where he stood, then returned sulkily to stand in front of the panel.

He looked up, frowning deeply.

I can't even read it smoothly, aaagh!

Lin Yi: "The timer starts now."

Hearing Lin Yi's words, Little Golden Crocodile couldn't help but tense up, trying desperately to remember every character he saw.

After five minutes had passed, Lin Yi said, "Time's up, recitation timer starts now."

Little Golden Crocodile's eyes suddenly widened.

What?! Time's already up?!

He immediately began reciting, "Long sighs I utter to veil my tears, ah, the great hardships of the common folk's lives. I used to love to cultivate... cultivate, that character is a woman plus praise..."

Little Golden Crocodile anxiously explained to Lin Yi, even using his hands to write in the air, but Lin Yi just responded calmly, "Incorrect recitation, continue."

Thousand Waves immediately turned his head to ask someone nearby, "How do you read 'a woman plus praise'? I don't know either?!"

"You read praise? I'm clueless."

Thousand Waves asked around, but it turned out that no one knew this character.

Watching Little Golden Crocodile struggle continuously with this line, Lin Yi said, "The premise of recitation is recognizing the characters; not knowing the characters means you cannot complete the challenge."

In this way, Little Golden Crocodile repeated the first two lines for a full five minutes but still couldn't memorize them.

Lin Yi said mercilessly, "Challenge failed, your reward remains the same, still Golden Junior Level."

He raised his hand to take back the panel, flipped it to face himself, and the panel immediately turned invisible, revealing the results of the reward.

[Gates of All Heavens Key: Left Key*1, Right Key*1]

Lin Yi's eyes suddenly widened slightly.

He stared blankly at the line of text that appeared on the panel, taken aback for quite some time.

What was this? A new reward?

Previously, two types of keys had appeared, the Space-Time Door Key, which could open a gate connected to the entire Douluo Space-Time.

Another was the Key to the Gate of the Divine Realm, which could open a gate to the Divine Realm.

Now this was the Gates of All Heavens Key. Could it possibly open a gate to all heavens? Considering the appearance of the left and right keys, Lin Yi surmised that this worked on the same principle as the Space-Time Door Key.

Thus, the significance of this reward was to allow people from other planes to come here!

Of course, it might not necessarily be human.

The annotation did not include too many explanations, only mentioning that it connected all heavens.

Lin Yi said to the Little Golden Crocodile, "What you've obtained is a pair of keys, one left and one right, which open a Door of the Plane, different from the Spatiotemporal Gate. The former connects other planes, while the latter connects different times in Soul Land."

Having said that, Lin Yi flicked the golden orb of light towards the Little Golden Crocodile, and in his hand appeared two keys.

"Go open it."

After receiving Lin Yi's permission, the Little Golden Crocodile nodded, trotted down to the stage, tiptoed, and raised its two small hands to insert the keys into the void.

"Left half a turn counter-clockwise, right half a turn counter-clockwise."

Lin Yi instructed, citing the "password" mentioned in the annotations.

The Little Golden Crocodile rotated the keys accordingly, and a blue gate immediately lit up, then slowly swung open, emitting a deep sound.

On the other side of the gate was a somewhat dimly lit room.

"Tap tap..."

The sound of wood hitting the floor resonated as a girl wearing a red and white checkered dress slowly walked out from inside.

She was wearing wooden sandals on her feet and a shrine maiden outfit on her body, with soft red hair flowing down her back.

The Little Golden Crocodile staggered backwards, watching Lin Yi with a somewhat helpless look, and at this moment, he realized Lin Yi had actually stood up!

The result of opening a Gate of All Heavens was unknown, which could be far more dangerous than that posed by the Spatiotemporal Gate; therefore, Lin Yi had to be prepared to minimize the danger, even to the point of instantly eliminating the person who came out if necessary.

However, the girl made Lin Yi pause.

"Boom!"

As the girl stepped out of the gate, the blue portal behind her instantly closed and then vanished into thin air, with the two keys disappearing right after.

The girl was clearly startled by the scene, turning her head back to look, her pretty delicate face showing evident panic.

Looking at the Little Golden Crocodile in front of her, the girl pondered for a moment, took out a blank notebook from her body, wrote swiftly on it with a water pen, and then showed the notebook to the Little Golden Crocodile:

"Where am I?"

The Little Golden Crocodile pursed his lips, what on earth was this scribble, he turned his head back to look at Lin Yi and asked, "Who is this sister?"

Everyone looked at the girl with a puzzled expression.

Hearing the Little Golden Crocodile speak, the girl's eyes suddenly brightened, and she wrote hurriedly with her pen again:

"So you speak Chinese? Is this place Huaxia?"

The Little Golden Crocodile read it out and couldn't help but frown and shake his head, "No, this is Soul Land, what is Chinese? I have always spoken like this."

Hearing the Little Golden Crocodile's response, the girl visibly panicked, looking around helplessly.

Suddenly, a voice came from the stage, "Huili Yi? Uesugi Erii?"

Hearing Lin Yi's words, the girl looked startled, then wrote down another line:

"You recognize me?"