Chapter 1660 Crying and Laughing!

In the end, he had less than 300 million attribute points left.

It can be said that they lost everything, returning to square one overnight.

Duan Tianqiong looked at Ye Chuyun and said calmly, "Although your skills are still immature, your willpower is acceptable. Remember the feeling of this tempering, it will benefit your cultivation."

"You can keep this longsword as a souvenir."

After saying that, he disappeared at the speed of light, just like the other statues.

Ye Chuyun looked at the cyan longsword in her hand, which had cost a huge sum of money to make, and felt complicated.

He put it away and turned his gaze deeper into the corridor.

There are only two tests left, and he has less than three million attribute points left.

Hopefully, these last two tests won't be too difficult.

This time it's a symmetrical circular hall.

Two life-size statues stand in the hall.

The two statues have identical faces, like twins, but their expressions are completely opposite, creating a stark contrast.

The statue grinned, its eyes curving into crescents, displaying an expression of boundless joy, as if it had encountered the most joyful thing in the world.

The other statue has a downturned mouth, a furrowed brow, and even traces of teardrops carved into the corners of its eyes, giving it an expression of heartbroken weeping.

They stand face to face, their hands clasped loosely in front of their chests, as if encircling an invisible circle.

As Ye Chuyun stepped into the hall, the fixed eyes of the two statues seemed to shift simultaneously, focusing on him.

The voices of a man and a woman echoed in the hall, creating continuous reverberations.

"Challenger, the eleventh test, 'Gemini Heart'."

“The rules are as follows:”

"First, challengers must find a way to make the smiling and crying faces of the statues consistent within half an hour."

"Second, a state of agreement can be either laughing together or crying together."

"Third, during the test, the statue must not be damaged in any way; slight contact will not be considered damage."

"Fourth, if the expressions are consistent when the time limit is over, the test is passed."

"The reward is 100% of the challenger's current total attribute points."

"5. If you fail, 50% of the total number of attribute points you currently have will be forcibly deducted."

"Timer, start now!"

As the voice faded, another incense stick was lit between the twin statues.

Ye Chuyun's pupils contracted slightly.

The reward is 100% of the existing attribute points.

He currently has nearly three million attribute points, and if successful, they can instantly double to nearly six million.

This is undoubtedly a timely help, which can greatly alleviate his predicament of depleted attribute points.

But the penalty for failure is equally alarming, as it deducts half of the penalty.

That would mean he would only have less than 1.5 million attribute points left. If the final test required a large number of attribute points, it would undoubtedly be a fatal blow.

Moreover, why is this test so abstract...?

Change the statue's expression; it remains this extreme, contrasting expression of crying and laughing.

"How do I make the crying people laugh, and the laughing people cry?" Ye Chuyun's gaze swept back and forth between the smiling and crying statues.

He first walked toward the crying statue.

That sorrowful face is enough to weigh heavily on one's heart.

"Should I try to make him laugh?" Ye Chuyun thought to herself.

He racked his brains and began to tell the funniest jokes he had ever heard, even clumsily imitating some comical actions and expressions.

"Once upon a time, there was a steamed bun. It was walking along and got hungry, so it ate itself. Hahaha..." He chuckled a few times.

The weeping statue remained unresponsive, its sorrowful expression seemingly frozen for millennia, not even the slightest change in the curve of its lips.

The tear tracks that flowed down his face were etched like stubborn stones.

Ye Chuyun was unwilling to give up, so she tried another method.

He mobilized his divine sense, attempting to simulate a joyful and pleasant emotional fluctuation that spread towards the crying statue.

However, the crying statue remained immersed in its own world of sorrow, completely immune to the joy that came from the outside world.

“No, their standards for humor are too high, or they simply don’t buy into this.” Ye Chuyun frowned and turned to walk towards the smiling statue.

That smiling face was so bright it was almost blinding.

"We need to find a way to make him cry."

Ye Chuyun began to tell a sad story, describing the pain of parting and the fragility of life.

"Think about your sad experiences, are there any regrets, or have you lost any important people or things?"

The smiling statue still grinned, its cheerful smile seemingly welded to its face, unmoved by the sorrowful atmosphere Ye Chuyun had created.

Even in those curved eyes, Ye Chuyun felt there seemed to be a hint of mockery.

Time ticked by, and Ye Chuyun used every trick in the book, telling jokes and tragedies.

Without exception, all failed.

His smiling face remained radiant, while his crying expression remained sorrowful.

They are like two puppets with a pre-programmed routine, stubbornly clinging to their original state.

Ye Chuyun was really starting to lose her composure.

The temptation of doubling attribute points is great, but the penalty of having half of them deducted is even more unbearable for him.

Are we just going to fail like this and watch our attribute points shrink?

Ye Chuyun was a little skeptical and carefully examined the two statues.

"The rules say that the statue cannot be damaged, but state that slight contact is not considered damage. Could it be..." Ye Chuyun's heart stirred.

"Where is the line for 'light contact'?"

If the soft approach doesn't work, how about we try the hard approach?

Since emotional appeals and verbal attacks are all ineffective, what about using the most basic physical persuasion?

This idea is risky; if it's judged as sabotage, the test could fail immediately.

But as time went by and all conventional methods proved ineffective, a risky move had to be taken.

Ye Chuyun decided to take a desperate gamble.

Anyway, failing won't eliminate you directly; you'll still have a chance in the final test.

Our first target is the crying-faced statue.

He wanted to try and see if he could use "physical" methods to change that crying face into another expression!

Ye Chuyun's eyes sharpened, and his magical power surged within him.

He stepped forward, clenched his right fist, and withdrew most of his strength, struck the sorrowful face of the weeping statue with a light but firm blow.