Bab 102: Admitted To the Inner Court

Elder Shou led us to a door at the far side of the dueling court similar to the sets of double-doors we'd already passed through so far. He opened it, and beyond was another hallway, with yet another set of double-doors at the end. This time, there were dozens of doors on either side at regular intervals. "Your final test is to solve a spiritually encoded puzzle of high difficulty. Each room to the side contains a tablet with a puzzle. The puzzles are randomly chosen and placed with each exam—you have no way of knowing what sort of puzzle you will face until you decode its base form.