"This is the place of trial?" A faint voice came from the woods, and a young man suddenly appeared on a branch, looking into the distance.

However, to the frustration of the boy, he was condescending, but his vision was not much broadened. Endless groves of trees form the main environment of this area.

"Alas...... It seems that this Desert Valley is really a jungle area, and depending on the situation, even if it is eight hundred miles away is a forest...... Since it's called the Barren Valley, shouldn't it be a barren plain?"

The young man touched his messy hair and muttered to himself helplessly. While raising his hand to prop on the branch, he jumped down nimbly.

A ray of sunlight shone through the cracks in the trees, casting a spot of light on the ground, and the boy's face gradually appeared.

Although it is not handsome, it is also relatively delicate and gentle, and it is a comfortable look. The body is thin, and it looks like the wind is blowing down at a glance. However, from the way he jumped down just now, it can be seen that his combat ability cannot be measured by his appearance alone.

"The actual combat trial is really not that simple......"

In the Fu Master Sect, after the end of the short annual vacation, the actual combat trial was also officially put on the agenda.

In addition to regular cultivation, how to effectively exert the combat ability of the talisman master in actual combat is also something that every disciple must master. Therefore, every year, the Fu Master Sect will organize a special actual combat trial, and the rules are different every year.

This year, all disciples will enter a spiritual virtual space called "Arajian Valley". Prior to this, each person will be provided with a spirit indicator card representing their current mental power.

However, the mental power value on the card does not represent the trialist's own strength, but his entire physical function. Negative emotions such as fatigue, fear, fear, and ambition will be most intuitively reflected on the card surface.

The initial value is set to 100, and if the trialist generates other negative emotions in it, the value will be reduced. Depending on the intensity of the mood change, the duration of the change, etc., the value deducted varies from high to low.

However, it does not mean that once the value is lowered, it will continue to be deducted. If, in the following time, the trialist's mood can return to stability, the value will slowly increase, and even return to a perfect 100.

And in this virtual world, the disciples will have to survive in the wild for a month. On the first day of entry, the Fu Shi Sect will provide dry food and water that can last for about seven days, but the rest of the life needs to be arranged by the disciples themselves, including finding food.

In addition to the test of the environment, the attack from the enemy cannot be ignored. Here, there are not only all kinds of demon beasts, demonic beasts, etc., but also a strange spirit ape, which will use spiritual attacks to disturb and hit the spirit of the trialist, and the deduction of the indicator card is undoubtedly the highest one.

And the most important point was also repeated by the Fu Master Sect in the meeting before the trial. If the number of points drops below 20, which means that the mood of the trialist is already extremely low, or even insane, like a walking corpse, then all kinds of cruel things can happen. Such a group of disciples will also become the primary enemy of other trialists.

When the indicator card drops to 0, it will be forced to quit. At the end of one month, those who can maintain a value of 90 or more are considered excellent and will be rewarded by the Talisman Gate. The next scoring criteria are: Ordinary -80, Average -60, Fail -50, Elimination -30.

After everyone was teleported into the Wasteland Valley, they dispersed, and at this time, they were wandering among the trees, and the confused young man who didn't know the north, south, east and west was Ye Shuo, who participated in the actual combat trial for the first time.

Although he had also participated in the Seven Great Sects competition with similar rules before, as well as social practice, Ye Shuo himself knew that his emotional ups and downs had always been more intense, and this kind of heart was particularly disadvantageous under the supervision of the spiritual indicator card.

Now that the trial has just begun, worrying is useless, so I can only try to keep my mood calm. Thinking of this, Ye Shuo didn't look around anymore, and sat down directly against the trunk of a tree, and took out all the dry food provided by the former talisman sect from the storage ring.

After taking a careful inventory, Ye Shuo gasped: "The weight of seven days...... I thought that if I saved some money, I would be able to have at least half a month's ration, but there were only seven steamed buns...... In other words, one a day?" he wailed in his heart, leaning his head helplessly against the tree, "but there are thirty days...... A month, how can you live......"

After being in place for a long time, Ye Shuo finally had no choice but to accept his fate, put away the dry food he had just taken out, adjusted his mood, and then stood up and walked forward.

The trunks of the trees protruding from the ground are stretched out on all sides, and they are overgrown with weeds, making it extremely difficult to walk. But for Ye Shuo, who grew up in the mountains and forests, these evoke a sense of intimacy.

In the blink of an eye, it was noon, Ye Shuo temporarily found a flat place to rest, took out the dry food, and ate it silently.

Although he was eating in his mouth, his brain was constantly thinking about how to live in this place until thirty days later.

It's not a peaceful world, it's a virtual but close to real world. And, here you have to make sure that you not only survive, but also make sure that your mental value does not drop to 20%!

Ye Shuo pulled out the indicator card on his waist. The card is golden, and the value above it is still 100% of the initial value.

"But is this thing really as effective as they say?" Along the way, the values have not changed in any way, which also made Ye Shuo gradually relax his vigilance. Maybe the setting of the indicator card is a bit exaggerated?

"Hiss-" A voice suddenly sounded around him, and Ye Shuo immediately stared vigilantly at the source of the sound.

But he quickly calmed down again, for it was nothing more than a hare.

Ye Shuo shook his head, realizing that he was too grassy and woody, and he would be frightened by a grass rabbit. And when he casually looked at the indicator card again, he saw that the value on the card had changed, and the original value of 100% had now become 95%!

Don't look at this this is only 5%, but that is just Ye Shuo's slight vigilance rising, if it is in a battle, how fast will the value drop? If it is attacked by a spirit, will the value drop directly to the danger value?

Ye Shuo now knew that what they said was true, and this thing could really detect his spiritual value. When the value is reduced to a certain level, the theory of insanity is probably true.

"Tsk, it's really a bit troublesome......" Ye Shuo was also a little afraid of the indicator card now, so he could only put it away silently.

Now that I've calmed down, my values will slowly recover, and then I need to find a quiet place and start cultivating my spiritual power...... Ye Shuo pondered silently in his heart, and his figure began to shuttle quickly between the trees.

As night falls.

In a hidden cave**, Ye Shuo was sitting cross-legged on the stone, and the whole person was already immersed in the spiritual world.

"Is this my sea of spiritual consciousness?" A spiritual phantom quietly appeared, and the surroundings were white, and Ye Shuo also seemed to be surprised, sitting quietly on the ground, and the whole person began to emit white light.

A warm current came into his mind from his limbs, and as Ye Shuo's spirit was highly concentrated, the scenes of the outside world gradually began to appear in his mind. He could be sure that it wasn't the power of his soul now, and finally, his spiritual power had risen to this point......

Stepping out of the pitch-black cave, Ye Shuo's spiritual power continued to extend outward, and it didn't quietly converge until it was about two hundred meters, because this was already the limit.

"Are there three people within two hundred meters of each other teaming up with each other? or is it a confrontation?"

However, the three parties showed no signs of moving, more vigilant, Ye Shuo couldn't hear what they were saying, until one of them took out the indicator card and found that the value on the card had dropped to 60%, and then the other two people also took out the card, and the decline on both sides was about the same.

After this scene, Ye Shuo could probably guess the conversation between the three of them, which was nothing more than that the card would indeed affect a person's spirit. It seems that not only did I discover this, but others will also find out about it.

Ye Shuo didn't intend to continue to pay attention to them, withdrew his spiritual detection, and began to devote himself to cultivation.

As time passed slowly, Ye Shuo didn't know how long it had been outside. It wasn't until he felt that he was one step closer to the third stage of Qi cultivation that he opened his eyes.

A few rays of the sun were already appearing outside. Because of the shade of the trees, the sunlight cannot shine in a large area, and there is a crisp and pleasant birdsong around, as well as a refreshing air and a cool space.

"I don't know how many days have passed. This cultivation forgot the time, and at this time Ye Shuo felt a wave of hunger coming from his stomach.

After killing the second steamed bun, Ye Shuo left the cave. But before he could go far, a roar rang out, followed by a galloping figure.

Before Ye Shuo could notice who was running over, he found a black shadow directly covering him.

The huge creature that appeared in front of him turned out to be the Flame Demon Lion!

"Flame Demon Lion? It's equivalent to a Qi-level powerhouse!How can I be so lucky!No...... It's chasing the guy just now!"

After dodging the attack of the Flame Demon Lion, Ye Shuo did not delay any longer, and immediately ran in the direction where the person left.

And behind him, there were broken wood residues everywhere he passed, and at the same time, Ye Shuo could still feel that there was a slight heat coming from behind him.

Rumble!

A flame shot from behind, Ye Shuo didn't have to look back, when he noticed the energy fluctuation, his figure flashed with agility, but this moment's delay also made the Flame Demon Lion take a step closer again!

"Wow!" Ye Shuo could feel that the overwhelming heat wave had surrounded him, and even he didn't notice that his indicator card had dropped to 30%, and he was about to reach a critical point!

In the turbulent sea of fiery red, Ye Shuo's spiritual power was highly operational, and a layer of qi blades was wrapped around his body, cutting a gap in the fire wave, and rushing straight out.

Bang!

The fire wave did not catch up, Ye Shuo turned his head, and saw that a solid barrier had been erected behind him at some point, and the appearance was somewhat similar to the spirit crystal shield, but the spiritual power fluctuations emitted from the upper end were more intense. The waves of fire and the flame demon lion that rushed forward fell backwards in embarrassment when they hit this barrier.

Ye Shuo took a few breaths, and then he realized that he had inadvertently returned to the cave where he had cultivated before. And this cave actually has its own enchantment, which he didn't realize before......

"Roar!" the Flame Demon Lion roared angrily, rolled on the ground, and pounced on it again. The claws brought up a fierce wind, slapping the barrier again and again. However, despite the earth-shattering sound of energy collision, not even a single dent was visible on that barrier.

Seeing that the Flame Demon Lion couldn't get in, Ye Shuo breathed a sigh of relief and leaned against a stone to catch his breath. If it weren't for the danger of deducting the value in the battle, he wouldn't have to hide so badly.

It's just that with the average level of the disciples of the Fu Master Sect, how dare the Master Sect put this level of demonic beasts into it? Could it be that in this Desolate Sect, the combat power of demonic beasts also varies from person to person, and they all happen to be kept at a level slightly higher than those of the trialists?

But......

Ye Shuo took out the indicator card and found that the value on the card had become 29%.

"It seems that even if you face a pursuit, you can't panic......" Ye Shuo reluctantly put away the card, no longer paying attention to the Flame Demon Lion who was still crazy outside, and looked directly into the depths of the cave.

When he first found this cave, he entered the cultivation without much exploration, and he didn't know what special existence there was here, which could actually block the invasion of the Flame Demon Lion.

Looking at it now, the cave is not as narrow as it seems. A dark passageway, hidden on the side of the cave wall, is easy to ignore in the dark.

As I walked along the passage, it was pitch black all the way ahead, and there were no strange scenes. Because his vision had been in the dark, even Ye Shuo began to doubt his speculation.

Maybe there's nothing special here at all, it's just a resting place prepared by the Fu Master Sect for disciples? So the enchantment outside the cave will only be effective against demon beasts?

If that's the case, it's just a waste of time to keep going. Ye Shuo was about to retreat, and continued to return to the position just now to concentrate on cultivation, since he had the protection of that barrier, plus the dry food on his body, it should be enough to support until the end of the trial.

However, as soon as this thought appeared, a spiritual light suddenly floated in front of him.

That's right, it's floating, not flashing, so it's not dazzling.

"Is this a hint that I am going on? is it so well prepared, is my every move under his control?"

The curiosity in his heart once again attracted Ye Shuo to the depths.

(End of chapter)