Chapter 23: Shock

Nothing was said all night.

By the time Xue Zichen opened the antique paper window, the streets were already full of people, although it was just dawn.

Chu Tianze, who was in the next room, seemed to be the earliest, and at this moment he was already sitting cross-legged on the ground facing the window, closing his eyes and starting the cultivation of the Inner Body Palace.

The inner body palace of a martial cultivator will generally increase by itself with the improvement of the realm, and after the martial refining is truncated, four is already the limit.

Chu Tianze smoothly urged the two inner body palaces to refine each other, and then transported it to the body and heaven, overflowing all over the body.

I have to say that early morning is very suitable for practice.

Han Mingxiu, who was opposite, seemed to have just gotten up, sitting barefoot on the bed with his eyes open.

And Qiu Shaowen ...... It's hard to put into words.

After about an hour like this, Chu Tianze exhaled deeply, then got up and looked out the window, the sun had come out. Coming out of the room, he suddenly heard a snoring sound from next door, Chu Tianze frowned, and with a flick of his fingers, a ball of light passed through the wooden door that looked very old, and two seconds later, only an exclamation was heard.

"Ahh

Chu Tianze stepped downstairs, and when he heard this sound, he couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth.

Xue Zichen and Han Mingxiu were already downstairs, and the two of them were nibbling on steamed buns and drinking multigrain porridge.

There was a steamed bun on the table.

When Qiu Shaowen yawned and went downstairs, the three of them were already leisurely basking in the sun, and there were two steamed buns in the pot, to be precise, one and a half ......

Qiu Shaowen glared at a few people with resentment on his face, "Bad guy!"

Three: ......

And the square in the center of the Heavenly Array Mansion was already crowded with people, and the assessment had not yet begun, but whether it was participating or watching, they all came early.

The square is very wide but blocked from the outside world by a wall, and the whole square takes on a circular shape, which is said to be equivalent to a unique and quite powerful phantom array from the beginning of its construction, which is difficult for the demons to invade.

It was noon, and the assessment began on time.

Xiao Ruyi was sitting upright on the contestant's seat, and the people around him were communicating with each other about the assessment, only he sat quietly alone, observing the surroundings from time to time, his brows were tightly locked, and he looked a little abrupt.

"The hour has come, and the assessment has begun. ”

The preacher spoke in a loud and sonorous voice.

Xiao Ruyi could only retract his thoughts and follow everyone into the venue, but the contestants were close to 100 but they were divided into three batches to enter the examination venue.

Today is the first day of the assessment, the assessment day of the king-level phantom array master.

Xiao Ruyi sat on a long table in order, with a few pieces of white paper, a pot of blood purple sand, a glass of water, and a special black-handled knife on the table. Blood purple sand is a kind of stone sand unique to the Heavenly Array Mansion, as for how it came about, no one may know except for the Phantom Array Master himself. It is only known that this sand will show red and purple colors during the day and night, so it is called blood purple sand by the world.

Xiao Ruyi took a deep breath and stabilized his mind. When he opened his eyes again, his palm was already slapping on the table at great speed, and a piece of white paper suddenly rose into the air, floating on top of Xiao Ruyi's head and moving slightly in the wind.

Xiao Ruyi's eyes were firmly fixed on the white paper, and the original black-brown pupils changed color slightly, first light blue, and then gradually turned golden. The golden light around his body slowly flowed towards the white paper like a thin stream of water.

Soul Eye. A strange power that is unique to the Phantom Arrayer.

After maintaining it like this for nearly a minute, Xiao Ruyi dissipated the light of his whole body, grabbed a small handful of blood purple sand casually, and threw it on the white paper violently. The white paper immediately showed a transparent blood red, Xiao Ruyi grabbed the black-handled knife with his other hand, and waved it in the air, and then a complex mark appeared in the air.

Putting down the carving knife, Xiao Ruyi's hands continued to overlap and separate, making the same complex gestures, and finally the two fingers of his left hand were slightly forced, and he cut through the palm of his right hand, Xiao Ruyi's right hand gently pushed, and the white light flashing mark in the air suddenly rushed into the white paper, Xiao Ruyi did not hesitate to touch a black jade wrench in his arms and threw it into the air. There were white marks on the white paper inlaid in the blood, as if he had received an order, and the light around his body suddenly surged towards the black jade wrench.

Xiao Ruyi showed a hint of a smile, "It's almost, now just wait for all the power of the imprint to be absorbed by the jade wrench, and it's really done!"

Qiu Shaowen stood at the front of the crowd and watched these people compare and draw on the stage, with different expressions, and he also thought it was very funny.

Although the three of Chu Tianze next to them were also looking at the situation on the stage, they were secretly observing everything around them in their hearts, although someone was not doing their job, they still had to carry out the task.

Xiao Ruyi naturally didn't know what was going on offstage, he was still staring intently at the white paper and the jade wrench, his expression was calm, but the fine sweat on his forehead betrayed his nervous heart.

No one can fail to be nervous on such an occasion.

There should be about a quarter of an hour, or 15 minutes, before the phantom array should be inscribed. A real king-level phantom array!

Xiao Ruyi felt the almost exhausted soul refining power in his body, and thought with some joy.

Soul refining power is a kind of power of martial refining, and it has extremely high requirements for refining gods.

Just thinking about it, Xiao Ruyi's heart trembled, and her pupils flicked, and she saw a young girl standing there in a corner outside the square that no one cared about, and a hand in the corner was pinching her neck. Even so, the girl didn't seem to see a trace of horror on her face, but looked at Xiao Ruyi firmly.

Xiao Ruyi's mind was lost, and he was instantly counterattacked by the power of the phantom array, and a mouthful of blood spurted out of his mouth violently.

Seeing this scene, the unsuspecting audience below exploded in an instant, and a riot began in the entire square.

(Because the square was shrouded in a phantom array, the soul perception was ineffective inside, so except for Xiao Ruyi, no one present noticed it.) οΌ‰

Although it was at the last moment, it could be said that the phantom array inscription had succeeded, why did Xiao Ruyi fail at this time? Everyone was puzzled.

At this time, Xiao Ruyi on the stage spurted out another mouthful of blood, and the blood-colored transparent paper and black jade wrench fingers that were originally suspended in the air had already fallen to the ground, dim.

Xiao Ruyi wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth and ran straight out of the square, ignoring the shouts of the adjudicator behind.

Running quickly to the spot where the girl had just appeared, he turned the corner and saw a familiar figure standing in the depths of the alley, with a mocking smile on the corner of his mouth.

Xiao Ruyi's hands clenched and clicked. He had never wanted to kill like he did now, because they had captured his sister, Xiao Mingyan.

But at this moment, his refining power was exhausted, and he was counterattacked by the phantom array, and now he is almost no different from ordinary people. Xiao Ruyi stared at Yu Mang, did not speak, but his eyes became colder and colder.

Yu Mang smiled faintly, "What's the matter, Senior Brother, Senior Brother's means are okay, right?" Like a victorious rooster, he unscrupulously provoked and mocked his opponent.

Xiao Ruyi looked at Yu Mang with a sinking face and said in a cold voice.

"What do you want?"

Yu Mang was still smiling, only to see him rush forward and punch Xiao Ruyi's chest.

Xiao Ruyi was knocked back a few steps by him, and the blood from the corner of his mouth couldn't stop flowing out of his mouth, soaking his chest, this punch was very powerful, but Xiao Ruyi gritted his teeth and did not fall to the ground.

"Brother!" Xiao Mingyan exclaimed, wanting to rush towards Xiao Ruyi, but unfortunately he was tightly restrained by the person next to him and couldn't move, and finally could only whimper softly.

Yu Mang clapped his hands, took a few steps back, how to lift one foot and step firmly on the wall, "Drill under my crotch, and I'll let her go." After that, he glanced back at Xiao Mingyan, and continued, "It's a pity, it's so beautifulβ€”"

Xiao Mingyan stood up tremblingly, just wanted to speak, only to feel a strong wind behind him, and when he looked back, two young people were already behind him at some point, one with a calm face, and the other with a somewhat listless look.

It was Xue Zichen and Han Mingxiu. As for Chu Tianze and Qiu Shaowen, they observed some clues and arrested people.

Everyone's faces were a little sluggish, and some couldn't react, but Xiao Ruyi said with some surprise and anger, "It's you?"

He was naturally Xue Zichen, but the person concerned ignored him and just walked forward on his own.

Xue Zichen stopped in the middle of Xiao Ruyi and Yu Man, no more, no less, just in the middle. This made Han Mingxiu roll his eyes for a while, this obsessive-compulsive disorder is getting more and more serious.

Yu Mang's left hand behind him pressed down without hesitation, and the person behind him instantly took out the knife and just wanted to make a move, but he heard a slight sound of tearing his clothes, which was particularly abrupt at this moment in the place where the needle fell and could be heard.

Xue Zichen held the scabbard in his left hand, and a small part of the sword body emerged from the Sealing Shadow Sword, which looked very dazzling under the oblique rays of the narrow sunlight.

Yu Mo didn't have time to react, but the three people behind him trembled, and a smear of blood came out of their necks at the same time, and narrow blood marks slowly appeared, and then the three people fell to the ground one after another. Only Xiao Mingyan stood alone in place, at a loss.

As soon as Yu Mang tilted his head, cold sweat soaked his back in an instant, and the smile on his face had long since disappeared, replaced by horror.

"You!you!you!"

Xue Zichen ignored Yu Mang's stammering voice, and just walked straight towards Yu Mang. His eyes were so calm that there were no waves, but in his vast heart, Xue Zichen was like a devil, and there were deadly fangs hidden under his calm face.

Yu Mang was so frightened that he couldn't move half a step, so he could only stand in place with his teeth trembling.

"You can't kill him!"

A pretty voice came from behind Yu Mang.

Xue Zichen glanced at Xiao Mingyan out of the corner of his eyes, and then nodded, "Okay." ”

As soon as the words fell, he turned around and left, and when he passed by Xiao Ruyi, Xiao Ruyi suddenly spoke.

"My sister, she is right, you can't kill him, he is the son of my master. ”

Xue Zichen ignored him and walked away directly past Xiao Ruyi.

Seeing Xue Zichen walking past him, Han Mingxiu did not turn around immediately, but looked at the Xiao family brothers and sisters and smiled, his voice was clear.

"He's not afraid, he's just troublesome. Let's go. ”

After that, Han Mingxiu also put his trouser pocket in his hand and turned to chase Xue Zichen.

Xiao Ruyi didn't think much about it, and immediately ran towards Xiao Mingyan, ignoring the sluggish Yu Man behind him, and looked at his sister up and down.

"Are you alright?"

"It's okay, brother!"

Xiao Ruyi breathed a sigh of relief after a few confirmations, and hugged Xiao Mingyan for comfort.

At this time, he remembered Yu Mang behind him, and came to Yu Mang again, but found that Yu Mang's eyes were scattered, so he hurriedly waved his hand in front of him.

"It's ...... Stupid scared?" Xiao Ruyi opened her mouth and sighed, "Fortunately, I wasn't scared to death-"

Xiao Mingyan remembered one thing and asked his brother, "If you fail to advance this time, I'm afraid you won't have a chance in the future, but now that this situation has happened again, what should we do?

Xiao Ruyi smiled freely and scratched Xiao Mingyan's nose, "The world is so big, where can't we be accommodated? It's a big deal, let's go to the mortal realm! Just enough to experience the life of a mortal." ”

That being said, what Xiao Ruyi thought in her heart was, will things really be that simple?

He glanced at his sister, and no matter what, I must keep my sister safe.

The two brothers and sisters left, ignoring Yu Mang, but the two of them just walked on the front foot, and then Xue Zichen and Han Mingxiu appeared.

Han Mingxiu glanced at Yu Mang, and said with a pout, "What should I do with this kid?"

Xue Zichen shook his head, "Although I want to, his identity is not simple, and more things are better than less." ”

"Those two siblings will not have a good time in the future. Han Mingxiu sighed.

Xue Zichen glanced at the direction of the Heavenly Array Qi Gate, and his expression was meaningful, "Everything is fate, and it is not up to anyone." ”

"Why did you start believing in your fate?" Han Mingxiu's eyes revealed an unknown meaning.

"A lot of people believe it. Xue Zichen lowered his head, unable to see his expression, but his voice was very cold.

"If something happens, I want to join in the fun, will you go?" Han Mingxiu tilted his head.

Xue Zichen looked up at Han Mingxiu, the corners of his mouth raised and his expression playful.

Han Mingxiu smiled and stopped talking, to be honest, the eyes of this thing made him panic, he wouldn't say that he went to join in the fun was actually to save the beauty of the hero, and then pretended to be A and C in front of the beauties or something. I'll never say it in my life.