Chapter 16 Trials
After leaving the town, Shi Yan came to the back mountain alone, avoided the team of construction soldiers, and followed the path to the training ground~
"Help~" Arus's heart-rending shout came from the back mountain.
Shi Yan sighed, he couldn't bear to be guilty of Arus, but he also understood that the ancient beast teacher did this for the good of Arus. As a cultivator, the foundation is very important, a good foundation can better sense the aura of heaven and earth, and Arus's foundation is very poor, and it is not suitable for cultivation at all. If you want to become a cultivator, you have to use some unusual means, such as the ancient beast teacher said to stimulate your potential through stimulation.
With the sound of crying father and calling his mother all the way, Shi Yan came to a pond, strangely, he didn't see the figure of the ancient beast teacher and Arus, nor did he see the figure of Xiaoyu, but the voice obviously came from here~
"Help~ Help me" Arus's voice came from overhead.
Shi Yan raised his head violently, only to see a huge demon beast in the sky, flapping its wings, sharp giant claws, grabbing one of Arus's legs, Arus's big head down, following the demon beast's flying up and down.
"How so? Senior brother, are you okay?" Shi Yan shouted.
"Bullshit, I'm fucking scared, help me, I can't take it anymore," Arus cried.
"How did you get caught by it?" Shi Yan said in horror.
"It's the teacher, he got it, you tell it to stop, I'm going to throw up," Arus said as he hovered in the air.
"It's the teacher, then you can hold on for a while," Shi Yan shouted.
"It's inhuman, there's no mistake, I don't want to be a cultivator anymore, I'm going down," Arus cried.
The space around Shi Yan fluctuated slightly, and the old man of the ancient beast appeared beside Shi Yan in the form of a human, looking at Arus who was crying in the sky, he sighed helplessly, and patted his forehead with his hand.
"Teacher, why don't you let him come down," Shi Yan said.
"Alas~ rotten wood can't be carved, knowing that it's fake, you can still be scared like this, no matter what, if you can't stimulate your potential, it's not worth it to be scared to death," the old man said.
"Master, it's not good for me, I have to let you take him as an apprentice, it's really hard for you," Shi Yan said.
"That's it, with such excellent apprentices as you and Xiaoyu, I'm already very satisfied, Arus is like this, it's all because I'm bored, just pass the time" The old man of the ancient beast said.
"What about Senior Sister Xiaoyu, why don't you see her?" Shi Yan asked.
"She's gone to practice elsewhere, it's too noisy here, she can't meditate," the old man said.
"There are so many monsters in the forest, she is alone, there won't be any problems," Shi Yan asked.
"Hmph~ At a young age, I know how to pity the fragrance and cherish the jade, do you think I am really a decoration, I am also an ancient beast, I have already said hello to the little demon beast in the woods, no one dares to touch you" The old man of the ancient beast said.
"Hehe, it's not good in vain, alas~ Arus seems to have no voice, is he used to it" Shi Yan hurriedly diverted the topic.
"I'll take a look" The old man of the ancient beast squinted his eyes, and after reading it, he sighed again, "I'm stunned."
"Oh~~~," Shi Yan said helplessly.
After Arus was put down, Shi Yan looked at it, his pants and clothes were all soaked, Shi Yan sniffed it, and it turned out to be all urine. The old man of the ancient beast didn't even bother to look at it, Shi Yan wanted to say something, he thought about it and held it back, it was nothing more than wanting to help Arus say good things, but seeing that Arus was not promising now, it was really unconvincing, in case it was self-defeating, and the ancient beast teacher would never teach him again in a fit of anger, it would be worth the loss.
Shi Yan took off his coat and slowly entered the lake, then took a deep breath, submerged his whole body in the water, and began to breathe in the water. This is the cultivation method tailored to him by the ancient beast teacher, mainly because Shi Yan has the blood inheritance power of the beast clan in his body, this power will stimulate the wild power as the body heat increases, Shi Yan as a junior cultivator, once the body bursts out of wild power, it is difficult to control himself, the previous few practices, caused Shi Yan to suddenly lose control, his body showed a state of excitement, and his whole body was sore. In order to neutralize the body temperature, the old man of the ancient beast thought of a way to practice in the water~
In order to increase the weight, the old man of the ancient beast tied stones to Shi Yan's feet, so that Shi Yan could quickly sink to the bottom of the lake, at first Shi Yan was very unaccustomed, and it didn't take long to swim up for ventilation, gradually, Shi Yan grasped the essentials of water cultivation, and the number of ventilation became less and less, and at the same time, Shi Yan's lung capacity was also greatly improved.
There was a lot of resistance in the water, but he couldn't resist Shi Yan's divine power to protect his body, and after three months in a row, Shi Yan's cultivation in the water was easy, and there was no weakness again. The practice of the ghost fist has also entered the intermediate stage, at the beginning of the practice of the ghost fist, there is always an afterimage outside the fist, the intermediate stage of the afterimage fist, can actually reflect the afterimage of the whole person, and Shi Yan found that this afterimage actually has the attack power of a punch.
"Amazing, amazing, in just three months, the Remnant Fist has actually reached the intermediate stage, and it seems that I have nothing to teach him," the old man of the ancient beast sighed.
"That's not it, teacher, you're average," Arus said bare-assed.
"What do you know, the conditions for cultivating the Ghost Fist are harsh, my Southern Shadow Ancient Beast Clan is majoring in fire attributes, and without the support of other attributes, the Ghost Fist cannot be practiced at the advanced stage," the old man of the Ancient Beast said.
"Oh~yes~," Arus said.
"I told you that it was also for nothing, it seems that cultivating in the water is already too easy for Xiao Yan, it's time to increase the difficulty" The old man of the ancient beast stroked his beard and smiled.
"I'm going to be unlucky~ Senior brother" Arus looked at the ancient beast with a wicked smile on his face, and secretly sweated for Shi Yan.
Shi Yan closed his eyes in the water and practiced, his eyes were fierce, just because he felt that there was a breath in the water coming quickly, probably because of the cultivation, Shi Yan's perception became stronger, and he looked along the breath, only to see a vague black shadow in the water coming to his eyes in an instant.
"Gurgling~~" Due to fright, blisters kept popping out of Shi Yan's mouth.
The other party came to Shi Yan's eyes, and slapped his tail directly on Shi Yan's body without saying anything. Shi Yan only felt a huge force coming, and then his body was shot several meters away, his feet kept kicking the bottom of the lake, and finally he sat on the ground without saying anything, and turned his head back to stabilize his body.
Stabilizing his mind, Shi Yan hurriedly got up, strangely, there was no trace of the other party in front of him, taking advantage of the free time, Shi Yan untied the stone on his feet and quickly swam to the water, and exhaled heavily.
"Teacher, there's something in the water," Shi Yan shouted to the shore.
"Senior brother, watch out for the back," Arus shouted.
Shi Yan turned his head suddenly, only to see a fish head exposed on the surface of the lake, Shi Yan secretly screamed, this seems to be a fish man demon beast, only to see the other party twist his body, quickly paddling across the water surface, showing the trend of breaking the waves, and approaching Shi Yan.
Fish-man demon beast, the middle and lower evolutionary of the aquarium, although it also has hands and feet, but the five fingers are adherent, like fins and palms, the body is slightly larger than that of humans, and the strength on land is average, but it is very difficult to meet in the water, and the fish-man monster likes group activities.
"What a fast speed," Shi Yan exclaimed.
Shi Yan's speed in 3 months of training has exceeded that of his peers by about 3 times, but the fishman is a demon beast, and his speed in the water exceeds that of ordinary people by 10 times. The fishman arrived in front of him in a blink of an eye, and without waiting for Shi Yan to reflect, the other party fanned Shi Yan out a few meters away with a tail fin, and the waves were full of spray, and a crack was split on the water surface......
"It's over," Shi Yan's body floated backwards uncontrollably, and his mouth was frightened.
After the blow, without waiting for Shi Yan to stabilize his body, the fish-man demon beast swam quickly again~
"Don't panic, don't panic" Shi Yan stabilized his mind, his hands and feet began to lift his breath, a trace of air flow slowly entangled, when the fish-man attacked again, Shi Yan kicked his feet and punched head-on, the fish-man came to his eyes in an instant, and turned around sharply and fanned it with his tail. The fist mixed with the fighting spirit collided with the strong tail of the fish man, and a man and a fish were pushed out seven or eight meters away. The fish-man obviously didn't expect this kid's punch to be so powerful, and when he looked at his tail, since he had been knocked out, a large piece of fish scales was recessed into a piece.
Shi Yan took advantage of the moment when the top flew out and began to swim towards the shore. But he didn't expect the fish-man to stop there, and his hands and feet were soon entangled with a trace of qi. As expected, the fish-man swam quickly, and Shi Yan had to swing his fist at the fish-man again halfway through swimming. The fishman suffered a loss, and in a flash, he swung his fin and instantly circled behind Shi Yan, and Shi Yan smashed into the air with a punch.
With a "snap", the fishman flicked his tail with a blow and hit Shi Yan's back hard, and now the only bit of air left in Shi Yan's mouth was gone, and his body flew away uncontrollably again, and finally he was knocked out of the water.
"Master, isn't this test too big, how can my brother beat a fishman?" asked Arus.
"Is it still called a test after a fight? Only when you can do what others can't become a real powerhouse," said the old man of the ancient beast.
"Hey, he's being slapped by the fishmen in the water, how can he be a capable person, oh no, how can he be a strong man" Arus said anxiously.
"You put your pants on first, you think every child is just like you, wait and see," the old beast said.
"Ruthless~" Arus grumbled in a low voice.
"Whew~" Shi Yan took a deep breath, his brain was a little dizzy, and when he looked back, it turned out that after fighting in the water, he was already so far from the shore.
Shi Yan took a deep breath, dived under the water, searched around for the figure of the fishman, and saw that the fishman did not chase him, and began to swim quickly towards the shore. After swimming for a while, I heard the sound of plopping behind me, and when I looked back, the fish-man had appeared out of nowhere.
"Ghost Fist" Shi Yan shouted, kicked the water violently, and jumped up. There was a person and a shadow on the water, all of them were entangled by the fighting spirit, and the fish-man did not dare to face it head-on, so he plunged into the bottom of the water and planned to attack from the bottom up.
Shi Yan saw the right time, and with a "boom", the two figures hit the fishman's head at the same time, and the afterimage disappeared. The fish-man took a blow to the fish's head, and it felt like the sky was dark. Looking at the groggy fish-man, Shi Yan didn't dare to fight, and quickly swam towards the shore.
As soon as Shi Yan came ashore, the cyclone dried up, and the divine power of the seal was restrained, touching the seal, Shi Yan only felt dizzy in his brain, and his legs were sore, and he knelt on the ground.
"Are you alright?" Arus asked.
"It's not good," Shi Yan gasped.
"It's so teachable, it's not bad," the old beast man stroked his beard and smiled.
"Teacher, I almost died when I met a fish-man monster," Shi Yan said as he slumped on the ground.
"Hehe, the combat power of the fish-man in the water is nearly 10 times higher than that of humans, and it is a blessing that you can escape," the old man of the ancient beast said.
"Teacher, I feel very uncomfortable" Shi Yan sat on the ground, his face became redder and redder, and his body began to get hotter and hotter!
"Teacher, what's wrong with him? Is it hurt?" asked Arus.
"It's okay, he's about to go up to the 4th rank, look at it," the old man of the ancient beast smiled.
"Four paragraphs?" Arus was surprised.
The air seemed to become active, sending out slight fluctuations, Shi Yan only felt that the qi around him continued to surge towards his body, and the cyclone that had just dried up began to slowly become full, and it didn't take long for Shi Yan to roar, only to see a faint pink fighting spirit in his body pop out violently, and then began to slowly drill into Shi Yan's body. Shi Yan sat on the ground and slowly exhaled a breath of turbidity, and his body suddenly relaxed a lot.
"Xiao Yan, ordinary people don't have any strong feelings in the first 3 stages of promotion, but from the 4th stage onwards, the cyclone in the body will become restless, and when you advance, you will have a trace of resonance with the true qi of heaven and earth, and this resonance will become stronger and stronger in the future," the old man said.
"Teacher, I feel very light, and I do feel a little bit of something turning in my body," Shi Yan said with a smile.
"The cyclone is so thick that practitioners don't need to enter a meditative state to feel its presence," the old man said.
"Why are there colors?" Shi Yan said curiously.
"Different people's attributes are different, and the meridians for cultivation are also different, you are a fire attribute, if you cultivate fire professionally in the future, then it is not surprising that your fighting spirit will be red, probably because of your blood succession, so the color appeared in advance," the old man said.
"It's a pity that I can't use the divine power in my body yet," Shi Yan said regretfully.
"Hehehe, boy, cultivation can't be forced, let alone greedy, if you want to lift the seal, the meridians will not be able to withstand the impact of divine power, and if it is serious, it will burst and die on the spot," said the old man of the ancient beast.
"......" will burst when you hear it, and Shi Yan is much more honest.
"You now have a big treasure house, you need to take out the gold and silver treasures little by little, if you are too greedy, the treasure house will collapse in an instant, and you will die under the treasure," said the old beast man.
"Understood, teacher, I'll take my time," Shi Yan said.
"You have just entered the 4th stage, take a good breath, your cultivation is divided into internal and external double cultivation, external training of muscles and bones, and internal cultivation of one breath, remember, don't be in a hurry," the old man of the ancient beast said.
Shi Yan listened to the words of the old beast, closed his eyes slightly, and entered a meditative state. In the world of meditation, there is no such thing as heaven and earth, everywhere is pitch black, and beyond the consciousness of one's soul, there is a whirling and shining cyclone in front of you. Shi Yan slowly introduced the qi in the cyclone into the meridians of the Ghost Fist's major, so that the fighting qi could circulate better in the meridians, and at the same time, it was also increasing the toughness of the meridians.
As the sun set and night fell, Shi Yan slowly retreated from the meditation world, and after slowly exhaling a breath of turbidity, his body relaxed a lot~
"Teacher, I feel so comfortable," Shi Yan said with a smile.
"Very good, Shi Yan, you are already much luckier than many children, compared to someone~" The old man of the ancient beast said, suddenly remembering something.
"What's wrong, teacher?" Shi Yan asked.
"Oh no, I called the long-faced ape to accompany Arus to practice~"
"Long? Face? Ape Howl? Shi Yan remembered the orangutan demon beast in the strange stone forest that could only stand and walk.
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"Help~~~" On a huge tree, Arus was holding the tip of the tree, and at this moment, the long-faced ape was squatting on the tree floor and plucking out his ears. Very disdainful look at Arus!
"Ghost Fist," Shi Yan shouted.
Shi Yan, who had just been promoted, greatly increased the power of the ghost fist, and the speed of Shi Yan leaving the water was twice as fast as in the water, and the person and the phantom were instantly wrapped in a layer of fighting qi and rushed towards the long-faced ape, and after a loud bang, the long-faced ape was hit straight out and hit the tree.
"Alas~" Before the old man of the ancient beast could be persuaded yet, he saw the long-faced ape Xiao crying to himself~ Whoop~~ Whoa!
"Huh?" Shi Yan was stunned.
The demon beast in front of him not only did not get angry, but also had no intention of attacking, on the contrary, it looked very familiar with the old man of the ancient beast.
"It's too impulsive," said the old beast man.
"Master? You didn't arrange this, did you? Shi Yan said curiously.
"I let it stimulate Arus's potential," the old beast said helplessly.
Turning his head to look at the long-faced ape Xiao crying big snot and tears, just now, Shi Yan was merciless, and the 4 levels of fighting spirit after exerting his full strength were enough for the long-faced ape to drink a pot.
"Huh?" Shi Yan seemed to understand, "Was that fish-man demon beast just now?" ”
"That's right, you think you were knocked out of the water so coincidentally, I can't help you with anything else, it's okay to let a few low-level demon beasts accompany you to practice," the old man said.
"Alas~" Arus shouted at the top of the tree, "Master, you know that I am most afraid of it, and you still let it fight with me."
"Whoa~whoa~whoa," the long-faced ape Xiao cried while hugging his grievances.
"Okay, okay, you go down first" The old man of the ancient beast said to the long-faced ape, the strange thing was that the long-faced ape could really understand the old man's words, nodded and ran towards the depths of the forest.
"Teacher, is it possible for her to be Xiaoyu?" Shi Yan was surprised.
"Xiaoyu, you don't have to worry, her perception is so strong, this set won't work for her, besides, she has a very high level of understanding, and her cognition of spiritual law is also higher than that of ordinary people," the old man of the ancient beast smiled.
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At night, the four masters and apprentices sat around the bonfire, Shi Yan and Xiaoyu were responsible for roasting the food, Arus was mainly responsible for eating, and the old man of the ancient beast did not need to eat at all because he was in a soul state, and could only maintain his soul body by absorbing the true qi of heaven and earth and the essence of nature.
"Stinky boy, the weakest is you, you are still so edible, three months of stimulation, only in exchange for 1 stage of fighting energy" The old man of the ancient beast said.
"Master, are you embarrassed to say, you didn't scare me to death, don't eat more after being stimulated so much, can you make up for it?" Arus said as he continued to eat.
"Senior brother, Xiaoyu said that you have killed people before, why are you so daring" Shi Yan said curiously.
"That~" Arus licked his fingers and said, "Actually, I didn't want to kill him that day, I just picked one of the weakest ones and wanted to stand up and eat well, how do I know that he is dying, so I am so scared and tossed to death, so~"
"Huh??" Xiaoyu and Shi Yan shouted at the same time.
"Later, I saw that they were really afraid of me, it was better for them to die than for me and Xiaoyu to die, how did I know that you were coming, I saw you as the youngest, and thought you were the best bully, I was really hard when I beat you, and the result ~~" Arus laughed.
"But I obviously feel a cyclone," Shi Yan said curiously.
"You're embarrassed to say that you have worked so hard, I was stunned by you," Arus said.
"It's connected now," Shi Yan looked at the pants behind him waiting to dry.
"Don't talk nonsense, it's still senior brother and sister, it's not enough to eat," Arus urged.
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