Chapter 17: The Final Trial
In the autumn of this year, before the river pool froze, Lan Ruo was finally able to hit a positive punch while treading water under the waterfall, although Lan Ruo could not let the way of rigidity and softness blend with milk, but he could already use it more decently in terms of full martial arts and soft winding strength, his progress was so fast that even Asura was slightly surprised, but now Lan Ruo is still a rough rough rough stone, which needs to be carefully polished. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
"Ruo'er, come up." Asura said to Lan Ruo in the cold pool.
Lan Ruo went ashore, dried his body and began to get dressed, Asura looked at Lan Ruo's skin reflecting a pale cyan luster, frowned and said, "These days, you have become accustomed to the cold in this pool, have you ever felt anything strange in your body?" ”
"Well, the pool doesn't feel so cold anymore, but now I feel a little stiff in the joints of my body...... It's like rust. Lan Ruo turned her shoulders.
"There is a kind of 'poison' in the cold air of this northern snow-capped mountain, we call it cold poison, long-term contact with cold things will be cold poison, the pool outside this snow-capped mountain is not bad, if it is the other side of the snow-capped mountain, the cold poison in the ice forest, even the high-level spirits can't resist it, the cold poison in you is not heavy, follow me, I will take you to detoxify." Asura said.
The two of them crossed a mossy plain and came to a steaming place, a small pool of water that smelled of strange sulfur.
"This is...... Hot spring? Lan Ruo said in surprise.
"What's so surprising, the snow-capped mountains here are all volcanoes, and it's normal to have a few hot springs around, generally speaking, near the poison, there will definitely be something to restrain its poison, and this hot spring can pull out your cold poison." Asura took off his clothes and walked into the hot spring, sat down comfortably, Lan Ruo saw that Asura's body was full of scars, almost the old scars were covered with new scars, he probably fought on the battlefield for many years like Lian, and there were tattoos of crimson roses and blue dragons on his right arm, dragons and flowers were intertwined, strangely combining bewitchment and majesty.
Lan Ruo also took off his clothes and walked in, at first he felt that the hot spring was a little hot, but he felt very comfortable when he got used to it, his whole body relaxed, his body stretched slightly, and the bones of his whole body were "clucking", he breathed happily, and saw Asura next to him closing his eyes to recuperate, and suddenly felt very happy, and there was a feeling that the family was out on vacation, but he suddenly thought that Asura refused to tell him about his life experience, and he felt a little depressed, so he simply sank underwater, and some unhappy bubbles in the hot spring.
After a while, the water in the river pool froze, and Lan Ruo continued to walk in the snow again, and one day in the early spring of the following year, Asura returned from hunting, holding a huge snow-white snow owl in his left hand and a small snow-white pompom in his right hand.
"This ball...... What is it. Lan Ruo asked, and then he saw the snow-white pom-pom open a pair of dark eyes.
"A snow owl caught this young snow wolf, I originally wanted to hit a snow owl to make dinner, but I didn't expect to save it by the way, although the snow wolf meat is not very recommended, but the wolf wolf is estimated to be very tender, how about it, do you want to eat it?" Asura asked.
Lan Ruo looked at the little wolf's snow-white fur with a few blood holes, which were caught by the snow owl, it curled up into a small ball, licking the wounds on its body from time to time, and the eyes showed not horror but a faint sadness.
Lan Ruo touched its head and said, "Let it go." ”
Asura said: "Let it go, it will only die more cruelly, I'll give it to you, it just so happens that today is your birthday, so it's a birthday gift." ”
Lan Ruo never thought that someone would remember his birthday, his nose was sore, and tears almost fell. Asura touched his head a little dotingly and said, "In the future, I will accompany you on your birthday every year." ”
Lan Ruo took the little wolf and whispered to it, "You will be called Xiaobai in the future." The wolf seemed to know that he had escaped, and licked Lan Ruo's hand to express his gratitude.
"This wolf you didn't raise for nothing, the adult snow wolf is a magical beast that can reach the fifth order, don't look at its pitiful appearance now, it is the most cunning and cruel lord of the snow mountain and the ice forest, and it dominates the mountain terrain, when it is injured, you can't catch up with it at all, the mountain terrain is the most complex of all terrains, to master the actual combat in the field, you must first master mountain warfare, so, when it is injured, you will officially start learning mountain warfare, it is your teacher. Don't worry, you saved its life, although the snow wolf is cunning, it is the most grateful among the monsters, and it is extremely humane, it will help you. Asura said.
"It'...... Is my teacher of mountain warfare? Lan Ruo looked at Xiao Bai in his arms dumbfounded, and Xiao Bai looked at him innocently.
Soon, Lan Ruo knew that when it came to mountain warfare, Xiaobai was definitely a veteran, and he was the "Xiaobai", in the complex terrain, Lan Ruo couldn't catch up with the athletic Xiaobai, although Xiaobai was still young, but he was already able to walk on the cliffs and slopes, every time, Xiaobai watched Lan Ruo climb the rock wall sweating profusely with a calm face. To catch it, you have to be as strong as a beast.
Lan Ruo gradually adapted to the chase battle with Xiaobai in the mountains, but Xiaobai grew up day by day, his movements became more agile, Lan Ruo could only look at his back, in the middle of summer of the second year, Lan Ruo finally blocked Xiaobai on the edge of a cliff for the first time, but Xiaobai actually spewed out a blizzard from his mouth, which caught Lan Ruo off guard, and then it quickly pounced on Lan Ruo, its bright fangs were only an inch away from Lan Ruo's soft throat, if it intended to kill Lan Ruo, Lan Ruo had already bitten off his neck.
Xiao Bai took a few steps back, stretched out his bright red thin tongue and licked his lips, wagging his tail slightly, Lan Ruo stroked its head and said: "Xiao Bai, you are so powerful, I must also become stronger, enter the top eight seats of the Three Courtyards Martial Arts, and then, let my father-in-law tell me what my background is." ”
Time passed slowly, Lan Ruo repeated the high-intensity training every day, he was gradually able to equal Xiaobai in the mountain battle, and he was finally able to play a thousand punches under the silver waterfall, and the soft entanglement and full martial arts still lacked some heat, but if you want to integrate these martial arts skills, there is no other way than the actual combat of real swords and guns, the realm of Asura and Lan Ruo is too different, and the practice between them is not actual combat at all.
In the spring of the third year, Lan Ruo's Dou Qi had reached the middle stage of the fifth order after a long period of training, and his spirit pool had also undergone a qualitative change, and all the gaseous spirits had all turned into small droplets of mist - his magic power had also reached the lower level of the fifth order. Lan Ruo broke through the fifth-order realm in such a short period of time not only because of his penance, but also because he had never taken the initiative to cultivate when he was a child, and his own potential had been sleeping there for more than ten years, waiting for him to take the initiative to awaken it, and this penance was a good medicine to awaken his potential.
According to Asura, whether it is a martial artist or a magician, it is only an entry level until the third order, and it does not have much ability, and such spirits account for the majority of spirits, and are called low-level spirits; Fourth-order and fifth-order spirits have objective combat power, and there are more higher-order spirits in number, and they belong to the backbone of the spirit group; Sixth-order and seventh-order spirits are quite rare, known as high-level spirits, and their abilities are very different from fourth-order and fifth-order spirits, and they are the objects of attraction by various countries.
The growth rate of the spirit is the fastest before the age of twenty, and the growth will become slower and slower after that, so it is not surprising that there are fifth-order spirit people in their teens and twenties.
One day, after the training, Asura said to Lan Ruo: "The tempering of you has ended so far, and there is still one final process left......
"One last step?" Lan Ruo repeated in confusion.
Asura asked, "Do you remember the time when the Imperial Spirit Temple raided the exercise?" You're just staying where you are under my power, what do you see? ”
"I see it...... Die. Lan Ruo said.
"The death you see is not death, but your fear, the fear of my murderous aura, to overcome the fear of murderous aura, you must first have the consciousness of killing." Asura said.
"Kill...... Lan Ruo swallowed a mouthful of saliva......
Asura flicked his hand, and Xiaobai on the side fell to the ground softly, and there seemed to be frost condensation in Asura's eyes: "You come and kill it." ”
For a moment, Lan Ruo was so frightened that the hairs on his whole body stood up, and Asura's words kept echoing in his ears, "Kill it, kill it......"
"Kill it?" Lan Ruo repeated this sentence in a skeptical tone.
Asura nodded.
"It's my partner...... How can I kill it?! Lan Ruo's tone revealed anger.
"Then you will prove to me that you have the courage and consciousness to overcome death." After Asura finished speaking, the cyan fighting qi came out of his body, like a demon with teeth and claws, and the demon's claws slowly stretched out towards Lan Ruo, almost touching Lan Ruo's pupils. Lan Ruo saw countless visions, and in all of them, Lan Ruo saw his own death.
Under the fear of death, his eyes turned dead gray, and his spirit fell into chaos.
Asura whispered in a seductive tone, "Kill it." As if hypnotized, Lan Ruo approached the white wolf step by step, wrapped his hands around its neck, and tightened it little by little......
At this time, deep in Lan Ruo's heart, a deep voice sneered mockingly, and there was a darkness surging in the sea of knowledge.
Lan Ruo shuddered, his spirit was slightly clearer, and he remembered the determination he had made when he first entered the Imperial Spirit Courtyard: "Swear by this blood, from now on, if the battle is unavoidable, and the battle will die, I should abandon fear and die in a bloody battle!" ”
Lan Ruo took a deep breath and broke free from the shackles laid by Asura with 'power', his eyes were no longer lifeless, and gradually became bright.
Lan Ruo let go of his hands with a frightened face, took a few steps back, and sat on the ground panting, the clothes on his back soaked with sweat.
Lan Ruo quickly calmed down his agitated emotions, and at this time, he suddenly remembered that he seemed to have heard someone laughing before, and it was not Asura's voice...... This voice, Lan Ruo had also appeared the last time he was suppressed by the Asura, was this just an auditory hallucination?
The fighting aura on Asura's body slowly faded, and he looked at Lan Ruo's eyes and changed: "Did you resist my murderous aura by your own will?" I didn't expect to really go through the most difficult road, but in this way, I am afraid that the road in the future will be even more difficult......"
Asura breathed a long sigh of relief, looking at Lan Ruo's eyes like a craftsman looking at the peerless weapon he had completed, he smiled and said, "The last process, quenching, has also been completed, a little earlier than the plan, let's go, let's go back." ”