Chapter 54: The Trial of Life and Death (2)
(Insect Catch)
Mei Tingchun suddenly snatched the dagger in Mei Jiu's hand and stabbed it at the corpse, as if this would immediately increase his strength. Blood splattered everywhere, and the room was filled with bloody gas in an instant, and the entire stone platform had been dyed and could not see the original color. No one avoided it, and all of them let their blood get on their bodies.
Mei Jiu stared at this bloody and cruel side in shock, and finally couldn't hold back and fainted.
An Jiu didn't want to lie in a pool of blood, so he manipulated his body to get up.
She noticed Gu Jinghong's gaze, so she lowered her head and leaned against the wall, silently suppressing her blood boiling because of Fang Cai's brutal scene.
Gu Jinghong retracted his gaze and looked at Mei Tingchun, who was covered in blood.
A calm and self-controlled person like Mei Tingzhu is very suitable for carrying out tasks; And Mei Tingchun's timidity is out of life, his emotional explosiveness is very strong, if it is a matter of life and death, he will inevitably make some moves beyond his strength like now, if he can survive the trial period and not collapse, he should be assigned to the dangerous month.
Among the three people, Mei Tingjun, Mei Tingyu, and Mei Rujian, Gu Jinghong was optimistic about Mei Tingjun and Mei Rujian, remembering that Mei Tingyu was so frightened when she saw the corpse for the first time that she rushed out of the coffin, Mei Rujian was almost frightened, but the second time she was able to do this, it was really unexpected. On the contrary, Mei Tingjun's martial arts are good, relatively calm enough, but unfortunately the concept of right and wrong has been formed, although the Crane Control Army cannot be said to be crazy, but most of the time the tasks received cannot be judged by right or wrong, and now he is not suitable to enter the Crane Control Army.
As for Mei Ruxue......
Gu Jinghong rolled her eyes, under the light and shadow, half of her snow-white face was stained with dark red blood, like a red plum in the snow, her body was slightly bowed against the wall, and the projection fell under her eyes to cover her expression, it was difficult to distinguish her emotions, but she looked calm. Apparently fear has long since ceased to exist.
Gu Jinghong felt that he hadn't understood her yet.
The wind howled outside, and the snow fell again in the night, silently getting denser and denser, and the swarthy mountains and trees soon became covered with a layer of white.
Two hours had passed, and by the time the people came out, a thick layer had been piled on the roof tiles.
A cold wind swept the snow particles and hit the cheeks with a faint pain, and everyone stood stunned for a while before recovering from the cruel picture.
Mei Tingchun trembled and rubbed his hand in the snow, and finally the whole person got in.
Others do the same to clean up the blood that stains their skin.
Mei Tingjun was the cleanest, he looked at his hands in a daze, how could he not believe that he had done such a cruel thing when he was in Yizhuang!
The Mei secret guard who was waiting on the side did not urge. After they each vented their emotions, they were humane, "Ladies and gentlemen, it's getting late, please go back." ”
Several people boarded the carriage in silence.
Squeezed into a small space, the smell of blood became strong again, and Mei Tingyu suddenly opened the window and vomited violently.
When they were first selected into the dark school, they were still excited and proud, but now they can't even cry if they want to cry. What is happening today is nothing but cruelty and despair, from which no one escapes.
Due to heavy snow, I returned to the house at almost dawn.
Several people rushed back to their homes to wash away their blood. Fall asleep.
Nightmares haunt you in deep sleep.
In the evening, the head of the family sent someone to call a few of them to the council hall to distribute the various medicines they had brought from Elder Qi.
In this trial, there were five people from each family. Mei Rujian escaped this catastrophe because her leg injury had just healed and was not suitable for strenuous exercise. Hearing this decision, Mei Tingchun couldn't wait that he was the one who broke his leg bone by An Jiu at that time!
"You must come back alive." The head of the family's gaze turned around, and the most sluggish fell on Mei Tingjun.
Mei Tingjun has no bottom in his heart. Still stubbornly said, "Dad, don't worry." ”
The head of the family looked at his two daughters, sighed heavily, and turned his back.
Mei Tingyu choked and said, "Dad, we must come out alive." ”
Elder Qi took out two vials from his pocket and handed them to Mei Tingchun, "These two bottles are the antidote to a hundred poisons, which can solve seven points of poison in the world, some families are the best at using poison, you take it, be prepared." ”
He was recorded in Elder Qi's name, and Elder Qi had to take care of it more, and others did not dare to criticize it, and other people also took a lot of medicine, but they didn't have this hundred poison antidote.
Elder Zhi twisted his eyebrows and handed Mei Jiu a three-foot-long bow and a bucket of arrows, "This is the old man's proudest work, with your ability, you will be able to open this bow." ”
"Thank you, Elder." Mei Jiu accepted the bow and arrow, but his mouth was bitter, Elder Zhi's words were clearly for An Jiu.
Elder Zhi looked at Mei Jiuwen's quiet appearance, hesitated in his heart, and still admonished, "There is only one life, use it leisurely." Taking a step back is not necessarily losing, and fighting for a moment may not be able to win. ”
Mei Jiu suddenly said, "Thank you for the reminder." ”
"Old bastard!" An Jiu was full of displeasure.
This time it was clear that his life was at stake, and Mei Jiu was full of energy, if Elder Zhi didn't remind him of this, maybe Mei Jiu would be able to disappear from this body from now on!
Of course, Elder Zhi would not ignore this, but he was unwilling to take unwarranted risks, in case of a mistake, where would he go to find a ready-made archery heir? For him, it is best to be able to eliminate the weak in this body, if not, it doesn't matter if there are two souls or two spiritual powers, as long as that powerful spiritual power does not disappear.
After getting ready, the group had dinner together.
The overabundance of dishes on the table makes them feel that it is clearly a severed meal, but in order to have the strength to fight for their lives, they must eat enough even if they taste the same as chewing wax.
As soon as Mei Jiu sat down at the table, An Jiu took up his body and began to feast.
When others saw that she was eating fragrantly, they unconsciously had a little more appetite, and Mei Ting added two large bowls of rice at the end of spring.
Before it was dark, several people got into the carriage.
"The four major families must be here, the Li family is good at using swords, the Knowles family is good at internal skills, the Cui family is unique in the world, and our Mei family is good at boxing. I don't know how many families there are in the Dao and where they are trying. Mei Tingchun was nervous, and kept muttering.
Mei Tingjun turned his head to An Jiu and said, "You come with us." ”
This time, even Mei Tingyu, who hates Mei Jiu the most, has never spoken out against it, she is in the nest and in the nest, and she still has to unite with the outside world in the face of the enemy, not to mention that this time is about everyone's life and death.
An Jiu nodded.
The four of them secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
An Jiu's strength is a mystery, Mei Tingzhu wanted to take the opportunity to find out, "Fourteen Niang, what rank are you?" ”
An Jiu felt the big point of light in this dantian. With such a little firefly light in the heart, it is estimated that it will not enter the stream.
Mei Tingjun saw that she didn't answer, so she said, "Tingzhu and I are both a thin line away from the sixth order, Tingzhu has just broken through the fourth order, and Tingchun is the fourth order. ”
"I have almost no internal strength." An Jiudao.
Several people were surprised, and Mei Tingyu snorted coldly, "If you don't want to say it, don't say it, and no one will hold a knife on your neck!" It's tiresome to always pretend! ”
"Ahh Mei Tingjun reprimanded.
Mei Tingyu pursed her lips and turned her head to stop mingling.
"Is there really no internal force? So how do you manage to be like a sword? Mei Tingjun was suspicious.
Mei Rujian has at least a fourth-order. Without internal force, how could he have dragged him out of the window in the blink of an eye?
"Nope." Yasu's answer was succinct and unquestionable.
After a period of silence, Mei Tingzhu said, "In other words, you only have fist and foot kung fu?" ”
Yasuku closed his eyes and leaned against the wall of the car, and hummed from his nose, which counted as a reply. If she hadn't come to this place where even teenage children had internal strength, she would have to be more cautious, and she would never treat them like this.
"Kick the iron plate!" Mei Tingjun finished mocking Mei Tingzhu, and asked Mei Tingjun with concern. "Big brother, what's wrong with your injuries?"
Last time, Mei Tingyu rushed out of the Yizhuang house and didn't run far, but squatted under the porch and vomited, so she heard the conversation in the house clearly. Mei Tingjun was stabbed by the deputy envoy when she spoke for her, and she immediately forgave him for abandoning her at the mass grave, but she was even more indifferent and resentful of Mei Tingzhu.
Mei Tingjun sighed, "It's no big deal." ”
Mei Tingyu said indignantly. "It's really unfair, why can't Mei Rujian not participate if she hurts her leg, but you have to go into battle with an injury!"
Gu Jinghong's swordsmanship is superb. The sword stabbed not deeply, the incision was extremely small and avoided the vital point, the bleeding was immediately stopped in Yizhuang at that time, and after returning home, Elder Qi personally healed, except for the severe pain when moving the arm, it would not be life-threatening at all.
Mei Tingchun was worried: one had no internal force, two fourth-order, and one was injured, only Mei Tingzhu was normal! Sure enough, as the deputy envoy of the divine strategy said, the situation is not optimistic!
The carriage fell silent, and the five people rested against the wall of the car with their eyes closed, but the only person who really had a heart like water was An Jiu.
Two and a half hours later, the carriage came to a slow halt.
Mei Tingjun and the others immediately opened their eyes.
"You guys are in the car first, and then you will come down when the time comes." The Dark Guard reminded.
Mei Tingyu couldn't help but open the window a little. Through the narrow gap, she could see in a blur that there was a black press outside, which seemed to be full of carriages!
"So much!" Mei Tingyu said in a low voice.
Mei Tingchun also leaned over, and gasped after seeing it, "Let's talk about thirty or forty cars, right?" ”
Mei Tingjun also glanced at it a few times, and saw that no one got out of the car, so he said, "While there is still time, it is better to sleep for a while, and when the trial begins, I am afraid that there will be no time to rest." ”
Mei Tingzhu opened his eyes and looked at An Jiu. The other three people followed her gaze and found that this person was breathing evenly and evenly, and he was actually asleep!
"Sleep." Mei Tingjun said.
Several people leaned back, closed their eyes and rested.
About two moments later, the sound of an eagle crying suddenly sounded outside.
Anjiu's ears moved slightly, and he heard the sound of rustling.
Some people got out of the carriage one after another. The secret guard of the Mei Mansion said, "Everyone, get out of the car." ”
Hearing the sound, the five took out black masks from their arms, wrapped their entire heads, and pulled up the big hood on the black cloak to cover it again.
Anjiu sat at the door and was the first to get out of the car.
A biting cold wind swept through the snow, and Yasuhisa tightened his cloak and began to look around.
It's a clearing in the middle of the forest, and the trees are only bare branches, so the visibility is okay. The gray blue and white light reflected in the snow in the dark night, and all of them were all dressed in the same color, standing in the snow very prominently, An Jiu visually examined, there were about eighty people.
There are five people from each family, which means that there are more than 160 families participating in the trial today.
An Jiu only heard Mei Yanran say that the four most powerful families in the Crane Control Army were the most powerful, but he didn't expect that there were so many.
Everyone formed a circle along the clearing, and a black shadow fell like a goshawk in the center.
"Ladies and gentlemen, today's trial is taking place in an abandoned monastery in the middle of the jungle." The man condensed calmly, as if the heavens and the earth were falling apart and could not shake him in the slightest, "There are crane control troops guarding the temple, but anyone who exceeds the scope will be killed. There are twelve boxes containing fragments of the Book of Heaven in the Tallinn of the monastery, which are the targets of you. The trial lasted for two days and four nights, and there was a small amount of food in the monastery, so you could eat as much as you could. ”
Before the words fell, there was a slight commotion in the crowd.
The man said coldly, "The rules are very simple, you can act alone, or you can team up to snatch it, but in the end, only one person can get the fragment of the Heavenly Book alone, and during the trial, regardless of means, regardless of life and death." ”
Mei Tingchun was about to collapse, there were more than eighty people present, which one was not the leader of the family? There are only twelve volumes in total, and with the strength of the five of them, it would be good to be able to grab one volume, it was impossible to grab five volumes at all!
"The lone wanderer who didn't grab the fragment will not be punished as long as he comes out alive, and those who team up and don't get the map will be given a broken bowel." The man continued, "But in order to prevent some of you from being idle, I have cut up thirty-six maps, each holding a fragment. ”
Twelve maps are copied three times, which is thirty-six, and each map is cut into two or three copies enough for everyone present, so that if you want to make a complete map, you have to grab at least one person's map!
Someone next to him whispered, "It's so ruthless!" If you don't form a team, you can only fight alone, if you form a team, it is very likely to get the complete route, and if you are lucky, you may also get two complete maps, but there is a rule that you can only count after the most difficult person can only get the fragment of the Book of Heaven, and the person who teams up and does not get it is still a dead end......"
So if you team up, even if you have two complete pictures, you will either kill each other in the end, or you will go to grab someone else's picture together.
Not only that, but when you get the fragment of the Book of Heaven, you have to prevent others from grabbing it!
"Isn't this a deliberate attempt for us to fight?" Mei Tingyu didn't know what to do.
At the beginning, all the people of the family decided to act as a team, and as soon as such a rule came out, everyone hesitated.
It's better to kill others than to kill your own siblings!
"What's the benefit of getting the Heavenly Book Fragment?" Someone asked in a loud voice.
That's right, everyone is working hard, if there is no benefit in getting the fragment of the Book of Heaven, why don't you all act alone, and then squat in the broken temple and wait for the time to pass, won't everyone be able to live?
The man explained, "The Heavenly Book Fragment is a secret book of martial arts! Level 4 and above can be practiced, which can help you easily break through when you advance. The box containing the fragment of the Book of Heaven is a thousand-year-old ice crystal, which can calm the mind and condense the qi, and can purify the spiritual and internal forces. In addition, you can also obtain the qualification to directly enter the Crane Control Army, and you do not need to enter the Crane Control Courtyard to suffer. ”
There was silence in the room. The temptation is great!
"Anyone who wants to do it can come over now to record whether they will team up or go it alone!" The black-clothed man in the center of the field spoke in a serious tone, but his inciting words made people want to slap him, "Hurry up, whoever gets the map first enters first, maybe you can find the fragment of the Book of Heaven without using the map." ”
Knowing that the road was bewitching, or some people couldn't resist the temptation, they ran over and dropped the paperwork in twos and threes, explaining whether they acted alone or in a team.
Seeing that more and more people were leaving, Mei Tingchun hurriedly said, "What should we do?" (To be continued......)