Dragon King: "Xuanwu, this guy originally wanted to give you three months to learn the ability to breathe in the water through contact with Dinghaizhu. Because after returning Dinghaizhu, it means that you will need to rely on your own ability to obtain rare air from the water, and then swim back to the 10,000-meter deep sea back to the earth. ”

Jiang He: "It's a terrible test. ”

Dragon King: "Not only that, but the absence of the Dinghai Pearl also means that you still need to fight the sea beast and win. Now that Dinghaizhu has been returned, the next test for you will be simplified, and before that, I will let the two prime ministers take you around. ”

The dragon king then asked the prime minister to accompany the river to visit the crystal palace, the two old men took the river to the east and west, and the prime minister also explained the architecture and characteristics of the crystal palace from time to time. It was also the first time that Jiang He tasted a variety of sea delicacies and feasted his mouth. Then, according to the Dragon King's request, Jiang He was asked to choose a weapon as the next test in the [Naval Battle Pavilion].

The Naval Battle Pavilion displays a variety of strange weapons, and Jiang He decides to choose a more handy bone longsword for the test.

The test is carried out outside the Crystal Palace, which has the effect of sheltering from the water and the sea, but leaving the Crystal Palace is completely on your own. The river imagines the film produced by the Dinghai Pearl, using the control of the properties of the water, and the sea water envelops the air within its own bounds. Then leave the Crystal Palace with the Sea Bone Sword in hand.

It turned out that there was a very strong pressure in the sea, and this pressure was so great that Jiang He could only use his mind to control the membrane that maintained the air.

The battle began with the signal of the dragon king, a group of shrimp warriors with long thorns attacked Jiang He, Jiang He supported the membrane with his spirit, and at the same time used his long sword to resist, the battle was less than half an hour, Jiang He finally because of his lack of concentration, resulting in the rupture of the water barrier film, air loss, and instantly choked in the sea.

I don't know how long it took, Jiang He slowly woke up, feeling tired all over his body, and when he came to his senses, he found that he was in the Crystal Palace, and the Dragon King and Xuanwu were paying attention to him not far away.

Xuanwu: "Hahaha, you're awake, it seems that you haven't been able to move freely underwater." But the Dragon King has already told me about you, and he's quite satisfied with your performance. At least there is no Dinghaizhu, you also know how to breathe in the water, although the battle was lost, but it also lasted for nearly half an hour. ”

Dragon King: "Xuanwu, anyway, this little brother named Jiang He is still good at using the water attribute, I think if he doesn't fight in the sea, he is still very likely to return to the ground with his strength, how about he passes the assessment?"

Xuanwu: "Hehe, that's not good, although my test was changed by you in a mess, but he didn't pass your test either." Releasing water like this is not good for his future growth. ”

Jiang He: "Thanks to the Holy Beast Xuanwu and the Dragon King, I want to try again." ”

Dragon King: "Haha, don't worry, you come with me." ”

Then the Dragon King smiled and said that Xuanwu was too fat or was waiting outside, so he took Jiang He to the [Haizhen Pavilion]. (Xuanwu is large and does not change in human form, so the Dragon King will joke with this friend)

Haizhen Pavilion is worthy of being the treasure of the Dragon Palace, and there are many rare treasures. Because there were too many treasures, the dragon king himself searched for a long time, and finally turned out a pure white jade box, opened the jade box, and inside was a black pearl. The dragon king took out the black pearl and let Jiang He swallow it.

Jiang He hesitated slightly, but swallowed it. I only felt a chill in my body, and it was comfortable from top to bottom. Then take the river to see Xuanwu.

Xuanwu: "Old fellow, what are you doing slowly, the sea water I am waiting for has been desalinated." ”

Dragon King: "Hahaha, don't worry, I let the little brother of the river eat the water pearl, so that the water attribute in his body will help him synchronize with the sea water outside his body, and then let him go to Dinghai Spring to swim, you can completely master the underwater breathing action, and you can move as freely as a fish." ”

Then, according to the instructions of the dragon king, the river jumped into the Dinghai Spring, the spring water was cold and biting, making the river tremble, and the spring water was heavier than the sea water, and the pressure was obviously much greater than the sea water.

Xuanwu: "Don't be nervous, relax and relax, integrate your body into the sea spring, feel the water properties of the sea spring, and use the power of the sea spring to push you to the position of Dinghai Zhu, don't try to swim through it by brute force." ”

Jiang He agreed, feeling the heavy water attribute of Haiquan, and then controlled the water attribute to swim slowly to Dinghaizhu, and after touching Dinghaizhu with his hand, his whole body suddenly relaxed, and when he swam back, it was effortless.

Dragon King: "Haha, little brother, congratulations, now you can move freely in the water." Then he looked at Xuanwu: "Do you still need to test him to fight in the water?"

Xuanwu: "No, he can move freely in the water, and your shrimp soldier crab will definitely not be his opponent, this test is over." I'll send him back to the surface, Brother Dragonlord, and thank you for your help. ”

Dragon King: "Hahaha, it's all brothers' politeness." Little brother Jianghe, I often come to the Crystal Palace to play when I have time."

Jiang He: "Okay, thank you again Lord Dragon King, thank you Holy Beast Xuanwu." ”

The Dragon King and Xuanwu both laughed heartily, and then Xuanwu asked Jiang He to sit on its back and bid farewell to the Dragon King.

Back on land, the river was a little unaccustomed to it, the strong and dazzling sunlight, the air suddenly became so light, and it took a long time to adjust and gradually adapt. Say goodbye to Xuanwu, enter through the water whirlpool guided by Xuanwu, and return to the Five Elements Mountain, or the rock wall, and what you see in front of you is still the mural of Xuanwu.

"How do you feel when the good disciple is back?" The master was meditating and meditating, and suddenly felt the return of the river, so he stepped forward to ask.

"It's the master, I didn't pass the test the first time, and then with the help of the dragon king, I successfully passed. Jiang He replied with a smile, and told the master what he had encountered.

"Have a good night's rest, tomorrow we will have to take the assessment of the Vermilion Bird Holy Beast. The master patted Jiang He's head gently and prepared fruits and vegetables for him.

After taking a break from eating and drinking in the river, I went to the back mountain to soak in the hot springs, felt the tenderness of the hot springs caressing the skin, and plunged into the hot spring water. Ha, sure enough, I can breathe and move normally, so I lay down in the hot spring water and fell asleep slowly. It wasn't until Master Tianming searched for it that Jiang He leaned out of the hot spring water.

When everything was ready, Jiang Hekou imagined the Suzaku Order, and once again recited in his mouth: "Hurry like the law - Xian", and then he touched the Suzaku mural with his left hand and the Suzaku Order with his right hand as if he were going to the Xuanwu Land. A burst of red light flickered, and he came to a barren land everywhere, where not a single grass grows, and everywhere reveals the traces of being baked by the fire. And there was no trace of the holy beast Suzaku.

"Here you are, I am on the top of the volcano in the southeast corner, and your test is to find the red lotus dress woven with my fire feathers in this deprived land, and put it on and come to me. Suzaku's voice was remembered from a distance, but it was heard clearly and heard vividly.

How to find the Red Lotus Ni Dress, such a vast territory, and only know that the Holy Beast Vermilion Bird is on the top of the volcano in the southeast corner. Jiang He's thoughts momentarily decided to close his eyes and feel the intensity of the fire attribute with his heart.

The southeast direction has the strongest fire attribute, which must be the location of the Vermilion Bird, and the fire attribute in other places is unstable and changes irregularly. Jiang He decided to go to several relatively rich places to find it, but all of them failed.

After running around like this for a few hours, suddenly a meteor rain fell in the sky, the range was extremely wide, the power was extremely great, and the place where the firefall was located continued to burn, so that the river's perception of the fire attribute was even more chaotic.

"Hahaha, don't be surprised, I made the fire rain, this is also part of the test, and I will give you some hints: you do need to perceive the fire attribute, but don't fall into a fixed view. Suzaku smiled happily, the test of the river was more like a game for Suzaku.

"It is necessary to have both a perception of the nature of fire and a fixed view. Jiang He muttered to himself.

Jiang He was still thinking about it, and at this time, the meteor fire shower seemed to have long eyes and fell specifically on the location of the river, and the speed was getting faster and faster, and the number was increasing. The river can only run all the way and think all the way.

"I see, I only thought that the Red Lotus Neon Dress was woven by the fire feathers of the Holy Beast Vermilion Bird, and I thought it must also be rich in fire attributes, but now it seems that the Holy Beast Vermilion Bird asked me to wear it, it must be because the Red Lotus Neon Dress has a good anti-fire effect. Jiang He suddenly had a flash of inspiration.

So he re-perceived the existence of the fire attribute. In my mind, there are floating fire attributes everywhere, and what is in the sky and on the earth must be caused by the fire rain of the Suzaku. Suddenly, I found that the northwest has a weak but stable fire attribute, no matter how drastically the fire attribute around it changes, the northwest is still as stable as Mount Tai, without any waves.

"This is it. "The river hurried to it, and found a red lotus robe near a cracked rock, scarlet as a flame, embroidered with gold threads and ornaments of various flames.

Jiang He picked up the red lotus dress with his hand, only to feel a burst of warmth. But after putting it on, I felt like a fire burned my body, my skin was cracked, and the continuous flames burned me.

At this time, the meteor rain had stopped, and there were only rivers kneeling on the ground and struggling in pain, and Suzaku watching from the top of the volcano in the distance.

"Do you want to give up? If you give up, I can take back the Red Lotus Ni Dress and send you back to the Five Elements Mountain. Suzaku is voice ringing in my ears.

Jiang He struggled to stand up, but he didn't succeed, so he simply lay on the ground, turned his back to the sky in a large shape, and said gaspingly: "No! I, I'll rest for a while, and I'll go, I'll go to you. ”

Suzaku didn't say anything more, Jiang He wore a red lotus robe, and lay on the ground for five quarters of an hour, feeling that his body had begun to get used to and adapt, before he slowly stood up and walked towards the top of the volcano with difficulty.

I don't know how long it took for the river to come to the foot of the volcano, and when I looked up, I could see Suzaku's huge body, but at this time I was exhausted, and I was really powerless to climb the steep peak.

Jiang He lay down under the volcano again and smiled at Suzaku: "Holy Beast Suzaku, you let me rest for a while so that I can recover my strength." ”

Suzaku stared at the river, suddenly flapped its wings and raised its head, and sang loudly: "The fire of heaven and earth, illuminates the night, warms the cold winter, burns all things, provides energy, metallurgical refining, and the earth recovers ......"

Unconsciously, Jiang He noticed that the blood in his body was boiling, and after a while, he felt as light as a swallow, as if he had recovered his strength. So he hurriedly got up and began to climb the mountain and wade into danger.

Finally came to the foot of the Suzaku and looked up at the Suzaku, and the Suzaku also looked at the river. Suddenly, Suzaku was caught off guard and said "Collect", and the red lotus dress that Jiang He had draped on his body was gone, and then he felt a fire attribute that was even more blazing than before, instantly burning Jiang He's already tattered clothes to ashes, and Jiang He lay naked in the flames.

"Hehehe, try to control the flames that surround you to form a fire barrier. Suzaku watched the white-streaked river roll on the ground, and laughed secretly, but still reminded softly.

Jiang He was rolling in pain, and listening to Suzaku's words, he tried to keep himself focused, slowly controlling the fire attribute with his mind and leaving his body until he was able to completely use the flames to create a fire barrier and protect himself from the damage and suffering of the flames.

At this time, I can calm down and listen to Suzaku tell its story, it turns out that Suzaku is a side branch of the phoenix, itself is the Holy Spirit composed of fire attributes between heaven and earth, and has the ability of phoenix immortality, and can be reborn in the fire; In order not to harm other creatures, Suzaku has been staying here all the time, and has used its fire feathers to weave an effective fire-resistant neon costume. Fortunately, Jianghe's master Tianxuan has mastered the Five Elements Thaumaturgy and can resist the flames, so he can come to Suzaku from time to time to communicate and bring some joy to Suzaku's peaceful and ordinary life.

According to Suzaku's description, the river broadened his horizons and increased his knowledge. I knew that in the sun lived a relative of the Vermilion Bird's own family, the Divine Beast Phoenix, and at the same time, I also knew that the Red Lotus Nishang was originally the name given by the master Tianxuan.

"Okay, enough rest, it's time for the final test, it might hurt a little, but I'm sure you're fine. Suzaku looked at the naked river again and said evilly.

Suzaku saw that Jiang He had relieved himself and was ready for the final test.

So Suzaku summoned the red lotus dress again and let Jiang He wear it. At this time, Jiang He had already suffered the true flame of the Vermilion Bird head-on, and he was able to control the flame as far away from his body as possible, and he was completely fearless of the fire of the Red Lotus Dress.

When Jiang He put on the red lotus dress, Suzaku gently touched his head, and the red lotus dress became active as if it was alive, perhaps it should be more appropriate to use rage.

The red lotus dress woven from the fire feathers of the Suzaku itself, under the ignition of the Suzaku itself, is like the existence of the Suzaku itself, and the unspeakable heat cannot be effectively resisted even by the fire barrier layer of the river.

"Hey, Jianghe! You need to absorb the flames for your own use this time, not for you to block it" Suzaku saw that Jianghe was trying to control the flames to resist, and hurriedly explained.

Jiang He was now dizzy from the flames, and he had no time to think about whether he would die faster if he absorbed the flames, but instinctively followed the guidance of the Suzaku and absorbed and fused the fire attributes in the flames. The pain all over the body is even worse, not only the skin is burning, but also the eyes, internal organs, brain, and even every inch of bone are burning.

The true fire from Suzaku itself lasted for an hour, and the rivers were lying motionless on the ground in all directions, looking very funny.

"Hey, Jianghe, you're still alive, don't pretend, get up. Suzaku knew that Jiang He was fine, from his irregular breathing and heartbeat. And having successfully passed the baptism of flames, it will be able to resist the flames, and at the same time, the control of fire attributes will also be greatly improved.

Jiang He lay on the ground, his face covered with tears, and he instinctively reacted to the intense pain of begging for death and not being able to survive.

"I'm fine, I'm just going to take a break. Jiang He didn't want Suzaku to see his embarrassing appearance of crying because of pain, but he didn't expect that his appearance at this time made Suzaku cry and laugh.

After resting for a while, Jiang He secretly wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes and sat up again.

"Hahaha, congratulations on passing the test, in this world, in addition to the Three Flavors of the Yang True Fire and the Yin Immortal Black Flame. You're already immune to other flames. Suzaku said happily, happy to have new partners to communicate with him in the future.

"Thank you, Holy Beast Suzaku, for putting me through an unforgettable ordeal. Jiang He heard that he had passed the assessment and did not need to go through the experience of hovering on the edge of life and death, and he also showed a smile that he had not seen for a long time.

Suzaku originally wanted to give the red lotus dress to Jiang He, but Jiang He considered that other people who would face the Suzaku trial would still need it in the future, so he politely declined.

Under Suzaku's guidance, Jiang He jumped into the volcano below Suzaku and returned to the Five Elements Mountain.

Seeing that Jiang He appeared in front of him, the master couldn't help laughing, arranged for Jiang He to bathe and change clothes, and then listened to Jiang He tell about his trials and experiences.