Chapter 288: Crisis
In the afternoon, everyone carried several bags full of black sweet potatoes home, obviously harvested food, and saw that they could pass the assessment, but everyone was not excited. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
They gathered at Ren's house, and Ka Yue said: "After calculating the output, the three of us have a total of 100 catties more, although it is not much, but I will put it here for you first." ā
Ka Yue silently put a small bag of black sweet potatoes in the house, and Wren snorted, listless. He was like this, and the people didn't know how to comfort him, and any words pale in the face of the facts.
The atmosphere was awkward, Ka Yue sighed and patted Wren on the shoulder, and several people went back.
Out of the house, Kororos said: "Even if you don't gather spirits in the Extreme Cold Ice Field, with Ren's talent, you will definitely become a strong person in the future." ā
"Yes, I'm sure this little difficulty won't be able to defeat him." Whenever Ka Yue thinks of the trip to the iceberg, Rennes in the state of tyrant, with that strength, his talent is top-notch.
Since Wren had gone into silence, Karin had also fallen silent. Those beautiful black eyes seemed to have lost their light and hung their heads.
Perhaps the saddest thing besides Wren is her.
"It's better ... Let's go and ask for the Shadowless and the Hammer. Kaylin suddenly burst into words.
Ka Yue was surprised, "It's not easy to talk at a cold glance without a shadow, and the words of the hammer... We have offended him to death. And excluding our hundred, there are still five hundred! No matter how much they produce, it is impossible for them to produce an extra 500 catties... ā
Kaylin pursed her lips and tore at the corners of her clothes sadly with her hands.
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Wren stared at the wall in a daze, his face full of frustration.
Sometimes he suddenly gets angry, slams his fist on the ground, and then calms down and continues to be in a daze.
This state lasted until the evening, and his heart was empty, during which time he thought about various methods, none of which could make him pass the assessment.
The variant of the Earth Yin Worm, there have only been a few cases of more than 1,000 civilians in Qianxing in the past year, but they were bumped into by Wren. As if it was providence, the Extreme Cold Ice Field was repelling him.
And that inexplicable gaze, Wren panicked, feeling that the air was so uncomfortable, as if he was rejecting himself in all directions. Perhaps, not far away, a figure with a sneer on his face was mocking him.
"No, I'm going to pull myself together!"
Wren clenched his fists vigorously and racked his brains to ponder: "Think about it again, there should be a way, yes, there should be a way... ā
In the end, there was a feasible plan: if Eve was promoted to elder, would she be able to approve herself to stay in Qianxing?
But there are many difficulties, first of all, he doesn't know where Eve is, and Chilian also said that Eve has not been officially promoted yet, and is in the training process.
"Damn, what to do!"
Out of the corner of his eye, he happened to see the black sweet potato that was eaten by the earth yin worm, and Wren couldn't help but rush up angrily, grabbed it and threw it on the ground!
Maybe the heavens were really laughing at Wren, and the black sweet potato fell on the opposite wall, rolling at Wren's feet.
"Hehehe... Honestly against me, right? ā
He condensed his spiritual power with both hands, wanting to turn the black sweet potato into powder. When he looked at the black sweet potato again, Wren noticed something unusual.
After a hard fall, the strange fluff and crystals on the surface of the black sweet potato were scattered, revealing the good flesh below, this discovery shocked him, and he picked up the black sweet potato with trembling hands and carefully peeled off the ice crystal layer.
It's a pity that the fluff, ice crystals, and flesh are mixed together, regardless of you and me, the pure coincidence of Wren's fall separated the three layers, and now he can't separate them from his concentrated perception.
"The fluff attribute is cold, and the ice crystals are essentially related to water, if you use fire...
As soon as his mind moved, he took out his long sword, and a bold idea kept breeding, isn't the martial art explosion fire attribute!
"Burst of flame!"
With an order, the long sword turned into a red soldering iron, and using the operating principle of the moonlight flash, Wren tried to overflow the power of the fire attribute and control the ice crystals on the surface of the black sweet potato.
'Snort'
Accidentally using too much force, the whole black sweet potato became charcoal, Wren sighed, and hurriedly ran to the ground to dig a few black sweet potatoes again.
The second, failure.
The third, failure.
When it came to the fourth, he snorted again, and the sweet potato was charred and black, but a crazy smile appeared on Wren's face.
Holding the black sweet potato in his hand, half of the smile was revealed, revealing the black oil skin, and the ice crystals and fluff were gone!
The reason for this must be that when the earth shade insects are sprinkled in the ground, the seeds are covered by insects before they break through the ice crystals, so the ice crystals have been left to protect the growth of black sweet potatoes.
Providence so!
Heaven seems to be bent on driving Wren away, but it has left him a narrow way out. The road was dark and hidden, and it was impossible to spot without careful searching.
When he emerged from the discouraged spiral of loss, he looked up and grasped the straw.
"It works, it works!" He screamed in his heart. Now that his power can't control the fire, he can't control the flames freely, give him a period of time, refine his spiritual power, and believe that he can use the power of the flames freely.
Wren didn't dare to continue to try black sweet potatoes, and every time he failed, the yield was less. The size of the black sweet potato that has been eaten by the earth shade insect is originally smaller than others, even if all of them are perfectly peeled off the ice crystals, they may not be able to reach 600 catties, plus failure...
With an idea, Wren remembered his master, Ah Zuo.
He once allowed himself to use his spiritual power to control the pen and ink to draw circles on the paper, isn't this a way to exercise control?
Thinking of this master who had only been with him for less than a month, Wren was in a sad mood. For the sake of themselves and for the people of the thorn flowers, they are not allowed to fail.
I didn't have a pen and paper, so I simply bought an ordinary dagger from the system mall, the kind with a very light weight, otherwise I couldn't control it with Wren's spiritual power. He controlled the wobbly knife, twisting and twisting circles on the ground.
When the circle of the drawing can be seen in general, I believe that it will be much easier to control the power of the flame.
It wasn't until midnight that Wren relaxed and fell asleep when he felt that he had grown a little. Such a workout is mentally draining and requires deep sleep to compensate.
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At dawn, Wren seemed to have an automatic alarm clock installed in his body, and instinctively opened his eyes and practiced urgently.
About an hour later, Kayue and the others came to visit him worried about his hardcover condition, and found that Wren was nervously controlling the knife and drawing circles, which jumped them.
Coloros said stupidly, "Wren, are you alright?" Lose your marbles? ā
"I'm not crazy!" Wren glanced at him angrily and told everyone about his latest discovery.
As soon as everyone heard that there was a play after passing the assessment, they were happy for him and joined the ranks of painting circles. On the one hand, this can improve his power control, and it can also help Wren kill two birds with one stone.
But the days are approaching, and today is the 29th day of the assessment. The morning after tomorrow, Chilian came back to judge the assessment results.
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At Mimer's house, the five of them held a celebration banquet.
Nador sat on the upper sofa, holding a ceramic wine glass, and smiled faintly: "Cheers to victory." ā
After clinking glasses, they laughed.
Mimo vividly described what happened that night, and said that Wren learned that the matter of the Earth Yin Worm was indeed an accident, and his shocked expression, Mimo deliberately learned to make everyone laugh.
"Wren, Wren, I didn't expect myself to have such a day, did you?" Tusa finished taking a sip of the wine in the glass, his face turned red, and his voice changed a little: "If he knew that we deliberately got those mutant bugs, he wouldn't be angry?" ā
"Nope." Kerry looked serious, "He's going to die so angry that he can't die anymore!" ā
"Hahahaha..."
The crowd continued to laugh, and the Tuka brothers were glad that after driving out Wren, the Great Elder's grudge against them would disappear, Nador's vengeance would be avenged, and Mimer would make a fortune.
Each has its own reasons, and the thief is happy anyway.
"You did a good job this time, the ice and snow season has just come recently, and I will bring you some good things when I lead the team to hunt."
After Nador took a piece of lean meat with his chopsticks and chewed it, he said slowly.
The Tuka brothers, Kers, and Mimmer were all overjoyed, and the 'good thing' naturally referred to the ice core, which was the real hard currency in the extremely cold ice field! One of the worst colors can also top 100 catties of grain.
"Thank you, Lord Nador!"
"Thank you, sir!"
The Tuka brothers were flattering and flattering, and Nadol felt comfortable knowing that these people were flattering him.
The corners of his mouth unconsciously drew a cruel arc, and he said in his heart: Rennes, go back to your hometown, the Extreme Cold Ice Plain doesn't need you!
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In the distance from this room, in Wren's hut, the four of them were concentrating on drawing circles, desperately exercising their control.
This is a race against time, and being able to successfully peel off all the dirt on the surface of black sweet potatoes before the early morning of the day after tomorrow is a victory.
Come on, come on! Wren roared in his heart.
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At noon on the 30th day of the assessment, the Tuka brothers quietly came here for a walk.
"Why isn't there a figure out there?"
"Who knows, haha. I guess it's miserable in the house, anyway, they'll get out tomorrow. ā
"Let's go, go back and have a drink."
"Okay."
In fact, the people of Wren were working in the house.
Crooked circular patterns are all over the ground, and with a day of hard practice, several people have grown a lot. After looking at the time, it was not too early, and it was time to start peeling off the filth of the black sweet potato.
A piece of heaven and earth, the four of them worked together, and it didn't take half an hour to dig up all the black sweet potatoes.
The long sword in Wren's left hand emitted a scorching temperature, glanced at everyone, and said in a deep voice, "Let's start." ā
"Okay." Ka Yue knew that this was an action that would not allow mistakes, and every failure would reduce Rennes' success rate in the assessment.
The afternoon was by, and when it got dark, a whole bag of clean dried sweet potatoes lay out in front of Wren, and there were no major problems except that they were much smaller than usual.
"These ... How many catties? Wren was nervous and used his spiritual power to begin estimating the weight.
Holding a large bag of black sweet potatoes in one hand for a long time, Wren did not speak, and everyone's hearts gradually sank.
"No... Up to 400 pounds, plus your 100 is still 100 pounds short. Wren said with a bitter face.
Rise.
Kororos stood up and walked out, leaving with a 'I'll go find them without a shadow' and leave. Wren's throat moved, and he whimpered. The relationship between several people and Hammer is completely deadlocked, and it is conceivable what treatment Coloros will get after he goes.
But this is the only way, Wren naturally can't let Coloros go alone, and as a party, he has to show up.
Wuying's side was surprisingly good communicator, she said that as long as she could repay these amounts in the future, it didn't matter if she lent them anything, anyway, the assessment was only 600 catties.
I got 30 catties from Wuying, and the rest was a hammer.
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knocked on the door of Hammer's house, and several mermaids rushed in.
Iron Hammer's face changed, and he said nervously: "What do you want to do!" As he spoke, he stepped back and felt for a double-edged axe in the corner.
"We don't mean anything else, it's like asking you to do me a favor." Coloros laughed fiercely and rubbed his fists together, making a clicking sound of bone joints.
It seems that this guy didn't intend to be emotional, and completely used violence. Wren suddenly realized that it was impossible to persuade a bastard like Hammer with reason, and the most reliable thing was to beat him up first, so that Hammer knew that he was afraid, and he would obediently do it.
After all, these aspects are not as good as Cororos from the barbarian tribe, Wren sighed in his heart.
The process was very smooth, and he didn't even need to use a hammer to take the initiative to hand over 40 catties of black sweet potatoes with a dark face. I borrowed everything I could, and the total amount was still 30 pounds.
Wren is in a complicated mood, thinking about it, he has done everything he can, but the quantity is still not enough, this is also providence?
The four of them were in a heavy mood around a pile of black sweet potatoes.
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Finally, the final day of the assessment was finally ushered in, and on this day, going and staying, the answers will be separated.
Chilian and Thin Monkey, who were dressed in strong suits, came to the scene, and the two of them carried a big scale, and after scanning the crowd, Chilian said: "Starting from the person on the left, put your food up." ā
The first one to step forward was Wuying, who casually threw a bag of black sweet potatoes on it, and the pointer of the scale shook and stopped on 605.
"Shadowless, pass. Next. Chilian's voice was flat, and according to what she expected, it would not be a problem for everyone here to pass.
The hammer then stepped forward and threw the black sweet potato on it.
"Iron hammer, 603 pounds, pass."
"Coloros, 600.5 pounds? Hehe, lucky boy, pass. Chilian was slightly surprised, smiled and said.
She didn't know that except for Coloros, in fact, Kayue and them were all in their early 600s. All the extra copies were given to Wren.
"Kailin, 600.2 pounds."
"Ka Yue, 600.6 pounds."
Still Chilian was stupid, she found something, and finally looked at Ren's strange gaze, "Next, Ren." ā
was named, Wren took a deep breath, Kayue and a few people didn't have a score in their hearts, could they pass?
Wow, a bag of black sweet potatoes is still on the scale.
The pointer swings, tilting to the right, the brush breaks through the value of 500, and when it reaches 550, it is still shaking, and when it reaches 580, there is a tendency to stop.
Move! Wren yells!
Chilian's eyelids jumped, and she glanced at Wren, why didn't he pass? Among all the newcomers, Ren's talent is also among the best, and he has also been named by the Great Elder, how can he not pass this assessment?
Click.
The pointer continues to the right, 590, 592, 594...
Finally, stop above 600 round.
Iron Hammer's eyes widened, he is a person who knows the inside story, counting himself and Wuying's 70 catties, there is still a difference of 30 catties, but the machine can't lie, what method did they use?
Chilian was just about to announce the result, when the thin monkey figure moved, grabbed the bag of black sweet potatoes and poured it out.
"It's...
Chilian and the thin monkey were shocked at the same time, the size of the whole bag of black sweet potatoes was extremely small, and some of the skin still had burnt marks, and the largest was no more than the size of a palm.
Look at the black sweet potatoes grown by other people, such as the one on the Coloros side, the largest one is the size of half a basin! No matter how you look at it, this bag of black sweet potatoes is very weird.
The thin monkey bent down to pick up one and looked at it carefully, remembered something, and said in surprise: "Mutant earth shade worm? ā
Chilian suddenly realized that if it was a mutant earth yin insect that devoured the nutrients of the seeds, it would make sense to explain the small size. The question is, why can the mutated ground shade insect still breed black sweet potatoes in the field?
According to the attempt of the Extremely Cold Ice Field, once this kind of monster is encountered in the field, the entire land will be destroyed. Rubbing a piece of black sweet potato with his hand, Chilian took a bite of it.
"Captain!" The thin monkey shouted worriedly, there are a lot of toxins in the body of the earth yin worm, even if the spirit gatherer eats it, it will cause danger.
After chewing a few times with relish, she swallowed it with gusto, and under the nervous gaze of everyone, Chilian smiled: "Although the quality is a little rotten, it is indeed harmless food." ā
"So, what about the result?" Wren's heart was pounding.
Chilian made a contemplative gesture, and a bag of black sweet potatoes was poured out, and many sweet potatoes could be seen stained with fresh soil. Yes, no matter how magical Wren is, he can't conjure 40 catties of black sweet potatoes out of thin air, and the only way is to paste some dirt to fill the number.
This rough method is easy to see, and the sweet potato that is not mixed with soil is placed on the top of the mouth of the bag, as for the bottom...
When the black sweet potato was knocked to the ground, it was clear.
If it were normal, Chilian would strictly follow the rules to judge Ren as unqualified, but this time... She smiled, "Wren, you're qualified." ā
She thought silently in her heart: Thank you to the Great Elder.
Combine... Case... Finish?
Wren froze for three seconds, waiting for Kororos and Kazuki to scream in excitement before realizing what had happened.
"Congratulations, all of you have passed, it has been rare in recent years." Chilian smiled.
"So what are we going to do when we qualify?" Kororos asked excitedly, and a huge and magnificent ice field unfolded in front of him, as if the whole world was roaming by him.
Ka Yue also said excitedly: "Will we also have a house in the civilian area?" This broken iron roof is really enough to get wind on all sides. ā
Although the strength of the Spirit Gatherer is completely able to withstand the cold, it is better to have a comfortable house and bed than this broken place, and everyone is concerned about the problem of Kayue.
"Well... When you hand over a total of 10,000 catties of grain to the forces, you will be able to own a house. Chilian patted Coloros on the shoulder, "Come on." ā
One... Ten thousand? If you pay 300 catties a month, it will be 3600 a year, and it will take at least three years to have a house!
The problem is that it is still unknown whether their talents can gather spirits for three years, and if they don't make extra money by themselves, everyone in the Extreme Cold Ice Plain can only live in a broken iron house in the past few years.
"That's right, Ice Beast!" Wren's mind moved, "I heard that an ice beast ice core is worth at least 100 catties of grain, can we join the hunting team?" ā
There was a hint of a smile on the corner of Chilian's mouth.
The value of the members of the hunting team is much higher than that of civilians, and the strength of each force depends on the number of fighters, so she is happy to see everyone join the hunting team.
"Absolutely. However, you will need to spend a month learning about the habits and combat methods of the Ice Beasts, and by the way, you will need to strengthen the Ice Attribute Defense. Someone will come tomorrow to arrange for you, and then tell him your choice. ā
Chilian waved her hand, "From now on, I am not your examiner, and after a month, I look forward to seeing you on the battlefield." After all, this year's snow season came very early. ā
In the end, Chilian specially instructed: "Ren, Ka Yue, if you two don't mind, you can choose my team, haha." ā
She and the skinny monkey left, and everyone was still in the excitement.
I finally passed, and I was able to get rid of the hard life of fear. After more than a month of sweat paid off, and everyone was full of joy, Coloros proposed, "Go to Mimer's and get something to celebrate!" ā
Wren did not object, and he was very moved by the big guy's unsparing help, and agreed: "Go!" ā
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Mimo was depressed and annoyed. He called the three Tucas and asked loudly: "Why is Ren still there, isn't he eliminated!" ā
Tuka's body shook, "Impossible? Tusa also said, "I obviously put the mutant earth yin worm in his field, Mimer, you also saw it, right?" ā
So how did he pass the test?
Mimer's face was gloomy: "Fortunately, I am here, otherwise you two would have waited to be reprimanded by Lord Nador!" ā
Several people were stunned, "Brother Mimer, it's all up to you." ā
"Hehehe, tomorrow, those bastards will know what despair is."
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The cheers continued into the evening, the four of them chatted happily, and after more than a month of working together to form a friendship, Wren got drunk, stood up and raised his glass and shouted: "Today it is all up to a few brothers, I can pass the test, why don't we marry the four brothers of the Ice Field!" ā
Kororos drained the wine in the glass in one gulp, and his face was ruddy: "Okay, we will be the four brothers of Ice Plains in the future!" ā
Anyway, they didn't know the stalk of the three Taoyuan brothers, and Ren didn't bother to say it, just be happy.
Kailin slapped the ground and got angry, the amount of alcohol was as drunk as she was today, her black eyes were misty, and the autumn waves were rippling, "I'm a woman!" ā
"Hahaha!" Ka Yue is the size, "It's okay to just the four brothers and sisters of the Ice Plain." ā
At this time, Coloros suddenly popped out and said: "When that silver-haired beautiful girl comes back, we have to change to five brothers and sisters!" ā
"Okay, that's your future sister-in-law." Ka Yue laughed wildly.
"Fart!" Then the wine strength Wren couldn't control his strength, and kicked Ka Yue out three or four feet with one kick with his strength, and hit his head into the ground.
Embarrassed, Ka Yue said angrily: "Okay, you want to fight? (To be continued.) )