The sky in the Black Forest, very dark, very dark.

Edgeworth is forbidden to fly here, and the only way for the monks to reach the portal is on foot.

Dividing everyone into two groups, each group is responsible for bringing back food and water for the day, and as the core of the team, Flower Drunk consciously adds his name to each group.

Before leaving, Hua Zui specifically found Xingluo: "Brother Feihua, your cultivation is the lowest, you don't want to go anywhere for the past two days, just wait here with the others for us to come back." ”

Xingluo smiled and nodded: "Thank you for tolerating me so much, there are many dangers along the way, you must be cautious." ”

"Yes, we'll be careful."

"By the way, one more thing I want to remind you is that no matter how hungry or thirsty you are on this journey, you can't drink the water here."

Hua Zui was stunned for a moment, and then smiled lightly: "How do you know that the water here can't be drunk?" ”

Xingluo stretched out his finger and pointed to the stream not far away, and said with a shallow smile: "The water here is poisonous, haven't you noticed that there is no grass on both sides of the stream?" ”

Hua drunk suddenly realized: "I wrote it down, thank you for the reminder." ”

After a tea time, Hua Zui led the first group of teams to set off, and the people who stayed in place were also busy with their own things, Xingluo did not stay in the forest for too long, but quietly returned to the main illusion realm royal city.

On that day, the first team to successfully enter the royal city was the eleventh team, but they were unlucky, they were found and chased by patrol soldiers less than half an hour after entering the royal city, and in order to save their lives, they could only retreat to the previous illusion.

The second team to enter the royal city was Team 2, who had already found food and water, but the greed of a monk revealed their whereabouts, and in less than a quarter of an hour, the team of ten people was completely defeated.

After waiting for a long time, Xingluo finally saw Hua Zui's team, and the five people, including him, began to act in pairs and twos as soon as they came out of the portal, and Hua Zui told everyone that whether they could find food or not, the first thing they had to do was to ensure the safety of themselves and their companions.

Xingluo gradually became interested in the ninth-level Yuan Spirit monk in front of him, if he approached him only because of his cultivation at the beginning, then now, Xingluo only wanted to tap his deeper potential.

Unlike the others, Hua Zui chose to act alone, and after carefully avoiding the sight of several patrolling soldiers, Hua Zui sneaked into a nearby uninhabited restaurant, but there was no food in it except for fine wine, and the hungry Hua Zui didn't care too much, picked up a jar of wine and drank it directly, and after a short stay, Hua Zui jumped down from the window on the second floor of the restaurant, and continued to look for the next target.

Xingluo followed Hua Zui for a long time, from the restaurant to the food store to the grocery store, he almost didn't drop a single drop, but he was still a step late, before they arrived, this place had already been patronized by the team in front of them.

More than half an hour passed, Hua Zui only found food for one person, he was a little anxious, the royal city is so big, it is too inefficient to find it only by relying on such a room to find it.

Just as Hua Zui was thinking about his next plan, a footstep suddenly came from the isolation street, Hua Zui immediately hid sideways, and the person who came was a lone patrol soldier, he was wearing heavy armor, as if he was looking for something, Hua Zui saw a white bag pinned to the soldier's waist at a glance, the bag was not anything else, it was the soldier's rations for the day.

There was a glimmer of light in Hua Zui's eyes, he was originally an adventurous person, and when he saw this rare opportunity in front of him, he couldn't wait to rush forward.

Seeing the soldier getting closer and closer, a trace of hot sweat oozed from Hua Zui's forehead, he didn't know how much cultivation the soldier in front of him had, if the other party's cultivation was much higher than his own, rash action would only kill himself, but seeing a bag full of rations slipping away from his face, he was really unwilling.

As the minutes passed, the patrol soldier did not notice the existence of the drunk, and after looking around, the soldier continued to the next street.

Xingluo thought that Hua Zui was going to give up this opportunity to get food, but he soon found out that he was wrong, Hua Zui actually followed the soldier all the way, from his memory, Xingluo understood his thoughts, it turned out that he wanted to delay time, and then do it when his stay in the main illusion was almost an hour, so that no matter whether he could win the opponent or not, he could return to the Black Forest with his whole body.

Seeing Hua Zui's figure, Xingluo smiled faintly: "Since you can think of this step, then I will definitely have to make it more difficult for you." "The cultivation of the patrol soldiers in the main illusion realm is all set between the seventh level and the tenth level of the Yuan Spirit, and the cultivation of the soldier who Hua Zui has been following is just one level more than him.

A quarter of an hour later, Hua Zui felt that the time was almost up, so he launched a surprise attack on the patrol soldiers from behind, in order not to alarm the other soldiers, Hua Zui deliberately laid a barrier within a hundred meters around, and the two quickly exchanged hands, Hua Zui's purpose was very clear, he came to the white bag.

A few minutes ago, Hua Zui had a slight upper hand because of the surprise attack, but the opponent's cultivation level was higher than him after all, and after dozens of rounds, Hua Zui's sword had been completely suppressed by the opponent, what he didn't know was that Xingluo had extended the time for him to automatically return to the Black Forest.

The battle between the two lasted for half an hour, at this time Hua Zui was no longer thinking about the bag of rations, but how to kill the opponent, if he lost, his entire team of twelve would be eliminated, so he had to survive to ensure that everyone could pass smoothly, despite suffering multiple sword wounds, he never gave up, but fought more and more bravely, and finally at the last moment, he used the sword in his hand to penetrate the opponent's entire chest.

Seeing the soldier lying on the ground and not moving, Hua Zui relaxed his vigilance, and he fell to his knees with a thud and gasped for breath.

Xingluo slowly walked out of the darkness, and Hua Zui, who heard the voice, thought it was another patrol soldier, and immediately picked up the sword in his hand to defend.

"You actually killed the patrol soldier who cultivated above you..."Xingluo said lightly.

Hua Zui couldn't see Xingluo's face clearly, so he had to ask in a deep voice, "Your Excellency?" ”

Xingluo didn't answer his question directly, but placed a large bag of rations in front of him.

"What is this?" Hua Zui looked up and asked.

"Your time in the main illusion has been extended, so this bag of rations is considered compensation for you."

Hua Zui smiled, and his expression quickly changed from doubt to relief, "No wonder, I feel that I have been here for far more than an hour, but I didn't expect this to be your assessment of me, am I right?" His Highness Xingluo. ”

"Identifying me so soon?" Xingluo smiled faintly.

"Such a big illusion, who has the ability to control everything in it except you."

"You are indeed very good, but you have to remember that today is only the first day of the assessment, I will not be merciful to anyone, okay, it's not too early, you can go back to your companion, you defeated that soldier, so I allowed you to take his spiritual power, which is also my reward for your performance on the first day."

"But I think ......" Hua Drunk was still about to say something, Xingluo had already waved him back to the Black Forest.

……

The four people who went with him had all returned to the Black Forest safely, and while everyone was worried about Hua Drunk, he appeared in front of everyone with enough food on his back.

"You're finally back, and everyone thinks something has happened to you!" Moon Bait said as he stepped forward to help Hua Zui take down the food bag.

"I met the patrol soldiers, so I delayed a little longer, come, everyone is hungry, eat something to replenish your strength!"

"On the first day of going out, you were the only one who brought back the food, and you were still covered in injuries and drunk, we didn't know how to thank you!"

"We are a whole, there is no need to say more politely, I'm a little tired, I want to take a break first, everyone please take care of yourself!" Hua said tiredly.

Coming out of the crowd, Hua Zui casually pulled a monk over and asked about the whereabouts of the Flying Flower Guest, "What about the Flying Flower Brothers?" Everyone was there, but they didn't see him! ”

The other party shook his head after thinking for a long time and said, "We didn't notice where he went, maybe he couldn't stay up, so he hid somewhere to sleep." ”

Hua Zui asked a few more people, but the answers were all the same, and no one noticed that he was not in the Black Forest for most of the day.

"Forget it, I'd better go find him myself!" Hua Zui said, and was about to leave the resting place, Xingluo suddenly walked out from behind a huge bauhinia tree, "Hua Zui, you're back, I was too sleepy just now and fell asleep in the bushes next to me." ”

"It's okay if you're okay, I brought back some food, you can see if you go over and get it yourself or I'll bring it for you."

"I'm not hungry yet, I'll leave the food for everyone, you went to the main illusion today, can you tell me what happened?"

Hua Zui also wanted to talk to someone, but when Xingluo took the initiative to ask, he agreed.

Xingluo took Hua Zui to the depths of the forest, and along the way, Hua Zui seemed to be preoccupied, "What's wrong with you?" Did you encounter something that bothered you? Xingluo asked.

Hua Zui thought for a moment, then suddenly turned his head to Xingluo and said, "I killed an opponent who cultivated above me today, and I also got his spiritual power. ”

"Pretty good, and then?" Xingluo asked lightly.

"Why, aren't you surprised?" Hua Zui thought that Xingluo would be surprised, but when he saw Xingluo's indifferent expression, he himself was surprised,

"It's just that you've defeated an opponent whose cultivation is slightly higher than yours, so why be surprised?"

Hua Zui smiled awkwardly, and continued: "In addition, I also met His Highness Xingluo in the Lord Illusion Realm, the powerful spiritual power exuded from his whole body is something I will never forget in my life, and he personally praised me today, which made me even more impulsive to get close to him." ”

"So, you want to be his disciple?" Xingluo asked rhetorically with a chuckle.

Hua Zui nodded: "Although his current cultivation is still below the two Jialan Deans, I believe that it won't be long before he can surpass the two of them." ”

Xingluo smiled faintly, "If you want to be his disciple, just wait for you to pass the entrance examination of Jialan Academy first." ”