The morning sun poured down from the eastern sky, and shone bits and pieces on the quiet grass below, and after a night of chaotic fighting, the forest of the mountains of no return finally returned to calm in the early morning of the second day.

After running for a long time, Yang Ming's body finally couldn't hold on, whether it was physical strength or physical pain, he couldn't take a step forward. He leaned against the trunk of a large tree, and as soon as his feet were weak, he sat down on the ground.

Yang Ming leaned on the trunk of the tree, the qi and blood in his chest surged violently, he covered his somewhat stuffy chest, exhaled heavily, couldn't help it, and a mouthful of blood overflowed down his throat.

Last night, Yang Ming used the elephant technique to "grab the knife" to receive the full impact of the Gao Li ball shield, I thought that the knife could capture Wu Yao of the Gao Li ball shield, so as to resolve his offensive, but I didn't expect the "grab the knife" blow, only captured a little Wu Yao, Yang Ming's sword was not defeated by Gao Li's shield, the impact of the ball shield impact, through the blade, rushed to Yang Ming's chest, immediately, the ribs were broken several times, and he almost fainted.

Fortunately, Yang Ming propped up his scattered consciousness, exerted his last bit of strength, urged the Pangu Mirror, Qianhong, and cast many spirit rhinos in a row, and escaped ten miles away, and the young man stopped and let his body rest for a short time.

After a long time, when Yang Ming opened his eyes again, it was almost noon. The sky outside the forest was very bright, and the white clouds were pulled by the wind very long, like white lines, clinging to the clear blue sky. Sunlight pierced through the gaps in the lush canopy, forming swimming spots around the boy, like the shimmering waves of a lake.

The slight wind blew the breath of grass and trees, awakening Yang Ming's tired body, the young man really wanted to lie down like this, enjoying the warmth of the sun, but Yang Ming did not have extra time to waste rest, only after a short rest of two hours, the young man reluctantly stood up.

"Phew, there's no time, I have to hurry up and find Xin'er and them. ”

Yang Ming also realized that the time for the exam was running out, today was the seventh day of entering the Mountain of No Return, and it was also the last day of the meritocracy selection exam, if he didn't rush back to the mountain before sunset, then he would lose the exam.

"Young master, you are too reluctant, let's rest again. Looking at Yang Ming's somewhat weak little face and pale lips, Zu Ze couldn't bear it, so he floated out of the young man's body and said with concern.

"It's okay, I know my body, and this injury is not in the way. I, Yang Ming, will not fall easily. Yang Ming exhaled a breath of turbidity, smiled at Zu Ze who was floating in mid-air, and said stubbornly.

Seeing that the young master was so persistent, Zu Ze shook his head lightly, and stopped stopping it.

Just as Zu Ze appeared, Yang Ming said the question in his heart, "Zu Ze, let me ask you one thing, why did I use the elephant technique last night and grab the sword, but I couldn't capture Gao Li's Wu Yao?"

This matter has always troubled the young man, when he was fighting with Li Qingshan before, Yang Ming used the sword to seize the sword, and the moment the sword and the big sword met, the young man's sword captured Li Qingshan's big sword A lot of Wu Yao, but why did the sword only take a little bit of his shield when he fought with Gao Li?

Hearing the young man's question, Zu Ze raised his eyebrows slightly, and immediately explained, "Because Gao Li's mental image is a shield, it is a defensive mental image, so his Wu Yao is more restrained, mostly solidified static, so that his Wu Yao is not easy to capture, on the contrary, Li Qingshan's big knife is an offensive mental image, his Wu Yao is extroverted, mostly fluid dynamic, this kind of Wu Yao is much easier to capture, if you use a metaphor, it is the difference between ice and water, of course, ice is difficult to take, and water is easy to take." ”

After hearing Zu Ze's explanation, Yang Mingfang understood that he remembered that when he was fighting last night, he saw the flow of Wu Yao on the shield surface of Gao Li through the dragon source vein, although the momentum was surging, but they were all tightly attached to the shield, like a closed lake, although the waves were turbulent, but the water was still in the lake, and Li Qingshan's Wu Yao flow was like a rushing flood, and the very strong yearning leaked, which was the obvious difference between the defensive and offensive Wu Yao.

Therefore, grabbing the sword, it is easy to capture Wu Yao of the offensive mental image such as the knife, but for the defensive mental image such as the shield, the effect is not so obvious.

After understanding the truth, Yang Ming sighed helplessly,

"Flashback doesn't work, now even the Elephant Technique Snatching Knife can't work, how can I break through Gao Li's ball shield?"

Gao Li's shield turned into a sphere, without any flaws, and it seemed that there was only one way to pierce his shield head-on. Zu Ze half-narrowed his eyes, looked at Yang Ming, and said.

"But my sword is not sharp enough to pierce Gao Li's shield at all, by the way, Zu Ze, does the family still have any elephant arts, which are specialized in shielding?" Yang Ming asked eagerly, looking at Zu Ze with blazing eyes, he almost regarded Zu Ze as a bodhisattva who had fulfilled his wishes.

Zu Ze smiled bitterly, shook his head, and said, "This, there really isn't." ”

"What should I do then?"

"In my opinion, there is only one way to do it now. Looking at Yang Ming's somewhat disappointed face, Zu Ze held his chin, his face was slightly gloomy, and then said slowly.

"What way?" Yang Ming's eyes suddenly lit up, and Yang Ming asked eagerly.

"Practice diligently. After a slight pause, he only listened to Zu Ze say quietly.

"Damn, nonsense, you still have to say this method. ”

With a depressed sigh, Yang Ming slowly restrained his emotions and set off. 62 .62xs.

But in the vast mountains and forests, where should I go to find Xin'er?

Yang Ming thought for a moment in his heart, and the only place he could think of was the cave where the Jiang Guo students were hiding before, and the entrance of the cave was deliberately covered by Chen Sheng with trees, thinking that the people of Rongguo should not be able to find it.

"Okay, I'll go to the cave first. ”

After setting the direction, Yang Ming sped up, stepped the branch with his toes, and his body swept out rapidly.

......

"Yang Ming, it's great that you're back safely, we're worried about you. ”

After about half an hour, Yang Ming finally arrived at the entrance of the cave, he passed through the dense trees, and finally squeezed into the cave, the young man had just stepped into the hole, he heard a familiar voice from the cave, and then a chubby figure walked quickly towards him.

"Meng Bo, great, are you really here, Xin'er?" After seeing Meng Bo, Yang Ming was overjoyed and immediately asked.

"The county lord is not here, they have retreated to other places, and the county lord guesses that if you escape safely, you will probably come to the cave to find us, so I will come to meet you. The county lord guessed correctly, you really came to the cave. Meng Bo explained.

"I see. Hearing this, Yang Ming nodded slightly, didn't bother to ask more, and immediately said to Meng Bo, "Quick, take me to Xin'er." ”

"Don't you rest for a while, Yang Ming, I see you're out of breath. ”

"There's no time, take me there. ”

"Okay. ”

Meng Bo led Yang Ming to rush to Xin'er and their hiding place, in order not to be discovered by the Rongguo people, Meng Bo did not dare to march from the air, and the two had to run in the forest.

After a long time, Yang Ming finally had a round with Xin'er and other Jiang Guo students.

After last night's battle with the Rongguo people, the Jiang students lost a lot, but fortunately, Yang Ming held Zhu Lianying hostage, so that the Jiang students avoided the annihilation of the whole army, now, there are only twenty-eight Jiang students left, and Rongguo's side, the losses are equally serious, first Zhu Lianying was ambushed by the Jiang people, suffered a fire ambush, and later, after the round with Gao Li, and on the way to pursue Yang Ming, Yang Ming was counterattacked by Yang Ming, went around to the rear of the team, and killed more than a dozen people, and now, there are only twenty-four people left in the Rongguo team.

From more than 100 people who entered the Mountain of No Return to the present, the personnel of both sides have suffered heavy losses, and most of the surviving students have been injured and are no longer able to fight.

After Yang Ming turned Xin'er and the others, he took a short rest and rushed down the mountain.

......

The setting sun gradually sank into the mountain, as if it had been bitten off half by the mountain of no return. At this time, at the foot of the mountain of no return, many people had already gathered.

In an open space at the foot of the mountain, hundreds of Jiang soldiers in full armor surrounded them, flags fluttering, spears shining, reflecting the glow of the setting sun.

A huge platform was erected in the clearing, all made of mahogany, and the site was specially ordered for the soldiers to be built within seven days for this examination. On the high platform, sitting in the center is the king of Jiang Guo, Jiang Wang's face is calm, sitting as steady as Mount Tai, as the lord of a country, there must be a steady majesty like a mountain, but his eyes always look in the direction of the mountain of no return from time to time, or betray him, it is enough to see that he is very anxious in his heart, not as calm as his complexion.

"Hey, Xin'er, you have to come back safely, don't have an accident. King Jiang thought in his heart, in addition to being the head of a country, he is also a father, and he is very concerned about his daughter.

On the right side of King Jiang, sitting in turn is Dazai Jiang Zi'an, the general Liu Chen, and several other accompanying ministers, at the end of the seat, there is a white-haired and long-bearded old man, it is the steward of the Xia Cai Academy, Weng Lao, his eyes have been looking at the Mountain of No Return with concern, praying in his heart, "Yang Ming, Lin Dong, you two must come back safely, don't get hurt." ”

On the left side of King Jiang, sitting upright was Cheng Yu, the envoy of the Liang State, and sitting next to Cheng Yu was Huang Zheng, the envoy of the Rongguo. Obviously different from the worried expressions of others, Cheng Yu was indifferent, just blindly bowed his head to taste tea, occasionally raised his head to look in the direction of the Mountain of No Return, and just looked at the sunset.

Obviously, Cheng Yu, as the middleman of Jiang Rong's competition between the two countries, was very indifferent, and he didn't care about the life and death of the students of the two countries at all.

After a while, the sunset set again, and at this time, a few figures faintly appeared at the foot of the mountain of no return......