Yuan Yu frowned when he saw Luoyu, but in the end he didn't resist, he was excited and slightly disappointed in his heart, and secretly said ruthlessly, Hmph, even if you know each other! If you dare to say that you don't want to participate, then you will never be able to raise your head!

At this time, a young teacher who was distributing items came to Luoyu and asked, "How many people do you want?"

Luoyu had completely calmed down, and there were no waves on his face, like the surface of a frozen lake, and he said flatly: "One." ”

"One?" the young teacher looked at him in surprise, seeing that there was a coldness on his face that was still a little immature and completely inconsistent with his age, the teacher hesitated for a moment, and reconfirmed: "Don't you have a teammate?"

Although he didn't get an answer, Luoyu's silence had already given a positive answer, and the young teacher was stunned for a moment, silently stuffed the equipment and food of the two people into a backpack, and handed it over.

Luoyu took the backpack, thanked him, and looked at the teacher deeply, thinking that this was probably the only care he could get before leaving, but he didn't expect it to come from someone he didn't know well.

The children who are going to participate in the competition gather together to make final preparations. Luoyu carried his things alone, found a remote corner and sat on the ground, opened his backpack, sorted out his belongings, took out some food and ate it slowly.

Wang Hongxu quietly appeared beside him, seeing him sitting here alone, he didn't need to ask to understand what was going on, and for a while he didn't know whether to comfort him or encourage him, hesitated for a long time, and finally just took out two short knives and stuffed them into Luoyu's hands.

Luoyu looked down and saw that the style of these two short knives was very simple and smooth, they were made of a whole piece of non-gold and non-jade material, without any seams and decorations at all. Luoyu was shocked and hurried back by courier, "This is too valuable, I can't ask for it." ”

Wang Hongxu knew this, so he didn't continue, but said lightly: "This pair of short knives was given by the sect for self-defense when the ancestor worshiped the Yanshan Gate, and it has no special function, it is nothing more than sharpness. Although it is not particularly valuable, it is the beloved thing of the ancestors. He said, you can't lose them, you have to return them when you come back. ”

Luo Yu looked at him stunned, and had mixed feelings for a while.

In the eyes of mortals, anything that has been passed down from the cultivation world is a priceless treasure. When the old man Wang returned to his hometown, he was afraid that he would not be able to bring too many things back, this pair of short knives should be regarded as a thought, and he actually lent it to himself like this? Although it is borrowed, it is not a change of saying that he wants to come back alive?

Looking at Luoyu's sluggish appearance, Wang Hongxu gently pressed his shoulder, and left him with an encouraging look, not allowing him to say more, and turned to leave.

Luo Yu tried to calm the restless emotions in his chest, carefully put the two short knives into his sleeve, and continued to nibble on the food.

After a while, Jing'er also ran over, feeling the heavy atmosphere around her, she didn't speak, just sat next to her silently, pulling the corner of his clothes. Luo Yu tried to squeeze out a smile in response, and raised his hand to touch her head, thinking about the plan of action.

No matter what difficulties lie ahead, he must face them bravely. If he can't even pass this level, how can he protect Jing'er? How can he solve the mystery of the strange dream? How can he explore the vast world perceived in the electric light? What's more, now he doesn't even have a chance to go home and say goodbye to his parents, and he has to come back alive no matter what.

In fact, Luo Yu was inspired to become a real strong man in his heart, and then go to thoroughly investigate the cause of his brother's death. Because his intuition in the deepest part of his consciousness told him that this incident was not accidental, and if it was really a man-made disaster and not a natural disaster, then he would definitely let the culprit pay for it with blood!

Seeing that the sun had climbed into the middle of the sky, all the disciples present were ready to go, just waiting for the monks to give the order to set off.

Luoyu stood up, and suddenly felt that the muscles behind him were inexplicably tense, as if they were crawled by small insects. His instincts had noticeably sharpened lately, and he immediately realized that it must be a few malicious glances sweeping across his back. But he didn't look up to find the source of these gazes, and he knew that it must be Yuan Yu Lotian and other henchmen who were colluding to deal with him together.

However, at this time, someone approached quickly, and Luo Yu looked back and saw that it was the elder who had recently taught him closely. The elder couldn't tell whether it was worry or encouragement or anything else on his face, but said, "Good boy, come back alive." ”

Luoyu's heart warmed again, and he nodded seriously.

Xiao Yu finally stood up, his playful gaze swept over the group of boys and girls in front of him who were standing in a mess, a team of three, and a group of five, with an unclear smile on the corner of his mouth, and opened his mouth to say, "Let's start, I wish you good luck." ”

As he gave the order, a large group of people rushed into the mountain forest in a disorderly manner, most of them heading straight in the direction of the target mountain, obviously taking the shortest route.

Luoyu took advantage of the chaos to squeeze into the woods in the crowd, and he couldn't feel those eyes for a while, but he didn't relax, and he didn't go deep into the woods, so he took advantage of the fact that no one around him was paying attention, and under the cover of trees and rocks, he ran away at the fastest speed, and he didn't know how far he ran in one breath, until he confirmed that he couldn't see the children who came in together, so he stopped to take a breath.

It is generally believed that the danger in the mountains comes from fierce beasts, but the truly threatening beasts generally do not appear in the outermost part of the world, and must be encountered in deep penetration. And here, the biggest danger probably comes from the competitors around you, at first it is other teams, and then later, I am afraid that it is your own teammates. This group of young boys and girls are young and vigorous, and at a glance, they know that they have the idea of winning at the starting line, and most of them rush towards the nearest route with great momentum.

Thinking of this, Luo Yu suddenly felt that it was not bad to walk alone, there were too many strange things that happened to him recently, and there were many people who wanted to trouble him, if he could temporarily avoid the other contestants, it would be safer.

Before entering the mountain, he had carefully observed the mountain and had already thought of the general route, although walking halfway up the mountain would take a few more turns, but it would not be too far from the meandering stream in the mountain stream, which would not only find the water quickly, but also easily avoid the other beasts that drank water. Of course, this is just a piece of work he put together with the miscellaneous books and travelogues contained in his own conjectures, whether it is good or not, how can he know if he doesn't try?

Even so, he can't completely avoid contact with other runners, and those who are going to climb the mountains will soon find a problem with the water source, and they will definitely adjust the route, especially the closer they get to the finish line, the easier it will become.

There is one thing that Luoyu guessed correctly, not long after the children of each family entered the mountain, Lotte and the others had to be renovated in situ.

On the way in, those who had a little strength, especially a team composed of children with a high status in the family, like Lotte, felt that others had to make way for them. Of course, this is not comparable to the clan, where few people buy their accounts, and in just a few moments, they have already taught several bastards who are not long-sighted.