Chapter 4: The Bell's Oath
An invigilator disciple of the Maple Wood Sect brought the thirty children to the three warehouses not far from the playground, and in each of these three warehouses, there was also a disciple of the Maple Wood Sect standing in front of each door, and they used their spiritual power to envelop the warehouse behind them, so that these children who only had the spirit level could not perceive the situation inside in advance.
"A group of ten, arranged according to the level of spiritual power, this is faster, I don't have so much time to spend with you. ”
The thirty men were divided into three teams, each of whom reported his ability, and soon the teams stood in front of the doors of the three warehouses.
"All of you, remember what I said, in each of these three warehouses, there are ten bells with wood attribute elements, and when you enter the warehouse, you must find one in the half-pillar of incense in the shortest possible time, and..."
The disciple who was invigilating paused for a moment and gloated at the group of children, "Hehe, there are some things in the warehouse that you don't want to touch, but don't worry, there is absolutely no danger." Hehe, be careful. Now the first place of each team enters the warehouse, remember to come out within the half-pillar of incense, otherwise it will be eliminated, start!"
The first person in each team entered the warehouse, at this time Tianxing was standing at the back of the team on the left, he also felt very helpless, after hearing the other nine people in this team, after reporting their spiritual power level, he didn't even say a word, didn't look at them, and walked to the end of the line happily.
"It hurts my self-esteem so much. He turned his head to look at the middle and right teams, because he couldn't see the situation in front of the team when he was standing behind the team, "It's strange, I didn't take this test at all last year?
"Stink!~~ Stink!~ What is this?" Tianxing's train of thought was interrupted, and he saw the two people in the two teams next to him who had entered separately and ran out.
The invigilator laughed twice. Several people at the front of the line also covered their noses, frowning their brows, looking very disgusted.
But no one went up to ask them what was going on in the warehouse, because these people all knew in their hearts that even if they asked, it would be in vain, and the other party would either not say it, or they would give you nonsense, disturb their own psychology, and let themselves fail like them, if there are more people who fail, and those who pass do not meet the requirements of ten people who are admitted, the losers still have a chance to compete for the remaining places, but the embarrassed appearance of the two of them still makes the rest of the people vigilant.
"Okay, everyone has come out, the second batch of people are starting to enter, all speed up, remember my last reminder, you can't exceed half a pillar of incense time, otherwise you will be eliminated. The invigilator said with a cold face again.
Tianxing didn't know what the first person to enter in his team was coming out of, whether it was successful or not, he only felt that the team had taken another step forward, and he quietly put the five elements of spiritual power in his body into operation, raising his spiritual power and vigilance to the extreme.
Skystar understood how important this exam was to him, and the team wasn't moving forward fast.
Three hours later, there was only one person left in front of Tianxing, the results in his team were really bad, only two people succeeded, the rest of the people were not found, and these people were higher than his level, and the other two teams were over, the results were not bad, there were seven in the middle team, there were eight in the rightmost team, and now he was left alone, the eyes of a group of people were looking at him, being watched by so many people, Tianxing felt very stressed and uncomfortable, his psychology began to tense, and some sweat broke out on his forehead。
"What should I do, it's going to be me soon, they haven't found me, what about me? Can I be better than them? No! I can't be so nervous, win~~!win~!win, I must pass." Although Tianxing tried his best to stabilize his mood, he was still very nervous.
Suddenly, a flute sound came slowly, the flute sound seemed crisp and tactful, with a touch of coolness, as if it could go straight to the deepest part of people's hearts to soothe impatient emotions and arouse people's confidence. Tianxing took a deep breath, relaxed his mind, and slowly looked in the direction of the flute, and found the source of the sound next to the willow tree more than ten meters away from the outermost part of the crowd.
A handsome young man of about ten years old, with a long jade face and red lips, delicate skin, dressed in a light blue robe, a milky white jade belt tied around his waist, an emerald green hairpin tied up his hair, a blue scarf wrapped around his coiled hair, the ribbon of the scarf fluttering in the wind, and he was blowing the bamboo flute in his hand with his eyes closed.
"There is such a handsome man, which makes people feel a little ashamed of themselves. Tianxing said in his heart.
The young man finished blowing a flute, looked at the many eyes around him, smiled slightly in the direction of the stars, and then took the bamboo flute in his hand behind him, not making a sound, just looking at the willow branches fluttering in the wind, as if the flute just now was not what he was blowing.
Tianxing's heart had calmed down a lot at this time, and he hugged his fist at the young man to show his gratitude, then turned around and quietly waited for the people in the warehouse to come out, and after a while, the warehouse door was opened, and a young man walked out unwillingly, and it can be seen from the black stains on his body that he was also a little embarrassed inside, and there was no bell in his hand.
Ignoring the gazes of the people around him, Tianxing walked straight to the door, pushed open the door and walked in, and there were whispers from behind.
"Bang", the door behind the warehouse closed suddenly, there was no light in the room, it was pitch black, and there was a foul smell from time to time. The star didn't move, just stood there and felt everything around him, the surroundings were quiet, there was no movement, not like there was any danger.
I couldn't feel it, and I couldn't move forward in ignorance, so I sat down cross-legged and silently recited Bingqingjue: "If the heart is clear if the ice is clear—the sky is not shocked—all changes are still fixed—the spirit is calm and quiet—the dirt is not stained—the vulgar appearance is not stained—the void is silent—there is nothing to be born—the difficulty is easy to combine—the part and the thing are forgotten—the same as the Hunni—the heaven and the earth are endless—all things are one—the flying flowers and fallen leaves—the humility is like a valley—a thousand worries—only to settle the heart—that is, to raise the eyebrows—the spiritual platform is clear—the heart is unhindered—the mind is not clinging-the mind is relieved—the mind is soulless—a thousand worries—only to settle the heart— That is, the eyebrows are stretched - the spiritual platform is clear - the water flow is not frightened - the clouds are too late - the heart is not redundant - the ancient and modern are free".
A blue cloud with silver-edged elements surrounded the celestial star, and the celestial star entered the spiritual realm, and the spirit swept through everything in the room, and suddenly became bright in the spiritual realm of the celestial star, and everything in the house could be seen clearly, but in fact the house was still very dark, and the celestial star was just calming down with his heart and observing the surrounding tracks. Tianxing saw that the house was full of flowers.
The mother flower grows in the mountains and forests of the Five Elements Continent, a relatively rare flower, mostly grows in the depths of the forest, the flower is only the size of an adult's fist, and the mother flower is more than two people tall, when the flower is collided, the mother flower will think that the flower has been threatened, and spray a foul-smelling black slime into the threatened flower field, shooting, and this slime is a nutrient element for the flower, and it will feel disgusting to other creatures, and the smell will also force other creatures to leave.
However, all things have the principle of mutual restraint, and there is only one creature that can accept this kind of flower, that is, the fire porcupine, the fire porcupine is not afraid of mucus on the body, because it can also emit flames, and the foul smell is a sweet taste for it, so the fire porcupine likes to eat the mother flower the most.
But now that there is time there, go to the fire porcupine, Tianxing only has a fire porcupine tooth in his hand, which is useless for the mother flower.
Originally, there were children and mothers in the house, so there were more wood elements in the house, and it was easy to sense the hidden metallic bells, but now the outer layer of the bell is also wrapped in wood attributes, relatively speaking, it is much more difficult, and you must be highly concentrated to find the fluctuations caused by the compatibility between the metallic properties of the bell itself and the appearance of the wood attribute elements. ”
Tianxing closed his eyes, and his spiritual power continued to scan everything in the room layer by layer, time passed bit by bit, but there was still no fluctuation at all, Tianxing only felt that more than 2,000 nails had been smashed into the wooden planks of this warehouse.
"I'm really speechless, I even sensed the nails, but what about the bells? Why is there no induction at all? Is it not at all? It is impossible that since the Maple Sect wants to select players, why won't the bell be released? Forget it? It is also impossible, the selection of newcomers is the annual competition of the Maple Wood Sect, although it is not a big deal, but it is not something that can be done sloppily. But I'm sure there were no bells in the house. ”
Tianxing opened his eyes, immediately turned around and opened the door, and walked out of the door, the sunlight outside the house was dazzling.
"Huh, it's not slow, it's clean, where's the bell?" asked the invigilator.
"Not at all. Skystar replied.
"If you don't find it, you'll be eliminated. Okay, the remaining seventeen people, come with me, and the rest go home. ”
"Wait~!!!, I mean, there's no bell in the house. ”
"Well?!! I didn't find it, I just didn't find it, don't be unreasonable here, it's useless if you are not convinced, go home. ”
"There really isn't anything in the house!"
"Are you doubting the quality of my Maple Wood Sect? How could such a big sect of the Maple Wood Sect come to deceive you as a child?"
"No, I didn't suspect the Maple Wood Sect, maybe something happened in the middle? I can't tell, anyway, there are no bells in the house. ”
"Even I didn't find it in this house. "Maybe there really aren't ten bells, or we would have found two people in our team, and the rest wouldn't have been found." "That's it, it's just..."
"Okay, you little rabbits, I'll go in and find the remaining eight bells for you to see."
The invigilator couldn't stand the suspicious eyes of a group of children, shouted angrily, turned around and went into the warehouse. Seeing that the invigilator really entered the warehouse, at first, the children who were coaxing began to feel weak, if the supervisor really came out with eight bells, then he would naturally be punished for following the coaxing just now.
"It's all your fault, if you don't make trouble with your head, if there is really a bell, I don't know if it will be canceled next year's game. ”
Someone resented and regretted and began to complain about Tianxing, but Tianxing didn't say anything and just waited for the supervisor in the warehouse to come out. Time passed minute by minute, there was no movement in the warehouse, and the children who had just shouted that there was no bell began to move again.
"Maybe not, if not, we will definitely be able to take the test again, then we still have hope this year. ”
The door of the warehouse was suddenly opened, and the invigilator walked out of the warehouse, walked to Tianxing with a gloomy face, and looked at Tianxing, who was also facing his eyes without blinking, and the two looked at each other like this, and several people in the same team as Tianxing around them, looking at this and that, did not dare to say a word.
"Here, see clearly, eight bells are no more, no less. ”
Tianxing looked at the eight bells in the invigilator's hand in surprise, and couldn't say a word.
"How is that possible? I didn't have it just now, but this ......."
Tianxing quickly calmed down. Close your eyes and use your mental power to sense the bell in the supervisor's hand.
"No, these are the ones you just took out, not the ones that have been in the warehouse all the time. Tianxing said with a sudden opening of his eyes.
"You're still making trouble here, I'm really in a hurry if you do this again, these bells are the ones I took out of the warehouse, and they still have the element of wood on them. The steward also retorted firmly.
"No, I'm sure not!"
"Oh, I'd love to hear what you think. Suddenly, a red shadow appeared next to the two men, so fast that it felt as if they had been standing there all along.
The invigilator disciple, seeing the person in front of him clearly, immediately clasped his fists and saluted, "Old Feng, why did you come out? This little thing, the disciple can solve it, it's just that a few children are not convinced if they fail." ”
"Shut up, don't think I don't know anything. "It turns out that this person is the Feng Lao who promised Yi Yan to help take care of Tianxing.
"Say, I'll let you pass the test directly today, and if you can't say it, I'll just let you leave. ”
"Well, the reason why I said that the bell in this person's hand was not taken out of the warehouse, because he was smart but was mistaken by cleverness, the nature of the bell is gold and wood attributes, even if it is injected with wood attributes at the beginning to make it contaminated with wood element spiritual power, but the time will not last long.
It's been four hours since the start of the game, and if it was the eight bells that were infused with the wood element four hours ago, now after four hours of gold and wood restraint, the wood element on the surface of the bells should have been reduced by a large part and become very thin.
Therefore, this talent has been asking each of us to come out within half an hour, but I am afraid that after a long time, the wood element will disappear, and the bell and the wood element in the warehouse will be easily exposed to the warehouse if they start to fight each other directly. And the bell wood element in his hand now is sufficient, obviously just injected, so I will say that these bells are not the original eight bells. ”
"Hehe, that's right, I can understand the basic principle of the five elements of mutual growth and restraint so clearly, although the qualifications are not strong, but there are still merits. ”
Feng Lao turned his head to the disciple of the Maple Wood Sect and said, "Originally, you were derelict in your responsibility, and then you made mistakes on top of mistakes, almost causing my Maple Wood Sect to lose such a disciple of wisdom, what do you think you should do?"
"The disciple knows that he is wrong, please punish the elder severely. The invigilator immediately knelt down and was punished.
"Hmph, of course your mistakes will be punished, stand aside for the time being, don't get in my way. ”
"Yes," the Maple Wood Sect disciple stepped aside.
Feng Lao turned around and looked at a young man in black who had been standing at the door and had not spoken, this man had a cold face, did not smile, and did not look directly at Feng Lao, as if Feng Lao was not looking at him.
Standing next to him was the handsome young man dressed as a Confucian scholar and holding a bamboo flute, he grinned at Feng Lao, and then stood behind Feng Lao, obviously already knowing.
Feng Lao looked at the black-clothed young man and asked, "Your qualifications are not low, it is not a problem to enter the Maple Wood Sect, why do you have to take the bell again and destroy the game?"
The black-clothed young man looked up at Feng Lao and the surprised eyes around him, lowered his head and said coldly, "No why." ”
Old Feng, looking at the young man's cold and arrogant appearance, was a little dissatisfied. The young man dressed as a Confucian behind him, looking at Feng Lao's somewhat faceless appearance, wanted to laugh but didn't dare to laugh, took a bamboo flute, stabbed the young man in black, and whispered: "Eh! It's almost done, stop pretending." ”
The young man in black shook his head helplessly and said, "I just want to find an opponent with a tough personality, who does not admit defeat and dares to challenge, and I don't want to know those pigs who will only obey fate and have no brains." ”
After speaking, the young man in black walked up to Tianxing, looked at Tianxing and said, "You, you're very good, but you're still very weak." ”
After speaking, he turned his hand and conjured eight bells, and stretched out in front of Tianxing, "If you are willing to be my opponent, pick one." ”
Tianxing looked at the eight bells in front of him and took one in his hand: "You can only grow when you are in battle, and I am also looking forward to fighting with you." ”
"Not only one battle, but in the future, we will have to fight every month in the sect. The young man in blue also came over and said with a smile.
"Okay, as long as I can enter the Maple Wood Sect, I will definitely promise you. ”
"Don't let me down. The young man in black still had a cold expression.
Feng Lao looked at the agreement of the three teenagers and smiled, and said coldly to the disciples of the Maple Wood Sect who were standing next to him and waiting to be punished: " What are you waiting for, put the remaining seven bells back into the house and hide them, and the twelve contestants who didn't get the bells will compete again, don't say that I won't give you a chance, because you've all gone in once, so this time you twelve people go into the house together, and those who get the bells out of the house enter the next level, remember this opportunity, it is this teenager's persistent spirit of not admitting defeat brought to you, and you have not done anything, only in the persistent struggle can you grow. ”
The black-clothed young man threw the bell in his hand into the sky, and no one of the remaining twelve people was qualified for his approval......
The invigilator disciple of the Maple Wood Sect took out the eight bells in his hand, pinched them fiercely, threw them on the ground and glanced at Tianxing and the black-clothed boy, then turned around and entered the warehouse, and after a while, he came out of the warehouse, came to Elder Feng, and arched his hand and said, "Okay, the bell has been hidden, please ask Elder Feng to speak." ”
"Well, the time is one-third of the incense time, and the rest of the personnel pay attention, if there is a deliberate person who seriously injures someone, it will be regarded as a waiver, and it will begin. Twelve teenagers rushed into the warehouse, and immediately there was a burst of fighting in the warehouse. About a quarter of a pillar of incense time passed, seven teenagers each held a bell in their hands, and one by one they came out of the warehouse intermittently, and the remaining five teenagers also walked out of it, looking very unwilling.
Feng Lao said to Tianxing and the other twenty-five teenagers: "Come with me, go to the Maple Wood Sect Courtyard, it's not early today, the last game will be played tomorrow, and the last ten winners will become my Maple Wood Sect disciples." ”