Ling Yun looked at his master with a blank eye and said, "It doesn't matter if I die, but if I lose my master's face at that time, I won't forgive myself, so Master, you see?"

The middle-aged man who Ling Yun called Master was dressed in a black robe, looking like he was in his forties, with a dignified body and a dignified appearance. A pair of starry eyes are shining and the chest is broad, even if you stand there, you feel that you have an invincible majesty.

He smiled and said to Ling Yun, "You kid, even knock on Master's bamboo pole." ”

After speaking, he pondered for a while, touched the ring in his left hand, and suddenly a round jade pendant with half black and white and a long sword appeared in his hand.

"After all, the magic weapon is a foreign object, you can't rely too much, otherwise it won't be good for you, you are going out to practice this time, if you bring a bunch of magic weapons, it won't have the effect of training, you can take this jade pendant and long sword." ”

"As long as you use the yin and yang that I taught you, this jade pendant will have two qi rotations, and the current black and white color will also become the shape of Taiji yin and yang fish, therefore, this jade pendant is called yin and yang fish pendant, as long as it is urged, it can resist any powerful blow for you, but it can only be used once a day, and it is best not to use it until the critical moment. ”

"As for this long sword, called the Yin and Yang Sword, it is usually tough and sharp, but as long as it is combined with a special mantra and the power of Yin and Yang is poured into it, this sword will also become black and white, and it can have earth-shattering power, but it is too mana-consuming, and if you want to use it, you must at least reach the innate realm to be possible, and now if you force it, I am afraid that after a few swords, the enemy will not die, and you yourself will be sucked dry and die first. ”

"Also, it doesn't matter if the yin and yang fish are caught, there are not many people who know it, but the yin and yang sword is too implicated, once it is urged, if you are recognized, I am afraid that you will immediately die without a place to be buried, so you can't urge this sword until the moment of life and death in the future, once you urge this sword, you must not leave a living mouth, remember!. ”

Ling Yun excitedly took the jade pendant and the long sword, and said, "I know, I don't know when Master plans to let me go down the mountain?"

"Then the Qingyang Sect assessment will start in a few days, you will go down the mountain early tomorrow morning, I will teach you everything that should be taught to you, in the future, the master will not be by your side, you must take care of yourself, and, don't blame the master for being verbose, you must remember, you must not talk to anyone about the exercises you practice and being a teacher, remember, it's anyone!"

"I know, Master, I've heard you at least a hundred times since I was a child. ”

Early the next morning, Ling Yun walked towards the world under the mountain with an expectant and excited face, but he didn't notice that his master had been watching him from behind.

After he walked away, he muttered, "Sixteen years, you have grown up, there are some things, it is time for me to go and finish." ”

Qingyang Sect, the candidate's dormitory, not long after everyone had breakfast, someone came to knock on the door, Lingyun opened the door and saw that it was Zhao Si, who arranged the dormitory for them yesterday, and asked, "Is the second level assessment about to start?"

Zhao Sidao, "Yes, on the order of Elder Li, I came to take you to the second level of the assessment place, you go and wake up the other two, and I will notify the other candidates first." Ling Yun nodded, and went to call Qin Hai and Ye Jiu'er.

When Ling Yun and the three of them came to the outside of the courtyard, there were already many people waiting, Ye Jiu'er said excitedly, "I don't know what the test of this second level is, listening to what the old man said yesterday is quite exciting, I hope that I will not be disappointed at that time." ”

Ling Yun and Qin Hai listened to her words full of black lines, others were worried about whether the assessment was difficult or not, she was good, but she was afraid that the assessment would not be exciting enough. Qin Hai hurriedly said, "Jiu'er, you keep quiet, it will cause public outrage if others hear your words." ”

"Qin Hai is right, we are new to the city, it is better to keep a low profile, although I am also a little looking forward to it. ”

Qin Hai looked at Ling Yun when he heard this, "Are you trying to persuade people? ”

Ye Jiu'er listened and grinned, "See, Brother Qin, I'm not the only one who thinks so!"

Qin Hai looked at these two people and was speechless for a moment, but thinking of the strength of the two of them, he shrugged his shoulders and didn't say anything more.

After a while, everyone was together, and Zhao Si came over and said, "You all follow me later, I will take you to the place where you will be assessed today, remember, don't make loud noises on the road." ”

Everyone nodded, and followed Zhao Si towards today's assessment location.

Lingyun and they followed Zhao Si for about half a stick of incense, Zhao Si stopped, what appeared in front of everyone's eyes was a fairly lush forest, there was an old man of fifty or sixty years old standing outside the forest, seeing them coming, he was smiling kindly at them, giving people a very cordial feeling, like a spring breeze, just like facing the elders who love themselves.

When Zhao Si saw this old man, he hurriedly walked over and bent over and saluted, "Elder Li, the candidates have already brought. ”

"Well, you go down first, and then I will personally preside over this assessment. ”

Zhao Si was stunned, in the past, most of the second level assessments were presided over by the disciples of the Inner Sect, what happened this year, Elder Li actually had to personally preside over the assessment? However, Elder Li's decision was not for him as a disciple of the Outer Sect, so he nodded immediately, saluted Elder Li, and walked in the direction he came.

Elder Li turned his head and said to the candidates, "Hello friends, the old man is Elder Li Mu of the Qingyang Sect, just call me Elder Li. ”

"This assessment will be presided over by me, the content of this assessment is the forest in front of you, we have prepared a thousand demon beasts in this forest, including nine hundred and forty-nine first-order demon beasts, fifty-one second-order demon beasts, your task this time is to enter this forest, three days later with a demon core of the demon beast in it to return to this place to complete the assessment, as for how this demon core came about, we don't care. ”

"We have also set up a large teleportation array in this forest, and I will give you a jade card for fixed-point teleportation later, and when you encounter a danger that you can't resist, you will crush the jade card, and you will teleport to me, of course, crushing the jade card means elimination, and you must not come out in advance, and coming out in advance is also regarded as elimination, and the time is until noon on the third day. After listening to this, the candidates began to discuss.

"We have 1,968 people, dealing with 949 first-order demon beasts and 51 second-order demon beasts, besides, there are still three days, it should be no problem. ”

"Yes, the first-order demon beasts are also equivalent to our human martial artist realm, although there are fifty-one second-order demon beasts comparable to the martial artist realm, but the first- and second-order low-order demon beasts are generally not highly intelligent, and they are no different from beasts, and they act entirely on instinct, so it shouldn't be difficult for us to deal with. ”

"But there are only a thousand demon beasts in total, which is not enough for us to share, what should we do then?"

"Hmph, then it's up to each of you to do it!"

Elder Li looked at these candidates with a smile and didn't interrupt them, until they finished their discussion, and then said, "Okay, if there are any problems, if there are no problems, let's go in."

The candidates all said that there was no problem, but Ling Yun always felt that Elder Li was smiling a little strangely, and he felt a smell of conspiracy from it, but he thought that this Qingyang Sect senior would not deliberately trap them little guys, so he didn't think much about it, and looked at Ye Jiu'er and Qin Hai who were eager to try it next to him.

"You wait and follow me, don't be too far away, and take care of each other if you see each other. ”

"What are you afraid of, aren't they just some first-order demon beasts and dozens of second-order demon beasts? Ye Jiu'er didn't care.

Qin Hai also said, "These low-level demon beasts generally only rely on brute force, it shouldn't be difficult to get a demon core with our strength, Jiu'er is right, even if you can't beat the tide of dozens of beasts at that time, you should still be able to do it." ”

Ling Yun thought about it and felt that what they said was right, after all, with his own strength, even if he encountered a third-order demon beast, it should not be difficult to escape, not to mention that the highest was only a second-order demon beast, and there was also a teleportation jade plate issued by the Qingyang Sect, so he nodded and didn't say anything more.

When the candidates entered the forest, they glanced at each other, and most of them scattered in groups of three or three according to the team formed temporarily yesterday, and only a few people ran alone into the depths of the forest, thinking that these people were more confident in their own strength.

Ling Yun glanced at Ye Jiu'er and Qin Hai, and said, "Let's go together?" Ye Jiu'er and Qin Hai nodded, and the three of them immediately swept towards the depths of the forest with a whoosh.

"Didn't you say that there are a thousand demon beasts in this forest, why haven't we found any of them after looking for so long!" Ye Jiu'er muttered with displeasure on her face.

"Yes, although the area of this forest is not small, if there are really a thousand demon beasts, we can't even touch one after looking for so long, right? Ling Yun, what do you think!"

When Ling Yun heard them say this, he remembered Elder Li's somewhat weird smile at that time, there must be something wrong here, but he couldn't think of anything wrong, so he could only say helplessly, "I don't know what's going on, but there is always a bad feeling, everyone be careful and continue to look for it." ”

At this time, somewhere else in the forest, more than a dozen candidates gathered. "What the hell, I haven't found a demon beast after looking for so long, how can this assessment be completed. ”

"Didn't you find it either? so do we, this Elder Li shouldn't be lying to us, right?"

"I don't think so, this elder of the Qingyang Sect can only be held by an innate powerhouse, if such a strong person can form a first-class force in other places, he won't be idle to entertain us juniors, let's still look carefully." ”

"Well, that's what I said, maybe this level is mainly to test our patience, after all, it gave us a time limit of three days, if it is so easy to find it, it will take three days, since Elder Li gave three days, there must be a reason. ”

"Yes, it must be the case, as long as we find the demon beast, the three of us cooperate with each other, and it is not easy to deal with a first-order demon beast? ”