Darkness, boundless darkness.

Ye Qiu's body was already completely surrounded by darkness, and he couldn't even see his own hands.

He had been walking in the dark, walking with great caution and caution, walking on thin ice every time the soles of his feet lifted and fell.

He couldn't remember how long he had walked, he couldn't tell the direction, but he kept going, never hesitated, never retreated.

He didn't dare to hesitate, let alone retreat, because he knew that once he hesitated, even if it was only for a moment, he would never have the courage to move forward.

He suddenly remembered that when he was very young, one day, he was playing in the yard with his two brothers and Ye Dong, and when he heard someone selling rock sugar gourds outside, he climbed over the wall and walked out of Ye's house.

But not only were they lost, they were scattered, and that night, as now, except darkness is darkness.

At that time, he was very frightened, crying in the dark, running wildly, falling and getting up, and walking for a whole night, when the day was about to dawn, he stood in front of the Ye family, covered with mud and scars, at that time, he was five years old.

That day, Ye Dong cried like a little cat, at that time, Ye Chun always pretended to be very mature, there was no expression on the surface, but his eyes were red, he rarely smiled, and Ye Xia, who couldn't cry, cried and laughed that day.

Ye Qiu suddenly felt a little happy, and he couldn't help laughing, and unconsciously his steps were no longer so cautious, but strode forward, without any scruples.

Although it was still dark all around, it was as if he saw a bright avenue.

But he saw a great avenue, and that avenue was in his heart, always there.

Then in the boundless darkness, there was a little fire, faint, but so dazzling.

Like a little firefly on the thorny night road, like a glimmer of light in the cloudy darkness.

Ye Qiu's footsteps were faster, and finally turned into running, the light was getting closer and closer, more and more intense, and the darkness around him was gradually dispelled, and then he saw a cave entrance, where heavy snow was falling.

He quickened his pace and rushed out of the flash, the cold instantly enveloped his whole body, he never expected the cold to feel so wonderful, it was like a lover's embrace.

He couldn't help but glance back, and there was only a cave behind him, no different from the others.

But Ye Qiu knew that this cave was by no means as simple as it seemed, compared to this cave in other caves, it was a bright avenue paved with stone slabs, and he didn't want to walk into this cave again in his life.

"Boom!~"

A crisp and melodious bell rang in an instant, reverberating through the mountains and resounding above the nine skies.

This bell seems to have come from ancient times, and then after the long river of time, after ringing at this moment, it continues to follow the long river of history.

Ye Qiu frowned slightly, and turned around, there was nothing around except the snow-covered mountains, not even a bird's call, but where did the bell come from?

As the bell continued to swing, it resounded throughout the Oriental Academy.

And at this moment, it is early in the morning.

All the people were still asleep, but because of the sound of the bell, they all got up and got out of bed, and went out of the house to listen carefully, whether it was the inner courtyard or the outer courtyard, whether it was the teachers and the students.

As the bell disappeared, everyone frowned.

"Someone broke into the inner courtyard. ”

The entire outer courtyard rushed in the direction of the martial arts arena.

Ye Dong's face was still pale at the moment, but there was a hint of blood, which made her indifference even better, but she couldn't hide her worry at all.

She raised her head and looked in the direction of the martial arts arena, slowly closed her eyes, two crystal tears slowly slipped down, and her voice trembled so much that she could hardly hear it: "Brother......"

The little girl had been sitting on the ladder in front of the door, and she had no expression at the bell, as if she had heard nothing, but her eyes were fixed on the place where the bell had come.

She was worried and a little angry.

So she kept pulling her braids, and kept scolding: "Rotten leaves, dead leaves and autumn ......"

It wasn't until Ye Dong pushed the door out that she turned around, and her eyes suddenly returned to their previous indifference.

There was no sympathy for Ye Dong's injury, nor was there any hatred for Ye Qiu to die for Ye Dong.

She looked at Ye Dong as if she didn't see Ye Dong, as if no one could see it.

Ye Dong naturally saw her, saw her big black jewel-like eyes, the tears in her eyes, the tear stains on her cheeks, and of course the two oily ponytails.

Ye Dong didn't talk to her, just walked to her side, and then stretched out a hand.

The little girl got up and put her hand on Ye Dong's hand, and then was pulled by Ye Dong and walked in the direction of the martial arts arena.

These two people, one reaching out and the other holding hands, are so plain and smooth.

When Ye Dong stretched out her hand, she seemed to know that this little girl would not refuse, and the little girl seemed to know that Ye Dong would definitely reach out to her, so when Ye Dong stretched out her hand, her hand was already raised.

When the two walked towards the martial arts arena, in front of a small building not far away, Su Jin, who had white hair, narrowed his eyes, his eyes were full of disbelief and excitement.

Liu Sheng, who was emaciated, was running towards this side quickly, and asked loudly as he ran, "Old man Su, did you hear it, did you hear it?"

He seemed very excited, so his tone seemed so hurried, as if the next word could not wait for the next word to be spit out.

Su Jin nodded, and then flashed a look of worry, as if talking to himself, "This Ye Qiu is really talented, but after all, this is only the first level, and he can really pass the rest of the levels?"

Liu Sheng's expression also became heavy, Ye Qiu's ability to pass the first level with the strength of the eighth order of the spirit priest proves that his talent is outstanding, but the remaining levels are more difficult and dangerous than the first, no matter how good Ye Qiu's talent is, he is only the eighth order of the spirit master.

If Ye Qiu was given another two years to grow, he might really be able to pass all the levels, but that would be two years later.

If Ye Qiu couldn't break through this time, he would never have a chance again.

Because the dead don't make it.

He regretted a little in his heart, regretting that he had pushed Ye Qiu onto a path of nine deaths.

......

Inner Courtyard.

An elderly woman raised her head, looked at the snow flying in the sky, and said quietly, "It's been many years." ”

A middle-aged man walked over, hugged his fist at her, and said, "Elder......"

The woman asked, "Who is the one who broke through?"

The middle-aged man replied: "I heard that it is Ye Dong's elder brother, who only arrived at the academy yesterday. ”

The woman nodded and said with a smile, "Ye Qiu? ”

The middle-aged man frowned and said, "Does the elder recognize this person?"

The woman shook her head and said, "I don't know, but I've heard of it, so I think it's interesting." ”

The middle-aged man did not speak, but stood aside.

The woman got up and said, "Let's go, go and see, maybe there will be a surprise." ”

The middle-aged man was shocked, "What does the elder mean that he can pass the level?" ”

The woman didn't answer, but with a faint smile, she asked, "That friend of the dean, hasn't you left yet?" ”

The middle-aged man shook his head and said, "Not yet." ”

The woman nodded, "That's good." ”

Ye Qiu really couldn't figure out why he had been walking for so long and was still in place.

He had obviously walked in one direction, and had climbed over two different mountains, but he had returned to the same place, and behind him, there was still the same cave.

It was as if he had just come out of that hole.

It's a really strange thing.

He didn't go any further, but stood where he was, his eyes carefully surveying his surroundings.

He was sure that this must be a phantom array, because he had already learned the "Mirror Flower Water Moon", and the situation here was somewhat similar to the "Mirror Flower Water Moon", like a "Mirror Flower Water Moon" that had been magnified countless times.

He began to crouch, his hands pressed into the snow, the light behind him flickered, the blood-red fish slowly appeared, a pair of wings gently stirred, and countless vitality began to pour into the snow along his hands.

The snow began to freeze, and soon a mirror-like ice surface formed around it, and it continued to spread.

After a long time, his eyes suddenly opened, and his body lifted off the ground at the same time, and then he suddenly turned around, and at the same time as he turned, eight dark blue knives appeared in front of him.

Eight knives appeared, and he flicked his fingers with both hands, and the edge was extremely sharp in an instant.

"Broken!"

With a loud shout, eight knives burst out into the cave in an instant.

And as the flying knife entered the cave, there was an angry roar in the cave, as if the beast of the wilderness had been awakened, and the surrounding peaks began to tremble violently, and the snow on the mountain kept sliding and rolling, and even the surrounding air began to tremble violently.

Then Ye Qiu saw a behemoth rushing out of the cave, it was actually a crimson giant snake, covered with all kinds of weird patterns, looking at these patterns, it could make people's scalp tingle.

As soon as this thing appeared, he saw Ye Qiu in the sky, roared, and smashed his huge head directly towards Ye Qiu, and at the same time opened his bloody mouth.

Those two white fangs emitted a cold glow, and just looking at it could make people's hearts shiver.

Ye Qiu's wings shook, and his body retreated with a streamer, just avoiding the attack of the giant snake.

The serpent was even more furious when it missed, roaring again and again, and its huge tail left the cave in one fell swoop, rising directly towards the sky, and then smashed down.

Ye Qiu looked at this huge guy, and only felt afraid for a while, if he had woken it up in that cave just now, he would have become its stomach food now.

The wings shook again, and the body slashed to the right, but the tail of the giant snake was actually stunned, and then swept across.

Ye Qiu snorted coldly, his body was raised, and at the same time, eight dark blue knives had appeared in front of him, his body dodged the sweep of the snake's tail, and the fingers of both hands quickly flicked on the flying knives, and these flying knives exploded directly towards the eyes of the giant snake.

After shooting this flying knife, Ye Qiu directly took off the golden gun behind his back, grabbed it with both hands, shook his wings, and pounced directly towards the giant snake.

"Dingding......

There was a series of sound of fine iron striking, and countless throwing knives were actually bounced back.

This giant snake just closed its eyes and blocked these flying knives, this change made Ye Qiu startled, and pounced on the body of the giant snake and stopped suddenly, but the giant tail of the giant snake swept towards Ye Qiu in shock.

The speed of this giant tail is too fast, and even with the wings of the divine dragon, it still can't dodge, and is directly swept by the giant tail, and the body is directly swept out, hitting the mountain on the side, and the whole body is completely embedded in the mountain.

Ye Qiucai didn't even have time to feel the pain in his body before he saw that the giant snake's huge head had been raised, and a pair of gloomy giant eyes were staring at him, full of coldness and indifference.

Just being looked at like this, Ye Qiu felt that the blood veins in his whole body were condensed.