Volume I: Chapter 56: The Examination
Chapter 56 Examination
"Are you back?" Qi Nanfeng looked at Ma Xie who had returned from the darkness, and couldn't help but feel sad in his heart.
"It's back. Ma Xie said calmly.
The two looked at each other speechlessly, they knew that this was the real beginning of this revenge, and they didn't know how much time it would take and what price it would take to take real revenge for Mu Xunfeng.
"Are you tired?" Qi Nanfeng asked.
"I'm not tired. I'm just hungry. "Horse heresy.
Qi Nanfeng warmed a bowl of noodles and brought it to Ma Xie.
"Are you afraid?" Ma Xie asked suddenly.
"I ......" Qi Nanfeng couldn't answer, but her eyes were already moist, she was just a weak woman, but she knew that if Ma Xie wanted revenge, she had to face life and death.
"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid. Ma Xie's eyes looked directly at Qi Nanfeng: "Don't be confused, don't retreat, think about Master Mu." ”
Qi Nanfeng nodded, she found that Ma Xie's gaze did not leave her.
She kissed it softly, then left with lightning speed.
Ma Xie's whole body trembled, and before he could taste the kiss, his brain suddenly became blank, his limbs stiffened, and the blood all over his body poured into his brain as if he was crazy.
"I'm not afraid of revenge, I'm afraid of you. Qi Nanfeng put away his tears and said to Ma Xie: "You promise me that no matter what you encounter, you must return to me." ”
"I promise you. Ma Xie said dumbly, obviously not coming back to his senses.
Qi Nanfeng looked at Ma Xie's sluggish expression and ran into his room.
Ma Xie stood there like this, and after a long time, he said with satisfaction: "It's so sweet." ”
The examination of the outer gate of the Tianwu Sect began, and Ma Xie came to the gate of the Tianwu Sect alone.
In front of the gate of the Tianwu Sect was a huge square, and at this moment, there were about a thousand people in the center of the square.
"That's a lot of people. "Ma Xie secretly said, these people are all martial arts masters within a radius of a hundred miles, they all want to take this opportunity to jump into the Dragon Gate, for these ordinary people in the rivers and lakes, it is already a great thing to be able to enter the outer gate of the Tianwu Sect.
When it was almost noon, a group of people came out of the main gate of the Tianwu Sect, all of them wearing white robes, some carrying swords, some carrying long knives at their waists, lined up in two rows, and stood in front of the gate of the Tianwu Sect.
After these people stood up, a figure slowly walked out of the gate of the Heavenly Martial Sect.
"All the people who participated in the assessment, all stand in a circle on the ground!" A loud voice spread throughout the square, Ma Xie felt a special power from this voice, when he looked around, many people had been shocked by this sound to faint, and the person who made this sound was the person who had just walked out of the door.
The fainted men were quickly lifted aside, and the rest of the people were all standing in the circles they had drawn on the ground.
"Nearly a third of them were carried away. Ma Xie took a general look at these people who were carried away, it seemed that this was the first test of the Tianwu Sect.
At this time, the person who spoke spoke again: "Contemptible Wu Xuan, who is the deacon of the inner gate of the Tianwu Sect, is presiding over this exam today. Next, you will be divided into a group of fifty people, and you will be assessed under the arrangement of the chief examiner, and only after passing all the assessments can you become a disciple of my Tianwu Sect!"
After that, the white-clothed people behind him turned into white lights, flew from Wu Xuan's side to the front of the square, and stood in a row, Ma Xie counted exactly ten of these people.
At this moment, a middle-aged man walked out of the square, he was dressed in gray, and the rest of the clothes were the same as these men in white, and he was followed by ten gray men dressed in the same way as him.
He walked to the center of the square, saluted Wu Xuan, and then smiled flatteringly at the men in white, and finally turned around and spoke with enough internal strength:
"I am Huang Tai, the chief examiner of this field, and these people standing behind me are the "immortal masters" of the inner gate, and they are also the examiners of this field. If you behave well and are favored by these immortal masters, you can directly enter the inner gate. ”
As soon as these words came out, the factory suddenly became agitated, and many people's eyes were full of expectations, as long as they could be selected by these "immortal masters", then they would really ascend to the sky in one step, the inner door of Tianwu Sect did not have an exam like the outer door, and there were only two conditions to enter the inner door: one was to reach the realm of qi refining, or because of his outstanding talent, he was favored by the elders of the inner gate and accepted as a disciple.
At this time, Ma Xie felt that someone was tugging at his clothes behind him, and when he looked back, it turned out that Zhong Mengqiu had sneaked to Ma Xie's side at some point.
"Brother Ma, your martial arts are so good, you will definitely enter the inner door. Zhong Mengqiu whispered.
Ma Xie smiled and didn't speak, and asked Zhong Mengqiu instead: "That examiner is Huang Yishan's father?"
Zhong Mengqiu nodded: "Yes, I have already told Sister Mirou, he said that his father will not be difficult for you." ”
In fact, what Ma Xie was thinking about was not today's assessment, but another thing. In the past few days, he has been thinking about Luo Hao's identity, Luo Hao seems to have said the word "yellow" before he died, so is he a member of the Huang family?
But Liang Jiu has disappeared, Ma Xie has no way to find out Luo Hao's identity, and the most important thing is that he has no way to infiltrate the Huang family. The Huang family's mansion is next to the outer courtyard of the Tianwu Sect, but there are many masters of the outer courtyard of the Tianwu Sect gathered there, and even the disciples of the inner courtyard inspect every day, and Ma Xie has no way to enter it.
Did Huang Yishan kidnap a group of children as Aman said? If he didn't enter Huang's house to investigate, he would never know about it.
The rules of the exam were very simple, the outer gate of the Tianwu Sect selected twenty masters, plus Huang Tai himself, a total of twenty-one people. Candidates can choose any one of these twenty-one people to challenge, as long as the challenge is successful, they can join the outer gate of the Tianwu Sect, and the condition for success in the challenge is to persist in twenty moves in the hands of the examiner.
If you perform well, such as persisting in more than fifty moves, or defeating these examiners, you are very likely to be selected by the ten elders standing there and become an inner disciple. The selection from the outer gate to become an inner disciple represents extraordinary talent and a bright future, which is the most desired thing in the hearts of all contestants.
Therefore, the ten elders standing here are more of a symbol, a kind of encouragement, which is used to motivate these martial artists to give full play to their strongest strength, and it is also to encourage these martial artists to plant the seeds of the belief of "becoming cultivators" in their hearts.
Very few people from the Qi Refining Realm come to participate in this kind of assessment, because people from the Qi Refining Realm generally have a teacher, and occasionally there are people who break through by themselves, and they will also apply directly to the Tianwu Sect, as long as they are within the age of forty, they can directly join the inner gate of the Tianwu Sect.
The outer disciples of the Heavenly Martial Sect quickly divided everyone into several squares, and Ma Xie and Zhong Mengqiu stood together.
Zhong Mengqiu held the knife tightly to his chest, gritted his teeth, and trembled slightly.
"Don't be afraid, with your martial arts, you will definitely be selected, don't think that nervousness will affect your performance. Ma Xie said to Zhong Mengqiu.
Zhong Mengqiu shook his head and said softly, "I'm not afraid, I'm just excited." My parents also participated in this kind of assessment back then, but they didn't succeed once, I remember that my father was still thinking about this before he died, I came to fulfill my father's last wish today, and I can finally become a disciple of Tianwu Sect. ”