Chapter 249: Opportunities and Tribulations
The Yingzhou Festival is a celebration of the Poseidon clan, and at first, the race was just an additional pastime, until in recent years, when the rules of the race have increased, and the competition has become more and more fierce. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
While telling the history and origin of the Yingzhou Conference, the old man Qilin turned around and walked towards the mountain road, motioning for everyone to follow.
In the morning, everyone followed the old man of the unicorn to worship the ancestral dragon, all the way from the foot of the mountain to the mountain stream on the mountainside, to receive the baptism and purification of the "dragon spring", the whole process of the ceremony lasted until noon, and then came to the top of the mountain, and watched the witchcraft festival on the platform under the dragon's head for nearly two hours, until the sun began to set in the west, and then everyone returned to the beach.
During the whole process, the barbarian brigade complained bitterly, and the rugged mountain road was simply a different kind of punishment for their four hooves, if it weren't for the "key" to fight for the Heavenly Fire Realm, they would have already scolded and even wantonly destroyed it.
Not only the barbarians, but even the human race and the sea god race are tired enough.
The Poseidon simply soaked directly in the sea to recover their strength, while the Terrans scattered in all directions, looking for a sheltered place to rest in the shade.
Su Yi's legs were sore, and she sat directly on a big stone and sighed: "It's really not easy to survive this Yingzhou Conference." ā
Han Xiuzhu said with a smile: "This process is quite short, I heard that the festival a hundred years ago was more cumbersome, from bathing, fasting to selecting materials and arranging programs, you have to prepare dozens of steps, it is impossible to end without five days, after Princess Yuhan grasped the real power, she thought that this kind of celebration was troublesome and boring, so she simply streamlined the process and focused on the race, the reason was only five words: the race is more interesting." ā
"I can imagine, Princess Yuhan's expression when she said this......" Su Yi looked embarrassed, he said a month's book, through Princess Yuhan's few reactions, she can roughly infer her character, she belongs to the lazy but playful type, likes interesting pastimes, and is very similar to the character of cats.
Thinking of this, Su Yi was slightly stunned, and remembered that the civet cat was still in the Yuhan Palace, maybe it was very compatible with Princess Yuhan.
At this moment, the earth suddenly shook, and there was a rumbling sound in the sky.
Thousands of miles of lead clouds converged, in which silver snakes danced wildly, thunder and lightning resonated.
Su Yi and her companions immediately stood up, and the preliminaries of the Yingzhou Conference were about to begin.
Su Yi understood in advance that the so-called "preliminaries" are actually the advance drills of the 10,000-mile race, if you can't even pass the preliminaries, you will basically be buried in the sea and feed the fate of the fish when you get to the main race;
The people of the three tribes came to the beach one after another, only to see that there was a thunderstorm in the sea area ahead!
Not rain mixed with thunder and lightning, but a torrential rain composed of real thunder!
The thunder is rolling, magnificent, like the power of the ancestral dragon!
Every thunderbolt that hits the sea, will ripple silver, forming a silver circle visible to the naked eye, the small is a square circle, the large is almost a mile in diameter, in the sea layers, staggered arrangement, densely spread in the sea area between Xicheng Island and the small island far away on the horizon, enduring.
When the thunder sea was about to rest, the warm voice of the old man Qilin sounded again.
"There are 106,000 thunder circles in this sea, each of which represents an opportunity, an ordeal, or a test, and when you set sail to the opposite island, the speed and direction are uncontrollable, and only when you enter the minecircle and get the opportunity can you speed up and get the right direction; on the contrary, if you encounter tribulation, you will slow down and be forced to sail in the wrong direction; in addition, if you encounter a test, you will get a great opportunity and a great tribulation depending on success and failure. The old man Qilin said.
"Finally, the time limit for the preliminaries is four hours, if you arrive at the time and do not reach the opposite island, you will be regarded as the preliminaries eliminated and will not be allowed to participate in tomorrow's main competition. The old man needs to be reminded that even if it is a preliminary round, there will be life-threatening ordeals in even Yeer, and if you don't have confidence, you are allowed to give up the game at this moment. ā
The old man Qilin said, but no one retreated.
Su Yi's face was a little strange, and she thought in her heart: "This rule...... How is it kind of like a game of life?"
"This year's rules seem to have changed slightly from previous years. Cao Nan held his chin and muttered.
"What's the difference?" asked Han Xiuzhu.
"Well, in previous years, the trials did give opportunities or tribulations, but this year two 'big' words have been specially added, which seems to be very exciting. Cao Nan replied.
"I'm so nervous, I'm so nervous!" Xia Ziyu patted his chest.
"I heard that there was a strange participant in previous years, and eighty percent of the encounters were tribulations, and he was still wandering at the starting point until sunrise the next day, and I hope that this kind of unfortunate thing will not happen to me. Han Xiuzhu cheered himself up.
Xiang Cheng has been silent from the beginning to the present, occasionally looking at Su Yi's side face, and a hint of victory flashed in his eyes.
In the distance, a shark man shouted in fluent Chinese: "Su Yi, oh no, Su Mitian! If you are afraid, I advise you to give up as soon as possible, and don't lose your life because of your stubbornness! This preliminaries are not safe, in previous years, an average of 20% of the contestants would die in the preliminaries and be buried in the sea, this year's rules seem to be more harsh, I am afraid that your life will not be guaranteed! It doesn't matter if you die, if a few old Yuan Rong accuse us of harming you, this is a great grievance. ā
"Well done!" the shark people and barbarians shouted happily in their hearts, this shark man obviously wanted to stimulate Su Yi to quit the game without letting go of his face, once Su Yi was provoked, they probably didn't need to do it themselves, they could see the scene of Su Yi's body sinking in the sea.
Su Yi couldn't help but laugh dumbly, how could he not hear the other party's extraneous voice, this shark man may be provoking him, but he didn't expect that he would not have been able to withdraw from the game, this act of adding to the snake and making more moves would expose his IQ.
"Don't worry, I'll try my best to make it to the end, and I'll see your dying expressions. After Su Yi said this, she didn't want to say anything more.
"You better pray that you won't pass the preliminaries, or your death will be even more miserable when the time comes to the race!" the shark man sneered.
"Hehe, we have the guts to cross this sea area, do we need to shout and provoke?A month ago, we even dared to kill the jade general and the high priest of your shark race, and you little minions are embarrassed to jump up and down in front of our eyes?" Xia Ziyu sneered.
Xia Ziyu successfully attracted the firepower of the Shark Clan, and the latter scolded nearly a hundred people, the Shark Clan has been ashamed of the fact that the two of them were destroyed by Su Yi for the past month, and Xia Ziyu hit their sore spot with a word.
"Ritual Holy Land, be quiet!" the old man of the Qilin shouted.
The Shark Clan demons immediately shut up.
After waiting for a while, seeing that no one had abstained, the old man unicorn loudly announced the start of the preliminaries.
The shark man who had spoken to mock before immediately walked out of the crowd and said in a loud voice: "Su Yi, I'm waiting for you on the other side, don't be swallowed by the sea beast halfway!"
As soon as the words fell, the shark man stepped into the sea, and a breeze blew through the soles of his feet, and he actually shaped a dragon boat that was about a foot long.
Seeing this, Su Yi remembered that the Yingzhou Conference was inspired by the Dragon Boat Festival of the Terrans, and today is the fifth day of the fifth month of May.
The dragon boat drove slowly forward with the shark man.
"Goo...... As a Poseidon clan, if I swim underwater, it only takes half an hour to reach the other shore, why do I have to stay on this dragon boat...... What is Her Royal Highness Celestia thinking?" muttered the shark man.
After having the beginning, the others also stepped onto the water and sailed to the opposite shore.
A team of nearly 3,000 dragon boats sailed to the opposite shore.
The human race and the Poseidon clan are walking on the dragon boat as if they are walking on the ground, but the appearance of the barbarians is very funny, many barbarians step on the dragon boat, swaying left and right, trying their best to maintain balance, and some barbarians even fall directly into the water and drown on the spot.
Su Yi finally knew where the average mortality rate of 20% came from.
Suddenly, Su Yi's gaze froze.
As far as the eye could see, the Khan horse, who was called Kylekin, stepped on the dragon boat, and his feet were as steady as Mount Tai, even more stable than most of the Terrans, and Hylekin's eyes kept looking ahead, and there seemed to be a strong wind stirring in his eyes, blowing a patch of frost and snow, as if only the end could meet his eyes.
"It seems that Brother Cao is not boasting, this Hellegin is indeed a fierce rival!" Su Yi thought to herself.
After the barbarian and the Seagod clan were almost gone, Shen Yushan also stood up and bowed his hand to Su Yi and the others: "Everyone, time waits for no one, and you are one step ahead." ā
"Let's go too. Cao Nan also followed.
"Su Mitian, it's time. Han Xiuzhu said.
"We must teach those guys who have no one in sight a profound lesson!" Xia Ziyu raised his fist.
Su Yi nodded and also stepped on the dragon boat.
The dragon boat under his feet took Su Yi and sailed forward at the speed of walking.
Before he had driven two feet away, he heard an exclamation from ahead.
Su Yi immediately raised his eyes and saw that the shark man who took the lead broke into the thunder circle, and suddenly shook like a lightning strike, and the dragon boat under his feet quickly turned around and sailed back to the starting point with him!
The shark man looked extremely embarrassed, but he didn't expect that after he put down those cruel words, he would be the first to eat and step on the torment thunder circle.
And many Terrans immediately booed him, which immediately made his cheeks explode and tremble with anger.
Su Yi didn't intend to pay attention to this shark man at all.
Most of the large forces in front of them drove into the minecircle, and almost eighty percent of them gained different levels of acceleration and drove straight to the islands on the opposite shore, and only twenty percent of the unlucky ones returned to the starting point.
"It seems that there are fewer tribulations at the beginning, I don't know if it will be so easy in the second half? This race is not only about strength, but also about luck!" Su Yi pondered.
Soon, the dragon boat under Su Yi's feet also sailed into the thunder circle. (To be continued.) )