"gloomy", "silent", "weird".

Although Huang Yan had met Mu Nara during the entry battle, that meeting was too short for him to judge what kind of person Mu Nara was, so he specially inquired about Mu Nara's personality with the Lu brothers and Jiu Wu'er before going to the trap array, and came up with the above three answers.

"Sounds like you're talking about my ......," Huang Yan thought to himself, and before he knew it, he had arrived at the trap array.

On Fengxian Mountain, although there are several other places, such as the Four Seasons Ridge and the Nightless Forest, there are more or less traces of artificial modification, but if you want to say which one is the most incompatible with the scenery in the mountain, it can probably only be the trap array.

The shape of the entire array is an angular rectangle from above, and the periphery is surrounded by a fence full of runes, similar to trees, and like stones, and looks like it can be separated from the rest of Fengxian Mountain.

In the fence, there is a field with various uses, at this time, Huang Ji walked in through the west door, and his two sides were the "Iron Soldier Ant Array" and the "Scarecrow Array", the former was the gathering place of the mechanical beasts he had seen before-the Iron Soldier Ants, and the latter was the place where many scarecrows were placed, these scarecrows were all fixed to the ground in a daze, without any attack ability, but because they were made of "Lai Taomu" and "Bundle of Fairy Grass" that could absorb damage , so it has full defense power, and it is a puppet specially used by apprentices to practice moves.

Huang Yan walked forward for a while, about the center of the trap array, and saw a huge square arena, if there is no accident, the "March Festival" martial arts competition mentioned by Feng Chenghuang and others should be held here.

"It seems that the level of the entry battle is not enough in front of the 'March Festival'. Huang Yan thought to himself, because he caught a glimpse of a small practice range nearby, which was much smaller than the square arena, and that was where he had his entry test.

In addition to the above-mentioned venues, the Trap Array also includes the "Vermilion Bird Array", "Green Dragon Array", "White Tiger Array", "Xuanwu Array" and other places, as well as small inns, housing, and warehouses where puppets are stored.

——

"How did you know I was here?"

Huang Yan ignored the other places and went straight to the warehouse, only to see a woman in the warehouse, looking at a giant puppet about five or six people tall, she was Mu Nara.

I saw a string of words whispering softly in her mouth, as if she was praying, as if she was talking to herself. Huang Yan didn't bother for the first time, and waited silently at the door.

I don't know how long it took to wait for Munara to finally stop meditating and ask the above question, but she still didn't turn around. It could be seen that she was aware of the turmoil in the entire Trap Array, and Huang Ji, who had only come to the Trap Array for the second time, was able to go straight to the warehouse to find her, which made her somewhat puzzled.

"Feeling," in the dark, Huang Yan couldn't see Mu Nara's appearance clearly, so he said to the blurred back: "I heard that people who are good at 'psychic arts' always have some breath of the dead on their bodies. ”

Huang Yan was familiar with this smell, so he found the location of Munara.

However, in addition to the breath of death, when Huang Shen approached the warehouse, he also smelled a faint fragrance floating in the air, not a simple incense - the fragrance was bitter.

Munara was silent for a while, then asked, "The breath of death is also on the puppet I made, why didn't you get confused?" she still faced the huge puppet sealed in the warehouse, and did not look back.

“......”

Huang Yan couldn't see her eyes, but just by her back, he could feel that she had projected some unusual feelings onto the puppet.

Following her gaze, she saw that the huge body covered with dust and lifelessness, with a few rays of light through the roof stubbornly falling on it, from this, Huang Zheng gradually recognized its appearance.

"Yin Divine Beast. Huang Yan said three words.

“......”

Hearing this, Munara didn't seem to have any reaction - it seems.

Only the perceptive Huang could detect a slight shrug of her shoulders.

Huang continued: "In my hometown, you can always see the sculpture of the Yin Divine Beast, which is said to be used to suppress evil spirits, but it is also usually a symbol of 'nature' and 'force'. ”

After that, he began to examine the huge puppet - the body is made up of a variety of imitation beast torsos: the wolf-headed lion body, the dove-winged ape arm, and the python-tailed mantis sickle, which are clearly made in accordance with the image of the Yin God Beast, although it is an imitation, but I have to say that the imitation of the form and god has it, which is vivid, and people will feel at a glance - the real Yin God Beast should be like this, right?

It's just that, I don't know if it's because of the light, Huang Yan didn't see its pupils, which made the originally majestic it even a little sad.

"But why ......," Huang Yan wanted to ask.

"It's too dark in here, let's go out and talk about it. ”

Munara finally turned around and said.

Her half-light and half-dark face, which can be seen clearly and clearly, is really hard not to care about.

"What did you come to me for?"

She said as she stepped out of the warehouse, her form becoming clearer as the morning sun covered her body in an unclear area.

The footsteps were faint because she was barefoot.

Looking up, a long black and purple robe made her originally slightly tall and thin figure even more slender, and her waist-length hair was like a deep black waterfall cascading down. Huang Yan immediately noticed that her face was painted with totem-like ornaments, like two lines of black tears, but it was like a play makeup - but the face under the makeup seemed to lack a bit of vividness, but it revealed a lot of gloom and indifference.

Mu Nara frowned slightly, and Huang Yan realized that he hadn't answered her question for a long time.

"'Technique'", Huang Yu said, "Is there a way to learn it in a month?"

"Hmph. Munara seemed to snort softly, noncommittal.

The so-called "skill" is the ultimate criterion for judging whether an apprentice can become a ranger, and if you want to learn it within a month, anyone will think that this is the dream of a person who is eager for quick success.

Munara's ambiguous response would be perceived as a denial for most people.

But Huang Yan said, "Yes, right?"

“......”

A strange light crossed Munara's eyes, and then she finally set her eyes on the young man beside her—the two of them looked at each other, their eyes pure inky black, the kind of color that only people who had experienced the same despair could have.

The two avoided each other's gaze at the same time.

“......”

Nothing to say for a while.

"If," Munara said calmly, looking into the distance, "if you really know what you are asking for, then you can learn even if it is only for a day." ”

"......" Huang Yan looked at her, waiting for the following.

She stopped abruptly and asked, "Do you know 'technique'?"

Huang Yan didn't expect her to throw the question to herself, hesitated for a while, and nodded.

He remembered what was written in "The Ranger": if "qi" can be described as steel, ore, and unpolished materials, then the cultivation of "skills" can be understood as giving them shape, turning them into weapons, making them more convenient to use, and having their own uniqueness.

That is to say, if everyone has only learned "qi", then they can only use some similar basic skills (such as qi waves), and there is not much difference between them.

But if you go one step further, everyone learns Qi on the premise that they understand their own unique "skills", then, they are like painters who have the same kind of pen but get different ink, and the pictures drawn will be completely different - this is actually not in place, the more accurate analogy is: they are all required to become artists, but some can choose to paint, some choose to carve, and some will choose to play the piano and dance, in short, even if they use Reiki, but because of the "skills" and what they do in the future will be very different.

However, although each person's "technique" is unique, on the whole, the types of "technique" can be boiled down into four categories, which are - "soul", "yuan", "flow", and "transformation".

"Soul": Influencing the state of life of other living beings with their own "qi" can make them stronger, weaker, and even manipulate their minds; in addition, the so-called "other creatures" include not only living things, but also dead souls and dead corpses (also regarded as "living beings"). The representative of this kind of "technique" is naturally Mu Nara's "psychic technique", through which Mu Nara can summon the souls of dead creatures in the Phoenix Immortal Mountain to the yang world and place them in puppets painted with special characters, patterns, and runes for their use.

"Yuan": Take the meaning of the elements, once the user learns this kind of "skill", the user will be able to control some elements in nature with his own "qi", and after practicing to a certain realm, he can create elements that do not exist in nature according to his own ideas. The representative of this kind of "technique" can be used as an example of Li Boiling Fish's "Burning Sun Knife" - attaching the flame created out of thin air to the blade, so that it has the power of scorching, which can not only kill the enemy in battle, but also cook at home, which is really convenient.

"Flow": also known as "medium", taking the meaning of flow, medium, the user of this "technique" is good at channeling his "qi" into a specific artificial medium, such as a picture, a chess piece or a string, so that the aura can have the properties of the corresponding medium, or simply become one with the medium for one's own use. Feng Chenghuang is a representative of the use of such "skills", he can combine his "aura" with chess pieces and chessboards, and use them to fight (or play games) in a real environment, which is full of fun.

"Transformation": Take the meaning of strengthening and changing, and strengthen one's own body, organs or other inanimate things with one's own "aura", and this process is often accompanied by changes in the shape and nature of the strengthened thing, which is a very flexible and offensive and defensive "technique". Hei Yuqi's second-in-command, Hate Owl, is a representative of the use of this kind of "technique", he can strengthen his body through "qi", change into the posture of a beast, and at the same time have the characteristics of these beasts, which is quite consistent with his wild temperament.

The above division is just a generalization of one-dimensionality, but the reality is that not everyone's "skill" only falls into one of the four categories above. In the vast majority of cases, a "skill" will have both of these characteristics. For example, Xianyunhe's "All Creatures" belongs to both the "soul" technique that affects the life state of trees, and the "Yuan" technique that creates the "wood element";

With such a wide range of choices, it cannot be said that it is not free.

——

Ke Mu Nara didn't seem to be satisfied with the explanation in the book, and asked Huang Ji again, "Do you know your 'skills'?" - the tone did not increase, but the word "your" was added.

Huang Yan was naturally quite puzzled, so he said: "At present, I have only practiced 'body' and 'qi', and have not yet learned 'technique'. ”

Munara shook her head and said, "'Skill' is not something that can be learned, it will only appear on its own when you need it. She paused, originally not going to continue, but seeing that Huang Yan was still waiting for her next step, she added: "The so-called 'cultivation technique' actually refers to strengthening the 'technique' that you have already realized, rather than learning the 'technique' itself. ”

Mu Nara's explanation was still not clear, but Huang Yan still understood, and responded: "In other words, the various puppets in the trap array here are actually set up to create a 'situation that requires skills'?"

Huang Zhi knew that he had guessed one or two, and the so-called "technical situation" probably refers to a situation that is so dangerous that it can force out people's survival instincts.

Seeing that Huang Yan understood, Mu Nara showed a relaxed expression.

She glanced at Huang Yan, seemed to sigh softly, and said, "If you want to comprehend your skills, go to the wild area and bring back a black knotted cutter." "Black knots cut autumn luo, is the name of a flower.

With that, Mu Nara turned to leave, took two steps, turned her back to Huang Yan and said, "The trap array I created, for a person who is accustomed to the realm of life and death, can no longer create the kind of 'situation' you need. ”

“......”

Knowing that Mu Nara couldn't see it, Huang Yan still nodded at her back, he always felt that in her imagination, he would definitely make such a move.

——

Speaking of which, he hadn't answered Munara's previous question - why was he able to find her directly in the huge trap array?

It's because in addition to the aura of death on her body, there are also some aura similar to herself.

That breath made him feel a certain intimacy that he hadn't felt in a long time.

Huang Yan stood in place for a while, and then left the trap formation.

Munara returned to the warehouse, still standing in her previous position, quietly thinking about the huge Yin Divine Beast puppet.

The racial barrier, the boundary between yin and yang, so that even people who have experienced despair cannot truly eliminate the estrangement between each other.

"However," Mu Nara said in her heart, "even despair can make strangers who have never met sympathetic, I am afraid that such a thing is unique to this era." ”

Unique.