[003] Doubts
Although he didn't stay long, Huang Yan could feel that this Fengxian Mountain was indeed different from the place he had seen before.
Let's not talk about the strange plants that grow in the backyard of the Yingxian Inn, even the people, among the crowd surrounding them at that time, there are several characters with a rather unusual aura.
As for now, Huang Zheng, who was planning to leave here, couldn't help but stop for the surrounding scenery:
Looking to one side, there are jagged trees everywhere - real jagged, some so slender that they seem to break and fall with a slight push, while others soar straight into the sky, their roots on the mountainside, but the top is almost level with the top of the mountain, and the ordinary wind blows through it, but it makes the vast leaves resound, mixed with the sound of several huge waterfalls, giving the illusion that it is the roar of the mountain god - this is the forest that never sleeps.
On the other side, the scenery is even more peculiar, one is full of spring, thousands of blue butterflies are dancing, the next is extremely hot, and there are huge lakes with a silver-plated surface, one is full of autumn winds, and the ashes of various colors are flying in the sky, and the next is carved with ice and jade, so pure that people dare not touch any rock wall - this place is, of course, the Four Seasons Ridge.
The trap array, on the other hand, is full of square practice grounds, full of artificial colors, and in these training fields, there are all kinds of weird-looking trap beasts and puppets. According to some of those who have stayed here, they often see these beasts and golems "alive" in the dark of night, as if no one was around......
When Huang Ji came back to his senses, he was already at the stairs down the mountain, and a person appeared in front of him, playing chess on a nearby stone table, playing alone.
Huang Yan didn't care, so he passed by the man, glanced at the chessboard casually, but suddenly stopped, because he found that the chess pieces were hanging in the air. He suspected that he had seen it wrong, but under the black and white chess pieces, it was clear that there was a complete shadow.
"Since you're interested," the person who played chess was a long-haired young man, the same age as Huang Yan, dressed in long-sleeved white clothes, and said to Huang Yan: "Why don't you accompany me to play a game?"
"Who are you?" said Huang.
"My name is Feng Chenghuang, and I am the ranger's apprentice in this mountain. Feng Chenghuang said.
Huang Yan looked at the person in front of him: his eyes were slender, his eyebrows were light, and the corners of his mouth showed a hint of calmness, but he gave people a sense of ethereal and uncertain, hiding his thoughts.
Huang Yan ignored it and turned around to go down the mountain. But when he looked down at the road, he found that the ground beneath his feet had appeared at some point—a black cross.
"Your name is Huang Yan?" Huang Yan didn't turn around, only heard Feng Chenghuang behind him say slowly: "First, before you can appreciate the mystery and fun here, it will definitely become a big pity to leave." He calmly dropped a piece on the chessboard and said, "Besides, your purpose is also to kill evil spirits, so there is nothing wrong with staying here to learn your skills." ”
The unknown cross mark under his feet made Huang Yan dare not act rashly, so he answered: "It seems that you have done some investigation into my identity, but it is up to me to decide whether to go or stay, and it has nothing to do with you." ”
"Related-" Feng Chenghuang denied, "Second, I do know some about your identity, so I know that you can't kill some people before you go up the mountain, even if they are all wicked, but after all, there are some of them who are not guilty to death-since we are the ranger apprentices who are inspired to protect the world, we should detain you here and serve as overseers." ”
"If you call yourself an apprentice, you should be self-aware, and it's best to ......" Huang Yan was a little angry, but he was halfway through his words, but he suddenly felt a wind pressure from top to bottom. Instinctually, he immediately jumped away from where he had been, only to see a white light fall—"Bang!"—a huge white chess piece, slamming into the cross mark on the ground.
"Third," Feng Chenghuang, who was still smiling just now, his face instantly turned cold, and he said: "The person who is standing in front of you today is my Feng Chenghuang, and now you can't be my opponent." With that, he raised a hand towards Huang Yan.
This move seemed casual, but Huang Yan felt a terrifying aura coming towards him, feeling like there were thousands of sharp blades around him, and if he moved, he would be cut by thousands of knives...... Huang's body froze, and a drop of sweat slid down his face.
Neither of them moved, and there was a stalemate for a moment.
It was just a moment, but it made Huang Yan feel as if many hours had passed, and his body actually began to tremble.
Feng Chenghuang glanced at Huang Yan's expression and said with satisfaction: "It seems that you should have changed your mind." After finishing speaking, he slowly put down his raised hand, and the aura disappeared.
A drop of sweat finally fell to the ground, Huang Yan slowly raised his head, and only experienced a moment of confrontation, but his expression looked like a person who had just experienced life and death, but there was a hint of a smile on the corner of his mouth.
It was precisely because of this smile that Feng Chenghuang knew that his goal had been achieved - he had truly made Huang Yan experience a power from another realm, and there was no one who would not be interested in this power if he was inspired to kill evil ghosts.
Huang Yan was very interested, and even trembled with excitement.
"That's right," Huang said, "just give me a glimpse of the world of your rangers." ”
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This is the first meeting between Huang Yan and Feng Chenghuang, Feng Chenghuang was entrusted by the two brothers Lu Nan and Lu Jin to leave Huang Zheng on Fengxian Mountain, he naturally lived up to the expectations of the two and successfully retained Huang Zheng, but he left some doubts in his heart-
Huang Cheng is not very old, but he is also experienced in a hundred battles, and he can use his intuition and experience to dodge Feng Chenghuang's top-down white chess attack, which is expected, in fact, Feng Chenghuang has no intention of hurting Huang Zheng.
And after this blow, Huang Yan will instantly become vigilant and release a murderous aura towards himself - this is also expected by Feng Chenghuang.
However, in the next step, when Feng Chenghuang planned to release "aura"—that is, the so-called power of another realm—to suppress Huang Ji, some accidents occurred, which caused Feng Chenghuang to release far more aura than planned.
It is common sense that a person who has not yet learned the use of "Reiki" can be said to be defenseless in the face of the "Reiki" released by others, and if he is exposed to too much Reiki at one time, his mind will tend to collapse. Huang Cheng had not deliberately studied "aura" before this, of course Feng Chenghuang knew this, but he still released a large amount of aura to Huang Yan, the reason for this was because Feng Chenghuang felt "dangerous" at that time-
Just after Huang Yan dodged Feng Chenghuang's white chess attack, he immediately judged Feng Chenghuang as an enemy, and at the same time released a large amount of murderous aura to him.
The so-called "murderous aura" is not the same as "aura", as long as it is an ordinary person with a sound mind, it can release a certain amount of murderous aura, but Feng Chenghuang feels that the murderous aura emitted by Huang Zheng is not ordinary, but like a murderous crystallization that has been tempered thousands of times, it is so powerful that it can make people feel suffocated. It was precisely in order to suppress this murderous aura that Feng Chenghuang had to release much more "aura" than originally planned.
Therefore, on the surface, after the confrontation between the two, it seems that Feng Chenghuang let Huang Yan see things that he has never seen, but in fact, the two are each other. However, Feng Chenghuang was still not sure at this time whether the amazing murderous aura at that time was accidental or deliberate. For this reason, when Huang Zheng was engaged in the "entry battle", Feng Chenghuang specially came to watch the battle, ready to solve the doubts in his heart.
The so-called "Introductory Battle" is a battle test formulated by the enlightenment mentor on Fengxian Mountain for newcomers, in order to determine the qualifications of those who come to seek the Tao. On this day, the relevant personnel will arrange a simple battle for the newcomers in the training ground in the trap array, and the battle object is the "Iron Soldier Ant", one of the many trap beasts in the trap array.
Huang Zheng's test, today, it has been three days since the confrontation with Feng Chenghuang.
Trap array, driving range.
"Try your best to defeat your opponent and win, the rule is that you can't escape from the driving range, and if you feel like you can't defeat your opponent, just shout surrender!" "The speaker is Li Xiyu, this person is the chef of the Yingxian Inn, and he is also the training instructor of the "body" category in the forest that never sleeps.
Li Yanyu shaved the beard on his neck with a short knife that never left his hand, and shouted, "Let's start!"
"Come on, brother Xian!"
Huang Yan was not ready to do it, but Lu Nan and Lu Jin outside the practice field were excited first, in addition to these two people outside the field, there were about 20 people who were also watching the battle, most of them were ranger apprentices in the mountains, of course, Feng Chenghuang was also there.
"Bang!" The Iron Soldier Ant stepped forward with two front feet and made a posture ready to fight.
Huang Ji walked sideways unhurriedly, observing the enemy little by little.
Years of fighting life have made Huang Wei confident that he has seen all kinds of strange enemies, but the iron soldier ant in front of him, which is several times larger than a person, makes him feel that he is still lonely: it is obviously an inanimate thing, but it is extremely delicately pieced together, not only does each leg look more flexible than a real living thing, but even the artificially installed iron eyeball is constantly rotating as if it can really see things.
The most peculiar thing is the pattern on its body, which looks like the shape of some animal, and like some kind of ancient text, and the overall color is extremely dark, which at first glance looks like a terrifying ghost, making the viewer feel an inexplicable chill.
"It's on!" Lu Jin suddenly shouted outside the court.
Sure enough, he saw Huang Yan leap hard, and stabbed straight at the eyes of the Iron Soldier Ant with his sleeve thorn - he preliminarily judged that the eyes were most likely the weakness of the Iron Soldier Ant, but instead of dodging or dodging, the Iron Soldier Ant also slammed its two front feet towards Huang Yan, seeing this, Huang Yan immediately retracted his movements, bent down his body, and dodged this blow.
Then, Huang Yan rushed out from the side, and scraped the back hand on the hind legs of the iron soldier ant with the short knife of his right hand, only to hear a piercing sound, Huang Yan's arm was numb, but the iron soldier ant was not injured at all, and immediately raised his body, stabbed the front foot at a strange angle, Huang Yan immediately jumped away, and as soon as he landed, he immediately took advantage of the situation to stab the tail of the iron soldier ant, and the iron soldier ant still did not dodge, and directly kicked the hind legs towards the yellow ant.
The attack angle of the iron soldier ant was really abnormal, and Huang Yan didn't have time to dodge, so he had to cross the sleeve thorn and the short knife to block the blow. The strength of the Iron Soldier Ant is indeed extraordinary, Huang Yan obviously made a perfect defense, but he was still shocked back a few meters, but he did not show weakness, he just stopped the trend of retreating, and immediately made a counterattack, but unfortunately he was blocked back by the Iron Soldier Ant with his front foot.
A seemingly chaotic attack finally made Huang Yan realize the indestructibility of the Iron Soldier Ant, so he no longer attacked rashly, but just blindly dodged.
The Iron Soldier Ant is huge, but his movements are extremely sensitive, but fortunately, the area of the practice field is not small, and Huang Hao has plenty of space to dodge and escape.
"Hmph, this 'yellow suffering' is so powerful as you say, isn't it just a mouse?" Outside the field, several men in black wearing the symbol with the word "Yu" came over and said to the Lu brothers.
Hearing this, Lu Nan shivered unexpectedly, "Ahh Let's stay away from this place. With that, he and Lu Jin walked away.
"Tsk, bastard. The man in black cursed boringly.
Saying that inside the venue, Huang Ji was still dodging, and the audience outside the stadium also felt bored and prepared to leave. But at this moment, the iron soldier ant suddenly froze his body, and Huang Yan did not hesitate at all, and flashed forward in an instant, taking the opportunity to cut off the two front foot joints of the iron soldier ant. The Iron Soldier Ant lost its balance and fell to the ground, and Huang immediately went around to the back and cut off the joint of one of its hind legs.
The unbalanced Iron Soldier Ant could no longer move.
"Huang suffers victorious, the test is over. Li boiled fish and said.
“......?”
"Huh?" the surrounding audience quickly complained, expressing their dissatisfaction, "Can this be considered a victory?
"Yes, anyone with a discerning eye can see it!"
“......”
Lu Nan and Lu Jin also felt that something was wrong, but after all, the person they recommended won the entry battle, and they still happily went up to meet Huang Ji.
"Tsk, it's so boring to be so happy with a lucky victory,......" The man in black before said to another person beside him, "Right, Brother Zen Yulu?"
"Have you forgotten how you were beaten all over the ground by the Iron Soldier Ants to find your teeth?" said the man he called the eldest brother, that is, Zen Yulu.
The man in black was silent.
"Besides—" Zen Yulu added, "You don't even understand what's going on." ”