Ye Hengyuan stood a few steps forward, tilted his neck, and saw the appearance of the hyenas clearly. They have yellow-brown fur, gray eyes, and a black nose. From their necks down, there are black markings every three finger widths, all the way to their tails, which look like they are wearing prison clothes. Their ears weren't very long, just hanging down to their lips, and on one side were a large black spot that looked like burn scars. On their four toes, they have cat-long claws and as thick as an adult's little finger.

"This is a black-spotted yellow hyena," Jiang Yan said, "a relatively rare middle- and lower-level carnivorous spirit animal." The character is more ferocious, and sometimes attacks humans. Feeds mainly on small animals. ”

The largest hyena on the far left suddenly raised its head, opened its mouth, stretched out its blood-red tongue, and barked twice at the trainees. Its cry was weak and muffled, and it must have been hungry for some time.

"The black-spotted yellow hyena is an earth-attribute spirit animal, which mainly lives in the central part of the Cangling Country, and rarely appears in other countries. They generally live in grass or sand and spend their early morning and late afternoon hunting to kill weaker animals. More time will be spent following large carnivores such as lions, tigers, leopards, etc., feeding on their leftover food scraps. Excluding all mutations, the most powerful of them could reach the level of the fifth and fourth levels. ”

A female student with a water attribute pattern embroidered on her chest suddenly took two steps forward, wanting to get closer. The biggest hyena barked again, a little louder than before. The timid female student was taken aback, and hurriedly took two steps back, retreating behind the two girls next to her.

Jiang Yan smiled slightly, raised her hand slightly, and released a pale cyan spiritual power that shrouded the big hyena. The big hyena immediately settled down, lowered his head, and stopped making a sound. Then, she used the two fingers of her right hand to condense a little spiritual power, and drew two arcs on the grass with two signs as two points.

"I'm going to give you five minutes to observe. Please feel free to observe their characteristics. It's okay to step forward, but don't go over these two signs. ”

The students stepped forward one after another, gathered behind two arcs, and stretched out their heads to observe the five hyenas. Ye Hengyuan also squeezed up and stood behind a short student.

The most significant difference between these five hyenas is the difference in physique. The little hyena on the far right is only about one meter long and only half a meter high. The big hyena on the far left is nearly one and a half meters long, nearly one meter tall, and has a tail length of about twenty centimeters.

Ye Hengyuan lowered his head and looked at the paws of these hyenas. He noticed that the three hyenas on the left had a black spot on the two front insteps of their ears, which covered almost the entire instep. The two smaller hyenas on the right do not have such dark spots. Moreover, the paws of these five hyenas are also different. It's not just the size, it's the color. The paws of the little hyena on the far right are milky white, similar to the skin color of a newborn human baby. From right to left, their claws gradually darken, turning from white to pale yellow and then to dark yellow. The paws of the large hyena on the far left are close to brown.

"Okay," Jiang Yan clapped her hands, "which student can tell me what you saw?"

"I can see it!" Xue Mengyi jumped out of the pile of girls, raised her hands high, and kept shaking her arms. Including Ye Hengyuan, almost all the male students turned their attention to her. A few more obscene-looking students also licked their lips subconsciously.

"Oh," Jiang Yan smiled, "you say come and hear it." ”

"The claws on the soles of their feet are not the same size and color," Ms. Xue said, "and as they grow in class, they become darker." At the same time, dark spots began to grow on their insteps. ”

"Well," Jiang Yan smiled and nodded, "What else?"

"Hmm......" Xue Mengyi stretched out her finger and gently touched her lips, "It seems that there is no ......"

"Teacher, is that trace counted?" Ye Hengyuan suddenly stretched out his hand and pointed to the bottom of the neck of the big hyena on the far left. Below its neck, near the most black streak, there was a white scar the length of a little thumb. The scar, although white, is not very noticeable and is hidden between its thick neck hairs. If you don't look closely, you can't see clearly.

"Oh?" Jiang Yan raised her eyebrows and turned her gaze to Ye Hengyuan. Several students also focused their attention on him.

"Huh?" Ye Hengyuan thought he had said something stupid, and an embarrassed expression appeared on his face.

"This student's observation skills are good," Jiang Yan's mouth turned up slightly, like a crescent moon in the quiet night sky, "You can still see this scar." However, this scar is not a feature or sexual characteristic. It's its own wounds. ”

Several female students at the back of the team covered their mouths and laughed, and several male students laughed like rats.

"However," Jiang Yan changed her words, "it's great to have such a strong sense of observation." Observation is also important for a qualified spiritual master. This is especially important for spirit masters who want to become professional spirit beast hunters in the future. Only with strong observation can we correctly distinguish the class and strength of the spirit beast, and make the right decision at the critical moment, whether to fight or escape. Otherwise, there is a high probability that he will die. ”

The students in the back row all stopped saying goodbye and put away their smiling faces.

"There are many criteria for distinguishing the class and strength of spirit animals. There are tens of thousands of spirit beasts on the Cangling Continent, and it is difficult to set a unified standard for all spirit beasts. However, there are still traces of the growth of most spirit beasts. And the easiest way to judge the class of a spirit animal is the following three points: volume, skin color, and marking. ”

"Generally speaking, the size of spirit beasts will increase with the increase of class, because they are different from us, their cultivation methods are much more difficult than ours, and they can only use * to contain the spiritual power in their bodies. Only a very small number of special spirit beasts will become smaller and smaller, or remain the same. ”

"Skin color, that's the second point. According to the current research of the Cangling Kingdom, in the entire Cangling Continent, at least more than half of the spirit beasts will change color during their growth and evolution. Some are changes throughout the body, while others are changes in only one or a few parts of the body. The black-spotted yellow hyenas in front of them belong to the latter situation. Generally speaking, the complexion of most good spirit beasts will gradually become lighter and lighter as they grow, while evil beasts will become darker and darker. Of course, spirit animals with camouflage abilities such as color-changing or invisibility are not included. ”

"One last point, markers. This only applies to a small number of spirit beasts. Some spirit animals will have one or more particularly distinctive characteristics that allow us to easily distinguish them from populations similar to them. This kind of characteristic is called marking. Up to now, the most notorious marker spirit beast is the one that once set off a catastrophe, the Purgatory Blood Demon. On their foreheads, there is a particularly striking blood-red claw-shaped mark. Without this, it's hard to tell the difference between it and the Giant Mutant Bat Dragon. Of course, mutant spirit beasts are a different story. ”

Ye Hengyuan remembered the storybook. There is an illustration in the book that depicts the head of a Infernal Blood Fiend. The blood-red claw-shaped mark filled its forehead. He glanced at the largest black-spotted yellow hyena.

"Wang......" it called again. The voice was low again.

After lunch. Ye Hengyuan came to the * practice ground next to the second teaching building. This is the place where the weapon use class is held, and it is a special course for students who have weapon martial arts.

The *practice ground is not open-air, but a fortress-like building, sealed on all sides, with only a gate on the east side and a small gate on the west side for entry and exit. The room was divided into several areas, some filled with rings, some with racks full of weapons, and some with runways and targets.

Ye Hengyuan trotted all the way to the open field in the center. After a while, all the students arrived. This time the number of people was obviously much smaller, only half the number of people in the first two classes. Every student is broad-shouldered and broad-backed, tall and straight, and most of the signs on their chests are wind or fire attributes, and only a few are earth attributes. All of them were male students, not a single female student.

"Squeak-" Two uniformed staff members pushed a large weapon rack. This weapon rack was full of all kinds of halberd weapons, Fang Tian halberd, crescent halberd, trident and the like. The shaft of each halberd is engraved with a number.

Could it be that all they have are halberd martial spirits? Ye Hengyuan thought secretly in his heart.

"Tick!" came a whistle from behind the small door on the west side. The cadets quickly lined up behind the line above the ring. Ye Hengyuan stood in the middle of the team.

"Clang, clang, clang......" A very strange footstep sounded. It's like the sound of metal rubbing against stone.

"Squeak-" The small door was pushed open. A man in blue-gray armor stepped out of it. He was about the same age and size as Qiu Bai, with dark blue eyes and light gray hair combed into the shape of a ball of fire. He wore a pair of heavy boots on his feet, which were inlaid with copper plates, and the soles of the boots were lined with a layer of iron plates. With every step he took, there was a grinding sound on the ground. He walked straight into the middle of the field and walked in front of the students.

"Hello instructor!" "Hello instructor!"

"Hmm. The instructor nodded and raised his hand, which was considered a return salute. Ye Hengyuan noticed that he was also wearing a pair of heavy gloves on his hands, and the gloves were also inlaid with metal sheets.

"My surname is Yuan, and my name is Yuan Guobin. It's the instructor of your weapons use class. All of you martial spirits are halberd-type weapons, right?"

"Yes!" and "Yes!" the students replied one by one.

A blue-gray air flow swirled around Yuan Guobin's body. Immediately after, a gray halberd appeared in his right hand. The heavy spiritual power pressed the top few students to retreat one after another. It was a war halberd similar to a crescent halberd, and although the main blade was the same as the crescent halberd, the partial blade was not the shape of a crescent moon, but something similar to a double-edged thorn.

Ye Hengyuan felt that something was wrong. This Instructor Yuan's martial spirit doesn't seem to be just a wind attribute. This dull feeling is not like what the wind element can bring. Could it be the dark attribute?

"Huh!" Yuan Guobin held the halberd pole with both hands and swung it vigorously into the sky. A blue-gray blade slashed out from the tip of the halberd and went straight to the ceiling, only to collapse naturally just before the ceiling.

It's so strong. Ye Hengyuan secretly thought in his heart. Judging from the control alone, this Instructor Yuan's strength must also be very strong. If it weren't for the master's possession of the spirit core, his strength might be on par with the master, right?

"The halberd is a long weapon. Some are dexterous, using speed and dexterity to defeat the enemy, such as the crescent halberd, while others are heavy, relying on strength and momentum to assassinate the opponent, such as the Fang Tian halberd. In order to master it, you must have a strong enough physique, as well as accurate judgment and reflexes. ”

"Hmmm!" Two more blue-gray air blades drew a half-moon shape in the air, heading straight towards the two large stone balls on the right side of the training ground. In the next second, the two large stone balls made a "poof" sound at the same time, cracking from the inside and turning into a pile of powder.

"Huh!" Yuan Guobin raised his hand, withdrew the martial spirit into his body, and picked up an ordinary war halberd from the weapon rack next to him. The halberd wasn't too old, but it was rusty on the shaft, and it was clear that it had been used many times.

"You guys, too, come up and take a halberd like your own martial spirit. ”

"Instructor Yuan, why don't you let us practice directly with the Martial Spirit?" asked a fire-attribute student.

"For beginners, the important thing is to master, to find the feeling, and then to use," Yuan Guobin said, "Think about it, if you can make even the most ordinary training weapon extremely proficient, wouldn't you be able to better control your martial spirit?"

The students didn't say a word, and stepped forward in turn to pick a halberd that suited them. Ye Hengyuan took a handful of cyan Fang Tian halberds. There were also rust marks on this Fang Tian halberd, and one of them was quite large, about the size of two fingers.

The students returned to their places one after another, holding the halberds in their hands with both hands.

"Unleash spiritual power. Wrap the halberd in your hand. Yuan Guobin said.

The sound of pulling and stabbing came and went. Balls of flames and wind balls rose from the hands of the trainees, enveloping the halberds in their hands.

Ye Hengyuan also released a wave of spiritual power. But at this moment, countless wind elements suddenly converged towards the palm of his right hand, instantly dyeing the war halberd in his hand into a green color exactly like the spiritual power.

"Huh?" Yuan Guobin suddenly narrowed his eyes and looked at Ye Hengyuan.

Ye Hengyuan was also startled, and hurriedly relaxed the strength in his hand. The green began to slowly fade from the halberd.

"Ahem," Yuan Guobin cleared his throat, "You don't need to make such a big effort." Come on. Hold the halberd in both hands. ”