A month later.

While the sun was still struggling on the horizon, the entire tribe of Tu Shan gathered in the clearing.

Today is the day of the annual trial and assessment of reserve soldiers.

The atmosphere was solemn.

The tribesmen gathered in a dark circle, not one of them spoke, so quiet that they could hear each other's breathing.

In the center of the crowd stood the solemn-looking chieftain and the witch, and in front of them, stood the trialists of this assessment.

The chief's gaze slowly swept over the ten men in front of him.

The nine trialists in front of them were all as tall as iron towers, and their muscles were exaggerated and bulging, and they were full of power at a glance.

When swept to the very end, the chief's forehead jumped slightly.

A fair-skinned and thin young man who was completely different from the trialists present stood there quietly.

The little boy, that is, Ye Xi caught the change in the chief's expression and blinked slowly.

The chief had always been very opposed to Ye Xi becoming a warrior, and until the eve of the assessment, the chief still tried to persuade him not to participate in the trial.

Because once you become a warrior, you have to join a hunting team, and as long as you join a hunting team, you may be injured or even killed in hunting.

In any way, the chief didn't want anything to happen to Ye Xi.

However, Ye Xi had already made up his mind, and let the chief say anything, he only did not move, and still firmly participated in this trial.

After the chief glanced at them, his eyes suddenly became solemn, and he said to the trialist word by word: "You all know that warriors are the foundation of the tribe, and a tribe without warriors cannot survive in the jungle!"

His voice was low and majestic: "And if you want to become a real warrior, you must first pass the trial, only by passing the trial, can you prove yourself, you have the qualifications to become a warrior!

"And all ten of you have already passed the strength and speed test, and you are only one step away from becoming a real reserve warrior!"

"Now it's only one step away!"

The chief became emotional, pointed to the jungle in the distance, and shouted, "That is to go into the jungle and hunt a prey in the dangerous jungle!"

"Is the jungle dangerous? Dangerous! But a true warrior is not afraid of danger! A true warrior is fearless!"

"Promise me, you, you must do your best in that jungle to bring that ferocious prey back to the tribe from the jungle, and then tell us, tell Tu Shan, you will be a qualified warrior in the future!!"

Wow!

The whole tribe was in an uproar because of these impassioned words.

In particular, the other nine trialists raised their fists with red faces and roared wildly, and the green tendons on their necks were roared out.

Ye Xi's heart was pounding violently, although he didn't roar excitedly, but his heart was surging.

The chief waited for the tide to pass, then beckoned to the back of the crowd.

A soldier cautiously walked up with a clay pot.

The chief took the clay pot with both hands and said to the trialists, "Now, you come up and draw the dominoes, and the ones drawn on them are the hunting targets of your trial. ”

Ten people stepped forward in turn and pulled out a domino from the clay pot.

After the ten people got their own dominoes, Wu, who had not spoken, suddenly lightly slammed his bone staff on the ground.

The sound of the bone staff pounding the ground was soft.

However, it was this slight sound that made the entire tribe instantly silent, and even the sound of breathing was not obvious, and it was almost audible.

Wu nodded in satisfaction, his eyes slowly closed, and after a pause, he suddenly chanted aloud. Between the opening and closing of the lips, a large series of mysterious and astringent words kept being spat out in a strange rhythm.

Ye Xi looked at Wu's thin cheeks, and had an inexplicable feeling in his heart.

With the chanting of the witch, this strange syllable seemed to resonate wonderfully with air, nay, something similar to space. Then Ye Xi felt that his body was getting lighter and lighter, his strength was getting more and more abundant, and his whole body was at his peak.

When the chant was over, Wu suddenly opened his eyes, and the white light in his eyes flashed like an epiphany.

"Children, bless you. Wu's voice was old and slow.

Blessing? Is this the power of Zhu Wu? Ye Xi felt the surging power of his body, and his eyes rippled.

The other nine trialists, leaning forward, were about to bow to the witch.

Ye Xi immediately came back to his senses after noticing, and immediately followed the movements of the others, bent down together, and bowed deeply to the witch.

Wu calmly accepted this salute, waved his hand and said, "Go, children of Tushan, the ancestors will bless you." ”

............

In the jungle.

Ye Xi, who was carrying a big bow on his back, was running rapidly.

He was in a very happy mood now, because this was the first time he had entered the jungle alone in so long since he had been here!

He knew that all the dangerous creatures in this area had been cleared by the Tushan warriors, so he ran boldly and confidently, like a bird released from a cage, soaring happily through the jungle.

A half-human-tall insect suddenly burst out of the rotting wood in front of him, and viciously raised its head to attack him, Ye Xi hooked the corners of his lips angrily, and the speed under his feet did not decrease, and a beautiful air roll rolled directly over its head.

After running a few steps, the road ahead was blocked by a huge broken log, Ye Xi did not pause at all, supported it with one hand, stepped lightly over the broken wood, and continued to run forward.

The wind was blowing past his ears, and Ye Xi kept crossing one obstacle after another, running freely in the jungle.

A strong sense of joy suddenly welled up in his heart, and with nowhere to express it, he simply laughed out loud, and the joyful laughter echoed in the jungle.

A huge yellow mushroom with a height of half a person appeared in the narrow road ahead, Ye Xi didn't plan to make a detour, he stepped on the mushroom with his foot, and planned to jump over.

Unexpectedly, the mushroom was slammed on, and a stink erupted into the sky.

As soon as the stench came out, there was an uproar, and the insects lurking within ten zhang escaped in an instant, and Ye Xi also covered his nose and fled forward in embarrassment.

This mushroom turned out to be a stinky mushroom! The mushroom looked so similar, Ye Xi was disappointed.

Smelling the stench on his body, he felt a little funny again, and couldn't help but laugh silly.

Untied the domino from his waist, Ye Xi flicked his thumb, and the domino was flipped and thrown into the air, and then landed accurately on the back of his hand, which was like a beautiful trick like a coin toss.

Ye Xi smiled at the corner of his lips, put his hands behind his back, and gently rubbed the carved lines on it with his fingertips.

Wait, what kind of animal is carved on it, and why does it feel so strange?

Stretching his hand back in front of him, Ye Xi looked down, and suddenly his face was black.

What kind of animal is this thing with long horns on its head, a triangular face, a fat and twisted body, and four small short legs?

Hehe, if it weren't for the three lines carved on the back of this thing, he really wouldn't have recognized it, this extremely abstract thing...... It turned out to be a springbok.

Ye Xi covered his forehead, feeling a burst of despair at the painting skills of primitive people, the pass rate of the reserve trial is so low, a large part of the reason is because he found the wrong animal, right?

When you go back, you must criticize them, Ye Xi said secretly.

But for now, let's complete the trial first.

It's a springbok, and it's a bit difficult.

Springbok, as the name suggests, is extremely capable of jumping. The jumping ability of a modern ordinary springbok is about three meters, that is, the height of a floor, while the jumping ability of the pangolin springbok is about three times that of an ordinary springbo, that is, about nine meters.

That's pretty much a number that can walk on the ground in the jungle.

Imagine jumping over the top of a dinosaur when they have a dinosaur in front of them. When a small hill stood in the way, it jumped and jumped over it. When there was a small river in front of them, they jumped over it with a bang.

And this springbok, the prefix also added the word "mountain", why? Because someone once saw an angry springbo, bowed his head to hit the rocky mountain, but he didn't expect to bang on the ground, the horn of the springbok was not broken, but the stone wall was knocked into a large piece.

So even ferocious predators like saber-toothed tigers and golden spotted leopards often return empty-handed against the springbok.

It's already so difficult to hunt, and this springbok is actually a social animal, and the difficulty is more than doubled.

If it was another trialist, I am afraid that he would be so desperate that he would be squatting in the corner, but Ye Xi touched the bow and arrow on his back, and his eyes flashed with confidence.

Let me show you, what is an arrow in hand, I have it in the world.

But......

The face of the chief's bitter persuasion suddenly appeared in his mind, and Ye Xihu thought suspiciously, the prey with such a high difficulty was drawn by himself, and there would be no shady scene in this lottery, right?

This thought was only fleeting, and then immediately denied by himself.

No, no, how can a small clay pot still play any black box operation, primitive people can't be so smart.