After Cao Leshui killed the two cultivators in an instant, a sword cultivator walked out. I saw that he was wearing a long green jade crown on his head, dressed in a straight deep robe, holding a long sword on his chest, and animal skin boots under his feet.

Jian Xiu looked grim and walked towards Cao Leshui. Suddenly, his feet slipped, his body soared into the air, and when he was about to fall to the ground, the long sword held his body. He glanced around and was relieved to see that no one was looking at him. Then, shouting, "Cousin." ”

Cao Leshui frowned when he heard the familiar voice, and corrected: "Don't call me cousin, even you and I can't tell who is bigger and who is small." ”

"They can't tell the difference, but I can tell the difference!" Jian Xiu said as he walked.

"On the basis?"

"I'm better than you." Jian Xiu looked serious and blinked, indicating that he was really serious.

Cao Leshui: "......"

Jian Xiu didn't care, and continued: "How are you a real human realm?" Too weak, right? ”

"Don't move!" Cao Leshui saw that he was about to step on the clear water, and hurriedly shouted.

Jian Xiu glanced at his feet, drowned in a mouthful of saliva, raised his right leg to keep moving, and his left leg jumped back. When he was about a foot away from Qing Shui, he complained: "You thing, can't you control it?" How dangerous. ”

Suddenly, a ninth-order multicolored water chestnut snake jumped down from the tree and slammed straight into the back of Jian Xiu's neck. After Cao Leshui found out, he was about to remind him but saw that the ninth-order multicolored water chestnut snake was split into two pieces by a sword. The corners of his mouth twitched, and he slowly closed his mouth.

When that sword cultivator killed the ninth-order multicolored water chestnut snake, he didn't even turn his head, it was such a casual sword, and it was so casual that people couldn't believe it.

"How did you get here? What about Leshan? Is he coming? How is my aunt? ”

Cao Leshui was also helpless in the face of a series of questions. One by one, he replied: "I'm here to participate in the assessment." Leshan was taken away by an immortal monarch. My mother was fine. ”

"Where's my uncle?"

"I passed away the year before last."

"Oh, it looks like grandpa is right." After a pause, he asked, "Does my aunt regret it?" ”

These words made Cao Leshui a little annoyed, and scolded: "Pei Yongsi, have you said enough?" ”

"No! Grandpa said that if my aunt regretted it, she would go home and admit her mistake. He can forgive. ”

"My mother doesn't regret it, and she won't admit her mistakes. You... Now, immediately, immediately, before my eyes, it disappeared. Otherwise, I'll kill you. ”

"You can't beat me." Pei Yongsi looked sincere.

Cao Leshui lowered his head, sighed, and turned to leave. Because, he really can't beat it. Seeing him leave, Pei Yongsi followed, and continued to ask questions.

Cao Leshui couldn't stand it anymore and asked, "How many points do you have now?" ”

Pei Yong thought for a moment and stretched out a finger. Cao Leshui thought it was a hundred, and was shocked in his heart, and just wanted to ask him for help, but heard him say, "Ten ten." ”

"Ten... Very? Are you sure you only have 10 points? Cao Leshui was a little suspicious that he had miscounted.

"That's it! You don't know, those plum pills are hard to find. Pei Yongsi said with a sad face, as if he was not very satisfied with this result.

Cao Leshui took out his plum blossom recruitment order, shook it in front of Pei Yongsi's eyes, and said proudly: "I have seventy points now." ”

Pei Yongsi's head shook like a rattle, expressing complete disbelief. In his consciousness, he is more powerful than Cao Leshui, so he should have a higher score than him. Cao Leshui pasted the plum blossom recruitment order in front of his eyes and asked him to see the numbers on it clearly - Qi Shi.

Pei Yongsi straightened the crooked green jade crown, and said curiously: "You killed the demon king?" ”

Cao Leshui glanced at him, put away the plum blossom recruitment order, and said angrily: "It's a blessing that I haven't been eaten by the demon king, how dare I fight it." ”

"Then you will kill at least ......" Pei Yongsi stretched out his left hand and began to calculate, and when he counted to seventy, he was surprised, "Fourteen ninth-order demon beasts?" "In Pei Yongsi's consciousness, hunting demon beasts is about the same as obtaining plum pills. Why do you wait, because some demon beasts don't have plum pills on them.

Cao Leshui sighed and asked, "You haven't robbed anyone else?" ”

"Nope!" Pei Yongsi said simply.

"Then someone is going to rob you, right? Are you going to confiscate their Plum Recruitment Order? ”

Pei Yong thought for a moment and replied, "No one robbed me." ”

"Not a single one?" Cao Leshui didn't believe it.

"There seems to be one, but he was killed by his companion just as he was about to do it. The companion apologized to me. As he spoke, another ninth-order demon beast rushed out. Pei Yongsi drew his sword, pierced his heart, and collected his sword, which was extremely simple.

Seeing this scene, Cao Leshui finally understood. The sword cultivation genius beside him who learned swords at the age of four, entered the first realm of the Great Sword Master at the age of twelve, entered the peak of the Great Sword Master at the age of sixteen, fought against the Little Sword Immortal at the age of twenty, and was not defeated in thirty moves! Even, not long ago, in his peripheral vision, he swept an arrow correction and prepared to sneak attack, but now it seems to have left.

Pei Yongsi also figured it out and asked, "You only have seventy points because you robbed others?" ”

"What do you think? I have been lucky enough to find today's unitary time from yesterday, and it is only twenty points. But just now, I killed two cultivators who wanted to rob me of the plum blossom recruitment order, and I got fifty points. ”

Pei Yongsi touched his chin and thought: "There is no such thing in the rules!" ”

Cao Leshui shook his head, he was puzzled by the brain of this "cousin". Ask, "Why did you take this test?" ”

"Play!"

"Speak human words!"

Pei Yongsi shrank his head, put away the saber in his hand, and then whispered, "I want to change the sword." ”

"You want to stun ......"

Pei Yongsi covered Cao Leshui's mouth, as if he was afraid of being heard by his saber. "Be quiet, my grandfather said that this Meizhou branch will reward the disciples with the sting of the twenty-four swords of the zodiac."

"Then did he tell him the conditions for obtaining the Stunning Sword?"

"Didn't you pass the assessment?"

"Assessment is the most basic condition. In order to obtain the Stunned Sword, you must win the top spot in the Hundred Years Disciple Contest and agree to go to Wushan to defend against the Demon Clan. Moreover, this is not a reward from the Meizhou Branch, but the Donghao royal family. The disciples here do not only refer to the disciples of the Meizhou Branch, but also the disciples of all the cultivation sects in the three major states under the jurisdiction of the imperial family. ”

"Looks like my grandfather is old and confused." Pei Yongsi muttered.

"He's not stupid. It's about setting goals for you layer by layer, not swallowing a fat guy in one bite. ”

"So what do I do now?"

"Grab the plum pill and fight for the top spot!"

This decision is made, and there will be one more "devil" on the second night of the assessment. Whether it is a demon beast or a human monk, one sword, he only has one sword. He began to practice this sword at the age of four and practiced it for sixteen years. This is the power that pure sword cultivation should have.

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After talking about Jin Sanpang and Cao Leshui, let's talk about Qi Ran. Qi Ran is a gambler, a soul cultivator gambler. Among the more than 200 monks who participated in the assessment, he was the only soul cultivator. This also shows the preciousness of soul cultivation and the difficulty of cultivation.

After Qi Ran broke away from Fenglan's team, he didn't rush to find Mei Maru. He believes that it is better to rob than to find, and it is better to gamble than to rob. Gambling is a science that requires a lot of consideration. After some careful consideration, Qi Ran summed up three game points related to life and death.

First, bet that the other party does not have a soul weapon.

Second, bet that your soul power is stronger than the other party.

Third, bet that you will survive until nightfall.

Soul cultivators rely on soul thoughts to fight against Horcruxes. Soul thoughts refer to the special powers emitted by the divine soul, which can be roughly divided into two types: one is mainly divine consciousness. Such as Divine Consciousness Transmission, Divine Sense Exploration, Divine Consciousness Attack, Divine Consciousness Control, etc.; Second, focus on telekinesis. For example, in the early stage of the Divine Void Realm, he could control things weighing about a pound with his telekinesis. For another example, soul cultivators can rely on their telekinesis to resist attacks from magic cultivators.

Soul power is a more complex concept, which can be understood as the strength of the divine soul, and can also be understood as the "physical strength" of the practitioner. For example, when a human immortal encounters a little soul immortal and does not have a soul weapon, it is basically impossible to escape death.

However, all of the soul cultivator's attack methods will consume soul power, and when the soul power consumption is severe, the soul cultivator is a lamb to the slaughter. Therefore, in the face of soul cultivation, as long as there is a soul weapon, the situation will be reversed in an instant.

Interestingly, after a period of development, the soul cultivator has developed a horcrux on the basis of the soul control weapon. There are many types of Horcruxes, but musical instruments are the most common. The function of the Horcrux is to increase the power of the soul cultivator's attack and reduce the loss of one's own soul power. Even, there are some special Horcruxes that can ignore the Soul Protector.

It should be noted that ignoring is not the same as defeating. For example, a soul weapon always has an upper limit on what it can withstand, and this upper limit can be forcibly broken. However, special Horcruxes do not need to be breached, but simply ignored. (Similar to True Damage)

Having said that, Qi Ran is a soul cultivator, and his cultivation is already in the Obscure Realm (equivalent to the middle stage of the soul master). However, Qi Ran did not have a Horcrux. The reason is that he is still too poor, although there is a Qi family gambling arena behind him.

It is worth mentioning that although Qi Ran does not have a Horcrux, he does have a Soul Weapon. And this thing was obtained by fierce bidding between him and Sun Yue at the Pengcheng auction house.

A soul cultivator spends a lot of money to buy a soul weapon, although it sounds a little ironic, but it is because of understanding that he will be in awe! You know, gamblers can find ways to increase their chances. And before Qi Ran participated in the assessment, it was impossible to think that he was the only soul cultivator in this year.

Looking at the three game points of Qiran, the first two have a good chance of winning, and only the third is the most difficult. As for the reason, it can be explained in a sentence from the founder of the Shadow Falling Immortal. That is, darkness and light are with you, and it is far more real and safe to be in the darkness than to bask in the light. (Can you guess whether the founder of Shadowfall is a man or a woman?) ）

It was precisely because of the third article that Qi Ran chose to hide during the day and sneak attack in the dark at night. As for the target of the sneak attack, the single player with a large number of Umemaru is preferred.

There are two reasons for this: First, if he succeeds in a sneak attack but does not get a corresponding return, it means that he has to increase the number of sneak attacks. Second, the more sneak attacks there are, the greater the consumption of his soul power, and the risks he takes will increase.

As for the sneak attack method, it is nothing more than quietly approaching, and then urging the divine consciousness to attack with soul thoughts, and finally receiving the plum blossom recruitment order.

The general process is as follows:

The first time I chose to make a move, I chose a fire cultivator, and I solved it within ten breaths.

The second shot was chosen by a gun repair, which was solved within ten breaths.

The third shot was chosen by a Fu Xiu, the opponent had a soul weapon, failed to attack, and fled.

……

The ninth shot was chosen by an arrow cultivator, who was detected by the other party and escaped in the middle of the night.

The tenth shot was chosen by a physical cultivator, and the attack was successful, but unfortunately when taking the plum blossom recruitment order, the opponent suddenly punched, was injured, and fled.

……

Until dawn on the second day, Qi Ran made a total of eighteen shots, twelve times successful, injured fifteen people, killed zero people, and obtained one hundred and fifty points.

However, it was precisely because he did not kill anyone that he brought a huge crisis to himself. The monks who had been robbed of the Plum Blossom Recruitment Order by him began to unite and launch a frenzied siege against him on the second day.

However, the soul cultivator wants to hide, and it is really difficult for ordinary people to catch it, but he has a plum blossom recruitment order. When he was cornered, he gambled again. That is, the plum blossom recruitment order and his life, which is more important.

Those monks who united to besiege were crazy when they saw the plum blossom recruitment order of one hundred and fifty points.

It was a fight without trust, without family affection, without humanity. Of course, there is only one beneficiary in the end - the gambler Qiran.

Night fell again, and Qi Ran killed the last monk who participated in the robbery. At the same time, new options appeared. That is, whether to continue to sneak attack while it is dark.

Qi Ran began to analyze. More than 200 people participated in the assessment first, and 66 were recruited. This time, Umemaru's total points are 1,000, and the condition for the top of the previous list is to reach the number of 99 first, that is, 81 points. Now, without a limit, can this 150 points get the top spot?

He thought that the points of the first three people would not be much worse, so he used 150 points as the standard, which was about 450. Then, the remaining five hundred and fifty points were divided among sixty-three people, about eight points each. In the past, this result is clearly unrealistic. Therefore, his 150 points are very likely to win the top spot.

Of course, there is another important factor to consider, and that is that if he continues to grab it, it will not be as easy as before. After all, those who have survived until now have real skills.

Qi Ran thought about it for a long time and decided to bet on the last one. That is, one hundred and fifty points can get the top spot.