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However, the danger is greatly increased, and the speed and efficiency are pitifully low.

Shi Jin was originally a martial artist, and his hand-to-hand combat and sudden drop in strength made him frequently injured, and the two of them became more and more cautious, and they were not willing to provoke the thorns who were not alone. At this moment, the main combat power of the two fell on Yi Qi's shoulders, after all, the strength he saved was much higher than that of Shi Jin.

Even so, an hour later, the two had little to gain.

Since entering Shidu Township, after nearly five hours of difficult fighting, a total of 24 ochre rhizomes have been collected. It was more than half the minimum requirement of at least twenty pieces per person, but the speed at which they were killing thorns was getting slower and slower.

Not only that, but as the swamp turned from freezing to boiling, the roads to which you could get off became more and more scarce. Many of the trails were half-cut and they had to find new paths.

In this case, there are even fewer thorns in the crossing near the road.

They spend a lot of energy and time on the road to find their target, and their strength will continue to decline in the following time, which also predicts that the efficiency of collecting rhizomes will only become more inefficient.

After finally cleaning up a thorn in the pond again, Shi Jin sat on the muddy wetland sweating profusely, gasping for breath, his face was exhausted, and he was worried, "What can we do? According to our state, it is simply impossible to collect forty rhizomes before they are completely ossified! I can't hold on anymore......

"Let's recover our strength first. ”

Yi Qi's heart at this time was not as calm as it appeared on the surface, and his heart was also stained with a trace of anxiety. While taking out the incense wood and the Hui Qi Pill, he seized every minute to restore his energy, and on the other hand, he quickly thought about the countermeasures to solve the dilemma in his mind.

And Shi Jin, who was sitting on the side, also flipped over the mustard seed ring, grabbed a large handful of pills with different effects and stuffed them into his mouth, treating his injuries and replenishing the consumption of the underworld. This guy who talks a lot is not noisy at this time, if you want to think carefully, he also dragged Yi Xiao's hind legs, he didn't say anything about such a situation, but he was still very guilty in his heart.

If it's in another team, I'm afraid I'll be left alone, right?

Shi Jin secretly thought that he was suddenly glad at his previous decision to choose to go all the way with Yi Qi instead of going to the beautiful woman's team.

It's a brother you befriended!

Sure enough!

Besides, since I have been in contact with him for so long, I have already seen that he is a very decisive person, and his thinking is also very quick. Maybe I've thought of something a long time ago?

Thinking like this, Shi Jin's heart also relaxed inexplicably.

Yi Qi glanced at Shi Jin, who didn't know what to think of, and really wondered in his heart. How big is this kid's nerves, isn't Tianxiao very important to him, how can he still laugh under such pressure?

After half a moment of effort, both of them replenished their energy.

Yi Kui patted the dust on his body, stood up, and said with a solemn expression: "Judging from the current situation, there is no hope of meeting the requirements of the initial test here. In that case, why don't you fight it and keep going deeper, what do you think?"

Shi Jin was shocked, and hurriedly said: "What? Do you want to continue to go inward? My current strength is not five out of ten, and it was difficult to grasp it at the peak before, and if I go in now, won't I be sent to death!" Between the words, there was a hint of shallow fear.

"It is true, the risks taken are indeed extremely great, but if you don't enter the tiger's den, you will get the tiger! If you don't change the status quo, you will only end up with the result of elimination. If you try again, you might change it. Didn't you swear to your people that you would successfully enter the Three Secret Realms if you went to Haikou?

When Shi Jin heard this, his expression changed uncertainly, and he was silent for a while.

Yi Kui didn't urge, just waited for him to weigh it slowly, only to see Shi Jin's face change from hesitation to worry, and then gradually replaced by a ruthless color.

"You're right, how can I be willing if I don't try! Although there is not much strength left, there is still some combat power. If you hesitate now, and finally become so rigid that you can't move, you won't have that chance to fight! I, Shi Jin, have to come to participate in the Heavenly Test when I leave home without permission, but I don't want to go back to make Shi Yan's bastards laugh!"

After speaking, he stood up suddenly, although his body was full of blood stains mixed with wet mud, and he was embarrassed, but he still said loudly to Yi Kui with great pride: "Let's go! Let's meet those tentacle monsters again!

Yi Xiao saw that he wanted to understand, and a smile appeared on his indifferent face.

In fact, he had long noticed the fact that Shi Jin's fighting spirit had lost a lot before.

Shi Jin is different from himself, after all, he is still a sixteen-year-old boy who is no more than the age of dancing elephants, and his mind is not indomitable, and he is chasing his goal with enthusiasm. Especially when facing the difficulties of life and death, and constantly being injured, the feeling of emptiness and weakness after the sharp decline in strength makes it easy for fear to influence his emotions, and he is afraid of the status quo and gradually loses confidence. If there is no reminder from Yi Qi, if you miss this opportunity, you may regret it for the rest of your life, it will have an impact on your heart, and it is even possible to breed demons in your heart, which is a big taboo in cultivation.

And Yi Qi's soul has experienced many years of military career, has been born and died several times, and has really tasted the taste of death, and has already refined a heart made of steel.

He made words of encouragement, not only to simply wake up Shi Jin, but also to repay Shi Jin for helping him pay for entering the city without saying a word, and for his kindness in solving his doubts for a long time.

Although he had already paid off the crystal coin, he still remembered this kindness.

Although Yi Kui is very defensive now and keeps a hand everywhere, this does not mean that he is ruthless. After a betrayal, a little warmth is especially precious.

Even if Shi Jin was a little dragged down now, he didn't have the slightest idea of parting ways.

Neither of them was a person who was grinding, and without wasting a minute or a second, they immediately continued to march towards the depths of the swamp.

......

Both of them were stiffened to varying degrees under the shroud of the sweet scent of rot, so their legs and feet were not as sharp as before, but they were still much faster than ordinary people running on the road of three people.

Yi Xiao was dual-minded, paying attention to whether there were any threatening thorn bushes around him, while silently thinking about his thoughts. The reason why he proposed to move forward was also deliberate.

In addition to taking a huge risk to fight hard with the thorns in the pool, in fact, there is another way for them to pass the primary selection of the heavenly test.

That's robbing!

In the entire Shidu Township, there are a total of tens of thousands of cultivators who are here to conduct heavenly tests, and excluding those who have been eliminated, there are at least thousands of people staying in the swamp. These people have been in the swamp for several hours, and at least they have harvested, not to mention collecting more than half of the ochre rhizomes, but there should be a few pieces, right?

As time goes on, more and more people will leave the swamp.

In addition, due to the transformation of the swamp, there are fewer and fewer paths to follow, and the closer you get to the exit, the easier it is to meet other cultivators.

It was these people's ideas that hit.

Fight hard inside the swamp and rely on luck to get a red root or two. If you rely on forcible robbery, if you are lucky, you may be able to get together twenty yuan at that time, why not do such a quick way? Yi Kui naturally has his reasons for giving up such a convenient shortcut.

Although the results are fast, there are also many drawbacks.

First of all, the cultivators who went to the exit after only a few hours after entering Shidu Township were either strong in combat and did not want to stay in the swamp for a long time to generate variables, so they had already collected all the rhizomes and went out to make errands, or they were lucky people with low strength and could only wander around the periphery to try their luck.

If it's the former, it's still a question of whether you have the ability to grab it.

Don't capsize in the gutter, rob others and get robbed, that's what makes people laugh off their big teeth. Or the difference in strength between the two parties is not large, the robbery fails, one party escapes, and the enmity with it is not worth the loss.

If the latter is the case, it does not necessarily guarantee a sure victory.

People who are weak also know their shortcomings, and most of them go together. Yi Qi and they only had two people, and if they ran into a dozen or so cultivators of the Second Heaven Initial Rank, they could only retreat and avoid their edge. What's more, cultivators are a thousand times smarter than crossing the thorns, and accidents are often unpredictable.

People's hearts are complicated, even if they are lucky enough to catch a lonely, maybe the other party is indignant, and would rather shatter the words Fu Yuzhu and give up the heavenly test himself, rather than honestly hand over the spoils on his body!

If the luck is not good, this shortcut is just a waste of time.

And time was what they lacked the most right now, and if it weren't for the rigid effects of the rotten sweet aroma, he might still consider it.

But now, instead of robbing others of the results of the battle with the psychology of a gambler and trying to get it in one step, it is better to go into the depths of Shidu Township and kill the thorns step by step to obtain the ochre rhizome.

A quarter of an hour later, after they had traveled some distance again, they came across a forked intersection. The two chose the road on the right, but looking at the three trees in front of them crowded together, blocking the middle of the road with a tight crossing pond of thorns, they could only smile bitterly and retreat to the intersection and choose again.

This time the two decided to move forward.

After the tea effort, Yi Qi's face became a little weird, this road is not blocked by thorn bushes, but it is too calm! Some thorns along the way all told him that this road was walked by people, and the thorns along the way were all cleaned up.

After walking for a short while, the corner of his eye swept over the place where the winding path and the swamp mud and water met, and he suddenly stopped and stopped Shi Jin, who didn't know why. He whispered very quickly, "Let's go back!

"What?"

Shi Jin was stunned for a moment, and before he could ask, an unfamiliar voice sounded from the front.

"It's amazing, it's really sensitive, but isn't it too late to leave?"