"The promotion was successful. ”

Leaving the water sword sect on the front mountain square, there was a sea of people, not only the three generations of disciples of the outer courtyard of the sword sect all came here to watch the triennial advanced conference, even the newcomer, less than ten years old*, all came here.

Every time I heard the chanting of the pass, from adults to at least children, there was a deep sense of jealousy in their eyes.

When the person who passed the test jumped off the high platform in high spirits, some people who were familiar with him immediately rushed to the front desk, surrounded him, and flattered him wantonly, hating to marry Jin Lan immediately.

"Next, Ye Feng!" came the loud shout of the overseer elder from the high platform.

The sound fell, and the whole square fell silent at the same time. But the silence lasted less than a few seconds before it was drowned out by a noise like the waves of the sea.

"Phew, that's the idiot again. It's been ten years, and he has never found anything, I really don't know what the elders of the sect thought back then, and they actually took in such a fool. ”

"It's not just a fool, even a fool, if he spends ten years cultivating the soul of the sword, he will achieve a little success, how can he be like him, stop at the first-level realm for ten years. ”

"Hmph, this guy even has a face to test, and if memory serves, this is the third time he's taken the test. In my opinion, this waste will probably remain at the first level of the Sword Soul like the previous two times. ”

People's cynicism flooded Ye Feng's thinking like a tide, and the sneering, disdainful, and contemptuous eyes stabbed his body like a knife, making his heart tremble fiercely.

Facing the familiar fellow disciples beside him, Ye Feng's expression was neither sad nor joyful, and his eyes looked at anyone as if he was looking at a stranger.

It's been ten years, except for when he stepped into the Lishui Sword Sect in the name of a genius sword cultivator when he was eight years old, and was scolded by the group of people around him, the next nine years will not be spent in the ridicule of everyone, if he really takes these ridicule and ridicule to heart, I'm afraid he will be angry to death nine years ago.

"Is this the face of human nature? Just because he was so talented back then, they all came to the door to stammer, so when he was desperate, he trampled on his dignity so fiercely?" Ye Feng glanced at the crowd beside him, his hands clenched into fists, and his teeth clenched onto the test stand.

On the platform more than ten meters high, there was only one overseer elder and a half-meter-high ochre-colored boulder. Seeing that the overseer elder motioned for him to put his palm on the trial stone, Ye Feng rolled up his sleeves and slowly stretched out his palm towards the boulder.

When the palm touched the boulder, the surface of the boulder immediately flashed with a red glow. These brilliances were only a little weaker than the firelight, and just as Ye Feng was about to increase his strength, the brilliance on the boulder jumped a few times and suddenly extinguished.

The overseer looked at the boulder that had returned to its ochre color, his eyes full of disappointment. Immediately, his expression returned to his grim appearance again, and he read out loudly: "Ye Feng, Sword Soul, Level 1! Elimination!"

The elder's reading caused everyone in the audience to burst into laughter. Some disciples who had successfully advanced and had already obtained the qualifications to enter the inner courtyard looked at Ye Feng with contempt in their eyes.

And those who also failed in the advancement, but had a lot of achievements, also changed from dejected to arrogant in an instant, with bursts of ridicule in their mouths.

"Waste, go down. The Proving Bench is not the place for you, so get back to farming. ”

"Farming, letting such waste go to farming is looking down on him. The result of his farming is also ten years without harvest. ”

The sarcasm of the yin damage caused everyone around him to laugh, and the words came into Ye Feng's ears, and he couldn't help but make his facial muscles jump twice suddenly, and his fists clenched harder and harder.

"Sorry, Elder, for the interruption. Even though he had mixed feelings in his heart, Ye Feng still bowed to the overseer elder.

After saying goodbye in a hurry, Ye Feng jumped off the high platform, and in the midst of people's ridicule, he turned around and left Qianshan Square.

Walking out of the square, Ye Feng let out a long breath, and his expression became sluggish.

He is not a saint, it is impossible to face everyone's ridicule, his mood does not fluctuate, he knows very well that the more humble and cowardly he shows in front of others, the more intense the ridicule will come. In the Lishui Sword Sect, which speaks with strength, no one will sympathize with him as a weakling, if he wants to fight back, the best way is to cultivate hard and prove that he is not a waste.

Looking back at the square that was still crowded, Ye Feng clenched his fists again. At this moment, he secretly swore that one day those who laughed at him would be dumbfounded and unable to raise their heads in front of him.

Passing through the deep path in the woods on the side of the square, Ye Feng came to an unusually open glade.

A simple wooden house was built in the clearing, and a neat stack of logs was placed around the house. At this moment, there was a burly young man with a dark face and a tiger's brain, wielding an axe and chopping wood hard.

The young man chopping wood is called Luo Hu, and he is the child of the Orion family at the foot of the mountain of the Lishui Sword Sect. On weekdays, Luo Hu's job is to cut wood in the Lishui Sword Sect, and Ye Feng's job is to chop the trees harvested by Luo Hu into firewood and send them to the house.

Chopping wood and cutting wood was originally a subordinate job, and as a disciple of Ye Feng's Outer Courtyard of the Water Sword Sect, he didn't have to do this work, but it was precisely because he had not made the slightest progress in his ten years of cultivation that the attitude of the major elders in the sect towards him plummeted, and he was reduced from the key cultivation object of the sect to the rank of subordinates.

Hearing the footsteps, Luo Hu raised his head and saw that it was Ye Feng who came back, he immediately threw the axe to the side, stepped forward with a smile, and said, "Brother Ye, you are back." How about it, in this test, you must have successfully advanced and reached the standard of entering the inner court, right?"

Luo Hu's enthusiasm made Ye Feng show a hint of shame, he shook his head, walked quickly to the tree stump, grabbed the board axe, and slashed at the log in front of him.

With a "click", a five-foot-long, bucket-thick log was cut through the middle.

Seeing Ye Feng split such a thick log with an axe, Luo Hu was shocked.

"Brother Ye, in fact, it's nothing if you can't enter the inner courtyard, a person like you who is extremely knowledgeable will definitely have a great future in the future, even if you don't enter the inner courtyard of that sect, it's not a big deal. Luo Hu opened his mouth to comfort.

Luo Hu's comfort made Ye Feng's heart warm, and looking up at this kind and simple partner, a soft light appeared in Ye Feng's eyes.

After getting up and entering the wooden house, after walking out of the inside, Ye Feng already had five more golden sore medicine porcelain bottles secretly made by the Water Sword Sect in his hands.

After casually stuffing the porcelain bottle into Luo Hu's hand, Ye Feng said in a low voice: "Luo Hu, this time I failed to advance, I am afraid that I will be expelled from the sect by the Lishui Sword Sect soon, and then I will no longer be able to get gold sore medicine for your father, and take care of myself in the future." ”

"What, will the Lishui Sword Sect drive you down the mountain?" Luo Hu stood in place in shock, not knowing what to say.

He went up the mountain at the age of thirteen, and has been cooperating with Ye Feng for five years to chop wood, and when he heard that this friend who had never stopped giving him gold sore medicine for five years was leaving, he couldn't help but feel extremely disappointed.

"No, no. The Lishui Sword Sect included you in the sect with great fanfare back then, how could it expel you from the sect. Where should you go without the Water Leaving Sword Sect?" Luo Hu muttered distractedly.

Suddenly, Luo Hu's eyes lit up, and he pulled Ye Feng and said, "If you don't have a place to go after you go down the mountain, you can go to my house." Although our family is just an ordinary hunter, but it is not bad for one person's food, if you want, I will let my father teach you hunting skills, and then you will definitely become the best hunter. ”

Ye Feng smiled and patted Luo Hu's shoulder with a lonely expression. Let the Lishui Sword Sect fall into Orion on the first day of that year, not to mention that he can't accept this kind of fate arrangement, I'm afraid that the Lishui Sword Sect won't agree.

If he was really expelled from the door wall, he would definitely be forbidden to stay within a radius of three hundred miles from the Water Sword Sect. And from the moment he left, he would never be able to mention the sect to anyone again.

Seeing the mist rising in Luo Hu's eyes, Ye Feng couldn't bear it in his heart, and said casually: "Actually, I won't necessarily be expelled from the Sword Sect." If I can cultivate the Sword Soul to the fourth level in the assessment of the disciples of the lower mountain in three months, I will be left in the sect. ”

Hearing that Ye Feng still had a chance, Luo Hu's face was full of joy. He nodded vigorously and said, "Yes, Brother Ye, your cultivation will definitely reach the fourth level in three months, and you will definitely be able to stay at that time." ”

Speaking of this, Luo Hu seemed to suddenly remember something, and said again: "Since you will have to be assessed again in three months, it is better to leave the work of chopping firewood to me during this time." Don't worry, I will never delay the firewood in the room and let people punish you. ”

Luo Hu's words made Ye Feng very moved. It was true that chopping wood had delayed his cultivation to a certain extent, and although he was not sure that he would be able to raise his cultivation to the fourth level of Sword Soul in three months, he still wanted to give it a try, even if he couldn't succeed in the end, he wouldn't regret it.

"Okay, starting tomorrow, I'll go to Nanshan Waterpool to practice, and I'll leave the matter of chopping wood to you. Don't worry, I won't treat you badly these days, and my three-month allowance will be all recorded in your name. Ye Feng said.

"This ......" Luo Hu wanted to refuse, but seeing Ye Feng's determined appearance, he swallowed back the words that came to his mouth, but he thought in his heart that he would return the subsidy to Ye Feng in three months at most.