Chapter 290: A Demon Has Descended
The little girl showed a sweet smile in the direction of Jin Ziming, somehow, giving him a feeling that was both warm and sour.
It seems that this is his long-lost relative, for no reason, he likes this child and wants to take care of her.
This kind of emotion is a bit like seeing the "little liar" Rui Ying for the first time, but he is sure that this child will not lie to him.
On the first day of the draft, 100 children were divided into 10 groups and took turns on stage to take the spiritual root test.
The presiding over the inspection were the three Jindan and many of them in the foundation building period, as a loose cultivator, they did not have expensive and sophisticated instruments, and could only use a very primitive model.
"Yesterday, the immortal had already taught the spirit boy a simple method of absorbing the aura of the same attribute as the body with the palm of the palm.
Today, the immortals will sacrifice five protective light shields, which are filled with the five kinds of spiritual energy of gold, wood, water, fire, and earth.
The children put their palms on the shield one after another, and when the immortal opened a small hole in the position of the Lao Gong acupoint, they only had to run the exercises they had just learned.
By detecting the changes in the aura in the mask, it is decided whether to pass the level, and if there is no spiritual root, it is impossible to perceive and absorb the aura.
If there is, it is only possible to absorb one to four kinds of aura, and the fewer types, the better the spiritual root. β
Ten foundation building monks entered the hall and inspected each group, and soon they all showed satisfied expressions, and the host's excited voice sounded:
"Although the children are beginners in cultivating immortals, they are all smart and clever, and they only need to absorb the aura that is most suitable for themselves, so they have all learned it in such a short period of time. Now, please cast a spell from the immortals. β
A Jindan monk came to the east side of the stage, and without any movement, in front of him, five beautiful light masks of different colors magically appeared, and the audience was amazed.
"The spirit children of each island went to the stage to test in order, starting with the attached island and ending with the main island."
Groups of children come up and down the stage, some excited and joyful, but more often frustrated, disappointed or afraid.
Most of the time later, the test was completed. The little girl Jin Ziming liked was really selected, and she successfully absorbed the aura of water and metal.
The moderator announced:
"Now I announce the results, out of 100 children, a total of 27 have been found to have spiritual roots, congratulations to them for passing the first level.
The largest number of people selected is still the main island. Among the seven affiliated islands, the first place was the Secret Island, and four out of ten people actually had the cultivation of immortal spirit roots. β
There were cheers and exclamations from the audience, and in addition to the fans, those gamblers who bet on the island made a lot of money.
"The worst performance is Lin Hui Island, the whole army was wiped out, and none of them were promoted."
The sound of cursing was incessant, and it was obvious that some people who had lost all their money were venting their dissatisfaction.
"......, the two of Xuanji Island qualified, and their performance was decent."
The first day of selection is over, and the next day's competition is an assessment item set up by the royal family to add interest.
The people who presided over it were all civilian officials in the palace, and the scattered cultivators only sent a few Qi refining cultivators to watch coldly from the sidelines, which could be regarded as a pressure formation.
"Now twenty-seven spirit children are on stage to perform special performances, and this round will not be eliminated."
This link is more in line with the taste of mortals, after all, everyone can understand it, and there are thunderous cheers from the audience from time to time.
The children may perform calligraphy, dance, play music, demonstrate strength, or practice foreign boxing.
There was even a boy who dived into an oversized glass tank filled with seawater and caught fish with his bare hands.
Every time he caught one, he used the straw rope around his waist to thread it through the gills and beak, hung it on his body, and continued to swim.
His dexterity and long breath-holding time made both of them smack, and he won the warmest applause from the audience.
The little girl from Xuanji Island came on the field, and Jin Ziming finally knew that her name was Meng Yu. A clerk stepped forward and joined her in spreading out a large blank sheet of paper on the ground.
"Rebirth: The Great Age of Waves"
The little one was thin and timid, but when she took a deep breath and held the charcoal pen, her eyes suddenly sharpened.
A petite body, lying on the paper, began to paint.
She was engrossed in painting, shielding herself from the noise around her, forgetting about tens of thousands of pairs of attentive eyes, and only the painting in her mind.
Her movements are sometimes fast and slow, and sometimes she is lost in thought.
Sometimes she paints with charcoal, sometimes with her thumb, forefinger, and even the palm of her hand, smearing the black on the paper to other places, so that the gradient of intense black, light black, gray or gray is revealed.
Looking from a distance from the audience, the little ant was busy on the white paper for most of the time, and finally became a painting.
Meng Yu stood up, moved his numb limbs, and looked down at the pictures on the ground again, showing a satisfied smile.
A monk from the early stage of the triple genshin stepped forward and recorded it with a shadow stone, and then projected the image into the air so that everyone could see it.
To everyone's disappointment, they saw the houses and the sea, but it was difficult to know what else was in the picture.
Even so, the audience still thinks that this is a beautiful painting with profound meanings. Meng Yu won the applause of the audience, although he was not as good as the boy who was fishing just now.
The reckless man and his fiancΓ©e looked at each other, and both showed surprised expressions, and of course they understood the painting:
The sea is cloudy, the waves are rough, and the wind and clouds are changing. In a transparent room by the sea, a skinny little gray cat paced leisurely on a table by the window, looking out to sea.
A little girl put her hands on her cheeks and looked at the glass fish tank on the table, which contained three small goldfish and a few aquatic plants floating.
She was stunned, inexplicably with a sense of loss and helplessness. This painting is not only vivid, but also vividly makes the oppressive atmosphere and mood come to life.
"She's such a drawing genius!" Ye Ranyi sighed, and Jin Ziming nodded in agreement.
At the beginning of the competition on the third day, the host introduced:
"Today's assessment is the comprehension of twenty-seven children, and the immortals will teach the most superficial method of tuna on the spot.
This time it is still for the Lao Gong acupoint of the palm, and the spirit child needs to use the opening and closing of the acupuncture points to affect the external aura. Compared to the first day, this round has significantly increased the difficulty.
Because they need to use a few hairs in the light mask of the Lao Gong to work in an aura environment that is different from their own attributes, within four hours.
In the absence of contact, at least one of the hairs must be changed in position to be qualified. β
For ordinary audiences, the day was very peaceful, and some people left the show early before it was over.
In this round, a total of nine spirit children were eliminated, and Meng Yu successfully advanced again and reached the finals.
The fourth day has finally arrived.
"Today is the last day of the draft, and it will also be a very exciting day, as the eighteen selected spirit children will be tested by willpower and divine thoughts.
They have to go through seven levels, and before each pass, there is a large dose of exercise, such as running long distances, carrying weights, rock climbing, jumping on the spot, etc.
Children will be exhausted, and when they reach any level, there will be a text or a random set of numbers that they will have to memorize.
The examiner will only read it once, and they can memorize as many as they can, and so on until the last level.
At the end of the day, children will be asked to recite the words or numbers of each level, and then rank them according to their correct rate. The host's introduction pushed the audience's enthusiasm to a climax.
This round of ornamentation is extremely strong, and the shouts in the stadium are shocking, which further increases the difficulty of the spirit child's memory.
When the sun sets, this year's draft competition is officially over.
"The final result will not be announced on the spot, so please be patient and wait for one night.
Tomorrow, the guards will post lists all over the main island, announcing the list of ten people selected by the immortals, and will indicate which five people will practice in the palace and which five will go inland to join the immortal gate. β
After enjoying the children's performance, the little couple went to the beach to have a barbecue.
After dinner, walk hand in hand on the beach, let the gentle sea breeze blow on your face, enjoy the sweetness and warmth in the ebb and flow of the tide, and only return to your accommodation until the time of the child.
Most of the residents and tourists who had been excited for four days fell asleep, and Jin Ziming meditated cross-legged in the room.
In the dead of night, except for the waves crashing on the shore, everything was silent, and after more than an hour, the reckless man suddenly opened his eyes.
In the direction of the open sea to the north, a demonic aura was rolling in, and its aura was actually a kraken at the peak of the fourth-order Great Perfection.
She soon arrived on the main island and flew straight towards the palace. The reckless man waited for a few hundred breaths, but did not hear the sound of the battle between the late Yuan Infant and this demon.
"It seems to be old acquaintances, and they are getting along peacefully." Jin Ziming slandered in his heart.
"It's strange, it's so late, the kraken sneaked into the palace, I'm afraid it's not a good thing, right?"
Perhaps it was because he was concerned about the big-eyed and smart little girl, and the ghost sent him to release a soul belt, and quickly drilled into the palace, and after a little discrimination, he found where the two strongest breaths were.
Although the cultivation of the kraken is a small realm higher than that of human cultivation, the primordial gods are all in the late stage of the fourfold, so naturally they cannot find the fivefold soul belt that has been infiltrated.
In the huge royal back garden, the scene has long been cleared, and only the emperor's "grandfather" said suddenly:
"Husang, you're here a little later than usual."
"Gongsun Yi, do you still care about this time? I was only put on hold for a moment. The Kraken sneered.
The black mist that enveloped her dispersed, revealing her true face, which was actually a huge colored jellyfish.
She hovers in the air, opening a large transparent "umbrella" with an orange-red core and a black wrist below.
The "umbrella" is nearly two zhang in diameter, with tendril-like tentacles hanging from the edge as long as fifteen zhang, and at the end of the hand is a colorless silk sac, which hides hollow barbed wire and venom.
Gongsun Yi threw the two objects at the jellyfish and said:
"This is the list of the ten people who have been selected this year, their spirit attributes, and the allocation method I suggest.
The images of the ten people are all recorded in this photo stone, and you will understand after watching it, I have a reasonable division. β
Amber Sang fixed the piece of paper in the air, skimmed through it briefly, then activated the Shadow Stone, and began to look at it silently.
After reading it carefully, she thought for a while and said:
"It's not a big problem for you to divide it like this, but you need to change someone.
Among the five people I am, there must be that girl named Meng Yu, I can exchange Li Chenxi for you, his earth attribute is very weak. β