After Ning Chong, some people passed the test of the wooden mechanism one after another and came to the waterhole, but they were not so lucky, and when they passed through the waterhole without noticing, they were startled by the sudden appearance of the armored crocodile beast. Quite a few people were inexperienced, screaming in a panic, and were dragged into the water by the armored crocodile.

In fact, with the strength of the juvenile Armored Crocodile Beast, it would not pose a fatal threat to the inner disciples of the family who were at least the fifth-order cultivators of the Martial Disciples, and at most it would only bite them. However, the test of this level is not the cultivation strength of the disciples in the family, but their practical experience such as light body method and ability to respond to emergencies.

In the special environment of the water surface of the waterhole, the sudden appearance of the ferocious and hideous armored crocodile beast will bring panic and pressure to people's psychology, so even if the strength of the juvenile armored crocodile beast is not very good, if the person who is attacked has the ability to deal with danger and loves tea, or if the psychology is too fragile, under the panic, the mind will slow down for a while, and ten percent of the ability will go to seven or eighty percent.

These family members who were dragged into the water by the crocodile beast are a good example, they are crying and screaming one after another, and they are so panicked that they forget that they are martial cultivators, and they dance around with their hands and feet regardless of it, trying to crawl towards the edge of the waterhole, which is worse than ordinary people.

The scene is a little miserable, but basically no one will die in this waterhole, because under the survival instinct, most of the children of the family who are dragged by the armored crocodile beast will instinctively use martial arts to fight back in the end.

The strength of the juvenile carapace was not strong, and under such resistance, it was naturally repulsed, and the children of the family who escaped the catastrophe climbed ashore in embarrassment, their clothes were broken, and their bodies were covered with many wounds. Although he suffered a big loss and lost a lot of face, his life was saved.

Of course, if the "noodle melon" children of the family who have been in the "greenhouse" for too long do not even know the instinctive resistance, it is possible to be bitten to death by the armored crocodile beast alive.

It's just this kind of noodle melon, and the family won't have the slightest distress when they die.

After this level, some of the family disciples who were not lightly injured and were covered with scars were robbed from the waterhole for the rest of their lives, and naturally they were also afraid, and they did not dare to challenge the waterhole, so they cowered, they took the initiative to give up and were eliminated......

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After Ning Chong passed the test of the armored crocodile beast waterhole, he traveled all the way again, and after about half an hour, the terrain and scenery in front of him changed again, and this time what appeared in front of Ning Chong was a black and oppressive forest.

The forest is made up of basically straight, thick, black "black woods" that are at least a few stories tall and whose leaves are as small as the tip of a needle.

The black wood is characterized by its extremely dense growth, with its hard, black trunks close to each other, so that except for a long, narrow, winding path in the forest, everything else is like a thick and impermeable black wall, with no entrances or exits.

Ning Chong took more than a dozen steps forward, and although he still didn't see any trace of Ning Zihou, he found some fresh footprints and other traces at the entrance of the long, narrow, winding path.

This shows that his rush just now has narrowed the distance between him and Ning Zihou. Ning Chong nodded secretly, without stopping at all, and stepped into the Blackwood Forest in a few steps.

......

In the dark wood forest, at this time, on the branch of a huge black tree, two burly middle-aged men dressed in black were each holding a wine gourd, drinking and discussing something.

Between them, a small chessboard was also placed, and the expressions of the two were leisurely and lazy, drinking, chatting, and playing games, which was really relaxed.

The man on the left side of the black wood branch pressed a chess piece on the chessboard and opened his mouth to say: "There are still no surprises on the road of trials this year, as in previous years, Ning Zihou is still the first to pass the Blackwood Forest that we guarded. Zhang Song, you fought with Ning Zihou just now, what do you think of his current strength?"

Zhang Song on the right took a sip of wine and said with a wry smile: "The strength has improved, but the improvement is not big, it is estimated that it has encountered a bottleneck......

The man on the left let out an "oh" and said, "This Ning Zihou, I was more optimistic about him at first, but his current talent potential seems to have dropped a little. ”

"Definitely," Zhang Song said with a serious face, "Although Ning Zihou had excellent talent potential and extremely fast cultivation speed back then, he was only afraid that he had water. His father Ning Xingbi, as the patriarch of the family, has great power in his hands, and in order to send him to the position of the first person of the younger generation of the family, so as to obtain the full cultivation and support of the family, I am afraid that he has done a lot of actions in private......

The man on the left was stunned when he heard Zhang Song's words, and only after a long time did he shake his head with a wry smile and said, "If this is the case, it is really the misfortune of the Ning family." However, Ning Xingbi's being the patriarch is indeed no match for the previous patriarch Ning Yuanyang. It's a pity that God didn't open his eyes, so that the Yuanyang patriarch suffered an accident and died young......"

"Hmph, compared with the Yuanyang patriarch, Ning Xingbi is not only 108,000 miles behind! The Yuanyang patriarch is truly selfless, and the family affairs are handled conscientiously, when he is there, the Ning family is full of vitality and has a faint momentum of growth. It's a pity that as soon as the patriarch of Yuanyang left, after Ning Xingbi became the patriarch, the Ning family did not advance but retreated after that, I really don't know what the upper echelons of the family think, they would let a person like Ning Xingbi sit in the position of the patriarch of the family, and they would be incompetent and exhausted to death in the three armies......"

"I agree with what you said, this Ning Xingbi is not as good as the Yuanyang Patriarch in terms of martial arts talent, family governance, and selflessness. Even in other small aspects, the Yuanyang patriarch almost completely overpowered Ning Xingbi, and when the Yuanyang patriarch was the patriarch, the family was not unconvinced by him. ”

Zhang Song sighed and took a big sip of wine: "It's useless to say anything now, the Yuanyang patriarch has died young, and God is jealous of the talent...... Alas, in recent years, Ning Xingbi has become more and more incompetent, not to mention the regression of the family, his life has become more and more luxurious, to the point that he is more and more like the patriarch of a ruined family......"

The man on the left was silent for a moment, and he also shook his head and said: "In this way, it is very likely that this Ning Zihou is still serious because Ning Xingbi faked public affairs and used a lot of means to cover up, so that Ning Zihou could hide from the world, and finally let Ning Zihou obtain the key cultivation of the entire family...... Alas, I was pleasantly surprised to think that there was really something amazing super genius in the family......"

Zhang Song sneered and said, "Qin Du, you probably haven't really understood the meaning of 'genius', even if Ning Zihou's water is not so big, in fact, he can't be called a genius." A true genius can never be measured by the standards of you and me, and only that little monster in the Xiang family can be worthy of the title of genius! Ning Zihou is not enough to see in front of that little monster!"

"Is Xiang Yu, the monster of the Xiang family?" Qin Du nodded, and his face also showed a trace of solemnity, "The Xiang family is really lucky, there is such a monster! Ning Zihou was defeated by Xiang Yu last year, and if Ning Zihou meets Xiang Yu now, I'm afraid he is no longer Xiang Yu's general......"

Zhang Song also nodded solemnly and said, "It should be so, about seven days ago, I just saw Xiang Yu make a move...... A well-known Jiangyang thief, the martial artist in the early stage of the 'Qi Jin Realm' was actually killed by him with one sword......! It's ......."

The martial cultivation of the martial artist realm can be retracted and released freely, so it is no longer possible to accurately judge the cultivation of martial cultivation through the strength of the inner vitality of the martial cultivation. Therefore, the martial artist realm is not like the martial apprentice realm, which clearly divides the ranks in detail.

However, the martial artist realm is still divided into three small realms, namely the "Qi Jin Realm", "Qi Mang Realm", and "Qi Gang Realm". The three small realms are divided into the early stage, the middle stage, the late stage, and the peak. This Xiang Yu can use the peak strength of a martial artist to kill a "Qi Jin Realm" martial artist with one sword, although this martial artist is only in the early stage of the "Qi Jin Realm", this is already amazing enough!

You must know that the battle of martial cultivation, within the same realm, cross-level battle, and victory, this is a possible thing. But between different realms, crossing the realm and challenging it, this is an extremely difficult thing!

Between different realms, the gap is like a moat, even if one person is a perfect cultivation of the realm, and one person is the cultivation of the early stage of the next realm, the number seems to be not a big difference, but in fact, the difference in strength brought by the level of the realm is far beyond imagination.

Because what the realm represents is not only the attainment of cultivation, but also the understanding and application of martial arts by a martial artist, and the perception and sublimation of the "Tao" he understands.

Those martial cultivators who encounter a bottleneck in their cultivation and are unable to break through the existing martial arts realm are often enough to cultivate, and their cultivation is still growing, but because of the lack of epiphany for the next realm, they have never been able to comprehend it, so they are stuck in the consummation stage of this realm, unable to advance half an inch;

On the contrary, some martial arts cultivators with outstanding talents, even if they can't cultivate, have already had an epiphany to the next realm. This kind of martial arts cultivation not only has an extremely fast cultivation speed and super strength, but also after reaching the consummation stage of the existing realm, breaking through to the next realm will not encounter obstacles and bottlenecks, and it is simply smooth and easy.

With the realm of "martial apprentice", he can cross the realm and kill the strong opponent of the martial artist realm with one sword, this Xiang Yu's strength is indeed extremely terrifying! And it is very likely that Xiang Yu is a martial artist who has comprehended the "Tao" of the martial artist realm, and his ability to defeat the strong opponent of the martial artist realm is a proof!

Speaking of this, Zhang Song shook his head and sighed, he couldn't think of a suitable adjective for a while, and it took a long time before he opened his mouth again and said: "It's incredible! This Xiang Yu is not a human at all! It's a demonic monster! You and I are only the strength of the late stage of the 'Qi Jin Realm', I'm afraid that I may not be able to overpower Xiang Yu's monster......"

Qin Du shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Alas...... Being in the same era as such a monster, this is definitely a nightmare for other young junior martial cultivators! They are afraid that they will have to live in the shadow of Xiang Yu for the rest of their lives! In this way, you and I should be glad that at least I and this monster are not the same period of martial cultivation! Hahahaha!"

"Hahaha...... That's true, but you're still talking a little more seriously. That Xiang Yu and other young juniors of the same period, Wu Xiu, did not have any comparable surnames at all, they were people from two worlds. So just rest assured, Xiang Yu is definitely not a thing in the pool, this Xuanyuan City the size of the bottom of the well is too small and too small, it is just a temporary foothold for him. After he is gone, the small fish and shrimp can continue to swim freely at the bottom of this 'well', and everything will return to normal. ”

Qin Du took a sip of wine, nodded and said, "That's what you said...... What I'm worried about is that no one in the current Ning family can compete with Xiang Yu, and before Xiang Yu leaves Xuanyuan City, I am afraid that the younger generation of the Ning family will be suppressed by Xiang Yu and unable to move. The Xiang family may be able to challenge the status of the first family of the Ning family's Xuanyuan City in a few years......"

Zhang Song nodded, silent and did not speak, and his brows were also a little anxious. Although he and Qin Du are only the worship martial artists of the Ning family, not members of the Ning family, after twenty or thirty years of the Ning family, they have already developed feelings for the Ning family and regard the Ning family as their own home, so they are naturally extremely concerned about the safety and development of the Ning family.

"Forget it, forget it...... Qin Du suddenly laughed a few times, "How can such a big matter be solved by small fish and shrimp like you and me, we just need to do our duty! Haha, come, continue to play chess!"

"That's right...... Haha! Hey, someone is coming! This white-clothed young man came to the Blackwood Forest so quickly, but it was much faster than the inner disciples who had participated in the selection over the years, and it was not much slower than that of Ning Zihou!

When Qin Du heard this, through the needle-like leaves of the black wood, he also saw a white figure approaching at high speed on the path in the distance. When the white shadow approached the words, it was finally clear that it was a handsome young man with clear eyebrows.

Seeing that the face of this young man in white was extremely unfamiliar, Qin Du couldn't help but shake his head. Originally, this young man came so quickly, and he was still a little expectant, but seeing this young man's unfamiliar face, he must be a newcomer who has just entered the inner door of the family, and he is participating in this trial road test for the first time!

Zhang Song also shook his head and sighed: "A disciple who has just entered the inner gate and participated in the trial path test for the first time is estimated to be not much higher......

When the white-clothed young man on the trail took a few steps closer, Zhang Song saw that he was not in a hurry, and his temperament had a unique calmness, he couldn't help but feel a little interested, and opened his mouth and said: "This young man can come here so quickly, at least he has some strength and luck, okay, leave it to me, I'll try his real strength!"

Qin Du didn't pay attention to it at all, and said lazily: "Zhang Song, your shots have always been very heavy, but you have to pay attention, after all, we are eating in the Ning family, don't beat people to serious injuries and do things that smash your own jobs." ”

"Haha, don't worry!

Zhang Song responded in his mouth, but the next moment, the person had disappeared on the branches......

(To be continued)