After a summer rainstorm, Xishui City, which had been repeatedly washed by the rain, was exceptionally clean and peaceful, with only a few pedestrians hurrying past the puddles on the streets, and the guys in the shops were in a daze as they watched the water droplets falling from the eaves of the porch.

It has been several days since the lively summer festival that lasted for half a month, and the many circuses and song and dance troupes outside the city have long since left, and with their departure, many adventurers and mercenaries in the city have entered the forest for new adventures, and Xishui City has suddenly become too deserted.

New news came from the Wuthering Forest, the Celestials had not attacked the adventurer team recently, and they seemed to have disappeared without a trace overnight, which undoubtedly reassured the adventurers to hurry up and earn enough money to survive the winter before the end of the summer.

At this time, Han Fei came to the Holy Hall again to participate in the Triennial Trial Assessment of the Holy Hall.

The trial assessment of the Templar requires all apprentice warriors to participate, but because the assessment process is fair and strict, it can also fully reflect the ability of the participants, and the samurai who pass the trial assessment and those who do not pass are like the difference between Han Fei's previous life from a famous university student and an ordinary university, the former is always looked down upon.

Han Fei didn't pay much attention to this reputation, but if he wanted to enter the Royal Capital Family Martial Hall to learn more advanced fighting skills, one of the conditions was that he had to pass the trial assessment of the Holy Hall.

Due to the special nature of the temple, almost all the apprentice warriors gathered in the temple today, and the vast majority of those who had already signed up for the trial were the vast majority, because this was a rare opportunity to prove their ability, and if they missed it, they would have to wait for three years.

The trial of the Templar is by no means casual, for this assessment, more than 20 Templars spent nearly half a month to find a suitable trial place in the Wuthering Forest, and issued a notice through the adventurer's union and the mercenary union, so as to prevent adventurers and mercenaries from entering the trial ground by mistake, which is not a small amount of manpower and material resources.

Each apprentice who participated in the trial was given a simple map, and the content of the trial could be said to be quite simple, requiring a first-order martial artist to find and kill a first-order spirit beast, and a second-order martial artist to kill a second-order spirit beast.

Among the warriors who studied in the Templar, except for Han Fei, none of them had hunted spirit beasts in the Wuthering Forest, so after learning about the content of the trial, there were many discussions, some excited, some apprehensive, and different expressions.

The chief warrior of the Templar, Sogo, clapped his hands and motioned for everyone to be quiet: "The content of this trial must be clear to everyone, I won't repeat it, today everyone will go back and prepare first, you should bring your own food and camping utensils, and the Templar will not provide any help in this regard." ”

"The duration of the trial is three days, after which you must leave the trial ground regardless of whether you succeed or not, you are allowed to cooperate with each other to hunt spirit beasts, but you cannot go with more than two people, it is strictly forbidden to snatch other people's spoils, and the honor of the samurai must not be betrayed at any time. ”

"Finally, I want to emphasize," Sogo said solemnly, "Although all of our mentors will follow the supervision and protection in secret, we cannot guarantee your absolute safety, so you must think clearly before deciding whether to participate, it is not without precedent for causing death in trials." ”

This is also the meaning that trials are risky and participation must be cautious, and the apprentices look at each other, but none of them propose to quit, and of course they are prepared for potential dangers.

After glancing left and right, Sogo nodded with satisfaction and said, "Very good, gather at the west gate of the city on time tomorrow morning, and strive to complete the trial as soon as possible." ”

After the disbandment, Han Fei didn't leave the Sanctuary in a hurry to prepare like the others, this trial might be a novel and dangerous experience for others, but for him who had killed a second-order mutant spirit beast, it was more like an outing.

He came to the Templar Martial Pavilion again, and the interesting thing was that during Han Fei's time in the Templar Pavilion, people were either in the Martial Pavilion or on the way to the Martial Pavilion, and he was more familiar with the old man Dodd who managed the Martial Pavilion than anyone else.

"What are you doing this time?" said Dodd glaring at a pair of old eyes that hadn't been wiped clean, "If you don't buy fighting skills, don't expect me to bring you a catalogue again, and make a mess for me every time." ”

Han Fei said with a smile: "I won't turn it over this time, I want to buy a copy of the heart method formula for promotion to the fourth order." ”

The samurai's progress from the third order to the fourth order is not only as simple as a one-order difference, the key is to move forward from the spiritual realm to the holy realm, and the increase in strength is even more tenfold.

There are tens of millions of warriors in the Nine Heavens Continent, and it is difficult to pick out one out of a hundred saint-level warriors, and many warriors can't overcome this hurdle in their lifetime's efforts, for example, among the dozens of warriors in the Xishui City Sanctuary, there is only one fourth-order earth warrior, which is enough to show that its number is small.

So hearing Han Fei's request, Dodd looked surprised: "You're just a second-order martial artist, what's the use of attacking the fourth-order mental method?"

Han Fei replied without blinking an eye, "My family's martial arts master recently wanted to hit the fourth order and wanted to buy a copy of the Templar Heart Seal to buy, so let me help buy it." ”

This explanation sounds very reasonable, there are many ways to break through the fourth-order mind, the key is how to penetrate the thirty-six ascending Dou Qi meridians, each family has its own know-how, and the Templar's mind method is not a secret that is not passed on.

Dodd smacked his lips, turned around and rummaged through the bookshelves, and finally pulled out a scroll and handed it to Han Fei: "Ten gold coins." ”

Han Fei paid the money quickly, took the scroll, patted his ass and left.

Dodd had watched his back disappear into the staircase, and a glint suddenly flashed in his cloudy eyes.

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As the sun rose, the Whooring Forest awoke from its slumber, the birds in the woods sang tirelessly, and the roar of wild beasts was heard from time to time in the depths of the forest.

A group of samurai in suit made their way through the gloomy woods, their purpose clearly clear, hurrying in one direction without a moment's pause.

This team is the trial team of the Sanctuary of Xishui City, which includes thirty-two apprentice warriors and seven mentors who oversee protection, and is led by Sogo himself.

As the chief samurai of the Templar and the chief mentor of all the apprentice warriors, Sogo usually did not smile and had a gloomy personality, and most of the apprentices were very in awe of him, so the members of the team led by him did not make the slightest noise, everyone just followed the people in front of them and hurried away, even if they were bitter in their hearts, they had to hold back, otherwise they could only give up this trial.

Heading northwest and entering the forest in the morning, the trial team only rested for half an hour at noon, and continued to trek long distances in the afternoon, until it was almost dark.

Since the proving ground was pre-chosen, the Templars who had arrived early had set up a makeshift camp on the periphery, giving the exhausted apprentices a chance to breathe.

Although the thirty-two apprentices who participated in the trial were all samurai, most of them had no experience of traveling long distances in the forest, and did not know how to use their physical strength reasonably.

Except for Han Fei and Xia Ya.

Two years have passed, and Xia Ya is still a second-order martial artist, but he has reached the peak of the second order, and he wants to take the opportunity of this trial to hit the third order.

The two glanced at each other, Han Fei's gaze was calm and calm, while Xia Ya was full of challenges.

"Alright!" Sogo said in a deep voice, "From now on, you decide for yourself how to complete this trial, and our mentor will no longer interfere or help. ”

With that, Sogo turned and left, and the rest of the Templars departed, leaving a makeshift camp so rudimentary that there was not even a tent for the apprentices.

Everyone couldn't help but look at each other, most of them had no experience in camping in the wild, and many didn't know what to do now, especially the children of nobles and merchants who were used to being served, even though they all carried camping equipment.

Han Fei unhurriedly unloaded the bag on his back, took out the camping tent from it and began to set it up.

Seeing someone take action, others set up their own tents as if they had just woken up from a dream, although most of them were doing it for the first time, but the structure of the camping tents sold by the adventurers' guild was very simple, and people who could become samurai were not stupid, although they were in a hurry at first, but they could also help each other to do it.

By the time they set up their tents, Han Fei had already lit a bonfire, set up a small pot and poured water on it with jerky and seasonings, and soon a pot of fragrant broth boiled out, and it was very fragrant to eat in a mouthful of bread and soup.

The others looked very greedy, but only a few people could follow Han Fei's example and have a full meal, and most of them just had a casual meal with cold water and dry food.

Among those people, there is also Han Fei's clan brother Han Chengwu, of course, he is still a first-order martial artist, although he is usually very hard-working, but talent is not something that can be made up for by hard work.

Today's Han Chengwu is much more mature than before, no longer the reckless and impulsive hairy boy, hiding in the corner alone and ignoring no one.

By this time, most of the apprentices had found their partners, most of them were their usual friends, and in this dangerous forest, it was much more certain that they would have a companion to complete the trial.

Confusion, nervousness, excitement, anticipation... The night passed quietly in the rather peculiar atmosphere of the makeshift camp.

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