068 Hunting for Black Plum (M)
Standing on the canopy of the tree, Youlan Mu spread out his senses, probing the surrounding movements. Although there is no sun in the sky, it is always sunny, only day and night, so that people do not feel the passage of time.
Identifying the direction, Youlan Mu continued to move towards the beast's nest, and along the way, Youlan Mu met a few disciples who participated in the assessment, and after sensing the strength of the other party, everyone tacitly chose to retreat. Youlan Mu realized that the closer he got to the beast's nest, the more opponents he would encounter, and all the disciples who participated in the assessment were gathering in the place of the beast's nest.
When Youlan Mu rushed out of the dense forest and stepped into the mountain range, he saw two white-clothed disciples appear on the edge of the green forest in front of him, and the other party also spotted him at the same time.
The two stood side by side, obviously reaching a cooperation agreement, after seeing Youlan Mu, the two looked at each other, one of them pulled out the long sword behind his back and quickly approached Youlan Mu, and the other took out a golden bow and bent the bow and arrows for long-distance shooting.
The two of them cooperated very tacitly, and almost the moment the first person rushed out, the second person's arrow was shot.
Youlan Mu turned around and galloped, retreating into the dense forest again, using the complex terrain of the dense forest to dodge the archers' locks.
When passing by a low pine tree, Youlan Mu casually broke off a thick branch from the tree, broke a sharp corner at the tip of the branch, and then broke off the branches on the branch, and a simple javelin was formed.
The sharp corners of the javelin were immediately cut in half from the middle, and the tiny cracks cut through most of the body along the javelin, barely connected together by some rough fibers.
"Hum~" Behind him, the arrow feathers broke through the air, Youlan Mu used force under his feet, and quickly turned to the left, and the flying arrow swept past Youlan Mu's side, shooting into the center of the tree trunk in front of the right, the tail of the arrow trembled slightly, and there was a hidden spiritual power flowing.
Youlan Mu noticed that there was spiritual power scattered on the flying arrow, and a look of surprise flashed on his face, I don't know what material the arrow feather is made of, and it can attach spiritual power, but in terms of power, it is far inferior to the crystal bow in Tao Ying's hand that uses spiritual power as the shaft.
"Buzz~" The flying arrow struck again, Youlan Mu jumped high, turned over in the air to dodge, and at the same time poured spiritual power into his right arm, and threw the javelin in his hand vigorously, aiming at the sword-holding disciple who followed closely.
When the pursuer saw the crude javelin thrown by Youlan Mu, he immediately snorted coldly, did not dodge, and directly swung his long sword and slashed vertically from top to bottom.
The javelin flew in the air, and the strong air flow cut through the gap in the tip of the javelin like a blade, and at the moment when the blade was about to touch, it instantly broke into two spears, and the blade of the spirit sword flew rapidly, deeply piercing the shoulders of the sword-wielding disciple.
A miserable howl rose up in the dense forest, and the spear was castrated, directly piercing his shoulders, and the white-clothed disciple who was chasing was like being hit by two big stones, and his forward figure came to an abrupt end, and he involuntarily fell to the ground.
Youlan Mu, who turned over in the air, stepped on the lower end of the branch in front of him with both feet, jumped back with his strength, and quickly pounced on the white-clothed disciple who was injured and fell to the ground.
Seeing Youlan Mu rushing forward, the white-clothed disciple struggled to swing his sword and stab, Youlan Muyun's palm slapped heavily on the sword, and sixteen rounds of spiritual power fluctuations surged out.
"Bang!" With a soft sound, the white-clothed disciple's mouth went numb, and the spirit sword in his hand was directly slapped out by the huge force coming from the sword. The spirit sword reversed dozens of circles in the air, and then broke into two sections with a "click" and was scrapped.
The white-clothed disciple who fell to the ground turned pale, looked at the young man holding his throat with one hand in shock, and said with difficulty, "Sixteen rounds... Spiritual power fluctuations..."
At this time, the sound of arrow feathers breaking through the air sounded again, Youlan Mu didn't even raise his head, grabbed this person's throat and lifted him up directly, "poof" two muffled sounds, the sharp arrow shot into the person's back, and he screamed in pain and then fainted.
The archer in the distance was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect that Youlan Mu would hold his companion as a shield, and the longbow in his hand was raised for a long time without shooting another arrow.
"Despicable!" The archers shouted angrily.
Youlan Mu got up slowly, looking at the slightly thin archer in front of him without moving.
"Do you dare to let go of him and fight with me, if you win, our Black Plum Order is yours." The archer raised his longbow and looked nervously at Youlan Mu.
Youlan Mu slowly let go of his right hand that was locking the throat of the white-clothed disciple, and let the white-clothed disciple fall to the ground.
The archer gritted his teeth and looked at the two arrow feathers behind his companion, his eyes full of resentment when he looked at Youlan Mu, but he did not shoot the arrow feathers in his hand, but slowly moved to the left to drive Youlan Mu away from his companion and prevent Yu Lanmu from using his companion as a shield again.
Youlan Mu directly stepped over the fallen disciple and walked towards the archer, the distance between the two was only fifty meters, as long as the two rushed forward, Youlan Mu was close to the other party, but he was walking forward step by step, even if the arrow feather pointed at his eyebrows, he did not change anything.
Youlan Mu noticed that this golden bow was very peculiar, and the spiritual power flowing on it was actually divided into two parts. There is a groove in the center of the golden bow, which is inlaid with a milky white spirit stone, and the aura provided for the bowstring comes from here. The spiritual power attached to the arrow feathers comes from the bearer himself.
The design of this golden bow can be described as very ingenious, to a certain extent, it is equivalent to saving half of the spiritual power output of the cultivator, of course, it is also expensive to use it, you need to replace high-grade spirit stones, and the consumption on the arrow feather should also be very large, and the arrow shaft that can attach spiritual power is not a bargain.
As the distance between the two got closer and closer, a line of fine sweat gradually appeared on the archer's forehead, and the distance between the two had shrunk to a very dangerous level, and even the air was filled with a depressing breath, and finally the archer couldn't bear the pressure in his heart, and he gritted his teeth and directly released the fingers holding the bowstring.
"Hum~" There was a soft sound, the arrow feathers flew in, Youlan Mu's body moved, the short body missed the arrow, and a forward rush rushed into the archer's arms, and the right fist that had been prepared for a long time hit the opponent's abdomen hard, as if it was smashed on cotton, and the right fist was deeply embedded.
The archer's eyes were bulging, his face was pale, and his half-open thick lips trembled for a long time without spitting out a word, and then his eyes rolled and fell softly on Youlan Mu's shoulder.
After examining the injuries of the two men, Yu Lanmu pulled out the arrow feathers on the back of the injured person before, wrapped the wound around the wound with the bandage in his storage bag, and then hung the two from a tree to prevent them from being attacked by wild beasts when they fainted.
"He wants to rob your Heimei token, and you still heal him, are you stupid to practice." Pojun saw Youlanmu's actions in Zhihai and was very dissatisfied.
"I want a black plum token, not a human life, and besides, that archer knows that he can't beat me, but he refuses to leave his companion and flee alone, so I will heal his companion's wounds for this." Youlan Mu looked up at the archers who were hanging from the trees, picked up the quivers on the ground, and burrowed into the dense forest again.
Knowing the sea, the broken army was silent.
Youlan Mu walked out of the dense forest along the same path and entered the continuous mountain range.
The peaks on both sides are like wrinkled strips of cloth, and only a sparse touch of green on the barren rocks still exudes the breath of life, and it is easy for people to get lost when walking in them, and the only way to discern the direction is to stand on the top of the mountain and open their eyes, which of course also means placing themselves under the gaze of spirit beasts and ambushers.
Walking through the messy gravel, you can occasionally see some signs of spirit animal activity, frivolous hoof prints, and shriveled feces, all of which show that there are still spirit animals living in this barren place. However, in the mountains, the real danger does not come from spirit animals, but from human sneak attacks.
After entering the mountains, Youlanmu has encountered two waves of beasts, among which when hiding from the siege of a group of two-horned mad cows, Youlanmu was secretly attacked.
At that time, the distance between the two was almost only three steps, although in the end Youlan Mu killed the man with one blow, but he was also stabbed in the body for this, and had to stop and find a hidden cave to heal his wounds. This is also the first person that Yulan Mu kills after entering the trial island.
Inside the cave, Youlan Mu rummaged through the sneak attacker's storage bag, which contained a small amount of dry food and two black plum orders, as well as a booklet full of information.
Youlan Mu learned from this booklet that the total number of disciples who entered the trial island to participate in the assessment this time exceeded one hundred and thirty, and they entered this place in three batches, among which there were three strong people who had cultivated to the ninth level of qi refining, and their detailed physical appearance was also recorded on the side.
This trial island is divided into a total of eight areas, with the beast's nest as the center and arranged according to the direction of the gossip, each area has a foundation building period spirit beast in charge, all the disciples who participate in the assessment can collect the income from hunting spirit beasts in the trial island, and can also hand over the sect in exchange for the elixir reward.
And if you want to win from this assessment, you can only snatch ten Black Plum Tokens from other disciples, rush into the deepest part of the beast's nest, and leave from the teleportation array there, otherwise it will be counted as a failure in the assessment. In other words, out of these one hundred and thirty people, at most only thirteen people were able to become official inner disciples of the Tianxuan Sect.
Moreover, the time of this trial is only fifteen days in total, and with the last bell as the sign, even if you grab enough tokens, if you don't teleport them out through the teleportation array on time, you will still fail the assessment.
Holding the five black plum tokens in his hand tightly, Youlan Mu was a little annoyed in his heart, Tao Ying didn't even tell him such important information, now that seven days have passed, he is still wandering around the periphery of the beast's nest, and there is not much time left for him.
After packing up his things, Youlan Mu pushed open the door of the cave and walked straight out, and suddenly the things in front of him changed, and the mottled rocks disappeared, replaced by a long stretch of yellow sand, as if suddenly turning from one world to another.
Youlan Mu looked at the barren sand dunes in front of him in surprise, squatted on the ground, stretched out his hand and grabbed a handful of yellow sand, fine sand particles slipped from his fingers, and the clear touch made him realize that he was really deep in the center of a desert.
"This..."Youlan Mu was a little incomprehensible, he was still healing in the mountains just now, how it was that as soon as he came out of the cave, the mountains became an endless desert.
You Lanmu turned to look back, and was surprised to find that the cave he had just stepped out of had also disappeared.
"桀桀~"
Suddenly, an eerie laugh was heard in the empty desert, its voice was ghostly, sometimes on the left, sometimes on the right, which made people uneasy.