Chapter 396: Punishment of the Heart
Su Wen and Mu Xi were the last to enter the Martial Arts Test Hall.
Compared with the Wenxue Palace, the scale of the Wuxue Hall is even more exaggerated, and there is no end in sight, and the most unexpected thing is that within a hundred steps from the palace gate, there is a bamboo forest!
Far from giving people a sense of freshness and tranquility, the green and upright bamboo shadow is like an oppressive beast, waiting for the prey to come.
In the 10-nation joint examination, the martial arts test scores account for 70% of the total scores, so the assessment procedures are more complicated.
And the first problem that Su Wen and others need to face is this bamboo forest.
Because in the previous literary examination, the time for the candidates to submit their papers was not consistent, so for example, Tian Yu had already walked into the bamboo forest an hour and a half ago, as for whether he had come out now, Su Wen and others did not know.
At this time, outside the bamboo forest, there were still hundreds of candidates gathered, and Su Wen was surprised to find that even An Qiye and Ouyang Ke, who had handed in the papers before him, were still waiting outside the forest and did not go in.
After the explanation of the deacon of the supervision and examination department, Su Wen realized that the first item of this martial arts test was actually very simple, that is, to see who could pass through this bamboo forest at the fastest speed, and the shorter the time spent, the higher the score obtained in the end.
However, this assessment also has a time limit, and like the literary examination, it is limited to one and a half hours.
And what is more stringent than the literary test is that candidates who fail to get out of the bamboo forest within the time limit will lose the qualification to continue the examination and will be regarded as eliminated!
In this regard, Su Wen did not seem to make too much fuss. After all, there are only thirty places on the final list of the ten-nation joint examination, if you can't even pass the first round of the martial arts exam. The latter ones don't need to be compared, it's just a waste of time. It is understandable to say that it has been eliminated.
Prior to this, although Su Wen had done his homework for the Ten Nations Joint Entrance Examination, most of his efforts at that time were spent on preparing for the literary examination, and he didn't pay too much attention to the martial arts examination, so at this time, seeing the solemn awe on everyone's faces, he couldn't help but be puzzled.
"Is there anything special about this bamboo forest?"
Now the only person who can answer this doubt for Su Wen is Mu Xi.
And Mu Xi's answer was very simple, and she didn't do any long explanation, because she believed it. Regarding this bamboo forest, it only takes a name for Su Wen to know what is at stake.
"This is the Punishment Heart Forest. ”
Hearing this, Su Wen's expression suddenly changed.
It turns out that this is Zhu Xinlin.
The words bamboo and zhu sound very similar, only the tone is different, but they are two completely different meanings, especially when placed here. It's even more the opposite.
It is rumored that Zhu Xinlin was originally a torture method invented by the torturer, one of the six heads of the human race!
How terrifying the real Zhuxin Forest is is is now unknown, because anyone who has walked into the Zhuxin Forest in the hands of the torturer. It's all crazy.
The Punishment Heart Forest that appeared in front of Su Wen and the others now was just a simplified version of the real Punishment Heart Forest, which was at least a hundred and ten times less powerful than the original version. So it's not so much that people completely lose their minds and become a complete madman.
And in the forest there are a number of deacons waiting for the overseer. Once a candidate is found to be about to have a nervous breakdown, he will be rescued from the forest. Take the Qingxin pill.
It's just that then, that person naturally loses the qualification for the next exam.
But the key is, why does this kind of thing appear in the martial arts test of the 10-nation joint entrance examination?
This is also based on one of the great discoveries of the Torturer, or rather, his most remarkable contribution to the human world.
Because the word "诛", in addition to "bamboo", is also very similar to the pronunciation of another word.
Cast!
Cast of casting!
For the great traitor and evil person, this is the heart forest, but for the majority of students, this is the heart forest!
That is, casting Wenxin!
There are nine realms of literature, one realm and one heavy sky. However, in today's Sacred Word Continent, there is a common view that the nine major texts are further divided into three different stages.
His Chinese students, tribute students, and attendants are only the first step in the long journey of the Holy Path.
This step begins with the talent descending from the sky, and ends with the talent and all things in heaven and earth through the medium of talent, creating some indescribable connection.
It is to serve the heavens and the earth and read.
The second stage of Wendao is the Imperial Scholar, the Hanlin, and the Bachelor.
In this phase, the most obvious change, or symbolic leap, is Wenxin!
The prototype of Wenxin began in the realm of imperial books, and tended to be complete when it was promoted to a bachelor's degree, and then the literati could be regarded as entering the ranks of the real powerhouses, and they could fight with their hearts!
Before the birth of Zhuxinlin, it was very difficult for anthropologists to cross the threshold of the imperial book, and the biggest reason was that it took too long to cast the heart of the text, and it required a certain amount of chance.
Many people have spent decades because of this, and by the time the text is completed, they will already be gray-haired old men.
However, after the criminal master created the heart forest, he was able to shorten the forging time of the prototype of Wenxin to one and a half hours!
Later, many people speculated that perhaps it was precisely because of this achievement that the criminal master could be listed as one of the six songs of the human race's Wendao, after all, the contribution of this Zhuxin Forest to the human civilization was too great!
But everything is good, and naturally there are disadvantages.
Zhu Xinlin's contribution is to greatly shorten the time for casting Wenxin, but this does not mean that today's students will be easier than their predecessors in the step of casting Wenxin!
Because they also have to pay some terrible prices.
As mentioned earlier, the birth of the Zhuxin Forest was originally a certain torture method of the criminal master, so this bamboo forest was originally dangerous.
The so-called heart-punishing is to dig out your heart and blood to show you, the dark side and pain will be infinitely magnified, it is very easy for people to collapse their will, go insane, and even leave you with an indelible scar, so that you can't sleep at night.
This process is undoubtedly very painful and makes life worse than death.
If you use the torturer's original design of the heart forest, even if you don't go crazy immediately after coming out, it will leave irreversible sequelae, making you become a living dead in the self-torture day and night.
Therefore, in order to ensure the safety of these students, Zhu Xinlin has been weakened by a hundred and ten times, plus taking Qingxin pills in time, it is not much of a problem, at least in the previous Ten Nations Joint Entrance Examination, no candidates have been found to have sequelae or anything.
Su Wen recalled the information about Zhu Xinlin in his mind, and said with a smile: "It turns out that Wenxin is the test? This is simple......
Mu Xi looked at the glimmer in Su Wen's eyes, smiled and nodded: "I know, this piece of Zhuxin Forest is not a big trouble for you, but don't forget, this time the test is not whether you can go out, but to get out in the shortest time!"
Su Wen was slightly stunned and said with a smile: "So, I know." ”
At this time, Mu Xi didn't know that Su Wen had forged a purple gold sacred heart, but she still had supreme confidence in Su Wen, this confidence started from the state exam, then to the Lost Swamp, and then to the Yellow Crane Tower, Su Wen never disappointed those who trusted him.
But not everyone in the audience has such confidence in Su Wen.
A student from the Tianlan Empire looked at Su Wen, who was belated, and said sarcastically: "I heard that Su Shengcai deliberately delayed until the last one to hand in the paper in the previous literary exam?
Hearing this, Mu Xi's face suddenly turned cold, but before she could say anything, Su Wen on the side took a slow step forward and smiled at the candidates who were studying in the Lan Kingdom that day.
"What's your name?"
Looking at the warm smile on Su Wen's face, I don't know why, that day, the Lan Guo candidate suddenly felt a chill in his heart, he snorted heavily and did not answer.
Seeing this, Su Wen showed a faint look of regret on his face, and smiled again: "I don't know what other assessments are behind this martial arts test, but if there is a battle link, I hope you won't meet me." ”
As soon as these words came out, before the Lan Guo examinee had time to fight back, another figure flashed out from the side and stopped in front of the person.
"Su Shengcai, are you threatening my students at Tianlan Academy?"
Su Wen looked at Ouyang Ke, who had been away for several months, the smile on his face was even brighter, he raised his neck slightly, and smiled at Ouyang Ke: "Yes, so what?"
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The second is before 3 o'clock. (To be continued......)