The disciples of the Black Dragon Sect are divided into outer disciples, inner disciples, and core disciples.

The assessment of the outer disciples and the inner door is relatively easy, almost as long as they can refine qi into the body and register according to the requirements of the sect, most of them can pass.

However, the core disciples are different, and only those who are proficient in actual combat and have not weak cultivation talent can have a chance to enter.

You are not required to be an absolute genius, but at least you must be stronger than other disciples who are assessed at the same time, this is the standard of elite disciples.

There are many opportunities for elite disciples to be selected, and there will be one every month.

On this day, it was time for the assessment once a month, and hundreds of disciples stood in the square halfway up the mountain and were talking.

Most of these disciples were low-level qi cultivators, but they were just here to see the excitement, and only a few of them had six layers of aura flashing on their bodies.

A young man in a green robe, standing in a relatively peripheral place, his expression was flat and unnoticeable.

What's special is that the young man's bright eyes were glowing with red blood, it was Zhang Qiang.

Speaking of the blood in his eyes, Zhang Qiang was also quite helpless.

After successfully breaking through his cultivation the day before, Zhang Qiang was not satisfied, and cultivated again with the help of the power of the spirit stone.

But I don't know what's going on with the Dao, the evil qi on my body suddenly backs up, and it goes retrograde along the meridians and disappears into the dantian.

Even if he had used the mysterious body refining method many times, he had not expelled the evil qi in his body at all.

After that, he couldn't control the evil qi in his body, and his eyes turned blood-red.

However, this did not affect his strength.

With the help of the spirit stone, his spiritual power has reached the peak of qi training, and he only needs to stabilize the realm before he can find an opportunity to break through the sixth layer of qi training!

At this time, an old man in a gray robe appeared on the field, and the surrounding disciples fell silent.

"I think you all know the rules for the assessment of the core disciples! I will now announce the assessment method this time. The old man said, "Go to the Demon Beast Forest and get a purple Linglong." ”

"Zi Linglong, this elixir has already penetrated deep into the Demon Beast Forest!" Zhang Qiang was a little puzzled.

You must know that the people who participate in the assessment of elite disciples are all disciples of the fifth or sixth level of Qi cultivation, and there is no problem in dealing with first-level demon beasts on the periphery, but once they encounter second-level demon beasts, they will die for life!

A demonic character like Lynch, with a seventh-layer cultivation of Qi cultivation, is helpless in the face of the second-level demon dragon of the Black Dragon Pool, not to mention the other disciples?

"Isn't this sending us to death?" A fifth-level Qi Cultivation disciple had a frosty face, obviously knowing that the place where Dao Zi Linglong appeared was very dangerous.

The other people also looked hesitant, and the scene became a little chaotic for a while.

I only heard the old man say again: "Don't say that the old man didn't remind you, if you don't have enough strength, it's better not to send you to death." Even if you think you are strong, it's best to work together, and only by cooperating with each other can you get the job done!"

"Mutual cooperation?" Zhang Qiang frowned, seeing that several disciples really walked together and discussed in a low voice, but he hesitated.

After a while, he thought to himself: "It is most difficult for a cultivator to trust others, and the more people there are, the more troublesome it will be, after all, no one wants to expose their hole cards." ”

"This senior brother is in the spirit of Xia Li. A thin young man came over and said, "We already have three people working together, I wonder if Senior Brother is interested in joining us?"

Zhang Qiang's expression moved, thinking that refusing at this time would be easy to attract attention. With his familiarity with the Demon Beast Forest, as long as he finds an opportunity to slip away, he will be unaware.

Li Zhiling has a five-level Qi cultivation cultivation, and as he spoke, three Qi practitioners with different expressions walked over behind him.

His gaze swept over the four of them, and Zhang Qiang nodded in agreement.

Li Zhiling said: "That's great, the four of us together, even if we encounter a second-level demon beast, take care of each other, there will be no problem in escaping." Now let's introduce ourselves to each other and talk about our abilities. ”

It seems that although this thin young man's cultivation is very ordinary, he is very tactful, and in a short period of time, he has organized four people who are not familiar or even know each other together.

"In Xia Zhao Hai, the peak of the fifth layer of Qi cultivation, the cultivation is the Vajra Jue! I am good at strength, once I use it, even if it is a first-level demon beast, I dare to fight hand-to-hand!"

"My name is Fan Donghua, and it can be said that I came out of the corpse of the demon beast! The first-level demon beasts that died in my hands, not to mention thirty, add up to close to a group of wolves!" The other person's face was cold, and there was an invisible evil aura exuding from his body, and he could see from his eyes alone that he was a ruthless person who was decisive in killing.

These two are not simple, one has divine powers, and the other has rich combat experience.

Li Zhiling clapped his hands and praised: "Senior Brother Zhao Hai is born with divine power, and the consumption of spiritual power will be less, even if we encounter demon beasts, there will be no problem with our combat endurance." Senior Brother Fan Donghua is full of evil spirits, those demon beasts with low strength will be avoided from afar, and we will definitely save a lot of trouble. ”

Then he said: "The younger brother is not talented, and his cultivation is the lowest." However, the junior brother's cultivation method is very flexible, and his speed is two percent faster than that of ordinary people!"

"Speed!" Zhao Hai and the others originally looked proud, but they couldn't help but look moved at this time.

There is a saying among cultivators that "a fist is three points hard, not as fast as one point faster", which is the importance of speed.

As long as the speed of others is on the front line, they can directly drive away at the critical moment to save their lives, and it is not impossible to reverse the situation even with the help of speed advantage.

Zhang Qiang couldn't help but take a deep look at the thin young man, remembered the name "Li Zhiling" in his heart, and then hugged his fists and said: "Under Zhang Qiang, before cultivating, he was a martial artist, and he had a certain ability to fight in close combat. ”

Zhao Hai and Fan Donghua frowned when they heard this, how to see Zhang Qiang's ability has no big effect on the team. Martial artists are mortals after all, and even if they are at the peak of martial arts, they are not worth mentioning in the eyes of cultivators.

Even Li Zhiling, who had been smiling, looked stunned, obviously he didn't expect Zhang Qiang to say this kind of ability that had almost no effect, and said at the moment: "Senior Brother Zhang Qiang is really polite, I feel that there is a bad aura on Senior Brother from afar, and his spiritual cultivation seems to be more refined than that of people of the same level, in case we encounter a powerful demon beast, Senior Brother Zhang Qiang will have to do more!"

Zhang Qiang's heart moved when he heard this, and he looked at the thin young man in front of him again, looking at the other party's still harmless look, and he looked up to him a little higher in his heart.

He deliberately restrained the evil qi on his body, and the other party could notice it from so far away, and he could even feel that the spiritual power fluctuations on his body were different from others, no matter how he looked at it, he didn't look like a disciple who had just entered the fifth layer of qi training.

After the four of them discussed, they agreed to gather outside the Demon Beast Forest in two hours.

Zhang Qiang returned to his residence, he had been busy hunting demon beasts and cultivating in the past few days, and he had not yet told Zhang Tian about his participation in the assessment of core disciples.

Zhang Tian sat on the stone bench, his face gloomy, and he lowered his head and sighed. Zhang Cui leaned against the wooden door, her eyes red for some reason.

Zhang Qiang originally wanted to tell them the good news of his assessment of elite disciples, but when he saw this scene, his heart sank, and he asked, "Third Uncle, what's wrong with you?" Sister Cui'er, are you crying?"

"No, what's the matter!" After seeing Zhang Qiang, Zhang Tian squeezed out a smile, looked him up and down, and said: "Qiang'er, it seems that your body has improved! I haven't seen you go out for a few days, and I want to find you!"

"Looking for me, is there anything wrong with the third uncle?" Zhang Qiang asked quietly.

Zhang Tian's eyes flashed slightly, he glanced at Zhang Cui with a sad face, wrinkled his brows, and was silent for a long time before he said in a low voice: "It's not a big deal, the third uncle just heard that this elite assessment is very dangerous and wants to tell you." However, although you are strong, you should not participate in this elite assessment, and there is no problem. ”

Looking at the expressions of Zhang Tian's father and daughter, Zhang Qiang knew that they must have something to hide from themselves, but they asked many times to no avail, so he said: "Third uncle, I have something to go out, if it goes well, I will come back in a day or two." If there's anything you can do, tell me!"

Then walked up to Zhang Cui, looking at the tears in the eyes of a pair of phoenixes, Zhang Qiang said softly: "Sister Cui'er, did something happen?

Zhang Cui only felt a sour feeling in her heart, almost cried out of her voice, biting her lip, and when she saw Zhang Tianchong shaking her head, she choked up and said, "No...... It's okay, Brother Qiang, you can get busy. I'm just a little sick in my throat!"

Seeing that he couldn't find a reason, Zhang Qiang left directly, and didn't even say anything about his participation in the core disciple assessment.

I thought that after the assessment was successful, the third uncle and daughter would be very happy if they knew the truth, even if there was really something, they could help them solve it now that their strength was greatly improved.

After coming to the Demon Beast Forest, Zhang Qiang quickly found Zhao Hai and the others according to the agreement.

Li Zhiling took out a piece of animal skin, pointed to a newly marked red dot on it, and said, "Little brother has checked, this location has appeared in Zi Linglong, and it also belongs to the periphery of the Demon Beast Forest, how about we go here first?"

Seeing that Zhao Hai and the others did not object, Zhang Qiang also nodded in agreement.

At this time, the sun was bright, and the forest was bright through the gaps in the branches and leaves, but I don't know why, Zhang Qiang felt that today's demon beast forest was a little different.

It seems that there is a faint layer of blood above the entire forest, which is indescribably weird.

Walking along a path one person wide, each of the four occupying a position.

Although there are some first-level demon beasts on the periphery, it is always right to be careful.

Li Zhiling and the other three each held a talisman in their hands, and as long as the demon beast appeared, they would be able to sacrifice the talisman to deal with it as soon as possible.

In Zhang Qiang's hand was a small wooden stick with a pitch-black body, which was the form of the small stick after its change, and it looked inconspicuous.

"Zhang Daoyou, isn't he reluctant to even have a talisman? With such a small wooden stick, do you want to scare the poisonous snake?" Zhao Hai sneered.

Fan Donghua looked angry, and looked at Zhang Qiang with an unkind face.

The four of them said that they would work together, and now all three of them took out talismans to take precautions, but Zhang Qiang was just holding a small wooden stick, which did seem a little strange.

Even Li Zhiling, who had a good temper, frowned, obviously a little dissatisfied with Zhang Qiang's performance.

Zhang Qiang smiled bitterly in his heart, he really didn't have a talisman on his body, and said at the moment: "Please rest assured, if the demon beast appears, Zhang has his own means to deal with it." ”