Chapter 13: A Strange Appraisal (Part II)
Luo Tuowei was looking at the swamp and didn't know what to do, when he heard Song Pingcun's voice telling him to "roll". Although his voice was very soft, he didn't seem to offend him. Why do you let yourself go as soon as the assessment officially begins?
Song Pingcun was stunned when he saw the little fat man, and knew that he probably didn't understand. Pointing to the swamp, he said, "With your weight, it's hard to pull it out with one foot down." Roll sideways through the swamp, maybe it's okay. ”
After saying goodbye to Luo Tuowei, Song Pingcun himself moved forward step by step, this is a test of pure will and physical strength, there is nothing to be tricked.
Luo Tuowei was stunned for a moment, and understood what Song Pingcun meant, so he really started to roll sideways from the edge of the swamp.
Most of the young ones, looking at Luo Tuowei's real movements, the thin ones directly began to fall down on the swamp and climb, and the fat ones also gritted their teeth and followed the little fat man to move forward in a rolling way.
Song Pingcun didn't make himself look relaxed, but he was the first to walk out among the assessors of the same height and age as him, and there were more than a dozen people with the same height and speed in front of him who had already walked out first.
The waterhole behind the swamp is not a problem for Song Pingcun, who grew up by the sea and is still forging his body in the sea of blood, and there are those who can't swim, so they can only go around the shallow water along the edge of the waterhole. With the first one, of course, the following ones will follow suit.
After the waterhole, Song Pingcun has gone from more than a dozen to the 9th position.
The bamboo forest behind the waterhole, although the rotten leaves are deep and difficult to walk, is much better than the swamp, but the physical exertion makes many examiners feel more difficult than walking in the swamp. Moreover, there are small snakes coming out of the bamboo forest from time to time. Although the accompanying disciples of the Broken Yuan Sect kindly reminded that they were all non-toxic, no matter who was bitten, it was very uncomfortable and had to be careful.
When the first snake bit up, Song Pingcun only felt a slight touch, and he didn't even feel uncomfortable or painful.
The disciple of the Cloud Breaking Sect who followed the first echelon of the assessor guard was named He Dakai, who was already in the early stage of accepting qi, and was the highest cultivation among the guard disciples, and it was also an accident to see this scene, he had never seen anyone who participated in the assessment ignore the little snake. At most, it is quick to be quick or timely to dodge, and it is the first person like Song Pingcun to completely ignore it.
The farther you enter the bamboo forest, the greater the thickness of the rotten leaves, and the first echelon of several people can't do it even if they want to move forward together, and they are slowly divided by dense or fallen bamboo poles, and it becomes more and more difficult to move forward.
Song Pingcun's breath was even, and he didn't consume much physical energy, silently counting the assessors who were still in front of him, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, and then sat down with a butt, pretending to be out of breath.
After resting for about half a stick of incense, a teenager chased after him, holding a bamboo in his hand, apparently to borrow strength. Song Pingcun's eyes rolled, and he also reached out from where he was sitting and picked up a cut piece of bamboo, and held it hard, looking like he was using some force, and it seemed that he didn't want to be chased by the people behind.
"Wait, brother." Song Pingcun, who had just gotten up, was stopped by the one who caught up from behind: "My name is Zhou Fugui, what about you?" ”
"Song Pingcun." Song Pingcun didn't mind that the other party knew his name.
Zhou Fugui is a thin teenager, his age looks similar to Song Pingcun, and he is about 12 years old.
In this conversation, Zhou Fugui had already walked in front of him: "Let's go together, how about it?" ”
Faced with the first invitation, Song Pingcun did not refuse, anyway, he didn't know how to be just right.
"Fugui, how can we pass the assessment?"
Zhou Fugui, who caught up, stopped and gasped: "I don't know, but the competition still depends on the ranking." ”
Looking at his answer, Song Pingcun guessed that the other party was also the first time, and if this was the case in previous years, he actually forgot to ask the head of the Luo family.
Since it is not clear, what Zhou Fugui said is not unreasonable, now this ranking should be enough, and he is no longer in a hurry to leave.
The deeper the bamboo forest, the fewer and fewer small snakes. When the two are together, the chances of being attacked are also reduced.
Song Pingcun found that this Zhou Fugui's hand speed was very fast, although his physical strength was exhausted, but he was often pinched by him when the little snake was about to bite, and then thrown far away.
"This snake should be a tool for assessment, otherwise snake blood can also replenish some physical strength." Zhou Fugui gently pursed his somewhat dry lips.
He was born in an Orion family, and his parents died, so he was the only one left, so he had the courage to try it. He was used to running in the mountains and forests, and the swamps were fine, but it took too much time to cross the pool, because he was a landlubber.
As he walked, he was talking, and it could be seen that although he was very tired, his foundation was still good.
After a while, the longest section was finally completed, and they came to the last level of the assessment of the Broken Yuan Sect, and a cliff stood in front of the two.
When they arrived, two of the three people in front of them had already started to climb the mountain, and they were all teenagers. The young man sitting at the foot of the cliff had blood on his face, probably injured by a fall, but he did not raise his hand to signal his withdrawal.
Come to think of it, it's all here, quit the assessment, and everything in front of you is meaningless.
Fortunately, it doesn't look badly injured, and it should be fine after resting for a while.
"Have you climbed the mountain?" Zhou Fugui glanced up.
Song Pingcun really hasn't climbed such a cliff, but even if he falls down, it will hurt at most, and it is estimated that he can't even break the skin.
"Not really. The mountain road on the edge of our town is easier to walk. Song Pingcun didn't say much about the situation in Songji Town.
"Then you can watch how I get on in a moment, and follow me."
Zhou Fugui likes Song Pingcun quite a lot, there are several continuous small snake attacks in the bamboo forest, and he helps in time, although he will not be hurt much, but it is also very annoying.
The bamboo forest in the second half of the two, because they walked hand in hand, cooperated well, and the physical consumption was less, but it was faster than the first half.
In return, he asked Song Pingcun to follow him, not only to demonstrate to him, but also to pull him in case Song Pingcun really couldn't climb the cliff.
Seeing Song Pingcun nodded. Zhou Fugui squatted down and picked up the dry soil under the cliff with his hands, and passed it several times like a leaky sieve, leaving a very fine dry soil.
"Come, first smear your hands with this dry soil."
Song Pingcun learned from Zhou Fugui's appearance, touched his palms and fingers a few times, and after being densely stained, Zhou Fugui asked Song Pingcun to follow him, and rolled the soles of his feet back and forth in the fine soil a few times, so that the soles of his feet were also covered with fine soil.
Only then did he watch Zhou Fugui grab the hanging vines and try it, and he stepped up the cliff with one kick.
When Zhou Fugui was about one person more than one person above the ground, Song Pingcun also followed his example and grabbed the vines and pulled them, and after making sure that it was safe, he also followed towards the cliff.
As soon as he was about five feet off the ground, he heard an exclamation, and one of the two people in front of him fell.
When I looked down, I saw that the person had rolled down the cliff to the bamboo forest. The other person who had just fallen down had just begun to climb the cliff.
With Zhou Fugui leading the way, Song Pingcun followed closely, one skillful, one flexible, and climbed to the top of the cliff without accident, a cliff of more than 30 zhang, and then leaned over to look after coming up, it was still a little terrifying.
There was only one person in front of the two of them, and he was sitting on the top of the cliff at the moment, gasping for breath. Seeing the two of them coming up one after the other, he just glanced at them lightly and didn't say a word.
This person is the same age as Zhou Fugui, but he looks stronger.
Zhou Fugui finally pulled Song Pingcun to save his strength, and the two of them fell on the top of the cliff panting, and they heard a sound coming out.
"Zhou Fugui, ranked second"
"Song Pingcun, ranked third"