Hunting in the Stone Forest, everyone vaguely sniffed out the bloody wind and rain hidden in it.

"Ladies and gentlemen of the Changfeng Martial Academy, this assessment is dangerous and unpredictable, since we are classmates, how about we join hands to advance and retreat together?" Cheng Haoran faced everyone, and the number of graduates of the Changfeng Martial Academy who had passed the phantom array reached six, and the pass rate was close to half.

This is not surprising, Changfeng Martial Academy is the first martial academy in Fujing City, and Fujing is the capital of Baifu Kingdom. This is destined to have more elites gathered in the Changfeng Martial Academy than in the local Martial Academy.

"Sorry, I'm not interested. Han Qiu'er shook her head and directly rejected Cheng Haoran's proposal.

"Why is that?" Cheng Haoran was a little surprised, he also thought that most people should agree with this suggestion.

"I like to be alone. Han Qiu'er's simple and neat words made Cheng Haoran speechless.

"I already have a team. Li Gan also said, his eyes immediately fell on Jiang Xuan, sneered a few times, and turned his head to leave directly.

Cheng Haoran could only focus his anticipating gaze on Jiang Xuan, and the two of them didn't agree, in his mind, if Jiang Xuan, who was the first in the Great Ceremony and the first in the Phantom Array assessment, could join them, their chances of passing the assessment would definitely be much greater.

Jiang Xuan thought about it, teaming up has advantages, but there are also disadvantages. For example, you don't know when your companion will stab you for profit, and it's easy to be tied down in times of crisis.

"I'm sorry. Jiang Xuan quickly made a decision and rejected Cheng Haoran's invitation.

He analyzed the pros and cons and found that he was not very short of companions, on the contrary, if he had companions, many of his secrets would probably be exposed in advance. With his current strength, as long as he doesn't encounter cloud beasts with too many different levels, he can have the strength to fight, and if he really encounters such cloud beasts, to be honest, these companions can't help much.

He decided to go it alone, and although it was a little more dangerous to fight alone, he could come and go freely and the benefits were more considerable.

Three of the six refused, and Cheng Haoran was helpless, so he could only continue to look for like-minded companions with the remaining two.

At this time, outside the valley, many people talked to each other with such thoughts. It's just that most of the people here don't know each other, so even if they barely form a team, how can they be sure that they won't be betrayed by the other party?

Jiang Xuan sat silently in a corner, adjusting his state to prepare for the challenges that would come at night.

The Yunhai Mountains at night are ten times more dangerous than during the day. At that time, visibility was at its lowest, and some ferocious nocturnal cloud beasts were also hunting, and if one was not careful, they could die among them.

In half a day, soon one team after another was formed. Of course, there are some people who choose to go it alone, and most of these people are self-reliant people.

Zeng Yifan reappeared, and this time, he brought a full three large vultures.

Divided into three batches, the vultures took off with a large number of candidates and headed towards their destination, the Stone Forest.

As night fell, the vulture shuttled through the sea of clouds, and in a short time, it reached its destination.

It was pitch black below, the clouds and mist were churning, and there were many ghosts, and from time to time tigers and wolves could be heard howling.

The roar of some brute beasts went straight into the sky, and it looked particularly gloomy in the quiet night, and some candidates couldn't help but change their faces, as if they were facing a great enemy.

Zeng Yifan let out a whistle, and the three vultures scattered.

Jiang Xuan and Zeng Yifan were on the back of a vulture in the same place, only to see the vulture slowly descending into the low sky, and when it was less than three feet away from the forest, it stopped and slowly flapped its wings.

"Let's go all down. He said coldly, his tone unquestionable.

Some candidates showed hesitation in their eyes, the forest below was dark and unknown, so they rushed down so rashly, who knows if they would just encounter a fierce beast?

Everyone, you look at me, I look at you, they all want to wait for others to explore the way first.

Jiang Xuan shook his head, walked to the edge of the vulture's back, and jumped down without hesitation!

With this leap, he rushed straight into the forest, and then performed a ghostly step, and disappeared into the forest in a few steps, where he was gone.

He was extremely fast, walking among the trees like a ghost. After turning several times in succession, until he was sure that there was no possibility of anyone following him, he stopped, reached into his pocket, and took out a spirit rune.

The stealth talisman, the spirit talisman given by Teacher Mu Ping, is his biggest reliance in this forest in the next three days.

The true element in his body flowed, Jiang Xuan urged the spirit rune, and then pasted it on his body.

A mysterious aura suddenly enveloped him, and Jiang Xuan felt that the fog around him was all integrated with himself, as if he had erased the traces of existence from this world.

Tell me about it.

In the grass beside it, there was a small sound of movement.

Jiang Xuan's heart moved, his feet stepped on the cat's step, and slowly approached.

It was a hare, drilling in the grass, unaware of Jiang Xuan's approach at this time.

"This stealth charm is really powerful. Jiang Xuan was happy in his heart, a timid animal like a rabbit would immediately flee as soon as there was a little trouble.

And at this moment, he deceived himself to the front, but the rabbit was still unaware, which showed that the power of this stealth talisman was indeed great.

Jiang Xuan took another step forward, wanting to catch the rabbit, but his foot happened to step on a dead branch, making a crunching sound, the rabbit heard the movement, his long ears moved, and he immediately fled in a panic.

"This stealth talisman is just to drain the breath so that others can't easily detect it, it's not just stealth, it seems that you still have to be careful. Jiang Xuan didn't chase the rabbit either, and stood in place to analyze the benefits.

After a while, he began to advance through the chaotic stone forest, wanting to find a place to live first, and then start hunting the cloud beast tomorrow.

The forest at night is too dangerous, and he is not familiar with this forest, so it is not too late to wait until tomorrow to familiarize himself with the surrounding environment.

Walking less than a thousand zhang away, Jiang Xuan's face changed, and his steps stopped.

Ten meters in front of him, there was a corpse lying there, looking at its costume, it was the same batch of candidates as himself!

"Someone died so soon. Jiang Xuan's heart sank, and he stepped forward to investigate, only to see that the person's face was purple, his lips were swollen, and there was an inconspicuous bite mark on his arm.

"It looks like he was bitten by a poisonous snake. Jiang Xuan recognized the bite mark at a glance, and looked around vigilantly.

A poisonous snake that can bite and kill a martial artist must have reached the realm of cloud beasts, and this kind of snake is sometimes more dangerous than a fierce tiger.

At night, the vision is extremely poor, and the fog is agitated, so that ordinary people can't see beyond their bodies at all.

However, Jiang Xuan's eyesight was excellent, and he was assisted by mental power, and after careful inspection, he quickly discovered the abnormality.

On a big tree two meters away, a slender snake wrapped itself around the branches, gently spitting out letters, and its eyes in the night were like two faint candles.

The snake is similar in color to the branches, so it has an excellent concealment effect. Thinking about this candidate who died of poisoning, he was close to the poisonous snake without noticing, and he lost his life.

Jiang Xuan slowly approached, and took out the short sword from his body.

With sharp eyes, he found that the scales of the poisonous snake had a total of two stars.

"Two-star prey!" Jiang Xuan's eyes were happy, he didn't expect to find the target so quickly.

He approached slowly, the sword in his hand slowly raised, without making any movement.

At this time, the poisonous snake, entrenched in the dark, with its usual concealment tricks, is also waiting for its prey. Unfortunately, it didn't know that this time it had become someone else's prey.

"Poof!"

Jiang Xuan burst into trouble, skillfully used his dark energy, and the broken sword in his hand was thrown out like a dart, as fast as lightning, so fast that the poisonous snake didn't have time to react, and was directly nailed to it!

The slender body struggled weakly a few times, the viper's vitality slowly dissipated, Jiang Xuan approached with a smile, and was about to take down the broken sword.

At this time, a sudden sound of breaking wind came, and in the darkness, a light shadow flashed quickly!

Jiang Xuan's face changed suddenly, he stepped on the ghost whispering and walked in a daze, and retreated between the lightning and flint, so that he was not hit by the black shadow.

It's another two-star poisonous snake! Jiang Xuan only noticed the one on the branch just now, but he didn't find another lurking danger!

With palpitations, Jiang Xuan secretly rejoiced. If it weren't for the top-level body technique "Ghost Whispering Smoke Step", with the speed of the poisonous snake that sneaked up just now, I am afraid that I would have been bitten.

"This forest is really dangerous, and it seems that you have to be careful. Jiang Xuan warned himself that he couldn't make such a mistake again.

The poisonous snake that attacked him failed in one blow and had slipped away, and I don't know where it lurked again.

Jiang Xuan was not in a hurry, he just stood in place, using his eyes and ears together, paying attention to the wind and grass around him.

"Hmph, dare to come again!" After a while, the corners of Jiang Xuan's mouth curled, and a sudden palm slapped out to the ground, and Zhenyuan was outward!

The poisonous snake that was secretly lurking close was swept by Zhenyuan, and screamed bitterly, and then fell to the ground softly, its scales stained with blood.

"In this way, it's four stars. ”

Jiang Xuan weighed it, quickly disposed of the corpses of the next two poisonous snakes, peeled off the snake skins with star scars, and put them in the baggage prepared in advance.

With all this done, he quickly left the place and continued to search for a place to hide.

The reason for the name of the Stone Forest is that there are many stones of various sizes scattered in it.

Right now, Jiang Xuan came to a small stone mountain, which was made up of hundreds of stones of different shapes. He found a cave in one of the corners, which was very well concealed, and he could also block the entrance with stones to prevent others from discovering it.

"Great place, this is a temporary camp. ”

The bonfire burned, Jiang Xuan leaned against the wall of the cave, took out the dry food and ate it silently.

What he saw and heard today touched him greatly, Star Picking Sect, this was indeed a place he had never imagined before.

Thinking of the Star Picking Pavilion he saw floating in the air during the day, as well as the invincible swordsmanship, he was extremely yearning in his heart.

The path of cultivation is difficult, and the road is full of corpses, but when you go to a high place, you will also have a unique scenery. As long as he works hard to climb up, sooner or later, he may be able to stand on the top and see the mountains at a glance.