Ning Dachuan led Su Mai straight to a room at the end of the east head, pushed open the door and walked in, and Su Mai followed.

I saw that the room was very large, but the furnishings were extremely simple.

There are five wooden beds with futons on the left and right sides and on the wall opposite the entrance, and on the side near the door, there is a window with simple carvings for ventilation.

There is also a simple set of toiletries in the corner under the window, but nothing else.

Pointing to the bed on the right, Ning Dachuan said to Su Mai: "This is a temporary place to receive newcomers, you will rest here tonight, and after tomorrow's entrance assessment, you will arrange another place to go."

After a pause, he said: "You are lucky, the last one to come, but it is an exclusive room, and the newcomers who came before are all five people in a room."

When Su Mai heard this, he hurriedly said, "Thank you senior brother for taking care of you", and thanked him after speaking.

Ning Dachuan waved his hand and said with a smile: "You're welcome, tomorrow's assessment will be very strict, so let's rest, I hope you can be selected." Then he took his leave.

Su Mai sent him outside the door, waited for Ning Dachuan's figure to disappear, and then looked around the courtyard with some curiosity.

I saw that the verandahs of these sixteen rooms were connected, but the doors were closed one by one, and there was a faint sound of talking.

Su Mai wanted to visit, but then he thought of coming here for the first time, and it was abrupt to go rashly, and it was almost late, and there was still a big test tomorrow, so it was better to rest earlier.

After hesitating for a moment, Su Mai turned around, entered the room, and closed the door with his hand.

Su Mai sat down on the wooden bed on the right, and casually pulled the window down, and the whole room was immediately plunged into darkness.

Close your eyes and concentrate, the experience of this time is swirling in your mind again, the sky is not saying goodbye, the gods are fighting on Cuiyun Mountain, the strange illusion of the green reeds and the Wu You who has known each other for a short time but regards him as a confidant.

Thinking of Wu You, I felt a little guilty in my heart.

You shouldn't go alone in the green reeds, leave him behind, now life and death are uncertain, and you can't get rid of your responsibilities when you say it, I hope to see him again tomorrow.

Letting his thoughts wander, Su Mai's heart was a little troubled, and in his boredom, he practiced Suizi's cold protection technique that day.

The heater traveled all around, indescribably comfortable, and after a while, people quieted down.

During this period of time, he practiced diligently, and Su Mai faintly discovered that this method of keeping out the cold can not only keep warm, but also have the effect of calming the mind and calming the mind.

Take a break and sleep in your clothes.

Since the day with the son left, for several days to run the mountains and forests, are under the eaves of the forest to shelter, rare now there is a wooden bed quilt, can finally sleep well, tomorrow who knows, to tomorrow to talk about it.

After a while, the cry gradually rose, and the night reached dawn.

The next morning, when a ray of light fell onto the wooden bed through the gap in the windowsill, Su Mai woke up, and the sound of footsteps could be faintly heard in the small courtyard outside the door.

Hurriedly washed, pushed the door out, the courtyard was still a little dim, and there were already people walking on the verandah.

Su Mai smiled and nodded, said hello, and walked out after the crowd.

As soon as I got out of the hospital, I found that on the bluestone avenue outside, young men and women walked towards the central square in turn, either in a hurry or slowly.

As far as the eye can see, the Nine Palaces Giant Array in the center of the square looks hazy and solemn, and from a distance, it looks like a huge shadow standing between heaven and earth, as if it may swallow people at any time, which makes people fearful.

Su Mai walked forward with the flow of people, approaching the huge stone pillar, only to find that it was already densely packed with people, and there were nearly hundreds of them, mostly young men and women in different costumes, but there were no disciples of the Iron Sword Sect.

Su Mai stood still on the periphery, only to see groups of three or five in the crowd, gathered in a small circle, it seemed that they were more familiar with each other, there were new friends, and there were also familiar partners, and they chatted everywhere.

He arrived at the latest, and he lived alone yesterday, so naturally there would be no familiar faces, except for Wu You, who he had been looking forward to.

Standing alone in a corner, searching for the crowd, but did not see Wu You's figure, Su Mai was a little worried, if Wu You arrived at the Iron Sword Gate, with his character, he should have waited here early, but now he is missing, most of them have not yet arrived.

The triennial newcomer entry has ended, if Wu You misses it, he will have to wait three years later, the green reeds and the iron sword gate are separated by a mountain, Wu You will not come here, where will he go?

Could it be that he had an accident in Baili Qingwei? Su Mai felt a chill in his heart.

Just as he was worried and anxious, the noisy crowd suddenly fell silent.

Su Mai turned his head to see that there were two disciples of the Iron Sword Sect walking briskly not far away, and the first one was Ning Dachuan, whom he had just met yesterday.

Since he took turns to take disciples yesterday, half of the newcomers knew him, and when they saw his arrival, they all stepped forward to greet him.

I saw him smile and nod in response, and after standing still in the crowd, he cleared his throat, threw his hand around, and said loudly:

"Ladies and gentlemen, first of all, welcome to participate in my triennial Tiejian Gate newcomer entrance examination, in Xia Ning Dachuan, is a disciple of Elder Guo of the Deacon Hall, on behalf of the family master to preside over the primary selection of newcomers, after the primary selection, the winner will be sent to the deacon hall, selected by the elders of each hall, if you are lucky enough to be selected, you can go to its disciple to study, officially become an inner disciple. ”

Before the words fell, the crowd burst into applause, Ning Dachuan waved his hand and continued:

"The entrance assessment is very simple, but the test is your heart and courage, the fairy road is difficult, if there is no courage and perseverance beyond ordinary people, it is difficult to become an atmosphere, the assessment officially began at the time, then it will explain the rules to you, now you can go to the front to receive the sign, and then free activities, please prepare in advance. ”

With that, he pointed to a stone platform not far from the stone formation, and turned to leave.

Su Mai followed the flow of people and walked over, only to see that there were two disciples of the Iron Sword Sect behind this stone platform, who were similar in age to himself, and should be newcomers from the previous session.

A square wooden box was piled up on the stone platform, and someone was constantly reaching in to grab the sign.

Su Xiang squeezed inside, approached the stone platform, and found that there was a white paper pressed next to the wooden box, on which were written: "Random selection, no replacement" eight big characters.

Reaching into the wooden box, he grabbed a random ball of paper, unfolded it and looked at it, and it read "No. 36" in small block letters.

Fold it again and put it in his arms, Su Mai turned around and left the stone platform, but deliberately shuttled back and forth among the crowd.

In a moment, he returned to the place where he had been standing.

In a short time, the sky was bright and the mist gradually disappeared.

Su Mai looked up at the Nine Palaces Sword Array in front of him, and found that the huge stone pillars were carved with dragon patterns, and the top of each stone pillar was actually a huge dragon head, looking up to the sky and roaring, surrounded by nine dragons, raising his head to the sky, which was very spectacular.

Nine Dragons Howling?

Su Mai read a sentence softly, but he couldn't understand how an ordinary Nine Palace Stone Formation could make such a loud noise.

Unable to suppress his curiosity, Su Mai quietly walked towards the stone pillars, only to find that these round giant pillars were very huge, with about six people hugging each other, and the whole was gray and black.

Xu is a long time, some mottled, the dragon pattern carving is ancient and simple, even a little casual, there is a rough feeling to the touch, as if it has experienced thousands of years of wind and frost to cripple, not at all like the bluestone giant sword in front of the mountain smooth and delicate.

Senior Brother Ning said that this Nine Palace Array and the giant sword in front of the mountain were both created by the ancestor of Konoha, why does this place look much older than the giant sword, and the stone is not the same, this giant pillar is obviously not made of the bluestone that is abundant in the local area.

Could it be that this stone henge was not made by the Konoha Patriarch?

Su Mai suddenly had a strange thought.

There was a sound of surprise behind "Wow......", mixed with a bit of surprise and envy.

Su Mai hurriedly turned his head to look, only to see that in the valley far away in the west, three swords rose to the sky, two were pale blue, and the middle one was red.

After a while, three figures appeared from the sword light, and they had already appeared on the top of the stone formation.

Su Mai raised his eyes and saw that it was Ning Dachuan, Yuan Xiao, and Mei Yu who he saw before entering the valley yesterday.

Ning Dachuan stood on the left side of Meiyu, smiling, and Yuan Xiao was dressed in white, with the same cold complexion, calm as water.

Mei Yu stood in the middle, dressed in red and robed, with a red long sword on his feet, like a burning flame, which made people's eyes shine.

Su Mai looked at her from afar, when the mist gradually disappeared, the plum rain looked very beautiful, like a hibiscus in September, blooming in the morning sky, with a girl's unique youthful atmosphere, so that Su Mai looked a little crazy.

"Everyone, please be quiet"

Ning Dachuan's gentle voice came from the air.

"This newcomer entrance examination is presided over by my substitute teacher, Senior Brother Yuan Xiao and Senior Sister Meiyu together with all the senior brothers as the supervision, everyone is here, it is fate, regardless of rich or poor, Iron Sword Gate will treat each other equally, whether you can get started, it depends on your chance. ”

After a pause, Ning Dachuan pointed to the Nine Palace Stone Formation below and continued:

"This assessment, based on the Nine Palaces Array, a group of fifty people enters the stone formation, takes half an hour as the boundary, and walks out of the stone formation within the specified time, that is, it is passed, please line up in order according to the previous lottery number, and enter in order."

As soon as the words fell, there was a noise below, and a loud but immature voice shouted:

"Half an hour?, although this stone henge is huge, it won't take half an hour to get out, I can run out in a quarter of an hour. ”

Su Mai looked for prestige, but he was a little fat man of twelve or thirteen years old.

There was a chorus in the crowd, and the assessment of this Iron Sword Gate was too easy, as long as you could walk, you could walk out.

Su Mai was also a little puzzled, yesterday Ning Dachuan obviously said that the entrance assessment was very strict, how could it suddenly become so simple, could it be that there was something strange in it?

Looking up at the three people in the air, I saw that on this stone henge, with the three people as the center, there were already dozens of Iron Sword Sect disciples standing around them, surrounding the Nine Palace Stone Formation.

Ning Dachuan was holding a bronze mirror in his hand at this time, and read in his mouth: "The ancient mirror opens the sky, illuminates people's hearts, and the body is pure and upright, and enters my courtyard."

After speaking, he raised his right hand and waved the bronze mirror towards the stone formation, the long swords under the feet of the surrounding Iron Sword Sect disciples trembled, and the blue light of the Dao Dao shot into the bronze mirror, the white light of the bronze mirror flashed, and a piece of white light poured out from the mirror, shining on the stone formation.

For a moment, I saw bursts of white light around the Nine Palace Stone Formation, forming a circle of light, enveloping the giant array, and on the side facing the crowd, a circular entrance about two feet high was left, and then two disciples of the Iron Sword Sect stood on both sides.

"Another illusion?"

Su Mai snorted softly, and the strange mist in the hundred miles of green reeds still lingered.

After looking at it carefully for a moment, Su Mai was a little suspicious, the white light in front of him was pure and clear, and even a little dazzling, not like the fog in the green reeds.

Thinking about it, I am relieved, no matter what, let's go first.

Following Ning Dachuan's order, there was a burst of confusion in the crowd, and many newcomers walked towards the entrance.

Su Mai followed the flow of people, and after checking the number at the entrance, he cautiously walked into this mysterious circle of light.