Chapter 45: A Series of Trials
"First brother, let's sit here, let's wait and see for a while, the other 24 promoted disciples will also come here one after another!"
"Xue Daoyou, are you waiting for us here?" Ouyang Han was the second to enter, walked in front of Xue Ying, and asked playfully.
Xue Ying replied with a smile on her face, "Of course." ”
Zhou Mingwen didn't act rashly after coming in, he stood in a remote position with his sword in his hand and quietly observed; Li Lei came directly to Xue Ying's side, ready to advance and retreat with her; the remaining 21 disciples entered one after another, most of them stood behind the four of them, cautiously observing the surrounding situation.
Wang Yang couldn't bear it, and walked in front of everyone impulsively, "Since you are all cowards, I, Wang Yang, am not afraid to come first, I want to see what this current can do to keep me?"
After speaking, he jumped up and was about to fly over the ten-zhang wide river, but he didn't expect that his body just flew directly above the edge of the river, and then fell vertically to the bottom of the river, and Wang Yang disappeared without even having time to react.
Everyone present was shocked, this river was the same as the legendary weak water that does not float. The serial trials were designed and controlled by the sect, and Wang Yang's life was bound to be in no danger, but his trial journey was interrupted, and everyone looked at each other, not daring to risk their lives again.
"Judging by his situation, this river should be similar to weak water, but it does not have the characteristic of weak water cutting off living beings, let me test whether my conjecture is accurate. ”
Xue Ying took out the hair band for tying her hair from the storage bag, about five inches long, thin, light and fluttering, dancing with the wind. She threw it towards the river, which attracted everyone's attention, and for a moment 24 pairs of monk's eyes and 1 pair of mung bean-like eyes of the little ant all watched the direction of the headband.
As soon as the hairband touched the top of the edge of the river, it fell instantly, as if a pair of tentacles stretched out from below to pull it to the bottom of the river with great force, but the strange thing is that the hairband is still clearly visible at the bottom, and it did not disappear like Wang Yang.
"It seems that the river has no corrosive effect, but there is an irresistible suction at the bottom, and the monk will be teleported out when he touches the river, but he will only sink to the bottom of the river! If you want to cross the river, you must find a way to overcome the suction, and there are many cuboids nearby. ”
Ouyang Han heard the content of Xue Ying's self-talk, and said firmly, "It seems that Daoist friends already have a countermeasure to cross the river, shouldn't they say it and share it?"
Xue Ying smiled lightly, "I have indeed understood the trick here, but there is no need to tell you!"
"After all, we are from the same sect, and we are about to participate in the sect competition together, I believe you also want our Meteor Sect to come out on top and make our strength go to the next level, isn't it?" Ouyang Han said step by step.
Xue Ying was not stirred by his words at all, and still had a generous and decent smile, "I think finding out the trick to pass is also the purpose of the sect to set up this level, and I can't let the painstaking design of the sect go down the drain!"
"Xue Daoyou is really sharp!"
"With each other, I am also sincerely thinking about the sect and all the brothers and sisters. Xue Ying didn't want to have more contact with Ouyang Han, so she stood up and turned her head to the other disciples and said,
"Brothers, I have found a way to cross the river, and I will cross the river next. You can choose to watch me cross the river and draw a gourd in the same way, or you can choose to close your six senses and think about how to cross the river by yourself, and open them after a quarter of an hour.
I suggest that you choose the latter, and I believe that this is also a test set by the sect for everyone. I will give everyone consideration of the time and start crossing the river in a quarter of an hour. After Xue Ying finished speaking, she sat down again and closed her eyes to recuperate.
A quarter of an hour later, Xue Ying found that only three people had not closed their six senses, closely watching her every move. Now that they had made a decision, Xue Ying didn't say anything more and prepared to cross the river.
She picked up a nearby rectangular stone with difficulty and threw it into the river, and as she expected, the rectangular stone did not disappear and was just an inch above the water's surface.
"It seems that this level is mainly to examine the strength, thanks to my small achievements in refining the body in the past two years, otherwise this special stone block really can't be moved, you must know that the stones I choose are relatively smaller. ”
"Then even if some disciples think of a way to cross the river, they can't get there!" the little ant snickered gloatingly. During the selection in the sect, many disciples ridiculed Xue Ying, making it not very good for the disciples of the sect.
"Well, that's how it should be. ”
Xue Ying kept going back and forth, and finally finished placing the last stone. She was panting for breath and was about to step on the last rock, when she heard a scream of "Ahh
She immediately looked back and saw that a disciple secretly stepped on the stone placed by Xue Ying, and the stone immediately collapsed and dissipated, turning into a little starlight and dissipating, and the disciple was immediately at a loss, and fell into the bottom of the river and disappeared under the suction pull of the river. The other two disciples immediately dispelled the same thought.
"Xiao Ying, he wants to take your ride, he deserves it!"
"Fortunately, I have already paved the last piece, otherwise there is no way to go back and get the stones, wouldn't I have to stay in the middle of the river!" Xue Ying patted her chest in fear, and said,
"It seems that in order to prevent someone from being confused, the special stones can remember the breath of people, and once the breath of a stranger appears, it will automatically dissipate. The quarter of an hour is almost up, and we have to hurry up and cross the river. ”
The moment Xue Ying stepped on the other side of the river, the stones in the river collapsed and dissipated at the same time. "In order to prevent everyone from following the same example and eliminating all traces, the sect's mind is really ingenious! No wonder Elder Wang said that the price paid for the serial trials was very high!"
The other two took the same approach to cross the river, one successfully crossed it, and the other barely managed to place one piece, and when the second piece was placed, he accidentally fell into the water and disappeared.
"First brother, let's go to the next trial venue, I'm looking forward to it very much!"
"You're not crazy, you like this kind of weird trial!"
"Cut, everything unknown is so interesting, oops, you little worm really doesn't know the realm of masters!"
"Hmph, you are not a master, I only believe that Master Batongtian is a master, so he did not participate in this kind of trial!" The little ant twisted his neck arrogantly, indicating that he did not accept the rebuttal.
Xue Ying didn't continue to quarrel with the little ant, it can make you speechless whether it is reasonable or not.
Xue Ying cautiously walked into the claustrophobic corridor step by step, she had been walking for a long time, there was no light in the darkness all around, there was no sound in the silence, and the space was narrow and only allowed one person to pass through, in this environment, the fear in people's hearts could be maximized.
"First brother, are you afraid?"
The little ant's voice trembled, "Of course I'm scared, my four legs are shaking uncontrollably, when can we go out?"
"It's okay, this is just a sect trial, and the worst case is that if you fail the trial and be teleported out, there will be no danger!" Everyone understands the truth, but fear is a natural reaction of the body, not controlled by the brain. Xue Ying comforted the little ant in a relaxed tone, trying to ignore her legs, which were also trembling.
"Ahh
"What's wrong? What's going on?"
"I feel that the spiritual power fluctuations not far away are very violent, and it seems to be very scattered, emitting different things one by one!"
Xue Ying's divine sense could not play a role in this environment, and after listening to the little ant's story, she could only be more cautious and cautiously and slowly approached the front.
"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh..."
The arrows suddenly shot from all directions, and in the blink of an eye, Xue Ying didn't have time to take out the Fengyun Sword at all, so she could only carry it without a trace, piercing through the gaps of the arrows, the speed was extremely fast, and her body was twisted into various shapes.
This process lasted for at least an hour, mixed with the ghost crying wolf howl of small ants, and the screams continued.
"Okay, we're safe, this level should be a test of our spiritual power storage and sensitivity, which is a piece of cake for me.
Look at your demeanor as a sky-swallowing ant along the way, tears and snot are flying everywhere, screaming and crying never stopping, I haven't been affected by you, I'm amazing, haha!"
"Hmph, I just didn't grow up. When I become a fourth-level demon beast, I will be able to swallow all the arrows just now. ”
"Okay, you're the best! Open your eyes, do you see what you see in front of you?"
The tentacles of the little ant moved, and no abnormality was noticed, so it slowly opened its eyes and looked around.
I saw that the trees in front of me were lush and green, and the sunlight drilled out of their gaps, painting countless dazzling circular highlights on the ground, colorful wildflowers could be seen everywhere, and there were all kinds of small beasts running and jumping in them, a thriving scene!
"Wow, there are withered vine grass, black fruit, and a thousand roots of grass,...
The little ant swallowed his saliva, "Xiao Ying, I actually saw so many treasures at once! I have seen them in the Medicinal Herb Illustrated Book, they are all spiritual herbs and elixirs that can only be used in the foundation building period, you can help me pick them as soon as possible, otherwise the other disciples will definitely rob us when they come." ”
After speaking, the little ant couldn't wait, and suddenly jumped off Xue Ying's shoulder, and came to the withered vine grass with the fastest speed so far, "Haha, withered vine grass, I'm here, this is a treasure that can increase the speed of absorbing spiritual energy!"
"Stop, brother, don't touch it!"
"Why, scare me, why can't you pick dry vine grass?"
"I thought only a fool would believe that these were true! As you said, these spiritual herbs and elixirs are priceless, and they are used by the masters and uncles in the foundation building period, and there may be even more rare resources in them, do you think the sect will put them in the trials of the disciples in the qi cultivation period?"
The little ant wilted all of a sudden, and said hatefully, "Hmph, deceiving the feelings of the first brother turned out to be fakes!"
"This should be a fantasy, outlining the scene that the monk most wants to see, so that people are addicted to it, and even deceive themselves, unwilling to return to the real world.
If you don't keep your cool and are tempted to pluck the withered vines, we may be in an even more dangerous situation as punishment!"
"Then how can we go out, Brother Yi doesn't want to see so many precious elixirs and spiritual herbs, but he can only look at them and can't touch them!"
"Haha, I don't know yet!"