Chapter 45: The Trial of the East Lake (2)
After the first round of tests, Zhao Yingluo, together with all the passers, walked straight to the shore of the East Lake under the guidance of the Yunduo Valley Lord and the people of the Falling Star Valley. The fat monk took the lead, and he was always a few positions ahead of everyone. The East Lake is bustling and bustling, and once the people in the streets and alleys see his half-iron tower-like body approaching, they all retreat and stay away. As for the thirty disciples who followed behind the Yunduo Valley Lord, Fang Zi had passed the first round of tests, and the eyes of everyone were more jealous than envious. If eyes could kill, they would have been slashed by a thousand knives.
All the way, there was a fat monk in front of the road, everyone had their own thoughts, and it didn't take long to come to an inconspicuous, even slightly dilapidated small octagonal pavilion located in the middle of the East Lake. To Zhao Yingluo's surprise, this pavilion was the place where he bought the iron-gray uncovered small tripod called "Little Stove" before. He tiptoed and looked out of the crowd, but he never found the rickety, thin figure.
When there was a little melancholy in his heart, a burst of laughter came to his ears without warning. Zhao Yingluo followed the prestige, and saw a white curved horn more than ten feet in the north sky, carrying dozens of handsome and beautiful young men and girls, laughing and playing all the way. Seeing that the speed seemed to be slow and urgent, he had reached the front of the Falling Star Valley group cultivators in a few breaths. When a woman with a graceful figure and a veil covering her face led the group of men and women to slowly walk down this huge corner, she casually punched several tricks into it. The corners of the faint green flames suddenly burst into flames, and in the midst of the firelight, they shrank to the size of ordinary hairpins and hairpins at a speed visible to the naked eye, and the woman stuck obliquely into her long hair like mist.
Listening to the gentle words of the girls, and looking at the young and beautiful faces, half of the Qi Refining Stage Minor Cultivators who had just passed the first round of the trial in the Falling Star Valley had fallen into the Gentle Country. Seeing this, the fat monk raised his eyebrows and frowned slightly, and whispered a Buddha name, saying, "Amitabha." The sound was as loud as a morning bell and a dusk drum, like a thunderstorm on a spring night, which made the lost little repairers suddenly regain their clarity, and they looked at each other and saw a little shame and chagrin on each other's faces.
Smelling the Buddha's name, the slender woman with a plain veil hanging face, after bowing to the fat monk, said coquettishly: "The Darong monk of Hanyu Temple is above, and the little woman Wang Xiang'er is polite." Congratulations to the monk 'King Kong Zen Lion Roar' for his magical powers. ”
glanced at Wang Xiang'er, who was enthusiastic, had a thousand manners, and was graceful. The Darong Divine Monk's tone was indifferent, and his face sank like water: "The small skills of carving insects can't enter the eyes of the king's master." However, the poor monk wants to congratulate the master of the door on his natal magic weapon 'Spirit Rhino Hairpin' officially entering the ranks of the cave magic weapon. I never thought that in just over a thousand years, you could refine this treasure to such an extent, you are really a talented person from all generations. ”
Without continuing to dwell on this topic, the Lord of the Liuhe Gate turned to the Lord of Yunduo Valley and whispered to the Lord of Yunduo Valley: "Senior Brother Yun, in the opinion of a little woman, this East Lake Meeting is special, and you and I don't need to wait for someone from the Sword Casting Pavilion to come. With the strength of everyone, and the forbidden magic weapon 'Five Elements Ring' has already won two of the three, it is not difficult to temporarily open up the forbidden array that has entered a weakening period.
As he spoke, one of his bright eyes was always staring at Yun Duo, and he looked like he would agree to it.
Although the codex of the Beiyi Palace, which has been handed down from generation to generation, records the situation in the secret territory of the East Lake in detail. However, the description of the so-called secret outer encirclement that was used by the three major sects of Donghu County to select disciples from the outer sect seemed a little vague, and there were only a few brushstrokes passing by.
It was Zhao Yingluo who took the opportunity of rushing to slowly approach a senior brother with a late-stage cultivation of atomization. He was one of the inner disciples of the Falling Star Valley who assisted in the connection of the East Lake Meeting. This senior brother, who seems to be indifferent on the outside, is actually a warm-hearted person.
For Zhao Yingluo's question, there are several questions about the secret outer encirclement of East Lake. Not only did he give detailed answers one by one. Moreover, in the explanation of individual issues, he incorporated his own unique opinions and views, which really benefited Zhao Yingluo a lot.
At that time, he lowered his voice and said to Zhao Yingluo: "Twenty years ago, I participated in the second round of the East Lake Trial in the secret outer encirclement of the land. The situation there was indeed as much danger and strife as the valley lord had said before the first round of testing began. The so-called method of the three families jointly selecting outer disciples, I believe that the junior disciples have also heard of some of them, that is, the thirty Qi refining stage cultivators who were fortunate enough to pass the first round of tests of each family were allowed to enter the outer places of the East Lake Secret Realm to pick rare elixirs, spirit grasses, or hunt materials for low-level demon beasts. The three major sects finally evaluate their achievements in the second round of this trial based on the amount of personal gain. While fighting against the dangers of the secret outer perimeter, Jedi or demon beasts, the monks also had to guard against the sneak attack of the Qi Refining Stage monks who entered this place together, because in the second round of the previous East Lake Trials, there were not a few monks who died by being killed and robbed of treasures. And the attitude of the three major forces on this matter is also noncommittal, so the result is often inconclusive. ”
Looking at the honest Zhao Yingluo's sad face, the indifferent senior brother of the Falling Star Valley, after a pause, tried his best to squeeze out a smile on his face, patted Zhao Yingluo's shoulder, and said with relief: "Senior brother, don't be too pessimistic, the outer place of the secret realm, even if there are organs everywhere, every step is frightening, there are demon beasts in front of you, and there are monks in the back. But in my brother's opinion, as long as you do what you can, don't be greedy for merit, calm and calm, and accept it when you see it, after you have a certain spiritual material harvest, you will find a suitable place to hide, and wait for the day when the trial is over, then I believe that you will be able to stand out with the ability of your junior brother. After all, among the 90 people who entered, the three factions must select about 30 people according to the method of selecting people at intervals in turn, so they exclude those who are damaged by Jedi, fierce beasts, or people who have been killed and robbed. In my brother's opinion, among the remaining monks, as long as they have a little spiritual accumulation, they can probably be among the top thirty. ”
After listening to the indifferent senior brother, after the personal experience in the second round of the trial, Zhao Yingluo, who had gained his own income, interrupted his thoughts for the appearance of the women in the octagonal pavilion and the Liuhe Gate. At this moment, there were bursts of whispering in the crowd, and he looked away from everyone's eyes, but saw a blue-green sword qi surging from a distance. In a few moments, a sharp and murderous aura had already enveloped the area of the small pavilion within a radius of dozens of zhang. Before Zhao Yingluo and the other Qi Refining Stage minor cultivators could react, Yun Duo and the Lord of the Royal Sect summoned two shields, one red and one white, almost at the same time, covering the people who came with them. Zhao Ying, who was in the fiery red shield, felt that the pressure had dropped sharply when he landed, and the sadness and gloom in his heart gradually disappeared.
In the blink of an eye, the blue-green sword qi was already close in front of him. After the sword light was exhausted, a blue-green giant sword carrying dozens of people on it appeared. The fiery red concentric knots tied to the hilt of the sword are gently swaying in the breeze by the lake, like candles in the wind, gorgeous and poignant. Before the person landed, the heroic woman of the imperial envoy giant sword frowned and said: "Senior Brother Yunduo, this sword master has heard from afar that someone wants to break the rules set by the ancestors of the three families, what is the intention of the unjudged senior brother?"
Without waiting for the Lord of Yunduo Valley to answer, the Lord of the Liuhe Gate, who covered his face with a veil, said-for-tat: "Wen Qiushui, don't blempty in front of this girl, don't be embarrassed Senior Brother Yun, if there is anything rushing at me, as long as you draw a line, this girl will take it together." ”
As he spoke, the coercion of the late stage of the Great Monk rose from his body. Even in the fiery red shield condensed by the Cloud Valley Lord with his own mana, Zhao Yingluo was still overwhelmed. This is the coercion from the great cultivators, and after the initial discomfort of the small cultivators in the Qi refining period, their eyes all reveal a strong sense of longing and madness. It seems that this is the avenue they want to pursue, even if the front is full of thorns, even if the second round of trials is nine deaths and one life, it doesn't matter, I will go.