Chapter 2 Fog Circle
"The people who are eliminated by the jade slip will retreat quickly, and there will be their own disciples to guide you, and you will not get lost in the thick fog!"
With a wave of the Guiyuan Sect's disciple's hand, the surrounding fog churned, and more than a dozen Guiyuan Sect disciples wearing Yin Yang Dao robes slowly walked out, signaling those who were named to follow him.
"I'm not reconciled!" A girl in green who had been eliminated from the quota couldn't stand this sudden misfortune, and sat down on the spot, crying pear blossoms with rain, but unfortunately, this could not change the ending.
You must know that she is not the only one who is unwilling.
These people who were able to come to the Guiyuan Sect to participate in the entry review were all preliminarily speculated to have cultivation talents, and they were already pinned on by the elders in the family, but they would have expected such an ending, and they were eliminated before the next step of the test.
But, no matter how unwilling they were, they could only leave gloomily.
In the crowd, the calm and silent Xu Mu sighed, after this short moment of contact, he still felt the ruthlessness of the Guiyuan Sect, or rather, the path of cultivation was ruthless.
Survival of the fittest, survival of the fittest, whether in mortal dust or here, are equally applicable.
The disciples of the Guiyuan Sect have quite strong execution, and in the time of half a pillar of incense, the four hundred and thirty-nine people who were eliminated from the jade slip were taken away.
The crowd of introductory reviewers who immediately narrowed their gaze to a large circle, and the speaking disciple of the Guiyuan Sect who performed the jade slip elimination smiled rarely, and said softly: "Congratulations, you are qualified to participate in the official introductory review of my Guiyuan Sect. ”
After saying that, his expression was solemn again, and he said loudly: "According to the review rules of the beginner disciples of the Guiyuan Sect, this audit will be carried out in the fog formation in front of you, please everyone present, regardless of gender, enter the formation!"
The last two words of entering the formation were said by the disciples of the Guiyuan Sect extremely powerfully, and as his words fell, the thick fog that surrounded Xu Mu and the others who came to participate in the entry selection seemed to be pushed away by an invisible big hand, and eight roads without fog clearly appeared around everyone.
"The first step of the audit, the entry into the formation, the eight entrances, can all enter the formation, only those who successfully enter the formation, can carry out the next step of the test!"
"After a stick of incense at the time of entry, and after a stick of incense, those who have not yet entered the battle will be disqualified. ”
"Let's get started, you're running out of time!"
After the last sentence was spoken, the position of the cultivators of the Guiyuan Sect, led by the Changming Daoist, had disappeared in the mist, and the three of them disappeared from everyone's sight.
Facing the entrance of the fog circle in eight directions, everyone looked at each other, but the calm atmosphere only lasted for a few breaths, and they all began to act in a hurry, after all, there was only one incense stick, if they couldn't enter the formation, they would be eliminated!
When these people hurriedly moved, Xu Mu did not move, but looked back and forth between the eight passages with great interest.
"Listening to the tone of the senior brother of the Guiyuan Sect just now, it seems that these eight directions can enter the formation, but it is not so simple to ponder carefully!"
Thinking about it, Xu Mu's eyes flickered and froze on a young man who rushed to the eastern entrance in eight directions first, this was a young man with a faint thief in his eyes, he was about eighteen years old, and his appearance was extremely clever at first glance.
The young man moved quickly, and the first one reached the eastern entrance, and he was about to raise his foot and enter the passage, but his right foot, which was in mid-air, did not fall.
Just as Xu Mu was puzzled for a moment, the young man's body seemed to have been impacted by some strange force, and he was directly bounced out more than a foot away!
"Ouch!"
Then he fell to the ground, grinning in pain.
The first person to try, ended in a tragic end!
At the same time, several teenagers and girls who had already taken steps and were about to enter the passage were startled, hurriedly put away their steps, and looked at the young man who got up in embarrassment.
Obviously, they were all a little cowardly.
"Hmph!" At this time, a disdainful cold snort sounded from the front of the passage of the young man who had just been bounced away, and a red-haired young man dressed in purple clothes, with a proud look on his face, glanced at the young man who had just fallen to the ground in embarrassment.
Then, strode into the passage.
The end of everyone's horror happened, and he didn't face any resistance, and easily entered the fog circle, until his figure disappeared into the mist.
"Arrogant fart!Master Tian Xiaonian remembers you!" Scolding and patting the dirt on his body, the young man who called himself Tian Xiaonian was obviously very angry at the purple-clothed young man's mocking tone before leaving.
But scolding and scolding, it is not wrong at all that he continues to walk to the next intersection, this one can't enter, isn't there another seven, the master doesn't believe it, I can't get in any of them.
With the first successful case, everyone present became more urgent, and stepped into their chosen passage, but most of them were knocked to the ground by the strange impact, but several people succeeded, with a face full of excitement, and quickly entered the formation.
After observing it almost, Xu Mu touched his nose and began to act, waiting for a stick of incense to pass without moving, but he was eliminated.
Xu Bu walked to a passage in the southwest corner, Xu Mu did not rush into the passage, but stretched out his thin palm in advance and tentatively stretched out into the passage.
According to his observations, there were people who successfully entered the other passages, but for unknown reasons, there was no one who had passed through this passage.
He just wanted to test whether this passage was impossible to pass through.
Moreover, there was a guess in his heart that if there were too many people passing through the same channel, would there be a limit on the number of people, or a channel would only have a limited number of qualifications to become a Guiyuan Sect, if that was the case, choosing a channel with fewer people would have a higher success rate.
The ending was unexpected, Xu Mu's palm successfully passed through the passage, and he was not hindered by the mysterious force.
"It seems to be fine, then try!" lowered his head and muttered for a moment, Xu Mu gritted his teeth, simply stretched out his left leg directly, and slowly stepped into the passage.
With his nervous temptation, his left leg was unimpeded and reached into the passage without the slightest resistance.
"It seems to be possible!" His eyes lit up for a while, and Xu Mu Void's raised foot stepped directly on the solid ground of the passage.
At this moment, he suddenly felt as if ...... It's pretty simple.
Immediately, Xu Mu didn't think much about it, cleaned up his mood, and walked into the passage.
Xu Mu's every move was clearly watched by the young man who called himself Tian Xiaonian, until Xu Mu's figure disappeared in the mist, and the young man also came to the passage in a hurry.
......
In the end, when the time for a stick of incense came, only a small half of the people who successfully entered the eight passages, and the rest of the people, even if they tried all the eight passages, did not succeed, so they had to leave gloomily.
Of course, Xu Mu didn't know about it.
As Xu Mu went deeper into the fog array, his vision had been so dense that he couldn't see the fog of his fingers, and the whole thing was blinded, and the only object that could be seen around him was the fog.
Later, Xu Mudu couldn't distinguish between the southeast and the northwest, and even the direction he came in was confused.
Even, he wondered if he had been spinning in circles.
Half a ring of time passed, and finally Xu Mu had to accept the fact that his eyes were useless in this fog array.
Mortals are accustomed to observing everything around them with their eyes, and unconsciously, the dependence on vision has reached the irreplaceable existence in the subconscious, when you come to a place where there is silence, hearing is useless, and vision can not see anything, as time goes by, almost everyone will have inexplicable panic, and even fear.
Xu Mu was no exception, after all, he was only a sixteen-year-old boy.
It's just that as soon as the messy emotions in his heart rose, he suppressed it, trying to keep his mind clear, and trying his best to recall what the Guiyuan Sect disciple had said.
Consider the meaning of each word.
"This is just the review of the Guiyuan Sect's entry test!"
"The place you are in is a formation!"
"What exactly is the audit?"
"Is it out of the fog or something?"
Simply, Xu Mu's footsteps stopped walking, controlled his somewhat restless emotions, stopped on the spot, and began to think.
On the other side, also in the midst of the fog array, a girl dressed in plain clothes with a beautiful face, perhaps around fifteen years old, her pretty face was full of fragile pale when her sense of sight and hearing was completely useless.
Her beautiful eyes hurriedly scanned back and forth above the surrounding fog, and her delicate body couldn't help but spin in place, as if she was guarding against something, or she was subconsciously afraid that something would suddenly appear from the fog.
She has been in the fog array for half an hour, and it is not easy for a girl to stay in this dead space for half an hour.
Her state of mind was already on the verge of collapse.
......
Similarly, a thick-looking teenager ran in a frightened and seemingly endless fog, he couldn't remember how long he had been running, but he didn't dare to stop, he didn't want to stay in this world where there was nothing.
The only thing that can bring him here is fear.
......
The red-haired young man in purple frowned, he was the first to enter the Fog Circle, but even he felt overwhelmed now.
Eyes moved to the palm of his hand, a sharp stone, trembling in his hand.
......
"Woo woo woo! let me out! let me out! I want to go home!" a boy of the grade, apparently only thirteen or fourteen years old, sat down in the mist, his immature face flushed from the violent crying, he had been crying for a long time, but the only thing that lingered in his ears was his cry.
As time passed, his voice became quieter and quieter, and he eventually fainted under the double load of body and spirit.
The boy fainted, and a disciple dressed in the Dao robe of the Guiyuan Sect appeared in front of him silently, taking him out of the fog circle.
......
"This is the Immortal Family Formation, I am a mortal, it is impossible to break the formation, that is to say, I can't go out at all, so what is the test!" Xu Mu crossed his knees on the ground, anyway, he couldn't go out, so he simply didn't leave, it was better to calm down and think about what to do.
"Test!
Muttering this word in his mouth, Xu Mu fell into deep contemplation.
"I remember that the first time the disciples of the Guiyuan Sect appeared, they eliminated four hundred and thirty-nine people!"
"The reason is that these four hundred and thirty-nine people are all showing impetuousness while waiting!"
"That disciple said this, 'The path of cultivating the truth, seizing the heavens and the earth, walking against the sky, accompanied by loneliness, such a mind, how can we talk about cultivating the truth!'"
"The road of cultivating the truth, seizing the heaven and the earth, going against the sky, accompanied by loneliness, such a heart, how can we talk about cultivating the truth!"
"Heart!" his eyes lit up suddenly, and Xu Mu's thoughts suddenly brightened!
"Could it be that this fog circle is testing the state of mind of the selected person!"
The fog array has been open for an hour, and in this kind of place, the five senses of the human body are almost useless, giving people the feeling that this world has disappeared, only themselves and the fog that can't see the five fingers.
The five senses disappear, but in their place, only emotions, over time, confusion, nervousness, panic, and even fear, fear of the unknown.
Mortals who stay in this kind of place for a long time will definitely go crazy, Xu Mu has no doubt about this.
It seems that the Guiyuan Sect is testing the mental nature of the beginner disciples in this kind of environment that can make people crazy!
Thinking about this, Xu Mu already had five or six guesses in his heart, but he was not sure, so he simply closed his eyes with the idea that it was worth trying.
I can't see it anyway, so don't look at it!
Because of his body, Xu Mu can't play like children of the same age, and more often, he is in a daze, or rather, calm.
The mind is calm and the mind is quiet.
Stillness can give birth to wisdom, and wisdom can give birth to wisdom.
His mind must not be taken for granted.
Soon Xu Mu entered the quiet state of the spiritual platform on weekdays, and negative emotions such as fear and panic drove away.
Just a moment after Xu Mu reached this ethereal state, the fog around the array seemed to feel something, and the fog surrounding the heaven and earth quietly receded.
The warm sunlight was not blocked by the mist, and it was sprinkled smoothly, shining on Xu Mu's somewhat sickly pale face.
But Xu Mu didn't notice it, as if he didn't feel the warmth on his face.
"Huh!" A quaint jade slip suddenly burst into the air, and with a sharp sound of breaking the sky, it shot straight at Xu Mu.
Looking at this situation, if Xu Mu didn't move, Yu Jian would definitely hit him on the forehead, and according to Yu Jian's strength at this speed, his fragile body would definitely be injured.
But a strange scene appeared, and Yu Jian was about to hit Xu Mu's forehead at the moment when she slammed it, and then slowly fell into his lying palm.
A coldness suddenly appeared in his hand, and Xu Mu opened his eyes blankly.
What catches your eye is a clear world, without a trace of fog.
"It seems that I guessed right!" a bright smile bloomed on his face, and Xu Muwu muttered to himself.
"Huh?" Then, he finally felt the jade slip in his hand appear out of thin air, and he was at a loss.
With a dazed expression, Xu Mu slowly put the jade slip with a hint of coolness in front of him, and the three words with a strong and simple atmosphere on the jade slip were included in his eyes.
"The Recipe for Longevity!"