Chapter 22: The Test
"What test?" the rich middle-aged man asked strangely.
The other cultivators also looked over, waiting for the shopkeeper to continue.
"Since you have come to me, you just want to get the invitation code of the Avenue Forum! This first test is to resist the power of the Lost Soul Bell. There were two fellow Daoists who failed just now!" the shopkeeper said lightly.
Ye Zhou's heart moved, knowing that he was talking about the two twin men, who had refined the true yuan, but because he had not broken through to the real human realm, he could not resist the alien power of the Lost Soul Bell, and his mind was confused and left unconsciously.
"I see!" the other cultivators also nodded.
Although the white-collar girl looked like a weak woman, she was anxious and asked, "We have passed the test, so what about the invitation code?"
"Hehe!" the shopkeeper smiled, making people's hearts burn, "You think the test is so simple! This is just a small spell to expel those mortals and those who can't cultivate at home! The real test is still to come!"
"It's just an invitation code! Why are so many moths doing, just give it to me, and you won't be hit!" The one-armed man said impatiently.
"No!" The shopkeeper was not angry, and said flatly: "This fellow Taoist, if you are not happy, you can leave here!
Although his face was calm, his words were very strong, and there was a taste that could not be refused.
The one-armed man snorted coldly and stopped talking.
He finally found out about the news of the invitation code issued here, since he had already come, how could he miss the opportunity because of his hard mouth.
Although there was anger in his eyes, he could only secretly endure it.
The situation is stronger than the people!
The others stopped talking, and Ye Zhou naturally didn't say much.
The invitation code is already in the hands of others, so there is no need to get along with people for the sake of the pleasure of talking.
"Since you have no objections, come with me!" the shopkeeper glanced at the crowd, closed the door of the bar, and led them open a back door and walked inside.
Ye Zhou and the others hurriedly followed.
Everyone looked at each other, and most of their eyes were on Ye Zhou.
These people had seen each other's identities before, but this young man did not move, and everyone thought that he was an ordinary person.
Unexpectedly, he was the most mysterious person in the field.
Only Ye Zhou and the shopkeeper were present who made them unable to see through their cultivation, which had to make them feel jealous.
Just as Ye Zhou guessed the shopkeeper before, everyone didn't expect that the person in front of them was hiding so deeply, then there were only two possibilities, either this kid seemed to be young but his cultivation was higher than others, or there was a way to hide his cultivation.
Either way, it's not easy to deal with.
Everyone looked at Ye Zhou's eyes and became particularly vigilant.
After all, they don't know what the so-called test is.
If the number of invitation codes is limited, they will be opponents of each other!
The back door of the bar was an underground passageway, and everyone followed the owner's footsteps into it, and when they reached a depth of about three floors, an empty basement appeared in front of them.
Although it is underground, the space inside is huge, and I am afraid that it is the size of half a football field.
I don't know how the shopkeeper quietly dug up such a large underground space under the bustling city.
In the center of the field stood eight figures, hidden in the darkness, looking very infiltrating.
The lights were turned on, and everyone saw that these were actually eight wooden figures, with complete hands and feet, and they looked no different from real people.
The shopkeeper walked over, pinched the seal in his hand, and saw five of the wooden figures in it clicking, their eyes glowing red, and they walked like living creatures.
"Puppetry!" exclaimed from the crowd, and the rich middle-aged man's eyes stared at this scene, full of horror.
Ye Zhou's heart moved, he had heard them mention it when he was discussing with Li Wen and Lu Huanzhen before, this puppet technique is the creation of the mechanism technique, and the mechanical combination of the way of the talisman is very good, but it consumes too many resources, and now it has been in decline for a long time, I didn't expect this shopkeeper to be able to use it.
It seems that there are really masters in this avenue forum!
He looked forward to it more and more.
Click!
The five wooden men walked to the battlefield and stood separately, staring directly at Ye Zhou and the other five with blood-red eyes.
Everyone only felt their bodies stiffen, and bad thoughts rose in their hearts.
"Shopkeeper, what does this mean?" the rich middle-aged man's face was quite ugly.
"This is the second level test, Wooden Man Array!" the shopkeeper said lightly, "Although you have the cultivation of a cultivator, it doesn't mean that you have the combat power that matches the realm. The cultivation realm has never been as peaceful as mortal society, each of these wooden puppets has the initial combat power of a real person, and you can only pass this test by defeating the opponent in front of you!"
Everyone looked at each other with solemn expressions, but one by one they surprisingly did not say a word.
Ye Zhou frowned, faintly feeling that something was wrong.
Is it so difficult to get an invitation code for this avenue forum?
Then how did Li ask and Lu to really get it?
You must know that when you first met them, Xiu Wei had not yet broken through to the early stage of the real person, so it was impossible to be the opponent of this wooden human array.
But seeing that everyone else acquiesced, Ye Zhou didn't say anything and waited to see what happened.
"Let's get started, everyone! Time is running out, you must decide who the invitation code belongs to before dawn, so don't delay your work!" urged the shopkeeper, his voice as flat as ever.
"I'll come first!" Although the one-armed man was missing an arm, it was supposed that his combat strength was greatly affected, but his temper was very hot, and he rushed over with a loud shout, and he already held a broken knife in his one-arm at some point, which was full of silver light and sharp and sharp.
His sword skills opened and closed, turning into a one-armed swordsman and fighting with the wooden man, showing extraordinary martial arts attainments.
The knife technique was fierce, and under the urging of Zhenyuan, an invisible aura appeared on the blade, breaking through the air, but the slash only burst out of the Dao spark on the wooden man's body, leaving traces, but it could not hurt it in the slightest.
"I don't believe it, I can't cut a wooden man!" the one-armed man was furious, and his sword became more and more ferocious.
But the wooden man is not a vegetarian, although it is made of wood, but the body is extremely flexible, and the fists and feet are fierce, like a clever martial artist and the one-armed man are entangled, and it is difficult to distinguish between the superior and the inferior
Ye Zhou was also amazed.
The Wooden Golem's abilities are much stronger than those of today's robots.
After all, Xiuzhen has been passed down from ancient times, has a long history, and science and technology have only risen for hundreds of years, and the heritage of the two cannot be compared at all.
Even if in the world of the end of the Fa now, the cultivation of truth is declining, but as long as it shows a little miracle, it is amazing.
The one-armed man, though fierce, could never overcome the wooden man.
"It's useless!" the shopkeeper said quietly, "This wooden man is made of a hundred years of ironwood, refined by secret methods, the hardness is no less than steel, and the flexibility is far better, if it costs too much true yuan to be hard now, the next test will be difficult!"
He said as if he was reminding everyone.
Ye Zhou and the others also thought about it, it seemed that after passing this level, there would be a test next, and they had to save the true yuan.
"Smack!"
Everyone looked over, only to see that the white-collar girl suddenly made a move, holding a nine-section whip in her hand, and the black and swarthy glow was dim.
With a whip, it turned out to be a wind whirlpool, and it was also a magic weapon.
She didn't attack like the one-armed man, but the whip wrapped around the wooden man's body like a python, binding it hand and foot.
If she can really completely control the wooden man and can't move, it means that this level has passed.
But the wooden man was fierce and unusually powerful, and struggled repeatedly, as if he was about to break free from his restraints in the next moment.
The white-collar girl can only increase the true yuan and wrestle with the wooden man.
"This method is even more clumsy, it consumes too much true yuan!" Although Ye Zhou didn't have much experience in fighting methods, he also felt that this girl's method was very inappropriate.
Immediately afterwards, the rich middle-aged man also walked away.
He was much wiser, and the rosary in his hand suddenly broke apart into a round bead, and he flicked his fingers.
The beads actually swished out, like a hidden weapon, fast and fierce, and a faint golden light appeared as if it was made of metal, extremely hard, and hit the joints of the wooden man's hands and feet one by one, making a thumping sound.
The wooden figure was modeled after a human body, with vital injuries to its joints, loss of balance in its body, and it was beaten to the ground and fell to the ground, unable to get up for a long time.
But as long as this middle-aged man does not completely subdue this wooden man, it is difficult to say that he can pass this level.
The thin old man looked inconspicuous, but his means were the most powerful, and he pressed his hand to the place.
Ye Zhou's eyes shrank, and he saw a group of black big-headed ants crawling out of his sleeves, and he didn't know where he was hiding before.
Although these ants were small, they were numerous, and they quickly spread to the wooden man, burrowing through the gaps in the joints, and clicking and biting.
The wooden man's body stiffened, and he stood still, unable to move.
But the red light in its eyes flickered incessantly, and wisps of fire erupted out of thin air, and the inside was even more overturned, and those ants and insects seemed to fall into the sea of fire and were burned with a creaky sound.
"Witchcraft!" Ye Zhou's eyelids jumped, and he became vigilant against this old man.
This kind of spell is weird and evil, extremely vicious, and the spell is very secretive, it is impossible to prevent it, it has always been spread in the southwest, I didn't expect that there would be people in this Yuzhou.
For a time, various cultivators used all kinds of means to fight fiercely with the wooden people, and the scene was extremely fierce, which can be called the eight immortals crossing the sea, each showing their magical powers.
Such a spectacular fighting scene also opened Ye Zhou's eyes.
He had never seen so many cultivators go all out, and each of them was very good, much more powerful than Li Wen and Lu, only that Zhao Xuan relied on endless means to overpower these people in terms of hard power.
Only by passing this test can you get the invitation code, and Ye Zhou also knows that it is useless to look at it here, and sooner or later he will have to fight with this wooden man.
"It's time for me to make a move!" Ye Zhou slowly got off the field and walked towards the wooden man in front of him.
What means should be used?
Fu Seal? Or the Turtle and Snake Sutra!