Chapter 6: The Monster Forest
With deep doubts, Haoyan began to look around for Xiaopang and Wang Xueshuang, but no matter how Haoyan shouted, there was still no trace of Xiaopang and Wang Xueshuang.
"Could it be that there are other strange things here, what is that fog?" Hao Yan recalled the fog he had seen earlier, and had already guessed that it was the fog that caused the separation of himself and Xiaopang and Wang Xueshuang.
In the main hall of Guimen, at this moment, an old man with a kind face and gray temples looked at a crystal ball and said with a smile: "This kid has a special physique, and I am looking forward to his results in the assessment."
A middle-aged monk dressed as a Confucian beside the old man said with a smile: "Senior brother seems to like this son very much."
The old man with gray temples nodded: "This kid's body is a little special, and he is a good material for cultivation, if he cultivates it properly, he can't say that it will also be a pillar of our sect in the future."
The middle-aged monk dressed as a Confucian priest heard the words of the old man with white temples, and also began to pay attention to Hao Yan's movements, but now he couldn't see anything unusual about Hao Yan.
In the phantom array of the assessment, Haoyan couldn't find Xiaopang and Wang Xueshuang, and the whole person was a little anxious, although he knew in his heart that this was a phantom array, but he was worried about Xiaopang and Wang Xueshuang's comfort, after all, Zheng Chu and Zheng Fei's deaths were too realistic, and Haoyan still didn't know whether the two brothers were alive or dead.
Just when Haoyan was a little at a loss, the previous fog began to spread, and it immediately covered a radius of dozens of miles, and the concentration of the fog became higher and higher, and the field of vision of more than half a meter was not clear at all.
"What kind of formation is this place, damn it?" With deep doubts and anger, Haoyan had no choice but to start groping around.
It's just that the line of sight is less than half a meter, and it is impossible to distinguish the direction in it, Haoyan at this moment is like crossing the river by touching stones, and it can also be said that it is like a headless fly spinning around.
After an hour, Haoyan was also tired, and he was suspicious of everything he encountered now: since this is a phantom array, I shouldn't be able to turn around like this, according to the arrangement of the formation, there should be an array eye, I want to find the array eye, but where will this array eye be?
Hao Yan didn't know about the formation at all, just guessing out of thin air, it could also be said that he was gambling, since he was already in a predicament, Hao Yan didn't think much about it, and directly used the stupidest method to start marking each place.
Another hour, Haoyan was still spinning in circles, but at this time, Haoyan unexpectedly found that the marks he made were arranged in an orderly manner.
Seeing this, Haoyan was deeply puzzled: "I must remember the location of my marks, but why do these marks move on their own?"
Puzzled, Haoyan began to move along the marks he made, walking three or four times in a row, but found that the position of each mark was different.
At this moment, in the main hall of the gate, the old man with gray temples saw Wen Hao's actions, and the corners of his mouth flashed with a smile: "Haha! This kid seems to have found some doorways."
The middle-aged Confucian scholar behind the old man with white temples also smiled: "There are a lot of people who participate in the assessment, but only this person named Haoyan seems to have found some doorways, and he looks like he has not cultivated at all, let alone touched the formation, if he has been in contact with the formation, he should be able to break the phantom formation now."
"What Senior Brother Yan said is extremely true, now that everyone has entered the first level of assessment, the time is almost up, let them come out! This level assesses personal bravery and wit, I believe that no one can break the formation and prepare for the next round of assessment" The two sideburns stroked their beards, but their eyes did not leave the crystal ball.
The middle-aged Confucian scholar is also the senior brother of Yan in the mouth of the old man with white temples, this person's name is Yan Kuan, and he is the general person in charge of recruiting new disciples in the Guiyi Sect.
Yan Kuan heard the words of the old man with white temples, nodded and said, "Okay, I'll remove the formation now."
At this time, the candidate disciples of Guiyi Sect who were still being assessed were still wandering around in the formation like headless flies, and the sky that was originally full of fog suddenly became clear, and when everyone didn't know what the situation was, Yan Kuan's voice sounded: "The first round of assessment is over"
The candidate disciples all breathed a sigh of relief, but some were still sad, after all, in the phantom array, some of their companions were gone, and some were even close relatives.
Immediately after that, Yan Kuan's voice sounded again: "This time, the people who participated in the assessment, those who died in the formation, all eliminated, and after the eliminated people left the field, the second round of assessment began."
After Yan Kuan's voice fell, everyone seemed to be held up by a huge disc, and then more than a hundred people who participated in the assessment all appeared on the disc, including those who died in the formation.
Haoyan was constantly looking for the whereabouts of Xiaopang and Wang Xueshuang in the crowd at the moment, but Haoyan was patted behind him, Haoyan immediately turned around and looked, only to see Zheng Chu looking at himself with a wry smile: "Our two brothers are considered to have failed the assessment, let's get together and say goodbye to you before leaving."
"Precious" At this moment, Haoyan didn't know how to comfort the two brothers, so he could only simply pop out two words. Bidding farewell to Zheng Chu and Zheng Fei, Haoyan continued to look for Xiaopang and Wang Xueshuang.
"Xueshuang, let's hurry up to find Haoyan, I hope he can pass the test smoothly like us" At this moment, Xiaopang, he didn't know how he passed, anyway, after saying goodbye to Haoyan in the formation, he stayed with Wang Xueshuang, and did not leave the place where he was separated from Haoyan, and waited there until the end of the assessment.
Wang Xueshuang heard Xiaopang's words and nodded: "I believe that Haoyan can pass, but it is not easy to find him now, there are at least more than 100 people here, and after the people who have not passed the assessment leave, we are looking for Haoyan, which is much more convenient."
In a short time, all the people who died in the formation were taken away from the disc, and at this moment there were less than fifty people left on the disc. Xiaopang saw Haoyan at a glance, and took Wang Xueshuang straight to the place where Haoyan was standing, but Haoyan had also seen Xiaopang and Wang Xueshuang at this moment, and had already raised his hand and waved at the two.
Soon the three of them gathered together, and Xiaopang spoke first: "Haoyan, where did you go, but you worried us to death"
"Hey~ It's hard to say, as soon as I walked away, a fog appeared, so that I couldn't find you at all, that formation was too powerful" Haoyan looked at Xiaopang and Wang Xueshuang, and shook his head helplessly.
Wang Xueshuang interjected at this time and said, "Since it is a phantom array, then those who died should not be dead!"
"Of course not, I saw Zheng Chu and Zheng Fei just now, but the two of them have been eliminated"
Wang Xueshuang heard Haoyan's words and nodded slightly: "The people we leave behind now can be regarded as having passed the first round of assessment, and I don't know what the second round of assessment will be."
At this moment, Wang Xueshuang had a lot more words than before the assessment, and Xiaopang said on the side: "Whatever he does, the soldiers will block it, and the water will cover it."
Haoyan smiled at Xiaopang and Wang Xueshuang: "Now we have to wait, there is no other way, the assessment of the one is only known to the person in charge of the assessment."
Just as the three of them were talking, the whole turntable began to rotate, and it was slowly rising, and after a while, the turntable stopped, and a lotus platform rose from the side of the turntable.
Yan Kuan stood on the lotus platform, looked at the people on the turntable with a smile, and said with a smile: "Congratulations on passing the first level, but the next assessment will be more harsh, and life and death are not illusory, if you die, you are really dead, does anyone want to quit?"
The candidates for the Guiyi Sect disciples on the turntable all fell silent, and Haoyan, Xiaopang and Wang Xueshuang were also extremely silent at this time, because Yan Kuan's words made everyone afraid of the assessment of the Guiyi Sect.
Yan Kuan saw that no one spoke, and no one withdrew, so he continued: "If you pass the second level, you will get the condensation of this sect, even if you don't pass, as long as you are alive, you can become an outer disciple of this sect."
"Condensing Qi Decision, is that a cultivation technique?" someone on the turntable immediately asked.
Yan Kuan smiled and nodded: "If you want to embark on the road of cultivation, you must first condense qi, only after condensing qi, can you breathe in, and then enter the realm of qi refining, if you can't condense qi, then it means that you can't cultivate at all, and once you master the method of condensing qi and spitting in, you can step into the realm of qi refining and become a real cultivator, the realm of qi refining is from one layer to ten layers, and each layer can increase the longevity of three to five years."
Yan Kuan on the lotus platform said so much in one breath, and the candidates for the Guiyi Sect disciples on the turntable all began to discuss, and everyone had a fluke in their hearts, after all, becoming a monk and increasing longevity was something that everyone who chose to embark on the path of cultivation dreamed of.
"Haoyan, if we pass the second level, then we can condense our qi, and then we can become real monks" Xiao Chubby's eyes shone brightly, staring at Yan Kuan on the lotus platform.
Haoyan smiled: "Say it after passing"
Wang Xueshuang also looked at Xiaopang on the side: "Let's see what other people's assessment is first."
At this moment, Yan Kuan on the lotus platform glanced at the people in the audience, and the corner of his eye stayed in Haoyan's position for a few seconds, and then said: "The assessment of the second level is very simple, that is, to collect the crystal nucleus of the demon beast."
As soon as these words came out, someone on the turntable immediately spoke: "Demon beast crystal nucleus, it's impossible! We are all mortals, how can we kill demon beasts, do you belong to one sect or not?"
Yan Kuan looked at the person who spoke and said coldly: "If you feel that you can't pass, you can quit immediately."
When the people on the turntable heard Yan Kuan's words, no one immediately made a sound, but some people had already begun to retreat, especially those who began to complain, and they had already walked to the exit of the turntable at this moment.
"Is there anyone who wants to quit, if there is, leave now, if you enter the assessment place, whether you can exit depends on luck" Yan Kuan glanced at those who left the turntable, and said coldly to the forty-three people left on the turntable.
Seeing that no one had withdrawn, Yan Kuan continued: " The second level of the assessment is the monster forest, before you enter, we will give each of you a magic knife, although the power is limited, but the demon beast below the third order, this magic knife can be killed, of course, the premise is that you know some fighting skills, in addition, before you enter, each person will get a storage bag, the way to open the storage bag is very simple, as long as you concentrate your spiritual power, I won't talk about this much, this time the standard of assessment is determined according to the number of demon beast crystal nuclei, so if you want not to be eliminated, naturally the more demon beast crystal nuclei you get, the better, don't talk nonsenseLater, there will be an invigilator who will provide you with the information on the assessment requirements and the division of the crystal nucleus, and now you are ready to enter the Demon Beast Forest, good luck to you!"
As the words fell, the lotus platform slowly descended, and then disappeared, and the remaining forty-three people on the turntable also began to follow the guidance of the invigilator disciple of the Guiyi Sect to the entrance of the Demon Beast Forest.