What Mu Zheng is most proud of is that his father once became the ruler of Lincheng.

But now, he was just a young man who was barely breathing, and he had just gained a trace of consciousness, and before he could open his eyes and take a good look around, he was kicked fiercely.

A deafening voice sounded in his ears: "Hey, how dare you pretend to be dead?"

The sudden kick kicked him hard in the abdomen, and the pain swept through his body.

With a "poof", Mu Zheng spurted out a mouthful of blood and suffered a lot of internal injuries.

Before he could recover his senses, he saw a young man come over and punch him again, and scolded viciously: "A cheap bone who lives in a slum dares to bargain?

The slums, which used to be the place I despised the most, are now my best shelter.

Immediately afterwards, there was a sound of overturning boxes and cabinets around, mixed with the sound of broken pieces of pots and pans.

In a few moments, he had gradually regained consciousness, and slowly sat up, and was greeted by a dilapidated door, creaking in the wind, perhaps due to disrepair.

He turned his head and saw a big fat man burying his face in a pile of straw, his body twisting around, Mu Zheng snorted coldly and ignored it.

A young man said: "Boss Chai, this guy is very poor, and he has nothing of value!"

Mu Zheng recognized this voice, it was the young man who beat him just now.

After hearing the voice, the fat man pulled his head out of the straw pile, turned to face him, and said with a dissatisfied face: "Where did you hide the valuables? ”

Mu Zheng shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Look at this tattered appearance, what treasures can you have?"

At this time, the young man asked suspiciously, "Didn't he steal it?"

Chai Fatzi glared at the young man, pointed at Mu Zheng's nose with great dissatisfaction and shouted: "Let you go today, don't let me find out that you have hidden good things, otherwise you will be good-looking!" Tan Wan, let's go!"

Before leaving, the two of them didn't forget to spit at the door, looking at their skilled appearance, they probably didn't do it less.

After the two left, Mu Zheng stood up and climbed onto the roof through a small window.

At this time, his face was pale, his mouth was scolding the cold air, and he was wearing a cotton suit made of a few torn woolen sweaters, but he still couldn't withstand the cold, because it was too cold, and his little hands and cheeks were almost stiff, bringing bursts of piercing pain......

Mu Zheng bit his finger and squeezed out the blood dripping onto a tile.

At the moment when the blood dripped on the tile, the hands compared to a strange gesture, and after a while, a diamond-shaped wooden box appeared on the tile, the wooden box exuded a fragrance, the runes on the surface of the box were neat, and a faint blue light swayed around the body.

Mu Zheng's eyes were resolute, and he muttered: "It's been three years, you should also recognize the master, double ringing ring!"

As soon as the palm of his hand touched the wooden box, there was a thunderous light inside, and then there was a smell of burnt flesh and blood, and after a while, a silver bracelet with dragon patterns appeared on his wrist, and there were still blood stains on the bracelet.

It's time to get out of here.

The streets of the slums are as busy as ever.

At this time, a crisp female voice sounded: "Mu Zheng, are you going to study in Qinglin Academy again?!"

Mu Zheng nibbled on a white steamed bun and replied as he walked: "Today is the last class, and I will be a formal cultivator in the future." ”

The female voice came closer: "That's terrible, we will rely on you to grow a face in the slums, go quickly, don't be late." ”

Mu Zheng answered and walked down the alley to the east of the city.

Qinglin Academy is located in the easternmost part of Lincheng, where many outstanding talents have gathered, and through layers of further study and selection, they finally stand out and become true cultivators, guarding Lincheng for generations.

The people in Lincheng are proud to be able to become a cultivator, and as long as they have the opportunity to enter the study, they all work hard.

At the top of the lecture hall, an old gentleman said earnestly: "The last class is over, and then there will be a selection test for you, as long as you pass, you will officially become a junior cultivator, if any of you have a good life in the eyes of the twelve judges, then you will have a bright future." ”

"We're going to do well. "The students are gearing up to show off their skills.

"Now I invite the students to move to the testing ground. The old gentleman said softly, then raised his steps and walked outside, and the students followed.

This year, it was Elder Ding who was in charge of the test, so everyone was very quiet along the way, and they didn't talk to each other like usual.

Follow Elder Ding through the mountain gate, and finally stop in front of a wide cliff, behind which stood the seniors of the academy and the legendary twelve judges.

The Twelve Judges, who belong to Lincheng and are not subject to the control of Lincheng, have cultivated generations of outstanding cultivators for Lincheng, and its status is far more important than the entire city of Lincheng, without the existence of the Twelve Officials, perhaps Lincheng would have ceased to exist a long time ago.

This is also the place where Mu Zheng wants to step into it after all the hard work.

And today, Mu Zheng will usher in the most important day of his life.

Elder Ding slowly walked out of the corner of the crowd, stretched out his palm, and a sigil appeared in his palm, and with a wave of his hand, the sigil flew off the cliff.

Elder Ding said, "Now that everyone is here, let's start the assessment." ”

After finishing speaking, a burst of white light shone, and a white mist appeared at the bottom of the cliff, this was the Thousand Spirit Array.

"This assessment is very simple, as long as you grab a bell from the spirit beasts in this thousand spirit array, and then climb to this place with the bell, you will pass the test. ”

At this time, I don't know which student asked: "Then what if someone robs someone else?"

"Could it be that when you go to the battlefield and the enemy steals your blade, do you want to reason with him, let him return it to you, and then have a fair duel?"

The students present were amused by these words, but after seeing Elder Ding's face, they all became serious for a moment.

Knock –

Knock –

The melodious drums fluttered in the mountains, and the assessment officially began.

The cliff is neither high nor steep enough to be stepped on in a short time.

In a small courtyard, in a small corner of a filthy little room, a cup carved of jade was held upside down in a wasteland.

A woman in red exhaled a breath of turbidity and said indifferently: "Huxiu, it's time to work." ”

The crisp female voice passed through the filthy little room, through the courtyard, and flew over the bottom of the cliff, to the bottom of the cliff, and at the bottom of the cliff was a place called the Valley of the Dead, a barren desert place.

The formation in the valley seemed to shake a little, as if replying to the woman's words, and slowly walked out of dozens of spirit beasts, all of which had a bell hanging on their tails, and jingled as they walked in the valley, but at this time you don't think it was a nice rhythm.

The sound of a tiger roaring sounded all around, which was deafening, and Mu Zheng suddenly became vigilant.

After a while, the tiger's roar disappeared, but there was a rumbling sound in the Absolute Valley, and thousands of saplings quickly rose from the ground and grew into majestic trees, which was very spectacular.

The big trees have different shapes, some like umbrellas, some like words, and even some like old people bending over, growing from bottom to top, and even some have blossomed and borne fruit, and a rich fruity fragrance wafts into the nose.

"Boom—"

A waterfall hangs from a towering hill, and the sound of the rushing water is deafening.

In just an instant, the Absolute Valley, which was originally just a desert, became vibrant.

"This ...... Is this still the legendary valley of extinction?"

One of the students was so shocked that he couldn't even speak, and he pinched himself to make sure that it was not a dream.

Mu Zheng was in a daze, attracted by the scene in front of him.

Ahead, the grass and trees are thick, the spring water is tinkling, and the clouds are shrouded in mist, compared to the endless desert, this place is like a fairyland on earth.

"This flower is so pretty..."

Standing next to Mu Zheng was a young girl, who stretched out her hand to pick an incomparably gorgeous flower.

The shape of these flowers looks like an umbrella, the color is unusual, and the smell is very attractive.

Mu Zheng was very calm, turned around and immediately knocked off the girl's hand, and said, "Don't move, this flower is poisonous, if you pick it off, I'm afraid we will all be fascinated here." ”

"How do you know?"

"Do you sleep during class? This is what my husband said about psychedelics, and it is drugs that cause hallucinations. ”

The girl's heart trembled, and she remembered that her grandmother had also said that the more beautiful things are, the more dangerous they are.

She tilted her head and looked at Mu Zheng with some surprise, with such a shabby dress, I am afraid that there will be no second person in Qinglin Academy.

The moonlight blue eyes rolled, the girl was silent for a while, and asked in a low voice, "Are you the Mu Zheng who lives in the slums?"

Mu Zheng didn't have the heart to chat with her at this time, the jungle in front of him was dense, and he would let out a roar from time to time.

"Girl, I suggest that you better take a weapon to defend yourself, just rush at the tiger roar just now, there must be a lot of spirit beasts here, if you are accidentally injured, it is too late to regret it. ”

Saying that, Mu Zheng took out the short sword he was carrying from his back, blocked it in front of his chest, and carefully picked up these branches and walked forward.

"My name is Bingqing, you can call me Bingbing. The girl followed behind Mu Zheng and said delicately, by the way, she glanced at the bracelet on Mu Zheng's hand, and hid her surprised look in her heart.

"Ding Ding Ding" ......

There was a sound of bells in front of them, and then a spirit beast yawned before moving in their direction.

"Is that what we're going to do? Look at the bell on its tail. ”

Mu Zheng heard Bingqing's words and looked up at the monster's tail.

Although the distance was not very close, the spirit beast stood on the stone, and could see the bell hanging on its tail, and the spirit beast was lazily yawning.

"Whew~"

With a bang, the spirit beast jumped from the stone to the ground, raising countless dust.

Boy...... The spirit animal is a tiger with horns.