Chapter 31: Spiritual Fire He knew that she was a person with strong ideas...
"Safe for now."
Zhou Su leaned aside and let out a long sigh in the dim light of the tree hole.
Xiao Yan collapsed to the ground as if all his bones had been pulled out.
"Stay away from me!" Xu Lian jumped aside as soon as she saw the collapsed man at her feet, looking at the dirt left on his body with disgust, "Don't rub against me!"
It was rare for Xiao Yan to be treated with such disdain. Looking at the dirt on his body, he felt a little guilty, but he still stubbornly retorted, "You're not any cleaner than me."
After the previous wave of hacking and slashing, everyone's Taoist robes were stained with blood and mud, and they looked quite disheveled.
"Let's quickly think about what we should do." Hongying said, performing a cleaning spell, which finally made everyone look a little tidier.
"Have we entered a snake's den?" asked the tall Qi Man.
Xiao Yan shuddered and said, "It's like these snakes have merged with the vines. The faster the vines grow, the more snakes there are. We definitely won't be able to cut them all down if we just chop them down like this."
"We don't necessarily have to kill them all. Don't forget, our goal is to find the edge of the border. It will be enough if we can fight our way out." Cen Luo said.
Several people nodded, all thinking it made sense, except Zhan Yao and Mu Fuyun who did not agree.
Xu Huaiyan thought for a moment and said hesitantly, "Since we've entered a snake den, where is the snake king?"
They were stunned, thinking of the huge snake skin they had just seen, and fell into a brief silence.
The snake's slough proves the existence of the snake king, who should be the center of the snake's nest, guarded by all the snakes.
I just saw so many small snakes. Isn’t the real snake king right within reach?
In the trial field, Elder Qin laughed and said, "These kids finally remembered this."
"Brother Song, where is the Snake King?"
Song Xinghe frowned as he looked at the image on the stone tablet and explained, "Since it's a Jade Vine Winged Snake, it naturally has some vine habits. The so-called snake nest should be the roots that parasitize the snake king."
The disciples surrounding him didn't quite understand at first, but when they saw the picture on the stone tablet, they suddenly understood.
On the stone tablet, outside the tree hole where the nine members of Class A temporarily took shelter, a vine as thick as a waist was slowly emerging from the moist soil.
As soon as the top of the vine left the soil, it drooped limply and crawled on the ground like a snake. After it walked out half a meter, it gradually grew pitch-black eyes. The dark brown at the front turned into emerald green, and a crack appeared in the middle, spitting out a long tongue.
The huge vine snake passed through the trees and grass and quietly approached the huge ancient tree.
"The Snake King... should be nearby..." Xiao Yan muttered uncertainly, his temperament becoming even more dejected. He leaned against the inner wall of the tree hole, shivering.
Rustle—rustle—
A strange sound came from outside the inner wall behind him, which made his back tighten.
"What's that sound!"
He jumped up nervously.
The sound was originally in the low place, but soon it spread to the high place, as if something huge was crawling upwards.
"If the snake really merged with the vine, then all the vines outside, big and small, thick and thin, could turn into snakes..." Xu Huaiyan stood in place, his eyes roving back and forth in the dim tree hole, as if he wanted to penetrate the inner wall and see clearly what kind of huge creature was outside.
The crawling sound gradually stopped, and then there was a creaking sound as if the tree trunk was being squeezed hard. The wood and soil that had been blocking the entrance began to loosen, and a few tiny vines even penetrated the moist soil and drilled into the tree hole.
"Ahhh!" Xiao Yan jumped up in shock and chopped at the vines a few times, temporarily cutting them off.
But I could see that the giant thing outside was wrapping the tree trunk tighter and tighter, and new vines appeared in the soil, ready to drill in.
"No, I can't stay in this tree hole anymore."
Zhou Su looked around anxiously, trying to find a place to escape, but the trunk was entangled from top to bottom, densely packed, and the tree was too thick. Whether he wanted to hollow out the trunk to get out or dig through the roots to get out, it would take a long time.
Zhan Yao, who had remained silent all this time, acted decisively, drew his sword, and chopped through the wood and soil blocking the entrance to the cave.
The exit had long been tightly wrapped with thick vines, and the dark brown skin was turning green at a speed visible to the naked eye, and scales as big as bowls were growing on it.
She remained calm, gripped the sword with both hands, gathered her energy from her dantian, and chopped down fiercely.
A half-inch deep scar suddenly appeared on the body of the sturdy vine snake, and bright red blood mixed with thick green juice flowed out. Seeing this, Xiao Yan tilted his head again and vomited.
Xu Lian glared at him with disgust and had no time to argue with him. She immediately imitated Zhan Yao's movements and swung her sword to chop the vine snake.
Seeing that it was indeed effective, everyone quickly followed suit and chopped down with their swords.
However, they were only in the late stage of Qi Refining, and even if they swung their swords with all their strength, they were no match for Zhan Yao. They could only leave a faint mark on the vine snake, and it took several chops to create such a scar.
Only Mu Fuyun did not draw his sword.
She knew her own physical condition very well. If she joined them in a desperate sword-fighting attack, she was afraid that within half an hour, all the spiritual power in her body would be lost. By then, she would be eliminated on the spot.
Xu Lian, with her sharp eyes, noticed that she was standing there motionless, and immediately accused her, "Mu Fuyun, what are you doing? Do you really think you can follow us all the way?"
Trapped in the tree hole, everyone was feeling a little anxious and started to blame others when they saw this.
"Yeah, we're all working hard, why are you the only one not moving?"
"You guys—" Xu Huaiyan wanted to say something, but in a hurry, he didn't know what to say, so he could only urge, "Hurry up and take care of what's in front of you!"
The disciples in the trial field were also dissatisfied.
"This Mu Fuyun is too shameless!"
"This is too blatant an advantage."
"Isn't this expected? She took a shortcut this way in the previous points competition."
"That's right, otherwise, how could Yu Cen be eliminated?"
Yu Cen, who was suddenly called out, shuddered. After thinking for a moment, he said, "She wasn't taking shortcuts. That competition was the result of a real fight."
"Brother Yu, please don't speak up for her. It's not worth it."
"Yes, you see, even the headmaster turned a blind eye to her, and it was all because of Senior Sister Mu."
"They are different from us."
Everyone was talking at once, and Song Xinghe frowned as he listened.
He knew more or less why Mu Fuyun didn't move. On the one hand, he was unhappy about the criticisms of her by others, and on the other hand, he felt that she had affected his senior sister's reputation and was somewhat dissatisfied.
"Okay, don't say anything more, just concentrate on watching." He was usually straightforward, and in the end he couldn't help but said something with a bit of displeasure in his tone.
After saying this, he secretly regretted it, fearing that others would think he was speaking for Mu Fuyun.
Fortunately, no one thought much about it. They just thought he was speaking for the deceased Mu Fuyue, so they consciously shut up and said no more.
Compared with the bustling noises and endless discussions here, the Lingshanze in the distance seems much quieter.
Apart from the gurgling water, no other sound could be heard.
There was a small hole in the water covered with a thin layer of ice, and most of Xie Hanyi's body was immersed in it.
A chilly air rose from the water like mist, forming a thin layer of frost on his clothes, eyebrows, and hair. His skin was so pale from the cold that it was almost transparent, but his whole body was still like a sculpture, immersed in the water without moving.
If no one knew his identity, no one would have guessed that the trial that everyone was watching with such gusto at the trial field on Fu Ri Peak was actually for the purpose of selecting a disciple for him.
I don’t know how long it took, but the pair of tightly closed eyes moved, like a crack in the frozen lake, and slowly opened.
He waved his hand at the empty water surface, and a clear mirror made of ice slowly rose from the water and hung in front of his eyes.
On the mirror surface, which was so smooth that there was not a single flaw, the scene in the secret realm of trial appeared.
This morning, Qi Yuanbai sent a message to ask him if he wanted to go to the trial stage to watch the battle. Firstly, he had not appeared in front of his disciples for many years, so it was time for him to show up; secondly, after all, they were selecting disciples for him, so as their master, he should show up.
At that time, he refused without thinking, as usual.
Over the years, he has long been accustomed to living in seclusion here, ignoring the many disturbances inside and outside the sect, even when choosing a disciple for him.
I thought I was calm and would not be affected by this matter, but unexpectedly, I couldn't help it and took the initiative to care about the situation over there.
In the picture, she stood there motionless, watching other classmates chopping the vine snakes with all their might, with no intention of stepping forward to join in.
Xie Hanyi looked at him expressionlessly, without a trace of dissatisfaction or questioning in his eyes.
Perhaps because he was used to being unusual, he had long since stopped looking at others with ordinary eyes. Moreover, he knew that she was a person with strong opinions.
Sure enough, after just a moment, she suddenly moved.
It was still the ordinary sword with two notches on it. She held the hilt with one hand, but did not chop it with all her strength like the others. Instead, she poured a small amount of spiritual power from the palm of her hand into the sword.
A small spiritual fire suddenly ignited at the tip of the silver sword.
The bright yellow flame followed the sword tip closer to the vine snake. Just a slight stroke left a large scar on the snake's body, and the snake shrank back in fear.
Although it is not as good as the sword used by Zhan Yao in the early stage of foundation building, it is more powerful than the swords of others.
Xu Huaiyan was stunned for a moment, then he was the first to react: "Vines—vines are afraid of fire, and snakes are afraid of fire too! We have to burn them with fire!"
He followed Mu Fuyun's method, lit a cluster of spiritual fire on the sword, and continued to chop at the snake as before.
Others also woke up from their dreams and followed suit.
Zhan Yao paused, looked down at the sword in his hand, gritted his teeth, and was about to light a cluster of spiritual fire, when he saw Mu Fuyun standing beside him and sending the fire to the place where he had just chopped.
She turned her head to look at Mu Fuyun, said nothing, did not light the spiritual fire, and picked up the sword to chop.
The two worked together and achieved twice the result with half the effort. They soon cut the vine snake wrapped around the tree trunk into several pieces.
The tree hole that was originally completely blocked was cut into a big hole, just enough for a few people to escape.
"Go!"
Xiao Yan shouted loudly and jumped out first, followed by everyone else.
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