Chapter 15: Cat Enters Trial
The second round of trials at the disciple recruitment conference is the real screening.
The person in charge of this entry trial is a serious-looking elder in the Jindan stage.
His voice was not loud, but it reached everyone's ears clearly:
"The second level is to enter the secret realm of the Forest of Hundred Beasts. The time limit is half a month."
"You can form teams freely, with a maximum of five people. The team with the highest points will enter the inner gate directly!"
"Points are recorded on jade slips." He waved his hand, and countless white jade slips emitting faint light flew accurately into the hands of each cultivator.
"You can earn points by collecting spiritual herbs and killing monsters."
"Ordinary spiritual herbs, one point. Rare spiritual herbs, twenty points."
"Qi Refining Stage Monster Beast, ten points. Foundation Establishment Stage Monster Beast, one hundred points."
"You may fight for the jade slip, but be sure not to harm anyone's life! Violators will be disqualified and expelled from the Lingxiao Sect!"
"After half a month, we will leave the secret realm. Those with the highest points will be eliminated!"
"The shattering of the jade slip constitutes a waiver of the qualification for the trial."
The elder glanced at the dark crowd below and emphasized, "Although the secret realm is composed of illusions, it is still dangerous. Everyone should proceed according to their abilities."
"Teleport, start!"
The huge teleportation array burst out with dazzling white light, instantly engulfing the monks in the square.
After a brief dizziness, I felt grounded.
A fresh air with the scent of grass and trees rushed into my nostrils.
Bai Qingchen opened his eyes and saw a primeval forest that stretched as far as the eye could see.
Ancient trees are towering, vines are tangled, and light shines through the dense treetops in patches. The surroundings are eerily quiet, with only the chirping of unknown insects and the faint roar of beasts in the distance.
Lin Feng's tall figure was right next to him, looking around with a look of curiosity.
He patted the sword behind him, looking eager to try.
Su Yue was also teleported over soon after, her little face a little red from excitement, and she looked around vigilantly.
"Our goal is to be first!" Lin Feng looked at Bai Qingchen and Su Yue, grinning with natural trust.
"Of course!" Su Yue nodded vigorously.
Bai Qingchen didn't say anything, just nodded calmly.
Lin Feng was so open and didn't realize that Su Yue was a girl. He patted Su Yue's shoulder like a brother and said, "Su Yue, stay close to Qingchen and me later. I will protect you."
Su Yue was slapped by him and grimaced. She secretly rubbed her shoulders and said, "I'm very good!"
Just as the three of them chose a direction to explore, Bai Qingchen suddenly stopped and cast his sharp eyes towards a crevice in a steep rock wall not far away.
There, a plant that is green all over and emits a faint glow, shaped like an orchid, is growing quietly.
"Biying Grass?" Bai Qingchen whispered, with a barely perceptible hint of certainty in his tone.
This is a high-level spiritual herb, worth twenty points!
Lin Feng and Su Yue's eyes lit up.
However, before joy could arise, a sharp cry broke the silence in the forest.
A ferocious eagle's head suddenly popped out from an eagle's nest protruding above the stone wall.
The eagle was not big, with a wingspan of about ten feet. Its feathers were as hard as iron, and its eyes were sharp and fierce, staring intently at the green grass in the crevice of the rock.
The aura was obviously that of the eighth level of Qi Refining!
"Iron-winged Eagle, extremely fast, with sharp claws!" Lin Feng recognized it immediately, his face solemn.
They can't fly swords yet, and flying monsters are the most troublesome to deal with.
"I have a way!" Su Yue volunteered, her eyes showing cleverness.
She quickly took out a yellow talisman with complex patterns on it from her arms, made a hand gesture, and the talisman ignited without wind, turning into a faint stream of light that enveloped her entire body.
Su Yue's figure instantly became blurred, and her breath became extremely weak.
"Good talisman!" Lin Feng praised.
Bai Qingchen also nodded slightly. This girl is indeed talented in talismans.
Su Yue, who was hiding her breath, was like a transparent shadow, carefully sticking to the stone wall and touching the green grass.
Her movements were gentle and slow.
The iron-feathered eagle seemed a little confused. Its sharp eyes scanned the ground below, its beak opened and closed, making low grunting sounds, but it found nothing unusual.
Seeing that Su Yue's hand was about to touch the Biying grass! At this critical moment.
call--!
A strong mountain wind blew up from the bottom of the cliff without warning. The wind was so strong that it just passed by where Su Yue was.
"Oh." Su Yue was caught off guard and exclaimed.
The hidden aura that enveloped her was suddenly blown away by the strong wind, and her figure was instantly exposed.
Tie Lingying was enraged by the figure that appeared out of nowhere.
It let out a furious scream and flapped its wings like a flash of black lightning.
With a fierce gust of wind, its sharp claws flashed with cold light as it pounced on Su Yue, who had exposed herself. Its speed was astonishing!
"Be careful!" Lin Feng's face changed drastically, he roared, and drew his sword from behind him.
His whole body of spiritual power exploded, and the pressure of the middle stage of foundation building was unreserved. He rushed towards Su Yue like an arrow, trying to block the attack for her.
But the Iron-Winged Eagle was too fast. As soon as Lin Feng's sword light appeared, the eagle claws flashing with cold light had already torn through the air and were about to grab Su Yue's slender shoulders.
Su Yue's face turned pale and she didn't even have time to take out the talisman.
In this moment of life and death.
"bundle!"
A low and calm voice sounded, it was Bai Qingchen.
He quickly formed seals with his hands, and several mysterious, almost invisible light golden spiritual patterns flowed from his fingertips.
The spiritual pattern instantly disappeared into the void ahead of the Iron-Winged Eagle's attack trajectory.
Buzz!
The air seemed to solidify into a sticky quagmire in an instant, and the Iron-Winged Eagle's rushing body suddenly stopped, as if it had crashed into an invisible spider web.
Although it was only a moment's time, it was enough for Lin Feng.
"You evil beast, die!" Lin Feng roared, and the sword light that had been accumulating for a long time suddenly appeared like thunder.
The silver-blue sword light carried a violent thunder-attribute aura, and it passed through the bound neck of the Iron-Winged Eagle with incredible precision!
Phew!
Blood spurted out, and the huge eagle head flew high into the sky. The headless eagle corpse flapped its wings and fell heavily to the ground.
"Ding!" The jade slips in the hands of the three people shook slightly at the same time, and the numbers displayed on them jumped and increased by ten points.
Su Yue picked the Biying grass in shock, and the number on the jade slip increased by twenty.
"Huh... I was scared to death." Su Yue patted her chest, her little face still pale, and her eyes looking at Bai Qingchen were full of gratitude and fear.
"What kind of magic did Brother Bai use just now? It was so timely! And Lin Feng, thank you!" She looked at Lin Feng gratefully again.
Lin Feng sheathed his sword and waved his hand, looking cheerful and nonchalant: "I'm glad you're alright. Brother Bai, that move was truly amazing. What was that? A spell to freeze you?"
Bai Qingchen shook his head slightly, his tone calm: "It's just a little trick, just to trap the enemy for a moment."
He did not explain the source of the spell, his eyes fell on the Biying grass in Su Yue's hand, "Keep it."
Su Yue looked at Bai Qingchen's calm profile, and recalled his calm and precise attack in a split second.
The little flame of admiration in her heart began to grow. She said a little embarrassedly, "I was careless and almost got everyone into trouble."
Lin Feng laughed heartily: "It's alright! It was a close call, a good start! Let's continue!"
He didn't take the thrill of the moment seriously at all, and his carefree personality was clearly revealed.
The three continued to go deeper.
Lin Feng and Su Yue were completely clueless about medicinal herbs. They asked Bai Qingchen everything they saw: "Brother Bai, is this herb valuable?"
"Brother Bai, can I pick that flower?" Bai Qingchen doesn't talk much, but he always speaks briefly and to the point.
"Ordinary, one point."
"It's poisonous, don't touch it."
Most of the spiritual medicines were discovered and picked by him. Although the points were not many, they were accumulated steadily.
On the way, they also encountered some Qi Refining Stage monsters, which were all dealt with neatly by Lin Feng. Su Yue also occasionally threw a few attack talismans to practice.
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