Chapter 183 Scene 8 (Inverted V) Have we met somewhere before...
The aptitude of this body is indeed poor. Even after more than ten years of training, many of the movements are still not coherent and lack strength.
Perhaps it was also due to the sect they stayed in before. The place was small, there were not many secret manuals, and no one taught them how to practice martial arts. It can be said that they worked hard to train this body to this level.
He Yuezhe is actually not very good at physical skills. She prefers to fight with weapons and materials she finds.
However, she was not timid when facing this young man. Perhaps it was because she had never been afraid of a strong enemy that she developed such courage.
Even if you get hurt, even if you die, you have to fight, fight hard. You only have one life, and since you will die if you don't fight, then fight. No matter what, you have to fight hard for that glimmer of hope!
"Bang!" He Yuezhe threw a punch!
As expected, the boy caught the fist steadily, and then he habitually grabbed He Yuezhe's arm, trying to counterattack her.
But He Yuezhe had just seen this move before, so he countered it and used the force to flip over and move towards the boy. He stepped on the boy's foot, then reached back with his other hand and elbowed the boy in the abdomen.
"Uh!" The boy exclaimed softly and quickly reacted.
But when he tried to distance himself from He Yuezhe and attack again, He Yuezhe had already grabbed his two arms, turned over again, jumped up, kicked the boy in the abdomen with one foot, and kicked the boy in the neck with the other foot.
Then He Yuezhe let go of his hand, turned over again, and using the strength from kicking the boy's neck, he supported his shoulders with his hands and finally stood firmly behind the boy.
"Ah!" The boy was caught off guard and tilted his head to the side. "Good moves!"
"Really?" He Yuezhe held the boy's hands with one hand and gently pinched his neck with the other hand, "Thank you."
"Ahem... You've passed the test, give me the token." The young man stretched out his hand, and He Yuezhe put the token in his hand.
"However," the young man took the token and said with a frown, "Your fighting style is too aggressive. If your opponent is stronger than you, then you won't be able to fully display your skills, and you may put yourself in danger."
"...Examiner, broken bones can also be used in combat." He Yuezhe blinked and said.
"What's the meaning?"
"If the opponent is really stronger than me, then after she breaks my arm, I can use the broken bones to fight."
"That's totally unrealistic!"
"But the question you asked is unrealistic!"
"You! Forget it, I won't argue with you, or they'll start to criticize me again..." The examiner muttered, waving his hand. "Okay, the physical test is over, you can go."
"Thank you, examiner."
"Thank you very much."
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"Miss He."
"Um?"
"We are friends, right?"
"……yes."
"Well, as friends, shouldn't we help each other when we're in danger?"
"……yes."
"Then Miss He, if you encounter any danger, don't do what you said. We are friends, and I will help you!"
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"Miss He, I'm serious. I never lie. You've seen me fight really well. You can trust me. I can save you!"
"Okay," He Yuezhe said calmly, looking at the scar growing from bottom to top on Tang Xiqin's face. "If there's any danger, I'll wait for you to save me."
"Well, don't worry, I won't break my promise!"
"I believe you."
I believe in you, I believe in you, I believe in you. As long as you are still Tang Xiqin, I will always believe in you...
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The two arrived at the combat capability assessment site, but saw Chen Shuo, Yuan Yang and Ban Weile, who were supposed to be taking the assessment, sitting on two benches and sleeping.
"Hey, Miss Tang, you're finally here!" Ban Weile probably heard the noise, opened his eyes, saw the two of them, and immediately shouted with a look of deep resentment on his face.
"Master Ban, what's going on?" Tang Xiqin put her hands on her hips, walked over, and asked, "Why are you still sitting here?"
"It was the examiner for the practical assessment. She said that since there were only a few of us, she wanted us to take both the group assessment and the practical ability test together!"
"What about the examiner?"
"Sitting there reading a book..."
The two looked in the direction Ban Weile pointed.
A young boy wearing the same clothes as them was sitting on a bench, reading a book with an upright posture.
The young man had a pretty face, a smile on his lips, and a faint scent of grass emanated from his body. His hair was neatly tied up, with a small flower pinned on it, which made him look even more beautiful...
A feast for the eyes?
After realizing that his thoughts seemed to be wrong, He Yuezhe quickly closed his eyes, shook his head, threw those thoughts out of his mind, and then opened his eyes again.
"No, no, no, wait, this man is not the examiner. Hey, wasn't the examiner sitting here just now? Where did he go?" Ban Weile scratched his head in confusion.
"Then who is this person...?" Tang Xiqin asked tentatively.
"I'm Shi Jining, your deputy examiner for the combat capability assessment. Hello." The young man raised his head, nodded slightly at the three of them, and said with a smile, "The examiner will be back soon. Please wait a moment—"
"I'm back, candidates."
"Oh, why is it so fast this time?"
"Hmph, Ji Ning, don't try to scare me with these little tricks of yours."
The girl was wearing the same clothes as them, simple yet she looked very ethereal.
The young girl stood calmly behind the boy, her dark eyes as calm as still water looking at the three of them. She said, "Hello, I'm Ji Xue, the examiner for this assessment."
"I'm sorry for being late. I hope I didn't waste your time."
"No, examiner, we just arrived too," said Tang Xiqin.
"Well, candidates, it's time to wake up and prepare to take the test." The girl who called herself "Ji Xue" nodded and walked out from behind the boy.
"Here we come!" Chen Shuo and Yuan Yang hurried over.
Seeing everyone gathered, the girl made gestures with her hands, which kept changing. A circular energy cluster appeared in the air, becoming larger and larger as the girl moved.
The colorful energy emitted light and gradually turned into an oval shape.
“Buzz!!”
There was a loud noise that echoed throughout the Lotus Sect, and then the center of the energy concentration suddenly tore apart, and a scene from somewhere unknown appeared in it.
"Everyone, this is a teleportation formation. On one side of the formation is the Lotus Sect, and on the other side is a strange house. Your mission is to find out what happened in the house and escape successfully."
The girl handed five round jade stones to the five people and said, "To ensure your safety, these are specially made jade stones that contain a teleportation array. Call your own name and you will be instantly teleported back to the Lotus Sect. Do not use them unless absolutely necessary."
"Yes!" The five people took the jade and answered in unison.
"Then please come in."
Because the teleportation formation was not very big, the five people could only line up and enter in order, with He Yuezhe being the last one in line.
The four of them entered the formation one after another, but He Yuezhe seemed to sense something and turned back.
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No one spoke, the girl and the boy just stared at her quietly.
"Have we met somewhere before?" He Yuezhe asked this question for some unknown reason.
“…”
"secret."
"Why?"
“We want to know why, too.”
"Why did you leave here and come back? Why did you forget about us? Why did you save us at the cost of 'that thing'?"
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"He Yuezhe, even you don't know the answers to these questions, right?"
The girl's voice was cold, but He Yuezhe always felt that she was not like this before. She used to call his name sweetly, eat candied haws and throw herself into his arms.
"Um, so, we've actually met before?"
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"...He Yuezhe, why don't you go as far away as possible?"
"To you, this world is nothing but a handful of yellow sand and dry grass. A single gust of wind will blow it away. Since you've left, why would you come back?"
The world that the girls described as just a handful of yellow sand and dry grass was clearly the place where they had lived their entire lives. It was clearly full of flowers and big trees, and it was clearly so beautiful and happy.
He Yuezhe searched his mind but could not remember whether he had been here before or who this girl was.
"Maybe, it's because I like it here." This was the only answer she could give.
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"Okay, go in quickly and don't keep your friends waiting."
"……good."
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"Jining, it seems that she has forgotten not only me but you as well."
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"We were together every day before. She was with us through thick and thin, and through thick and thin as well as through happiness."
“…”
"So the people she was talking about, the ones she was trying to save by all means, even if it meant death, were 'them'."
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"Then what are we?"
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"Yellow sand, or dry grass? Or perhaps a flock of birds that will never fly out of this iron cage?"
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"Miss He? Miss He! Miss He! You finally came over. We thought something happened over there!"
"Miss He, are you okay?"
He Yuezhe walked out of the teleportation formation and looked at the two people surrounding him with concerned faces. He smiled at them reassuringly: "I'm fine."
"By the way, where are the others?" He Yuezhe asked when he didn't see Yuan Yang and Ban Weile.
"They went into the house to investigate first." Tang Xiqin leaned over. "Miss He, look, this is the house the examiner mentioned."
"Chen Shu and I just asked the neighbors nearby. This house has been abandoned for decades, but sometimes at night we can hear gnawing sounds inside."
"And since then, every three months, one person in the village would have his bones dug out, turning into a pool of flesh and dying, and used as materials to patch up the holes in this house."
"Many people have moved away, but there are also many people who have lived here for generations and have nowhere else to go, so they have to endure this house and still live here."
"Is there any connection between those who died?"
"Maybe there is, but we haven't asked yet." Tang Xiqin said seriously, "And Miss He, when the villagers heard we were here to investigate, they were unwilling to tell us anything else. I suspect there's something fishy going on."
"I'm afraid there are some problems, but if they don't say anything, we can't force them."
He Yuezhe pondered for a moment and said, "However, if we can find some 'evidence', maybe they will take the initiative to tell us."
"'evidence'?"
"Yes, 'evidence'."
"For example, those 'people' who are used as building materials."
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