"Oh, what's the matter?"
The young man's voice was still lifeless, as if his voice came not from a throat made of flesh and blood, but from a statue carved from gold and stone.
"Here you go!"
The blood user in black cloak threw a piece of parchment to the young man, then began to retreat, and after a while, he disappeared from the young man's sight.
"Huh?"
He spread out the waxy parchment and looked at the small characters written on it. An unnatural look appeared on the young man's face. But as if he had thought of something, his doubts passed away, and then he returned to his silent coldness. It was as if the doubt he had just now had never appeared before.
With a trace of cruelty flashing in his eyes, the young man looked at the bloodstone beach that had corroded the maple leaves expressionlessly, and couldn't help but clenched his fists.
"No, I will never let anyone stand in my way, Ou Yangming, never!" He
said harshly, and the young man glanced coldly at the huge stone he was holding, and walked along the stone under his feet. block and ran out of the blood stone beach. After running out of the blood stone beach, the young man still did not stop and started running towards the outside of the forest.
Two people in a team, Zhou Baopu followed Zhu Kuang, and only after half a stick of incense had passed did they arrive at the real assessment location.
Zhou Baopu discovered that they gradually entered a valley. The valley is shrouded in mist, like a fairyland on earth. But before I had time to appreciate it, I heard Zhu Kuang's warning.
"Everyone, be careful. Sunlight is hard to see in the Foggy Valley all year round, so the fog is very heavy. If there are no guiding signs, it is easy to get lost. Everyone, follow closely, don't fall behind!" Zhu Kuang's voice was full of caution
. , and at the same time, Zhou Baopu, who was originally relaxed, suddenly became a little nervous.
The other assessment disciples were the same as Zhou Baopu. His originally sloppy eyes gradually became focused, and his steps became much more compact.
When the thick fog gradually dissipated, everyone discovered that after bypassing a mountain, they came to a stone step.
The stone steps wind up and up, and four big blood-red characters "Refining Heart and Blood Path" are written at the entrance. These four characters are written in cinnabar, as if people's eyes will be in a trance when they see it. When Zhou Baopu looked at it, he felt frightened and suddenly averted his eyes.
"This is our path of training, which is the third level assessment task that you have to complete. The rules are very simple, that is, see who can climb higher, and see who can climb the highest in the least time. The person who is the winner will be the champion of this assessment."
Zhu Kuang's eyes were full of panic as he looked at Lian Xin's blood journey.
It seems that even though he has become the deacon of Tianfu Tower, Zhu Kuang is still very secretive about the path of refining the heart and blood. So much so that when he saw the path of refining blood, it was as if he saw something dangerous.
Zhou Baopu was shocked when he saw the words "Lian Xin Xue Tu". The uneasiness in his mind told him that the upcoming test would definitely not be that simple. After all, it can be regarded as the final assessment of the third level. Just by relying on your imagination, you can know how difficult it is.
However, no matter how difficult it was, Zhou Baopu's heart was always filled with a belief that he would win.
After half a stick of incense time, the assessment disciples from other teams also arrived at the assessment location one after another.
Zhou Baopu saw that Zhu Kuang exchanged opinions with other leading deacons. Others' attitudes towards Zhu Kuang were also very good. In his heart, Zhou Baopu's evaluation of Zhu Kuang was a little higher. You can tell a person's character by looking at his interpersonal relationships.
In fact, what shocked Zhou Baopu the most was Zhu Kuang's fierceness. Thinking about it, I could hold back Zhang Huaiyuan for so long, but once he did, he was out of control. Almost immediately, Zhang Huaiyuan was thrown into hell. This kind of scheming may not be scary. What is scary is that there is both this kind of scheming and the resilience to realize it.
"The assessment begins!"
Like a bomb, it exploded in Zhou Baopu's ears, causing Zhou Baopu's scattered soul to begin to condense.
When Zhou Baopu came to his senses, he found that the assessment disciples around him had already sprinted towards the Heart Refining and Blood Path one by one.
Subconsciously, Zhou Baopu also quickly picked up his steps and rushed towards the path of refining the heart and blood.
However, just as Zhou Baopu stepped onto the stone steps of the Heart Refining and Blood Path, his whole spirit couldn't help but be shaken. Because he discovered that there was a very mysterious force that emerged from the stone steps, and gradually rose up to his brain along his heels, legs and spine.
Almost at the moment when that power was born, Zhou Baopu was alerted. But then he discovered that the addition of this force made his telekinesis seem to be a little stronger. At the same time, his mind became much clearer.
"Huh?"
A scream came out of Zhou Baopu's mouth.
With this layer of doubt, Zhou Baopu did not take steps again, but stood still at that place. Carefully detecting the changes in his body, Zhou Baopu's face gradually showed a trace of confusion. Immediately afterwards, this confusion turned into a struggle.
And it was while Zhou Baopu was struggling that other assessment disciples had already climbed up the ladder.
Moreover, Zhu Kuang, who had been watching Zhou Baopu all the time, saw Zhou Baopu's upright figure. Instead of letting Zhou Baopu move forward, he looked at Zhou Baopu with a smile on his face. It seemed that whether Zhou Baopu worked hard to climb up had no effect on him.
However, in fact, Zhou Baopu knew that his success or failure was closely related to Zhu Kuang's future honor and disgrace in Tianwai Tower.
Advancing hesitantly and stopping in doubt, Zhou Baopu looked back at Zhu Kuang.
Zhu Kuang shrugged at Zhou Baopu, spread his hands, and said nothing. When Zhou Baopu wanted Zhu Kuang to explain further, he found that the leader of another pair came to Zhu Kuang and started chatting with him. From the looks of it, it won't stop for a while.
The reason why Zhou Baopu had this hesitation was not without reason. After discovering that the stone steps could make his mind clear, Zhou Baopu almost immediately concluded that although the energy transmitted by the stone steps and the pregnancy spirit fluid given to him by Zhu Kuang were not the same substance, they were still similar in nature. of.
In other words, this mysterious energy, like the energy contained in the pregnancy spirit fluid, has a certain nourishing effect on people's mind power.
After pausing for a moment, Zhou Baopu finally took the second step. When he stepped onto the second step, Zhou Baopu's expectations were not disappointed.
Because he discovered that, indeed, when he stepped on the second stone step, the same energy rose from the soles of his feet. The mist was like a puff of smoke, entering directly from Zhou Baopu's body into Zhou Baopu's brain, nourishing his mind power.
He continued to stay on the second step, but it was not as long as the first time, because Zhou Baopu discovered that his body's ability to independently refine the energy had become stronger. After the first adaptation, the time it took Zhou Baopu to absorb that energy became even shorter.