Looking at the blood hole on his left hand, Xiao Chen took a deep breath. It seemed that his left hand was temporarily disabled.
Xiao Chen took out a blood-enhancing pill, crushed it, turned it into a pool of medicine, and applied it on the wound. Suddenly, there was a cool feeling, and the pain on the wound was relieved a lot.
After tearing off a piece of cloth from his clothes and tying the wound, Xiao Chen walked forward to look for the branch that shot out.
After walking ten meters forward, he saw that the branch passed through his arm, then penetrated several big trees, and finally was nailed to a big tree.
Xiao Chen pulled it off with force and observed it carefully. He found that the withered yellow branch was only as thick as a thumb and less than one meter in length, but it exuded a faint brilliance.
Feeling a little surprised, Xiao Chen shrouded his spiritual consciousness on the branch, and finally saw a difference. The branch contained more spirituality than the weapons in Mo Fan's place.
Thinking that one of the techniques in the Encyclopedia of Cultivation requires such a spiritual natural thing, Xiao Chen happily included it in the Qiankun Ring.
After identifying the direction in which Xiao Yulan and others were leaving, Xiao Chen used the Thunder Escape Technique twice in succession and finally saw everyone's figures.
"Cousin Xiao Chen, what's wrong with your left hand?" Before he got close, he saw Xiao Yulan running over from the crowd and asked with concern.
Xiao Chen smiled and said: "It's okay, it's a small injury. It will be fine in a day. Come on, I will take you to the Xiao family camp."
This time, no one dared to refute Xiao Chen's words, and no one showed dissatisfaction on the road. The incident he had just experienced had completely won Xiao Chen's prestige among this group of people.
On the way to the next, Xiao Chen kept letting his consciousness go out, and temporarily avoided the monsters when he encountered them, and there was no fight along the way.
Two hours later, everyone finally arrived at the Xiao family camp. This camp was a simple camp established by the seniors of the Xiao family for training.
There are only three simple wooden houses in the camp. Although they are simple, they are equipped with all kinds of daily necessities. They are perfect places for everyone to live and rest in the next few days.
His consciousness did not feel any danger in the camp, so Xiao Chen said: "Everyone, please tidy up the camp first. The dust must have accumulated since you haven't been here for so long."
The crowd dispersed. These warriors were all the elites of the younger generation of the Xiao family. They were doing things without hesitation at this moment. Xiao Chen was very satisfied.
"Ah! There is a dead person here..." A cry interrupted Xiao Chen's thinking.
Xiao Chen hurriedly ran over. The deceased was an old man, wearing the clothes of the Tang family. Xiao Chen frowned slightly, why did the warrior of the Tang family come here.
The death of the old man was very horrific. His chest was broken open and his heart and lungs were missing. It seemed that he had been eaten by a monster. No wonder people who saw this body were so panicked.
Xiao Jian, who was checking the body on the ground, said: "This man has the realm of a great martial artist, and he died not long ago."
Everyone was shocked. How could the great martial artist of the Tang family come to the Xiao family camp and be killed? It was unbelievable that the great martial artist was killed in this fringe area.
"Look, there's a body here too." Another exclamation came.
The body was found in a wooden house. Xiao Chen, who was like lightning, rushed over quickly. The death state of the body was exactly the same as the previous one.
Seeing his clothes clearly, Xiao Chen was shocked again. He was a member of the Zhang family, and he was also a martial artist in the realm of great martial arts masters.
All the clues in his mind were connected together, and a scene appeared in Xiao Chen's mind. Before the trial in the dark forest had begun, two great martial artists sneaked into the Xiao family camp.
With the realm of a great martial artist, everyone here can be easily wiped out. However, for some unknown reason, these two great martial artists were killed by monsters in the end.
Thinking of this, Xiao Chen shuddered in his heart. In order to kill him, the Tang and Zhang families even dared to violate the rules set by the city lord. There was nothing they dared to do.
But I want to see how many great martial arts masters you have come to die, Xiao Chen said fiercely in his heart.
Everyone worked together to find a place to bury the two corpses, mainly because they were afraid that the corpses would attract more powerful monsters. Looking at the two great martial artists who died tragically, everyone felt a shadow in their hearts.
Next, under Xiao Chen's command, everyone began to set up some alarm traps around the camp. Everyone had experience in Qijiao Mountain. This kind of trap was easy to make and not difficult.
"Ye Lan, you and I go out and check the surrounding environment. We will start officially hunting monsters tomorrow." After resting for a while, Xiao Chen said to Ye Lan, who was leaning against the tree tiredly.
Ye Lan didn't really want to move, so she muttered: "Why me?"
Xiao Chen smiled and said: "Let's go. Didn't you keep shouting about killing monsters on the way? Now I give you a chance to show off. Are you still not satisfied?"
Everyone laughed when they heard this, feeling that this boy was asking for trouble because he talked too much on the way.
"Xiao Chen, let me go with you. Your left hand is injured. If you encounter a monster on the way, it will be difficult to deal with it." Xiao Yulan said as she came out of the wooden house.
Xiao Chen shook his head and said: "No, this camp is a bit weird. Your strength is the highest here. Staying here is just to take care of you. My hands will not get in the way."
"And I just went out to check, there shouldn't be any danger."
Seeing what Xiao Chen said, Xiao Yulan stopped insisting and just told him to be careful.
Although she felt unwilling, Ye Lan still followed Xiao Chen and walked towards the south of the camp.
In the dark forest, the shadows of the trees are whirling, the wind is blowing, and invisible dangers are always hidden behind the darkness. Ye Lan follows Xiao Chen, always feeling that another pair of eyes is staring at him in the darkness, which makes people shudder.
Ye Lan looked at Xiao Chen's face, expressionless, making it impossible to guess what he was thinking, looking extra calm in the dark night.
Phew!
A red phantom swept towards the two of them in the darkness, and a violent aura spread in the forest. Ye Lan was stunned on the spot.
"It's... Salamander, this is his... tongue." Ye Lan, who had already cast a shadow on this monster, started to tremble when he spoke.
In his astonished gaze, Xiao Chen grabbed the red tongue with his right hand, and a bolt of lightning lit up in the dark night, traveling along the red tongue and into the body of the salamander.
The long tongue was covered with flashing electric lights, which looked like an electric light ribbon made of thunderbolts in the dark night, which was extremely stunning.
ah!
With a cry of pain, the salamander retracted its long tongue and let out a cry of pain, which was extremely terrifying in the quiet forest.
"What are you doing standing still! Chase!" Xiao Chen ran forward and looked at Ye Lan before leaving and urged.
"Yes." Ye Lan nodded fiercely and flew away with Xiao Chen.
The twenty-meter long torso, the skin is covered with red particles, black air spreads on the salamander's body, and the ten-meter-long tail keeps slapping the ground.
A pair of red blood pupils stared at Xiao Chen and Ye Lan who were coming.
The scene in front of him once again aroused the shadow in Ye Lan's heart, and his legs and feet kept trembling: "Xiao Chen, can you deal with it? My legs seem to be weak..."
Xiao Chen sneered and said: "Is this all you have? Then why are you here to kill monsters? Where has your courage gone from being an outer disciple to being a core disciple of the Xiao family?"
"I have injected electric light into its body. It will not be able to move for a while. If you are a man, go and stab it with my sword."
Because of the previous incident, Ye Lan had already cast a huge shadow on the monster, so Xiao Chen deliberately brought him out this time to eliminate this shadow.
Otherwise, if he is still in this state in the formal trial in the future, he will not say anything about it and will drag down other members. At this time, only one sword can break his shadow.
"But… "
"But what, don't you even have the courage to do so? If I don't send you out of the dark forest tomorrow, you will continue to be your outer disciple and never think about raising your head for the rest of your life."
"Is it really immovable?"
"Ye Lan, are you still a man? Women are not as mother-in-law as you, and they are so hesitant between life and death. Do you really want to die so much?"
Xiao Chen's merciless words were like sharp knives carved into Ye Lan's heart, slowly opening up the anger in his heart.
"Grass, it's just a salamander. I don't know how many I have killed on Qijiao Mountain." Ye Lan shouted loudly, cursed, flew forward, and thrust a sword into the torso of the salamander.
The sword was very powerful, and his cultivation was at the level of a top-grade warrior. The sword was thrust in hard, and a stream of purple blood jumped out and sprinkled on his face.
The salamander screamed in pain again and broke free from the shackles of the purple light in his body. The evil energy on his body burst out, and the huge lizard tail struck at him fiercely.
Xiao Chen was shocked and wanted to help, but he saw Ye Lan's face that was also full of evil spirit. A murderous intent flashed in his eyes. He turned around and struck the flying lizard's tail with a sword.
clang!
The huge force knocked Ye Lan into the air, but he did not panic. He turned around in the air and landed firmly on the ground. He stood with his sword and looked at the Salamander with a playful expression.
With her robe dancing around her body, the eternal darkness of the dark forest at this moment could not cover up Ye Lan's endless fighting spirit.
Xiao Chen smiled faintly, with a look of satisfaction on his face. Ye Lan's strength was not weak after all. As long as he overcame the shadow in his heart, it was not a problem to resist the Salamander.
It's hard to say whether he can kill or not, but Xiao Chen is not too worried. As long as he becomes proficient, everyone will make progress after going through the cycle of life and death.
Because this is the meaning of the trial. To wander between life and death and experience the true meaning of martial arts is the fate and pursuit of all warriors on the Tianwu Continent.
Man is determined to conquer heaven, my fate is up to me and not up to heaven, towards the great road, one after another, even if the road ahead is full of thorns, there is no fear, the sword is close to the body, with the mind of a warrior and never stop.
Such a life will not be inactive because of being ordinary, and life will not be mediocre because of loneliness.
Just like those who pursued their ideals in previous lives, although the paths are different, the avenues are the same. If you have a firm belief in your heart, you will surely have a brilliant future in the future.