Volume 2: Memories of Yonghui (Part 1) Chapter 03: The Evil Ghost in Handsome Skin
When the time of an incense stick passed, the floral cloth in front of the woman in green was already densely packed with bluestones.
Those lucky ones who passed the first level of the trial have now gathered in groups of three or four around the woman in green, some with worried expressions, some with calm faces, quietly waiting for her next move.
The green-clothed woman glanced at the group of people one by one, frowned slightly, and looked more carefully. The thousands of contestants who were so excited just now were now reduced to only sixty-eight after the training on the cliff.
Although this number is already one in a hundred or even one in a thousand compared to the original number, the woman in green shook her head slightly, still feeling that the number of those who passed was a little too high.
But her troubles did not last long, as a green bamboo leaf gently fell on her head, swaying and floating, as if it had floated in from the sky.
No one could see clearly where the bamboo leaves came from. On this barren cliff with no grass at all, it was obvious that there was no such thing within a few miles.
Everyone was in an uproar, but they saw the woman in green reverently taking off the bamboo leaves on her head, looking at them carefully for a few times, and a rare faint smile appeared on her beautiful face, as if she understood something.
This smile was so charming that countless heroes felt as if they were bathed in spring breeze.
But after smiling charmingly, the woman in green immediately changed back to her previous cold and frosty look. She bowed slightly and said, "Please follow me."
After she finished speaking, she turned around, waved her long sleeves, and floated away, escaping down the mountain like a green cloud. Everyone quickly focused their attention and chased after her, thinking that the green-clothed woman's lightness skills were indeed amazing.
I don't know how long it took, but I came to a dense bamboo forest. The bamboo forest looked like the sea from afar, with endless layers of lush green. When a breeze blew, dark waves surged on the bamboo sea, one wave pushing another, and surged far away.
It is difficult to know how deep this sea of bamboo is. Just looking at the ups and downs of the bamboo waves and its momentum, one can vaguely feel a hint of weirdness.
This bamboo forest may seem deep and peaceful, but I'm afraid it's not much better than a den of dragons and tigers, right? Suddenly, everyone had this feeling for no reason.
The woman in green brushed her sleeves and took out the piece of floral cloth that she had just put away like a magician. She innocently found a shady spot and sat cross-legged on the floral cloth to meditate as if no one was around.
She half-closed her eyes and said calmly, "You can discuss and find a partner. You can go in groups of two. Those who can get out of this bamboo forest before the sun sets will be the winner of the second level."
Seeing that the woman in blue was still calmly waiting and had no intention of following, some people began to whisper or plot secretly.
As long as they could get out of this bamboo forest, they would be the winner . After all, there was strength in numbers. Although only two people could enter in a group under the eyes of the woman in green, once they entered, if everyone worked together, their chances of winning would naturally be greater.
Although everyone didn't know what kind of formation Zhuo Ao had set up in the bamboo forest waiting for them, it wouldn't hurt to be cautious. It would be best to use others to save your own strength.
After all, there are still three levels to come, so it is necessary to conserve your strength and not give it your all here.
The woman in green seemed to have seen through the not-so-good intentions of some people. She poured cold water on them unceremoniously: "Who were the two people who went in? You came out like this. If your companions are missing and you come out alone, it will also be considered a failure. In addition, I advise those with bad intentions to give up those messy ideas . My master has always been upright and honest. He hates people playing dirty tricks under his nose the most. So, don't blame me for not reminding you that the consequences of breaking the rules will be very serious."
After saying this, he simply closed his eyes and no longer paid attention to the contestants who were looking at each other in confusion.
Those whose thoughts were seen through looked a little embarrassed. They didn't expect that their little plans had already been calculated by Zhuo Ao.
However, since the woman in green had already said it beforehand, it naturally represented a warning from Zhuo Ao. No fool would want to cross Zhuo Ao's bottom line at this time and bear the so-called serious consequences.
Everyone present was smart, so their minds quickly turned to choosing companions. Since they had to work in pairs to break the formation, the strength of their companions was crucial.
Although we cannot place too many unrealistic expectations on this temporary companion, it is necessary not to hold him back.
However, people always have some preconceived ideas about what is natural and right. For example, when it comes to selecting able-bodied men, young men are naturally the most popular. Perhaps their identity as men makes people naturally feel more reliable. So, soon, several sturdy men who hit it off immediately formed pairs and broke into the bamboo forest first.
However, underage girls like Yao Ji, who still look childish and a little weak, are extremely unwelcome.
Yao Ji stared at the people passing by her and wanted to invite them several times. However, when the other party saw her like this, they turned around and left in a hurry without waiting for her to speak.
At this moment, everyone naturally ignored the little girl like Yao Ji who seemed to have no experience and unknown strength.
Although this discovery made Yao Ji feel a little angry and she felt like she was being looked down upon, she had to face the awkward fact that no one was willing to travel with her.
Seeing that several people around her ignored her and walked straight past her to find a partner they were satisfied with, Yao Ji felt a little angry.
That light blue figure is none other than the handsome young man just now.
I hadn't noticed him since I climbed up the cliff, and I didn't know where he had hidden to cool off. When Yao Ji was about to forget about this person, he suddenly showed up so brazenly.
However, after thinking about it, Yao Ji became sad again. The people coming this way might not be coming for her. Although the young man looked young, his strength was not weak. Many people had witnessed his skills under the cliff before, so he must be a very popular character.
Sure enough, before the young man could approach Yao Ji, several middle-aged men had already walked over to invite him out. However, for some reason, the young man waved his hands to refuse them one by one and walked straight towards Yao Ji with a smile .
Yao Ji felt flattered. She subconsciously touched her face and thought, although her senior brother always praised her as a fairy, she knew that her appearance was just pretty and was far from being a beauty. She was even more dull in front of the woman in green.
Yao Ji asked herself, a woman with such ordinary looks, does not seem to be the type that can make people fall in love at first sight, so why does the other party like her so much?
While Yao Ji was still struggling over the strange things, the young man in blue clothes had already walked up to her. Yao Ji widened her eyes and was waiting for him to speak, but suddenly a Cheng Yaojin appeared between the two of them.
Following the sound of a clear and pleasant silver bell, a girl dressed extremely strangely appeared before my eyes. Rather than being strange, she was unique.
She was wearing countless jingling things all over her body, and on her neck and wrists, there were countless collars layer by layer.
This girl was born different from most of the women present. Her eyes were slightly sunken, her features were very deep, her cheeks were as clear as if they were cut by a knife, and her skin was slightly dark. That slightly dark skin was densely covered with colorful totems-like things.
Yao Ji speculated in her heart about the identity of this woman. She was probably a member of the legendary Kongming tribe located in the southwest corner of the Xuming Realm. Thinking of this name, Yao Ji couldn't help but frowned.
The Kongming tribe is good at shady techniques such as poison and hallucinations, and they have gathered all the poisons and hallucinations in the world. From old women to children, all of them are masters of using poisons and hallucinations, but they are also executioners who kill people without blinking an eye.
It is said that the ingredients and methods they use to make poison are extremely cruel, either human blood or rotten corpses...
Although their psychedelic techniques and the witchcraft of the Shamo wizard are actually similar, their reputations are very different.
It is said that the ancestor of the Kongming tribe was a disciple of the God of Shamo, Jianyi. Because he practiced unorthodox methods and had a dark mind, he was not liked by Jianyi and was expelled to the southwest.
Therefore, in the minds of the Shamo people who consider themselves to be the orthodox descendants of Kamado, the poison and illusion techniques of the Kongming tribe are not worthy of being accepted by the public.
Although they have pure hearts, the Shamo people are also extremely noble in their bones. They would rather fight the enemy head-on with magic openly, but do not bother to use some deceptive things in secret or use some cruel and bloody means to kill people.
Therefore, in comparison, the reputation of the Kongming clan is indeed much worse. Using some shameful means in the dark to achieve their goals seems to be a relatively consistent impression of the people of the world about the Kongming clan.
It is indeed a rare thing to see the Kongming tribe in Yonghui City, the sunniest city in the world.
But on second thought, considering the Yonghui Martial Arts Competition, a major event in the world and Zhuo Ao's reputation, this is not incomprehensible.
"How about this young man join me in the group?" Her eyes were sharp and enthusiastic, as if she regarded the young man in blue clothes as a rare prey.
Before she finished speaking, she had already stretched out her arms, which were covered with bells and collars, and tried to grab the collar of the blue-clothed boy.
However, the young man in blue clothes quietly avoided him calmly. Faced with this sudden enthusiastic invitation, he seemed a little at a loss, but he concealed it very well. He tilted his head slightly, pursed his thin lips, as if he had considered it seriously, and then said to the girl from the Kongming tribe with regret on his face: "Young lady, I'm a little sorry. I just met that girl under the cliff, and we had a very pleasant conversation, so..." When the young man mentioned the girl, he paused slightly, raised his voice, curled his thin lips, and looked at Yao Ji, who was watching the show on the side, with a cunning look, intending to drag her into the water.
"I have already decided to travel with that girl, so please find someone else."
The polite and courteous refusal made the other party grit her teeth unwillingly. Perhaps she was too confident in her own strength and did not expect to be rejected. The woman of the Kongming tribe looked at the blue-clothed boy in disbelief, then turned her head and looked Yao Ji up and down with hatred. The anger in her eyes was self-evident. She pointed at Yao Ji and questioned her bluntly: "What's so good about this yellow-haired girl? She looks so weak and fragile. I'm afraid she can only be a drag."
Yao Ji was very annoyed by this inexplicable anger. She was clearly watching the show just now, so how come she suddenly became the culprit?
She was innocent and had done nothing. She didn't even have the time to say a word, but she was inexplicably hated by the woman from the Kongming tribe. Yao Ji felt that she was very wronged, even more wronged than Liu Yue Feixue!
Moreover, the other party was so provocative, pointing at her nose and calling her a yellow-haired girl! How could this be tolerated!
Yao Ji waved away the other person's hand without any hesitation. She had never liked , and now she felt even more disgusted with them. She was about to teach her a lesson, but she didn't notice that the instigator of this farce had already come over. The young man in blue clothes grabbed Yao Ji with an unstoppable force, and before the two women could react, he had already forcibly embraced Yao Ji and jumped into the bamboo forest.
Well, Yao Ji admitted that her reaction at this moment was indeed a little slow, but based on the skills of the man next to her, Yao Ji estimated that even if she resisted, her chances of winning would not be great.
And now that the rice has been cooked, Yao Ji can't refuse it. She listened to the previous rules.
She looked up at her new companion with resentment. This guy had a nonchalant smile on his face, as if nothing had happened. There was not even an apology or explanation. Yao Ji suddenly felt like she was blind!
Who was so foolish as to think that this person was a handsome young man? This person is clearly an evil ghost!
An evil ghost who eats people without leaving any bones behind!
My name is Mo Yi, what's yours?
Yao Ji was furious, wondering what this person's face was made of, he could change his face faster than turning the pages of a book. However, since they had become companions, there was no point in fighting each other. Besides, although she had just entered the bamboo forest formation, Yao Ji had already felt the strange sense of oppression from the formation. I'm afraid that the second level will not be as easy as before.
Yao Ji, my name.
"Yao-Ji." The young man in blue clothes stood with his hands behind his back and repeated it softly. The expression on his face did not reveal what he was thinking.
"Why me?" Yao Ji raised her head, staring at him intently with sharp eyes, and asked the doubt that had been hidden in her heart.
"Because you seem to be proficient in magic and illusion, I think you should be much better than those idiots in breaking the formation!" The young man in blue clothes grinned and gave an answer that was so simple and direct that it made Yao Ji stunned!
This guy is really an evil ghost! He eats people without leaving any bones!
