() The disciples who have signed up to join the "Assault Team" are waiting at the entrance of the courtyard. The senior brothers on duty will call their names one by one to enter. After passing the assessment, no matter whether they pass or fail, they will go out through the side door on the other side and will never be allowed to turn back.
Inform or disclose the layout of the courtyard.
This approach made the courtyard seem a bit mysterious, and the two senior brothers standing at the door looked eagerly, serious and fierce, and often shouted loudly. In addition, the scolding voices of the elders came from time to time in the courtyard, making everyone feel very worried.
I was nervous because I was afraid that if I failed the examination after entering, I would lose face and would not be able to hold my head high among my fellow students.
Liu Meng stood in the middle of the crowd. He was an ordinary man with a height of a little over 1.7 meters. The corners of his mouth were slightly raised, with a kind smile, but he didn't worry about the assessment at all. The third senior brother Pang Buyi standing next to him kept saying nothing.
He turned around and looked around, showing that he didn't have much confidence in himself, but when he saw that Liu Meng, who was younger than him, was not nervous, he relaxed a little. As for Lao Si Lu Bu Zhuo, he was always serious and cautious, and he was usually a deputy
With a serious face, it's hard to tell if he's nervous now.
Among the Five Mountains Sword Sect, the Huashan Sect has the most disciples, followed by the Taishan Sect. This is also true for those who signed up to join the "Assault Team" this time. Green jackets and gray cloth robes accounted for a large proportion, leaving only a few black cotton jackets and
Blue brocade robe. After Liu Meng made a patrol, he discovered that there were three female disciples of the Hengshan sect wearing silk robes among them, and he couldn't help but be surprised.
The Hengshan Sect is a Buddhist sect. Unlike the other four sects, which are always murderous, their swordsmanship is circular and dense. When facing an enemy, nine out of ten moves are defensive, and only one move is used to take advantage of a weakness.
Raid. Hengshan School’s internal strength also emphasizes Buddhist karma and retribution, karma is caused by one’s own actions, and good and evil are determined by the heart.
There are actually disciples of such a nun sect who want to join the "raid and kill team". Not only Liu Meng was extremely surprised, but even the senior fellow who was guarding the door during the roll call was shocked for a while before letting the two female nuns take the lead.
Groups of female lay practitioners enter one after another and go to the courtyard to take the assessment.
From the roll call of the gatekeepers, it can be concluded that each person's assessment inside takes about ten minutes, which means that this assessment must be very urgent, leaving no time for people to think carefully, and must be dealt with based on one's true heart.
Liu Meng didn't care on the surface, but deep down he was very concerned about it. Especially considering how versatile Master Hu Yuanlin was and how he often did amazing things, the assessment in this courtyard was really tricky. The closer he got to him at the moment, the more he felt in his heart.
Muttering. The originally confident mood turned into a little hesitant.
"Liu Bumeng of the Hengshan faction!"
Senior brother, why is he not afraid of his superb swordsmanship? He lives in seclusion among the top three disciples of Wuyue Sword Sect. After signing up to join the "Assault Team", Master Hu did not avoid relatives and directly gave him a treatment of exemption from assessment. Now he is in the courtyard according to the
Master Hu ordered the registration to be carried out. Therefore, among the remaining three members of the Hengshan sect, Liu Meng will be the first to accept the assessment.
He stepped forward in response and saluted with clasped fists. Liu Meng waited for the senior brother guarding the door to indicate that he could go in, and then he ducked in. Behind the courtyard door was a desk. A person sitting there was lowering his head and recording something, and an elder was standing on one side with his hands behind his hands.
, was directing a disciple to place something on the wooden pile in the courtyard.
Seeing Liu Meng come in, the elder waved him over, pointed to the spot surrounded by fishing nets in the yard and said, "Did you see that sparrow? After the sparrow landed on the ground and flew up again, the assessment will begin."
"There are potatoes on the wooden stakes over there. You have to cut all the potatoes in half, and then go into the house through that window. There is a puppet wearing a general's costume in the house. You have to find it as soon as possible and find it as soon as possible.
Without alerting the bell, stab him in the eye and chest. Finally, there is a piece of paper on the table. Remember what's on it, come out of the door and tell me what's written on it."
After briefly explaining the content of the assessment, the Taishan sect elder paused, turned around and waved to the disciples who had turned around to start throwing rice, and then said: "The sooner you can complete all this, the better. Those who have not completed it after the incense burns out will not be counted as passed."
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Incense? Liu Meng looked in the direction of the elder's finger with confusion, and saw that the man sitting at the table was looking up at him and smiling. He was holding a short piece of incense in his hand and was about to light it on the candle.
This narrow smile was very familiar to Liu Meng.
"Big Brother?!"
He Buwei blinked and pursed his lips toward the courtyard, indicating that the assessment would begin immediately, so that Liu Meng could not be distracted. The elder there snorted loudly, and simply said: "Start!"
Following the order, the disciple standing aside scattered the rice grains casually, and the rice grains passed through the mesh of the fishing net and fell under the sparrows flying back and forth. The disciple's method of throwing rice was extremely clever, and the distance between each grain of rice landing on the ground was almost equal.
It is the more advanced method of raining flowers in the sky among hidden weapon techniques.
When the flower sparrow saw the rice falling, it hesitated at first. It had eaten like this many times this day, but it dropped it directly without fear of the presence of strangers, lowering its head and picking up the grains one by one.
There were very few grains of rice scattered, and within a few breaths the sparrows ate them one by one, and then without stopping, they spun around and flew up again.
Liu Meng had already been concentrating on it, and could only see the figure of the sparrow. When he saw it starting to take off from the ground, he immediately jumped up and used the eight-step cicada Qinggong. He dodged a few times and ran to the nearest wooden stake.
, and at the same time, he drew his sword with his backhand, and when the light of the sword passed by, he cut a potato placed on it into two pieces.
There are a total of sixteen wooden stakes erected in the yard, arranged according to the Bagua directions, with different heights and distances. Some need to bend down to cut down, and some need to cut horizontally.
Liu Meng has always advocated simple and direct sword moves, and he was not willing to use any extra effort at this time. He only used one sword move for each potato, all using the simplest peeling, cutting, and teasing techniques. He also refused to use the most time-consuming body skills.
The inner strength of Chuanyunzong is just the eight-step cicada-catching and wild-goose walking skills performed back and forth without stopping at all.
To an outsider, the young disciple of the Hengshan Sect could only be seen jumping up and down, scurrying around the wooden stakes, and the long sword seemed to have eyes. Every time the sword was struck, a potato would be stabbed. It looked so good.
It's like it's been carefully calculated, and it's as if it's been practiced regularly.
Eighteen breaths! Except for the two breaths spent running around at the beginning, he managed to get one potato on each of the sixteen wooden stakes. Liu Meng was secretly proud of himself, but he did not dare to hesitate and pause. He ran to the front of the house in a few steps and jumped up.
Like a swallow passing through the forest, it burrowed directly in through the half-closed window.
The light in the room was extremely dark. If you suddenly entered from the outside, your vision would inevitably darken for a short time. But with just a short glance, Liu Meng could vaguely see a few black figures standing not far away. He immediately kicked his feet on the ground and
You have to rush over to see which one is dressed as a general.
Just in the electric light and flint, I vaguely saw something standing in front of me. I remembered what the elder outside said, "Don't disturb the bell." I immediately broke out in a cold sweat, knowing that this must be the bell mechanism. I quickly kicked my heels.
, wanted to stop, but the forward momentum was so strong that his body was pulled forward and the rope seemed to be tightened below. In the critical moment, Liu Meng had no choice but to stab down with the long sword, using the long sword as a crutch, and stood still.
Fall to the ground.
At this time, he was very close to the blurry rope shadow. Liu Meng looked carefully and saw that one end of the taut rope was connected to several other ropes, but there was a bell tied at the end. As long as someone touched the thin rope,
If you don't use the rope, the bell will definitely ring, and your own test will only end in failure.
What a risk! Even though Liu Meng had a strong psychological quality, he couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat by this strange and strange design.
When outside, they deliberately use short incense to induce them, and then use wooden stakes and potatoes as bait, making people pursue speed wholeheartedly. But inside, they use darkness as a cover and set up a bell mechanism at the most easily overlooked position under their feet, making people just want to go as fast as possible.
The disciples who completed the assessment relaxed their vigilance and ended up in failure.
It goes without saying that this method, which tests one's temperament more than one's skills, must have come from the hands of Uncle Hu Yuanlin, who was full of careful thoughts and tricks.
