Shen Xinwan is dead, and her father Shen Qianshan will definitely track down the murderer, and sooner or later Tao Ying will be found. Therefore, she had better not return to the sect for the time being on the grounds of experience, and at the same time write a letter to her master to do a good job. Take precautions to avoid being angered.
Gu Yuqi gave Tao Ying a storage bag, which contained all the things he needed during his training. He had only had a weak relationship with family all his life, and now Tao Ying was the only one of his blood relatives. He would never be stingy with whatever he could give.
After parting ways with Tao Ying, Tong Yan also went to practice. The location was in a valley that Gu Yuqi had chosen in advance. After seeing it, she thought it was suitable and set her short-term goal here.
Before leaving, Gu Yuqi called out the old ghost and the crow. Almost no monks had set foot in the valley here, and there was nothing to restrain the ghost cultivators. It was very suitable for them to come out and let them loose.
Furthermore, this place is a bit far away from the Lu Mansion. He usually has to deal with some things and cannot come here often to accompany Tong Yan, so he can only let a bird and a ghost stay to protect him.
Tong Yan and the old crow ghost talked about old times. Seeing that it was still early, they found a suitable place to stay and went out to observe the situation in the valley.
After more than half an hour of investigation, I roughly understood the situation in the valley. The terrain is complex and there are many strange poisons. A piece of grass everywhere or an insect flying around may be of unimaginable toxicity.
In addition to being poisonous, the monsters here are also very good at hiding their whereabouts. Often you will be surprised before you even notice them.
The preparations were not sufficient on the first day, and Tong Yan did not go in-depth. After understanding the general situation, he withdrew and waited until the next day to continue moving forward.
Relying on the antidote pill given to her by Gu Yuqi, Tong Yan quickly adapted to the outer environment. However, she was not satisfied with just moving around in the outer circle. She put behind Gu Yuqi's words not to go deep easily when he left, and bit by bit Explore the center of the valley.
Then, on the first day, I was poisoned by an unknown plant and my whole body was paralyzed, unable to move.
I visited again the next day without a long memory, and had a battle with a high-level poisonous spider. Bujin was poisoned into a state of suspended animation for a whole day. If it weren't for the crow, she might have been lying in the bushes to be eaten by other monsters. Already.
Crow also advised Tong Yan to practice outside, but Tong Yan didn't listen. You said yours and she did hers. Crow was angry for several days.
The third day, the fourth day, the fifth day...
After constantly testing poisons on her own, she got to know many poisons she had never seen before, and even picked rare spiritual plants that were rarely seen in the outside world. She gradually became comfortable living in the jungle.
The month was almost over, and Gu Yuqi finally came, and by chance he picked up the poisoned Tong Yan in the grass with a bruised nose and swollen face.
When I help someone apply medicine, I feel half angry and half funny.
"I'm not telling you not to go deep into the valley easily."
"I didn't take it easy. I went in after thinking carefully." Tong Yan said with a serious face.
"How dare you go in after being poisoned like this."
"The meaning of life is to keep exploring!"
Gu Yuqi "..." She always has a lot of fallacies that people can't refute.
Unable to persuade her, he could only utter one sentence after a while: "Pay more attention to safety."
After staying in the valley for another month, Tong Yan could easily capture the movements of monsters and find ways to control and eradicate them.
Invisibly, her tracking skills and concealment skills were strengthened unexpectedly, and her body speed also made a qualitative leap.
From now on, the speedy monks and their attacks at tricky angles can no longer gain advantage from her.
The second time Gu Yuqi came to take her to the second trial location.
Underground arena.
Gu Yuqi took her to change her appearance and stayed here for more than a month.
He intended to let Tong Yan experience the bloody fight between humans and animals, and to let her know that in a life-and-death battle, any second of hesitation would be fatal.
Occasionally, she would be asked to go on stage for a challenge or two to learn winning techniques without any fancy tricks.
After a month, the results were remarkable, and Tong Yan's moves were obviously ruthless.
If I say I want to cut off your hand, I may cut off your foot, but it will never just break the skin.
Previously, in order for Tong Yan to learn something useful, Gu Yuqi specially selected a resident casual cultivator in the arena as a target and asked her to observe that person's moves and learn how to improve.
As long as she can use this person's strengths to defeat him, this experience will be a perfect end.
Usually he would practice sparring with her, asking her to quickly master the moves and apply them in actual combat.
After the fire was almost done, Tong Yan went up to the stage to make an appointment with the casual cultivator.
In the end, she narrowly defeated the casual cultivator with her physical advantage.
Although he won, Gu Yuqi was a little unhappy. The casual cultivator actually ignored his existence and repeatedly pestered Tong Yan to compete with her again.
At this time, Tong Yan was infected by the blood of the arena and was full of aggressiveness. On the condition that the casual cultivator taught her some skills, she agreed to compete with him again.
From the moment Tong Yan agreed to the fight to the start of the match the next day, Gu Yuqi's face didn't smell bad for a moment.
He seemed to be indifferent to anything he said, and his childlike behavior was incomprehensible.
Before taking the field, Tong Yan finally realized the problem and asked, "Are you angry because I agreed to play?"
Gu Yuqi did not deny it, "You don't have to agree to compete with him again. If you win, you win, if you lose, you lose. It doesn't matter if you do it again."
"Say it simply."
"Did you agree because he's good-looking?" Gu Yuqi admitted that he was satisfied with it. As for the moves, he didn't need to be a casual practitioner. If she wanted to strengthen training, she could just come to him.
"If you need someone to practice your moves, I can do that too."
Tong Yan asked him funny, "Then why didn't you teach me yourself in the first place instead of bringing me to the arena?"
Why? Of course it was because he couldn't do anything to her, so he could only leave this task to others.
When he thought that the consequences of doing this would be to shoot himself in the foot, Gu Yuqi felt depressed. He turned his face away and looked at the person opposite without saying a word.
Seeing that he was still sulking, Tong Yan sighed inwardly and took the initiative to pull his sleeve.
"After this game, after I've learned his moves, we'll leave immediately."
Gu Yuqi turned to look at her, his cold face hard to distinguish between emotion and anger, "It's about to start, you go to the game first."
Hearing this, Tong Yan looked back at the casual cultivator who had been waiting for a while, and then looked back at Gu Yuqi.
"Then I'll go first."
The two people quickly got into a fight on the stage, and the back and forth was very intense. Even though Gu Yuqi didn't feel happy, he was paying close attention to the game at this time.
This time the competition only focused on skills, so the risk was much less than the first time. However, the two people's moves were somewhat similar and each had their own strengths, so the duration of the competition was much longer.
In the end, the casual cultivator's skills became more skillful and he won over Tong Yan.
He was not too surprised to lose to Tong Yan. The main reason why she defeated the casual cultivator last time was because she had studied his moves vigorously before, but he didn't know her moves clearly, so he hit her by surprise.
After he goes back to study and understands her attack habits, it won't be too difficult to defeat him.
At the end of the competition, the casual cultivator gave Tong Yan a book as promised. Basically, everything he has learned and understood over the years is recorded in it. There is not much difference between self-study by reading this book and having him teach the skills himself.
After getting what he wanted, Tong Yan adjusted his expression, came back dejected, and stood in front of Gu Yuqi.
"I lost."
The ends of his eyes were twitching, as listless as frosted eggplants. Gu Yuqi raised his eyelids and glanced at the casual cultivators who had not gone far.
He said: "Victory and defeat are common matters for military strategists."
Tong Yan hugged the book, lowered his head and said nothing.
"You only studied for one month, and you can achieve this result, which is beyond the reach of others."
As if she didn't hear his comforting words and ignored him, she kept her head lowered and opened the book in her arms to read.
Gu Yuqi's face turned gloomy and he strode away in vain. Seeing this, Tong Yan quickly grabbed the person who was about to rush out.
"What are you going to do?"
The direction he was heading in didn't look like he was going back.
Glancing at the disappearing figure, Gu Yuqi said in a cold voice: "I'll help you win it back."
Hearing this, Tong Yan was caught off guard and froze on the spot, then burst into laughter and hugged his arm to prevent him from leaving.
"Don't go, don't go, I was just teasing you."
Gu Yuqi stopped and asked suspiciously: "Aren't you unhappy because you lost the game?"
"Am I someone who cares about winning or losing?" Tong Yan glared at him dissatisfied.
Thinking about it carefully, it was indeed true. Gu Yuqi frowned again, "Then you just..."
"You put on a showy face all day yesterday, and you still don't allow me to tease you."