Chapter seventy-three, passing two levels in a row
Hu Bai brought Qingshi to his two-story building and asked Qingshi naggingly about his experience in the past three years. Qingshi did not hide anything and talked about it in general.
Knowing that Qingshi had joined Tianlong Academy, the highest monastic institution in the Tianlong world, and became a disciple of the former dean, Hu Bai couldn't help nodding while stroking his white beard. Obviously, Qingshi's experiences and growth rate in the past three years exceeded his expectations, which made him He was very satisfied.
Hu Bai did not urge Qingshi to break through, and Qingshi was not in a hurry. Hu Bai took the trouble to inquire about the outside world and Qingshi's experience, and asked Qingshi for poems and words, but Qingshi had to deal with it.
Qingshi also asked about the details of the next level from time to time. After a long time like this, Qingshi estimated that it had been two days, and he had almost figured out the situation of the next level, so Qingshi asked Hu Bai to break through the level.
The difficulty of this second level is very simple for Qingshi now. The assessment of this series of levels is not fixed, but is set according to the situation of the person being assessed. In the early stage, it mainly depends on the talent and understanding of the person being assessed. .
During Qingshi's first assessment, the system recorded his relevant information. Now three years have passed. According to the system's settings, Qingshi's comprehensive strength improvement in the past three years must reach the level recognized by the system. Therefore, the difficulty of the second level is actually It is set based on the first assessment.
In the past three years, Qingshi's strength has improved far beyond the system's requirements, so it is very easy for Qingshi to pass this second level.
The content and scene of the second level are the same as those of the first level, but there are no longer five puppets in it, but three of the Five Elements Warriors, and the combat power of each one is close to that of the ninth-level monks in the Qi Gathering Realm, and their speed and strength are etc. The parameters have been modified accordingly compared to the first level. In short, the methods used by Qingshi to get through the first level cannot be used again.
Despite this, Qingshi passed the test easily despite his absolute dominance in combat power. There was no opportunism, it was completely the result of overwhelming strength.
The rewards at this level are not very attractive to the current Qingshi. Qingshi chose the prizes more casually. Except for a yellow-level high-grade weapon monograph, the third volume of melting and forging, Qingshi did not choose weapons but chose two types of repairs. Rare materials for spaceships.
Naturally, Qingshi performed well in this assessment and received a special reward. Qingshi's luck was as good as ever, and he picked up a black gold carving knife of the highest grade. This is a high-level spiritual weapon for carving formation patterns. It is the Qingshi practice formation. Tao, good things needed to repair the spaceship.
Looking at Qingshi's choice, Hu Bai frowned and said: "Qingshi, I see that the things you chose are all related to the Qi Dao and the Formation Dao. Could it be that you put all your energy on the Qi Dao and the Formation Dao? I remember you The worst thing is martial arts!"
"Three years ago," Qingshi replied with a smile, "Now I have quite a lot of martial arts skills. Tianlong Academy has many applicable martial arts skills that I can obtain. Of course, the martial arts skills I want are also available, and that is mental power skills. And mental strength and martial arts, these things are not available in Tianlong World, but we have them in Yunlu. I was just going to ask you, which level do you have to go through to get them?"
"You want to practice spiritual power and martial arts?" Hu Bai asked in surprise, "Isn't it too early? I think it would be better for you to choose a few high-level martial arts to practice."
"Of course I also need high-level martial arts," Qingshi replied, "but now I can only choose high-grade yellow-level martial arts. I don't care about this level of martial arts."
"Ha!" Hu Bai said with a smile, "You haven't exploded in a few years! What high-level martial arts skills have you learned now? Tell me."
"Why should I tell you?" Qingshi said deliberately, "You don't give me anything better!"
"You don't know what is good," Hu Bai scolded with a smile, "I need to know how far you have practiced now so that I can judge which martial arts technique you are practicing now is better!"
"Then you don't need to worry about it," Qingshi said with a smile, "I know how to practice best myself." This is the truth. Qingshi has a clear plan for his own practice. It would be worth listening to Ou Changzhi's advice. , Hu Baima, although his cultivation level is high, is from the outside world, and he is not very good at the cultivation of the Tianlong world.
"Okay!" Hu Bai was not angry, but asked happily, "Tell me, why do you need spiritual power skills and spiritual martial arts at your current stage?"
"There are no mental power techniques and martial arts in the Tianlong World at all," Qingshi said. "As long as you practice them, you will have an absolute advantage over the monks in the Tianlong World in terms of mental power. I think there is nothing wrong with practicing at any stage. !”
"That's not necessarily true," Hu Bai shook his head and said, "First of all, there are very few spiritual power techniques and spiritual martial arts, and they are very precious in other worlds and even the divine world. If you want to get them, it depends on your ability."
"Secondly, the physical structure of the Tianlong people is not suitable for cultivating mental power, so the Tianlong world has not produced any techniques specifically for cultivating mental power. People who are not talented enough cannot practice it at all. If you have talent but no understanding, the effect of practicing it will be too low. , the gain outweighs the loss.”
"So, even though you are born with strong mental power, I am still not sure that you are suitable for practicing mental power techniques and martial arts. And even if you are suitable for practicing, I think you still have something that needs to be practiced more at this stage, and that is high-level attributes. Martial arts, using this to improve your combat effectiveness will be more effective."
Qingshi thought for a while and said: "Okay, then I will show you my current martial arts and combat power. You can evaluate it after you see it."
"Okay!" Hu Bai smiled, "How do you plan to show it?"
"I want to pass the third level!" Qingshi said lightly.
"Ah?" Hu Bai said with his eyes widened, "You kid, your mother-in-law and mother were procrastinating when you passed the first level. This second level also took time to come. Why is the third level suddenly so refreshing? ? Ordinarily you have six years to prepare. Don’t let your enthusiasm ruin things!"
Of course, Qingshi would not act impulsively. With the experience of passing the second level, Qingshi could basically judge the growth requirements of the assessment system for those being assessed, and his own growth far exceeded the system's requirements.
Therefore, Qingshi estimated that he was at least 70% sure that he could pass the third level.
Hu Bai and the others knew about Qingshi's talent, and now he still had to demonstrate his ability to fulfill his talent. He understood that what Hu Bai and the others were waiting for was a peerless genius, and he wanted to prove to them that he was a peerless genius. Only in this way could he Get more support.
Qingshi was determined to break through, but Hu Bai was hesitant. He was very optimistic about Qingshi. After all, this was the most talented candidate they had encountered in thousands of years. He didn't want Qingshi to be eliminated.
In the same exquisite little living room, the four servants of Princess Xuerong gathered together again to discuss Qingshi's breakthrough. Hu Bai was hesitant, so he left the blue stone and reported to Chun Niang.
Chun Niang thought for a long time and said: "Let him go! If he doesn't even have this courage and pursues stability blindly, it will be difficult for him to achieve our requirements in the end."
"That's right!" Qinglong's voice continued, "I originally didn't like his overly stable character, but I didn't expect that he also has a daring and adventurous side, which is good. He is not a reckless person, and should have a certain degree of confidence. Let’s see how far he has grown in the past three years and whether he can really give us hope.”
Black Tiger kept nodding his head and loudly said: "That's exactly how it should be! That's exactly how it should be!"
"Okay!" Hu Bai replied.
"Increase the difficulty by more than 10%." Chun Niang suddenly sent a message to Hu Bai alone. Hu Bai was stunned for a moment, then understood, and without saying a word, he just nodded to Chun Niang and floated out of the small hall.
It was still the hall with nine apertures. Qingshi called it the Hall of Stars in his heart. Just like the two previous breakthroughs, Qingshi stood outside one of the apertures and waited for Hu Bai to announce the start of the breakthrough.
Qingshi has never been able to figure out how these circle teleportation arrays work. He found that it seems that every time he goes to a certain place, he does not enter a fixed aperture. For example, when going from the Star Hall to Hu Bai's small building, he can't remember which way to go. Which aperture, because these apertures are all exactly the same, but he is sure that they are not the same aperture every time.
He asked Hu Bai, and Hu Bai said: You will understand when it is time for you to know. Qingshi had no choice but to give up.
Hu Bai said; "I can tell you that mental power skills and martial arts are at least at the earth level. Even if you pass this level, you will not be able to get it. You have to think about it, and go in after you have thought about it!"
Qingshi raised his leg and stepped into the aperture in front of him. The scene in front of him changed and he came to the breakthrough hall. This time, there was no Five Elements Array on the ground. There was nothing in the hall except a aperture in the center.
There was only a long sword lying on the ground in the aperture, and there were no other weapons. Qingshi picked up the sword and weighed it, and found that it was a low-grade yellow-level long sword with no attributes. Such a sword was somewhat unusable for Qingshi. Qingshi was very surprised. After all, the sword he used to break through the level last time was also a high-grade yellow-level sword.
After Qingshi picked up the sword, he found that the aperture he was in flickered and then disappeared. He couldn't help being surprised and secretly thought, is this old guy Hu Bai trying to kill himself?
The lack of aperture means that even in an emergency, you can no longer run into the aperture to avoid fighting and rest like last time.
I saw a large liquid bag slowly rising from the ground in front of me, and then the big bag slowly deformed, and finally turned into a tall warrior.
This warrior was different from the previous two times. He was completely black and had no colors representing the five elements. At the same time, Qingshi found that the aura emanating from it was very strong. It seemed that its combat power completely exceeded his prediction.
Qingshi couldn't help but feel a little nervous. After waiting patiently for a moment, he found that no other warriors appeared, and then he breathed a sigh of relief.
Qingshi was about to ask Hu Bai what was going on with the aperture, when the black warrior suddenly rushed towards him. Its weapon was a huge sword, and it struck Qingshi with one strike. Judging from this posture, it seemed that he was using Not a sword but a hammer.
Qingshi wanted to test its power. He immediately activated his true energy and raised his sword to block it. The two swords intersected with each other and there was a loud bang. Qingshi felt his whole right arm go numb, and he involuntarily took several steps back. However, the warrior just swayed and immediately raised his sword to attack Qingshi.
Qingshi didn't expect that he could hardly resist the sword even if he used Xuanjin's hand. He didn't dare to be careless, so he quickly used the Wind Shadow Step to dodge and stopped fighting. He glanced at the sword in his hand in the middle of his busy schedule, and saw that it was actually blocked by the sword. It cut a big gap and almost broke it.
Qingshi stepped on the Wind Shadow Step, and used the long sword in his hand to fight with the black warrior. Qingshi's mysterious swordsmanship has just begun to practice the second level. This second level of swordsmanship has a total of 180 moves, and Qingshi can't use it yet. It's smooth and smooth, and it's all passive at once.
But this set of swordsmanship is full of resilience. Every time he is in danger, there will always be a corresponding sword move to resolve it. Despite this, Qingshi is still forced to retreat step by step, basically in a passive situation of being beaten.
The black warrior was not only powerful, but his sword moves were also sophisticated enough. It was very difficult for Qingshi to deal with it, and he consumed a huge amount of energy. He originally wanted to win directly with swordsmanship, but now it seems he has to use more powerful martial arts. Otherwise, if this continues, I am afraid that I will lose at any time.
After fighting for a few more moves, Qingshi suddenly used the power to resist the black warrior's slash and fell back ten feet away, then turned around and ran. He used the wind attribute energy to activate the wind shadow step, and was separated from the black warrior in just an instant. distance.
Naturally, the speed of the Black Warrior could not keep up with Qingshi, but he was still chasing after him. As Qingshi was running, he suddenly turned around and stabbed the Black Warrior with his sword, and at the same time, he quickly sent out a breeze finger blade with his left hand.
The black warrior swung his sword to meet the bluestone sword. The two swords met and the bluestone was knocked back a step. But at the same time, the wind blade emitted by Qingshi accurately cut the left chest of the Black Warrior.
Qingshi saw that as the wind blade cut into the Black Warrior, an inch-long wound appeared on the Black Warrior's left chest, but it seemed to have no feeling, and the wound healed automatically after a few breaths.
Qingshi was shocked. This Qingfeng Finger was a wind attribute martial skill. The wind blade it emitted seemed to have very little movement, and the wounds it caused were not large, but its lethality was greater than that of an ordinary sword. If your wind blade doesn't work on the black warrior, then even if your sword hits it, it probably won't cause much damage.
Unwilling to be reconciled, Qingshi distanced himself from the black warrior and fired the wind blade again. Sure enough, the black warrior did not dodge at all and was hit by the wind blade one after another. Qingshi found that it would still be hurt, but its wounds healed quickly.
Qingshi estimated that even if he exhausted his energy and hit it a hundred times, he probably wouldn't be able to lose his combat effectiveness.
In desperation, he had no choice but to switch to martial arts. Qingshi launched the Wind Shadow Step with all his strength, and soon opened the distance from the Black Warrior to five feet away. With a thought, the Xiufeng Flying Sword appeared out of thin air and turned into an afterimage to stab the Black Warrior. .
The black warrior quickly swung his sword to meet the attack. After Xiu Feng was swayed away, the black warrior just started chasing Qingshi and took a few steps. However, Xiu Feng flew back and stabbed the black warrior again, and the black warrior had to fight again.
Qingshi holds the sword secret and gently swings the command flying sword. The embroidered wind pierces around the black warrior endlessly. If it is avoided, it will turn around and fly back. After being blocked, it will draw an arc and fly again in an instant. He came back and attacked the target again. The speed and power were so fast that the black warrior no longer had any energy left to chase Qingshi.
Once the Flying Sword Technique came out, Qingshi was naturally invincible. Qingshi commanded the Flying Sword attack in a leisurely manner, looking very relaxed.
After a moment, Qingshi caught a glimpse of an opportunity. A wind blade from his left hand hit the black warrior's right forearm where he was wielding a sword. The black warrior was hit by the wind blade, and his movements were slightly slow. Xiu Feng immediately penetrated his right armpit, and in an instant he was stabbed by the wind blade. Exit through the back.
The Black Warrior was struck by this blow, and his movements immediately became stiff and sluggish. However, after being penetrated through a transparent hole, he did not immediately fall to the ground, but his movements slowed down. This also showed his strong ability to resist blows.
However, the Black Warrior's delay basically declared the end of the battle. Qingshi did not allow him to recover, and Xiu Feng suddenly flew back again, piercing his back and piercing his chest.
Within a few breaths, the Black Warrior was penetrated through seven or eight transparent holes, and finally collapsed, slowly turning into liquid and integrating into the ground.
