Wu Kangnian coughed, interrupting everyone's noisy voice. After the surroundings quieted down, he said, "I believe you all know today's trial mission, so I won't go into details again. It's already past time." By the way, it’s getting late, so go into the pine forest and cut down the pine and bamboo trees.”
Fan He waved his hand, and the group of teenagers all responded loudly. They formed the team in twos and threes and walked towards a large bamboo forest not far away.
Seeing that everyone had basically entered the bamboo forest, the young man named Yi Hong also pulled Mu Jingyu and said, "Junior brother Mu, let's stop watching and hurry into the bamboo forest."
With that said, he followed the others and walked towards the bamboo forest. Mu Jingyu responded and had no choice but to follow him.
In the valley between Feilu Peak and Yuntai Peak, there is a large dense bamboo forest. Because these bamboos cover a very large area and grow more luxuriantly than ordinary bamboo forests. In addition, the branches and leaves are not emerald green, but as white as clouds. Therefore, he got the name Yunsongzhu.
Since the Jiuhua lineage established its sect here, it has been discovered that these clouds, pines and bamboos not only grow extremely fast, but also have excellent toughness and sturdiness. Not only can it be used to build houses, but because it is tough and difficult to cut down, it can also be used to train outer disciples in their practice. Therefore, for more than a thousand years, it has become an indispensable trial task for every young man who first joins the Jiuhua Sect.
Mu Jingyu had only been in Shaoyang Peak for seven or eight days for the first time, and he was not familiar with Shaoyang Peak, let alone Yunsong Forest. As soon as I entered here, I was immediately disoriented.
The hundreds of young men from Zunyi Hall and Zhishou Hall dispersed as soon as they entered the bamboo forest. At a glance, you can see half of the figure.
As soon as Yi Hong entered the bamboo forest, he quickly walked deeper. When he found that Mu Jingyu did not follow, he hurriedly turned around and turned back.
He held Mu Jingyu with one hand and said, "Junior Brother Mu, this Yunsong Forest occupies a very large area. If you accidentally get separated, it will be difficult to find. You must follow me closely, and you must not get separated from me." .”
Mu Jingyu responded and then asked, "Brother Yi, Uncle Fan said that we only need to cut down three cloud pine and bamboo trees each, and the task will be considered completed. Look at the periphery of this forest, there are a lot of cloud pine and bamboo trees, why do we need to do this?" Go inside."
It's no wonder Mu Jingyu has any doubts. Now in the Jiuhua Sect, Guo Qingshan and Zhou Wenyi, whom he is familiar with, are not around, and he has not had much contact with other people. Now, in this dense forest, I dare not completely let down my guard.
Yi Hong was looking for a path ahead and said with a smile, "Junior Brother Mu, you don't know something about this. Although we can cut bamboos on the outskirts of the bamboo forest, you have to know that those bamboos are all young bamboos that can't grow more than five or six months." Bamboo. Uncle Fan said that our trial task today is to cut down three Yunsongzhu that are one year old and above."
Mu Jingyu let out a sigh, turned around and looked at the Yunsongzhu, which were already as thick as a baby's arms and more than a foot tall, and said, "Have these bamboos only grown for five or six months? They are actually the same as those ordinary bamboos that have grown for three to five years." They are as tall as bamboos! I really don’t know how strong those Yunsongzhu that are more than one year old must be.”
Mu Jingyu grew up in the vast mountains and has seen a lot of various bamboos. This was the first time he saw bamboo growing so fast, so he was naturally surprised.
Yi Hong smiled and said, "Otherwise, as soon as we heard that we were coming to cut down clouds, pine and bamboo again, we would all look sad."
Then, the words changed to "But, Uncle Fan also said that as long as enough old Yunsongzhu can be cut down, there will be a big reward. Otherwise, how could they leave it outside?" If the young bamboos are not cut down, they will all run inside."
Mu Jingyu followed Yi Hong and walked towards the depths of the bamboo forest. As he walked, he asked, "Hey, senior brother, I wonder what those rewards are?"
Yi Hong smiled and said, "Those rewards are all pills, low-level immortal treasures, low-level sect secrets and the like. Although they are not too precious things, for us disciples who have just entered Jiuhua, But it couldn’t be better.”
Mu Jingyu followed him around in the bamboo forest and walked for about four or five miles. It felt like he had gone deep into the bamboo forest.
At first, I could still vaguely hear the voices of other teenagers, but now I can no longer hear them at all. Looking up and looking around, I saw that the deeper I went, the taller and stronger these clouds, pines and bamboos became. A large piece of dense cloud-white bamboo leaves filled the entire sky. A breeze blew, rustling like pieces of white clouds floating in the air.
Although Mu Jingyu was in this fairyland-like bamboo forest, he felt a little nervous and wary.
You know, outside Zhishou Hall, Han Yao was already a bit dissatisfied because Su Yingying took the initiative to form a team with him. That Zhou Yan Bacheng was sent here by him to deliberately take Su Yingying away and prevent her from forming a team with him.
Finally, Yi Hong suddenly popped up and asked him to form a team with him. There was no guarantee that it wasn't Han Yao's secret instruction. Although in Jiuhua Mountain, no one dares to bully him blatantly. However, it is not impossible if he wants to take advantage of the depth of the forest and allow himself to suffer some hardships secretly.
Thinking of this, Mu Jingyu slowly slowed down. Looking at Yi Hong who was still going deeper in front, he asked aloud, "Senior Brother Yi, we have walked a long distance and haven't found a suitable place to cut down the pine, bamboo and horse?"
Yi Hong smiled when he heard this and explained, "Junior Brother Mu, I know a place that is full of one-year-old and two-year-old clouds, pine and bamboo. Presumably no one else knows about those places. If we go there, we will definitely be able to cut down a lot of them. Yun Songzhu is here. By then, won’t it be extremely easy to complete the task?”
Mu Jingyu pointed at the clouds and bamboos around him and said, "Senior Brother Yi, you see, most of these clouds and bamboos are one year old. Why do we leave these clouds and bamboos alone and not cut them down, but we choose to stay far away from them!"
Yi Hong pulled Mu Jingyu, pointed at these clouds, pines and bamboos and said, "My silly junior brother, most of these clouds, pines and bamboos are more than two years old, and there are not many that are one year old. Based on my cultivation, there are no I have to cut down a few trees. Even if I cut down until dark, I’m afraid I won’t be able to complete the task.”
Then he put his arms around his shoulders and said, "Besides, it's not far from the place I mentioned. We only have to walk a mile at most, and we're almost there."
After saying that, he pulled Mu Jingyu along without any explanation and walked towards the depths of the bamboo forest.
Mu Jingyu had no intention of following him any further, but he had already lost his way deep in the bamboo forest. If you don't follow him, you'll be on your own, but you can't even think of going out in the dark.
"Then, let's leave quickly, I'll just follow you."
Mu Jingyu slightly broke away from Yi Hong's arm and followed him. Although it wasn't clear from his expression and words that he was going to be detrimental to her, she still couldn't completely rest assured, so she secretly picked up a piece of broken bamboo that was more than a foot long from the ground and hid it in his sleeve.
The deeper you go, the denser the surrounding bamboo forests become. It is obvious that these clouds, pine and bamboo trees are probably more than three to five years old. Mu Jingyu secretly clenched his sleeves, so that he could be prepared if Yi Hong suddenly attacked.
"Look, this is it!"
Just when Mu Jingyu was getting more and more nervous, Yi Hong, who was walking in front, suddenly called out, turned around excitedly and waved his hand, calling for Mu Jingyu to come over quickly.
I saw that behind this large piece of thick clouds, pine and bamboo, a large piece of slightly smaller bamboo forest suddenly appeared. Looking at the growth of these clouds and bamboos, they are all clouds and bamboos that are only one or two years old. From a rough look, I'm afraid there are at least fifty or sixty trees.
After walking in the cloud pine forest for so long, Mu Jingyu also roughly figured out the distribution of these cloud pines and bamboos. Except for those Yunsongzhu in the periphery that are less than one year old, most of the bamboos are more than two years old. But those trees that are one or two years old are very few. I have never seen such a gathering of fifty or sixty one- to two-year-old cloud pine and bamboo trees.
Yi Hong said excitedly, "This bamboo forest was accidentally discovered when I was ordered to pick herbs in the pine forest not long ago. I didn't expect that it would come in handy in today's trial."
As he said that, he pulled Mu Jingyu over. "I didn't want to form a team with them in the first place, lest they discover this large area of clouds, pine and bamboo trees of suitable age, but I was pulled and couldn't get away. It happened that there was no one with me. Isn't it just what I want if you come together! Isn't that why I will drag you along? Otherwise, how could I form a team with a junior brother like you who has no foundation to complete this mission? "
Yi Hong was so excited that he suddenly spoke out what was in his heart. As soon as the words came out, I was shocked to realize something was wrong. He quickly smiled awkwardly and said, "What, senior brother, I don't dislike you. In this Zhishou Hall, you are the only one who has no close friends, so you won't tell others this secret."
Mu Jingyu, however, completely let down his guard, waving his hands repeatedly and saying, "What did Senior Brother Yi say? Jingyu has a low level of cultivation to begin with, so it's not an unspeakable secret. Senior Brother, please don't mind it. Besides, Jingyu would like to thank you very much." Senior brother can look up to me and help me complete the mission!"
After understanding Yi Hong's true intention, Mu Jingyu was completely relieved and no longer had to worry that he would be the person secretly sent by Han Yao.
"Then senior brother, let's cut down the clouds and bamboos without further delay. Otherwise, we won't be able to cut down many clouds and bamboos until dark."
After saying that, he stretched out his hand to touch his waist. After this investigation, he said with a bitter face, "Oh, Uncle Fan only asked us to cut down clouds, pine and bamboo, but he didn't give us any sharp tools like axes!"
Yihong laughed when he heard this, raised his right hand with a mysterious expression, shook it back and forth and said, "You forgot, we are disciples of the Jiuhua Sect! Although we are only eight or nine-year-old children, in these fleshy palms, He has quite a lot of energy. It can still be done by cutting down a few cloud pine and bamboo trees."
"With your hands?" Mu Jingyu raised his palms, hesitated a little, and said doubtfully.
Even if they are the outer disciples of Jiuhua Mountain, they have only been admitted for three to two months. They are still a group of children no more than eight or nine years old, and their cultivation has only reached the early stage of concentration. With just this pair of pink fleshy palms, can they chop down these arm-thick Yunsongzhu horses?
Mu Jingyu pouted and shook his head in disbelief, "Brother, please don't lie to me."
"Hahaha, how could I lie to you?" Yi Hong laughed, his right hand tightly holding a one-year-old cloud pine and bamboo tree next to him.
His expression suddenly became calm, and he exhaled a cloud of turbid air from his mouth. After a sudden drink, his whole body became tense. Wave after wave of true energy rushed out from the dantian, gathered in the right hand, and continuously impacted the clouds and bamboos as thick as the mouth of a bowl.
The pillar of clouds, pine and bamboo was motionless at first, but as Yi Hong continued to exert more force, it actually began to shake slightly, and the more it shook, the louder it became, and many of the cloud-white bamboo leaves were shaken down. Obviously, it was suffering a severe impact internally.
After about half a stick of incense had been touched, Yi Hong took back his palm, sweating profusely, and sat down on the ground. After taking a few deep breaths, he called to Mu Jingyu who was standing aside and said, "Junior brother Mu, this pillar of clouds, pine and bamboo has been almost shattered by me. Find a sharp stone and chop it down quickly." Come down."
"Ah? Ah! Okay, I understand." Mu Jingyu was still immersed in the shock just now. When he heard Yi Hong's shout, he hurriedly responded. He turned around and found a sharp stone nearby, and chopped it hard on the bamboo. In just a dozen strokes, this one-year-old Yunsongzhu tree was cut down.
