There were nine Shanyinmen elders waiting in the square, eight men and one woman, all in the early stage of Nirvana. They sat on a high platform at the end of the square.
Nine big flags were placed on the stage, representing the nine palaces of Shanyinmen respectively. The audience was filled with middle- and high-level disciples of the nine palaces, who were here to select disciples.
While the young martial arts cultivator in charge of registration was reporting to the elders, Huang Ming and Xiao Hua took a closer look at their surroundings. In fact, not only them, but all the young martial arts cultivators who had passed the first level of trial were looking around.
There is a row of very wide and long steps on the right side of the square against the mountain. At the top of the steps is a large castle similar to the Potala Palace, which should be where the sect of the Shining Silver Gate is located.
There is also a row of steps on the left side of the mountain that leads to the top of the mountain. There are houses everywhere on the mountain. Countless paths and forked roads connecting the entrances of the lower halls of the Shanyin Gate also extend from this step. It seems that the Shanyin Gate is very big.
Five or six minutes later, a burst of bells rang in the square, "Dang, Dang, Dang, Dang...", nine times in total, and then from the steps on the right side of the square, which is the sect hall of Shanyin Gate, four high-level martial arts cultivators walked down .
These four martial arts cultivators are in the middle stage of Nirvana, and among them is the city lord of Xiangzhong City named Zhu.
The other two people in the middle stage of Nirvana are middle-aged men wearing leather armor, long hair shawl, and beards. One of them has his beard and hair braided. These two people are the deputy sect masters and law enforcement officers of Shanyin Sect. Elder.
As for the old man in the late stage of Nirvana, he is not tall. He wears a silver helmet with a pheasant tail and a leather armor and linen robe. His face is like red copper, one eye is full of white beard and sideburns, and he hangs a short-handled double-edged sword on his waist and stabs people from behind. knife.
Ah, why does it have a face like red copper and one eye? Don’t people have two eyes?
Because the old man had an eyepatch on his other eye and was a one-eyed dragon. Without even thinking about it, this old man must be the owner of the "Flashing Silver Sect".
The four people did not go down to the square, but only walked to a platform in the middle of the steps, where tables and chairs were already placed.
"Elder Hong, let them start."
The one-eyed old man said something to the elder who had his beard and hair braided, and then sat down.
"Yes." Elder Hong took a few steps forward and walked to the edge of the steps. He was the law enforcement elder of Shanyin Gate.
"I announce that the second level trial has begun and the wooden formation is activated."
Following Elder Hong's loud announcement, the more than 300 human-shaped wooden stakes in the center of the square began to move, and each one began to spin and sway in place like a roly-poly, with their wooden hands and feet dancing in a whirring sound.
"Hey, this wooden formation actually has some tricks up its sleeve," Xiao Hua frowned.
He found that although this wooden formation composed of more than 300 wooden figures was not as mysterious as the immortal formation and could not change reality, it was still difficult for ordinary martial arts cultivators.
This wooden formation has three entrances and three exits, but the three exits cross each other, and some are dead ends.
If the wooden man array is not activated, he can still discern the direction and move forward, but once it is activated, the wooden man starts to rotate and shake, and it is impossible to determine the direction at all, as if he has entered a maze.
The most important thing is that the position of these wooden figures is not horizontal or vertical. Once activated, the rotating and shaking hands and feet of these wooden figures will form a complementary offensive, making it impossible for people to pass quickly.
"What are you afraid of? In the worst case, we'll knock the wooden man down and push him over." Huang Ming didn't care.
"Don't worry, don't forget, we are here to get information, and we are just low-level martial arts cultivators now."
"Then just pretend, and at worst, I'll let the wooden man beat me a few times."
Huang Ming still didn't care. He had body refining skills and could walk out of the wooden formation safely even if he didn't fight back even if he was beaten.
At this moment, Elder Hong, who announced the start of the second trial, said something else.
"The wooden man formation is entered in batches, with 100 people at a time. Those who pass the test will enter the next trial, and those who fail will be eliminated. One foot on the ground of the wooden man formation is a safe area. Anyone who is defeated in the formation must crawl out on the ground."
After that, the challenge officially began. Huang Ming, Xiao Hua and the others were in the third batch and had to wait for the first or second batch to get through first.
The first batch of young martial arts cultivators who broke through the barrier were inexperienced. As soon as they heard it started, they rushed towards the three entrances in a swarm.
As a result, there was a congestion at the entrance, and people were crowded together and unable to perform. Many people were beaten black and blue by the wooden man while they were still at the entrance, and a few unlucky ones were knocked unconscious and eliminated directly.
It was also very chaotic after that. The little martial arts cultivators who entered the formation basically did not fight against the wooden figures in order to pass quickly. Most of them just dodge or hit them hard and kept rushing forward.
But the wooden man's rotating and shaking attack basically had no dead ends. These people dodged the sap and were hit by him. Many people couldn't hold on before they got halfway through. They were either knocked to the ground by the wooden man, or fell to the ground on their own initiative, and were eventually eliminated.
It took more than an hour for the first batch of talents to finish their journey. Only about thirty of them succeeded. All of them suffered bruises and bruises. Three of them fell into a coma immediately after leaving the battle. It was very tragic.
"Brother Huang, Brother Xiao, we will be here in a moment, can we follow you?"
Na Jun, Bao Zhaohong and others who had been paying attention to the wooden formation trial suddenly squeezed in front of Huang Ming and Xiao Hua.
"Why are you following us? The wooden formation won't stop, and we can't break it. You still have to fight what you should fight. What's the use of following us?" Xiao Hua was very curious.
"We have to fight by ourselves. We just don't want to take the wrong path." Najun smiled.
"Don't want to go through more wrongdoings? What do you mean?"
Huang Ming interrupted. He didn't understand what Na Jun meant.
"Hey, two eldest brothers, I found that most of the people who were eliminated just now took the wrong path in the formation and wasted a lot of time and energy. If they can find the right way out, at least half of them can pass, so We want to follow the two big brothers.”
"How do you know we can find the right path?" Huang Ming was also a little curious.
"The two eldest brothers are mountain people with excellent cultivation talents, and eldest brother Huang is already in his prime. Even the two city lords of Ringing Bell City are optimistic about you, so I don't think such a small thing can be difficult for the two eldest brothers, hehe."
Na Jun didn't know that Huang Ming and Xiao Hua were immortal cultivators, but the legend of the mountain people was too mysterious. In addition, Huang Ming had attracted the Lord of Ringing Bell City at the registration site. Huang Ming and Xiao Hua are not simple.
"Hey, Fatty Na, don't you see that you are so discerning? Okay, then follow us."
Huang Ming didn't care. Anyway, he and Xiao Hua sneaked into the Flash Silver Gate just for the convenience of asking for information. They wouldn't stay there for too long. Najun and the others had helped him and Xiao Hua, so helping them was not a big deal.
As a deacon disciple shouted "The second batch begins", the second batch of one hundred people entered the wooden formation.
