Luo Tuowei was looking at the swamp not knowing what to do when he heard Song Pingcun's voice telling him to "get lost." Although his voice was very soft, he didn't seem to offend him. Why do you let yourself go as soon as the assessment officially starts?
Song Pingcun saw the little fat man in a daze, and knew that he probably didn't understand. Pointing at the swamp, he said: "With your weight, it would be difficult to pull it up once you kick it in. Rolling sideways across the swamp might be okay."
After speaking to Luo Tuowei, Song Pingcun moved forward step by step. This was a test of pure will and physical strength, and there was nothing to take advantage of.
Luo Tuowei was stunned for a moment, finally understanding what Song Pingcun meant, and he really started to roll sideways in from the edge of the swamp.
Most of the younger ones, watching Luo Tuoweizhen's movements, the thin ones immediately fell down and crawled on the swamp, while the fatter ones also gritted their teeth and followed the little fat man to roll forward.
Song Pingcun did not make it look easy for him. He was just the first to step out among the assessors who were similar in height and age to him. There were about a dozen taller and faster people in front who had already walked out first.
The pool behind the swamp was not a problem for Song Pingcun, who grew up by the sea and exercised in the sea of blood. Those who couldn't swim could only go around the shallow water area along the edge of the pool. With the first one, of course the others will follow the same pattern.
After passing the water pool, Song Pingcun went from being in the dozen to ninth place.
Although the bamboo forest behind the pool has deep rotten leaves and makes walking difficult, it is much better than the swamp. However, the physical exertion makes many examiners feel that walking is more difficult than walking in the swamp. Moreover, there are small snakes escaping from time to time in the bamboo forest. Although the accompanying Poyuan Sect disciples kindly reminded them that it was non-toxic, no matter who was bitten, it would be very uncomfortable and they had to be careful.
When the first snake bit him, Song Pingcun only felt a slight touch, not even any discomfort or pain.
The disciple guarded by Poyun Sect's first echelon of assessors is named He Dakai. He is already in the early stage of accepting Qi and is the highest among the guard disciples. Seeing this scene is unexpected. He has never seen anyone participating in the assessment. People ignore little snakes. At most, it was because of quick eyesight or quick dodge, but Song Pingcun was the first person to completely ignore it.
The farther you go into the bamboo forest, the thicker the rotten leaves become. Even if the people in the first echelon wanted to move forward together, they couldn't. They were slowly separated by dense or fallen bamboo poles. It's getting more and more difficult.
Song Pingcun breathed evenly and did not consume much physical energy. He silently counted the examiners still in front of him, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, and then sat down, pretending to be out of breath. .
After resting for about half a stick of incense, a young man caught up behind him, holding a piece of bamboo in his hand, seemingly to borrow strength. Song Pingcun rolled his eyes, reached out and picked up a broken piece of bamboo from where he was sitting, and pushed it hard. It looked like he had used a lot of force, and it seemed that he didn't want to be caught up by the people behind him.
"Brother, wait." Song Pingcun, who had just stood up, was stopped by the person chasing him: "My name is Zhou Fugui, and you?"
"Song Pingcun." Song Pingcun didn't mind the other party knowing his name.
Zhou Fugui is a thin boy who looks to be about the same age as Song Pingcun, about 12 years old.
During this conversation, Zhou Fugui had already walked up to him: "How about we go together?"
Facing an invitation for the first time, Song Pingcun did not refuse. Anyway, he didn't know what would be just right.
"Fugui, how can we pass the test?"
Zhou Fugui, who was catching up, stopped and gasped: "I don't know, but the competition still depends on the ranking."
Looking at his answer, Song Pingcun guessed that this was also the first time for the other party, and if it was like this in previous years, he actually forgot to ask the head of the Luo family.
Since it is not clear, what Zhou Fugui said is not unreasonable. This ranking should be enough now, so there is no need to rush to leave.
The deeper the bamboo forest becomes, the fewer and fewer the snakes become. With the two of them together, the chances of being attacked are reduced.
Song Pingcun discovered that Zhou Fugui's hand speed was very fast. Although he used up a lot of physical strength, he would often pinch the snake when it was about to bite him, and then throw it far away.
"This snake should be a tool for assessment, otherwise the snake's blood can replenish some physical strength." Zhou Fugui gently pursed his dry lips.
He was born into an Orion family. His parents died, and he was the only one left. Only then did he have the courage to give it a try. He was used to running in the mountains and forests, and the swamps were fine, but it took too much time to cross the waterholes, because he was just a landlubber.
As he walked, he kept talking. It could be seen that although he was very tired, his foundation was pretty good.
After a while, the longest section was finally completed, and they came to the final level of the Po Yuan Sect assessment. A cliff stood in front of the two of them.
When they arrived, two of the three people in front of them had already started climbing. They were both teenagers. The young man sitting at the foot of the cliff had blood all over his face. He was probably injured after falling, but he did not raise his hand to sign out.
Come to think of it, now that we are here, if we withdraw from the assessment, then all the previous ones will be meaningless.
Fortunately, it doesn't look like the injury is serious, and he should be fine after resting for a while.
"Have you ever climbed a mountain?" Zhou Fugui looked up.
Song Pingcun had never climbed such a cliff before, but even if he lost his footing and fell, it would only hurt a little, and probably not even break his skin.
"Not really. The mountain road near our town is easier to walk." Song Pingcun didn't say too much about the situation in Songji Town.
"Then watch how I get on first and follow me."
Zhou Fugui quite liked Song Pingcun. There were several consecutive small snake attacks in the bamboo forest, and he always came to his aid in time. Although he was not seriously injured, it was still quite annoying.
In the second half of the bamboo forest, because the two walked hand in hand, they cooperated well and consumed less physical energy, so they were faster than the first half.
To reciprocate the favor, he asked Song Pingcun to follow him, not only to set an example for him, but also to pull him along if Song Pingcun really couldn't climb the cliff.
Seeing Song Pingcun nodding. Zhou Fugui squatted down and picked up the dry soil under the cliff with his hands, passing it through a sieve several times, leaving behind very fine dry soil.
"Here, put some dry soil on your hands first."
Song Pingcun imitated Zhou Fugui and touched his palms and fingers several times. After they were covered in fine particles, Zhou Fugui asked Song Pingcun to follow him and rub the soles of his feet back and forth in the fine soil several times, so that the soles of the feet would also Covered with fine soil.
Only then did he watch Zhou Fugui grab the hanging vine and try it, then he kicked off and climbed up the cliff.
When Zhou Fugui was about one person high from the ground, Song Pingcun imitated his example and grabbed the vine and pulled it. After making sure it was secure, he followed him up the cliff.
Just about five feet off the ground, I heard a cry of surprise, and one of the two people in front fell down.
Looking down, I saw that the person had rolled along the bottom of the cliff towards the bamboo forest. The other person who had just fallen had just begun to climb up the cliff.
With Zhou Fugui leading the way, Song Pingcun followed closely behind. One was skilled and the other was nimble. They climbed to the top of the cliff without any accident. The cliff was more than thirty feet tall. After coming up, it was still a bit scary to look down when I leaned over.
There was only one person in front of them, sitting on the top of the cliff, panting. When he saw the two of them coming up one after another, he just glanced at them lightly and didn't say a word.
This man is similar in age to Zhou Fugui, but looks stronger.
Zhou Fugui finally pulled Song Pingcun to let him save some energy. The two of them fell on the top of the cliff, gasping for air, and heard a sound.
"Zhou Fugui, ranked second"
"Song Pingcun, ranked third"
