When the magic flower blooms

"...What the hell kind of place is this?"

He Tiansi, who used to boast of being fearless, still showed surprise and hesitation.

A second ago, he was clearly sitting in the depths of a deep, cold ancient tomb; but now, he was standing in an open, cold wilderness.

Overhead was the pitch-black night sky, with no stars to be seen, only thick clouds surrounding the huge full moon in the eastern sky.Below the full moon and near the skyline is a hazy gray-white, like distant mountains and mist.

He Tiansi narrowed his eyes, trying to see more clearly, when suddenly a hand patted his shoulder from behind.

"...!"

He was slightly taken aback, and instinctively turned his head to meet Shang Ming Ruoxing's worried eyes.

"Are you OK?"

"...except for being almost scared by you, everything is fine."

He Tiansi told the truth, and then asked, "What place is this?"

"This is your proving ground. Xiaoxing should have mentioned that after some powerful demihumans die, part of their consciousness will turn into something similar to an illusion. We will use this illusion to train new demihumans." Then, Ming's mother also came over.

He Tiansi nodded quickly: "I know this, and I've entered it a few times. It's the illusion of ghosts, right?"

"On Yinshan, we are more used to calling it 'Hutian'."

Ming's mother corrected her son's misunderstanding caused by being too lazy to explain, and continued to add.

"Everything we feel in Hutian is as real as in reality. But the things created in Hutian cannot be brought back to reality."

"Can you create something?"

"of course can."

Ming Ma grabbed a handful of dirt and held it in front of He Tiansi.I saw a thin "green line" slowly growing out of the soil.Not long after that, it germinated, spread leaves, and bloomed a small bright yellow daisy.

"This... wow!"

He Tiansi carefully stretched out two fingers to confirm the authenticity of the plant, his eyes lit up immediately: "I can do it too?"

But Ming's mother ruthlessly laughed at these words: "You can't even control your own body, and you still want to control Hutian?"

He Tiansi pointed to Ming Ruoxing again: "Is Xiaoxing okay?"

"Ask him yourself."

Ming Ruoxing originally just watched the excitement.Unexpectedly, two pairs of eyes fell on him at the same time.As a result, he suddenly felt that he had to fight for it no matter what.

Although he didn't know much about it, he still took a deep breath, raised his hands and slowly clasped them together, and then slowly separated them to both sides.

Miraculously, a dagger with a cold light appeared on Ming Ruoxing's right hand out of nowhere.

"This is too..."

He Tiansi was dumbfounded, he stretched out his hand to ask Ming Ruoxing for the short knife and held it in his hand for fun.Whether it's weight, shape or feel, it's all genuine.

"Small idea." Seeing the shock on He Tiansi's face, Ming Ruoxing also showed color.

But his own mother didn't save him face at all.

"What are you proud of? After all, this is still the Heaven of Trial Pot, to save face for you. If you really go to Huochi Peak tomorrow, judging from your deserted situation in the past few years, it will be a problem if you can't pass the first ten levels!"

Before Ming Ruoxing could refute, He Tiansi interjected curiously: "Huochi Peak? Where is that?"

"Hey, let's not talk about it, you will naturally know when you should know."

Ming's mother waved her hand and brought the topic back on track, "He Tiansi, anyway, this is your stage. Perform well, and I hope you can succeed once. Also, I will leave my son to you to take care of, it depends on your performance. "

"Wait!" He Tiansi hurriedly asked, "You haven't specifically mentioned the subjects of the trial, how can this pot of heaven get out?!"

But he didn't get the answer—only the red clothes flashed, and Ming's mother's figure disappeared into the air like smoke.

"Don't bother, she's already gone out." Ming Ruoxing commented coldly.

He Tiansi sighed, and turned his head to look at Ming Ruoxing again: "Ming, then...won't you go?"

"If I leave and leave you a headless chicken, how do you get out?"

Knowing that Ming Ruoxing would accompany him, He Tiansi finally felt a little comforted.

"Then what should we do now? There must be a direction from east to west, from north to south, right? Should we first build a compass or something?"

"It's not necessary."

Ming Ruoxing shook his head, then pointed to the ground in front of their feet, "My mother has already left us a reminder."

Following his directions, He Tiansi discovered that a small piece of yellow daisy had bloomed on the dirt at some point, forming a perfect circle, as if it was implying something.

"Could it be... the moon?!"

He Tiansi raised his head and looked at the full moon hanging in the sky, "Could she tell us to walk in the direction of the moon?"

"You ask me, who should I ask?" Ming Ruoxing reminded him that it was his first time to come to this secret realm of Pot Heaven, "This is your trial, and I will listen to you."

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Anyway, staying in place is just a waste of time.The two immediately stepped forward and walked in the direction of the moon.

Under their feet is a large wilderness, no grass grows, only clods and some small stones.The surrounding area was dry and quiet, without even a trace of wind in the air, it was like the uninhabited Gobi Desert, or Mars.

They walked in the direction of the moon for five or six minutes, but the surrounding scenery didn't seem to change much, as if they had fallen into an infinite loop of nightmares.

But when Ming Ruoxing was secretly doubting whether the decision just now was correct, He Tiansi made an important discovery.

"Don't you think that we seem to be a little bit closer to that thing?"

The "thing" he was referring to was that faint gray band on the skyline.Ming Ruoxing fixed his eyes to distinguish them, and seemed to feel that they were a little taller than before.

Such a noticeable change can be produced in as little as five or six minutes.This shows that this gray and white area should not be the mountains in the distance, but a destination that can be reached.

This discovery is clearly exciting.With Ming Ruoxing leading the way, He Tiansi followed him and ran all the way towards the gray and white.

Closer, closer.After about four or five minutes of running wildly, the hazy gray-white area has become solid—it turned out to be a large and magnificent forest.

"It's kind of weird."

Panting heavily, He Tiansi squinted his eyes and observed, "You can tell it's not a good place just by looking at it."

He was not alarmist, in fact Ming Ruoxing felt the same way.

The forest in front of me can indeed be called "grand scale", but there are hundreds of trees, and there is not a single leaf from the crown to the root of the tree.There are no fallen leaves on the surface, and it is a completely bare piece of Gobi.

And what's even more weird is that the bark of all the trees is smooth and silvery white, which is why it looks gray and hazy from a distance.

All these smooth, bare, pale trees, emerging from the barren soil, neither dead nor alive.

"It's just like the fingers of an old witch." He Tiansi expressed his true feelings.

Ming Ruoxing ignored him and started to walk deep into the woods.

The further you go, the more humid the air becomes.The fine water vapor quickly condensed into a real mist, and it became more and more dense, leaving only about ten meters of visibility.

In order to avoid losing each other, the two simply held hands and clasped their fingers tightly.

As the body got closer, it was inevitable to say something.

It was still He Tiansi who took the initiative to ask: "Tell me, why doesn't the owner of this pot of heaven want to do something good? Is it interesting to deal with these horrible things all day long?"

Ming Ruoxing sneered: "This was originally the pot sky for the trial of umbrella protection seeds. Isn't it scary, why should it be made into a children's playground? And what you see now is actually the owner of the tomb using his own life experience to communicate with the tomb. The product of subconscious processing and blending. It's a bit like a nightmare, and it's not weird at all."

"Then the life of this senior is really surreal. By the way..."

He Tiansi thought of something again, "Last time you said that when I was in Sea God Temple, if I was killed by those guys, I would be really dead. This time in this Hutian, will I also— —”

Before he finished speaking, he felt that Ming Ruoxing's hand that was clasped with him tightened.

"Shh-listen!"

Only then did He Tiansi turn his attention to his surroundings.

There was no longer a dead silence in the air, but an extremely small and wonderful voice appeared.

It's like a bell, or the sound of other metals colliding and knocking.

How could there be metal in the woods, and there was no wind in the air, and where did the knocking come from?

The simplest answer is that there are other people walking besides them.

Ming Ruoxing and He Tiansi exchanged glances, stopped at the same time, and looked in two different directions.

There was a vast white mist all around, but fortunately the moonlight above was shining brightly.He Tiansi soon saw a dangling white paper lantern lit up 50 meters ahead to the right.

He immediately reminded Ming Ruoxing, and the two of them went to guard in that direction together.

In just a few seconds, the white paper lantern expanded into seven or eight strange figures in white clothes.They lined up in a long line, swaying slightly and walking towards this side.

And the ringing bells that have been ringing since just now come from the copper bells hanging on the bodies of these men in white, which are swaying with their steps.

Not only that, every face of the white-clothed man was covered with a thin layer of white paper, which concealed his facial features.It seems to be able to see that it is not the outline of an ordinary person, but it is not real, which makes people feel hairy.

In any case, those who come are bound to be bad.

"Run?" He Tiansi quietly asked Ming Ruoxing for advice.

Ming Ruoxing shook his head, understanding that since this is part of the trial, there is no point in running away.

"Hiding?" Seeing that he didn't respond, He Tiansi revised his suggestion again.

But there was no shelter or shelter in all directions, the trees were not thick enough, and there was not even a clump of grass on the ground.Unless those few people are all blind, there is no reason why such a big two people standing on the side of the road can't see them.

"...don't worry."

At this moment, Ming Ruoxing couldn't care less about who this trial was prepared for.He volunteered to squat down, and began to try to use his ability to create a rock or something else, in short, something that could serve as a cover.

However, an accident happened at the moment when he closed his eyes and meditated——

The sound of the bell suddenly became wild, and looking at the group of strange men in white clothes, they looked like sharks that smelled blood, suddenly quickened their pace, stretched out their hands straight, and rushed towards Ming Ruoxing!