The Villain Raising Cubs[Transmigration Book]

"Recover your own inner alchemy by devouring others' inner alchemy."

Meng Yijue pondered over this sentence over and over again.

Water demons have the ability to absorb the aura of all things, and it may not be difficult for them to absorb other people's inner alchemy.

But Meng Yijue couldn't.

Even subconsciously, he still yearns for the opportunity to re-cultivate the Tao, not only his physique does not allow him, but also his moral beliefs do not allow him to do so--exchanging the lives of others for himself to re-cultivate the Tao, this idea makes his spine tingle when he thinks about it carefully. cold.

Lingyuan proposed this idea, perhaps because she simply wanted to do her master a favor.

But he was still a child after all, and he would think of such things as revenge and restoring Neidan simply.

Today's little Lingyuan is in the early stage of the formation of the Three Views, and he is facing such a problem for the first time:

What should he do when his ability is not enough to support him to accomplish his goal?When what he wants to achieve conflicts with the rights of others, how should he choose?

Meng Yijue knew that, as Ling Yuan's master, he had the responsibility to guide him well.Otherwise, if the cub goes astray or even turns black, it will be really bad...

Watching the flames at the bottom of the stove gradually go out, his heart became as quiet as a pool of water again.

Three days before the start of the exam, Meng Yijue received an order to go to the barren hill west of Zifeng Mountain to prepare for the upcoming exam.

According to the regulations of the sect, as a junior monk of the inner sect, he needs to serve as the invigilator in the examination room.

In order to ensure the fairness of the exam, he needs to stay in the exam room with other monks for several days, during which he is not allowed to have any contact with his disciples.

Before leaving, he arranged everything for his disciples.

Thinking that the water demon cannot live without water for a day, in order for Tuanzi to take the exam well, Meng Yijue went to the foot of the mountain to get an extra-large water bottle for Shui Lingyuan, and asked him to take it to the exam room.

On the day of going down the mountain, Meng Yijue hugged and bid farewell to the children one by one.

When it was Shui Tuanzi's turn, as soon as he opened his arms, Tuanzi jumped over with his mouth pouted, hugged Master's face and kissed him fiercely.

Meng Yijue almost suffocated...

After a long and sticky farewell, Meng Yijue repeatedly asked his apprentices not only to practice swordsmanship, but also to study hard and lay a solid theoretical foundation.

The children listened carefully, except for Shui Lingyuan who never studied.

And as expected, the content of the initial test is - a written test.

"Ah, what should I do!" Qingyang exclaimed when he heard about this, and immediately looked at the child practicing sword in the corner with a muffled voice—Ling Yuan had never learned to read, let alone write!

But then he remembered that his junior had signed up for the exam in the name of "Contract Beast" and there was no need for a written exam.

"It's okay..." Qingyang breathed a sigh of relief, "An Jinhua finally did a good thing for no reason..."

After sighing, he entered the room with his younger sister, picked up the scroll and continued to review without sleeping or eating.

On the day of the exam, the two of them met with Senior Sister Yun at the foot of Zifeng Mountain, and went to Haoyue Bieyuan to take the written exam together.

The open space outside the examination room was full of disciples in groups of three or four, and when they arrived—to be precise, Yun Muting arrived, they immediately attracted the attention of most people.

"Look, isn't that the granddaughter of Master Yun! She actually formed a team with the useless disciples of Meng Yijue's sect, just like the legend!"

"My God, what's going on here?"

"Hey, Senior Sister Yun is so strong, it would be great if she were on our team..."

Yun Muting turned a deaf ear to it, but someone actually came forward and tried to extend an invitation: "Senior Sister, we are disciples of Taoist Qingsong. Our team just happened to have a colleague who was sick and dropped out of the exam. Senior Sister, would you like to join us?"

Seeing that Yun Muting was unmoved, his companion glanced at the twin brothers and sisters who were weakly standing aside, and sarcastically said: "Senior sister, this exam is calculated according to the team, instead of dragging two idiots, why don't you come here?" Team up with us. Brother and I, we can be ranked first in our sect of swordsmanship..."

"No need." Yun Muting briefly refused.

The two looked at each other, and finally left a bitter sentence: "Senior sister, if you refuse to join us now, if you don't even pass the initial test, you won't even have a chance to regret it!"

Ignoring the pointing and pointing of the people around, Yun Muting looked calm.

The examiner of the preliminary examination entered the arena and read out the rules to the disciples: "There are two disciples from 610 present, with a total of [-] teams. Only the teams with the top [-] scores in the written test can enter the retest. Everyone must answer seriously!"

After that, it was time to hand out papers and answer questions.

Needless to say, Yun Muting, and although the brothers and sisters of the Gu family are not the strongest in fighting, they are very good at reading.In addition, Meng Yijue has always paid attention to teaching them to read, so after the list was announced the next day, their team was indeed among them and successfully advanced to the re-examination.

At the same time, in the barren hills hundreds of miles away, Meng Yijue was setting up the examination room together with other monks.

At this point he has been informed of the content of the retest:

The first round is the maze competition. Among the 35 teams that passed the preliminary test, only the first [-] teams that break through the maze can advance;

The second round is the treasure hunting battle. 35 teams need to compete for the eight command arrows buried in the examination room. The winner wins and advances to the final individual competition.

Meng Yijue was in charge of the examination room for the second round of re-examinations - a large barren hill with an area of ​​more than 1000 mu.

The Haoyue Sect occupies a vast area, and only a small part of the area where cultivators live in. The remaining two-thirds of the land are barren mountains and wild ridges, and there are countless beasts in it, all of which are deliberately preserved by the cultivators of the sect .

To this day, there is still a large barren area in the sect that no one has set foot in and developed, and it is still unknown what kind of ominous spirits and beasts are hidden in it.

According to Zongmen's instructions, Meng Yijue formed a team with two other strange monks, and in just a few days, set up various enchantments and traps in the examination room as trial levels.

Due to the wide examination venue and numerous checkpoints, in order to reduce the number of casualties among reference students, the chief examiner arranged for an invigilator to be on duty every [-] miles. Once a student was found to be injured or injured and unable to call for help, the invigilator needed to provide timely help.

After the arrangement was completed, Meng Yijue was arranged to live in a simple wooden house on the southwest side of the examination room. When the second round of re-examinations began, he was in charge of invigilating tasks in this area.

Then, there was a long and lonely wait.

Since he was cut off from the outside world, Meng Yijue didn't know how the students' exams were going.He was counting the time day by day, the results of the preliminary test had been announced, and the day when the maze competition started gradually arrived.

While he was practicing the Heart Sutra alone in the wooden house, he was looking forward to reuniting with the children in the examination room of the treasure hunt.

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On the day when the maze competition started, one hundred teams that had advanced to the re-examination came to the ten entrances of the back mountain maze according to the results of the lottery.

The entrance to the east side of the maze.

There was still a quarter of an hour before the test, and the disciples of each team gathered under the tree in twos and threes, or sat in the grass, discussing the next strategy to break through the maze.

And the goal they were about to break through—a gigantic labyrinth temporarily built of rocks and vegetation, covering an area of ​​[-] miles, stood less than a hundred paces away in front of them.From the outside, it looks like a dark place, and you can't see any specific content, but it is very strict.

Compared with the heated discussions of other teams, the three people on the edge plus one dumpling seemed particularly dull.

Gu Qingyang was walking up and down on the grass with his hands behind his back like an old master; Qingxi was sitting on a big rock holding a water dumpling, her hands were shaking all the time.

Among them, only Yun Muting seemed comfortable.She leaned leisurely under the big tree, with her long hair hanging down her shoulders, she folded her arms and closed her eyes to rest.

When Qingyang hurried past in front of him for the hundredth time, Qingxi finally couldn't bear it anymore and shouted: "Brother, can you stop swaying in front of me! My mind is rustling now because you are walking and stepping on it!" The sound of grass!"

When she called out, Qingyang stopped, but his body trembled tremblingly, and his face was dripping with sweat.

"You...you're still talking about me!" He fought back weakly, "Look at you, your hands never stop, you're almost kneading the junior and junior into a lump of mud!"

When Qing Xi heard it, she lowered her head and looked - she saw a glistening object lying feebly on her lap.

She hesitated for a moment.It wasn't until she heard the familiar humming sound that she remembered—this pool of transparent "mud" seemed to be the junior brother she was holding?

Ah... When did the younger brother get rubbed like this by her? Why didn't she notice it at all?

Qing Xi hugged her head in horror: "Oops! I lost my memory!"

The two brothers and sisters were in a panic, and Yun Muting, who was watching silently, showed a helpless expression.

She could understand Qingyang and Qingxi's extreme nervousness.After all, this is the first time for them to participate in a large-scale assessment in the sect, and they are burdened with the expectations of their master and themselves. They are eager to succeed, and they are even more afraid of failure.

Yun Muting waved at them both, "Stop making trouble, come here."

Seeing the senior sister calling him, the brothers and sisters calmed down slightly and moved towards this side.

Yun Muting glanced at their eyes one by one, and said calmly: "Sit down, let's drink some water first."

The two listened to her and sat down to drink water obediently.Seeing the brothers and sisters take out the water bottle, the squashed water balls also brightened their eyes, staring at them to drink water.

Yun Muting smiled, "Are you nervous?"

The siblings nodded.

In fact, even Yun Muting herself is not nervous at all.Although she is powerful, this time is a team battle after all, and she needs to cooperate with her partners.

"When the exam starts later, everyone, don't panic." Yun Muting told them patiently, "According to the precedent, since all the disciples set off from the entrance at the same time, at the moment the order is issued, the examiners will fight for a while. Some strong teams will attack everywhere and eliminate threatening opponents at the entrance. And as long as one person falls down in each team, the whole team will be sentenced to be eliminated."

"So we must always keep pace, and remember not to fight head-on with any team. As soon as the order is issued, immediately break through!"

Qing Xi nodded again and again: "Well, we will follow the senior sister when the time comes, and we will never love to fight."

While they were discussing, Shui Tuanzi suddenly rolled over from her senior sister's arms and slid leisurely onto the grass.

Qingxi watched it curiously, but Tuanzi just crawled into the grass, stuck out the tip of her tongue, licked the grass leaves lightly, and swallowed the crystal clear dewdrops into her mouth.

Seeing this, Qingyang smiled and said, "Brother, are you thirsty? Come here, brother, there is water here."

Shui Tuanzi responded muffledly, but did not go over.

It continued to poke into the grass.For a while, it smelled and sniffed among the grass blades, and then lay down on the ground again, stretching out its small claws, as if groping for something in the soil.

The siblings thought it was interesting, but Yun Muting stared at Shui Tuanzi's movements thoughtfully.

While a few people were talking, the invigilator's order to start the exam arrived.

Thirty disciples stopped making noise and walked towards the entrance together.

"The rematch is about to start, and the teams are ordered: You must go to the center of the maze as quickly as possible. Those who refer after 35 will be eliminated."

In the center of the distant labyrinth, bright red fireworks rose into the sky and exploded.

"The exam begins!"

The moment the invigilator gave the order, a huge burst of fire suddenly burst out in the center of the crowd, accompanied by screams.

Yun Muting pulled up two companions from left to right: "Let's go!"

In an instant, Shui Tuanzi was dragged into Qingyang's arms, and he ran towards the dense forest of the maze in his arms.

Not far behind, there were continuous sounds of fighting, cracking, and people shouting one after another. As they fled, they were gradually covered by the howling of the wind beside them.

Through the cracks in his brother's robes, Shui Tuanzi vaguely saw the chaos at the entrance: As Yun Muting said, as soon as the examination order was issued, the east entrance of the maze immediately fell into chaos.

After being screened in the initial test, there are many strong players in the second test.This group of strong men formed an alliance in advance, and launched an attack on other referees the moment they rushed into the maze, and quickly eliminated a group of people.

Just as he was thinking, Qingyang stumbled suddenly, and then his body was empty: "Ah..."

It turned out that he was only focused on running forward, but forgot that there were many traps in this maze.Without paying attention, he stepped into an invisible grass circle, and was dragged by his left leg to the deep dense forest.

Qingyang panicked and forgot how to resist for a while.

Seeing that he was about to be dragged away by the straw rope, the water ball he was holding suddenly struggled and jumped out.

Tuanzi turned around lightly in the air, instantly transformed into a human form, took out the magic crystal bone, and turned it into the form of a crossbow.

At the same time as she landed smoothly, Shui Lingyuan raised her hand and fired a blow decisively into the distance.

There was a sharp "swish", and there was a flash of silver light, and the grass rope holding Qingyang was split in two neatly.

Qingyang came to his senses and took a few steps forward quickly.Qing Xi and Yun Muting grabbed one of his hands and dragged him away from the dense forest.

"Oh! I was scared to death..." Qingyang sat down on the cold stone floor panting, "It's really, really dangerous!"

While talking, he couldn't help but look back.The grass rope that was cut off by Shui Lingyuan was still lying in place, and the seemingly non-stop hissing sounds of beasts could be heard from the dense forest not far away, which was chilling.

Qing Xi caressed her heart, and couldn't even speak out the words that made her angry.Seeing that her brother was fine, she immediately turned her eyes to look at the junior brother who had just transformed into a human form in front of her.

"Ling Yuan, how are you? Are you injured?"

"I am fine."

Unlike the other people who were still in shock, Shui Lingyuan looked as usual, seemingly extremely calm.

The child collected the magic crystal bone calmly, then reached out and gently brushed off a few grass seeds on the hem of the blue robe.Then he walked to Qingyang's side and stretched out his hand.

"Brother, I will pull you up."

Seeing him stretch out his little hand towards him, Gu Qingyang was stunned, and scratched his head in embarrassment.

Before the start of the exam, he had swornly promised his master to protect his junior, but he didn't expect that he would be the one saved by his junior as soon as he entered the maze.

He pursed his lips, gently held Ling Yuan's little hand and stood up, bewilderedly patting the dust on his pants.

"That...thank you, Junior Brother. Thanks to your timely action."

Ling Yuan said indifferently: "You're welcome."

During this time, Yun Muting kept silent, just quietly watching Shui Lingyuan's every move.

And the child under observation soon became aware of her gaze.He turned his face, and his water-colored eyes met her black eyes.

The moment they looked at each other, Yun Muting's eyebrows twitched suddenly.

Those clear eyes clearly belonged to a child, but the water-colored pupils were so deep that one could not see the bottom.

She has always been good at reading people's hearts, but when she stared at Shui Lingyuan's pupils, she was a little surprised to find that there was no wave in the eyes of the child in front of her, making it impossible for her to read any emotions.

Yun Muting remembered again that Qing Xi had mentioned this Shui Lingyuan in a chat before, saying that this junior was "a bit special".

Now it seems that this is indeed the case-although he looks like a beautiful and smart kid on the outside, but he has eyes that are completely different from those of the human race.There was silence in the water-colored eyes, reminding her of some unfriendly cold-blooded creatures.

She moved her gaze upwards and landed on the dark magic lines around Shui Lingyuan's eyes, a slight chill appeared in her heart.

Yun Muting knows little about water demons, only heard from his parents that the water demons are a very treacherous and fierce group of monsters.Even other monsters in the Demon Realm are extremely afraid of this group, and even joined forces to kill them many times.

After a long battle, the members of the water demon clan withered, and the news about this race gradually disappeared in the world.

But what I didn't expect was that Qingxi's master, Meng Yijue, got a water demon cub from nowhere, not only raised it at home, but also took it as his apprentice.

At first, when she saw Qing Xi and the others playing with this soft dumpling, she didn't pay much attention to it; until now, the dumpling turned into a human form, holding a mysterious weapon that she had never seen before. The magic energy is extremely deep.

At that moment, she instinctively smelled a threat.It's not that there are no demon cultivators in Haoyue Sect, but none of them made her feel so naturally and strongly on guard.

The young monster in front of him was something to be wary of.

Yun Muting looked away calmly, and said to the siblings: "Although I escaped the melee at the entrance, there are still many traps in the maze. Now we need to find the way to the center of the maze as soon as possible, and try to avoid the traps of the traps." .”

Qingyang nodded again and again: "Yeah, hurry up and find the right way!" He glanced into the gloomy jungle with lingering fear, and his palms were sweating.

"But the surroundings seem to look the same." Qing Xi looked around and sighed in distress, "I don't know how many enchantment organs are behind..."

Indeed, after entering the maze, the scenery they saw seemed to be the same, except for trees and stones.

Due to the blessing of the spell, the sky in the maze is completely gray, and the sunlight cannot penetrate at all, so it is impossible to judge the direction based on the sunlight.

Now is the time to lay down the foundation.A clever ascetic can extend his own spiritual consciousness as an additional sense to detect nearby organs and movements.

Yun Muting clasped his hands together, silently wishing luck.

Neither Qingyang nor Qingxi had reached her level, they just silently waited for the result of their senior sister's exploration.

But at the same time, their juniors also started to act.

Shui Lingyuan squatted on the ground, and stuck her right hand into the soil.The magic pattern around his eyes fluctuated slightly, and the magic energy radiated from his body, and the fluctuating air flow gently blew his fine forehead hair.

After a long while, Yun Muting shook his head lightly: "There are layers of barriers in this maze, which interferes too much with the detection of spiritual knowledge. At present, I can only explore the road within ten miles at most. Unable to find out."

The siblings looked at each other, "That's enough, let's take a walk first."

They were about to set off, but Ling Yuan, who was crouching on the ground, opened her eyes at this moment.

"Senior sister, brother, please wait a moment."

Qing Xi noticed his actions and asked: "Junior brother, do you have your own way to perceive the direction?"

"En." Ling Yuan nodded, pressed her hand on the ground, and said briefly: "Underground water."

He raised that hand.Qing Xi took a closer look, and saw that his fingertips were indeed covered with a layer of shallow water stains.

"Water demons have the instinct to be close to water sources. I can accurately judge the location of the central exit of the maze through the flow of groundwater."

Everyone was taken aback.Shui Lingyuan picked up a stone and quickly drew a circle on the sand: "This is the maze we are in."

They also pointed out their current location, "This maze happens to be located in a large basin. The ten entrances on the edge of the maze have the highest terrain, while the end point in the center has the lowest terrain. The water goes down, so follow the groundwater. Only by following the direction of the veins can we arrive at the fastest."

"Very good." For his judgment, Yun Muting chose to believe it without hesitation, "Please lead the way."

The brothers and sisters of the Gu family behind her also exchanged a surprised look.Qingyang praised: "Junior Brother, you are too powerful!"

Qing Xi also said happily: "No other team can think of this shortcut. In this way, we must be the first to reach the finish line!"

Facing the praise from his senior brothers and sisters, Shui Lingyuan just smiled modestly: "Let's go."