In a mountain valley.
After Zhu Zhengqi killed a stick insect that was as tall as a person with a punch, he gently breathed a sigh of relief. Finally, it was all settled!
This was already the third group of demon beasts that they had encountered after separating from Yang Fan.
Everyone was exhausted. Except for Yang Guo, the other six people, including Zhu Zhengqi, were more or less injured. Blood dyed their clothes red.
"No, we can't go on like this!"
This time, Zhu Zhengqi did not lead his men to retreat as soon as the battle ended like the last two times.
He frowned as his gaze swept back and forth between Zhou Xiao and Liu Qun. "I keep feeling that something is not right. These Demonic Beasts seem to have come specifically for us. It seems that no matter where we go, they can easily find our tracks. This is very abnormal!"
It was no wonder that Zhu Zhengqi was suspicious. Yesterday, he and Zhu Jiacheng had also wandered in the mountain forest for a long time. During this time, although they had encountered demon beast attacks, each time it was one or two demon beasts that suddenly appeared. Moreover, the interval between each encounter was very long. It was far from encountering three demon beasts that could be called a group of demon beasts within two hours like now.
This was too abnormal!
These demonic beasts were like sharks that had smelled blood. Wherever they went, these demonic beasts would follow. If it wasn't because someone was deliberately leaking their aura, or if someone was hiding some kind of treasure that was extremely attractive to these demonic beasts, Zhu Zhengqi couldn't think of a second explanation.
Zhu Caiwei, Little Yang Guo, Zhu Huawu, and Zhu Jiacheng were the closest people to him. Naturally, there wouldn't be any problems. Therefore, Zhu Huawu naturally cast his suspicious eyes on Zhou Xiao and Liu Qun, two outsiders that he wasn't very familiar with.
Zhou Xiao and Liu Qun's complexion changed. They quickly shook their heads and defended themselves. "Old General Zhu, there must be some misunderstanding. We were almost swallowed by those demon beasts several times. Everyone saw it. We are not stupid. Why would we deliberately attract demon beasts? Do we want to die?"
Being suspected for no reason, the two felt very wronged.
"There's no need to look. I'm sure that the problem lies with Mr. Liu Qun!"
Zhu Caiwei gritted her teeth as she stood up, but her gaze was not on Liu Qun. Instead, she turned around and looked in the direction they came from. Full of resentment, she said, "It must be the problem with the movement technique that Yang Fan that bastard taught him!"
"I should have thought of this earlier. That guy always wanted me and Guoguo to participate in the real combat training. This was definitely something he planned beforehand! He wants us to fight with the Demonic Beasts non-stop. He wants to use these Demonic Beasts to stimulate our courage and nurture our killing intent! "
"I think so too!" Yang Guo nodded decisively, and then secretly looked around the mountains. After finding that there was nothing unusual in the surroundings, he clenched his small fist and said in a crisp voice, "Master is the worst. He must be hiding somewhere and secretly watching us right now!"
Zhu Zhengqi, Zhu Jiacheng, and Zhu Huawu were speechless. They didn't know why these two little girls were so sure that it was Yang Fan's doing.
Liu Xin's face was full of disbelief. Mr. Yang Fan was such an amiable person. How could he be so unbearable? What kind of disciples were these two? How could they talk about their master like this?
Among all the people present, only Zhou Xiao couldn't help but nod his head after hearing Zhu Caiwei and Yang Guo's guess.
According to Consultant Yang's usual behavior, this wasn't impossible!
In order to train his disciple's courage and cure his disciple's obsession with cleanliness, he was actually so cruel as to let two little girls, who obviously didn't have the slightest bit of experience, directly deal with a big toad. What couldn't he do?
Moreover, before they parted, he had especially enthusiastically imparted a movement technique to Liu Qun. This in itself was somewhat abnormal.
Liu Qun was just a stranger that he had just met not long ago. According to the general relationship, even if Yang Fan wanted to impart the technique, he should at least start from Zhou Xiao. There was no reason to only impart it to Liu Qun.
Until now, Zhou Xiao was still brooding. His heart was sour, and he felt that he had been abandoned by his Brother Yang.
"There must be something wrong with that Cicada Chasing Footwork!"
Zhu Caiwei looked at Liu Qun with great certainty and said, "Mr. Liu, can I trouble you to show us the Cicada Chasing Footwork again?"
"Of course, this is no problem." Liu Qun didn't refuse, but he still insisted, "But I firmly believe that Mr. Yang Fan is absolutely innocent. He will never deliberately harm me, let alone anyone!"
Zhu Caiwei was speechless. When did this guy become Yang Fan's little fan?
"Mr. Liu, please rest assured." Zhu Caiwei said, "Compared to you, we know what kind of person our master is."
"Yes!" Yang Guo said in support, "Master has told us more than once before that the blood and Qi of human martial artists has a strong and irresistible attraction to demon beasts. As long as they smell a little bit of the blood and Qi, they will madly gather and attack until all the blood and Qi is devoured."
Liu Qun was stunned. There was such a saying? No one had ever mentioned it to him!
Among the people present, only he had become a monk halfway through his life. He had an accidental awakening. His understanding of demon beasts and martial arts was far less profound than the people present.
"Previously, everyone was in a hurry. Their attention was all on the demon beasts in the periphery. They didn't deliberately detect the aura of the people around them, so …" Zhu Caiwei didn't finish her words, but everyone present already understood what she meant.
Liu Qun's cultivation was the weakest, and the aura he emitted was the least obvious. Even if there was a slight leakage of Qi, they wouldn't be able to detect it. After all, no one would suspect and detect their companions for no reason.
Especially when Liu Qun was fighting with the Demonic Beasts, he was not cowardly at all. Every time, he would make himself dripping with blood, which was too horrible to look at. This way, no one would deliberately suspect him.
"Alright, stop wasting time. We don't have that much time to waste!"
Zhu Zhengqi urged. The morning was almost over, but they had only traveled less than fifty kilometers. At this speed, they wouldn't be able to leave Flat Mountain before nightfall.
Once the old general spoke, no one said anything else. Liu Qun took a deep breath. Under everyone's gaze, he followed the essence of the footwork that Yang Fan had imparted to him. He seriously circled around everyone with the Cicada Chasing Steps.
Zhu Caiwei, Yang Guo, and Zhou Xiao were all at a loss. They didn't notice anything.
However, Zhu Zhengqi, Zhu Jiacheng, and Zhu Huawu all frowned slightly.
The Cicada Chasing Steps was very subtle. When it was used, it seemed to be able to conceal most of Liu Qun's aura. Martial artists with slightly lower cultivation wouldn't be able to detect any aura from his body.
Even Yang Guo and Zhou Xiao, who had psychic abilities, were the same. Their psychic abilities seemed to have been completely deceived. They couldn't sense any Qi or Qi spiritual energy from Liu Qun's body.
However, Zhu Zhengqi, Zhu Jiacheng, and Zhu Huawu were different. Their cultivations were far beyond the sixth level of Martial Disciple, and their Qi and Qi were several times stronger than Liu Qun's. In addition, martial artists were more sensitive to Qi and Qi spiritual energy than spirit readers. Therefore, they quickly sensed a trace of Qi spiritual energy from Liu Qun's body.
Liu Qun didn't do it on purpose, but when he used the Chasing Cicada Footwork, the Yongquan acupoint on the soles of his feet would unconsciously leak out traces of Qi, blood, and spiritual power. It was completely out of his control.
"Sure enough, Yue Yue and Guoguo guessed correctly. This Cicada Chasing Steps is indeed very problematic!"
Zhu Zhengqi frowned. Once again, he personally experienced Yang Fan's madness.
This little bastard was really audacious. In order to train his disciple, he actually threw all of them into a group of Demonic Beasts. This was really too much! Wasn't he afraid that there would be an accident?
Zhu Caiwei and Yang Guo's eyes lit up at the same time. They unconsciously raised their heads.
They knew it would be like this. That bastard of a master would always think of ways to force them to fight Demonic Beasts. He wanted them to become like him, a violent maniac who would be jealous of Demonic Beasts!
Hmph, the two of them were so smart. They definitely wouldn't let their master's evil plan succeed!
The two little girls thought that they had exposed Yang Fan's trick and were proud of themselves. They didn't know that in the eyes of Zhu Zhengqi and the others, they had already become almost the same as Yang Fan.
"So to say, Brother Yang Fan is not far from us?" Zhu Huawu quickly turned his head and looked around. However, he didn't see any clues.
Zhu Zhengqi shook his head and said, "Don't look around blindly. He should have already left long ago. From the first time we encountered the Demonic Beasts, he should have already left. "
Now that he thought about it, in the first battle with the Demonic Beasts, there were indeed a lot of unreasonable places.
For example, why would Zhu Zhengqi suddenly faint at the crucial moment? Why would Zhu Jiacheng and the yellow-skinned Demonic Beast that Zhou Xiao had subdued also lose when they were about to win.
Obviously, Yang Fan must have been hiding nearby at that time and secretly did something in order to use the powerful pressure and life and death crisis of the Demonic Beasts to force everyone present to unleash their greatest potential.
Zhu Zhengqi was eliminated first because his strength was too strong. Because of his existence, all the Demonic Beasts would be easily killed by him. They wouldn't pose too much of a threat to others, so there would be no pressure or life and death crisis.
And Zhu Caiwei and Zhu Huawu were also forced to leave because they were distracted during the battle. This in itself was a very profound experience and lesson. A real battle was not a child's play. Life and death could be determined in an instant. Being distracted at this time was no different from courting death.
Thinking of this, Zhu Zhengqi also had a lingering fear in his heart. If it weren't for Yang Fan's secret protection, his grandson and granddaughter would definitely not be as simple as just a little injury and vomiting blood.
Next was Liu Qun, Zhu Jiacheng, and that weasel.
Every time the remaining people thought that they were about to succeed in defeating the remaining Demonic Beasts, there would be a new accident. Yang Fan would throw the person who could break the stalemate to the bottom of the cliff at the right time.
Until the end, when Yang Guo that lass suddenly erupted under extreme suppression and successfully comprehended the ultimate skill of controlling a saber to kill Demonic Beasts. Only then was everything considered to have ended.
The effect of the trial was indeed very obvious. But the process was really very dangerous, wasn't it? A moment of carelessness and someone would lose their life on the spot!
This Yang Fan was simply a lunatic!
Zhu Zhengqi's expression was complicated. Lowering his head to look at his precious granddaughter and little Yang Guo, he said, "The goal of the trial has actually been achieved since the first battle. Caiwei was distracted and injured, Zhou Xiao successfully tamed the Demonic Beasts, and Yang Guo successfully awakened. If there are no accidents, even if the Demonic Beasts attack again, our team will be able to deal with it calmly. Yang Fan already has no need to continue guarding in the dark. After all, he is not a nanny, and we are also not children who can't do anything. "
"As for the Cicada Chasing Footwork on Liu Qun, it should be something that Yang Fan specially left for Caiwei and Guoguo for the second trial. But unfortunately, it was only after experiencing the third siege of the Demonic Beasts that we discovered the problem."
"I have to say, Yang Fan, this brat, is really good at teaching disciples. Only, this method is a little too intense. Even in the army, no one would dare to use this kind of actual combat to train new recruits! "
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