C247 The Team
C247 The Team
When dawn arrived, Chen Yu determined the direction and continued to walk towards the strange stone forest.
In the blink of an eye, three days had passed. Chen Yu finally arrived at the edge of the forest.
On the desolate wasteland, numerous strange stones stood there, seemingly endless, without an end in sight.
Chen Yu flew up to the top of a strange rock that was several zhang tall and gazed into the distance. The outer parts of the stone forest could still be seen clearly, but the further one went to the center of the stone forest, the more concentrated the various strange stones were.
At this moment, in the stone forest, some martial artists could be faintly seen moving about.
"If the Spiritual Soul were to hide in a place like this without any special prompts, the possibility of it being found is close to zero!"
Chen Yu couldn't help but sigh.
However, a hint of anticipation rose in Chen Yu's heart.
It was only in this kind of environment that the Spiritual Soul would not be found so easily. At the same time, this kind of environment was more beneficial for Chen Yu to escape Chen Daolin's pursuit. This was also the main reason why he chose to come to the Stone Woods.
Chen Yu jumped down from the huge rock beneath his feet and walked towards Shi Lin Shen at a leisurely pace while maintaining his vigilance.
As they continued forward, the stone forest became denser. Chen Yu suddenly noticed that many of the boulders had sword marks on them. These traces seemed to have been carved on it recently.
Chen Yu felt that something was off, so he stopped and looked ahead.
A group of five or six people walked around the boulder in front of them. The person in the lead had a delicate and pretty face, fair skin, strong aura, and had the cultivation of the seventh level of the Heavenly Astral Stage.
Seeing Chen Yu, the warrior revealed a bright smile and whistled.
Behind the stone forest around Chen Yu, more warriors appeared. There were at least twenty of them.
Chen Yu's expression immediately changed as he tightened his grip on the Wind Stabilization Blade in his hand.
Chen Yu really didn't expect that it wasn't that he was not vigilant enough, but that the stone forest from all directions blocked his line of sight.
Amongst the twenty odd people, there were three experts of the seventh level of the Heavenly Astral Stage, including the handsome practitioner.
Everyone's eyes fell on Chen Yu, with the intention of examining him.
"The second level of the Heavenly Astral Stage, is so weak, unlike those trash from the branch sects!"
"I don't think so. This is making a big fuss over nothing! "
"What should we do?"
The sound of someone whispering could be heard.
"Whoosh!" The handsome martial artist whistled again.
A short but vigorous warrior at the sixth level of Heavenly Astral Stage walked out and shouted at Chen Yu: "Bro, where are you from? Which city are you from?"
Chen Yu looked around at the surrounding people, and calmly said: "From Mist Valley, Minglan City Chen Yu!"
"Minglan City? The end of 72 cities? No wonder your cultivation is so low! " That skinny warrior chuckled and turned to look at that handsome warrior.
"Alright, let's continue working!" The handsome martial artist waved his hand and shouted to the crowd of martial artists.
"God damn, this is indeed making a big fuss over nothing. Can't you find some fun?"
"Looking for fun? How could this stone-cold place have any fun? "
"Who knows if any of these stones contain Spiritual Soul s? After searching around, I still can't find anything! "
"…"
"Ma Chun, take this person with you. Explain the pros and cons clearly to him!" The handsome warrior took a step forward and disappeared behind a huge rock that was seventy to eighty feet high.
The crowd dispersed!
Chen Yu's tensed heart suddenly relaxed, but at the same time, he felt baffled.
"Bro, let's go!" Ma Chun chuckled and greeted Chen Yu.
Chen Yu frowned, "Where to?"
"Look for that Lao Shi (Ghost Spiritual Soul). Just follow me. Right, what's the situation in Mist Valley? Did you find a Spiritual Soul? " Ma Chun said.
"It was stolen by the disciples of the sub-schools!" Chen Yu said without batting an eyelid, "Can I go now?"
"F * cking branch sect scum!" Ma Chun cursed and said, "Where can you go? If you run into us, we'll consider it your good luck. If you randomly walk around and run into those trash from the branch sect, then you'll be the one to steal everything even if you don't die! "
"What's going on here?" Chen Yu asked.
"What else can happen? The disciples of the branch sects, Han Yue and Lin Shen, are currently wandering around with over a hundred disciples. When they encounter us warriors from the 72 Cities, they would go all out, and not only would they have a lot of people, they would also have a lot of spirit treasures and Disguised Spirit Artifact. "If it wasn't for Shen Yih, we martial artists from the 72 Cities wouldn't have been able to stay here in the stone forest."
Ma Chun talked for a while, and Chen Yu finally understood what was going on after listening to Ma Chun for a while.
On the other side of the Stone Forest, under the pressure of the disciples from the sub-schools, the secular disciples had no choice but to form a large team. The leader of this team was a formidable seventh level disciple, Shen Yih. That Shen Yih was extremely powerful and had repeatedly saved the martial practitioners bullied by the disciples of the sub-schools. Thus, he was able to command the sect in the short span of ten days.
Shen Yih was also an ambitious person. Using his rallying power, he began to constantly recruit new martial artists that had just entered the stone forest, making the group grow larger. Hence, he was able to fight evenly with the disciples of the faction division.
"So, bro, you're lucky to be with us. If you find the Spiritual Soul, Young Master Shen Yih will not be able to treat you well, and it doesn't matter if you can't find it. With Young Master Shen Yih's protection, at least you don't have to worry about not surviving until the selection ends! "
Chen Yu laughed coldly. Deep in his heart, he snorted disdainfully at Ma Chun's idea. However, he did not refute him.
After Ma Chun confirmed the situation in the strange rock forest, Chen Yu was in no hurry to leave. It would be a good choice to stay with this team for a while and leave after the limelight has passed.
In this kind of terrain, where the Wing Flying Technique could not be used, Chen Yu was not afraid of being hunted by Chen Daolin.
"There are no marks on this rock. Take a good look!" Ma Chun brought Chen Yu and walked through the stone forest. They circled around a seven to eight foot tall rock. Then, Ma Chun suddenly called out to them.
"Hmm?"
"Hmm hmm, go up and see if there are any holes or cracks in the rock. Make sure that the inside of the rock is not hollow." "Just make sure it's not hollow and leave a slash!" After Ma Chun said that, he started to use Chen Yu without a trace of politeness.
Chen Yu smiled and jumped onto the rock that wasn't that high, checking it out. Then, he did as he was told and left an eye-catching cut on the rock.
The material of these stones were very hard. Without using more than 10% of his strength, Chen Yu's Wind Stabilization Blade could only leave a shallow mark on the surface of the stones.
In the next six hours, Chen Yu and Ma Chun checked every single stone in the stone forest.
As the sky gradually darkened, a whistle sounded. After Ma Chun heard this, he revealed a relaxed expression. He called out to Chen Yu and headed towards the direction of the sound.
The one who whistled was that handsome warrior with the seventh level of Heavenly Astral Stage. From Ma Chun's mouth, Chen Yu already knew that this person was called Yinn Zhen, the leader of this thirty plus people team.
Then, the team was led by Yinn Zhen towards a certain direction in the stone forest.
After an hour, the group had actually arrived at a relatively large open area. In the dense stone forest, this kind of empty space was rather rare.
A few bonfires were burning on the empty ground. The surroundings of the bonfires were already filled with figures. Looking at them, there were at least a hundred people.
On a seat set aside in the open space, the team that Yinn Zhen was leading were all seated.
"I say, are we going to use such a stupid method to find the Spiritual Soul?" Naturally, Chen Yu sat beside Ma Chun. He could not help but ask in a low voice, "What if there are no Spiritual Soul in this stone forest?"
"Didn't I already say it? Even if there isn't a Spiritual Soul, Young Master Shen would not treat us unfairly. When the selection is at the later stages, bring us out to kill and snatch the wooden tags. As long as our performance is not bad, it will not be hard to get our identity as Outer Sect's disciples! " Ma Chun curled his lips and spoke with a serious tone, "Kid, your cultivation is not high but your attitude is? There are only five Spiritual Soul and with your strength at the second level of Heavenly Astral Stage, you dare to think of such a thing? "
"Exactly!" A man with a few pockmarks on his face who sat next to Chen Yu came over and said, "Hey kid, I can't be wrong. This City Battle Trial is not as simple as you think, it is better than anything else to just be a disciple of a branch sect! "
Chen Yu couldn't help but shake his head and say: "You guys are so sure that you can get together with a sub-school disciple?"
"Of course!" The pockmark said: "You have never seen Young Master Shen fight before, do you know that Young Master Shen's Heavenly Astral Stage is invincible at the seventh level? All the martial artists that participated in the selection, Young Master Shen's strength was one of the best. Furthermore, Young Master Shen was extremely righteous and would definitely do what he said. With six hundred slots, it wouldn't be hard for our hundred of us to fight for one! "
"But, there are Eighth Layer of the Heavenly Astral Stage warriors in the disciples of the branch sects!" Chen Yu really did not understand where their confidence in Shen Yih came from.
"Then we have to follow Young Master Shen even more. Young Master Shen already has ten experts of the seventh level of Heavenly Astral Stage on his side. Captain Yin is one of them!" Ma Chun patted Chen Yu's shoulder and said with a smile, "If we go alone, with our strength, how will we have a chance to shine? Liu Tie, don't think too much, just perform properly first. If you can get the attention of Captain Yin, becoming a disciple of Outer Sect is already a given. "
"Just like Margo!" That pockmarked person said, "Brother Ma can be counted as the red person beside Captain Yin now!"
Ma Chun revealed a proud look, but he modestly replied, "No need for that, just me, your Brother Ma, has a pretty good mouth!"
Chen Yu couldn't help but laugh when he heard that.
"Hey, Young Master Shen is here!" Right at that moment, a low cry came from the crowd, and many people in the line who had just sat down stood up.
Ma Chun and pockmarked duo revealed an excited expression as they also stood up.
Chen Yu felt helpless and could only stand up as well to avoid appearing too eye-catching.