Siheyuan: The Temptation of the Mountains

Lin Ze held the secret book and began to study it. He circulated the spiritual power in his body according to the above exercises, and felt a cool air flowing through his meridians. After practicing for a few days, he felt that his power had greatly increased. At this time, he noticed a line of small words on the last page of the secret book, which mentioned that there was a spiritual spring deep in the forest. If you practice this technique in the spiritual spring, the effect will be twice as good with half the effort.

Lin Ze took a deep breath and followed the instructions to stride into the depths of the forest. The journey was full of difficulties and obstacles. There were all kinds of traps, such as poisonous snakes hidden in the dark, which would bite him if he was not careful. And those ferocious monsters would rush out from all directions from time to time, pouncing on him with their fangs and claws. But Lin Ze, relying on his agility and extraordinary wisdom, cleverly avoided the traps and repelled the monsters' attacks again and again.

After a long and arduous journey, Lin Ze finally arrived at the legendary spiritual spring. He saw a clear spring in front of him, like a piece of emerald green inlaid on the earth. The spring water was so clear that he could see the bottom at a glance. Wisps of spiritual energy rose up like light smoke, spreading in the air, forming a thin layer of mist, making the whole scene like a dream.

Just as Lin Ze was about to approach the spiritual spring with joy, he suddenly heard a melodious and pleasant flute sound. The flute sound was gentle and low, like the sound of nature, which made people intoxicated. Lin Ze looked in the direction of the sound and saw a woman in a white dress sitting on a huge rock not far away. She had a graceful figure, long flowing hair, and was holding a jade flute in her hand and playing it softly.

After noticing Lin Ze's gaze, the woman slowly put down the flute in her hand, smiled and said to him: "You are destined to find this place. Although this spiritual spring is wonderful and magical, the spiritual creature guarding it is not so easy to deal with." After hearing this, Lin Ze hurriedly clasped his fists and saluted, thanking the woman for her kind reminder, and said that since he had gone through so much hardship to come here, he would give it a try anyway.

After that, Lin Ze no longer hesitated and resolutely walked towards the spiritual spring. However, at this moment, the calm water surface suddenly rippled, and then a huge spiritual turtle slowly floated out of the spring. The spiritual turtle was shiny black, with a shell as big as a hill on its back. Its four strong and powerful claws paddled in the water, raising layers of waves. The spiritual turtle stared at Lin Ze with a pair of copper bell-sized eyes, and a cold air blew out of its mouth, as if warning him not to get close easily.

Facing such a powerful opponent, Lin Ze was not afraid. He held the sword tightly in his hand and concentrated all his strength on the sword. In an instant, the sword burst into a dazzling light, and the blade hummed, as if it couldn't wait to drink the enemy's blood. A thrilling battle is about to begin...

Lin Ze took the lead in attacking. He flashed and turned into a stream of light, rushing towards the spirit turtle. The spirit turtle was not in a hurry. It turned its huge body flexibly and dodged Lin Ze's sharp attack. At the same time, its tail swept across. Lin Ze tapped his feet lightly, jumped high, turned in the air, and slashed with a sword. The sword light illuminated the water around the spirit turtle, splashing a large area of ​​water.

The woman in white watched the fight quietly from the side, frowning slightly.

At this critical moment, Lin Ze's sharp eyes suddenly caught the fatal weakness of the turtle - its relatively soft belly under its hard shell. However, the turtle's defense was airtight, and it was harder than climbing to the sky to get close to its belly.

Faced with such a difficult situation, Lin Ze did not panic at all, but quickly planned a clever plan in his mind. He deliberately revealed an obvious flaw, swayed his body, pretending to be exhausted due to a long battle, and fell heavily to the ground with a "bang".

The cunning spirit turtle really fell into the trap, thinking it had an opportunity, and immediately stretched out its huge head, and rushed towards the fallen Lin Ze with great momentum. In a flash, a cunning light flashed in Lin Ze's eyes, who had been waiting for this moment, and instantly all the spiritual power hidden in his body burst out without reservation. In an instant, his whole body was like an arrow from a bow, and at an astonishing speed, he turned into a flash of lightning and rushed straight towards the belly of the spirit turtle.

With a muffled sound of "puff", the sword in Lin Ze's hand was like a sharp dagger, fiercely piercing into the turtle's abdomen. The turtle, which was attacked by severe pain, immediately let out a shrill howl, and the whole body began to twist and struggle frantically. But Lin Ze held the hilt tightly, gritted his teeth and struggled hard, and used all his strength to slash with both hands.

With this blow, the spirit turtle suffered an unprecedented heavy blow, and blood gushed out from the wound, dyeing the surrounding spring water red. The seriously injured spirit turtle was no longer able to resist, and could only slowly retreat to the bottom of the spring, disappearing from everyone's sight.

After successfully repelling the spirit turtle, Lin Ze breathed a sigh of relief, and then walked towards the spirit spring with firm steps. When he reached the spirit spring, he turned his head and looked at the woman in white who had been standing in the distance watching the battle, his eyes full of gratitude, and nodded slightly to express his gratitude. Then, he stepped into the spirit spring without hesitation, sat down cross-legged, closed his eyes, and began to practice meditation.

Gradually, a strong spiritual power emanated from Lin Ze's body, forming a dazzling light around him. At the same time, the surrounding spiritual energy seemed to be attracted by some mysterious power and gathered in the direction of Lin Ze. In this way, a thrilling training journey officially kicked off...

As he practiced more, Lin Ze felt that his spiritual power was becoming more and more abundant, and he was even about to break through his current realm. But suddenly, the spiritual spring began to shake violently, and the originally gentle spiritual energy became violent. Lin Ze was shocked and opened his eyes to see what was going on.

The woman in white had arrived at the spring without knowing when. She formed seals with her hands and muttered something. It turned out that she was the one who caused the abnormal movement of the spiritual spring to test whether Lin Ze was worthy of practicing deeply here.

Lin Ze was shocked but not afraid. He forced himself to calm down and guided the spiritual power in his body to resist external interference. Seeing this, the woman in white increased her strength, and a huge wave of water surged from the spiritual spring and rolled towards Lin Ze. Lin Ze gritted his teeth and used the new moves he had just learned, and a spiritual power barrier was erected in front of him.

After a stalemate, the woman in white withdrew her hand and said with a smile: "Yes, you have passed the test. This spiritual spring has deeper secrets that can help you practice." Lin Ze breathed a sigh of relief and thanked her sincerely. Then, under the guidance of the woman in white, Lin Ze touched a spiritual bead hidden at the bottom of the spiritual spring. After absorbing its power, he successfully broke through the realm and his strength increased greatly. After Lin Ze thanked the woman again, he left this magical spiritual spring with a lot of gains.