today i died again

The three-month prospective disciples' basic practice quickly passed, and Cheng Erqing and his group of prospective disciples who were really not very qualified ushered in the promotion assessment.

The location of this promotion assessment is in a mountain village hundreds of miles away.It is said that the mountain village is very strange, as long as all the creatures enter it, they never come out again.

In a nutshell, it's a place where there's no way out.

Cheng Erqing silently covered his little heart with a very unhappy expression.

"What's wrong?" Xia Yu asked.

It was the first time he saw such an expression on Cheng Erqing's face.Mixed with fear and reluctance.

"I don't like haunted houses the least."

Can a teammate be replaced in this kind of place, such as Cheng Youbai who is [-] all day long?

Xia Yu: "...it doesn't seem to be a haunted house, but a small mountain village with some problems. Since Jimen allows you to go there, it should be a problem that you can solve. You don't have to worry too much."

——How to communicate with people who have different perceptions of the degree of horror of ghosts, online, etc., not in a hurry.

Cheng Erqing pulled out his thoughts and looked at Xia Yu.

"You'll be covering me anyway, right?"

Xia Yu: "..."

Since getting along with Cheng Erqing, I can learn a lot of strange words every day.

Take the word "hood" for example.

But don't ask if you don't understand, he can probably guess it.

"Well. Don't worry."

——Just answer like this.Cheng Erqing's mind is very simple, and he can't see whether his answer is based on understanding the meaning of the question.

It's also a no-brainer.

"Okay, these are the precautions. One last thing, whoever wants to quit, releases the fireworks in his hand at any time, that is considered quitting. Asking for help is also counted as quitting. Everyone, I wish you good luck."

The uncle who was in charge of seeing off the quasi-disciples exhorted them like this, and then waved his hand, asking the senior brother who led the team to step forward and lead the way.

At this time, the chubby tugged on Cheng Erqing's cuff.

"Senior brother Cheng, I seem to have established a foundation."

In the past three months, the little chubby Wang Yi, who has been encouraged by Cheng Erqing's various tricks to actively help him practice, has developed an incomparable sense of trust in Cheng Erqing. When he knew that he had succeeded in building his foundation, the first person he subconsciously wanted to tell was naturally Cheng Erqing cleared up.

Cheng Erqing: "..."

OMG!

What kind of big baby is this guy?This level of difficulty gave him such a big surprise? !

Hahahaha, it really is the target of the "special task" selected by the system, and it really lives up to his expectations.

"Okay, so cute!"

Cheng Erqing patted Xiaopangdun's head and smiled like a fool.

Xia Yu turned around and didn't want to look.

The savior is a little silly, I can see him smirking every day, and I really want to change it, okay?

……

Using the space-time array, more than 200 good people soon arrived at their destination——Lingyou Village.

The senior brother who led the team was only responsible for taking them to the entrance of the village, and then said goodbye to them.

As the oldest of the approved disciples, Cheng Erqing deserved to be the temporary team leader. He stood at the front of the team, facing the eerie looking strange village, but couldn't move a step.

"Brother Xia, can you let me hold your hand?"

Xia Yu: "..."

Cheng Erqing sometimes makes very strange requests, and there are too many "sometimes".

Although he was full of reluctance and felt weird, but seeing the unconcealable fear on Cheng Erqing's face, Xia Yu stretched out his hand without thinking too much.

Cheng Erqing tightly grasped that hand with lightning speed.

Others couldn't see that he was holding a hand, but they felt that the stretched posture of his right hand was a bit strange, so they inevitably looked at him with a look of foolishness.

Cheng Erqing decided to ignore these gazes, after all, he was trying to suppress the fear in his heart right now.

The scariest memory of his childhood was left in such a horrible place, let him not be afraid, he can't do it for the time being.

So let's just leave it at that.

"According to the previous grouping, everyone acts on their own. If there is any discovery, communicate with each other and report it in time. If you encounter danger, safety first. Remember, we will meet here after three hours. No matter what you find, don't stay in the village. Don't stay here, let alone be late. In short, everyone will be able to pass. Okay?"

Cheng Erqing gave encouragement to all the juniors.

The more than 200 little juniors showed no face at all, and some even yawned exaggeratedly to express that they did not want to listen.

Alright, alright, he was selected as the temporary team leader purely because of his age, he knows, there is no need to remind him with his eyes, thank you.

"Let's go then!"

With an order, more than 200 people were divided into ten small teams and scattered into Lingyou Village.

Cheng Erqing was the last one.

"Senior brother Cheng, let's go." The junior brother who was in his group urged impatiently.

Cheng Erqing smiled dryly: "You go first, and I will be in the rear."

The younger brothers looked at each other.

Clear meaning is clear at a glance.

Not much to say, everyone entered Lingyou Village.It's just that Cheng Erqing deliberately fell behind in the team, and he left the team not long after.

There are two completely different feelings in the village and outside the village.

Looking at the village from the outside, I feel that the village is ordinary and unpretentious, no different from ordinary small mountain villages; but when I enter the inside, I find that this place is really weird.

In a seemingly small village, there were no voices or figures of any living beings.

There were no human voices, bird voices, cock crowing, dog barking, etc., and no signs of living things could be seen.

Cheng Erqing's palms were sweating, and subconsciously, he couldn't help but hold Xia Yu's hand even tighter.

But the task still needs to be done.

"Let's go over there."

Cheng Erqing whispered to Xia Yu.

Xia Yu frowned.

At the end of the direction Cheng Erqing pointed to, there was a point where the dead and devilish energy was the strongest in the village.

In other words, demons are there.

It seems that it should not be underestimated.

"what are you going to do?"

How can you go towards the most terrifying place when you are so scared to death?Or did Cheng Erqing not know what was there?Or, he knew it, but did he dare to do it because he was sure of victory?

Cheng Erqing pouted.

"Slaying demons. There is no other way. With my level, I will definitely not be able to pass the test. I can only fight."

These three months of practice were all a system-made disguise. In fact, he hadn't learned anything, let alone learned it. Naturally, it was impossible to rely on what he learned to get promoted.If you can't be promoted, you have to leave the gate according to the regulations, so what's the point of getting the fairy pen?

He had no choice but to accept the side mission given by the system and kill the haunting monsters in Lingyou Village as a bargaining chip for him to be promoted.

Xia Yu was taken aback for a moment, and involuntarily exerted force on her hand, grabbing Cheng Erqing.

"Fight? Are you going to fight against the magic? How do you fight? Use your life?"

Watching with Cheng Erqing for so many days, he really didn't find out that Cheng Erqing knew those high-level methods that could kill the demon not far away.

Thinking of the possible conditions for the "fighting" that Cheng Erqing said, Xia Yu suddenly had the urge to knock some idiot out and take him back to a certain cave to hide.

"Don't worry, how could I make fun of my life. I'm not stupid."

Cheng Erqing immediately understood what Xia Yu meant, and couldn't help comforting him with a smile.

Of course he is not stupid.The reward for the "special task" released by the system has just arrived. Although it may cause a little damage to his body when he uses it, and he only has the right to use it three times, at least the effect of killing demons is so good.

Now that he has such a big move, why not use it?

Xia Yu endured it, but in the end he didn't ask Cheng Erqing, since he was so determined, why he was still holding onto his hand tightly, and his hands were covered with sweat.

He decided to give Cheng Erqing some last bit of dignity.

"Let's go."

Cheng Erqing smiled and pulled Xia Yu's hand again, suppressed that little fear as much as possible, tried his best to look calm, and dragged Xia Yu towards the cloud of black mist marked on the system map.

The system told him that the black mist represented the monster that wreaked havoc on the village—a demon that could only devour living souls.The strength is strong, equivalent to the level of a monk in the Mahayana period.

It is something that ordinary ascetics can surrender.

Xia Yu's strength has not recovered, so she can't help much.So this time, the only way to defeat the devil is to rely on the system.

The system needs to be powerful.

Silently cheering themselves up, Cheng Erqing and Xia Yu came to the most eerie looking house in the whole village.

Even though he hadn't entered the house, the rancid smell inside could already be smelled very clearly.

That's the smell that the corpse emits when it is highly decomposed due to high temperature and humidity after it has been placed for a long time.

Disgusting and terrifying.

Cheng Erqing let go of Xia Yu's hand and turned to look at Xia Yu.

"In order to avoid accidental injury, try to stay away from me later."

The golden finger given by the system can attack indiscriminately, and Xia Yu is also a demon, so he didn't dare to take the risk of pulling Xia Yu to kill demons together.It would be bad if Xia Yu was involved.

Xia Yu was silent, looked into Cheng Erqing's eyes and said:

"I see."

With Xia Yu's assurance, Cheng Erqing relaxed, and then drew out the green sword that Jimen issued to each prospective disciple, took a deep breath, put his hand on the door, and planned to push it open.

"Squeak."

The door opened by itself.

The dark room behind was revealed.

The smell of rotting corpses immediately hit his face.

Cheng Erqing took two or three steps back in smoke.

Seeing this, Xia Yu waved his sleeves, and the invisible breeze blew by, and the smell dissipated immediately.

"Heh... I don't know which Lord Mozun is coming here? I'm not far away to welcome you."

There was a sound coming from the room, the sound was like that of worn-out ironware rubbing against the rough ground, combined with the black room where no light could be seen, it really sounded harsh and creepy .

Cheng Erqing shuddered involuntarily.

He was most afraid of this kind of sound. It was like a classic BGM of a horror movie. As long as there were monsters and ghosts, the sound would definitely sound. It couldn't be more appropriate.

"It's a little monster. It's not very strong, pretending to be a ghost." Xia Yu said lightly.

This is what it says-

All of a sudden, Cheng Erqing's confidence rose a lot.

"It seems that Master Mozun is really powerful. To say that I am a 'little monster' is really——Thanks for the compliment."

The voice in the room laughed deeply, and it became more and more harsh.

"Master Mozun, why, don't you think you can't afford it? Please come in."

The voice is doing the "invitation".

Cheng Erqing looked at Xia Yu.

"Remember, stay away from me later." He reminded Xia Yu again, afraid that Xia Yu would forget.

Xia Yu: "...I remember."

In fact, when he said this, he was really in a complicated mood. Thinking about it, no one has ever treated him like this among the three realms and five elements.He understood that Cheng Erqing treated him like this not because he felt that he was not strong enough, and worried that he might become a drag at that time, so he told him to stay away - but because he cared about him and hoped that he would not be accidentally injured - just like Cheng Erqing just now As said.

For thousands of years in this life, being cared by a mortal like this, really, he can't describe the feeling in his heart.

But it is indeed a rare, not bad experience.

"Then get away from me quickly." Cheng Erqing urged.

Xia Yu, who was trying to distinguish the complicated feelings in her heart: "..."

Silently stood at the farthest distance possible from Cheng Erqing - the edge of the five-meter limit.

Only then did Cheng Erqing feel relieved, and started the next move.

He raised the sword in his right hand, pointed the sharp edge of the sword at his left palm, and then pulled it hard.

The dazzling bright red immediately dyed a thin layer of the sword body.

Before Xia Yu could speak, Cheng Erqing rushed into the room holding a sword.

The inside of the room was filled with thick darkness caused by the erosion of magic power. Even he couldn't see at all without the blessing of spells.But strangely, Cheng Erqing seemed to be able to see where the monster was, and rushed towards a certain corner of the room without hesitation.

After only a few steps, when he rushed there, the sword in Cheng Erqing's hand stabbed straight.

Dazzling golden light burst out from the sword almost instantly, illuminating the entire room immediately.

A scream resounded through the sky.

It was the sound that would only be made after the monster was caught in its lifeline, and even its soul was completely wiped out.

"You actually—killed a demon!"

Xia Yu suddenly turned around.

Behind him, outside the house, a few more young disciples appeared at some point, and among them, an unknown guy pointed at Cheng Erqing inside the house with his mouth wide open.

The unbelievable words just now should have been said by him.

Xia Yu's heart sank immediately.

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