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31 Trial Tower

Jiang Yi went back in a daze.

The moment she saw Shen Chaosheng's face, some pictures appeared in her mind.

It is the picture of Jiang Zongyue and Wen Yuzhi getting acquainted.

On the second day of school, Jiang Zongyue climbed over the wall for the first time to go out, and happened to see Wen Yuzhi in red holding an iron sword, leaving the school before her.

Jiang Zongyue sat on the wall, looked at the red figure and raised her eyebrows.

This person came with the Shen family. When reporting, the people around Jiang Zongyue were talking about her, so Jiang Zongyue took an extra look at her.

They said she was the fiancée of the young patriarch of the Shen family, Wen Yuzhi.

Standing among a group of Shen family disciples, she has a graceful figure, a touch of red is gorgeous like a flower, she has a slight smile, her eyes are bright, and she seems a little cautious.

I heard that it was Shen Shaozong's idea to arrange the itinerary for her. I hope she can study hard in the school and make some friends.

Jiang Zongyue didn't come to the school to study, she is the inheritor of common kendo, so she doesn't need to learn these inspirations, but the reward for this year's students, the pearl of the deep sea, really interested her, it is said that the pearl was stained a few times. A wisp of ancient artifact-the spiritual breath of crossing sentient beings.

So she looked at the students coming from all directions in the school, and felt bored, so she had the idea of ​​climbing over the wall and going out, but it was a surprise that there were other people who had this idea.

Not to mention that this person is Wen Yuzhi.

……

Wen Yuzhi seemed to have noticed Jiang Zongyue's gaze, her eyes froze, as if she saw something behind Jiang Zongyue, a cunning flashed in her eyes, and before Jiang Zongyue turned her head, she used her spiritual power to twist two The stone, swishing towards Jiang Zongyue.

Jiang Zongyue didn't expect Wen Yuzhi, who seemed to be docile, to shoot at him, and wanted to dodge but accidentally folded off the wall.

Before she was about to go out to settle accounts with Wen Yuzhi, Jiang Zongyue heard something behind her and turned around to see that the two gentlemen were looking at her.

One of them smiled slightly and said kindly, "Student, what are you doing?"

Ling Yi didn't stop her from making any excuses, and said coldly: "The school rules are punished fifty times."

Jiang Zongyue: "..."

Jiang Zongyue responded superficially, but she gritted her teeth and said Wen Yuzhi's name bitterly in her heart.

She made a note of her.

So after the two teachers left, Jiang Zongyue climbed over the wall and did not leave the school. Instead, she leaned behind a tree not far away and waited for the woman in red to come back.

In the evening, the twilight was reflected among the trees, and Jiang Zongyue saw Wen Yuzhi come back carrying something as he wished.

Wen Yuzhi took a few steps closer and seemed to have seen her, but he didn't want to turn around and run away. After all, there are many eyeliners in the school, and this is the only one who can come out.

Wen Yuzhi walked up to Jiang Zongyue, Wen Run asked Jiang Zongyue: "Are you waiting for me?"

Jiang Zongyue said angrily, "Why did you hit me this morning?"

Wen Yuzhi looked at Jiang Zongyue who seemed to do it immediately if he couldn't give a reasonable explanation, and suddenly smiled: "It's nothing."

Jiang Zongyue's voice amplified, and the end of the voice rose: "Nothing?"

Wen Yuzhi looked at the sun that was about to set, and saw Jiang Zongyue who didn't seem to give up in front of her, so she sighed, and she explained: "Because, if you didn't dig out the school, you would just copy dozens of copies after you were discovered. According to the rules of the hall, and after the specified time every day, there will be a teacher to investigate, once found..."

Wen Yuzhi paused, as if he didn't intend to continue. Jiang Zongyue didn't understand why, but the next second he heard a rough order like thunder: "What are you two doing!"

Jiang Zongyue followed Wen Yuzhi's gaze, and a white-haired elder was staring at the two of them.

"I violated the regulations on the second day of enrollment, so I can't wait to be punished to go to the trial tower!"

Wen Yuzhi looked at Jiang Zongyue's slightly suspicious eyes, and Wen Sheng explained: "Just like now, I will be thrown directly into the trial tower."

In the end, the two were sentenced, because they had not violated the hall rules the next day, so it was decided to let them go to the trial tower to receive the punishment after half a month.

After that day, Jiang Zongyue and Wen Yuzhi ran into each other from time to time, but they were not in formal places like schools or study rooms, and wherever they could mess with each other, you would see the two of them.

……

Facing the prominent memory, Jiang Yi didn't know what to say.

Especially these two people, one is his master and the other is Shen Chaosheng's mother.

The next day is half a month of enrollment.

Before Jiang Yi left yesterday, Shen Chaosheng said to Jiang Yi, "See you tomorrow."

It means, see you at the trial tower tomorrow.

After Jiang Yi packed up, she stopped at the table for a while, moved her fingertips to a corner of the notepad, and turned the pages.

as predicted.

She looked at the black writing that appeared on the new page, her eyes flickered, and she read it again.

"Trial Tower, as the name suggests, allows people to enter various illusions and then break them to achieve the effect of training. However, it has been closed for a long time because it is too dangerous. Only those who violate the rules will be thrown into it for punishment. I will call you back if you can’t stop.”

"I observed Wen Yuzhi for half a month. This person is really interesting. He is too lazy to fight with those people, and he deliberately enters the trial tower to find treasures."

"The Trial Tower is so interesting. Countless tricks come one after another. I have never encountered such an interesting place. It is very suitable for me. Seeing that I am getting more and more energetic, Wen Yuzhi laughed at me for coming to the right place. She also said that she would not have hit me if she had known, I was born to be in this kind of place."

"We stayed in the trial tower for ten days, and it seemed that even the teachers were a little surprised, saying that ordinary students can't last three days, so what? Wen Yuzhi got what she wanted, but she also fainted because of it. In the past, if I hadn't taken care of her, I would have survived another five days."

"However, the amazing thing is that the flow rate of the trial tower is different from the outside. We lasted ten days inside, but only one day outside."

……

Jiang Yi probably understood what they were about to go through. Fortunately, what Jiang Zongyue could do was not bad, so it shouldn't be too difficult.

However, what would Shen Chaosheng look for?

Jiang Yi looked at a huge bamboo forest in front of him, a tall tower looming in the mist in the depths of the bamboo forest, several teachers standing at the entrance, and Shen Chaosheng in a long garnet red dress.

A teacher saw her coming, and warned them in a serious tone: "You have made mistakes first, and all experiences of entering the trial tower are counted as punishment. We will send you out before you receive fatal damage. All the injuries received are real, don't be opportunistic."

Shen Chaosheng nodded lazily, but he didn't seem to lift his eyelids.

Jiang Yi looked at the woman in front of him, and knew clearly that although the person in front of him looked the same as Shen Chaosheng, he was not Shen Chaosheng.

Shen Chaosheng should also have a loose attitude at this time, but she will make fun of it, or approach Jiang Yi with a casual attitude and ask her if she will protect herself...

It's just that the current "Shen Chaosheng" just turned around and walked towards the bamboo forest, leaving Jiang Yi with a back view.

Jiang Yi thought of Jiang Zongyue's memo pad, where he had commented on Wen Yuzhi like this.

"Having been with her for half a month, I always feel a little indistinct, but I don't see any of her heart, which really makes me more curious."

Jiang Yi stopped thinking about it and walked towards her.

The two walked for a long time until they saw a dark tower towering into the sky, and many wisps of aura lingering around the tower.

Shen Chaosheng seemed to have heard her footsteps, and said without turning his head, "Jiang Zongyue."

Her eyes fell on the entrance of the high tower in the distance, and her voice was a little emotionless, as if she was stating: "I know you haven't really stepped into the path of common people, and there are dangers in the high tower. I have something I want to find. You'd better Don't be with me, or you may be punished with me."

Jiang Yi lowered his eyes and said, "Don't you also bear the punishment together now?"

Shen Chaosheng chuckled, and she raised her head.

"Different."

"You met me in the past half month, probably on purpose. You are full of curiosity about me, but you can't afford the price of curiosity."

"If you give up now, you may be able to save yourself."

"After all, you and I have only known each other for less than half a month."

The last sentence seemed to be talking to himself, and Shen Chaosheng's voice was extremely low.

Originally, Jiang Yi couldn't guess how Jiang Zongyue would answer at this time.

But Jiang Yi clenched his hands and looked at Shen Chaosheng, but the image of her smiling at him appeared in his mind.

Jiang Yi said impulsively, "No matter what, I will protect you."

Shen Chaosheng was a little helpless: "What kind of answer is this..."

She sighed, turned around, and entered the tower side by side with Jiang Yi: "Then let's go together."

Jiang Yi and Shen Chaosheng stepped into the tower, the walls were dark, then lit up, and then several spirit beasts appeared.

It's just a pass.

After Shen Chaosheng repelled a wave of monsters with a strange iron sword, he saw Jiang Yi's curious eyes on the sword.

Her voice was a little free and easy: "I am a swordsmith, don't look at this sword looks strange, I use it just right, the blade is thin and sharp, cutting iron like mud."

Jiang Yi stopped talking and concentrated on fighting the enemy. These spirit beasts were relatively simple for her. What's more, she practiced the real swordsmanship since she was a child. She didn't need to use spiritual power, and it was easy to kill them.

……

The two lasted like this for three days.

Shen Chaosheng looked at Jiang Yi who was still attacking, but he was a little surprised. She originally thought that this person was just famous, but she didn't expect that she could survive until now without learning the ways of the common people.

A drop of transparent sweat dripped down the side of Jiang Yi's cheek, and slid down the side to her jaw. She opened her mouth slightly to take a breath, and opened and closed her thin lips, but her eyes were so calm and full of determination.

During the period, a teacher came to check on their situation. Seeing that the two of them had no injuries except for some damage to their clothes, I was a little hesitant.

He asked another teacher next to him: "Has the trial tower been modified?"

"No?"

"Then, how could they last so long!"

……

Seeing the two figures, one black and one red, keep repelling the spirit beasts around him, one of the teachers waved his sleeves away, leaving only one sentence behind.

"Forget it, let them go to the second floor."

After Jiang Yi and Shen Chaosheng repelled the next wave of spirit beasts, the surroundings suddenly fell into darkness, and there was no sound of spirit beasts.

"Shen Chaosheng!"

Jiang Yi subconsciously called Shen Chaosheng's name.

After a while, Shen Chaosheng's voice sounded from the other side: "Jiang Zongyue, who are you calling?"

……

Jiang Yi closed his eyes, breathed steadily, and asked her again: "Wen Yuzhi, are you okay?"

"Naturally not, maybe—the outsiders saw you and I persisted for too long, and adjusted the number of floors. Now, we should be the second floor."

Shen Chaosheng spoke slowly, and the trial tower seemed to be responding to her words, and then sent the two of them to another place.

Jiang Yi looked around, seeing the broken military flag, the collapsed city wall, and the yellow sand flying all over the sky. The strong wind blew across the sand wantonly, making a long and strange sound, as if mourning for this place.

Not far away, many figures submerged in the yellow sand were constantly approaching them.

She narrowed her eyes slightly, and Shen Chaosheng next to her suddenly became energetic.

"Do you know where this is?"

"The ancient battlefield, the last battle in the place where the demons remain."

Jiang Yi saw the appearance of those figures clearly. They were ordinary people in frontier clothes. They didn't have any weapons in their hands, but their expressions were fearful, or they looked dull and at a loss.

Shen Chaosheng reminded: "These things, let's count them as human figures, look very normal and indistinguishable from ordinary people, but they are actually demons."

At some point, she took out a bow, pulled it in front of her, aimed at the person in the distance, and shot it without hesitation.

The man was shot by the arrow, opened his mouth, knelt down with his knees plopped, and fell straight to the ground.

Shen Chaosheng's eyes were cold and emotionless, but Jiang Yi was a little hesitant, holding the sword and refusing to move.

These people are indeed no different from ordinary people, no difference from ordinary people.

Shen Chaosheng couldn't help laughing when he found that she didn't do anything, "You don't have the heart to do it now, do you?"

Jiang Yi said calmly, "They didn't do anything."

They didn't do anything, how could they be easily killed without saying a word?

This is not a question of benevolence or pity, but if they are real people, how can they be easily killed even in the illusion?

Cangsheng Kendo, it shouldn't be like this.

They did nothing wrong, didn't deserve to die, that's all.

However, Shen Chaosheng seemed to have heard something strange, and repeated Jiang Yi's words: "They didn't do anything..."

"I said, they are demons."

Jiang Yi was silent for a moment, and said, "I have seen a demon once."

That's a man with a grudge.

Jiang Yi later found out that Bu Tanwei had been hunted down since he was a child because he was a demon and had demon bones on his body.

Jiang Yi and Bu Tanwei are at odds with each other, and they almost died when they met twice. If he was here now, Jiang Yi would kill him without mercy.

But the people here are different from him. The Bu Tanwei that Jiang Yi saw had a vicious, sinister and cunning face. There was only fear in her eyes, and she subconsciously told her that she had done nothing wrong.

Jiang Yi thinks that she can't repay grievances with kindness. If she had been chased and killed from the beginning, she would inevitably have reached the point of danger, but she would die by the sword one day.

But now she still uses a sword to open the heavens and destroy the common people, in order to find her own way.

But it doesn't mean that she will kill these people indiscriminately.

"Shen...Wen Yuzhi, why are these demons left over from ancient times left behind?"

Shen Chaosheng didn't stop shooting, and answered her very quickly: "Because these demons don't know that they are demons."

"They lived on the border of Zhongzhou and lived a simple life until those immortals came and wiped them out."

"The things of ancient times are too far away, and I can't find the origin. It's just hearsay."

Jiang Yi: "So why kill them?"

Shen Chaosheng said: "Jiang Zongyue, I didn't expect you to be such a passionate person, but you should understand that this is not an ancient battlefield, but a trial tower."

"There is still life in the ancient battlefield. Here, if you don't kill them, you may not survive."

As if to confirm her words, the person closest to Jiang Yi suddenly turned green-faced and had fangs, and rushed towards Jiang Yi. Shen Chaosheng shot him between the eyebrows with a sword, and then the person caught fire until he was turned into ashes in front of Jiang Yi.

"……understood."

Jiang Yi didn't waver anymore, he raised his sword decisively and killed him.

Jiang Yi watched these people fall one by one, her sword was stained with blood, over and over again, the blood left on the sword by the previous person was wiped clean by the next person.

Jiang Yi felt a little strange and uncomfortable in her heart, but she didn't feel this way when she was in danger.

It's because it's too easy to penetrate these people's bodies, it's as simple as killing a fish.

They don't struggle, they come forward in swarms, and fall one by one, with pain or sadness.

Jiang Yi felt some pity, but it was fleeting.

This is an illusion, and she doesn't need to be emotional.

It's just that when facing Shen Chaosheng, it is inevitable to think——

If Shen Chaosheng, would it be the same?

Will you kill these people just because of a label?

There is no answer to this. Jiang Yi couldn't imagine Shen Chaosheng's expression when facing this problem. Jiang Yi felt that he seemed to want to return to reality.

Even though she looked at Shen Chaosheng's face, she couldn't see her after all.

Her troubles can't bring out illusions.

……

It has been four days since the surrounding area was clean.

Shen Chaosheng patted the dust off his body, his brows were full of boredom, and there were some strange colors.

She suddenly said to Jiang Yi: "Jiang Zongyue, in the ancient battlefields, these people really had no fighting power. They could only be slaughtered and killed easily."

"Yeah." Jiang Yi looked at her trembling shoulders, and didn't continue, but had a guess in his mind.

Wen Yuzhi may have something to do with that battle.

Further conjecture, maybe it has something to do with those demons.

She is merciless in killing people, but she closes her eyes every time she strikes, as if she doesn't want to see such a scene.

Jiang Yi didn't know what Jiang Zongyue meant when he said he couldn't figure it out before, but now he might be able to guess a little bit.

Wen Yuzhi was carrying something on his back.

Subsequent developments also confirmed this statement.

Shen Chaosheng took Jiang Yi into the ruined city, and after repeated searches, she found a bright red bead from the secret cellar.

"Is this what you're looking for?" Jiang Yi asked.

"En." Shen Chaosheng responded to her briefly, but no longer shy away from it. She smiled slightly, and was about to touch the bead, but felt the ground shaking in the next second.

Numerous organs attacked the two of them, and there were bursts of noise from above, as if all the demons had gathered.

"Those demons rioted."

Shen Chaosheng originally had some experience dealing with them, but even she didn't expect that after getting that bead, she instantly felt extremely tired.

She frowned, braced her weakness, held the handle beside her, and finally looked at Jiang Yi, and said, "I seem to be unable to hold on anymore, you can hold on for a few more days, it's best to leave here first."

"They came after me."

After saying that, Shen Chaosheng fell down.

Jiang Yi caught her before she fell to the ground.

Looking at Shen Chaosheng in red in his arms, Jiang Yi pursed his lips.

Even with a face, she couldn't let Shen Chaosheng stay here by himself.

In particular, Shen Chaosheng fell into a coma, causing her to fall into bad memories.

Looking at the unconscious demons pouring into the secret cellar, she summoned the Huaixi sword and twirled the sword formula.

"Wanren Pass."

Ten thousand swords rushed over in the blink of an eye, sinking into the hearts of every demon.

Those people fell down one after another, so Jiang Yi followed Shen Chaosheng's example and set up a fire to burn them all, and then continued to welcome the next wave.

It wasn't until three days later that Jiang Yi was finally exhausted. Taking advantage of the rest time, she brought Shen Chaosheng out.

It started to rain, but Shen Chaosheng hadn't woken up yet, the beads on her fingertips turned from dark red to brighter.

Before the next wave of demons came, Jiang Yi took Shen Chaosheng up to the city wall.

Then she used the Wanren Pass for the last time, and fell straight down with Shen Chaosheng in her arms.

The sky was dark and silent.

When they woke up again, the two had already left the trial tower.

The guard teacher looked at the two men in disrepair, and snorted, which meant that they were going to let them go.

But before leaving, he called Jiang Yi to stop him.

"Even if you choose to stay by this girl's side in the end, you may not be unable to persist until the fourth day."

"Why did you choose to come out on the tenth day?"

Jiang Yi replied, "I don't know."

The guard teacher didn't want to pursue it either, maybe he just thought Jiang Yi's behavior was interesting, so he waved his hand and let them go.

Jiang Yi greedily followed Shen Chaosheng to a pavilion in the bamboo forest, looked at Shen Chaosheng's tightly closed eyes and the moonlight in the sky, and gradually let go of his thoughts.

Maybe she was tired, she was too tired, so she missed Shen Chaosheng so much.

The wind at night blew by the two of them from time to time, and the bright moon hung high tonight, shining so brightly on the ground that Jiang Yi could clearly see Shen Chaosheng's face.

Her raised eye ends, special eyebrow shape, and ruddy lips.

It's hard for Jiang Yi to think of Shen Chaosheng's smile, because it's too familiar, so he can't tell what it looks like, but once seen, it's hard to forget.

Not long after, Shen Chaosheng also woke up. When she was in a coma, she seemed to know that Jiang Yi had led her for three days, so she was in a daze. She said to Jiang Yi: "Jiang Zongyue, I'm going to tell you a secret."

"But before that, can you tell me why you took me for three days?"

Jiang Yi didn't make a sound, she couldn't answer, because she wasn't Jiang Zongyue, she didn't know why Jiang Zongyue took her for three days, but she was only out of reason, and the other party was Shen Chaosheng.

Even an incomplete Shen Chaosheng.

Shen Chaosheng didn't get an answer, so he had to look away and said, "Is it still because of curiosity about me?"

Jiang Yi couldn't find any other reason, so he nodded slightly.

Shen Chaosheng seemed to accept the answer, her eyes were as bright as a full moon, and she said, "I am the descendant of the demon race."

She waited for a while, but did not wait for Jiang Yi's response, so she asked, "Did you guess it?"

Jiang Yi didn't look at her, but just said: "The secret you told me will make me bear the price of covering up."

Shen Chaosheng generously admitted: "Yes, am I very cunning, I will repay my kindness with revenge, and let you know but there is nothing I can do about it."

Jiang Yi asked her: "You expected that I would not tell others."

"Yes, I'm sure you won't."

Wen Yuzhi's identity, even if it is difficult to guess, is not difficult to guess. Jiang Yi originally deduced that the descendant of the demon clan should be related to her, but he did not expect that she was the demon clan itself.

After Shen Chaosheng finished speaking, he looked extremely sad: "I regret telling you."

"Jiang Zongyue, you shouldn't be involved in this matter."

"It's ok."

It doesn't matter to Jiang Yi, even if it were Jiang Zongyue, Wen Yuzhi would find a way to let her know, Jiang Yi speculated.

Their stories are more complicated than imagined.