Chapter 38 The Trial Begins

a month later.

When the sun was still struggling on the horizon, the entire tribe of Tushan gathered in the clearing.

Today is the day of the annual reserve soldier trial and assessment.

The atmosphere is solemn.

The crowd formed a dark circle, no one spoke, so quiet that one could hear each other's breathing.

In the center of the crowd stood solemn-looking chiefs and witches, and in front of them stood the trial testers.

The chief's gaze slowly swept across the ten people in front of him.

The nine testers in front were all as tall as an iron tower, with exaggerated muscles all over their bodies, and they were full of power at first sight.

When the sweep reached the end, the Chief's forehead jumped slightly.

A fair-skinned and thin young boy who was completely two different styles from the tester on the scene stood there quietly.

The little boy, Ye Xi, caught the change in the chief's expression and blinked slowly.

The chief has always been against Ye Xi becoming a warrior, and until the eve of the test, the chief still tried his best to persuade him not to participate in the test.

Because once you become a warrior, you have to join the hunting team, and as long as you join the hunting team, you may be injured or even die in the hunt.

In any way, the chief did not want Ye Xi to be in trouble.

However, Ye Xi had made up his mind and let the chief speak his mind.

After the chief glanced at them once, his eyes suddenly became solemn, and he said to the tester word by word: "As you all know, warriors are the foundation of the tribe, and a tribe without warriors cannot survive in the jungle!"

His voice was low and powerful: "In order to become a true warrior, you must first pass the test. Only after passing the test can you prove yourself, you, have the qualifications to become warriors! Only the tribe can put the precious beasts away. The core is handed over to you, so that you can transform into real warriors!"

"And the ten of you have already passed the strength and speed test, and you are only one step away from becoming real reserve soldiers!"

"It's only one step away now!"

The chief was excited, pointed to the jungle in the distance, and shouted loudly, "That is to enter the jungle, go to the dangerous jungle to hunt a prey and come back!"

"Is the jungle dangerous? Dangerous! But a true warrior is not afraid of danger! A true warrior has nothing to fear!"

"Promise me, you must do your best in that jungle to bring the ferocious prey back to the tribe, and then tell us, tell Tu Shan, that you will be a qualified warrior in the future!!!"

Whoa!

The whole tribe was agitated by this impassioned remark.

In particular, the other nine testers raised their fists with red faces and roared wildly, and the blue veins on their necks were roared out.

Ye Xi's heart was beating violently, and although he didn't roar excitedly, his heart was surging.

After the chief waited for the sound wave to pass, he waved to the back of the crowd.

A soldier came up cautiously holding a clay pot.

The chief took the pot with both hands and said to the testers, "Now, come up and draw the dominoes. The pictures on the dominoes are your hunting targets for this trial."

Ten people stepped forward one by one and took out a domino from the clay pot.

After the ten people got their own dominoes, Wu, who had been silent for a while, suddenly leaned on the bone staff gently against the ground.

The sound of the bone staff hammering the ground was very light.

However, it was this slight sound that made the entire tribe become silent in an instant, and even the sound of breathing was not obvious, and it was almost audible.

Wu nodded with satisfaction, his eyes slowly closed, and after a pause, he suddenly began to chant loudly. Between the opening and closing of the lips, a series of mysterious words kept spitting out in a strange rhythm.

Ye Xi looked at Wu's thin cheeks and felt an inexplicable feeling in his heart.

As the witch recited, this strange syllable seemed to resonate wonderfully with the air, no, something resembling space. Then Ye Xi felt that his body was getting lighter and lighter, his strength was getting more and more abundant, and his whole body condition had almost reached his peak.

After the chant ended, Wu suddenly opened his eyes, and the white light in his eyes flashed away like a flash in the pan.

"Children, bless you." Wu's voice was old and slow.

bless? Is this the power of Zhu Wu? Ye Xi felt the surging power of his body, and his eyes were filled with brilliance.

The other nine testers leaned forward and were about to bow to Wu.

Ye Xi immediately returned to his senses when he noticed it, immediately followed the movements of the others, bent down together, and bowed deeply to Wu.

Wu calmly accepted the ceremony, waved his hand and said, "Go, the children of Tushan, the ancestors will bless you."

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in the jungle.

Ye Xi, who was carrying a big bow, was running fast.

He is in a very excited mood now, because this is the first time he has entered the jungle alone after being here for so long! Even this time, I can't get out of the tribe within five miles!

He knew that all the dangerous creatures in this area had been cleaned up by the Tushan warriors, so he ran with confidence and boldness, like a bird that was released from its cage, soaring happily in the jungle.

A half-human-height bug suddenly sprang out from the rotten wood in front of him. He raised his head fiercely and wanted to attack him. Ye Xipi curled the corners of his lips angrily. It goes over its head.

After running a few steps, the road ahead was blocked by a huge broken tree. Ye Xi didn't pause at all. With one hand, he lightly stepped over the broken tree and continued to run forward.

The wind whistled past his ears, and Ye Xi kept jumping over obstacles one by one, running freely in the jungle.

There was a sudden burst of strong happiness in his heart, and he simply laughed out loud when he had nowhere to express, and the happy laughter could not stop echoing in the jungle.

In the narrow road ahead, there was a huge yellow mushroom half a person's height. Ye Xi didn't plan to detour. As soon as he stepped on the mushroom, he planned to jump over.

Unexpectedly, the mushroom was stomped on and a stench erupted into the sky.

As soon as the stench came out, the worms lurking within ten zhang escaped instantly, Ye Xi also covered her nose and fled forward in embarrassment.

This mushroom turned out to be a smelly mushroom! The oyster mushrooms looked so similar, Ye Xi felt sad.

He smelled the stench on his body, and he felt a little funny again, and couldn't help being silly.

He untied the domino from his waist, and when Ye Xi flicked his thumb, the domino was flipped and tossed into the air, and then landed accurately on the back of his hand, which was like a coin toss.

With a smile on the corner of Ye Xi's lips, he put his hands behind his back and gently rubbed the engraved lines on it with his fingertips.

Huh? Wait, what kind of animal is carved on it, why does it feel so strange?

Putting his hand back in front of his eyes, Ye Xi looked down, and his face suddenly became black.

What kind of animal is this animal with an oddly long horn on its head, a triangular face, a fat, twisted body and four short legs?

Hehe, if it weren't for the three lines engraved on the back of this thing, he really wouldn't recognize it, this extremely abstract thing... It was actually a springbok that crossed the mountain.

Ye Xi covered his forehead, feeling a burst of despair at the primitive drawing skills. The pass rate of the reserve test was so low, a large part of the reason was because he found the wrong animal, right?

You must criticize them well when you go back, Ye Xi secretly said.

But for now, let's finish the trial first.

It turned out to be a mountain springbok, which is a bit difficult.

Springbok, as the name suggests, is extremely capable of jumping. The modern common springbok has a jumping ability of about three meters, which is the height of a floor, while the jumping ability of the mountain-piercing springbok is about three times that of the common springbok, that is, about nine meters.

This is almost a number that can walk on the ground in the jungle.

Imagine when they have a dinosaur in front of them, swoosh and jump over its head. When there was a small hill in the way, it slammed and jumped over again. When there was a small river in front of them, they slammed and jumped over.

And this mountain springbok has the word "chuan mountain" added to the prefix, why? Because someone once saw an angry springbok and lowered its head to hit the stone mountain. Unexpectedly, with a slam, the springbok's horn was not broken, but a large piece of the stone wall was hit.

Therefore, even ferocious predators like saber-toothed tigers and golden leopards often come home empty-handed when facing springbok.

It is already so difficult to hunt, but this springbok is still a group animal, and the difficulty is more than doubled.

If it was another tester, I'm afraid they would have squatted in the corner of the wall in despair, but Ye Xi touched the bow and arrow on his back, and his eyes flashed with confidence.

Just let you see, what is an arrow in hand, I have the world.

but……

The chief's persuasive face suddenly appeared in his mind, and Ye Xi thought suspiciously, the prey with such a high difficulty was drawn by himself, there will be no shady scene in this lottery, right?

This thought just flashed by, and was immediately denied by myself.

No, no, no, how could a small clay pot still play black box operations, primitive people can't be so smart.