Chapter 120: Trial

  Bang! Xiaogu's body was knocked flying in mid-air, at an angle that made it impossible to resist.

  Bang, Xiao Gu's entire body was slammed to the ground, with one arm twisted at an awkward angle. The Fire Person's strength and angle were just right, rendering Xiao Gu completely powerless.

  Bang! Xiaogu was kicked down by one foot and smashed out a huge deep pit on the ground.

  ……

  Three consecutive months of time, for Xiao Gu, was actually a process of suffering, thousands of times of taking action, each time ending in defeat.

  However, Xiao Gu is also making progress.

  From being defeated at the first encounter to now being able to hold on for half a time, Xiao Gu's combat awareness has increased dramatically.

  For ordinary cultivators, combat consciousness is not important.

  But for a powerful warrior like Xiao Gu, fighting consciousness can almost determine their combat power and life or death.

  If we say that strength, realm and divine power are hard indicators, then combat consciousness can be called soft power, because it represents a person's reaction force, combat talent, etc.

  It's just like a muscular fool isn't necessarily able to beat an ordinary clever person.

  Strength is not the only thing, technique is also very important.

  ……

  Three months have passed again.

  Bang, bang...

  Xiao Gu and Huo Ren transformed into two residual shadows entwining each other, with every attack causing flames to surge outward in all directions.

  Xiao Gu's fist landed on Huo Ren's chest, but he himself was also kicked out by Huo Ren in an instant, and the two flew backward separately.

  "Very good, little guy, you passed," the Fire Man laughed, his eyes looking at Xiao Gu with utmost satisfaction.

  "Thank you, senior," Xiao Gu nodded, looking quite excited. In the past few months, Xiao Gu's progress had been nothing short of astonishing. Under Huo Ren's meticulous guidance, Xiao Gu had taken a huge step forward, saving himself decades of contemplation.

  "Alright, let's go! If there's a chance, we'll meet again later," said Huoren with a hearty laugh and a wave of his hand.

  "Senior, you mean, you can, can..."

  "Hahaha, of course I can leave this place. The reason I'm staying here is just because of a promise," the Fire Man said with a big laugh, looking at Xiao Gu's expression that seemed to want to say something but stopped.

  "A promise?" Xiao Gu couldn't help but ask curiously.

  "Not bad, back then I lost to that old scoundrel in one move and ended up stuck here. However, the flow of time here and outside must be 365:1, otherwise even as an elemental spirit like myself, I'd have turned to dust long ago. Speaking of which, I should thank that old fellow," Fire Person sighed.

  "I see," Xiao Gu nodded.

  "So, I wonder when the senior can come out," Xiao Gu started his own small abacus. To be sure, he himself was now in a situation where he had no place to stand in the entire immortal world. If there could be such a strong person, then at least he wouldn't be hunted down by the older generation of strong immortals.

  "It will be fine once this inheritance is over," Huo Ren looked at Xiao Gu with a seemingly profound gaze.

  Xiao Gu's face turned red, knowing that the other party had already seen through his thoughts. Over the past six months, Xiao Gu and this senior, known as Huo, had discussed many things, including his current predicament.

  "Huo Shixiong, I wonder if it's possible?" Since he had been recognized, Xiao Gu didn't pretend anymore.

  "Good kid, as long as you can get the final inheritance, it's okay," Fire Man nodded, with some appreciation for Xiao Gu's bravery.

  "Alright, thank you senior," Xiao Gu said solemnly with a bow.

  "Alright, go ahead," the Fire Person nodded and waved his hand lightly. A huge black hole appeared in front of Xiao Gu, who stepped into it without hesitation.

  ……

  Finally out, Xiao Gu took a deep breath of the not-so-fresh air in the passageway.

  Although it was less than a day outside, Xiao Gu had actually stayed in the flame space for six months, and it was a conscious six months.

  Every day, breathing in the scorching air, and being brutally abused by Huoren, anyone would think of the outside world. More importantly, Xiao Gu was still worried about Xue Wu and Li TianDao, after all, when he encountered such challenges, they were also the same.

  Was I the first one out? Looking around at the five people, Xiao Gu couldn't help but let out a bitter laugh.

  Three days passed again, and Snow finally came out. When she saw Xiao Gu, this so-called flawless fairy-like woman almost directly threw herself into Xiao Gu's arms. Looking at her pitiful appearance, it was clear that she had not suffered less.

  "Alright, alright, don't be naughty," Xiao Gu said helplessly, trying to comfort her in a clumsy way.

  Xiao Gu learned from Xue Wu's mouth what she had encountered, which was a piece of ice field. Even ordinary Nei Fan nine-layer cultivators, or even Jiao Dao cultivators, could be frozen into popsicles on the outermost periphery.

  And the requirement for passing is to reach the very center!

  If it weren't for Xue Wu's physique, plus the reason of his cultivation method, he might have had a hard time leaving that place in his entire life. Even so, it took him four years to leave that place.

  Next out was Jianyi, his heart towards the Tao was unshakeable, in space he experienced the pain of being pierced by countless arrows, but ultimately endured and went even further.

  Then came Li Tiandao, Wu Tongtian, Xue Long and Ren Yao.

  The last one out was the hapless Wu Qing. He was the most miserable, and when he emerged, his whole body was soaked through, even more bedraggled than a drowned chicken.

  Because the world he entered had only one challenge, that was to persist for three days under the terrifying sea beast, no matter what method was used, the result was a ruthless battle of skills, and failed tens of thousands of times before barely passing.

  Unlike Xiao Gu, he did not use his divine power to hone his combat awareness and techniques, while Wu Qing and others were doing their best.

  However, the reason for this is also because the space where Xiao Gu is located is unique.

  Because the fierce beasts or cultivators in other spaces are all unconscious puppets, so when they take action, they naturally go all out, as for tempering and whatnot, there will naturally be no guidance. The trial space where Xiao Gu is located is a cultivator who has lived from ancient times to the present, and the two are naturally incomparable.

  After everyone came out, Xiao Gu and others continued to move forward.

  But this time the speed is much faster.

  All the way forward, everyone has experienced dozens or even hundreds of trial spaces, and it took a month and a half to finally walk out of this 9,999-kilometer-long passage.

  At the end of the passage was a huge hall.

  In the hall there was only a large pool emitting a faint green glow, and Old Wang Ba jumped in as soon as he saw it, without any intention of yielding.

  "We'd better go down too, if this turtle is in such a hurry, it must be something good," Xiao Gu sighed and shook his head.

  Plop, plop...

  Six consecutive soft sounds, Xiao Gu and others jumped down impatiently, only Xue Wu had a slight hesitation.

  It's not a big pool, obviously prepared for one person. At this time, six people jumped in, making the space here quite crowded. Xue Wu was known as the leisure fairy, except for Xiao Gu, she had never been close to any man before, and her hesitation at this time was inevitable.

  "Come down," Xue Wu seemed to have seen Snow Wu's hesitation and turned to open his arms.

  Finally, Xue Wu stepped lightly into the pool water and was completely enveloped in Xiao Gu's arms, this was the first truly intimate contact between the two.

  "Take your time, absorb the power of this mysterious pool carefully," Xiao Gu said with a warm smile as he looked at Xue Wu Xu's helpless appearance.

  This time, Xue Wu didn't lower her head, but instead raised her delicate chin, and the distance between her stunning face and Xiao Gu was only half an inch. The intoxicating fragrance was enough to drive people crazy.

  "Xiao Gu, if you betray me, I will kill you first," Xue Wu's beautiful eyes stared straight at Xiao Gu, her thin lips slightly opened.

  "No time, perhaps you don't know, I have a girlfriend, or should I say dao companion, it's not fair to you," Xiao Gu said with a bitter smile, and after thinking for a while, he still spoke out.

  The moment he heard this, Xiao Gu could feel that the jade person in his arms had stiffened a lot.

  "Do you love her?" After a brief pause, Xue Yu had no time to respond.

  "Love," Xiao Gu nodded, lost in thought, and slowly recounted everything from childhood to adulthood, without missing a single detail.

  "So be it," Snow suddenly smiled.

  Nothing, never mind, Xiao Gu was stunned in an instant.