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Chapter 22 Black Forest Assessment
  On the third day, it’s time for everyone to enter the Black Forest for the assessment.

The dean stipulated that everyone must break through the black forest within three hours, and they can only use the magic weapons refined in the previous two days.

Everyone needs to keep their cultivation to a minimum, which increases the difficulty and risk of the task for most students. However, it makes no difference to a small number of students, because they only have Qi-refining level cultivation.

Fortunately, most of the academy forests are home to self-raised spiritual beasts, which are not very aggressive and generally do not pose a threat to their lives.

Different groups of people entered the forest from different entrances one after another. Ning Yue also arrived early, but she waited for half an hour without seeing Luo Yan.

"Sister Ning, why don't you go in?"

"I'm waiting for my teammates."

Zhao Chengze was accompanied by a petite girl, but it was not Wan Wan.

"Aren't you and your brother on the same team?"

"Ah, this..." Zhao Chengze touched his head, thinking about whether to tell Ning Yue about changing teammates.

In the end, he felt that Ning Yue needed to know, "Su Ruoqin secretly changed our wooden cards. She changed my brother's names before he even had time to see his teammates. So, my teammates and Su Ruoqin's teammates were exchanged."

I see, it does sound like something Su Ruoqin would do. She also fought hard to be paired with Zhao Chengyu. If Dean Huang Xuan catches her, she might be punished.

Huang Xuan is famous for being rigid and strict.

"My brother really doesn't know anything. He didn't change it on his own initiative."

Ning Yue didn't care at all who Zhao Chengyu was paired with, "Okay, you go in first."

By the time it was noon, Ning Yue had not yet arrived at Luo Yan.

Although the dean only stipulated that they complete the task within a time limit and did not specify a start time, as long as they completed the task within any three hours during the day, it would be dark when they came out if they did not go in.

After another hour, most of the classmates entered, and Ning Yue also gave up, and decided to go in by herself.

If Luo Yan wants to skip the assessment, just do it! He doesn’t seem to care much about scoring anyway!

Ning Yue was just about to enter the barrier when she heard the person behind her calling her name.

Ning Yue turned around and saw Luo Yan running towards her in small steps.

"You slept until noon. You slept so well. I thought you planned to sleep through the exam."

"No."

Luo Yan lowered his eyes slightly. He made a fist with his right hand and pressed it on his lips. He couldn't help coughing several times. Only then did Ning Yue notice that his face was pale and he looked like he was sick.

"What are you..."

"Let's go in."

Luo Yan interrupted her and stepped into the entrance of the forest one step ahead. Ning Yue saw a sense of tranquility from his back. His left hand hanging by his side looked stiff for some reason.

Ning Yue quickly followed him, and the two of them walked side by side. She kept observing him, but he had dark eyes and said nothing.

She looked at it for a long time and finally discovered the problem. Normal people's hands would shake slightly when walking, but his left hand was motionless, as if he couldn't lift it at all.

The sleeves of the academic robe were wide, covering half of his palm, leaving only a few slender fingers, and no clues could be seen.

Ning Yue reasonably suspected that Luo Yan's left arm was injured, and he didn't want others to know.

She had to stand on his right side, so that if he needed to use his hand, it would be with his right hand.

In the Black Forest, the lush and leafy ancient trees of Qionglin Yushu are taller and stronger than ordinary trees and look more vibrant.

It was quiet in the forest. Ning Yue and Luo Yan followed the map for a long time and couldn't even see the shadow of a bird, let alone a person.

The students who entered before don’t know where they are, and those who arrived early may have almost completed their tasks.

"There are two roads ahead. You have to pass through a creek on the left, and you have to enter a valley on the right. Both sides are almost the same distance from the end. Which way should you go?"

"It's all right."

"Then the valley?"       "Okay."

Anyway, there are many tests on which way to go. Ning Yue firmly believes that the dean cannot let the students walk through the forest safely.

This is the first conversation between Ning Yue and Luo Yan since they entered the forest. As long as she doesn't open her mouth, Luo Yan will never speak. But she is not a noisy person. The atmosphere between the two is as cold as if they were strangers meeting for the first time. Man, I was immediately embarrassed.

Even if Ning Yue wants to ask him something, he can save the time and answer it quite concisely.

The valley in the forest is remote and quiet.

As soon as they entered the valley, they heard the chirping of birds. It was so common that accidents could easily happen.

Luo Yan suddenly stopped and said, "It shouldn't be this kind of sound."

"Hmm? What's the sound?"

As soon as Ning Yue finished speaking, several birds suddenly appeared in the forest. From a distance, they looked black and looked like crows.

But it was obviously not a crow. There was no way the crow was so fast that her eyes could only see the afterimage.

"careful!"

Ning Yue grabbed Luo Yan's sleeve and jumped back in the air. Luo Yan also followed her back, and the two of them landed on a lower ground.

Birds circled above their heads, and Ning Yue realized that it was not an ordinary bird, but a strange-looking bird.

The only similarity between them and birds is that they have a pair of wings that can fly. However, their heads are shaped like a duck, and their beaks are thin and pointed, comparable to those of woodpeckers.

She had never seen such a spiritual beast before.

"That's Abyss Cuckoo."

"Cuckoo? Why don't they look alike?"

"Originally they were just ordinary birds. Their ancestors were refined by the demon clan until they were rescued by the elders a hundred years ago and placed in the black forest."

No wonder he looks so alien, it turns out he is infected with a deep evil spirit.

"Doesn't it mean there's no danger?"

"As long as you don't disturb them."

The two people originally wanted to wait for the birds to pass by before continuing to walk. Unexpectedly, there was a loud noise in the air, which scared the abyss cuckoos away, and they all let out a hoarse cry together.

A few evil birds somehow discovered Ning Yue, and swooped down at them so fast that Ning Yue only saw their pointed beaks pecking at her forehead and heart!
  Luo Yan quickly gave Ning Yue a tug, and she reacted, summoning the Qianqiong Crossbow, pressing the first wooden button, and activating the spirit arrow.

Dozens of spiritual arrows were released regularly with her movements, and Luo Yan also picked up his Qianqiong Crossbow.

Each of them has one, and when they release arrows at the same time, they have at least twenty arrows, which is very effective against flocks of birds.

"This Qianqiong Crossbow is quite easy to use."

"Don't take it lightly, don't let them peck you."

"why?"

"Although they have been washed in the forest for hundreds of years, they still have residual evil spirits."

In this case, once they are pecked by the abyss cuckoo, the wound will be difficult to heal and will damage their aura.

The abyss cuckoos hit by the spiritual arrows fell one after another, and the number of birds above them became less and less. Ning Yue gradually stopped, and Luo Yan also kept pace.

However, Abyss Cuckoo did not calm down because they stopped moving, but instead cried more ferociously.

Several cuckoos fell vertically to the ground after being hit by spiritual marbles from unknown sources, and died tragically.

"what is that?"

(End of this chapter)