Lu Wange and his party only had about sixty people, which was a very small number among the many teams. If they encountered a first-level monster, they would probably be wiped out. I don't know how they managed to get through such a huge forest.
Later, Shi Sheng found out that there were originally more than two hundred people in Lu Wange's party, and the leader was not Lu Wange, but a young man with a third-level creature. However, along the way, they were attacked by monsters three times, and finally managed to escape alive.
In the forest, there were only about sixty of them left when they came to the river. Lu Wange was the one with the highest level of cultivation among the survivors, so he succeeded him as the leader.
The thousands of teenagers on the river bank all experienced similar experiences. Only about 30% of the original team of hundreds or even thousands of people could walk out of the forest alive, and most of them had injuries on their bodies.
When Shi Sheng saw everyone gathering on the river bank, seemingly waiting for something, he couldn't help but wonder, and asked Lu Wange, "Brother Lu, why are everyone gathering on the river bank and no one is building a raft to cross the river?"
Lu Wange said: "This river is more than ten miles wide, and the current is very fast and fierce. It cannot be crossed without a dragon boat, and even if you build a raft, it is impossible to cross the river." Shi Sheng frowned and said: "
Then you have to wait like this?"
Lu Wange said: "Brother Shi doesn't know something. Every late at night, the river will calm down and become as quiet as a pond. Then we can swim across the river." Shi Sheng said curiously: "
Is there such a thing?" Lu Wange said: "It seems that Brother Shi doesn't know much about the Qingyun Conference. Many people know the laws of this river. At midnight, this hour is the only time to cross the river.
, as soon as midnight passes, the waves rise again, and it is not easy to swim across the river for more than ten miles in one hour, so those who have rushed to the river bank now are recharging their energy and wait until midnight to give it a try."
"That's it." Shi Sheng pondered for a moment and said, "Thank you, Brother Lu, for telling me." Lu Wange smiled and said, "No thanks, we are now companions, so naturally we have to share this information with each other." Shi Sheng said with a smile.
Sheng also smiled.
More and more people gathered on the river bank. After nightfall, there were still many people walking out of the forest in groups. When the moon was high in the sky, there were six or seven thousand people on the river bank. Lu Wange looked at the night.
He asked everyone to get up, stand by the river and wait, saying: "It will be midnight soon. As soon as the waves subside, everyone will enter the water!" The closer to midnight, the more nervous everyone became. Only Shi Sheng seemed very relaxed.
Shi Sheng thought to himself: "The monsters in the forest were rampant before, preventing us from crossing the border. If the waves of the river are flat, there is nothing to fear. Can this journey really be crossed by just swimming?" Before he could think clearly, he suddenly saw the river.
The countless waves in the river calmed down quickly. Within a few breaths, the turbulent river surface became as still as still water, and the sound of the waves almost stopped abruptly.
"Everyone, cross the river!" Lu Wange shouted. He jumped into the river first and swam hard to the other side. Qi Xin followed closely behind him. For a while, thousands of young people on the riverside jumped down one after another, like dumplings falling into the water, one after another, one after another.
The river water on the bank was stirred up like a boil.
When Long Shi saw Shi Sheng standing still, he couldn't help but cursed: "Boy, why are you so dumbfounded that you still don't get into the water? If you delay any longer, I'll see what you can do to cross the river as soon as the hour is over!"
Shi Sheng said: "Long Shi, don't you think it's strange?" Long Shi said: "Strange? What do you mean?" Shi Sheng said: "There must be monsters in the deep mountains and swamps. This river is so vast..." before he finished speaking.
, suddenly a scream was heard, like saw teeth splitting the sky, which was particularly harsh in the quiet night. A young man crossing the river was caught by a huge red tentacle, and was pulled into the river in the blink of an eye, disappearing.
"Sure enough, there is a monster!" Shi Sheng thought to himself. When thousands of young people crossing the river saw this, their faces turned pale and terrified. Although they knew they could cross the river at that time, they did not know that there was a monster in the river.
They scrambled for their lives and swam forward desperately. After a breath, the tentacles stretched out again, grabbed a young man and dragged him to the bottom of the river. The screams spread far away. The young men were frightened and prayed to God and Buddha in their hearts, praying that the monster would not find them.
Get on yourself.
Seeing the young people competing one after another disappearing forever with a scream, and innocent lives being strangled without any resistance, Shi Sheng's anger grew in his heart, and he couldn't help but said angrily: "What kind of Qingyun Conference is this? It's simply...
massacre!"
Long Shi sighed: "The road to cultivation is so cruel. Since they choose to participate in the Qingyun Conference, they must face the law of survival of the fittest."
Shi Sheng said loudly: "What kind of survival of the fittest is this? In the past, everyone could fight against the monsters in the forest according to their abilities. But in this river, it is like fish on an anvil. They can only be slaughtered by the monsters, life and death.
Depending on luck, what are the advantages and disadvantages?"
Long Shi said coldly: "You are good when you are alive, you are bad when you are dead." Shi Sheng said angrily: "Long Shi, why are you so unreasonable?"
"Am I being unreasonable?" Long Shi shouted: "You are unreasonable! What do you think this preliminary round tests? Talent? Wisdom? Bloodline? Fart! Not at all! The only thing tested in this preliminary round is luck!
"
Shi Sheng couldn't help but be startled, a test of luck? What kind of test is this? Long Shi said again: "Long before the Qingyun Conference, there was a 'Martial Arts Competition'. If you were talented, you would have been selected by the county guards. To put it bluntly,
The people who come to participate in the Qingyun Conference are not top-notch in talent and strength! Since they are not top-notch, it’s a damn test! There are tens of thousands of contestants, but only a hundred can pass. This is the inevitable result of choosing one person among hundreds of people to pass.
They are all lucky enough to survive a narrow escape. They must be very lucky. You must know that civilian cultivation has no blood, no resources, and no connections. Why should they continue on the extremely cruel road of cultivation in the future? Only luck! Who is lucky?
, whoever will encounter more opportunities will have a greater chance of becoming a strong player, this is the real rule of this preliminary competition!"
Only then did Shi Sheng know the true face of the Qingyun Conference, which was so cruel. His face was uncertain, and he said after a while: "Then...those monsters..." Long Shi breathed out and said: "You are right,
Those monsters are not wild, they are all artificially arranged."
Shi Sheng's face turned pale. People arranged monsters to kill people just to select lucky people! Just to select a hundred lucky people, tens of thousands of innocent people were killed! This is the preliminary round of Qingyun Conference.
The so-called rise to the top is simply walking on corpses, completely climbing up by stepping on other people's corpses, and among these corpses, there may even be brothers and sisters of the selected candidates!
Shi Sheng gritted his teeth and said: "Those high-ranking sects and the county guard camp, what do they think of us ordinary teenagers? They can slaughter them at will!"
"Think of it as what?" Long Shi snorted coldly and said: "Of course, treat it as cattle and sheep!" Shi Sheng looked at Long Shi angrily, and Long Shi said: "Don't glare at me, I'm telling the truth. Warriors practice,
Bloodline is very important. It is very difficult for ordinary young people to reach the living realm when they are fifteen or sixteen years old. However, those nobles with strong bloodline can reach the living realm within a few months of their birth. Both of them can
Comparable? Most of the resources in this world are in the hands of a very small number of people, and the value of civilians is just to provide a large amount of cheap labor and a small amount of mutant blood."
"There is a saying that wool comes from sheep. Sheep are raised for wool, cows are raised for milk, and chickens are raised for eggs. Common people are the cattle and sheep raised by nobles. Thirty percent of the tax revenue is wool, milk, and eggs. Common people are busy for a month.
After earning a few silver coins, after paying taxes, and buying firewood, rice, oil, salt, soy sauce, vinegar and tea, how much is left? After working hard to earn a few coins, there is not much left after deducting expenses. They are like cattle and horses, busy all their lives just to make a living.
, what is the meaning of survival?”
"The nobles are different. They are born with no worries about food and clothing. Their lives are colorful. The only thing they need to consider is the endless path of cultivation. Therefore, the nobles and the common people are completely different creatures. The nobles keep the common people in captivity.
It’s not scary to keep animals in captivity, but it’s scary to keep humans in captivity.”