The chain shook, but my hand was still not thrown away. "Cut." Someone above me made a disdainful sound. Then, some liquid flowed out of the lantern and flowed down the chain, and then I took my hand off.

Come down.

Could it be that I was despised by this broken lantern just now?

Chi You ignored me, who was frozen like a dog, and walked straight inside. There was a vast expanse of white everywhere, and there seemed to be a snow-covered building in front of me.

I walked through the snow with difficulty, and there was snow up to my knees under my feet. On the other hand, Chi You seemed to have no feet touching the ground, as if he were walking on flat ground.

As I got closer, I realized that this was a small courtyard. I didn't expect that Chi You seemed to have some family business in various places.

He pushed the door open and I followed him. Strangely, the courtyard was very clean, with no snow at all, as if someone had cleaned it.

He led me through the yard and walked inside. There were several houses on both sides. I didn't know what they were used for. When I walked to the end, there was a building with a round roof, like a temple. It was bigger than the previous houses.

It was bigger. I walked up the steps and entered.

It is very empty inside, and the temperature is not as cold as outside. There are many strange-shaped wooden piles around the room.

"You, you, you... brought me here... to do what..." I asked him incoherently, still shivering from the cold.

"This is the trial ground, where you will stay next."

"Another... another trial??" Although the building was slightly warmer, his tongue was still tied, "Didn't your hand already come back?"

"Why are you asking so many questions?" Chi You raised his voice and said in a different tone, "If you want to survive, you have to listen to me."

I remembered Chi You's face when I first took his arm back, and now it has a different expression, and I feel deep contempt in my heart.

He found a corner away from the wind and snow and squatted down. He rubbed his limbs with his hands to keep warm and asked, "You tortured me for so long last time. What are you going to train this time?"

"The first is the breathing method, and the second is your physical training. Given your current physical condition," he looked me up and down. He didn't say the following words, but I understood.

I pinched the material of this gray cloth robe. It was like linen and had no insulation at all. Isn’t it right to wear a down jacket in this weather?

Chi You didn't want to pay attention to my current situation. He jumped up and climbed onto the highest wooden stake. He turned to me and said, "You come up too."

The wooden piles around it are scattered irregularly and have different heights.

I walked tremblingly to the wooden pile, briefly moved my limbs so that they would not be too stiff, and then jumped onto a very short wooden pile.

Chi You frowned and didn't want to say anything. He just said, "Feel well."

It is not difficult for me to stand on this single log and keep my balance. But here it seems to be on top of a mountain. The temperature is extremely low and the wind is biting. It is difficult to even walk with a normal posture. I am standing on the wooden pile.

He huddled up in a ball, his body swaying involuntarily from side to side, but his eyes were fixed on Chi You.

What tricks is this little old man going to play again?

Chi You was seen standing with his hands behind his back, his eyes slightly closed, and his body motionless, as if he had become one with the wooden stake.

No, he seemed to be integrated with the surrounding environment. The cold wind outside the door didn't even blow up the corners of his clothes.

Some starlight appeared in the house and slowly converged on Chi You. The temperature in the house seemed to be a little colder.

I can't go on like this. I might freeze to death here. Even if I don't freeze to death, if I get frostbite, given the medical conditions here, I'll be doomed if I become disabled.

So I stood up forcibly, endured the erosion of the biting cold air, and began to meditate.

“If you don’t listen with your ears, listen with your heart. If you don’t listen with your heart, listen with your breath.”

Chi You's words reached my ears.

I calmed down my rapid breathing, abandoned the distracting thoughts in my mind, and my mind went blank. I began to feel the things around me with my heart, and became a part of them.

"Listening stops at the ears, and the heart stops at the talismans. Qi means being empty and waiting for things."

As I meditated, the sounds in my ears became quieter, and a glimmer of light appeared in my closed eyes. Then the light dispersed, and I clearly looked at the things around me, including the wooden piles, Chi You, the house, and even the outside of the house.

Thick snow.

Chi You's body was filled with bright light, but when he looked directly at it, it was not dazzling. Instead, the light revealed a softness.

There were also some bits of light on my body that were absorbed by Chi You. I knew clearly that these were the energy in my body, and if the energy was absorbed completely, I might no longer exist.

I have to do something!!

Those who are angry are those who are empty and waiting for things.

I began to calm down, my energy sank into my Dantian, and my whole body became blocked. Chi You's energy absorption speed immediately slowed down.

"I didn't expect you to have some talent for this. Let's see how long you can resist."

Chi You no longer absorbs the energy around him, and instead concentrates all the energy on me.

The defense just now collapsed immediately, and the energy in his body merged into a stream and rushed towards Chi You, integrating into him.

Since I can't stop him, I just let him suck it.

I turned to sense the energy around me, and concentrated on absorbing it. Bits of starlight-like energy began to gather on me, entering my body, replenishing my physical and mental strength, but in an instant

Was snatched away by Chi You.

More energy must be absorbed!

I released my mental power outside the entire building. There was heavy snow outside, and some energy also entered my body.

Chi You's absorption power is so powerful that my body is already a little weak. The speed of absorbing energy has slowed down, but the speed of losing it has become faster. I can't make ends meet and can't sustain it for a long time.

Chi You seemed to realize that I was no longer able to resist, so he stopped, snorted coldly, and returned all the energy he had absorbed to me.

I just recovered from meditation and was knocked to the ground by a torrent of energy.

Chi You seemed to realize that I was no longer able to resist, so he stopped, snorted coldly, and returned all the energy he had absorbed to me.

I just recovered from meditation and was knocked to the ground by a torrent of energy.

My limbs were frozen stiff, and I was curled up into a ball and already numb.

The originally weak body received this energy, and the warm current began to spread from the chest and abdomen to the surroundings. Everywhere it reached, the body warmed slightly from the inside out to resist the severe cold, reaching up to the Tianling Cap and down to the soles of the feet. Now it is not afraid of the severe cold at all.

, even if the current temperature has become lower due to the energy absorption just now.

"I underestimated you. I didn't expect you to be able to catch a glimpse of the method of breathing and exhalation so quickly." Chi You gave a rare compliment, "In this case, the next thing will be much easier to handle."

I was intoxicated by the praise from Chi You and deeply agreed with it, but when I heard it later, my scalp started to feel numb again. I had just learned to absorb energy, and before I was proficient, I started the next thing?! Chi You stood on the wooden stake.

, the robe on his body moved without any wind.

"The dagger you use is very good, but you haven't found the best way to use it."

My limbs gradually regained consciousness. I stood up and took out the dagger and looked at it carefully. This was what Wen Na left for me. I always carried it close to me. Unknowingly, this dagger has been with me in many bloody battles.

The once green blade was now soaked in blood and gleaming with cold light.

"The weapon does not depend on its size, but on its handle, and on whether it can become one with you." Before Chi You could finish his words, he tapped the stake lightly under his feet and jumped into the air. I raised my head stiffly, not knowing why.

He stayed in the air for about three seconds. Next, large and small gravels rained down from my head. The gravel hit my head and I was covered in bags. I hid my head everywhere to avoid it. However, these stones seemed to have GPS installed on them.

Just like navigation, I can find my location accurately no matter where I hide.

"Too slow!" Chi You's voice rang in the air.

Holding a curse word in my chest, I held my head and ran faster.

It would be really embarrassing if Little White Hair saw me like this... But it should be funny...

There seemed to be a dark cloud above me that was raining stones. I was running in the trial field with my teeth bared, and stones were raining behind me.

If only she were here.

I didn't have time to think about it for a few more seconds, and the rain of stones became even worse.

"Don't be distracted!" Chi You shouted.

I had no choice but to speed up and keep running.

One lap...two laps...ten laps...

I don’t know how many laps I ran, but I felt that my lungs were burning badly. I must have reached the limit of my endurance. There was still no chill at all. The robe wrapped around me was already wet with sweat. My hair was already dripping with water.

.

The rain of stones above my head seemed to have stopped. I bent over and gasped for breath, and simply lay down on the ground of the trial ground.

"It's still not fast enough." Chi You stood on the wooden stake again, wondering what strange habit he had.

"I can't do it anymore, you have to let me rest..."

"I don't have that much time to wait for you. I advise you to calm down and use your breath to adjust yourself. Don't waste time."

This old man really can stand and talk without pain in his back. He is not the one who is running along with him!

"I'll do it dozens of times to make it more difficult."

As he spoke, Chi You began to count "ten"

"Nine"

"I don't care, even if you finish counting, I won't be able to get up..." I just lay down on the floor and do whatever I want!

"five"

"Four"
To be continued...