Sweat dripped down the stone steps, evaporating with the sunlight, the sound of heavy breathing ringed in my ears, and everything in front of me became blurred. Cang Ao's feet staggered, and his body fell, but fortunately, a pair of hands held him in time so that he would not fall to the ground.

"It's okay. Lin Xi gave the water bag to Cang Ao, and the cool water ran through his throat to quench his thirst.

"Give up, there are still more than 20,000 steps, and he will definitely not be able to climb up. Bing Qili held his chin and said casually.

This ladder to ascend the immortal ladder was originally only accessible to those who had cultivated to the seventh order of qi cultivation, and Cang Ao was the fifth order of qi training, which was still a little more difficult for him.

Lin Xi put Cang Ao's hand on his shoulder, ready to help him go up with him, but was stopped by Bing Qili.

"I advise you not to do this, and think about the purpose of this assessment. Bing Qili looked at the top of the mountain and said lightly.

If Cangao gives up here, he will practice for another year with Cangao's talent, and he will definitely be able to pass the assessment next year.

But...

"Sister Fairy, you don't have to help me, I will definitely be able to climb to the top of the mountain. Cang Ao smiled palely. Joke, if you can't enter Haoyang this year, you won't have a chance, just go back like this, he will definitely be strictly guarded by his father, and it will be difficult to come out again, he must enter the Haoyang faction with his fairy sister.

Looking at Cang Ao's determined eyes, Lin Xi understood his determination, and handed over Wuji to him as a kidnapper, so that it was not a violation.

"Let's move on. ”

Haoyang faction, a group of immortals in the main hall are observing this year's new students through the Xuanjing, if it was in previous years, these first few levels are not worth their attention at all, but this year it is a whim, they heard that this year, there are two new students who have built a foundation before they have joined the sect, and there is even an eight-year-old genius who has completed his qi training.

"It's also Zhuji, I like that this little girl in blue has a good talent and temperament. The beauty with a red lotus in the center of her green-clothed eyebrows fell on Bing Qili with her appreciative gaze: "She is suitable for our Biluo Peak." ”

"Hmph, I can't say that, this little girl is lively by nature, and she won't choose where you rigid old women live. The red-clothed beauty, who was separated from the red-and-green beauty by a few immortals, said disdainfully. Although this Biluofeng is full of female cultivators like them Chiluan, there are many rules in Biluofeng, prohibiting disciples from having more contact with men, even if they are men in their own sect, they are required to have no desires and no desires, and devote themselves to cultivation. Chiluan is different, Chiluan basically has no rules, most of the disciples in it dare to love and hate, and at the same time, their temper is a little hot.

"What's wrong with doing things according to the rules, is it like you, causing trouble all day long, and embarrassing the sect?"

"Alas, Wu Yun, you make it clear to the old lady, who is causing trouble! ”

"Huh. ”

"What are you laughing at!

"Are you younger than me, a man who is 1,300 years old!"

"You... Old woman!"

"Man's wife!"

Since the establishment of the faction, the elders of these two peaks have been at odds, and it has continued until now, and the other people present have shut up and not to get involved in the dispute between the two, quarrel and quarrel, as long as they don't fight, now that the head is here, they won't make too much trouble.

"Master, you have a favorite disciple. The ink-clothed man standing beside the head asked.

The head of the Haoyang faction gently twisted his chest-length beard, and tapped the eight-year-old boy with his fingertips: "This son has very good qualifications. "To be able to have such cultivation at a young age is really a genius, if he is well educated, he Haoyang will be able to produce another strong person.

"It seems that the head of the family wants to accept his lover again. "The little girl in pink is the most immortal among all of them, everyone else sits on the chair, but she is lying on the clouds with magic, holding a rabbit in her hand.

"No, no, you have a Lei Linggen disciple, and you have to accept it again!" The honest fat man was so surprised that he didn't eat the melon in his hand: "I still want to accept a good apprentice to play with me." He muttered.

"Brother, don't mess around, are talents for play?" scolded, the man in Tsing Yi, who was sitting beside him.

was scolded by the young man like this, and the fat man immediately shut up and stopped joking. To say that these two brothers are really half alike, this brother Yushu has a spiritual style, with good facial features, although he has a straight face because he is too serious, but he is even more charming, on the other hand, his brother's round body is full of honesty.

"Gu Yan, it's okay, don't be so serious, although I have the heart to cultivate talents, but after all, I am the head of the sect, and there are too many disciples to deal with the things of this sect. "Although the head of the sect has always liked to teach disciples, but after all, he has a profession, and now he has the least number of disciples, and in the three thousand years of cultivating immortals, there are only five apprentices.

"Qin Mu, if this son passes the test, I will leave it to you to teach you. ”

Although this genius can't be accepted, it is obvious that the head of the family does not have the idea of handing over this child to an unreliable fat man. He said to the iceberg man, who had not spoken.

The iceberg man clasped his hands: "No." ”

"Compared to him, I value this young man who is still persevering even though he has only only cultivated the fifth order of qi. "The iceberg man is considered to be the most powerful of all the elders, but he is really eccentric, he doesn't look at his talent, he only looks at his eyes, and there is even an apprentice of Sanlinggen under him, but that apprentice is now also in the late stage of Jindan. I have to say, the disciple brother, he has a very good set, so the head of the family wants to hand over the boy to him, but people don't look down on him at all.

The boss shook his head. Forget that the twisted melon is not sweet, it really can't work, so let Gu Yan teach.

As the boy who had been practicing Qi at the age of eight was the first to reach the top, others followed suit. Including Lin Xi. However, this Bing Qili was also cultivated in the foundation building period, but there were no elders who took a fancy to him, perhaps from the outside, they all felt that Lin Xi was too cowardly, this temperament was not suitable for cultivating immortals at all, everything in the avenue of cultivating immortals depended on fighting, how could this go straight to the avenue without fighting or grabbing.

Lin Xi stared at Cang Ao who still had more than a thousand steps to reach the top, his cheeks were flushed at this time, his hands were holding the sword tightly, every time he raised his feet, he was shaking, his shaking body would fall down at any time, he almost pressed the weight of the whole person on the sword, if this was just an ordinary sword, I was afraid that the sword would be crushed by him. He had already walked numbly, the sweat dripped all the way, forming a path, breathing heavily, but also intermittently, at this time he had a fishy sweetness in his throat, and he continued to climb with all his strength. Finally, he couldn't hold on any longer, he fell heavily to the ground and rolled down a few steps, he raised his head, and in his blurred vision, the majestic mountain gate was in front of him, within reach, and he really didn't have the strength to climb up.

It's just a little bit, it's almost a little bit, it's almost a climb up. But now he didn't even have the strength to lift a finger. I just want to fall asleep like this.

Until a wind blows from the mountains.

While blowing away some sticky sweat, it also made his vision clearer, and he finally saw those eyes full of worry.

"Immortals... Sister. He muttered softly in a hoarse voice.

The boy remembered the first time they met, he was also so embarrassed, in despair the hands stretched out to him, he clung to the light, the first time he saw such a beautiful person under the sun, as if the eyes that could be filled with stars were full of worry about him, not because of his identity, but because of his person.

After that, the fairy sister healed him, brought him to the Haoyang faction, accompanied him across the mountains and rivers, and indulged his willfulness, he never smiled as happily as he did during that time, and he was really, very happy.

He gripped his sword again.

He can't fall here, if he gives up like this, the distance between himself and the fairy sister will be farther and farther away.

The sword plunged deep into the ground, he gritted his teeth, struggled to get up, fell, got up again, fell again, repeated several times, fell so that his knees were broken, and blood was dripping, the child who was afraid of pain and suffering finally stood up, and he showed a weak smile towards the top of the mountain, and walked forward.

One step at a time.

998，997，996，995...

899，898，897，896...

799，798，797，796...

When he entered the last thousand steps, he began to count down in his mind.

99，98，97，96...

The last hundred, he is already the last assessor who is still insisting, he has already reached the top if he can reach the top, and he has already given up if he wants to give up. His eyelids were heavy, his eyes were already black, and there was even a voice in his heart that kept telling him, give up, why bother, he is a little prince, why bother to make himself like this.

Being persuaded like this, he also leaned forward slightly, as if he was about to pass out.

"Pride. ”

Someone was calling his name, and he looked up, a familiar hand reaching out to him.

10，9，8，7，6...

5，4，3，2...

"Sister Fairy..."

He finally shook that hand again, pulled out a smile with difficulty, and then fell into Lin Xi's arms.

"I didn't expect this kid to really climb up. Bing Qili was a little surprised, she thought that Cang Ao would be defeated at the Eight Thousand Steps, but she didn't expect him to climb up by his own will.

Lin Xi caressed the arrogance in his arms: "He works hard. ”

Although he quietly controlled the wind in the middle section, lowered the heat for him, and helped him, it really depended on his own will to climb up.

With Cangao being the last to climb to the top of the mountain, the first trial was over, and there were originally 10,000 examiners, but now there are less than 1,000 people left. Each level brushes off most of the people.

Qing Su and Wangrui appeared in front of everyone again, gave everyone a piece of jade slip, and told everyone to rest in place for an hour.

An hour is enough for Lin Xi to heal Cangao's injuries.

When Cang Ao woke up, he found himself pillowed on Lin Xi's legs, this somewhat arrogant and innocent big boy suddenly blushed, and Bing Qili saw through everything and sighed on the side.

"Do you feel okay, Cangao, is there anything else uncomfortable?" Lin Xi asked as he put his hand on Cangao's forehead.

"No, no..."Cang Ao stammered, a pair of small eyes couldn't stop glancing at Lin Xi.

This Bing Qili didn't know if it was intentional, he hugged Lin Xi's arm tightly in his arms, and called Lin Xi one by one, saying that he was uncomfortable. A cultivator in the foundation building period in this ice seven miles will climb a ladder to climb the immortal ladder and get injured, Lin Xi doesn't believe it, but her kind personality can't collapse, she can only see for her, the two are intimate, but they are jealous and arrogant, obviously he came first, and even a woman's vinegar has to be eaten, and this arrogance is also hopeless.

"We don't know you well, don't bother Sister Fairy!" Cang Ao stepped forward, separated the two with his body, and put his hands on his hips, sticking out his tongue towards Bing Qili.

This child is a child, and he was released by Bing Qili Xiaoqing, and immediately obediently hid behind Lin Xi, which made Lin Xi cry and laugh.

At this moment, an hour had arrived, and Su Qing and Wangrui appeared again.

"Congratulations, you passed the first test. ”

"Now let's move on to the second level. ”

"The second level is very simple, pass through the archway in front of you and reach the forest in front of you. ”

Everyone suddenly felt bored, how could the assessment of the Haoyang faction be so simple, and some people seemed to have entered Haoyang, showing a winning smile. But he didn't notice that Su Qing showed a gloating smile, when he passed this level, he almost failed to pass, and this level could brush off almost half of the people.

"Sister Fairy, just in case there is any trap, I'll go ahead, you follow me. ”

Obviously, his cultivation was not as good as Lin Xi, but Cang Ao said like a little adult, and walked firmly in front of Lin Xi, and Bing Qili also walked behind Cang Ao with a smile.

"Then you have to protect us. She said deliberately.

Cang Ao snorted coldly, he only needs to protect the fairy sister, it is enough, who cares about you.

Cang Ao followed the people in front of him to enter.

As soon as they entered, everyone was stunned, and the mountain peak, which was still beautiful just now, suddenly changed.

"Gross..."

Those with poor psychological tolerance have already knelt directly on the ground and spit acid water.