Chapter Ninety-Two: Mountaineering
A few days later, the two arrived at Tianji Mountain, where the Tianji Pavilion was located, located on the southwestern border of Tianxuan Province.
Tianji Mountain is located in the middle of a group of mountains, so the area within a radius of nearly 100 miles or even wider is uninhabited. There are only a few warriors who come here and want to climb Tianji Mountain.
Qi Qi and his senior sister came to the foot of Tianji Mountain, looking at Tianji Mountain, which was directly in the sky and did not see its top, and couldn't help but sigh in their hearts.
Shangguan Deyin asked, "Senior brother, do you want to climb this Tianji Mountain?"
Qi Qi was also a newcomer, and he didn't know some things about this Tianji Mountain and Tianji Pavilion, so he asked, "Can you only climb up?"
Shangguan Deyin shook his head and said with a smile, "That's not it, those of us with status, Tianji Pavilion will send someone to lead us up the mountain, but if you want to climb, you can, it depends on whether you want to challenge it or not." Don't worry, if anything happens, Senior Sister will definitely protect you. ”
Qi Qi looked around, and could vaguely see that there were people who came to climb in every corner of Tianji Mountain, but they all carried special climbing equipment, but they were freehanded, so he said, "Senior sister, we didn't bring anything, can we climb?"
Shangguan Deyin said, "You can bring it with or without it, but you can climb with your bare hands, without the help of any equipment, you are a real warrior, isn't it?"
Qi Qi nodded, "Senior sister is right, then let's climb with bare hands!"
Shangguan Deyin said, "There is an unwritten rule in the rivers and lakes, no matter how far a person has cultivated, if he has never conquered this Tianji Mountain with his bare hands in this life, he is not a real powerhouse. Because the real strong must be a person with an extremely strong will, and Tianji Mountain is the best examiner. ”
Qi Qi smiled, "Is there such a thing? In that case, I want to try it more and more." ”
Shangguan Deyin said, "There is nothing special about this Tianji Mountain, the difficulty of climbing is only physical strength and will, and one piece is indispensable." Especially the will, if a person is strong, but because he has climbed to a high place, he cannot bear the fear brought by the abyss below, and it is very likely to be a failure. And if you fail, nine times out of ten, you will fall into the abyss and be crushed. ”
Qi Qi nodded.
Shangguan Deyin said again, "This Tianji Mountain is three hundred and thirty-three zhang high, and above the peak waist, there is a plant called Iron Needle Flower, which is a good mountaineering equipment, but I don't want you to use it, first, the cost is very high, you must penetrate both hands, and second, this is equivalent to using the instrument, so it is not considered a bare hand in the real sense." ”
Qi Qi nodded, "Well, I'll do it with my bare hands." ”
Shangguan Deyin said softly, "For you now, this is an extremely difficult challenge, I want you to do this today, although I hope you can do it in my heart, but I still want to test you, after all, most of the people who successfully challenge and climb with bare hands have reached a level that is much higher than yours, and your physical strength and true qi are far inferior to them, so it is more difficult to challenge." But don't worry, junior brother, no matter what happens halfway, senior sister will definitely protect you. ”
Qi Qi nodded and said with a smile, "Well, with your words, Senior Sister, I can challenge with confidence." ”
For a moment, Qi Qi, who was ready to go, stood at the foot of the mountain, looked up at the Tianji Mountain rising from the ground, and jumped up with a little luck.
This jump was relatively conservative, after all, he didn't know much about this Tianji Mountain, but even so, he still jumped out of the height of seven or eight zhang.
When some of the surrounding climbers saw it, they were shocked and laughed in their hearts, Tianji Mountain is not an ordinary mountain, if you climb like this, even if you don't lose your footing and fall to death, you will soon run out of physical strength, but after all, he dares to do this, at least his courage is commendable.
Seeing that the junior brother had started, Shangguan Deyin also jumped up, keeping a distance that did not affect him and followed him.
And the people around were shocked when they saw the woman in white jumping up lightly. I'm afraid that for her, climbing this Tianji Mountain is just a trivial matter, right? And looking at her face, it seems that she is also a rare woman, but it is a pity that there are too many clouds and mist in this mountain, and it is not true.
Jumping up, Qi Qi firmly grasped the steep place on the mountain wall, stabilized his body, and jumped up again with a little strength. Because it was on flat ground before, it was easier to exert force, but now it is in the middle of the mountain wall, so this jump is only four or five feet high, but compared to the people around who only dare to climb step by step, it is already very good.
But the so-called courage of the artist must be based on the premise of not making mistakes, if he jumps a few times beautifully, but finally stumbles and falls, then there is nothing to sigh about.
After all, everyone who comes to climb can do it, but the difficulty is not to make mistakes.
In just a few breaths, Qi Qi jumped several times, raising a distance of nearly forty zhang. At this time, those who were a little mocking in their hearts at the beginning saw that Qi Qi had not made a mistake, and they couldn't help but start paying attention to it.
"Senior brother, slow down," Shangguan Deyin, who followed beside his junior brother, said softly.
"Hmm," Qi Qi nodded and jumped out again. As the height increases, the structure of the mountain wall becomes more complex and strange. Qi Qi had to lower the height of the jump again and again, and later, each jump had been reduced to less than three zhang, but even so, it was already very fast.
In the blink of an eye, he came to a height of seventy zhang again, Tianji Mountain was a total of three hundred and thirty-three zhang high, and now he had conquered nearly a quarter. And those who mocked him at the beginning finally took it seriously at this moment.
Shangguan Deyin looked at the vigorous figure of his junior brother on the side, and he was very relieved in his heart.
Swish!
Yes!
Suddenly, a startling sound sounded, it was Qi Qi stepping on the air and falling towards the mountain.
Seeing this, Shangguan Deyin was horrified, swept up from the mountain wall, and was about to pick it up.
The people around him were also slightly stunned, and then showed a sneering look. What... I thought it was a master, but it turned out to be nothing more than that.
At a height of seventy zhang, even if Qi Qi's cultivation is not low, if he falls like this, he will be seriously injured, and it is very likely that he will be branded with a stubborn disease.
Fortunately, Shangguan Deyin's eyes were quick, and he jumped out almost the moment his junior brother stumbled, and he was about to come to him in the blink of an eye.
But at this moment, Qi Qi, who was rubbing the mountain wall and sliding down rapidly, gave his senior sister a look, signaling, "Senior sister, it's okay, I can", and then his hands and feet suddenly exerted force, clinging to the mountain wall, rubbing the continuous sound of "Zizi", and forcibly stabilized the rapidly sliding figure.
And now, he is back in the position of thirty-five zhang, nearly half of the highest point.
But at least, the end of the failure was rewritten by him.
Seeing this, Shangguan Deyin also smiled slightly, "Senior brother, it's awesome!"
And the climbers around were dumbfounded, what's the joke? This, that's okay?
Qi Qi also smiled back at her senior sister, but she was bitter in her heart. The failure was indeed rewritten by him, but the feet in the shoes were fine, and the hands that were not wrapped in anything were already broken and bleeding because of the vigorous friction against the mountain wall, and the pain was hot. Normally, this is just a minor injury, and it will take a day or two to recover. But now because he has to climb the mountain, this injury has undoubtedly brought him a lot of obstacles, especially when the flesh and blood come into contact with those craggy and grotesque gravel, which is even more painful.
He endured the pain, so that his joy and anger were invisible, and at the same time, he tried his best to cover his injured hands with his body to avoid being discovered by his senior sister and making her worried.
It's a pity who Shangguan Deyin is? Even if he just smells the air, he can easily catch the faint smell of blood in the air, and after a cursory look, he will find the situation on his junior brother. She just wanted to say something, but she also caught everything that her junior brother did to cover up the injury, and after thinking about it for a while, although she was distressed and moved in her heart, she still decided to let him continue.
With a little luck, Qi Qi jumped up again, although he almost failed because of the mistake of jumping and suffered a loss, but now he still did not give up climbing the mountain in this way. It is precisely because he suffered a loss that he is now more cautious, and he only jumps two feet away at most each time, and his stability has been greatly improved.
In this way, Qi Qi continued to rise steadily. Because of his sufficient physical strength and caution, although his speed was a little slower, after a while, he still came to a height of 100 zhang.
But at this time, Qi Qi discovered a new problem. Because the distance of the climb was too far, the flesh and blood of the hands that had been worn out were now more open, and the blood flowed more fiercely. And because of the physical exertion, he needs to use more force to stabilize his body on the mountain wall, so that the pressure on his hands is greater, and the blood flows more fiercely.
Stopping on the mountain wall, the wind like a ghost crying wolf came from the deep valley, and the clouds and mist scattered above and below the abyss obscured the vision, and the sky was slightly overcast. He unconsciously glanced down, and suddenly the pitch-black abyss was like a big beast opening its bloody mouth to him, making him lose his mind and almost fall again.
He shook his head, suppressed the rush in his heart, gritted his teeth, and continued to climb.
As the altitude increased, the air gradually thinned and the temperature became lower and lower, and the distance Qi Qi jumped up was reduced to one zhang.
Shangguan Deyin, who had been following beside her, also showed a little relief when she saw this, she saw the discomfort on her brother's body, and thought that her brother was going to give up, after all, his hand must be very painful, but she didn't expect...
continued to climb and came to a height of two hundred zhang, at this time, Qi Qi's face was already a little pale, and his body trembled a little, as if it only took a gust of wind to take him away and roll him down the abyss.
Shangguan Deyin, who was not far from him, said softly, "Senior brother, how about it?" or..."
Qi Qi said, "I can continue, it's okay, senior sister, if anything happens, you will protect me, won't you?"
After speaking, he grinned at his senior sister.
Shangguan Deyin was stunned for a moment, then also smiled, nodded, and said, "Well, Senior Sister will protect you!"
"With your words, I'm relieved!" the words fell, and continued to climb.
At the current location, you can already see the kind of iron needle flower that Senior Sister said, and there are few people around, after all, there are only a few people who can reach this height.
Gradually, two hundred and forty zhang, two hundred and seventy zhang, two hundred and ninety zhang, three hundred zhang...
At the moment, it is only thirty-three zhang away, and when you look up, you can vaguely see the situation of the peak.
Seeing that the junior brother was able to come to this height when the cultivation was far behind her, the relief in Shangguan Deyin's eyes was even stronger, but seeing the junior brother's body that couldn't stop trembling when it was blown by a gust of mountain wind, she felt a little worried in her heart, it should be, it will still fail...
At this moment, Qi Qi felt that his body was filled with lead, and every movement was extremely difficult, but it was not far from conquering this Tianji Mountain, he had no reason to give up, gritted his teeth, used the last strength left in his body, and continued to climb.
He jumped to his feet, and now he only dared to jump half a foot.
The next moment.
Poof!
Yes!
It turned out that his physical exertion was too great, and he could no longer accurately control the direction in which his body fell, so one hand was pierced by an iron needle flower on the mountain wall, and blood suddenly splashed his face.
Immediately after that, under the severe pain, the strength of his body was drained all of a sudden, and then the previous scene happened again, the whole person rubbed against the mountain wall and slid wildly, rubbing the sound of "zilala".
"Senior brother!" exclaimed, Shangguan Deyin flew out, wanting to save his junior brother.
However, just like before, when she was about to arrive, Qi Qi gave her a look and motioned for her to stop.
But this time Shangguan Deyin said that he didn't want to listen to him anymore, and Qi Qi gritted his teeth and could only stare at him with one look, Shangguan Deyin was slightly stunned, and then sighed in his heart and stopped.
And after a long period of friction and sliding, Qi Qi also stabilized his body again, and the back of the hand that was pierced by the iron needle, the blood had been left in the arm, and it seeped into the body along the clothes, his face was extremely pale, and the height of his position also fell from three hundred zhang to two hundred and sixty zhang.
He was already short of physical strength, and it seemed even more impossible for him to accomplish this great cause.
He didn't dare to jump anymore, and tried to climb twice, but failed because his arm trembled violently.
At this time, Shangguan Deyin, who was near him, said softly, "Senior brother, forget it, let's give up." ”
Qi Qi didn't answer her immediately, and after taking a few deep breaths, he looked at Senior Sister and said, "Senior Sister, believe me, I can do it." ”
Looking at the firm eyes of his junior brother, a soft place in Shangguan Deyin's heart was poked, tears oozed slightly from the corners of his eyes, and he bit his lip and whispered, "Senior brother..."
In the next moment, a terrifying scorching temperature suddenly rose around Qi Qi's body.
Seeing this, Shangguan Deyin was slightly stunned, "That's...?!"
Yes, at this moment, Qi Qi finally released the Xuanyang Fierce Qi that had been pressed at the bottom of the box for a long time, and the scorching and majestic True Qi filled his body, making him feel as if he was reborn, and his limbs and bones were full of strength again. With a "drink", he jumped high again, raising the distance by four or five feet. Although it was not a problem for him to be in his hands now, he did not do it because he might make another mistake.
Solving the only problem, Qi Qi relied on the surging of Xuanyang's fierce energy, and finally reduced the remaining distance step by step, and finally, came to the top of Tianji Mountain!
Looking at the lush and beautiful scenery on the top of the mountain, which is completely different from the bottom of the mountain, the corner of Qi Qi's mouth curled up with a smile, it is not a loss after all.
And the physical strength and true qi were also consumed to the extreme at this moment, and the whole person fainted.