Chapter 20: The Test of the Mountain (I)
The next day, Jinhuang woke up to a series of rooster crows. Looking at the unbright sky, she stood up and moved her stiff legs, feeling a slight dryness in her throat, and then put her hand on her forehead, and coldly hooked the corners of her mouth when she felt the unusual temperature as she wished. Then, a trace of firmness slipped under his eyes, and he raised his feet and moved in the direction of the mountain gate of Canglang Mountain.
Canglang Village is still a long way from the mountain gate.
Along the way, Jinhuang met a lot of people, most of them were adults with their children, and there were also those who were alone like her, but very few. By the time we arrived at the mountain gate, there were already many people waiting outside the gate. She swept her eyes around, but she didn't see Lu Heng and Jiang Xinyue, thinking that they hadn't come over yet.
Not long after, five Canglang Sect disciples wearing the same robes as Su Fang flew down from the mountain and stopped at the gate of the mountain.
Everyone saluted the five of them, and after a brief greeting between the five of them, they explained the rules of this apprenticeship. The Canglang disciple at the head pointed to the only white brick road behind him that led to the top of the mountain, saying that as long as they could successfully reach the top of the mountain, they could worship the Canglang sect.
This white brick and stone road leading to the Canglang Sect will only be revealed when the disciples are accepted once every five years, and the rest of the time it is hidden in the Canglang Sect's mountain protection formation enchantment.
Everyone was eager to try, and after the Canglang disciples announced the start of the test, they rushed to the mountain gate one after another, as if they were afraid that they would be left behind if they reacted slowly.
After most of the people rushed up, Jinhuang and others rushed up, and then began to climb unhurriedly.
The stone steps are spacious, and there are about five or six people walking side by side. Surrounded by trees and jungles, the green leaves are drenched with dew, and the air is exceptionally fresh. She has been climbing at an unhurried pace, and those who climbed the mountain before her had already rushed to the front and disappeared, and the one who climbed the mountain later looked unwilling to lag behind, glanced at her and quickly rushed ahead of her.
Jinhuang didn't care, still the same way. She has already walked this road up the mountain to apprentice twice, and the content to be tested by the group of old men on the mountain is also familiar with it.
Climbing this path to heaven is the first level. There was an enchantment on the road to heaven, and they couldn't climb to the top of the mountain even if they died. Of course, it was impossible for the old men of the Canglang faction to want them to die, but it was just to test everyone's perseverance. The road to cultivating immortals is long, and perseverance and perseverance are necessary conditions. If you don't have either of these, it's better to give up as soon as possible.
Jinhuang's demeanor was calm, if it weren't for her pale face and the drops of sweat sliding down her forehead, it would have made people think that she was strolling in the countryside. Slowly, she began to see the children who had rushed ahead of her stop on the stone steps to catch their breath, one and two. In their faces, she saw a gradual retreat and despair. At the top, there is no end in sight on the stone steps, and looking back, the road has long been covered by a dense fog that fills the clouds, just like this road of cultivating immortals, you can't see the end or the end.
Unlike them, Jinhuang's face was firm throughout. This firmness was reflected in the void mirror in front of the firmament hall of the Tianqiao Peak of the Canglang Sect, and even fell in the eyes of the heads of each peak. The elders seemed to be careless, but in fact, they were always paying attention to the situation in the void mirror, and all the things on this heavenly path did not escape their eyes in the slightest.
In the virtual mirror, Jinhuang wiped the sweat stains on his forehead, raised his feet and wanted to climb up again, but he didn't want a burst of dizziness to hit. Her small body shook, and she fell directly on the steps, and her tender white hands were instantly ground out of blood beads. However, it was this pain that made her regain her clarity. She touched her forehead with her hand, the temperature was higher than when she went up the mountain, obviously the high fever was worse.
She slept at the entrance of the village last night, on the one hand, to make a show for Lu Heng, and on the other hand, to let herself suffer from the cold. Going up the mountain with illness, doesn't it make her more strong-willed! Of course, the more important thing is to add another stroke of color to the hearts of Fu Li and Lu Heng!
She breathed slowly and watched in the direction she had come, and after a while, there was a sound of footsteps coming from below, and the corners of her clothes loomed in the thick fog. Jinhuang's heart moved, here!
She didn't show her face, pretended not to know, rested for a while, and then turned and continued up the mountain. She didn't step a few steps before she heard someone behind her shouting to her: "Xiaojin?"
Jinhuang turned around suspiciously, and when she saw Jiang Xinyue, her face was overjoyed, and she shouted excitedly: "Sister Yue!" When her eyes slipped and touched Lu Heng next to her, her face immediately froze, and she glanced at him coldly and stopped looking at him, looking like she was still angry with him. This made Lu Heng, who originally saw her happy, stiffen his face, and he seemed to be angry.
Early this morning, he woke up in a daze, and the first thing he did was to open the window and look at the archway at the entrance of the village. He hoped that Jinhuang had left or been picked up by Su Fang, but when he saw that Jinhuang's back was really gone, he panicked again. hurriedly put on his clothes, and rushed out of the inn without even having time for breakfast.
He walked around the village and found no trace of Jinhuang, so he could only set off with Jiang Xinyue and the two towards the gate of the mountain with guilt and anxiety.
He was also worried that Jinhuang really listened to what he said yesterday and came to participate in this test, so along the way, he always paid special attention to whether the people around him were Jinhuang.
He was nervous all morning, and when he really saw her, and saw that she was safe and sound, his hanging heart was also put down, and he didn't have to feel guilty anymore.
He was excited and excited, and it turned out that people didn't want to see him at all. Except for the first glance, he has always been close to Jiang Xinyue and the two of them, and he didn't give him a glance again.
He was angry and angry, thinking that he had not slept well all night because of guilt, and suddenly turned his head away in anger and sulked to himself. But it didn't take long for me to turn my head and look at her secretly, and after a glance, I quickly turned my head away, and so on.
Although Jinhuang was talking to Jiang Xinyue, the corner of his eye had been observing Lu Heng, so all the changes in the expression on his face were taken into her eyes. That contradictory and awkward look is really funny.
The sweet smile on Jinhuang's face deepened. Lu Heng, I'll go to Tianqiao Peak later, there is still a good show waiting for her, don't let her down!
The three of them walked up for a while, and suddenly saw a lot of people standing in front of them, all of whom were children who had climbed up before them. The three of them walked up, only to find that the stone steps had disappeared and had become a cliff.
The cliff is very steep, and there is not a single grass on it. Looking down from above, you can only see the tumbling waves, and you can't see anything below the clouds.
On the opposite side, looming through the clouds and mist, there is also a cliff, and the scenery is the same as here. There is a distance of dozens of zhang between the two cliffs, and there is no rope bridge, rope or anything like that in between, so there is no way to pass through it.