Abu took Amai's little hand, followed behind Li Rui, and poured into the open space in front of the mountain with the flow of people. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

The mountain in front of the clearing is called Chuanyun Mountain.

As the name suggests, it is very high. Standing at the foot of the mountain and looking up from the bottom up, you can see the top of the mountain in the clouds, and you can't see the whole picture.

But it also has another name - Step 9.

The people of the Demon Palace prefer to call it this name, because this is actually a place of trial in the Demon Palace.

Every Demon Palace disciple, starting from the fifth layer of Qi Condensation, has to undergo the trial of the ninth order.

The fifth layer of condensation ascended to the ninth and ninth steps, promoted to a silver disciple, and obtained the apprenticeship qualification.

The seventh layer of condensation ascends to the ninety-nine and ninety-nine steps, and is promoted to deacon.

The ninth layer of condensation ascended to the 3999th level and ascended to the elder.

If you can't climb the corresponding ninth order, you will never be able to ascend.

Today, Abu and the others came to see Ah Fei ascending the ninth step.

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In Abu's opinion, the mountain in front of him was unremarkable.

In terms of height, it is not as high as the north of the Demon Palace, the snow peak of the Great Snow Mountain; If you talk about steepness, you don't talk about it - just imagine, what is the steepness of a mountain that can be reached by a stone staircase?

If there is anything special about it, it is probably only the stone steps that go up the mountain and the rock wall where no grass grows.

It is said that there are 9,999 stone steps that look very smooth around the mountain. These stone steps look neatly aligned, like gods with great power, effortlessly, cut directly from the entire mountain like cutting tofu, and each piece looks like an ordinary one. And those rock walls, I don't know if they have been attached to divine power, for hundreds of years, there has never been a trace of green on them, taking root and sprouting on them.

Tiepai disciple, the trial of Ning Wu, is to ascend the ninety-ninth step of this mountain.

It's too easy, isn't it?

This was Abu's first feeling.

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Ah Fei stood in front of the mountain, looked up at the whole mountain, his eyes moved down, and his eyes were fixed on a stone step not too far from the foot of the mountain where he was, dozens of feet high. The outside of the stone steps is marked in red, and the word "ninety-nine" is inscribed, which is the ninety-ninth step of the ninth step. He is going to ascend to that place today and gain his own glory.

Ah Fei took a deep breath, withdrew his gaze, walked to the stone steps, and bowed.

The lines beside the stone steps swayed a little. Only then did Abu realize that there was an old man sitting there with his eyes closed. The old man described it as withered, dressed in antique brown clothes, and his breath seemed to be nothing, as if he had become one with the whole mountain. If it weren't for Ah Fei's worship, Ab wouldn't have found out that there was still someone there.

Ah Fei respectfully took something from the old man's hand, and the old man's lips moved as if he had said something to Ah Fei. Ah Fei nodded slightly, gave another salute, and turned to stand in front of the first stone steps. He looked at the long stone steps in front of him and resolutely stepped down.

The soles of his shoes were slumped on the stone steps.

Abu frowned, seeing that Ah Fei had stood firmly on the first stone step, somehow, he just felt that Ah Fei had an indescribable awkward feeling when he stepped down. But on Ah Fei's face, except for the solemnity that was a little more solemn than the next day before he stepped into the stone steps, even between his eyebrows, he never saw a little frowning.

There doesn't seem to be anything wrong with that.

At least to most of the people standing at the foot of the mountain, Ah Fei easily stepped onto the first stone steps. There are even many people who think that Yi Ah Fei's consistent prestige in the Wenjing District, and the ninety-nine steps of the Condensation Five Trial are a passing scene, so they should be relaxed and casual.

"This step of the ninth order, what is the trial?" Abu asked. Before Ah Fei ascended the steps, he felt that this step of the ninth step was unremarkable, and there was no trace of the foundation that could be used as a place of trial. But seeing Ah Fei step down, his heart suddenly felt a little heavy.

Li Rui shook his head and said, "Ask the disciples of the Jing District, before stepping into the ninth order for the first time, most of them will ask someone to inquire about what the ninth order trial is. However, there is no unanimous statement so far. It is said that every time everyone steps on the Ninth Steps, the situation they encounter is not exactly the same. Based on the information I have gathered, I suspect that the ninth step may be a maze or phantom array. ”

"Formation?" Abu really hadn't studied this. At this time, looking at the ninth step, I felt that the plain stone steps seemed to be covered with a veil of mystery.

"It's just my guess. But this is all the way to the nine steps, all of them are stone steps around the mountain, on the terrain, it does not conform to the gist of the formation, looking at the stone steps, there is no trace of the formation. I don't know how the predecessors and ancestors fused into the ranks. Li Rui had studied the formation for a while, and then frowned and said.

Abu hadn't learned the formation, so he couldn't answer at this time. Just watched Ah Fei slowly walk up step by step.

There were occasional whispers in the crowd, but the rest of the time, there was a peculiar silence at the foot of the mountain.

Generally speaking, ascending to the ninth step is not as ups and downs as the fight in the martial arts arena, so it is impossible to have any enthusiastic cheers and fierce cheers. After a long time, it seems a little boring.

Ah Mai flashed his eyes, looked away a little boredly, and said, "It's so boring, it's better to go and see the apprenticeship ceremony in a few days." ”

However, Abu knew that disciples who did not participate in the apprenticeship ceremony were not allowed to enter and watch, so he asked curiously, "Have you also seen the apprenticeship ceremony?" ”

Ah Mai wrinkled his nose playfully, revealing a smug smile: "Thanks to the old man's blessing, it's not difficult to get in." ”

"I didn't know how many elders would come to Fei Ge's apprenticeship ceremony." Li Rui heard the two of them talk about the apprenticeship ceremony, and interjected.

"Most of the Supreme Elders are in retreat, and I heard that Elder Ning Shang has just come out of the customs, so I don't know if he will come." Ah Mai folded his fingers and calculated, "There will be an elders' meeting next month, and some time ago, the Deacon's House counted that there are about five or six people in the Great Elder who can take the time to participate, and about half of the Silver Elders are currently guarding the palace. The rest of the elders are not easy to count. It seems that Fei Ge's luck is not bad. I just don't know how many elders will be interested in this issue of the list of the Deacon's House. ”

Li Rui pondered and said, "Even if Elder Ning Shang participates, it is estimated that he will not accept disciples. It still depends on whether the Great Elder will come. ”

Saying this, all three of them sighed.

Ning Wu apprenticeship, it still depends on luck. First, we look at the number of elders who have time to choose their disciples and worship their teachers. Second, we need to see if there are any students who are particularly interested in the information reported by the deacon's court. Third, what we look at is the performance of the disciple himself in the apprenticeship ceremony.

When Amai said that he was lucky, he meant that as far as the first article was concerned, it was not bad so far, and as for how many elders would take the time to come on the day of the ceremony, it was entirely based on the degree of interest in the list of the deacons for the month.

"I heard that last year's worst time was that only two ordinary elders came." Amai pouted.

Li Rui and Abu looked at each other in shock, and secretly prayed in their hearts that God would not bump into such a miserable scene when choosing an apprentice to worship the teacher.

Abu barely pulled out a smile and patted Amai on the shoulder, "You follow Deacon Yu, you must be more familiar with the elders than us, which elder do you plan to worship in the future?" ”

When Amai heard this, his eyes immediately flashed: "I want to worship Elder Yu as a teacher." ”

Elder Jade? Isn't it amazing? Abu immediately took the name to heart and asked, "Who is Elder Jade?" Is he powerful? ”

Ah Mai glanced at Ah Bu, who seemed to be a little disgusted by his loneliness, and said adoringly, "Elder Yu is the only female elder in the palace. Her disciples are all beautiful sisters. "on the face.

Abu rolled his eyes at the sky.

I see.

No wonder this kid was so keen to worship this Jade Elder as a teacher.

But will people take you?!

……

To the southeast of the Dengdao area, there is a small valley.

The green grass grows in the valley, the fragrance of flowers is overflowing, and the dazzling phoenix butterflies are dancing lightly among the flowers and plants. The soft summer breeze blows slowly, and the fields occasionally sound a few frog chirps. The little bird landed on the branch, swallowed the insect in its beak, smacked its lips, and made a few pleasant bird calls.

Among the green grass, a teenager came.

The young man walked to the hut, bowed, and said, "May I ask the two elder brothers, is the shepherd doctor back?" ”

In front of the hut sat two medicine boys, rummaging through the herbs in the basket.

One of the medicine boys raised his eyes to look at the young man, and muttered, "Why is it here again!" ”

The other medicine boy looked kind, smiled and greeted the boy, and said to the boy, "The teacher hasn't come back yet." ”

"Thank you, brother! I'll check back tomorrow. The boy saluted again and took his leave.

Looking at the hope in the young man's eyes, after hearing that the teacher was gone, it quietly shattered like a small drop of dew. The medicine boy felt sorry and shouted, "Little brother, come back in a few days!" Tomorrow's teacher shouldn't turn around. ”

The young man turned around on the road, bowed slightly, and replied, "Okay, thank you, brother!" ”

The medicine boy who was still sitting pursed his lips and said, "What's the use of you telling him this?" I've told him several times! It's been more than a month, and it's not every day! ”

"Oh!" The standing medicine boy scratched his head with a smile, looked at his senior brother's disapproving appearance, and persuaded: "Senior brother, he is also a poor person. ”

"He is pitiful, so we are not pitiful? He can get into the way, we can only ......"

The sun slowly sets, the night falls quietly, and all words and words disappear silently in the endless night wind......

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