Chapter Forty-Eight: The Ladder of Heaven is Steep and Separates the Immortals
Ye Wuregret ignored the young man on the crane and walked straight up the mountain road. www.biquge.info She had seen Mu Shuiling descending from the sky, and she had also seen Mu Shuiling sitting on the back of a colorful mandarin duck and flying away, so she was not surprised by the "birdman" who flew like a crane like a teenager.
When Guan Xianshi heard the other party's very unfriendly tone, he also ignored it, and then climbed up without regrets. He escorted Ye Wuregret all the way, just because he didn't want her to have an accident. This kind of narrow-mindedness is really admirable!
The boy found himself unpleasantly ignored and felt that his pride had been hit. It's really unbearable that two mortals dare to ignore him, an immortal who controls the crane.
"Stop, how can the Flying Immortal Sect allow you mortals to trespass? Acquaintances, hurry back! The boy's voice was threatening, with a hint of annoyance. He commanded the crane to descend above their heads, and ordered them to stop moving.
Ye Wuregret and Guan Daxia just walked forward without even raising their heads. This made the boy's face red, and he couldn't hold it on his face. In the past, whenever a worldly person saw him riding a crane and traveling in an immortal tour, the expression of surprise and envy made him very useful, and his self-esteem was satisfied. Now that he has been repeatedly ignored by two mortals, his heart is very uncomfortable!
This young man is the grandson of a peak master of the thirty-six peaks of the Flying Immortal Sect, because he is talented and deeply loved by the peak master, so he speaks and does things a little flamboyantly.
"Hey, little girl, it's not impossible to join the sect, be my Chen Kai's servant, and Young Master Ben will naturally take you in. Otherwise, you won't even be able to get in at the door! The boy spoke, hovering over the unrepentant.
Ye Wuregret and Guan Xianshi still ignored it, but instead sped up the speed of going up the mountain.
"Hmph, I don't know what to do! If it weren't for the fact that you were pretty good-looking, Young Master Ben wouldn't have bothered to pay attention to you. Forgive you for not being able to pass the ladder pass, and you will definitely go down the mountain in disgrace. The boy paid no more attention to the two, muttered hatefully, and flew away.
The mountain road is rugged, but the surrounding flowers are fragrant and the birds are singing, and the scenery is pleasant. If you don't have anything to worry about, strolling on the mountain road is definitely a scenic and pleasing sight. Ye had no regrets and had no intention of enjoying the scenery, and climbed with his head bored. At noon, the two arrived at the gate of a temple. The main hall is majestic, and there are three big characters on the plaque - the ladder hall.
The main hall was built on the summit of a hill and occupies the entire summit of the mountain, which is flanked by cliffs. The main hall actually blocked the road, and pedestrians had to pass through the main hall if they wanted to continue to move forward.
The wall of the temple gate is standing, and it is three or four zhang high. The two gates are bluestone slab doors, tightly closed, as if a huge stone slab cut through the center, looking very calm and heavy.
I didn't regret stepping forward to push the door, but I couldn't push it open, and I couldn't push it hard. The stone door was closed and untouched. Seeing this, Guan Xianshi also stepped forward to push. This push was not promoted, and it was the same as no regrets, and it had no effect.
"Open!"
Guan Daxia was not convinced, and immediately took a deep breath, sank his waist and elbows, his legs were lunging, and his arms were lucky, and he pushed hard towards a door. However, no matter how hard he tried, the gate was as stable as Mount Tai, and it didn't move at all! Ye Wuregret pushed hard with him, but it was to no avail. They were actually told by the young man named Chen Kai, and they really couldn't even enter the door!
"I wanted to do something for my brother, but I didn't expect to be able to even enter the door...... "No regrets felt bitter in his heart, tears rolling in his eyes.
Guan Xianshi is also very depressed, walking the rivers and lakes so far, he thinks he is skilled, but he can't even open other people's sects!
"You ...... Is there something wrong? ”
Just when the two of them were at a loss and sighed depressedly, a sentence floated out of the door. The words are intermittent and weak. Listening to the voice, the person who spoke should be an old man, and his voice was hoarse, as if he hadn't woken up yet.
"Grandpa, let's find Mu Shuiling, can you please open the door?" Ye Wuregret, who was dejected, heard the voice, and hope was ignited in his heart again.
"Oh, the ...... looking for the wooden girl," the man inside the door responded, as if groaning.
After a while, the two doors slowly opened. Ye Wuregret and Guan Xianshi saw the empty hall and saw an old Taoist priest sitting on a futon in the center of the hall.
The old Taoist priest looked like he was about sixty or seventy years old, his hair and beard had turned white, but it was a mess, obviously he hadn't combed it for a long time, and his shabby Taoist robe was wrapped, white in the blue, and patched. In short, this old Dao does not have the appearance of a fairy wind bone, but is like an old man who has no one to take care of.
The main hall is more than ten meters long, but there are no furnishings inside, only one person and one futon, which occupies the central square inch of space, and shows the emptiness and loneliness of the hall. The floor is also bluestone slabs, covered with dust, showing that no one has moved for a long time.
Ye Wuregret saw the door of the hall open, and walked in directly.
Guan Xianshi stood still and didn't move. He saw the dust on the ground, but he saw no footprints. However, the door that he could not open with all his strength actually opened on its own, which made him respect the old way. It's not that he hasn't seen a cultivator, but he has never seen a Taoist priest with such strange powers. Yes, in his opinion, it was a very strange thing for the old Taoist priest to sit still while the heavy stone door opened on its own.
Guan Xianshi didn't dare to make a mistake. He clasped his fists and bowed, bowed deeply to the old Taoist, and then stepped in.
The old Taoist priest always closed his eyes and sat quietly, without looking up at them. It wasn't until Ye Wuregret was about to pass by him that the old Taoist priest asked again:
"Is there a token of the wooden girl?"
"There are no tokens, I'm here to ask Mu Shuiling for something."
Wuregret shook his head and continued to walk towards the bluestone slab door opposite, which was also closed. When she got to the door, she was worried again. The smooth stone door had no handle at all, and she couldn't push it out, and she couldn't pull it in.
Guan Xianshi walked to Lao Dao's side, and bowed with his fists reverently, and then took two steps to help. It's a pity that in the face of the identical slate door, he is helpless.
"It's easy to get in and hard to get out. That's it, for the sake of you calling me grandpa, Poor Dao will give you two a chance. Stepping out of the threshold is the ladder set up by the sect to recruit disciples. Before the sun sets, any of you who can reach the end of the ladder will become an outer disciple of this sect. ”
As Lao Dao spoke, the door behind him slowly opened. What caught my eye was a cloud of white smoke. The smoke blocked their view, and they couldn't see anything in the distance.
Looking down, she saw without regret that outside the threshold, there was a steep cliff, and a bluestone staircase road stretched down, because of the cloud mist, she could not see the bottom of the cliff.
Could it be that this road is the so-called "ladder of heaven"? But why is it extending downwards? I don't know if I have no regrets, but in order to get back to the gray mandarin duck, she stepped out of the threshold without hesitation and stepped on the bluestone steps.
Guan Xianshi naturally also saw the situation outside the hall, and worried about his safety without regrets, he also hurriedly stepped out.
Some people say it's easy to go up the mountain and hard to go down, while others say it's easy to go down and hard to go up. In fact, whether it is difficult or not depends on the feeling in people's hearts. Stepping on the steps, I felt the difficulty of going down the mountain without regrets, and my heart suddenly bred fear.
The point is that the steps down the hill are too steep, almost straight up and down. Because it was going down, I had to look down. However, stepping on such a steep staircase and looking at the almost straight staircase, and not being able to figure out how deep the bottom is, is really unsettling!
At this moment, Ye Wuregret felt how smooth and safe the road he had walked when he went up the mountain in front of him was. She was really scared in her heart, but when she thought of the purpose of this trip, she turned her mind sideways and slowly moved down step by step.
Guan Xianshi Daxia looked at such a steep road, and he was also worried in his heart, but he couldn't show a frightened expression on his face. He caught up with Ye Wuregret and stretched out his hand, "Come, no regrets, grab my brother's hand, be careful, don't slide down." ”
"No...... No, let's talk about it down. He shook his head and continued to walk cautiously down.
Guan Daxia was afraid that he would have no regrets, so he walked a few steps closer to the front of him without regrets, and looked back at her while going down.
The further down you go, the steeper the road becomes, almost becoming a vertical line, and the size of the steps becomes larger or smaller. Small steps can be walked down in one step, and large steps can be separated from more than half a meter to more than one meter.
If you want to go down without regrets, sometimes you need to lie down and climb the edge of the steps with your hands to reach the next step on your toes. Even if the distance of individual steps is too large, Guan Daxia needs to support her feet with his hands to go down. It's a hard road!
After the two of them walked a difficult distance, the fog around them gradually increased, and the sunlight could not shine below. Looking up, the main hall at the top of the hill can no longer be seen; Looking down, the smoke is misty, and you can't see the road below. Without regrets, he gritted his teeth and insisted on moving down. Now that I have made up my mind and simply insisted on going forward, it has also become difficult to go up now.
The further down you go, the dimmer the light becomes. As the fog in the air increased, the steps became slippery and difficult to navigate. Several times, she slipped under her feet without regret and almost slipped down, but fortunately, she was spared thanks to the Guan Daxia dragging.
Ye Wuregret's eyes were firm, and Guan Xianshi couldn't say anything. He also knew that it was impossible to go up now, so he had to keep going, and maybe there would be a turning point when he reached the foot of the mountain.
Next, Guan Xianshi resolutely refused to let go of Ye Wuregret's hand and moved down with her, for fear that she would make another unpredictable mistake. The grateful gaze without regrets strengthened the confidence. Their feet were slippery, and they walked slower and slower.
It felt like a long time had passed, and they still hadn't been able to reach the bottom. Looking up at the sky, I can only see the sky full of clouds, I can't see the sun, and I don't know if the sun has set. Looking down, the line of sight was blocked, the visibility was only a dozen meters, and they didn't know how far they were from the bottom of the mountain.
When I went up the mountain, I felt that the hill was not very high, but why couldn't I reach the bottom of the mountain after walking for so long? I can't figure it out without regrets. However, she knew that they might not be able to meet the requirements of the old Taoist priest. However, they can only continue to go down now, and it is difficult to turn back.
At first, the trail looks like a straight line with a slight slope. By now, the road has become bumpy, protruding in some places and hollowing inward in others. This situation has led to a lot of difficulty in walking. Coupled with the fact that the mountain roads were slippery, they walked more slowly.
Walking to a raised place, Ye Wuregret's feet slipped, and the person slid down. Guan Xianshi wanted to hold her, but unfortunately he had nowhere to focus, and his feet slipped, and he also fell after Ye Wuregret.
"Ahh
Terrifying screams echoed through the valley.
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