Chapter 12: The Stone of the Way
In the early morning, the soft light of the early sun sprinkled the crisp birdsong, which drilled into Ran Hanchuan's dream, waking the boy from his dream. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
After searching his eyes, he slowly stretched his waist, and under the warm sunshine, many teenagers who had woken up sat cross-legged on the ground, and they could see their nervous mood. Of course, there are also idlers who have nothing to do and don't care.
"Yo, Ran Hanchuan, are you awake, sleep well?" Mi Li's fat man's voice came from behind him abruptly, Ran Hanchuan turned his head and smiled: "Yes, it's very fragrant, what about you?" You should be the best sleeper, right? ”
"That's, that's! It's really a good night's sleep! I don't know why the back of my head, my back and my ass hurt a little. Mi Li looked puzzled.
Ran Hanchuan was speechless at this fat man, so he simply didn't look over, and when he saw Xiao Tian who was still sleeping on the other side, he stepped forward gently, patted her back, and said softly: "Get up, little lazy worm!" ”
"Huh? Why? Xiao Tian closed his eyes, and his lazy voice was quite cute.
Ran Hanchuan chuckled lightly and said, "Get up!" ”
"It's not dawn yet, I'll sleep a little longer." Xiao Tian's head on the side of his little arm drilled in.
"It's dawn, and today's trial is about to begin!" Ran Hanchuan knocked Xiao Tian's head.
"Ahh Xiao Tian a carp stiffened, got up quickly, just opened his eyes that had not yet adapted to the light from his dream, looked around with a hint of nervousness, and said helplessly: "Oh my God, I overslept!" ”
Ran Hanchuan patted her and said, "It's okay, it's not started yet." ”
"That's it, look at the old man over there, he's still sleeping! Listen, and snoring! Mi Li came over at some point, and pointed to Hua Chengfeng, who was sitting cross-legged on the ground not far away, with his eyes closed.
"Uh" Ran Hanchuan was speechless for a moment, although he didn't know how powerful Hua Chengfeng was, but he was his own ancestor, his father's master, and the respected elder in Xuanyu Pavilion, how could he easily fall asleep and snore? Sure enough, Hua Chengfeng, who was not far away, suddenly opened his closed eyes, looked at Mi Li, showed a kind smile, and said, "What is that little fat man over there talking about?" ”
The three of them were stunned at the same time, Mi Li reacted instantly, and suddenly prostrate on the ground, and said loudly: "Grandpa Fairy, the little fat man knows that he is wrong, the little fat man is talking nonsense, Grandpa Fairy, you adults will let the little fat man go in large quantities!" For a while, there was laughter all around, and even the wrinkles on Hua Chengfeng's old face were stretched.
Laughter comes and goes quickly, and the morning is always calm. After a slight rectification, fifteen teenagers gathered in front of Hua Chengfeng, silently waiting for the trial of the second level.
Hua Chengfeng stroked his beard and smiled, looked at the fifteen outstanding teenagers in front of him, and said, "Children, welcome to my Xuanyu Pavilion as a guest, the old man Hua Chengfeng, the twentieth generation disciple of Xuanyu Pavilion, one of the elders of this sect, is responsible for supervising your trial today." Looking at the young faces of the young men in front of him with rich expressions, Hua Chengfeng paused and continued: "Children, ten of you will inevitably be eliminated, but, no matter what, if you can come here, you are all the best among your peers, even if one of you is unfortunately eliminated, it is also something to be proud of, and the one who comes is a guest, even if you are eliminated, I Xuanyu Pavilion will reward you with a pill to help you go further than ordinary people on the road in the future." ”
After a speech, there was a commotion among the fifteen teenagers present, many of them were eager to try, many of them were high-spirited, and a few of them were not confident, and there was a trace of comfort in their hearts.
Ran Hanchuan clenched his fists, his heart was growing with the fighting spirit of victory, and Mi Li on the side was also waiting for him, his eyes flashed with brilliance, he didn't know what he was thinking, Xiao Tian lowered his head, and seemed to be in a bad state.
"What's wrong?" Ran Hanchuan patted Xiao Tian and asked.
"It's okay, it's just a little bit unconfident." Xiao Tian's voice was very small, and she could hear the uneasiness in her heart. "Brother Xiaochuan, do you think I can do it?" Xiao Tian suddenly raised his head and looked at Ran Hanchuan with anticipation in his eyes.
Ran Hanchuan was stunned for a moment, then nodded heavily, and said, "You must be fine!" Aren't you here for your family, strengthen your beliefs, believe in your own will, and you will do it! ”
Xiao Tian nodded vigorously, clenched his little hand, and said, "Well, I'll do my best!" ”
When the teenagers in front of him quieted down, Hua Chengfeng waved his hand and motioned for everyone to follow, with his long sleeves fluttering behind him, and took the lead in walking forward.
The winding mountain road is long and does not know the depth. A group of sixteen people, gradually moving away, unconsciously has reached the steep slope of the mountain, a huge white stone in front of them blocked everyone's way, the day before, the two young disciples sitting next to Hua Chengfeng were standing on both sides of the stone.
Hua Chengfeng turned around, and the fifteen teenagers behind him stopped at the same time, all looking at the big white jade-colored stone behind him. Ran Hanchuan looked at this stone, and always felt as if he had seen it somewhere.
At this time, Hua Chengfeng's voice came slowly: "The path of cultivation is extremely difficult and dangerous, if you want to enter such a vast world in the future, then this road will definitely overcome thorns and thorns." The path of cultivation, if you don't advance, you will retreat, and there are countless bottlenecks and barriers, if you can't break them, you will always stagnate, just like this stone behind me. Hua Chengfeng turned sideways, pointed to the white jade-colored stone behind him, and continued: "This stone is called 'Yuan Ling', Yuan Ling Stone is solid and tough, it is a rare material in the world for refining soldiers. ”
Hua Chengfeng deliberately slowed down his speech, he knew that these things had never been touched by the fifteen teenagers in front of him, maybe after explaining it himself, these children still couldn't understand it. Hua Chengfeng paused again, and only after the young people in front of him secretly realized it in their hearts did he continue to speak: "Today's trial is to walk on this mountain road, and if you want to pass through here, you must first smash this Yuan Spirit Stone. ”
As soon as the words fell, there was silence on the field, and the fifteen teenagers were silent in unison, with different thoughts in their hearts. If you want to move forward, you have to smash the rocks in front of you. It doesn't sound particularly difficult, but as the second level of the Xuanyu Pavilion's introductory trial, it must be strange and not easy.
In the crowd, Ran Hanchuan looked at the Yuan Spirit Stone, his face showed a strange look, squinting at one eye, and then glaring at the other, the corners of his mouth twitched slightly, and there was an incredible look in his eyes.
Hua Chengfeng glanced at Ran Hanchuan, and when he saw his strange appearance, he was also stunned, and frowned in puzzlement, but it was not obvious, and continued: "This Yuan Spirit Stone, although the effect is peculiar, but if it is not refined, its effect is not obvious, for you children, it is not impossible to break. In addition, I, Xuanyu Pavilion, have also prepared excellent blades for you, so let's just give it a go! ”
After Hua Chengfeng finished speaking, he turned to look at the two Xuanyu Pavilion disciples next to the Yuan Ling Stone, nodded, and one of the young disciples waved at him, his hand made a sword finger shape, and pointed forward, and the fifteen teenagers suddenly found that the disciple was pointing forward, and there was a distortion in his vision, just like the ripples stirred up by the water surface, and in the blink of an eye, a weapon rack appeared in front of the disciple out of thin air, and it was full of various blades, glowing with cold light.
Looking at the stunned teenagers, Hua Chengfeng grinned and said, "Okay, everything is ready, the old man won't talk anymore, and this trial will begin!" ”
Hua Chengfeng stepped aside, and at his signal, two young disciples also stepped aside and came behind him, one of them said loudly: "Little brothers, you follow the order of walking out of the Howling Wind Valley, step forward one by one to accept the test, the blade is of your own choice, the time limit is half an hour, if you can't break the Yuan Spirit Stone within half an hour, or take the initiative to give up, then you will unfortunately lose the qualification for the next trial!" ”
"That's right, that Howling Wind Valley has tested the children's perseverance, endurance and wisdom, and this level is also a test of everyone's endurance, but also a test of everyone's strength and skills, children, come on!" Hua Chengfeng finally added, waving his sleeves to signal the test to begin.
"First place, Sun Yun!" One of the disciples shouted.
In the crowd, the frivolous and arrogant young man that Ran Hanchuan knew, smiled evilly, walked out, and came to the weapon rack.
"Let's go!"
Sun Yun did not hesitate, picked a sharp big axe, carried it on his shoulder, walked to the Yuan Spirit Stone, pressed down with his legs, took a steady step, raised the big axe, and slashed towards the Yuan Spirit Stone.
"Yes, among the weapons, the destructive power of the axe is one of the largest, this kid's cognition is quite good, I don't know if the power is enough." Hua Chengfeng nodded slightly.
I saw Sun Yun fall with an axe and bring it behind him, and then another axe slashed away with his backhand, followed by another axe, he didn't seem to look for one place, but unscrupulously slashed the axe onto the Yuan Ling Stone, there was no order at all, but the effect was obvious. Small stone chips continued to appear on the Yuan Ling Stone, constantly shattering, although it was subtle, Sun Yun seemed to be untired and kept swinging the axe.
More than half an hour passed, and Sun Yun finally swung an axe and slashed at the Yuan Ling Stone, which was only half the size of a fist, and the Yuan Ling Stone shattered in response to the sound and broke into stone grains on the ground.
"Congratulations to Little Brother Sun Yun for successfully passing the test!" A disciple behind Hua Chengfeng smiled and arched his hand.
The corners of Sun Yun's mouth turned upward, and he smiled at a young man, especially at Mi Li, stretched out a thumb, slowly turned the tip of his thumb downward, and nodded a little towards the ground.
"I'll fuck you!" Mi Li immediately burst out with a foul language, startling Xiao Tianyi on the side.
"Next, Miri!"
Sun Yun smiled slightly, glanced at Mi Li with ulterior motives, then turned around and swaggered up the mountain road.
Mi Li was angry, stepped forward, looked at the gravel on the ground, and shouted: "This stone has been chopped by that kid, what else am I doing!" Is it straightforward!? ”
Hua Chengfeng smiled and didn't make a sound, just pointed his finger lightly at the gravel in that place, and those gravel shook on the ground at the same time in an instant, and then rose from the ground, quickly gathering towards the center, and it was just a blink of an eye to return to its original state.
Looking at the stunned Mi Li, Hua Chengfeng chuckled and said, "Hehe, it's okay now!" Little fat man, let's start! ”
When Ran Hanchuan saw this scene, his reaction was even more strange, his whole face was tense on his already weird look, because at the moment when Hua Chengfeng restored the Yuan Spirit Stone, he finally understood one thing, why the boulder that he had split on Yunxiao Mountain for two years looked exactly the same every time.
After Mi Li was surprised at the beginning, he quickly returned to normal, walked to the weapon rack with a puffing appearance, and without saying a word, he raised a sledgehammer and came to the side of the Yuan Ling Stone, and waved his arm violently, making a loud "bang" sound, the hammer in Mi Li's hand came out of his hand under the shock, and Mi Li himself fell to the ground, covering his hands and shouting in pain.
The corners of Ran Hanchuan's eyes twitched, and at this moment, he suddenly remembered the pain of blood on his hands when he swung his sword and split the stone for the first time, directly shaking the tiger's mouth.
"Grandma's!" Mi Li got up violently, scolded in his mouth, raised the sledgehammer again, and hit the Yuan Spirit Stone like crazy, and kept muttering something in his mouth, but he couldn't hear it clearly because of the loud sound of the sledgehammer hitting the Yuan Spirit Stone, it looked like it should be some unbearable words.
There was a burst of laughter in the group of teenagers gathered on the side, but Ran Hanchuan's eyes narrowed, carefully watching Mi Li's every move, he had a feeling that this fat man was definitely not as simple as it seemed on the surface.
Hua Chengfeng also had a smile on his mouth, looking at this scene, he couldn't help but nodded, and whispered to himself: "I didn't expect this little fat man to be quite accomplished in the formation of the law." ”
The sound of percussion continued, and before he knew it, half an hour had come to an end, Hua Chengfeng was still quietly looking at Mi Li, but the teenagers had already sat on the ground and dozed off one after another, except for a few teenagers including Ran Hanchuan. Half an hour passed, but Mi Li did not make any achievements, not a single stone fell on a stone, and his own body was already sweating profusely, and under the sunlight, it gave people a greasy feeling of facing it. But Ran Hanchuan noticed that every time Mi Li hammered, there would be some more small cracks on the Yuan Spirit Stone.
"Hah!" Mi Li, who was knocking on the Yuan Ling Stone, suddenly shouted, and even the dozing teenager who was sitting was shaken by his spirits, and everyone's eyes quickly condensed to him, just to see, Mi Li picked up the sledgehammer and fell from mid-air.
Before the laughter of the teenagers who were about to laugh at Mi Li came out, there were bursts of "crackling" sounds, and the laughter was suddenly stuck in their throats. One crack spread out on the Yuan Ling Stone, and those were all the small cracks that Ran Hanchuan had seen originally, and under that hammer, they continued to deepen, expand and extend around, and the small cracks became more and more obvious, until they were covered with the entire Yuan Spirit Stone, and the Yuan Spirit Stone made a last crisp sound, turning into countless small stones, scattered on the ground.
Mi Li fell to the ground, gasping for breath, and finally regained his breath, and immediately shouted again: "What a thing! Why is it so hard! But I'm tired and fat! ”
Hua Chengfeng smiled and didn't say anything, just nodded, and the disciple behind him announced: "Mi Li, pass, the next one, Meng Yue." ”
Mi Li stood up with interest, patted his butt and walked towards the mountain road, when he walked past the Yuan Ling Stone, he seemed to suddenly remember something, turned around, swept his eyes in the crowd, and then gave Ran Hanchuan a thumbs up with his left hand, and stretched out his right hand to make a fist.
Ran Hanchuan nodded, also stretched out his hand and clenched his fist, Mi Li smiled, turned around and continued to walk towards the mountain.
The sound of the collision between the weapon and the Yuan Spirit Stone was endless, and two more hours had passed since Mi Li smashed the Yuan Spirit Stone, and the trialists after Mi Li all ended this trial journey with failure. At first, because Sun Yuan and Mi Li broke the Yuan Spirit Stone in a row, the teenagers who came forward to accept the trial seemed relatively relaxed, but after the failure of the four in a row, the remaining trialists really understood the difficulty of this trial, and at the same time, they also admired Sun Yuan and Mi Li who passed the trial.
"Next, Ye Ting!"
As the disciple behind Hua Chengfeng reported the name of the trialist, a girl in snow-white clothes walked out, her long hair was shoulder-length, the silver spear was held behind her, the breeze caressed her moving posture, took up her robe and hair, and the slow and steady pace met Ran Hanchuan's eyes, it was so heroic, this teenage girl showed a woman's appearance at this moment.
The girl named Ye Ting came straight to the Yuan Ling Stone, turned to Hua Chengfeng on the side and clasped her fists and said, "Senior Hua, can I use my own blade?" ”
Hua Chengfeng bowed his head slightly and said, "If you have a competent weapon, but it doesn't hurt to use it." ”
Ye Ting nodded, turned around, stepped forward with one foot, bowed slightly on her knees, and pointed forward with the silver spear in her hand, calming down. Determined like a mountain, moving like a tiger, with a delicate shout, Ye Ting's spear was like a dragon, with the momentum of Wanjun, and the tip of the spear pierced the center of the Yuan Ling Stone.
There was a crisp sound of "bang", and I didn't know if Ye Ting was powerful or her blade was good, so she directly poked the Yuan Ling Stone out of a small hole.
A shot pierced into the stone, Ye Ting's right arm shook at the same time, instantly grabbed and withdrew, stepped back with her left foot, and took a step backwards, that is, in the blink of an eye, Ye Ting's left hand quickly received the silver spear, her left arm and right leg came out together, and her body pounced towards the Yuan Ling Stone, and it was a sharp shot through the stone.
One stab, immediately changed arms, and the next moment was another stab, and I didn't see any other moves Ye Ting used, all she did was the word "thorn".
Hua Chengfeng watched silently, smiled lightly, and said to the disciples behind him: "There are really a lot of talents this time, I didn't expect that even the daughter of the Ye family would come to our Xuanyu Pavilion." The old man is really looking forward to this new batch of twenty-second generation disciples.
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