Chapter 295: Branches
"A thousand steps!" Hearing Dongfang Lie's words, almost all the people who were going to participate in the assessment had solemn faces, Li Erniu straightened his chest and looked up at the bluestone staircase towering into the clouds fearlessly. Looking at the approximate number of bluestone stairs, about three thousand steps later, it was covered by the rolling clouds and mist halfway up the mountainside, and there was no way to see it above, looking at this Qinglong Mountain, my heart was dark, the rolling clouds and mist were full of gloom, revealing a fear that made people's hearts pound and beat faster, and there was an indescribable coercion, as if squeezed down from top to bottom.
"The pressure of this mountain cannot be underestimated, if the body is not strong, otherwise the light ones will break their bones and tendons, and the heavy ones will die!"
"Wow......" "So powerful?" The sound of inhalation suddenly sounded in the crowd, and when they heard Dongfang Lie say this, many people even showed fear on their faces, and their eyes looked at Qinglong Mountain and flinched, but more people were more determined!
Dongfang Lie said with a solemn face: "The pressure on each first-order body will increase a lot, this is the way to assess the strength of your body, and it is also an assessment of your potential and toughness!" Life is like climbing the peak, how can it be a perfect life without challenges? Careful! ”
Under the order of the examiner, the physical strength assessment in the afternoon began, looking at the first group of people who climbed upward, my heart was agitated, Dongfang Lie said well, life is like this peak! I thought to myself, when I will also challenge this Qinglong Mountain, I will see if I can reach the Nine Thousand Steps, or even ...... Higher!
The first group is three twenty-five or sixteen-year-old youths, in the age group of junior martial arts assessment, seventeen-year-old Li Erniu does seem to stand out from the crowd, these three people are full of awe and stepped on the steps that reveal the vicissitudes of life in the quaint, the misty Qinglong Mountain, it seems to be roaring at this moment, but I saw the fog tumbling violently.
The three of them stepped up at the same time, and the moment their feet landed on the second stone step, the three of them shook violently, and it seemed that they felt an invisible coercion and oppression at the first step of the stone steps. Everyone in the field held their breath, and as the three of them moved forward, the fall of each step would make the hearts of all those who were gazing skip a beat. Dongfang Lie looked at the backs of the three of them gradually ascending, his eyes flashed a trace of fluctuation, and he didn't know if the assessment of these three high-level martial artists touched his memories when he was young.
This path is the road of the strong that belongs to the strong, the strength of the body is one thing, and the more important thing is the heart and potential, it depends on whether you can stick to it! This is also an extremely important transformation in the life of every martial artist, that is, the transformation of cultivation strength, as well as the spiritual insight.
Soon, the thinnest young man spurted out a mouthful of blood and fell on the middle of the steps seven hundred and sixty-one and seven hundred and sixty-two, in the end, he still couldn't go up, he didn't break through the steps of heart refining, the higher this stone staircase, the heavier the pressure, the weaker's body couldn't bear it! Then, another man could not hold on, and fell on the seven hundred and ninety steps, unable to bear the tremendous coercion and oppression, and the young man turned around and turned back down the steps, and knew the cruelty of this examination by looking at his face like gold paper.
There's only one person left! I didn't expect that the two of them didn't walk through the eight hundred stone steps, you must know that the standard of assessment is one thousand! Everyone stared at the meandering figure with their own thoughts, eight hundred ...... Eight hundred and twenty steps...... Eight hundred and fifty steps...... 900 Steps...... Nine hundred and thirty steps......
The young man looked embarrassed, panting, his hair was disheveled, his face was bulging with green tendons, and with all his strength his muscles were knotted, and he struggled to reach the nine hundred and thirty-seven steps. "Roar!" The young man raised his head sharply, raised his head to the sky and let out a low roar, raised his foot, and stepped out again, but his speed slowed down significantly. After trying five times, he couldn't lift his feet, such as a pair of big hands, holding down his body alive, making his whole body in severe pain, as if his bones were about to shatter, unable to lift his feet, the invisible big hand revealed ruthlessness and indifference, pressing him so that he couldn't stand straight, slowly bent down, so that he couldn't continue to stand, and slowly fell there......
"Eh......" The crowd was in a commotion, and boos rang out, and the young man finally retreated after struggling for a while.
"The second set begins!" Under the order of the examiner, the senior martial disciples of the second group stepped on the level of their mental training, and the assessment of this last level was the most cruel, and more than three hundred senior martial artists who could pass the assessment and become quasi-martial artists were only one out of ten.
"Afraid? Erniu? I raised my eyebrows.
"Afraid? Hehe, I'm going to have to step up a thousand and one stone steps! Li Erniu's voice seemed to have a kind of indomitable strength, although he saw a group of assessors give up, but at this moment, his eyes were more determined than before.
"Well done!" Li Erniu's words made me deeply feel the word "madness" - wanton arrogance!
"The weak can only snort and be controlled by others. Only the strong can make rules and firmly control their destiny in their own hands! I seem to say this sentence to Li Erniu, and I also seem to say to myself, looking at the straight up Qinglong Mountain without fear, one day I will firmly control my fate in my own hands!
"Hmmm! Let's do it together! Li Erniu smiled innocently, at the age of seventeen, he is an age when his outlook on life is gradually taking shape and fixed, which man has no dreams, which man does not want to get ahead, stand up to the sky! Li Erniu also has it, and even he has a hidden stubbornness and persistence in his bones.
"Group 9 begins!" The examiner's voice came loudly, Li Erniu was in good spirits, and said impatiently: "It's my turn!" Hey, Third Uncle and Brother Yang, you wait for me! ”
"Try! Come on! Li Yuntian and I cheered for Li Erniu in unison, watching him walk towards the mountain gate step by step, I even had a trace of envy in my heart, I really envied Li Erniu for having a good figure! Do I need to strengthen myself as soon as possible and become a warrior? I can do it too!
"Wait!" Suddenly, a voice broke the silence, I was stunned, three people walked out of the crowd, and the person who spoke was Li Jing, the head of Lijia Village, followed by his son Li Zhuoyun, and saw clearly the fat woman behind Li Jing I was stunned, it was Li Erniu's stepmother Li Chunlan, how could she come here?
"Li Jing?" Seeing Li Jing walking over with his sons Li Zhuoyun and Li Chunlan, Dongfang Lie frowned unhappily and shouted in a deep voice: "Interrupting the assessment Li Jing, do you want to be beaten?" ”
Li Jing changed into the standard clothes of Xuanwu Gate in the afternoon, and when he saw that Dongfang was angry, he hurriedly arched his hand and said, "Door master, the villain has something to report!" ”
"Hmph, can't you tell the priorities? Now prepare for the martial arts assessment, and report anything back to you! Dongfang Lie glared at Li Jing and waved his hand to let Li Erniu and the other two young men continue.
"Wait!" Li Jing flashed in front of Li Erniu, and said with a sneer: "They can participate in the assessment, but you can't!" ”
"Wow......" "What?" Everyone in the audience was in a commotion, obviously Li Jing's actions were extremely bold in the eyes of people, and Dongfang Lie's face sank more and more, I chuckled in my heart, looking at Li Jing's scorching eyes, a trace of bad feeling swelled in my heart, and I turned my head to look at the third uncle Li Yuntian, who also frowned deeply.
Dongfang Lie forcibly suppressed his anger, if it weren't for this Li Jing as a member of the Xuanwu Sect, he would have been beaten up in the face, you must know that Li Erniu is one of his most optimistic candidates.
Li Jing took a step forward and said respectfully: "Door master, this Li Erniu can't participate in the assessment!" This son is a barbarian! ”
"Wow!" "What? Barbarians? This guy isn't going to be joking! "Rumors, how can barbarians participate in our assessment?" Everyone was in an uproar again, and I glanced at it in disbelief, and Li Yuntian's body beside me shook, and his face suddenly turned pale.
"He? Barbarians? Dongfang Lie was stunned at first, then looked at Li Jing with thick eyebrows and frowned, and shouted: "Li Jing, if you make something out of nothing, I will immediately remove you from the position of deacon!" What the hell is going on? ”
Li Erniu was also stunned when he stood there, Li Jing glanced at it with disdain, and sneered: "Door master, this Li Erniu is a baby raised by Li Yunfeng, a villager of Lijia Village, sixteen years ago, this is something that the old people in Lijia Village know, and it was a barbarian woman who came to our village with this baby in her arms at that time!" ”
"What?" Li Erniu was shocked by lightning and stood on the spot, and Li Jing's words made him lose his ability to think suddenly.