"I announce that the first round of assessment tests of the junior group of my Tangmen recruitment ceremony has ended. A total of 1,835 people participated in the assessment, and 344 passed the first round of assessment. Please follow the young disciples who have passed the assessment to the second round of assessment venue for the assessment test. ”

The team of more than 1,000 people finally ended under the careful assessment of Elder Wentian, and Elder Wentian was as strong as Elder Wentian, but fortunately, in this year's recruitment ceremony, there were many candidates who made Elder Wentian quite happy, which made Elder Wentian's heart full of relief.

Song Tianlong turned his head to look at the more than three hundred young disciples who were shortlisted with him, of which two-thirds were men, and one-third were women. Song Tianlong muttered in his heart, your Tang Sect is not refusing to accept female disciples, why didn't Old Man Hu agree to let Luo Yi come with him?

The team of more than 300 people was still magnificent, but the second round of recruitment and assessment venues of the Tang Gate was no longer located in front of the mountain gate, and the group went around and around, following Elder Wentian to a steep mountain wall.

The staircase is divided into three sections, and you can see three platforms of different heights on the cliff. Elder Wentian's voice rang out again.

Song Tianlong followed Elder Wentian's gaze and looked over, only to see that the steep mountain wall towered into the sky. On the mountain wall, a long ladder to the sky has been artificially carved.

At the waist of the ladder, there are two deep places that are deeply recessed, and you can vaguely see the appearance of a platform. Although, in the eyes of Song Tianlong and others, the platform was just a small black dot in the eyes of everyone, but Song Tianlong knew that this was because the position of the platform was too high, and the actual platform area must be quite wide.

Song Tianlong didn't see the third platform that Elder Wentian mentioned, presumably the location of that platform was already far into the clouds, in a higher place.

"The three platforms of the ladder to heaven are used for the challenges of disciples of three different realms, the lowest platform is called the Lingxu platform, the middle one is called the empty platform, and the top platform of the ladder is called the spirit altar. Elder Wentian patiently explained to Song Tianlong and the others in front of him, and his tone was calm.

"Listen, disciples, what you are going to challenge is the lowest part of the ladder to ascend to the sky, the Lingxu Stage! Everyone, climb the ladder at the same time, a stick of incense, insist on the top of the hundred disciples to enter the next round, and those who can climb the Lingxu Platform can directly skip the third round of actual combat assessment and directly enter my Tang Gate. Come on!"

After Elder Wentian's words, Song Tianlong and the other disciples who had passed the first round of assessment walked in the direction of the ladder to the sky, ready to start climbing.

"Hmph, don't think that if you have good talent, you can really join the Tang Sect. The Spirit Void Platform of the Heavenly Ladder is specially used to test the cultivators of the Spirit Void Period, and the difficulty is so great that we and other people who have cultivated in the Spirit Void Period dare not say that they can complete it, just rely on the two of you, a guy in the early stage of foundation building, and a guy in the early stage of Qi Extraction also want to make do. A discordant voice sounded, but it was Lan Baiwang, the genius disciple who was called the Gusu Lan family.

Song Tianlong shook his head and chuckled, it seems that this guy was robbed of the limelight by himself in the first round of assessment, and he was dissatisfied. It's just that the other party is a child who has just turned ten years old, so Song Tianlong naturally won't care about him.

Dugu Chen, who was standing next to Song Tianlong, was not to be outdone, and responded to Lan Baiwang: "Just make do with it, see who can make it to the end." ”

"Hmph!" Lan Baiwang said coldly, "Then we'll see!"

Looking at the ordinary ladder to the sky, compared to the ordinary roads carved into the mountain wall, it is only a high point, a little steeper. For Song Tianlong and other martial arts cultivators, it is very simple to climb up the ordinary climbing ladder.

It's just that when Song Tianlong stepped on the seemingly ordinary ladder to the sky, he found that it was really different.

A powerful coercion enveloped Song Tianlong's whole body, making Song Tianlong almost lie on the ground, not thinking about taking the next step at all.

"I'll do ......!" Song Tianlong struggled to stabilize his body, barely allowing himself to be able to avoid being overwhelmed by that powerful coercion. But the assessment method of this cheating father made people like Song Tianlong, who usually don't speak much foul language, also complain.

The difficulty of the assessment made Song Tianlong even regret it a little, why did he come to participate in this recruitment ceremony with so many moves, and honestly take the letter of introduction and enter the Tang Gate through the back door?

It's just that right now, since Song Tianlong, who has made a choice, naturally won't say that he wants to back down halfway, this is not Song Tianlong's character, nor is it the result that Song Tianlong wants.

"A broken ladder, you also want to make me give in?" Song Tianlong clenched his teeth, supported his knees with his hands, his eyes widened, and finally took the second step with difficulty!

"Save your energy to speak, you'll be too tired to speak. Song Tianlong looked back with difficulty, only to see that Lan Baiwang waited for Song Tianlong and Dugu Chenxi to step on the ladder before they followed. The look on his face was contemptuous: "I can't imagine that you are not overwhelmed by the coercion of this ladder to the sky, it's really strange, heh!"

When Song Tianlong heard this, he found that only Dugu Chenxi, who was in the qi induction period, had been pressed to the ground of the ladder and couldn't move. Song Tianlong knew in his heart, too, even his current situation was so difficult, Dugu Chenxi, this kid should be a hundred times harder than himself.

Song Tianlong thought in his heart, but his footsteps never stopped, his hands supported his knees, and he took another difficult step forward. "Whew!" Song Tianlong breathed a long sigh of relief, and fine beads of sweat were already faintly appearing on his forehead. He said to Dugu Chenxi, who was lying beside him: "Ah Xi, or you give up and wait for me here." ”

"Fart!" saw that Dugu Chenxi's entire face was on the ground, and he couldn't lift it, panting while spitting out the sand that was stuck to his mouth, and then said fiercely: "Master, I just want to save some strength, is there a rule that you can't climb up?"

Song Tianlong was amused by Dugu Chenxi's words, and immediately ridiculed: "Yes, yes, yes, ladders, aren't they all used to climb?"

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Compared to the difficult situation of Song Tianlong and Dugu Chenxi, the other young disciples of the Spirit Void Period really performed well. For them, the climbing ladder at the bottom of this spiritual void platform was originally designed for martial cultivators in the spiritual void period, although the pressure from the ladder climbing will be greater the further they go, but the difficulty of this first stage is basically bearable.

The Lan Baiwang who was mocking Song Tianlong and Dugu Chenxi was moving forward quickly, and it was already close to the middle of the ladder to ascend the ladder in a short time, Song Tianlong guessed in his heart that the guy estimated that the people in the family who had successfully joined the Tang Sect might have already revealed some details about the ladder to him, otherwise you see, even the disciples who were a little older in the spiritual void period were not advancing as fast as him!

"Bah, bah, bah!" Song Tianlong shook his head, secretly scolding that he was about to be thrown to the end, and he was still thinking about something. Hurriedly guard your mind, tighten your teeth, and continue to move forward.

"With my body that has not yet reached the consummation of the foundation building stage, it is really impossible to challenge this ladder of climbing with such physical strength. After struggling to take a few steps forward, Song Tianlong hurriedly climbed the ladder and the pressure attached to him was even greater, this powerful pressure made Song Tianlong's entire body feel like it was about to fall apart!

"Since it is an assessment of the spiritual void period, then the coercion of this ladder must contain some kind of rule mystery in it. Song Tianlong gave up the intention of continuing to move forward reluctantly, and instead thought about it carefully.

In front of the cliff, this recruitment ceremony can make Elder Wentian pay the most attention to Song Tianlong and Dugu Chenxi, Elder Wentian is also curious, I really don't know where to come out of the two little guys, one has only reached the foundation building period at the age of fifteen, and the other has just entered the martial arts cultivation at the age of fourteen, but he has amazing talents.

Seeing that Song Tianlong stopped, while Dugu Chenxi was still lying on the ground motionless, Elder Wentian also frowned, not knowing what he was thinking.

"The qi of heaven and earth operates, and it has its own rules, and this feeling of coercion is a bit like the feeling of being in the Colosseum at the lion hunting conference......" Song Tianlong gave up moving forward, so he simply saved some more strength, and the whole person sat cross-legged on the steps of the ladder to the sky.

"The feeling of the day ......" Song Tianlong calmed his mood, slowly closed his eyes, and carefully recalled the details of the lion hunt that day.

At the lion hunting meeting that day, Song Tianlong condensed the strength of all the young disciples of Lanzhou City, and with his strong willpower, he broke through the shackles of cultivation and completed the powerful formation of destroying the eight male lions in one fell swoop. At that time, Song Tianlong's last trick to complete the formation was that the heaven and earth vaguely exerted a powerful coercion on Song Tianlong, and this coercion was quite similar to the coercion exerted on Song Tianlong by the ladder in front of Song Tianlong.

Since he had found a similar place, Song Tianlong's expression showed a hint of joy, and he once again deeply recalled the feeling of that day. "At the beginning of the spiritual void period, yin and yang are divided, and the four images and the five elements are viewed, and this coercion gives me the feeling that it is full of these breaths......"

"I cultivate my body with the qi of yin and yang, and the qi of these four elephants is not a big threat to me. So......" Song Tianlong's hands began to slowly play out the mysterious tricks in the book "Introduction to the Art of Kanyu", "On that day, I used the power of Yin and Yang to suppress the Qi of the Four Elephants between Heaven and Earth, and now, I should use the Qi of the Four Elephants in the ladder of climbing to the heavens with the two Qi of Yin and Yang that I am familiar with, and then ......"

Song Tianlong thought about it, and the magic trick in his hand did not stop, and he began his own attempt. "The qi of the four elephants guards my body, and although I can feel the qi of the five elements, I am not familiar with it, so I isolate it from the outside......"

Before the cliff, Elder Wentian was still paying attention to Song Tianlong, seeing Song Tianlong's face thoughtful, and the changing magic in his hand was extremely mysterious, Elder Wentian couldn't help but light up, it seems that this kid is going to give himself a surprise!

As Elder Wentian expected, it was just a short time before Song Tianlong, who had closed his eyes tightly, suddenly opened his eyes!

"It's done!" Seeing Song Tianlong's expression, he slowly stood up from the ground, this time Song Tianlong was no longer bent and supported his knees, but straight, no longer looking hard.

"The power of the five elements can't be used by me, so I simply isolate it with the qi of the four elephants. The Four Elephants and the Five Elements are the basis for the Qi that can be differentiated into the Eight Trigrams, and they can naturally balance each other! This ladder to heaven is not so much a test of everyone's willpower, but rather a test of everyone's understanding of the Qi of the Four Elephants and the Five Elements!"

Song Tianlong realized, and the pace of progress also became fast, and he gradually began to surpass the many disciples who participated in the assessment in front of him, who were still struggling to move forward.

And behind Song Tianlong, Dugu Chenxi, who was pressed to the ground motionless as soon as he walked together, also raised his head with difficulty at this time. is not as easy as Song Tianlong to comprehend the mystery of the ladder to the sky, but for Dugu Chenxi, he also has his own unique insight into the qi of heaven and earth.

Indeed, Dugu Chenxi has not been in the martial arts cultivation for a long time, and his perception of the qi of heaven and earth is not as deep as Song Tianlong, but Dugu Chenxi's talent is also excellent.

It's just that Dugu Chenxi's cultivation realm is too low, and the powerful pressure of the ladder makes Dugu Chenxi lie on the ground and can't move at all.

"Since I can't stand up, can't I crawl forward?" Dugu Chenxi was unwilling in his heart, so he relied on the unwilling breath in his chest and waved his arm towards the next step.

"Although my Yin and Yang Qi is weak, if it is only gathered in my arms, it will allow me to climb a few more steps!"