Yujing City, located in the east of Yunzhou, here are generally mountains and hills, the terrain is very undulating, dense forests are numerous, the mountains and rivers are pleasant, it is praised as the city of mountains and rivers by the people of Yunzhou, many rich people and practitioners often rush here to cultivate their self-cultivation, and the literati and scholars also come here to write and compose poems, enjoy it happily.

In the southeast district of Yujing City, the streets are bent around, the bottom is uneven, the bustling streets are constantly making noisy noises, the tofu selling lady on West Street is louder than firecrackers, the old man selling tobacco on East Street is bare-chested with a cigarette stick and smoking a cigarette to enjoy, and the big man with a muscular coat attracts the strange eyes of many middle-aged women. The children who go to school run all the way, giggling and playing from time to time, showing the simple folk customs.

This Chongqing capital is on the border of Yunzhou, and the prosperity cannot be compared with the main city of Yunzhou, but the folk customs here are very pleasing, Chen Changxiao pushed open the window of the guest room with one hand, took a few breaths of air outside, turned around and walked to the desk inside, and looked at Chu Guoqiao, who was sleeping very fragrantly on the other bed, with an unhappy face, and said to himself: "This guy, just follow me all the way, and eat me and use mine, just my little savings, I'm afraid that it will be gone on the day of the assessment." ”

Near noon, Chu crossed the bridge and turned over, almost reluctantly bent up from the bed, slowly blocked the light coming in from the window with his palms, and then put his feet on the ground, ready to stand up, but he sat back on the bed with a stumbling ass, bared his teeth and said: "Damn, Brother Xiao, did you beat me up while I was asleep last night, why, oops! ”

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It has been seven days since the selection of Xuanmen, today is the day of the assessment, Chen Changxiao and Chu Guoqiao got up and rushed to Xuanmen when the sky was bright, after a few days of unanimous choice, they are about to go to Qingjunmen, Qingjunmen is not far from Yujing, take a carriage for up to three hours, Chen Changxiao is very reluctant to take out his last savings and call a carriage, Chu Guoqiao on the side pretended to say: "It's okay, Brother Xiao, when we pass the assessment, I will ask for money at home, how much and how much, my family is rich!"

Chen Changxiao kicked him on the spot, and he didn't have a backache when he stood and talked.

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Three hours later, the carriage that Chen Chu and the others were riding stopped at the foot of the Qingyun Gate, and the horseman on horseback turned his head and smiled: "Two sons, this Qingjun Gate is here, but you need to go up the mountain to get in, and the carriage can't go up, so please get off the two sons." ”

The two agreed, hurriedly got out of the car, the coachman turned around after saying goodbye, Chen Changxiao stood at the foot of the mountain and looked at the peaks and buildings faintly visible in the clouds on the mountain, and praised in his heart, it is really a first-class Xuanmen, it is really a fairyland.

The two walked around the foot of the mountain, not far from seeing two men in blue and white robes, their hearts were happy, and they walked quickly, and the young man saw the two coming, smiled and said: "Are you two here for the assessment, please show your assessment manual, thank you for your cooperation!"

The two took out the booklet of Qingyunmen and handed it over, there was nothing unusual in this booklet, just some historical records and introductions about Xuanmen. However, according to the booklet, the strength of Qingyunmen is indeed very strong, and there are quite a lot of people who come here for assessment, but the more powerful the Xuanmen, the more difficult the assessment will be.

The two disciples in the door read the booklet and said respectfully: "Please go up this staircase, and the end is where the Qingyun Gate is located." ”

Chen Changxiao and Chu Guoqiao looked at the endless stairs at the foot of the mountain, and swallowed a mouthful of saliva. The two disciples in the door smiled lightly and said: "The stairs are nine nine hundred thousand and one hundred steps, today is a special day, there are elders in the door personally in the formation, you can't use the internal force when you go up the ladder and cultivate for a lot, so you can only rely on yourself to step forward, this is also the first assessment, within an hour to complete, it is considered to pass, and the time starts from your first step." ”

When the two of them heard this, they were shocked again, looked at each other and said yes, then stepped on the stairs, walked a hundred steps and looked down, many people came one after another, Chen Changxiao and Chu crossed the bridge and quickly went up.

Chu crossed the bridge while rolling his eyes, turned his head and asked, "Brother Xiao, how do you say they know that we haven't used an hour?" Chen Changxiao glanced at him with disdain, not wanting to answer this question. There are elders in the town, and Pinger also wants to fish in troubled waters, but it is just whimsical. Not long after asking, I saw a few people about the same age as me panting and dejected appeared around the corner, walking down.

Chu crossed the bridge and asked what was going on, only to hear the man say: "After walking in an hour, I still have two thousand steps left, hey!"

The two comforted a few words, and continued to walk with solemn expressions, meeting more and more people walking down the way. When the two of them walked 3,000 steps, they sat on the ground with their butts on their butts, sweating profusely, and their vests were already soaked. Chu Guoqiao gasped and said: "No, no! No, Brother Xiao, eight thousand and one hundred steps, how is it possible, it's not a flat road, I won't go!"

Chen Changxiao laughed.

"Haha, who said first at that time that it was so easy to come to Qingjunmen, and there are other things about Xuanmen?"

Half an hour had passed, and the two of them had used all their strength to walk to the 4,800th step, and then sat down again, obviously the two of them were exhausted, and they saw many people moving slowly higher up.

"Hold on, it's almost half an hour now, we've walked more than halfway, and there are still three thousand nine hundred steps left, and we'll succeed!" Chen Changxiao pulled Chu across the bridge with one hand, his eyes full of desire.

Five thousand steps, five thousand five hundred, six thousand, seven thousand!

Seven thousand one hundred! There are still a thousand steps left, and the two of them are almost completely exhausted, Chu crossed the bridge and lay down, and said to death: "Xiao...... Brother Xiao, no...... No, you can go, I'm ...... I want to go home, Daddy, Mom!"

Chen Changxiao was still standing, and kicked it weakly.

"What the fuck are you talking about, there are still a thousand steps left, hurry up, I don't believe it, can't I climb the stairs this time?"

Chen Changxiao's mind is full of his sister Mu Qing at the moment, he has no relatives since he was a child, Mu Qing has become his only belief in doing things, he will have a chance in the future, repay Mu Qing's family, repay his sister, and now he is on the road, so he can give up. Chu crossed the bridge with both hands, and said, "If you really miss your father, stand up quickly!"

At this moment, a trace of complexity flashed in Chu Guoqiao's eyes, and then, he withdrew the hand that was being held and shouted to go!

Eight thousand steps, eight thousand steps, one hundred more steps, fifty more steps, ten more steps, the last moment of an hour, eight thousand one hundred steps!

Before they could raise their eyes, the two of them fainted from exhaustion.