Volume 4: The Eventful Years Chapter 217: Confusion
Shaowu: "Thank you, Mr. Xiaolu, for all the hard work that came to Wufuqiu to convey the news of my father to me. Actually, you just need to climb the mountain, and you don't have to stay as a miscellaneous disciple?"
Baoyu shook his head and said, "I didn't come to Wufu Hill just to send you a message, I also wanted to see this legendary sacred mountain and this sect of cultivation, and cultivate in the mountain for a while. ...... Senior Brother Xiaojun, you have been on the mountain for three years, why haven't you been able to climb the main peak of Wufu Hill for a long time?"
The young secretary sighed: "I have a very high opinion of myself since I was a child, and I take it for granted that there is nothing in the world that I can't do in the future. For more than 20 years, there has been no real setback. Although it is difficult to climb the main peak of Wufu Hill, there have been people who have succeeded over the years since ancient times, and of course I think that if you are willing to work hard, you can do it yourself. But after coming here, I realized that it was easier said than done......"
Cultivate the martial arts in the opening of the mountain to the extreme. You can pull out the sword in the stone, cut through the clouds and mist, and step on the long rope to climb the main peak of Wufu Hill. It sounds difficult, but it's not absolutely impossible. For example, two years ago, Dajun, who is also from Bamurokoku, did it. But to accomplish this kind of thing, it also depends on who it is.
Shao Wugui is the son of Bamuroguo, and it is impossible for him to have any hard life experience since he was a child, even if his father wants to deliberately train him, it is impossible to really go through hardships and dangers. When he became an adult, under the personal guidance of the engineer Lord Shrike, he entered the initial realm to cultivate, and assisted Lord Shrike in handling state affairs. He has been praised by everyone in the country, and he can be described as the pride of heaven in the country of Bamuro.
Later, he came to the army again and became the deputy general of the Northern Dao Clan, and lived in the military camp for a period of time. At that time, everyone around him could already see that the monarch was interested in Shaowu and wanted to pass on the throne to him in the future. Shaowu was already a monk in the army and had broken through the Three Realms of cultivation, but he did not practice the spirit of opening the mountain.
As the prince of a country, even if he made a gesture of sharing weal and woe with the soldiers, who would whip and order him to practice that kind of hard kung fu every day? Not to mention that there was no need for it at all. Shaowu is already a monk, even if he is not a monk, why should he practice any pioneering energy?
Shaowu's growth experience also gave him strong self-confidence. After coming to Wufuqiu, he thought that he would definitely be able to practice. To be honest, he is already very able to endure hardships, as evidenced by the fact that he has not been sent down the mountain for three years. With the dignity of his status. It's simply unimaginable.
Because Shaowu held his breath in his heart, he wanted to prove himself, and at the same time prove to the whole country that his father's choice was right. That's why he was able to persevere in this difficult environment. He also practiced hard, otherwise what else could he do on the Wufu Hill? A year later, he developed the strength of the mountain, and it took another year to cultivate to the realm of martial arts, which is already quite remarkable!
Although Shaowu has cultivated Wuding Gong, he has not been able to climb the main peak for a long time. He also drew the sword in the stone, cut through the clouds that stood in his way, and tried on all four peaks, but he could not step on the long rope. He once asked Senior Brother Dajun what was going on, and Senior Brother Dajun shook his head and told him that maybe the way he drew his sword and cut through the clouds was wrong. As for what is the right way, it is limited by the rules of Wufuqiu's disciples, but Dajun can't say.
Dajun very tactfully reminded this little junior brother that this might be the reason why he has cultivation, and Dajun himself did not enter the initial realm to cultivate before ascending the main peak of Wufu Hill. At the same time, with the skill of Shaowu, he may not have reached the extreme of Wuding Gong.
This made Shaowu fall into confusion, could it be that those who already had cultivation in their bodies could not pass that level? This was also a way for Wufuqiu to prevent the disciples of other sects from mixing in? He had been on Wufuqiu for so long, and he had also let go of his identity as the prince of Ba Muguo, and had suffered so many hardships that ordinary people could not imagine, but he had never fulfilled his father's entrustment.
Shao Wu has grand ambitions, hoping that one day in the future he will be able to restore the country of Pakistan and rebuild the achievements of the founding king Yan Zhao and the general Takeo. But now that you can't even go up to the main peak of Wufu Hill, what can you talk about?
Regardless of the lofty ideals in his chest, Shao Wu also has to consider the practical problems in front of him. It has been three years since he left the country, and although he has been away from some unnecessary disputes, he has also lost control of many situations. Of course, his father asked him to go to Wufu Hill and strive to meet the predecessor of Jiansha himself, of course, it was of great significance, but if he couldn't finish it, it would be equivalent to wasting the most important three years before succeeding to the throne.
He also thinks about a lot of things on the Wufu Hill, doing all kinds of chores every day, and the rest of the time not only has to practice the strength of the mountain, but he also needs to cultivate. Speaking of which, he and Hanxiong can now be called a pair of difficult brothers, and their cultivation has reached the perfection of the Three Realms and Nine Transformations, but even if they enter the threshold of the Four Realms, they will not be able to break through.
Last year, he received news that his elder brother, the son of Huiliang, who worshiped under the door of Mr. Yuandeng, the sect leader of the Cool Breeze Peak, had broken through the four realms for many days. Shaowu was also a little anxious in his heart, and he even had a vague feeling that he had spent so much effort in the past three years, if he couldn't successfully climb the main peak, he would delay his original cultivation and delay too many things.
After arriving in China, how will he explain and explain to the people what he has experienced in the past three years? Even if he becomes the king of a country in the future, this experience of failure will accompany him throughout his life and will often be mentioned. It is difficult for Shaowu to accept such a failure, especially after paying so much, it is clear that he can succeed.
After hearing these words, Baoyu also sighed in her heart. Everyone in the world has their own different troubles and troubles, such as Gongzi Shaowu, if it weren't for his identity, he would never have some ideas. But it is precisely because he is a junior that he has to think like that.
Baoyu groaned, "Senior Brother Xiaojun, you don't have to sigh like this. Being able to serve as a miscellaneous servant on the Wufu Hill for three years is not a failure experience in this life. At least as far as I know, there is no second person who can do this. Listening to your tone, I also admire myself very much, but I didn't fulfill my greatest wish, so I was disappointed in myself.
You just said that you were able to pull out the sword in the stone and cut through the clouds and mist, but you still couldn't step on the long rope, so what's going on? Could it be that people who have already cultivated themselves can't step on the main peak of Wufu Qiu? If that's the case, why did the lord of the Houqiao country bother to let you come? There must be some other mystery that I haven't figured out, and I'll try it later. ”
Shao Wu was surprised: "Mr. Xiaolu also wants to try, then you have to practice martial arts!"
Baoyu: "To tell you the truth, I have already practiced martial arts before I came to Wufuqiu. ”
Shao Wu jumped up and said, "Then go and try it, I have seen my fellow brothers pull out the sword in the stone and climb the main peak several times in the past three years, but none of them have encountered me." And they also didn't cultivate in their bodies, they just practiced martial arts. Mr. Xiaolu's cultivation is higher than mine, let's see if I will encounter the same dilemma?"
Baoyu: "Senior Brother Xiaojun, don't call me Mr. Xiaolu anymore, even if you talk in private, you can call me Senior Brother Xiaolu." ”
Shao Wu nodded and said, "Yes, yes, Senior Brother Xiaolu, let's try it now, it's already dawn!"
The two talked all night, and before they knew it, they walked out of the room side by side, greeted Xiao Tian, and came to the north side of the mountain together. Mojian Peak is at the southern end of Wufu Hill, which happens to be facing the vast wilderness, and the long rope connected to the main peak is of course in the north. The two of them hadn't gone far in the dawn haze when they heard the surprised voice of the little sprinkler girl shouting, "Mr. Xiaolu!"
I saw Hanxiong and Xiao Sa walking side by side, Hanxiong was carrying a futon on his shoulders, and there were a lot of blades of grass on it, and Xiao Sa was wearing Hanxiong's thick fur coat. The night on this plateau is indeed not ordinarily cold, the cold wind blows like a knife, they must have found a sheltered place, lit a bonfire and talked at night.
The two of them came up from the bottom of the mountain, and the Wufu Hill surrounded the dwellings on the top of the peak and higher places, and the monks of the various sects from outside were not allowed to set foot in these days, but in the lower mountains below the road around the mountain, everyone could move freely. Hanxiong stepped forward and introduced Xiaojun again, of course, he didn't say that he was a young man, but only said that he was a senior brother who lived in the same house, and he had been cultivating on Wufu Hill for three years.
Hearing that Baoyu was going to try the sword in the stone, Xiao Sa was also very interested in opening his eyes, and Hanxiong trotted all the way back to the house first. There is a path leading to the long rope, and a sword is stuck in the rocks at the intersection, and the clouds and mist that have been condensed all year round in front of it will not disperse. When the four men and one dog came to this rock, Baoyu reached out and grabbed the hilt of the sword, trying to pull it out.
The Three Realms Cultivator's Imperial Skill is much stronger than that of ordinary people, it is equivalent to an invisible hand that extends out of the body, and it is very stable and easier to control anything. But Baoyu found that this sword could not be shaken, it was not only integrated with the mountain stone, but suddenly even with the entire mountain peak, just like the handle of the sword peak.
The mountain has a handle, so it is the handle of this sword, and Baoyu himself stands on the mountain, how can he lift the entire sword grinding peak? Even if he can lift the mountain, the sword still hasn't been pulled out! He concentrated for a while, and no longer used the power of the imperial weapon, but also used the method of the imperial weapon to control the sword. Because he already suspected that this sword was one of the legendary martial arts swords, but it was randomly inserted into the stone on the side of the road like this.
Sure enough, it was an artifact, and Baoyu sensed it, but this artifact was not integrated with his form and god, but with the entire five giant peaks of Wufu Hill, and it was not controlled by his imperial weapon method at all. Baoyu sighed, and finally stopped using the magic power, and used the strength of Wu Ding Gong, and poured out of the sword through the body, and this divine sword came out of his hand.
Baoyu held the sword in his hand, looked down at the mountain stone just now, and there was no trace of it being inserted by the sword. At this time, he already understood that this sword and this stone were all part of the Wufu Qiu Suo Mountain Sword Formation, and its changes were not yet within his reach. There are clouds and mist in front of you, and how can the clouds and mist be cut by a sword, isn't this as useless as drawing a knife and cutting off water?
Baoyu slashed forward with a sword, and the sword light slashed out with invisible mana, splitting a path in the center of the cloud. But this sword also startled him, because it was not only the sword light that was split, but the divine sword also turned into brilliance and flew out, and when he turned around, it was still stuck in the mountain rock, as if it had never been pulled out, and the clouds and mist in front of him had closed again.
Baoyu couldn't delve into the subtleties, so he simply walked through the clouds and mist to the edge of a high cliff, and looked up to see a huge rope like a bowl mouth leading to another peak on the opposite side. That is the main peak of Wufu Hill, like a sharp blade rising from the ground straight into the sky, to the halfway up the mountainside, especially near the peak of the place, the clouds and mist are not real, and the long rope has been going up to the clouds.
At this time, Hanxiong and the others also walked to the edge of the cliff, and Baoyu was surprised: "Why are you here too?"
Hanxiong replied: "The clouds and mist can only cover the line of sight, but they can't block people, so if you want to come, you can naturally come." ...... Ah. How can such a long rope be stepped on?"
Baoyu was slightly stunned, he was also thinking about this question just now. The clouds and mist can't stop people at all, so why do you have to pull out the sword in the stone to cut through the clouds and mist first, and then step on the long rope? Whoever wants to go up to the main peak just comes over and step on the rope! Looking at the huge rope hundreds of zhang long in front of you, it is indeed impossible to step through, let alone with Baoyu's current cultivation. Even if a Five Realms master came, he could only stare dryly.
Since ancient times, there have been people in the world who are good at walking on the suspension rope, and they don't need any supernatural cultivation, it's just a kind of juggling kung fu. But this rope is different. It is not flat, but curves and slopes upward, and the higher you go, the steeper the angle becomes, and it is impossible for a person to stand on it. If it's like a rope trick to grasp and climb, this bowl of thick rope just happens to be impossible to hold.
One end of the giant rope seemed to take root from the cliff, and Baoyu also stretched out a foot to try, and its surface was slippery and not sloppy, not to mention walking, and it was impossible to climb like a monkey. The giant rope swayed gently in the mountain wind. And below is the bottomless abyss.
For those who have cultivated masters, there is another way to pass, which is to fix themselves, resist the shape of a large block, and climb the mountain on the other side along the long rope like a fly. This kind of imperial art. Usually only masters of the five realms or more can master it, but Baoyu has just broken through the four realms and realized it. He tried it, but found out that it didn't work either.
Sense that long cord with your senses, it doesn't exist at all! Who can cast any magical spells? It is equivalent to a void in front of him! However, the strange thing is that the long rope is clearly in front of him, and he sticks out one foot and tries it gently. It's also real.
If you want to step on this long rope to reach the opposite peak, even the most clever juggler in the world can't do it, and even the supernatural power is not easy to use, if you want to force your way up, I'm afraid you will have to fall down if you can't walk a few steps, and the result will inevitably be shattered. Baoyu became more and more puzzled, this long rope, like the sword in the stone, was obviously also part of the sword formation of the lock mountain on Wufu Hill, which was an extremely clever formation. Even if you cultivate martial arts to the extreme, it is impossible to step on the long rope!
If you climb the Wufu Hill to learn the sword, you have to pass this level, then it is not a test of the disciples, but you want the disciples to fall to death, there is no such reason. Baoyu was puzzled, turned around and asked, "Senior Brother Xiaojun, in the past few years you have been on the mountain, you have also seen others climb the main peak. As far as you can see, how did they step on the long rope, and did anyone fall?"
Xiao Jun replied with a wry smile, "I have seen it several times, including the time when Senior Brother Da Jun did. People just pulled out the sword in the stone and cut through the clouds and mist. I even went to the side to look out on the rope to see how they had stepped on the rope, but there was no one to see on the rope. ”
Baoyu nodded and said, "I understand, pulling out the sword in the stone to cut through the clouds and mist is to open a kind of magic circle, and stepping on the long rope should have another mystery." Senior Brother Dajun is limited by the rules of the disciples of the True Tradition, so it is inconvenient to tell you. ”
Of course, the little girl was also very interested in the long rope that Wufuqiu said, she did not draw her sword to cut through the clouds, and now she also came to the long rope, stood there and studied for a long time, and found that it was impossible to step directly on it. Looking at the angle of the other end of the long rope hanging in the distance, in fact, how to climb up! She tilted her head and asked, "Senior Brother Xiaojun, this rope is right in front of you, haven't you thought of any other way?" I have thought of a way!"
Xiao Sa has a very creative idea, first tie a rope around his waist, and then knot a rope trap at the other end and put it on the long rope, so that even if he accidentally falls, he will slide back to the edge of the cliff along the long rope and not fall to his death. In addition, make a special pair of gloves and try to put them on your hands and grasp the long rope to climb up.
This method may be useful, but if you really can't climb over, forget it, just hang on the long rope and slide back anyway. Hanxiong couldn't help but give a thumbs up and praised Miss Xiaosa for being so smart!
Xiao Jun still smiled bitterly: "Don't talk about this method, I have thought of a more ingenious way than this." I secretly made the kind of rope noose you mentioned. But I have studied the four long ropes of each mountain, and the surface is slippery and unfocused, and I cannot hold it up at all, and the work of the Imperial Objects is completely useless.
Besides, Wufuqiu's rule is to step on the long rope, and he didn't say that he climbed the long rope with a rope sleeve. You didn't pull out the sword in the stone, and you also came to the side of the long rope, and the little sprinkler girl was not even a miscellaneous disciple in the mountains, which shows that the method of passing the rope is by no means so simple. ”
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They were studying the long rope here, and in the distance among the main peak of Wufu Hill, there were also several people standing on the high cliff connected at the other end of the long rope and looking at them. In the center is an elder, with a clear appearance, black hair and silver threads, and an ancient sword with a sheath on his back. The sword was a weapon that the nobles of Ba Yuan sometimes liked to wear, and it was often a light decoration to hang around the waist.
But the long swords carried by Wufuqiu's disciples are all weapons that can really be slashed and killed on the battlefield, not only the blade is sharp, the sword spine is wide, but it is also very heavy to start, and it is not convenient to hang on the belt, so they are all carried diagonally behind. The old man's sword is very light and dexterous, and the hilt and scabbard are simple and luxurious.
There was a Wufuqiu disciple next to him and said, "Second Elder, Senior Brother Xiaojun has come to study this long rope again with two new miscellaneous disciples who have gone up the mountain." They didn't know that these four giant ropes were transformed by the Lock Mountain Sword Formation, and it was impossible for them to come directly. ”