Chapter 8: The Ladder
It had been nearly three days since that night, and when Lin Fei heard that the patriarch was going to send the little boy to Tianxiang Academy, after being silent, he still agreed. The little boy was naturally reluctant to leave, and Lin Cun gave him a home, gave him warmth, and filled the love that was originally vacant. Here, he felt irreplaceable joy.
The next morning, everyone in the village got up early and made a lot of delicious food for the little boy to eat on the way.
Lin Hu finished packing the package, and the little boy hugged Lin Fei tightly, tears in his eyes.
"Uncle Fei, don't drive me away, I won't steal anything from the village in the future, don't drive me away, okay?"
The little boy's eyes were red and swollen, he had been crying for days, but it did not change the reality that he was leaving.
"Little one, don't cry! Manly man, don't shed tears!" Although he told the little boy not to cry, he himself was already wet with tears. Holding the little boy with his right hand, he pounded the tree in front of him with his left hand, forcibly enduring this sorrowful emotion.
The woman dragged the children and hid in the distance, not wanting to see the pain of the separation. The children had been playing with the little boy for more than two years, and now they were crying.
"Mother, for the ...... Why do you have to let the little kid go? He's been stealing before...... We instigated it, please don't let him go. Da Zhuang's eyes were red, and he spoke in a choked voice.
"That's what the patriarch meant, and we can't help it. The women were teary-eyed, after all, the little boy had been in the village for more than two years, without a father or mother, and they had long regarded him as their own child.
"Learn your skills well after leaving, and teach your uncle when you come back! Don't embarrass your uncle!" After finishing speaking, Lin Fei put down the little boy and turned around and walked towards the mountain behind Lin Village!
"Okay, let's get on the road, Mocheng is more than six hundred miles away from us, be careful on the road!Lin Xiu, Tianxiang Academy is no better than us, we must learn to be polite and humble, don't cause trouble, and hard cultivation is the right way!"
"Well! Xiu knows, Xiu must remember the words of the patriarch's grandfather. Goodbye!Patriarch, grandfather, uncles and aunts!Thank you!" The little boy wiped away his tears, nodded firmly, and after saying goodbye, as Lin Hu walked away, he would look back every few steps.
"Don't blame Grandpa for being ruthless, staying in Lin Village will only hinder your future, your birth has long been destined for your life to be ordinary! Your world, in that vast universe, we all expect your name to be sung by hundreds of millions of people!"
Looking at the slender figure of the little boy being pulled by the rising sunrise, the patriarch who has gone through a hundred years of vicissitudes is also sour at the moment. Is it necessary to fight alone in the red dust at such a young age, but he also has a hunch that the world may be turned upside down by the little guy in front of him.
On the back mountain, Lin Fei quietly looked at the back of the little guy, just like when he stumbled upon him in front of the village, he was still in swaddling clothes, until he disappeared into the distance.
"Early...... Go home!" he clenched his fists and said silently.
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"Huh!"
The two figures, one large and one small, crossed the dense Black Forest and came to the front of the cities. These two people are naturally Lin Xiu and Lin Hu, who came to study far away.
Seven days after parting, Lin Hu and Lin Xiu hurried through the starry night, but fortunately, the journey was smooth, they did not meet robbers or the like, and they came to Mo City safely.
Standing outside the gate of the city of Me, looking from afar, there is a continuous city wall, as if bordering the sky. Even from a distance of several miles, the edge of Meaux could not be seen.
"Tianxiang Academy is in Mocheng, let's go!" Lin Hu said. Lin Xiu nodded, and then the two walked into the city together.
"Roasted Star Rabbit is coming!, fragrant and replenished, ten gold coins each!"
"Fire Spirit Snake Soup, ninety-nine gold coins, is conducive to stabilizing the foundation of the Fire Cultivator!"
"Demon fox legs, eight hundred gold coins!"
As soon as you enter Meaux, the bustling city comes into view.
"It is worthy of being the largest city within a radius of thousands of miles, and it is really prosperous!" Lin Hu looked at the crowd of pedestrians and merchants, and sighed.
Most of the delicacies I heard just now were some murderous beasts that didn't blink, and there were even some fierce beasts with evolutionary bloodlines.
"Uncle Tiger, that guy is weird!" Lin Xiu grabbed Lin Hu's shirt and pointed towards a person in the distance, Lin Hu followed the direction of Lin Xiu's finger, and saw a young man about ten years old walking towards the distance, and he noticed an inexplicable Dao Yun from his body.
The latter felt something, looked back at Lin Xiu and the others, and stepped over. With every step he took, the air under his feet formed layers of ripples. Lin Hu vigilantly blocked Lin Xiu behind him, and his right hand clutched the dagger hidden in the cuff. This ten-year-old boy, the aura exuded from his body was not much worse than that of that day, as if he was integrated with this piece of heaven and earth, making Lin Hu feel like a great enemy.
He walked in front of Lin Hu, then squatted down and stroked Lin Xiu's little head poking out behind him.
"Is there something wrong with you?" Lin Hu said in surprise, almost confiscating the knife, but the vigilance cultivated by years of hunting still did not let go.
"Oh, I'm sorry, I feel like I'm having a relationship with this little brother, so I'm rude!" the young man said with a clear and elegant smile in his blue robe.
"We were about to go to Tianxiang Academy to sign up, and if it's okay, we're out of company. After that, he turned around and wanted to leave with Lin Xiu.
"Wait a minute!" The young man in Tsing Yi patted Lin Hu on the shoulder, only to see a dagger stretching out from Lin Hu's sleeve, pointing at his throat at a rapid speed, just two centimeters away, Lin Hu found that it was like a thorn in steel, and he couldn't go deeper.
"Could it be a monk? It's trouble!" Lin Hu's heart was cold, and the unprecedented pressure made it seem to suffocate.
The young man in Tsing Yi smiled lightly, and still said elegantly, "Big brother, the way to Tianxiang Academy is here!" He smiled faintly and pointed to the other side.
"Ahem, I'm ...... I'll just ...... Just try your skills, good skills, young man! Amazing! He must be a big man one day. Haha!" Lin Hu looked at the calm young man in astonishment, made up a reason in embarrassment, and left with a red face.
Looking at the backs of Lin Hu and Lin Xiu, the young man said again.
"Tianxiang Academy was founded by the city lord and the nobles of the merchants, and it is indeed the best academy in Mo City, but it is not necessarily the best choice for the two of them, if the two of them are unfortunate enough to hit a wall, come to the Ancient Road Academy!
"That little kid, there's something strange!" said the young man in his heart.
Lin Hu didn't look back, when he first came here, he wouldn't trust anyone.
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Lin Hu and Lin Xiu walked for nearly a day, and finally arrived at the periphery of Tianxiang Academy.
It is said that there are many palace-like buildings on the mountain, and each palace has a guide who teaches the children of the palace how to embark on the path of cultivation.
After a little inquiry, Lin Hu learned that those who were under the age of ten and could cross this ladder alone without the help of external forces could enter the Tianxiang Academy to practice. This kind of rule can be regarded as echoing the style of the martial arts academy.
Nearly 1,000 young children from thousands of miles of Meadow gather here every day, but in previous years, the average number of children who succeeded was less than one.
"Idle people, etc., are not allowed to enter the ladder!"
Two young men on both sides of the ladder at the foot of the mountain said to Lin Hu.
On the ladder leading to the top of the mountain, there are countless crowds. They were all young children under the age of ten, and they had come here to cross the ladder under the guidance of their clansmen.
"Uncle can't accompany you in the future, you have to start walking on your own, and when you have time to go back to Lin Village in the future, the patriarch asked you to leave for your own good, don't hate him!" Lin Hu looked at the little guy's immature face, and felt a little distressed.
"Uncle Hu, I understand, I understand! If Xiu has the ability, he must go home!" Lin Xiu said seriously.
"Hmm!" Lin Hu touched Lin Xiu's little head, and then, he slowly climbed towards the ladder and gradually disappeared into the sea of people.
Lin Hu, who was holding back his emotions, his eyes were also a little moist, "Little guy, I'm really looking forward to how strong you will become when you return to Lin Village!"
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The ladder seems to connect the blue sky, as far as the eye can see.
"This is such a strong pressure," after climbing for half an hour, Lin Xiu suddenly sensed a strong oppressive force, which was a hundred catties, but fortunately, he was unusually strong since he was a child, and he still continued to move forward very easily.
Behind Lin Xiu, when a six-year-old child walked forward, he suddenly fell to the ground and vomited blood, and a man next to him was also ugly and embarrassed, but in the end he still supported it and did not fall. The teenagers walking behind the two of them were amazed or surprised.
"I heard the elders of the clan say that this is the entrance ladder of Tianxiang Academy, and after passing this ladder, you can enter the academy, but the more you get to the back, the heavier the weight, this is just the beginning!"
One of them broke through the mystery, and the rest suddenly realized, but one of the girls muttered.
"That guy?"
The first class looked at Lin Xiu, who was walking straight up, as if there was no pressure at all, which made them a little confused!
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"Eight hundred and ninety-eight, eight hundred and ninety-nine, nine hundred, poof. After nine hundred steps forward, the palace was already in front of him, and just as Lin Xiu had just taken the nine hundred and zero steps, an unprecedented pressure hit his whole body, and then a mouthful of blood gushed out.
"Three thousand catties!"
From the crowd of people when he came, to now there are only four or five people walking together, the gradually increasing pressure along the way is really terrifying, and Lin Xiu is already facing the pressure of three thousand catties at this moment.
"Ahh
Lin Xiu wanted to help, but at this moment, he was bearing a full three thousand catties, which made him almost breathless, and it was difficult for him to preserve, so he had to watch her die.
The three people behind all turned pale, and when they were slightly stagnant, they resolutely turned around and left. A lesson from the past, it is best to break through, if it fails, there will be no bones. And there are a lot of Mocheng Academies, so you don't have to hang yourself from a tree.
"Uncle Fei, I promised you! Learn your skills hard!" Lin Xiu gritted his teeth, took another step, and the oppressive force increased by ten catties again, he didn't choose to stop, if he stayed for a quarter of an hour, his physical strength would be consumed a lot.
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The sun sets, and night falls. In the pavilion 100 meters before the top of the ladder, the two young men put down the ancient books and looked at each other.
"It looks like no one has reached the top today, let's go!"
The other man nodded! Just as the two were about to leave, a small voice came into their ears. "Nine hundred and ninety-seven!"
The two hurried to the ladder, only to see a three-year-old doll lying on its back, the green tendons on its arms and forehead bursting up, sweating like rain, and climbing up with difficulty.
"Nine hundred...... Ninety-eight!" At this moment, Lin Xiu's eyes were in a trance, and his spirit was worn out again and again, but he subconsciously knew that there were still the last two ladders!
"Nine...... One hundred and ninety...... The two of them were dumbfounded, but they didn't dare to speak out, for fear of affecting Lin Xiu.
The weight of nearly four thousand catties made Lin Xiu's seven orifices bleed, and his eyes were covered with scarlet bloodshots. His flesh and blood were blurred in many parts of his body, and he really couldn't support this huge oppressive force.
A whole minute and a minute!Lin Xiu didn't take another step forward, and the skeletal muscles of his legs were trembling all the time.
"Why don't we help him! It's a miracle that he's been able to survive until now! Although the rules of the hospital don't allow us to interfere, it's appalling enough that he can stand here at his age! Those old fellows will forgive us. ”
One of them didn't dare to wait any longer, once the little guy gave up his strength, he would instantly become a mess of flesh and blood!The other nodded in agreement, after all, this little guy was too young, more than he knew!!
"Wait a minute!" just as the two were about to make a move, one of them suddenly shouted to stop!
I saw Lin Xiu's left leg slowly raised, although it was very slight, but it did move! And the flesh and blood of his right calf exploded instantly, and the blood was pouring out. However, by the moment, he had long since lost his sense of pain. He slowly stepped up the last step with his left foot, lifted his right leg up, and finally fell straight to the ground.
On the line of life and death, he finally succeeded in reaching the top!