At this time, a voice sounded from the crowd: "A few cowards, they still want to become disciples of Qingyang Academy, are they scared to pee their pants now, hurry up and go home and cry under the bed." After speaking, he laughed exaggeratedly a few times.

I saw a sturdy teenager, who pushed aside the crowd and walked to the front of the cliff rope bridge to look at the teenagers who refused to cross the bridge for a long time.

The face of the young man who was ridiculed in public turned red, staring at the sturdy young man but not daring to refute, and one of them finally mustered up the courage to say: "If you have the guts, you can go over first, there is no need to say cool words here." ”

The sturdy young man walked next to the young man who had just spoken, and the young man gave up his position in an interesting way, and the sturdy young man jumped lightly on the iron rope with his feet lightly, turned his head to the back and said, "If you are not convinced, go to the opposite side to find me, my name is Pang Jing." ”

After finishing speaking, he tapped his feet on the iron cable, and quickly walked along the iron cable towards the opposite side, and soon his figure disappeared in the clouds.

Seeing that someone took the lead, the teenagers behind him had confidence, and slowly more and more teenagers began to step on the iron rope and go to the other side of the cliff. But there was also an accident, and the screams of a teenager who had fallen echoed through the valley, casting a shadow over everyone.

Su Yuan also stepped on the iron cable with the flow of people, the cliff was wider than expected, especially when the mountain wind and clouds became stronger in the middle, it was necessary to maintain the balance of the body and be careful to step on the air, the difficulty was very big for the teenager in the early stage of the green stage, and from time to time there were teenagers falling on the iron rope around him, and a scream echoed in the valley. The old man on the side was still standing on the edge of the cliff with a calm expression, with an attitude of not caring about himself, and the young men who were still on the edge of the cliff had the mentality of retreating, after all, no one wanted to take a small life because of the test.

Su Yuan, who was still moving forward on the iron rope, didn't know what was behind him, but with Su Yuan's tenacious character since he was a child, even if he knew, it would not affect his mentality. He is now concentrating on the difficulties in front of him, according to his strength, Su Yuan is very close to the middle stage of the green stage at this time, there is no longer a figure within ten meters of his side, the mountain wind pushes the person to one side, and the iron rope is also shaking, Su Yuan can only lower his body as much as possible, and his feet are quickly reduced and vacated, and I don't know how long it took, when he felt that the mountain wind was weakening and gradually becoming clear, he finally faintly saw the opposite side, and he waited until he was on the ground to breathe a sigh of relief, and his body was also a little tired.

There is a big slope under his feet, most of the teenagers not far away are resting and recovering their strength, and there is a disciple of Qingyang Academy standing aside every short distance around, Su Yuan found a big rock on a high place and sat down to rest. The waiting time always passed slowly, and there was not even a single bird on the bare mountain, except for the joy of the aftermath of the apocalyptic youth who passed through the cliff one after another, and the occasional strange wail from the valley, which formed a strange picture.

Just when Su Yuanbai was bored and was lying on a stone with a piece of grass in his mouth and looking at the sky in a daze, watching the young man live and die on the edge of the cliff without hesitation, the gray-clothed old man who closed his eyes and recuperated finally slowly floated over from the opposite side, and saw that after the old man landed, the disciples of the Qingyang Academy around gathered all the teenagers together, and the old man walked in front of everyone, "Those who can come over have proved your martial arts foundation and fearlessness, there are more than 600 people here, and the rest of them are either weak enough to fall into the valley or timidly give up the test." After speaking, he paused and observed everyone's expressions, and saw through the teenagers' thoughts at a glance, "The tester who fell into the valley is not worried about his life, you don't have to worry too much, your test is still going on, now everyone come with me." ”

As soon as the words fell, everyone felt a flower in front of them, the figure of the old man had disappeared, but the voice came from behind: "Over here." ”

Everyone turned around and saw the old man winding towards the depths of the valley, and everyone followed.

The gray-clothed old man led the young man behind him to a semicircular platform, on which there were four huge black and white chessboards paved with green rocks. The old man pointed to the chessboard and said, "This is the chessboard of the realm. And explain the rules of the assessment: everyone sits at the intersection of vertical and horizontal lines as a chess piece, and the chessboard circle will be tested when it is completed or the time is over. After saying that, regardless of the fact that most of the teenagers had not eaten at the end of the day, they immediately let everyone sit on the chessboard.

After everyone sat down on the chessboard, I saw the old man's expression solemn, and he kept chanting unintelligible mantras in his mouth, and finally said loudly: "Get up." ”

Suddenly, all the teenagers entered a strange world, a quiet, lonely world.

At this time, Su Yuan seemed to have returned to Selangorasia in winter, the gray sky was full of snow, the cold wind was like a knife, and he looked around at the white expanse, except for the snow, the outline of the mountain range could be vaguely seen at the end of the line of sight. In this icy and snowy land, there is no second person, no living creatures, only oneself alone and aimlessly moving forward in the vast world. Dressed in thin clothes, Su Yuan, who was accustomed to the cold of the north, also felt a little chilly, and it was easy to despair when he didn't know where to go, since he had no purpose, then he walked towards the outline of the mountain.

A lonely figure hikes through the wind and snow.

Time seems to have passed for a long time, the weather is getting colder and colder, like goose feathers flying in the sky The snow blurs Su Yuan's vision, the cold wind is like thousands of needles piercing his body, and the thin roots of his clothes can no longer resist the cold, but the mountains in front of him are still out of reach, looking back, only a foot away footprints are faintly visible, otherwise Su Yuan wonders if he is walking in place.

Su Yuan breathed a long sigh of relief, and slowed up his pace calmly, in this vast world, the snow mountain is his purpose, and he has to arrive before he falls. Su Yuan still remembered that this was just a test, but even if he put aside the results of the assessment, he didn't want to be worse than others in a familiar environment.

The more determined Su Yuan's heart moved forward, the more clearly the mountains were visible, as if the mountains in the distance were also responding to him. The mountain range was getting closer and closer, and the snow under his feet had reached his calves, and when the snow was too deep, Su Yuan almost used his hands and feet to climb forward on the snow, and when he came to the bottom of the mountain, he was exhausted.

After going through hardships to come to the bottom of the mountain range, the mountain is not as high as expected, and there are no caves or other special places, not even a tree or grass, it is just a very ordinary mountain range.

Su Yuan was disappointed, and a sadness surged in his heart, colder than wind and snow.

There is nothing in the mountain range, so what is behind the mountain range? With this thought, Su Yuan was determined to take a look at what was behind the mountain, fortunately the mountain was not high, otherwise Su Yuan might not be able to hold out to the top of the mountain. Su Yuan, who held hope, finally climbed the mountain, the cold wind on the top of the mountain almost tore his clothes, when Su Yuan stood on the highest place and looked up, he found that there was nothing behind the mountain, and there was still endless snow.

However, at this time, Su Yuan was not disappointed or happy, his heart was as calm as ice cubes frozen for ten thousand years, as if heaven and earth were like this, and all the hopes and beauty were just imagined. But the depression in his heart was full of unease, and his heart felt like a sense into the distance, facing heaven and earth, and shouted three times with all his strength.

Suddenly, the sound spread for thousands of miles, the wind and snow seemed to have a momentary stillness, and the sound spread farther and farther through the wind, echoing in the world for a long time.

Suddenly, the scene in front of him was shattered, Su Yuan's consciousness returned to his body that was still being tested on the mirror chessboard, and when he slowly opened his eyes, he saw that a small number of teenagers were lying on the chessboard, and most of them were still sitting upright, but there was a faint look of pain between their eyebrows, and some were sweating, and their clothes were soaked.

Su Yuan looked at the old man in gray, the old man still couldn't see any expression, he seemed to open his mouth, and a voice sounded in Su Yuan's ears: "Boy, you have passed the test, go to the open space next to you to rest first." After hearing this, Su Yuan got up and walked to the side, and there were two teenagers standing in the distance, one was Pang Jing, a young man who was flamboyant when he first crossed the rope bridge, and the other Su Yuan had also seen, it was actually a white-clothed young man who rescued the little boy in the hands of the Hai Clan woman outside the imperial capital.

Pang Jing saw Su Yuan coming over and said with a smile: "The kid is not bad, he can complete the test third." ”

Su Yuan looked at Pang Jing with an old-fashioned look, but there was no malice, and responded: "My name is Su Yuan, and I am from the north. ”

"My name is Xilan. The young man in white replied coldly.

Pang Jing on the side said with a smile: "This guy likes to pretend to be handsome, but unfortunately there are no beautiful chicks here." After saying that, he laughed, as if he was very satisfied with the joke he said, but when he saw that the two of them looked at him without any expression, the laughter turned into a dry laugh twice.

While the three of them were waiting and chatting, they learned that the test on the chessboard just now was different for everyone to experience, and the scene that Pang Jing entered was a valley of earth fire magma, and then he saved a little girl in the magma regardless of his own danger. According to his words: Even a pig can think that only by saving the little girl can he pass the test, and even if he stumbles into the magma, he will not really die.

For this kind of guy who doesn't know whether he is open-minded or a scoundrel, I'm afraid that even the old man in gray who presided over the test can only be helpless. As for Xi Lan, he just said that the scene was different, but he didn't say anything specific, anyway, after a short period of time, everyone also understood his habit of not talking much, and they didn't ask. However, Pang Jing was puzzled why Su Yuan did not encounter danger, but only passed the test after shouting three times on the top of the mountain, Su Yuan naturally couldn't answer these questions, because he didn't know it himself, he just wanted to do it in his heart at that time. However, in a short period of time, the three teenagers have less strangeness to each other, just like three friends who have known each other for a long time.

When Su Yuan and the three of them were talking, there were teenagers who passed the test one after another, but they all thought that the three of them were in a group, so they didn't join them but stood aside and waited.

When more and more teenagers passed the test, the gray-clothed old man stopped the test of the teenagers who were still on the chessboard, and announced the end of the triennial apprenticeship test of Qingyang Academy, and the first 100 teenagers who passed the test became the official disciples of Qingyang Academy, and the next 200 teenagers who passed the test were registered disciples, formal disciples are usually called inner disciples, and registered disciples are called outer disciples. The difference is that the inner disciples are the key training objects of the Qingyang Academy, and they get far more resources than the outer disciples, in addition to another very important difference, the inner disciples are trained in the main peak of Qingyang Mountain, and the outer disciples are trained in other peaks outside the five main peaks of Qingyang Mountain.

The inner disciples and the outer disciples are not static, every two Qingyang Yuan will have a big test, the last twenty inner disciples will compete with the top twenty outer disciples, the winner will become the inner disciple, and the loser will become the outer disciple. This is not only to put pressure on the inner disciples, but also to let the outer disciples see the hope of becoming the inner door, the success or failure of the moment does not determine the future, after all, now is the beginning of their lives, the future is still a long way, and every teenager has unlimited possibilities in the future.