Early in the morning, Yuan Xi was ready to go early, only to see him dressed up and his hair, the momentum of the whole person changed, he looked at the Double Heavenly Pavilion with a solemn expression, for Yuan Xi, who showed a rare expression and did not say a word, Su Yuan wanted to say a few words of encouragement, but he never said it, just watched him walk towards the Double Heavenly Pavilion.

Su Yuan didn't go to watch the battle, he came to the side of the ladder to the sky, and looked at the end, his eyes were clear and bright, as if he was waiting for something.

For a long time, at the end of the ladder to heaven, as in the past, Tang Chuan walked up the stairs with the same pace.

When Tang Chuan was about to pass by Su Yuan, Su Yuan suddenly walked to his side, knelt down on one knee, clasped his hands into fists and saluted in front of him, straightened his chest, stared at Tang Chuan with fixed eyes, and said in a calm tone: "Master, I want to become stronger." ”

Tang Chuan stood still after hearing this, and slowly turned to look at Su Yuan, when he was down the mountain, he had already noticed that the young man had been looking at him, but he had not made any moves, and he had long been accustomed to not showing his feelings over the years. He knew that the boy was waiting for him, but the boy's words still made him slightly stunned, and he said that he wanted to become stronger. The disciples who came to Qingyang Academy didn't want to become stronger, but no disciple had ever said it like him, Tang Chuan thought, it must be the desire in his heart that was irrepressible.

"Why do you want to be stronger?" Tang Chuan asked a question that didn't seem to need to be asked more.

"I have things in my heart that I want to protect. Su Yuan's eyes emitted a blazing light, as if he could melt the ice and snow that had been frozen for thousands of years.

He looked at Tang Chuan without flinching.

Last night, he couldn't calm his throbbing heart after a sleepless night, and what was recorded in the "Imperial Record" was just the life deeds of the strong, but he saw the feelings behind those lights, those family affection, friendship, and some figures kept circling in his mind, and the desire for strength brewed in his heart, spreading and growing rapidly.

"Good. Tang Chuan's answer was very brief, and the corners of his mouth seemed to be slightly curled.

Tang Chuan said: "But there are as many people who want to become stronger as there are stars in the sky, but only a few can finally stand on the top. ”

"The disciple is willing to try. Su Yuan replied.

Su Yuan hesitated for a moment and questioned the way of "hegemony" that Tang Chuan had practiced. Tang Chuan helped Su Yuan up and only said, "Come with me." ”

Tang Chuan continued to go up the stairs, and Su Yuan followed by his side.

Tang Chuan didn't speak, and he didn't even look at the young man next to him, as if he had forgotten the existence of the young man, and he was about to walk to the top of the ladder. Su Yuan was puzzled, but he could only hide his doubts in his heart, he knew that Shizun must have a deep meaning.

When passing through the Double Heavenly Pavilion, Su Yuan saw that Yuanxi was fighting with a teenager, Yuanxi was kicked in a kick after flashing a knife from the young man opposite, and rolled a long distance on the ground, and when he got up, he just saw Tang Chuan and Su Yuan, and couldn't help but blush, probably annoyed that the opponent had embarrassed himself, and immediately attacked continuously, punching the opponent in the face, seeing the embarrassed appearance of the opponent after being knocked away, he couldn't help but laugh proudly. The young man on the other side was also very annoyed, he threw away his weapon and pounced on Yuanxi, and immediately scuffled together, the two sides went back and forth, specifically beating them in the face, and after a while, the two of them were already blue and swollen, and they couldn't see who had the advantage in the scene for the time being, but Su Yuan saw that they had no martial arts posture, and they were like two ruffians who were not convinced by each other fighting, and he couldn't help but feel ashamed of them, he quietly looked at Tang Chuan, and found that he didn't seem to care about the situation over there.

Further up, when he came to the Triple Heavenly Pavilion, Su Yuan saw that the two older teenagers were competing in martial arts, and their moves were sophisticated, and there were people next to them who were constantly commenting on the two parties. Su Yuan secretly made a comparison in his heart, if it was himself, he should be able to defeat either side quickly, and if the two joined forces, he would have a great chance of winning.

Tang Chuan still didn't have any expression, and he didn't mean to stop, he didn't even have the desire to take a look, as if all this was just a naughty boy's play.

All the way to the Fivefold Heavenly Pavilion, Tang Chuan seemed to have nothing to do with himself, and Su Yuan couldn't help but wonder in his heart.

When approaching the Sixfold Heavenly Pavilion, Su Yuan felt a heavy force permeating the air, making him feel as if he was in a deep quagmire, and the power of his body had nowhere to exert it.

He looked up and saw a young man with an extraordinary bearing and a dignified appearance sitting quietly on the top of the attic, only to see his eyes closed, as if intoxicated in a realm of selflessness.

Tang Chuan paused, glanced at the young man above the pavilion, and said softly: "Pretending, it's better to use this kind of mind more on cultivation." ”

Although the voice was not loud, Su Yuan seemed to be able to see that the voice passed through the space to the young man's ears, only to see that his face was red and white after hearing the words, and then touched the back of his head and smiled awkwardly, and that heavy power was long gone.

Su Yuan reacted, it turned out that the young man deliberately wanted to attract Tang Chuan's attention in this way, but instead Tang Chuan saw through his careful thinking at a glance.

When he arrived at the Seventh Heavenly Pavilion, Tang Chuan finally stopped, and there was a young man with a sword standing on the platform of the pavilion, the sword in his hand was held high but never fell, his back was facing the rising sun, and the sunlight stretched his figure very long.

At first, Su Yuan couldn't understand the young man's actions, and could only see him frowning slightly from the young man's side, beads of sweat dripping down his cheeks on his forehead, he looked nervous, his eyes were fixed on his shadow, and his expression looked like he was in pain. Su Yuan stared at it for a long time, and suddenly found that Jian Feng was trembling slightly at an incredible speed, as if there was a force of ten thousand forces holding his hand so that he could not swing this sword, he was fighting with the invisible enemy like this, and the sweat on his face had rolled down to the ground.

Tang Chuan was very patient, standing on the stairs and looking at him motionlessly.

The sword finally fell, there was no magnificent momentum, and there was no terrifying sword qi bursting out from the sword, it seemed to be an ordinary sword, and the trajectory of the sword falling was also clearly visible, but Su Yuan's eyes widened, with an incredible expression on his face, when he saw that sword cut, it also divided the young man's own shadow into two, although it was only a brief moment, but Su Yuan was sure that he was not mistaken.

A sword also broke his shadow in half, and the bluestone slab left no trace, perhaps this sword had broken through the shackles of space, and the young man showed breathtaking swordsmanship.

The young man seemed to have exhausted all his strength with a single sword, and his momentum fell down at once, and the whole person knelt on the ground and gasped.

Tang Chuan nodded and said, "Very good, if you fully master this sword, you can see the rudiments of the Holy Realm." ”

The young man found Tang Chuan after hearing this, and hurriedly saluted, and did not show any joy for Tang Chuan's rare appreciation.

Tang Chuan waved his hand and continued to walk up with Su Yuan.

When passing through the Eightfold Heavenly Pavilion and the Ninefold Heavenly Pavilion, it looked empty from the outside, and there was no breath, and it looked like two uninhabited pavilions.

Su Yuan had too many questions.

The two of them finally reached the end of the ladder to heaven, where there was a stone platform that had not undergone any repair, not even a platform, but a stone that had been rubbed smooth by years of walking and sitting cross-legged, and the smooth stone had been exposed to the sun and wind and rain for an unknown number of years.

Su Yuan seemed to see Tang Chuan alone here staring or contemplating, and there was still the residual artistic conception left by Tang Chuan's perennial perception that had not been dispersed, so that Su Yuan, who walked into it, also fell into an indescribable artistic conception, maybe Tang Chuan was not lonely, because he could not feel lonely when he explored in the vast artistic conception of power.

"Do you still want to be stronger?" Tang Chuan's voice came suddenly.

Su Yuan stood for a moment, what he saw all the way up from the ladder to heaven, and what Fang Cai felt kept recalling in his mind, however, the idea of wanting to become stronger became stronger and stronger, and Su Yuan still said firmly: "The disciple is persistent. ”

Tang Chuan sighed softly, looked at the stone under his feet and said, "You should also know about this ladder and my experience, although outsiders have praised it after hearing about it, but no one knows that when the ladder was built here, I had been in my place for nearly fifty years. ”

Su Yuan was dumbfounded, it turned out that when others were talking about Tang Chuan's rather legendary experience, he was lamenting the stagnation of his martial arts, which seemed like a kind of irony for a person who had pursued power all his life.

Tang Chuan said a little self-deprecatingly: "I am stupid, but I see a glimmer of hope in you, maybe you can go further on this road." ”

Of course, Su Yuan would not take Tang Chuan's humble statement seriously, he had already surpassed the achievements of the uncounted martial artists. However, Tang Chuan's words made his heart heavy, and he felt that his mission was burdened with an extra expectation.

"It's going to be a long and lonely road, and it's a road with no end in sight, but the last thing to lack throughout the ages is those who refuse to give up even though they have reached a moment of despair. Tang Chuan paused, "Just now, Gu Yan has reached the realm where he can cut off his shadow with a sword, and he can be regarded as having seen the gate of the Holy Realm, but if he wants to really step through this door, it may take a hundred years, or he may not be able to step through it in his whole life, and he will not be able to appreciate the more magnificent and magnificent world behind this door." ”

Tang Chuan's gaze looked down the ladder and asked, "What do you see?"

Su Yuan turned around, and at this time, the ladder to heaven was like a giant dragon lying on the mountainside, looking down from above, like the river of the Nine Heavens hanging down in the mountains, only to feel a sense of pride filling his chest, Su Yuan muttered: "I saw 'Ba'." ”

Tang Chuan nodded, "'Ba' is not only about breaking the enemy with strength, opening and closing with an indomitable momentum. On the contrary, the meticulous use of [Shu] and [Qi] is its essence, which is also my way of 'hegemony'. He looked at the long knife hanging from Su Yuan's waist, "Perhaps, this is a path that fits your state of mind." ”

The question in Su Yuan's heart suddenly cleared, "Thank you for your advice." ”

"But before you do that, you'll have to walk through every floor of the Tower of Tsuten. ”

"The disciple will live up to expectations. Although he knew that everyone in the last few Heavenly Pavilions was stronger than him, Su Yuan was full of confidence in his future.

"But before you reach the top, I don't want you to be limited to the ladder to the sky, that will not be good for your future path, you should go out and see the wider world. ”

Su Yuan knew what Tang Chuan meant, and before reaching the top of the ladder to heaven, he wanted him to travel down the mountain. Traveling down the mountain is a tradition for Qingyang Academy, but it is also conditional, that is, you must enter the top 50 in the biennial sect competition to qualify, otherwise you may lose your life if you lack strength.

Yuan Xi once said to Su Yuan that only the top fifteen disciples of the Yanwu Hall in Bifeng could be qualified to participate in the sect competition, although Su Yuan was now ranked last, and there was only half a year left, but he was already full of ambition.