The five-day holiday passed quickly, and all the disciples also returned to the Ethereal Sect one after another.

The most important thing to usher in after the year is the friendship of the three major sects.

On the surface, it sounds good, but in fact, it is a competition between sects to compete with each other, and the Ethereal Sect has been sitting in the position of the head of the three major sects for too long, and the other two sects have long wanted to replace them.

Although their first Feng Tianji in the inner door is not there, Luo Lanzhi, who is third, and Shu Limo, who is fifth, have stayed this time, and with these two masters in charge, it seems that there is no suspense about the outcome of this year's event.

Each of the three major sects will select thirty disciples with excellent talents and qualifications to compete and compete, and the location of this year's competition is selected in the Yunxiao Fortress in Xiaoyao Valley, which is a building dozens of feet above the ground, and it is said that it goes straight into the clouds, where you can clearly see the scene in the sky, and the clouds and mist are beautiful.

Of course, there is also a certain danger, if you accidentally fall off it, you will definitely fall to pieces.

"Cloud Fortress? Sounds interesting. When Murray heard the tutor say this, he touched his chin and looked interested.

She suddenly leaned towards Tan Linruo next to her, "Senior brother, are you participating?" ”

Tan Linruo's face was a little unsightly, he shook his head and said, "I won't participate." ”

"Why? Your medical skills are so good, and your cultivation is not bad, you don't want to be in the limelight. Mu Lai said with a smile.

Tan Linruo smiled bitterly, "Senior sister, don't make fun of me, if it was before, I thought that no one in the Ethereal Sect could beat me in medical skills, but now, there is a junior sister like you who is a medical ghost, and that genius junior sister in the special department who has a full level of soul power, wouldn't I be embarrassed." ”

Mu Lai raised his eyebrows, "It's so arrogant, it's not like your usual style, senior brother!" ”

Tan Lin Ruojun's face was a little embarrassed, and he seemed to be a little embarrassed, and he whispered a sentence for a long time, "Actually...... I have a fear of heights. ”

Mu Lai was stunned for a moment, and laughed out loud for a while, very unbelievable, "Senior brother, you are a big man, but you are afraid of heights?" ”

Tan Linruo sighed helplessly, "When I was a child, I didn't go up the mountain to collect medicine and fell from a high place, and since then there have been shadows, not to mention the daunting height of the Cloud Fortress, even if I live in a guest house outside, I don't dare to live upstairs." ”

"So serious?" Mu Lai blinked in surprise, "You haven't thought about overcoming this symptom of fear of heights?" ”

"I wanted to, too, but it didn't work." Tan Linruo said sadly.

Mu Lai tapped his finger on the corner of the table, and then said, "You can't do this, although there are many people in our alchemist branch, but if you, the senior brother, don't participate, you must find a way to overcome this weakness." ”

"Is there any way to do it?" Tan Linruo suddenly looked at her expectantly.

Mu Lai smiled, "There is a way, of course. ”

For some reason, Tan Linruo saw her smile and unconsciously shivered.

"Ahh

"Senior sister, junior sister, pull me up quickly! Senior sister, junior sister, I'm so scared ......"

"I'm going to die, I'm really going to die!"

"It's too high, it's really too high, I don't want to treat it, it's a big deal not to participate in the friendship competition, it's enough for the alchemist branch to have you!!"

"Senior sister, did you hear it, pull me up quickly, I'm really scared to death......"

In the mountains behind the Ethereal Sect, the winter morning was cold and silent, and there was not even the sound of birds, only the howling of ghosts and wolves echoing in the mountains one after another.

Under that steep cliff, I saw a finger-thick rope tied to the trunk of a tree in the distance, and the long rope spread to the bottom of the cliff, hanging a person, the person with a pale face and a cold sweat was not Tan Linruo?

He grabbed the rope tied to his waist and tried to climb up, but he was so scared that he didn't dare to make a big move, so he could only ask for help from the people above.

Mu Lai sat on the cliff so leisurely and listened to the heart-rending sound below, and said faintly, "Senior brother, I am all for your good, and I will let you hang under this cliff for two hours every day in the future, and after a long time of getting used to it, you will naturally not be afraid of heights." ”

"Senior sister, can we change the method? A little gentler ......" Tan Linruo's voice couldn't stop trembling, and he felt that his body was numb.

The body hanging in mid-air, with the wind blowing up from the bottom of the cliff from time to time, swayed from time to time, and the slender rope seemed to be able to break from the middle at any time, how terrifying it looked.

Mu Lai listened to the man's trembling and very unproductive voice, and shook his head with some hatred, "Senior brother, what are you worried about?" Could it be that I will still harm you, your senior brother of the Ethereal Sect Alchemy Branch, Elder Jin's proud protégé, gave up the friendship competition of the three major sects because he was afraid of being high, do you believe that Elder Jin will be angry with you if he finds out? ”

Hearing her words, Tan Linruo couldn't help but feel extremely ashamed, but the psychological fear was really difficult for him to control, and he swallowed his saliva, "Senior sister...... This rope ......"

"You don't have to worry, my rope is not an ordinary rope, don't look at it thin, it's a magic weapon, extremely tough, and the sword is constantly chopped, unless you are unlucky to encounter a sawtooth insect, its teeth, no matter how good the sword, gun, sword and halberd will turn into a pile of scrap iron in front of it......"

Tan Linruo's voice drifted even more, "Sawtooth worm...... Is it a turquoise oval with a mouth full of fangs? ”

"Huh, how do you know?" Mu Lai poked his head down suspiciously and asked.

"I ...... I seem to see it biting...... Ahhhhh

Mu Lai only felt that the rope tied to the tree suddenly loosened, as if it had been cut off from the middle, and her eyes suddenly tightened, "Not good! ”

Then, the slender body jumped to the bottom of the cliff, falling extremely fast, she grabbed the vine on the edge of the cliff with one hand, and with the other hand pulled out the snake whip on her waist, and swung it out hard, wrapping around the man who was already frightened and colorless, and lifted him up.

Tan Linruo almost fainted without foaming at the mouth, and as soon as he stabilized his body, he was lifted up, and he was so frightened that he almost didn't scream.

The corners of Mu Lai's forehead jumped, and he shouted in a low voice, "Shut up! ”

Being stared at by the girl's sharp and bright eyes, Tan Linruo subconsciously closed his mouth obediently.

But I heard the girl's cool and secure voice suddenly sound, "Look down, look down." ”

Tan Linruo did as he heard when he heard this, but as soon as he saw the bottomless mist at the bottom of the cliff, he immediately withdrew his eyes.

"Now keep me staring down for a quarter of an hour, and if you don't listen to me, I'll let go and drop you down." Murray's threatening words.

"Senior Sister ......"

"Not negotiable!"

Tan Linruo was so aggrieved that he could only do it obediently, why didn't he find out before that this junior sister who was always smiling was actually such a terrible witch, it was too cruel!

Time passed like this, Tan Linruo was a little uncomfortable by the whip on his waist, and couldn't help but move, probably sensing his movements, Mu Lai threw a rattan in his hand to him and said, "Grab it yourself." ”

Tan Linruo subconsciously grabbed the rattan, and then felt that his waist was loosened, and Mu Lai had already put the whip back and looped it around his waist again.

Grabbing the rough rattan for so long, his palms sweated unconsciously, Tan Linruo looked at the girl beside him and said, "Senior sister, aren't you afraid?" ”

"What is there to be afraid of." Mu Lai sneered, "If you're afraid of being high, you'll have to die, are you still afraid when you think about it?" If you don't fall off the cliff one day, you obviously have a chance to save yourself, but you are afraid that Gao Pingbai will die in vain. ”

Tan Linruo was silent, lowered his eyes and looked at the bottom of the cliff, it seemed that the fear in his heart was not so strong for a while.

I don't know how long later, a girl's faint voice came from beside her, "Are you still afraid of heights?" ”

"It's better." Tan Linruo said.

"Then let's go up."

When the words fell, Mu Lai directly grabbed Tan Linruo's waist with one hand, tapped his toes on the cliff wall, and returned to the ground.

After being a drug addict for 20 years, Tan Linruo was still so close to a woman for the first time, and suddenly his handsome face was dyed a trace of crimson, and he was a little embarrassed to lower his head and dare not look at her.

"Okay, let's continue tomorrow, that's all for today, I'll go first." Mulley didn't notice his strangeness either, and left with a word.

"Senior Sister ......"

The tall and slender figure of the woman faded away, but she raised her arm and waved, and did not look back.

"She helped me because she cared about the face of the alchemist department!" Tan Linruo looked at the shadow that was gradually becoming invisible, and muttered, for some reason, he was a little inexplicably lost in his heart.

The Valley is hidden in the mountains, and the base camp is beneath the cliffs and bottomless valleys.

Therefore, the people in the Xiaoyao Valley, even if not all of them are profound, but everyone has the light skill of flying the eaves and walking on the wall, and the steep cliffs that ordinary people are afraid of, but the people in the Xiaoyao Valley are like walking on the ground.

This time, the sect fraternity was chosen in Xiaoyao Valley, which was a great test for the people of the other two major sects.

There is no other reason, although Xiaoyao Valley is at the bottom of the sect, its strength is definitely not weak, and it is famous for assassination in the Xuanji Continent, and the secrecy is very strict.

It can be imagined how dangerous it is to be the base camp of Easy Valley, and it is difficult to get down from the cliff full of organs and overgrown with poisonous flowers and poisonous weeds.

"Those old guys are racking their brains this time, and they want to give the Ethereal Sect and the Wuji Gate a dismount, and those things on the cliff are probably all opened." Feng Qi looked at the man sitting at the low table and sipping tea, and said with a smile.

The man narrowed his eyes slightly, took a sip of the tea in the cup, and did not answer.

Feng Qi was also accustomed to his temperament, so he sat down by himself, poured a cup of tea and drank it all, "But I guess you must not be interested in this friendship game, and you run out to hide from Qingjing every time." ”

As he was talking, there was a sudden flutter on the window, and then a bird with a snow-white body and a little golden eyebrows flew in and landed on the table, with a small bamboo tube tied to one of its paws.

Feng Qi's eyes widened in surprise, "What kind of bird is this?" I've never seen one! ”