The "Qiling Pagoda" is located in the forbidden land of the mountain behind the Heavenly Dao Academy, and it is the first level of the three promotion assessments, as long as you pass the assessment, you can be promoted to a second-grade disciple. The tower peak that Lin Jue saw from afar when he first came was this place. It is the same as the nameless hall, built on the ground is just a disguise, the real tower body is built upside down in the ground, the tower is thirty zhang high and divided into three layers, and the last layer is passed.

Lin Jue stood in front of the tower and paused for a long time, his eyes kept looking at a stone tablet next to the tower.

"Nangong Jing, one year and two months after being admitted to the hospital, passed through the Qiling Tower, which took three hours. It is the first in the history of the hospital. ”

"Fourteen months?"

Lin Jue came back to his senses and couldn't help but smile gently, it had been less than a year since he came to the Heavenly Dao Academy. This is slightly earlier than my mother's time. I just don't know if these three hours are enough for me. The result must not be too bad, so as not to disgrace the mother.

After waiting for a while, after calming down, Lin Jue went directly into the tower. At the entrance, there is a stone staircase facing down in pitch black, and you can walk more than 100 steps to the first floor.

The circular tower room is dim and dim, about ten zhang square is quite spacious, and there are a few remnant candles lit around it, flickering with faint candlelight, which may be extinguished at any time. The room was empty, except for a one-man tall jade mirror hanging on one wall.

Lin Jue walked to the mirror and looked at it carefully for a while, but this jade mirror was not abnormal except for the blurred mirror and the human figure.

"What is this first level of assessment?"

There is no hint of danger here, but it is quiet and tranquil.

Lin Jue was pondering, and suddenly saw that the mirror in front of him seemed to have ripples, which were not obvious at first, but the lines were getting denser and denser, and Lin Jue's eyes were hazy and dull, as if he was restrained by this mirror, and he felt groggy in his mind.

Swish!

Suddenly, there was a strange movement in the jade mirror, Lin Jue woke up in an instant, and when he raised his eyes again, he saw a fat figure coming out of the mirror.

"What are you kid still in a daze! Come with me!" Zhang Qingbai couldn't help but say, pulling Lin Jue and running out.

"Where are you going?" asked Lin Jue dumbfounded.

"I begged the nameless old man for a long time for you, and he finally exempted you from this assessment, now come down the mountain with me!" Zhang Qingbai said hurriedly.

"Oh. ”

Lin Jue replied lightly. The right hand suddenly burst out and slapped directly on the cover of Zhang Qing's innocent Heavenly Spirit.

"You...... Why ......"

Zhang Qingbai looked back slowly, blood overflowed from his mouth, and asked extremely unwillingly.

Lin Jue smiled coldly: "Although your appearance is not the slightest different from his, but your temperament is not expressive." Excuse me, innocent guy wouldn't be so kind!"

Bang!

The innocence of Zhang in front of him was suddenly shattered and turned into a little bit.

Lin Jue only felt that the dull hazy feeling of pus also faded, and he really woke up at this moment.

"It's so dangerous! ”

Looking down, Lin Jue found that his left foot had just stepped on the ground, and his right foot was still standing on the dark stone steps, it turned out that he had just stepped into the illusion with the first step.

"Hmm! this kid is too ruthless!"

Zhang Qingbai stretched out his hand to wipe away the cold sweat that was scared out of his head. When he saw Lin Jue slapping his palm on "himself" without hesitation, he really screamed as if he were on the spot, and he still has palpitations.

"It seems that I have to be kind to this kid in the future, otherwise he will give me a slap one day when he is delirious, and he will not die a very unjust death. ”

The nameless old man smiled noncommittally. His gaze continued to focus on the crystal ball in front of him, which reflected Lin Jue's every move in the tower. This was originally used to monitor the disciples who broke through, but now it has become a good treasure for them to watch the show.

Compared with the two of them, Yun Hai's expression was much more serious. All the time frowning tightly.

"This spiritual pagoda will conjure up the three people in everyone's heart: the best friend, the most hateful, and the most dearest. The deeper the obsession, the more real the hallucinations experienced. The first two levels are okay, but I'm afraid that the last layer will make him unable to help himself. ”

After passing a level, the jade mirror on the wall disappeared on its own, revealing a stone staircase that extended downward. The second floor has not changed much, and there is also a jade mirror hanging on the wall, but the space is slightly smaller. With the lessons of the previous car, Lin Jue walked down the steps, his eyes staring at the mirror.

Let's see what comes out this time?

After a while, another person came out of the mirror.

The figure is tall, loose-shaped crane bones, wearing a dark robe, and walking with graceful steps. It's just that he doesn't have a face. Lin Jue rubbed his eyes vigorously, and then he looked at it and it was still a blur, and he couldn't see the appearance of this person.

"My child, I have wronged you for so many years, and my father is sorry for you. ”

This voice was desolate and choked, like the north wind of the cold winter wax moon, and the heart of the straight people listened to it sadly.

Lin Jue's whole body trembled, and his eyes were misty.

"You... You're my father?"

"Son, I owe you mother and son all these years. Now I'm back, and I'm going home with my father. From now on, I will compensate you two well, and our family will never be separated again. ”

"Family?" Lin Jue asked in a daze, his tone cold and resentful.

"What's the matter, kid?" the man's voice was dazed.

"What's wrong, you abandoned your wife and children, and now ask me what's wrong!" Lin Jue roared in a torn voice.

In an instant, his murderous aura rose up, his palms were like goshawks flapping their wings, and dozens of palms were slapped one after another, without controlling the star power in his body, only to see the palm prints shimmering, and golden balls of flame slammed into the man in front of him without hesitation.

Bang bang bang!

In the tower room, only the dazzling golden light was constantly blooming, and the four walls began to shake violently. The masonry on the ground was blasted into a flying dust, and even the scene of the refraction of the crystal ball could only be seen in a gray vein.

"Usually, this kid is gentle, humble and polite, but I didn't expect the resentment in his heart to be so deep!" Yun Hai sighed.

The nameless old man looked at the gray crystal ball and sighed:

If this knot is not untied, it will accumulate deeper and deeper, and sooner or later it will become a great disaster. If this kid falls into the evil way, the whole world will be finished. ”

"Zhang Qingbai, you will accompany Lin Jue in the future, and report any abnormalities immediately!" said the nameless old man with unprecedented seriousness.

Zhang Qingbai hurriedly knelt on the ground, saluted with both hands:

"Zhang Qingbai obeys Nanchen's ......" said halfway through and quickly changed his words, "Zhang Qingbai obeys the will of the nameless senior!"

The concussion in the Qiling Tower lasted for a long time, and when the dust settled, Lin Jue was panting against the wall, his hair covered with dust. Looking at the devastated tower room in a daze, he silently turned around and walked towards the newly opened passage, leaving only one sentence coldly:

"Even though I know you're just an illusion, I can't help but tear you to pieces!"

Lin Jue breathed a sigh in his chest, although this Spirit Pagoda had no deadly mechanism and no fierce guards, but walking down the two floors made him a little exhausted and physically and mentally exhausted. As he walked, he felt that his eyelids were getting heavier and heavier, and the torment in his heart was also relieved a little in the drowsiness, and he felt more relaxed and comfortable than ever, so he let this sleepiness hit and gradually fell asleep.

"It's ...... The back mountain of Nangong Mansion?"

In the blink of an eye, Lin Jue was already standing on a rugged mountain road, the mountain was overgrown with flowers and trees, and a small thatched hut was wafting wisps of cooking smoke not far ahead, and the delicious aroma of rice could be smelled far away.

Grunt~

Lin couldn't help but swallow a mouthful of saliva, and his stomach screamed disobediently.

At this moment, a woman in ordinary dress walked out of the hut, her rough clothes could not stop her shocking face, and her long silver-white hair was coiled high. Rushui's eyes were looking at Lin Jue from afar, with some anger in his eyes.

"Silly boy, what are you doing there. Don't come back to eat yet. ”

"Mother?"

Lin Jue took two steps and made one step to meet him.

"I'm so old, and I'm still playing crazy all day long, I really don't want to grow. The woman pretended to reprimand while straightening Lin Jue's folded clothes.

"Mother!"

Lin Jue couldn't control his emotions anymore and threw himself into his mother's arms, and the calmness he had learned for many years was shattered at this moment, and two lines of tears poured out.

"Mother, I miss you so much......"

The woman lovingly stroked Lin Jue's hair, picked out a broken leaf from his hair, and said softly:

"I haven't seen you for a while, you can't cry if you're a boy, and when you are seen by others, you want to laugh at you. ”

Lin Jue still lay in his mother's arms regardless of it, for fear that as soon as he let go, he would wake up from this dream.

"Alright, alright, let's go home. The woman wiped the tears from the corners of Lin Jue's eyes, took his hand and walked towards the hut.

Looking at the things in front of him was so familiar, he had imagined the scene in front of him countless times, and the family of three lived happily in this thatched hut.

But.......

"Mother, I won't go back yet. ”

Lin Jue silently broke free from his mother's warm palm.

"I still have to get through this last hurdle, I still have to go to Suncheon City, and I have to avenge you, there are too many things waiting for me. I'm so happy to see you in a fantasy. ”

"Kid, you're a devil, what nonsense are you talking about? Don't cultivate, don't go to Shuntian City, we two will live a peaceful life on this mountain. ”

The woman smiled lightly, saying that she was going to pull Lin Jue's hand again.

Lin Jue put his hand back, knelt on the ground and knocked three times, and said in a deep voice.

"Children are not filial!"

Then he walked resolutely down the mountain.

"You unfilial son, your father abandoned me, is now even you going to leave me!"

"Do you want to leave me alone on this mountain, lonely until I grow old?"

“......”

The woman roared for a long time, and when she saw that Lin Jue was still indifferent, she directly changed her face and said in a gloomy voice:

"Lin Jue, you have to think clearly, if you take one step further, you will never see your mother. Don't you claim to be a dedicated dutiful son, so you are really willing to leave me?"

Lin Jue's footsteps hung in the air. A triumphant smile appeared on the corner of the woman's mouth.

"That's right, any of your wishes can come true here, isn't it just for the sake of family reunion, and now I'll give you this opportunity!"

Lin Jue didn't know what to think about in the same place, and after a long time, he said softly:

"My mother has never spoken to me, but I know that she will never have the temperament of yours, and I don't need a replacement. As long as I have her in my heart, I will be home wherever I go!"

Before the words fell, Lin Jue stepped out.

The hills and trees on both sides quickly dissipated, the scene changed instantly, and a wisp of noon sun sprinkled on his face, and he couldn't open his eyes slightly. He glanced sideways at the stone tablet beside him, and the inscription on it had changed at this moment. Lin Jue smiled with relief and strode towards the outside of the courtyard.

"Lin Jue, he passed through the Qiling Pagoda on November 23 after being admitted to the hospital, which took two hours and three minutes. It is the first in the history of the hospital. ”