As he spoke, the convoy had reached the bottom of the cliff, and on one side of the cliff, a stone staircase about five feet wide winded up, and at a glance, the end of the place appeared in a cloud of mist. And under the stairs, a bluestone archway is written with four golden characters of "Jinguang Tianfu".

"Have you arrived?" Li Ding said in a daze, as Yu Lao and the others got off the carriage and glanced up at the long staircase, and couldn't help but feel a feeling of dizziness.

Suddenly, on the top of the stairs, two black dots quickly swept by, and they were in front of everyone in an instant.

It was two middle-aged men in black shirts, smiling and arching their hands towards Yu Xiong and the others: "I have seen the Yu patriarch, the Yu clan elder, and the Zhang clan elder." Yu Xiong nodded slightly, and said: "It turned out to be He Daren, Zhang Xiuyuan's two nephews, presumably our intentions, the master of the Wu Sect already knows, right?"

The middle-aged man named He Daren was a little chubby, with a black mole the size of a bean on the right side of his nose, and said to Yu Xiong: "The door master has been in retreat three months ago, and the letter sent by the Yu patriarch was handled by the Hu hall master, and the matter has been arranged. It's just that Hall Master Hu said that there can be no change in the quota, after all, people from other families are also ......"

"I understand that. Yu Xiong interrupted He Daren's words and said: "The Qing clan is not going to embarrass the master of the Hu Hall, although the five-year celebration ceremony of the Jinguang Gate is rare, but the rules are there, and my Qing clan will naturally not violate it." ”

Hearing this, He Daren smiled and said, "Then thank Patriarch Yu for your understanding." As he spoke, he took out a jade bottle from his arms and handed it to Yu Xiong, and said, "This is the four-grade pill Da Huan Dan for the treatment of internal injuries requested in the letter from the Yu patriarch, I don't know if the one in the clan is seriously injured?"

Yu Xiong smiled bitterly and said: "I suddenly encountered robbers on the road, and a clansman was shocked to break the meridians of his body, and he had to ask the master for help when he went out. ”

He Daren smiled again and said: "Patriarch Yu said that, don't say that the patriarch is out of your own sect, just talk about the relationship between the elders of the Yu clan and the master of the sect, what are these pills?"

Here, Li Ding knew that the life-saving pill should be for Huang Gui, but he was thinking about it when he was suddenly pushed.

"That's it. Yu veteran Li Ding pushed forward, just standing beside Yu Xiong. Yu Xiong's face was slightly gloomy, and he didn't look at Li Ding, but He Zhang and the others looked Li Ding up and down, and nodded slightly.

Zhang Xiuyuan, who had a slightly thin face, smiled and said, "Okay, we'll accept the people first, but I don't know if Patriarch Yu will have time to go up the mountain and sit." ”

Hearing this, Yu Xiong said: "There are still things in the clan waiting for me to go back to deal with, so there will be no delay here, and when the door celebrates, I will definitely come to worship the ancestor, after all, Jinguangmen is also my master." ”

At this point, everyone exchanged a few more words of greeting, and then talked about breaking up.

Li Ding's reluctant emotions suddenly rose from the bottom of his heart again, and he knelt down to Yu Lao, and when the sound of the three heads came into his ears, he immediately raised his head and said to Yu Lao: "Li Ding is already a helpless person, if it weren't for Yu Lao's teaching on the boat, I would have lost the courage to live, let alone what should happen next." Don't talk about anything else, just say that Yu Lao saved his life to the kid, and the kid couldn't repay it. ”

Yu Lao smiled bitterly, and was about to step forward to help Li Ding, but Li Ding suddenly raised three fingers and said loudly: "I, Li Ding, swear this again today, but I have said that no matter what Yu Lao asks, I will do my best and not give up." After saying that, he snorted three times again.

This sudden scene made everyone stunned, but Yu Lao was pleased, and hurriedly helped Li Ding up and said, "Your kid has this heart, and the old man is already very satisfied." After speaking, he hurriedly touched Li Ding's red forehead with his hand, his eyes were kind, as if Li Ding was his own grandson.

Seeing this, Yu Xiong finally put his eyes on Li Ding, shook his head, and sighed lightly.

"Remember what I told you before, when you enter Jinguangmen, you will not be better than before, you must endure hardships, and you must respect the teacher, I hope you can surprise the old man when I see you next time." As he spoke, Yu Lao turned his head to Zhang He and said, "If that old guy from Tiandao is out of the customs, tell him on my behalf, and say that you must take care of this kid." ”

After doing all this, Yu Lao let go of Li Ding's hand.

"Yes. Zhang He and the others bowed their hands, and their posture was more respectful than that of Yu Xiong, who was the patriarch of the Qing clan.

Although there is some reluctance, but the matter has come to this, there is always a moment of difference. Bowing to everyone again, Li Ding followed Zhang He and the others but walked up the stone stairs without looking back.

"I really don't understand why you value this kid so much, Uncle Tang?" Looking at Li Ding's resolute look, Yu Xiong whispered to Yu Lao with a solemn face.

Yu Lao's expression was flat, and he said slowly in a low voice: "Don't worry, although this son is from an ordinary background, he must not be a thing in the pool, maybe...... Then you will understand. ”

"Then let's wait and see......" Yu Xiong stopped talking, and glanced at the elder of the Zhang clan as he spoke, but saw that the patriarch Zhang also looked puzzled.

Yu Xiong's cousin he knew, although he was kind and kind, except for Yu Min in the clan, he had never seen such concern for other juniors. Let's just say that this recommendation quota for entering Jinguangmen was ruthless to him that night in Haiya Town, and even the old Zhang clan around him said that this time the old man was iron-hearted.

Li Ding naturally couldn't hear Yu Xiong's words, and gradually, the figures on the mountain road became blurred, until they slowly disappeared into the clouds.

The mountains and forests are secluded, and as he goes up, the temperature becomes lower and lower, and he doesn't know how long he walks, and when a tall hall appears in Li Ding's sight, he is already out of breath. Because the temperature was too low, the exhaled breath began to turn into white mist, and he bowed down, but Li Ding found that Zhang He and the others were not red, not panting, and looked calm.

It seems that this is the difference between ordinary people and cultivators, and at this point, Li Ding is more and more full of anticipation for the upcoming practice.

After climbing up for another half an hour, just when Li Ding was almost unbearable, he finally reached a wide stone platform. The stone platform is a hundred feet square, and there are scattered trees on all sides, and I don't know how such a large piece of flat land was opened on this mountainside in the first place.

"Drink...... Ha ......"

On the stone platform, dozens of black-clothed people were practicing their own strange boxing techniques, most of them were not very old, and they were only in their teens. Looking at this hot scene, Li Ding suddenly had an urge to try.

"Li Ding, right?" He Daren, who hadn't spoken all the way, looked at Li Ding's eager eyes and said: "This is the testing ground, the place where the disciples practice martial arts every day, it looks quite big, but there are thousands of abysses on both sides." Hearing this, Li Ding was stunned, but He Daren smiled and said, "Don't go to the side if you have anything to do in the future." ”

"Oh. Li Ding responded, but saw that at this time, two teenagers about his age were jumping around the trial ground, and to his surprise, both of them were holding a huge round stone on their heads.

"This is called bunching stone, which is a way of exercising strength and explosive power, and the trumpet they use is only 300 catties each. Looking at Li Ding's surprised look, Zhang Xiuyuan said with a smile.

"Three hundred catties!trumpet?" Zhang Xiuyuan said lightly, but Li Ding became more and more surprised in his heart. Li Ding remembered that when he was in the tribe, Uncle Lehi could stand still and lift a boulder of 500 catties, which seemed to him to be infinitely powerful, but in front of him were two teenagers who were about the same age as him, and they were still jumping forward with stones, and how much strength was needed between squatting together!

Following the two of them to continue to walk forward, those young people and teenagers who were practicing would stop and shout Uncle He and Uncle Zhang, it seems that these two people are not low in this Golden Light Gate, but Li Ding, who was curious, was directly ignored by these people.

After passing through the training ground, Li Ding came to the gate of the temple he had seen earlier, only to find that it was just a tall and spacious passage, and the gate was made of unknown materials, it was two zhang high, and it looked very heavy. Ancient patterns were carved around the door, and some beasts that Li Ding didn't know were carved on the door, which were different from the left and right, but they looked very harmonious.

On either side of the passage were eight tall statues, four on the left and four on the right, all the way to the top of the temple, with expressions ranging from quiet to laughing to angry. Passing through the passage, on the hillside far or near, different buildings appeared in Li Ding's sight, and it was obvious that this was the interior of the Golden Light Gate.

On the central axis of the huge passage, a taller hall stands halfway up the hill in front of it, and the main hall is built against the mountain, which looks very majestic. Walking all the way up the road paved with blue bricks, Li Ding was led into the main hall.

In the middle of the hall, a large statue of a god more than twice as tall as the one he had seen before stood, and there were two statues on each side, one of which had a strange bird-shaped beast carved at its feet. There was a huge incense stick hanging in front of the statue, and a faint sandalwood fragrance permeated the air, refreshing people's hearts, making Li Ding's fatigue from climbing the mountain seem to have been alleviated a lot.

After the three of them stood still in the main hall, He Zhang and the others just quietly looked at the small door next to the statue and did not speak, so Li Ding had no choice but to stand there and observe the surroundings.

"Are you here?"

After a while, a slightly lazy voice came, and a slender old man walked in through the small door next to the statue. On the long and thin face, two mustaches drooped to the sides. The small eyes looked the thin Li Ding up and down, but said expressionlessly: "You look capable, but the letter from the Yu patriarch said that you are already fourteen years old, right?"

As soon as Hall Master Hu appeared, Li Ding stood with his head bowed respectfully, and when he heard Hall Master Hu's question, he immediately said, "Yes, in two months, I will be fifteen years old." ”

Who knew that as soon as Li Ding's words came out, Hall Master Hu couldn't help but be surprised for a while, even He Daren and Zhang Xiuyuan were puzzled, but they heard Hall Master Hu say: "It's really a little older, but since it's recommended by the Qing clan, let's give it a try." ”

This sentence made Li Ding puzzled, and he was thinking about it, but he heard He Daren say: "The person will be handed over to the master of the Hu Hall, and we will retreat here." Hall Master Hu nodded, and He Daren and Zhang Xiuyuan turned around and walked outside the hall.

Looking at Li Ding's puzzled look, Hall Master Hu was still expressionless, turned around and walked towards the small door. Li Ding stayed where he was for a while, and then Hall Master Hu turned around and said, "Don't keep up yet." Li Ding was stunned and hurriedly trotted to follow.

Entering the small door, Li Ding found that there was a cave that only allowed two people to pass through, and it was not as deep as it was. Some strange stones emitting a turquoise fluorescent light were embedded on both sides of the stone wall of the cave, and after following the hall master for a long time, a white light appeared in front of him.

Coming out of the cave, a large pool surrounded by trees appeared in front of Li Ding's eyes, the water of the pool was crystal clear, and pieces of fist-sized white pebbles were inlaid at the bottom of the water, forming a strange shape. On the water, a small bridge connects a long forest path that leads somewhere.

Following the master of Hu Tang across the path, the two came to a stone staircase built on the mountain wall, the stone staircase is not long, below is a small square that can accommodate dozens of people, the stone staircase leads to a building built in mid-air, and after a closer look, it is found that the building is actually carved out of the stone wall, but the balcony surrounded by half of the wooden escalator is built outside.

The temperature here was even colder than outside, Li Ding subconsciously tightened his clothes and followed Hall Master Hu to climb up. When I got to the top, I saw a plaque at the escalator, and the words "Feiyuan Pavilion" were written on it.

"Do you know the way?"

Hall Master Hu's cold words made Li Ding stunned for a moment, and he hurriedly said: "Do you mean to come here from the main hall?" But seeing that Hall Master Hu squinted slightly and didn't mean to respond, he hurriedly said: "I recognize." ”

At this time, the hall master said, "That's good, you can go down." After hesitating for a while, he had to turn around and walk down the stone stairs, just after taking two steps, the hall master Hu said: "Remember to come up here at dawn tomorrow, don't be late." ”

"Ahh After waiting for a long time, he saw that the hall master had no intention of speaking again, so he had to go down again.