Chapter 44: A Wall View (2)
Seeing Professor Yu walking straight towards the edge of the cliff, the young people's ominous premonitions grew stronger, and they stared at the ropes between the two mountains in horror.
Nearly a hundred parallel ropes connected the Great Sky Cliff to the opposite mountain, and the roots were stretched straight. The rope is russet throughout, with a smooth but non-reflective surface, making it difficult to identify the material by its appearance alone. The rope is about the thickness of a man's arm, but compared to the height of the cliff and the distance of two mountains, it is as inconspicuous as spider silk.
This is also the case - when Fang Cai watched the "wall" scene, most people directly ignored these ropes, and even if they noticed it, they only thought that it was used by the martial arts academy to fix something, and they really never thought that -
"That's right," Professor Yu nodded very calmly, "Now, please go through these ropes as soon as possible and go to the grotto on the opposite wall." ”
There was silence.
The cool and pleasant mountain breeze seemed to chill for a moment, and the distant and ethereal sound of the rapids below reminded them of how high this place really was, and the end of the rope was even vaguely hidden in the mist...... This kind of place, if you stumble and fall, you will definitely be crushed and there is no trace of luck.
Zhang Dayan also ran to the front at some point, and comforted with a smile on his face: "Don't be afraid, students, with the dean here, it is impossible for anyone to fall!"
However, the excitement in his tone was so obvious that people couldn't help but secretly slander - could this idea be proposed by Dean Zhang?
Although it is very likely, Dean Zhang does not look as stern and unquestionable as Professor Yu, and soon someone tentatively asks: "Dean, the fog seems to be a bit big today, I can't see it clearly, do you want to ......?"
Before he finished speaking, he saw Dean Zhang flick his sleeves with great joy - the hurricane rose instantly, and the smoke and clouds dispersed!
Zhang Dayan stroked his beard and smiled: "Okay!
The crowd was completely dumbfounded.
Now, the ropes can be seen clearly, but the treacherous cliffs and sharp rock corners are seen more clearly—isn't it more terrifying?
Seeing Zhang Dayan make a "please" gesture for a long time, people couldn't help but take a step back.
......
Taking advantage of the panic and chaos on the big empty cliff, a girl in a goose yellow dress sneaked out of Lu's team and quickly touched Lu Qiming's side.
Lu Qiming looked at her with a smile and said jokingly: "Xiao Qi'er can't help it?"
"I haven't heard much about it before, but when I hear it this time, how can they be bored like this?" Lu Ziqi shrugged his shoulders and pouted: "I don't know how the eldest brother endured it." ”
She breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "Anyway, everyone will be dispersed in the second test, so I'll come over to find my brother first." ”
Lu Qiming and Lu Jincheng in the distance looked at each other and nodded, and asked Lu Ziqi softly: "When you came over, did you forget to tell your eldest brother?"
Lu Ziqi nodded again and again and said, "I said it."
Qin Yuefeng sighed exaggeratedly on the side and sneered: "I really don't understand your surnames, what are you doing in these boring forms-as soon as you show up, you will form a gang and pay attention to your position...... Gee. ”
Although Lu Ziqi agreed very much in his heart, he immediately snorted coldly: "That's much more reliable than your fortune telling!"
Qin Yuefeng had a disgusted expression of "you laymen", but it was not good to argue with other little girls anymore, so he turned his head and asked Lu Qiming: "Look at what this means, the people of your family ...... Is it already decided?"
Seeing that Lu Ziqi was still staring at Qin Yuefeng, Lu Qiming nodded very cooperatively: "Nonsense." ”
Lu Qiming naturally knew the meaning of the marriage between the two clans, and this matter may also fall on Lu Ziqi. Although it was only a possibility, every time he thought about it, he still looked at Qin Yuefeng very unpleasantly.
Qin Yuefeng rolled his eyes.
Lu Ziqi smiled. She pointed to the rope on the other side of the cliff, hugged Lu Qiming's arm and said pitifully: "Brother, I'm afraid of heights." ”
Lu Qiming agreed without thinking: "Don't worry, I'll take you over." ”
As soon as the words fell, Lu Qiming raised his eyebrows, raised his eyes and looked at the edge of the cliff - Zhang Dayan was staring at this side, smiling kindly.
In my ears is his voice.
"Boy, what if you can take someone with you, and at the same time make sure that the rope is not shaking—not only will I count your sister, but I will also add five points to her, and I will not break your cultivation—how about it?
After a little thought, Lu Qiming comprehended the follow-up effects that Dean Zhang was looking forward to seeing, and he naturally couldn't help but smile and nodded.
......
After reaching a secret agreement with Dean Zhang, Lu Qiming began to carefully observe the ropes.
The distance between the two mountains was so far that even if he was a phoenix, he would not be able to jump over it in one leap, at least twice on the rope. As soon as his spiritual power was explored, Lu Qiming realized that this matter was not simple at all.
The rope was apparently fresh from a recent one, and unlike what he had known before, it was made of soft red copper and a koji-incense wood core. The two raw materials are famous for their "toughness", coupled with special refining techniques......
Such a material, not to mention the weight and borrowing force of two people, even the wind of the ordinary mountain wind will make it sway slightly-the "majestic and immovable" at this moment is obviously an illusion deliberately created by Zhang Dayan.
If it was an ordinary vine tree, it would be fine, but in this situation, the talent of the Feng clan alone is no longer enough.
Lu Qiming felt the flow of today's wind - it was okay, but I don't know if Zhang Dayan would wave his sleeves again on a whim to interfere with him when the time comes. In addition to the calculation of the opposite impulse, Lu Qiming thought about it, and finally used the method of controlling things with mental power.
And the first test is one or two.
Lu Qiming distributed some spiritual power around a rope, because he was very aware of the toughness of the rope, so he deliberately used more force during the "test......
The next moment, Lu Qiming's face changed-why did it break like this?
Lu Qiming hurriedly used his mental power to barely hold both sides of the break, and then looked at Zhang Dayan suspiciously, but saw that he was talking to a woman in scarlet clothes beside him, and he didn't even know that the rope was broken.
The rope was originally extremely tight, and when it was broken at this time, even though Lu Qiming tried to keep it in its original state, the two ends of the break were still irrepressibly drifting apart.
Lu Qiming was helpless, so he could only cough lightly and remind: "Dean, one of them suddenly broke, can you help pick it up?" Lu Qiming's current cultivation can't transmit the sound, but he knows that Zhang Dayan in the distance must be able to hear it.
Zhang Dayan was obviously stunned, and turned his gaze to the rope that was still unrecognizable, stunned for a long time, and said angrily: "Stinky boy, what have you done again!"
Lu Qiming guessed seriously: "Maybe there is something wrong with this rope, could it be that some senior brother made a mistake when refining?"
Zhang Dayan was furious: "Fart! That's what I practiced!"
Lu Qiming: "......"
After a moment of silence, Lu Qiming continued: "Dean, if you don't care anymore, I really can't hold it back." ”
Over there, Zhang Dayan glanced at the rope with a gap that was slowly getting bigger, and suddenly said, "Isn't your kid not yet starting academic cultivation?
Lu Qiming was slightly stunned, and subconsciously let go of the rope.
Two explosions in quick succession, the sound of a broken rope slapping against the mountain wall.
......
The long echo is endless, but the silence on the big cliff is terrifying.
Everyone's faces turned pale. It was enough to make their knees weak when they were told to pass through here, and now they saw how unsturdy the rope was—it would break on its own if no one touched it, and how much more should people walk on it?
Lu Qiming, the initiator, was naturally not worried about this, he was thinking about the changes in his mental power at this time.
After Nirvana, the increase in his physical strength was too obvious, but the total amount of spiritual power had hardly changed, and then there was no need for him to mobilize his spiritual power significantly, so Lu Qiming had never noticed a change in the "quality" of his spiritual power—no, it should be said—even now, Lu Qiming couldn't feel any difference between his spiritual power and before Nirvana.
In Lu Qiming's perception, it is more like "he himself maintains the original state, and the external things have become weaker than him".
Lu Qiming frowned slightly. Paradox.
At this time, Zhang Dayan's voice sounded on the big cliff again, and the content was very bad: "The time limit for the second test is three hours, and it will be counted from now on - so the later you pass, the less time you will have to answer the questions." To go or not to go, you little ones can decide for yourselves!"
In the midst of a wail, Lu Qiming heard Zhang Dayan's voice urging: "Boy, if you are not the first to go, I will not count what I promised you before." ”
In fact, Zhang Dayan didn't have to worry about someone before Lu Qiming, because even if he knew that hesitation and timidity would delay time, most people were not willing to try first.
Lu Qiming smiled slightly and said to Lu Ziqi: "Xiao Qi'er, let's go over first." ”
In any case, the change in his mental power was not harmful to him, at least for the time being, it was definitely fine.
......
Passing through the silent crowd of thousands of figures, the movement was extremely noticeable.
Everyone's eyes were fixed on Lu Qiming, and when they saw him holding the hand of the girl in the yellow shirt and never letting go until the end of the cliff, that unbelievable guess slowly emerged in people's minds - could he be preparing to take the girl with him?
The next moment, I don't know how many people opened their mouths wide and exclaimed silently. I saw—
Lu Qiming hugged the girl horizontally, and with only a little light on her toes, he took her to float up, her body was as light as a feather, as if she was not bound by a trace of weight at all.
In a silent and shocked gaze, Lu Qiming stopped near the middle of the rope. People can't help but think that if this is still the case when holding one more person, if only Lu Qiming himself, wouldn't he be able to jump over almost directly? !
The mountain breeze was blowing, and Lu Qiming held the girl in the yellow shirt with a beautiful face and stood between the two mountains, her clothes flying, like an immortal who will ride the wind.
What's even more strange is that the slender rope bears the weight of two people, and it doesn't move at all! People secretly speculate -- could it be that the rope is actually firmly fixed? It doesn't sway and swing? But what happened to the one that was broken before......
Just thinking about it, people saw that Lu Qiming seemed to bow his head and say something to the girl in his arms, which made her laugh happily, and the beauty of a smile is better than a hundred flowers blooming.
Many women looked at this scene enviously, and asked others about the identity of the girl in the yellow shirt. After learning that she was just Lu Qiming's sister, their smiles and eyes softened, and they looked at Lu Qiming's figure intently, and their minds were full of thoughts.
After a while, it seemed that when the girl in the yellow shirt had seen enough of the scenery, Lu Qiming and the two figures rose again - they were still as light as smoke clouds, and when they stopped again, they were only more than ten meters away from the opposite shore.
The rope never swayed.
People were already convinced in their hearts that the rope was destined to die—it was just the first time it fell, but when Lu Qiming took off again, the rope still hadn't moved—this was no longer something that martial arts cultivation could explain. People breathe a sigh of relief at the thought of this, since it is a fixed rope, it is much simpler.
Zhang Dayan on the side secretly spied on their expressions, snickering in his heart, and when he turned around, Lu Qiming had already taken Lu Ziqi to the ground safely.
Zhang Dayan coughed lightly and said seriously: "Okay, now that two classmates have passed safely, you can rest assured." Let's get started!"
......
Because of the well-informed information of these sons and daughters of the surrounding families, Gu Zhiyang and the others knew very early that there was a formation placed under this cliff, and even if there was no Great Zhou Tian cultivator to take care of them, the students who fell would definitely not be in danger.
In this case, Gu Zhiyang naturally didn't feel that there was anything to be afraid of. He put the heavy sword on his back steadily, and left without saying a word.
"What's the hurry," Qin Yuefeng grabbed him, glanced at Lu Qiming, who was looking back at him opposite, and said with a sneer: "You see that guy didn't go directly to the 'wall', with his character, this is definitely not normal - I think most of him just did something to pit people, and now I'm waiting to see the results!"
Gu Zhiyang was stunned, looked at the other side of the river, and sure enough, he saw that Lu Qiming and Lu Ziqi did not seize this rare opportunity to go directly to the grotto on the wall to start the exam, but stood under the shade of the tree with a smile, leisurely looking at the people approaching the rope.
Mu Yunyi nodded, his smile was a little complicated: "I was about to say this-I just used my spiritual power to look at it, the material of the rope is very interesting, it is a mixture of soft red copper and koji wood core." ”
Qin Yuefeng and Qin Yuerong exclaimed at the same time: "What?!"
The rest of the people didn't know the properties of these two materials, and after Mu Yunyi explained it, they were all incredulous to the extreme.
"And how did he manage to keep the rope from shaking?!"
The answer to this question, they can't think of, and now they know this.
This group of people who are confident and bold to jump on the rope is definitely going to be unlucky!