Chapter 21: Cultivation

Glancing up at the Haoran Sect that was far above the clouds and could not be distinguished, Mu Yiyang clenched the Cheng'en Order in his hand, no longer hesitated in his heart, climbed the steps, and walked forward step by step.

He couldn't tell what the future would hold, but he knew that no matter what, the road was always under his feet, and he could only see clearly if he took steps and took action.

He wanted to know the truth about everything that happened in the Medicine King Valley, and he also wanted to know the secrets hidden in him, but these were still too far away, and the first thing he had to do was to make himself strong, because in this world only strength was the only thing he could rely on with confidence, although he didn't want to admit it.

The ladder to the sky is indeed very high and steep, and after walking for more than half an hour, Mu Yiyang began to feel a little exhausted, and even his breathing became heavy.

This discovery made him very uneasy and confused. You know, at a very young age, he underwent very rigorous physical training. Since he began to practice the nameless mantra, his quality in all aspects of his body has made a qualitative leap. It stands to reason that his physical strength should not have been depleted so quickly.

"Is there something wrong with something?" Stopping, Mu Yiyang looked at the endless ladder under his feet, muttering to himself, his brows furrowed slightly.

"That's it, even if there is a problem, you still have to go through!" After a while, still unable to figure it out, Mu Yiyang had no choice but to smile and shake his head, and continue to walk up.

He suddenly found that many times, there are many roads, once they have been set foot and started, if they want to turn back halfway, most of them are impossible. Just like the road to heaven in front of him, once he retreats, he may never have a chance again!

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The clock was still ticking, and it was soon evening.

From time to time, rainbow lights flashed in the sky, obviously a disciple of the Haoran Sect who had returned from going out. But no one noticed Mu Yiyang, maybe in their eyes, he was just a small, lowly ant, and he didn't pay attention to it at all!

At this moment, on the ladder to the sky, Mu Yiyang was standing bent over, his hands pressed on his knees, panting heavily, beads of sweat the size of beans continued to seep out of his face, and then gathered together, slowly dripping onto the cold bluestone slab.

Along the way, his physical strength became faster and faster, and the speed of climbing the ladder slowed down little by little. In the end, he almost relied on the ruthlessness in his heart that did not admit defeat, gritted his teeth and walked up, but the results were still not good.

Although he walked for a day, according to his estimates, the left and right were only no more than a hundred meters above the ground, and the mountain gate of Haoran Sect was more than two thousand meters high, and he couldn't even walk a tenth of the distance.

Looking at the dazed and looming mountain road in front of him under the cover of clouds and mist, Mu Yiyang seemed to understand the meaning of the word ladder, so he sighed helplessly, leaned against the mountain wall, and sat down. Then he took out the dry food on his body and ate it tastelessly.

"Squeak!"

At this time, a crisp voice suddenly sounded, but it was the little cloud rat who smelled the smell of baked cakes and jumped out of Mu Yiyang's arms, with a light in his eyes, staring straight at him, begging for food was self-evident.

"You snacker, tell me about you, what else will you do besides eating and sleeping? I don't know what shit luck you have stepped on in the past two years, not counting survival, you have gained so much weight!" Laughing and scolding, he rubbed the head of the little cloud mouse, Mu Yiyang broke out half of the baked cake and handed it to it, looking at its heartless appearance, for some reason, his mood suddenly relaxed, and the haze accumulated in his heart was instantly swept away.

"Squeak!"

However, the only thing that responded to Mu Yiyang was the excited screams of the little cloud rat when he saw the baked cakes.

Seeing this, Mu Yiyang smiled dumbly, and after hastily eating the remaining half of the baked cake, he sat cross-legged, made a strange seal knot with both hands, and began to practice the nameless mantra.

Two years ago, when the Tsing Yi man left, he already had a bad premonition in his heart, in order not to drag down the little cloud mouse, he put honeysuckle pollen in the fish in advance and hypnotized it.

Half a year ago, when he woke up, he thought that the little cloud mouse had forgotten him, after all, they had been together for less than a day, although they had experienced life and death together, but after all, it was still difficult to resist the merciless baptism and washing of the years.

But he never thought that the little cloud mouse not only remembered him, but also waited outside the cave for two years, from sunrise to twilight, from winter to spring, from his sleep to awakening, the scenery of the mountains has been constantly changing, but its heart has not changed for a moment.

Mu Yiyang had also experienced this feeling of stubbornly persisting and refusing to give up knowing that there was no result, so he could understand the pain and suffering that the little cloud rat had endured in the past two years better than anyone else. Fortunately, he went to the cave again, otherwise, I am afraid that he will have more regrets in his heart.

After a while, Mu Yiyang slowly retracted his mind and began to recite the nameless mantra silently in his heart, and his breath gradually became stable.

Then, the seal knot in his hand suddenly changed, and the two colors of light, one gold and one white, suddenly lit up, intertwined and wrapped around his body, turning faster and faster, and finally merging together, and expanding again, submerging his body entirely, even the little cloud rat was shrouded in it.

In this regard, the little cloud mouse seemed to have long been accustomed to it, and did not react much, but put down the delicious baked cake in his hand, and his big smart eyes suddenly flashed a trace of black light, and he kept looking around, with a strong sense of vigilance, which was very weird.

For the nameless formula, until now, Mu Yiyang's heart is still blank. Although he had been cultivating in the water in a daze for two years before, and after waking up, he had been cultivating day and night for nearly three months, but he still hadn't made much discovery.

All he knew was that every time he ran the mantra, two completely different and incompatible forces would emerge from his body, they were entwined with each other, and sometimes they would collide violently, but under the adjustment of the nameless mantra, they could eventually become peaceful, and then temporarily merge together, surging to all corners of his body, and finally condensed, drained the light, and poured into his heart.

And every time at this time, he would feel extremely itchy in his heart, with bursts of sharp pain, itching for a while, hurting for a while, and indescribably uncomfortable. However, he could not stop halfway, because once he did, the two mysterious forces would lose their balance and attack each other in his body, causing him even more pain. After learning a few lessons, Mu Yiyang learned to be obedient and didn't dare to interrupt his cultivation easily.

However, although the process of cultivation was painful, the effect was very significant. Every time he finished cultivating, Mu Yiyang could clearly feel that his physical quality was constantly improving, and even the gray hair on the top of his head was slowly decreasing, and now only the strand of white hair on his forehead had not changed, but he was already very content in his heart.

There is no time for cultivation, and when Mu Yiyang was engrossed in cultivating the nameless mantra, night fell unconsciously.

And at this moment, on the ladder to the sky, which had been silent and silent, a golden light suddenly lit up. Then, a gray-haired, bearded old man came out of the darkness.