Chapter 16: The Thousand Step Stone
CHAPTER XVI
With a wave of Elder Zhou's hand, the Shangqing Sect's introductory trial officially began.
Suddenly, the light on the Thousand Step Stone was great, and a huge light curtain appeared in mid-air, and the names of the twenty-seven people who participated in the trial were arranged one by one, and there was a number behind each name, but now behind all the names, there was a "zero" word.
Above this, a more brilliant light curtain appeared again, and on top of this light curtain, these names were also arranged, but each name was followed by an exact number!
"Yang Yi, nine hundred and thirty-seven steps. ”
"Mo Yulin, eight hundred and eighty-six steps. ”
"Yan Ruyun, eight hundred and forty-one order. ”
The three names at the top, among all the names, are the most dazzling! Bursts of powerful coercion hit everyone through the light curtain, making their breathing a little stagnant, staring blankly at the names on the light curtain in mid-air, and their hearts swayed with layers of huge waves!
"Alright! The trial begins! Why don't you get in soon!"
Elder Zhou shouted angrily, waking everyone up from shock.
Twenty-seven people, standing in front of the stone steps, of all shapes, some with firm eyes, some with withered faces, and some with sad faces, as if they were about to cry...
There were only a few people with excitement in their eyes, ready to try.
Sun Hao glanced at Lu Fan, snorted coldly with disdain, the light curtain in mid-air struck his sense of challenge, and then he was the first to step into the stone steps, his body shook, as if it was covered, and disappeared from everyone's eyes.
"It's... What's going on?"
"Huh, I saw that Sun Hao stepping into the stone steps just now, why did he disappear in a blink of an eye?"
"Yes, I saw it too, am I dazzled?"
Everyone whispered quietly with doubts in their hearts.
Lu Fan stood beside the cliff, didn't pay attention to Sun Hao, just looked at the stone steps under his feet, with a little calm in his heart, closed his eyes and took a deep breath, the whole person quieted down, and got rid of the picture that kept flashing in his mind, there was a village, a village chief, his own partners, and he accidentally fell into the abyss...
Lu Fan slowly opened his eyes, and the firmness in his eyes was a little surprised even by Elder Zhou on the side!
Lu Fan raised his right foot, looked ahead, and stepped heavily on the stone steps of the first step!
"It's... It's the beginning of my immortal cultivation... It's mine... Step 1!"
When Lu Fan stepped on the stone steps, the disciples who participated in the trial behind him also confirmed that the scene just now was not dazzling, and the figures of Sun Hao and Lu Fan had indeed disappeared!
"Don't panic! The Thousand Steps Stone has its own boundary, and outsiders can't see the situation after entering, so you don't have to speculate!"
Elder Zhou looked at the people who had not yet stepped into the trial, and said in a deep voice.
Although everyone said that they were a little relieved, the shadow of possible death still lingered in their hearts, and under the urging of Elder Zhou again, they stepped into the trials one after another.
Zhang Ergou and the four of them also glanced at each other, their eyes were full of confidence, and then they nodded, and each stepped into the stone steps.
The girl in the crowd, looking at the figures that disappeared one after another, her crystal eyes were also full of interest, and she moved slightly, and her graceful figure disappeared on the stone steps in an instant.
Elder Zhou looked at the disciples who had entered the stone steps one after another, and felt relieved, and finally meditated cross-legged in place, quietly waiting for the end of the trial.
When the disciples in the sect who had rushed over after hearing the news arrived at the place of trial, they only saw Elder Zhou who was meditating and Senior Brother Liu who was respectful on the side.
Everyone didn't dare to disturb Elder Zhou, and after bowing from afar, they looked up at the light curtain in mid-air with great interest, wanting to see if there were any extremely talented people this year, and there were several names shining in the light curtain below, and the numbers behind the names were constantly changing.
A name was printed on the top, and the number that climbed dramatically after that made those looking on the outside exclaim.
"Sun Hao, thirty-ninth order. ”
"Sun Hao, fifty-fifth order. ”
"Sun Hao, seventy-first order. ”
The numbers are still changing, and everyone is stunned when they look at the name at the top of the light curtain, and their hearts beat faster unconsciously!
"It's... Is this the first time a disciple has participated in the trial..."
A sturdy disciple looked at the changing numbers on the light curtain, and his face was extremely surprised.
"Should... It should be, but how did this man go so fast!"
One of the disciples next to him stared at the light curtain with wide eyes and a daze.
"I think when I first entered the sect to participate in the trial, it was definitely not so fast! The more the stone steps go forward, the heavier they become, this Sun Hao he... How did he do it? It seems to be increasing!"
After hearing this, the disciples outside the trial were shocked again, and carefully looked at the number behind Sun Hao's name in the light curtain, and were shocked by the scene in front of them!
"Sun Hao, ninety-nine steps. ”
The place of trials was strangely quiet, from the beginning of the trial to now, in just a stick of incense, this person named Sun Hao had already reached the ninety-ninth order!
"Oh my God! Ninety-Nine Steps!"
"Tianjiao!
"Although this person is very fast, but it is inevitably too big, you see, he stopped at the ninety-ninth step, and in the trial, the hundred-step stone step is not as easy to step as he imagined!"
A handsome man, his eyes were like stars, shooting a little cold, his long black hair was shawl, his hair was distinct, and the red robes of the outer disciples were put on his body, making his whole person look extraordinary.
"Senior Brother Lu. ”
Everyone turned their heads to look, and after seeing the person who spoke clearly, they politely clasped their fists and bowed.
This person's name is Lu Yunfei, he is quite talented, and he does not have many friends in the sect, because he is a little arrogant and arrogant, and his flaws will be repaid. Lu Yunfei ranked seventh among the disciples of the outer gate, and a year later, in the sect competition, he was also a disciple who was very promising to enter the inner gate, so everyone was very polite to him.
"Senior Brother Lu makes sense, this person is lacking stamina at first glance, this hundred-step stone step, even if he can step in, he has to ease down for a long time... Senior Brother Lu's sharp eyes really make the little brother envious, and he is the list of the little brother..."
Before the sharp-beaked monkey cheek and flattering disciple finished speaking, he heard a burst of exclamations from all around, and he secretly said something bad in his heart, and then raised his head sharply to look at the light curtain!
"Sun Hao, one hundred steps!"
A few big characters were imprinted in the eyes of this disciple, as if they were blasting towards his heart with a thunderous roar, this disciple's face instantly turned pale, and he looked at Lu Yunfei with a gloomy face with horror, and said in a trembling voice:
"Lu... Senior Brother Lu... I... I..."
"Get out!"
Lu Yunfei was simply ashamed and angry at the moment, he originally commented on the trial with confidence, if it weren't for this person who flattered loudly on the side, so that everyone around him could hear what he said, how could he be so embarrassed now and couldn't get off the stage!
This disciple hurriedly clenched his fists, his eyes were terrified, and he walked to the side close to Elder Zhou before stopping, and also aimed at Lu Yunfei from time to time, for fear that he would hurt people because of his anger!
"Huh!
Lu Yunfei looked at the departing disciple and said gloomily, then looked at Sun Hao's name on the light curtain, and felt vicious in his heart:
"Is it called Sun Hao? Boy, although you have good talents, but I can't get off the stage today because of you, this account, Lu Mou wrote it down!"
The commotion in the crowd made Elder Zhou open his eyes, and after looking around, many disciples quieted down again, Elder Zhou then looked at the light curtain, and after pausing on Sun Hao's name at the top, he looked down, and at this moment, the second name also broke through to the hundred ranks, making the disciples watching exclaim again!
"Li Xian'er, one hundred steps!"
The disciples outside the Land of Trials didn't know how to express their inner shock at this time, and they stood in place one by one, looking at each other, and writing their shock on their faces.
"Again... Another hundred-order person has appeared!"
"In this place of trial today, there is more than one Tianjiao!"
"Looking at the name, it should be a junior sister..."
Looking at the ranking on the light curtain, everyone discussed it with all their mouths, in fact, the hundred steps are nothing to them now, and anyone can easily walk there, but for those who have just participated in the trial, they are just a mortal! Although he had also walked through this thousand step stone when he was at the entrance, but when he walked to the hundred steps as a mortal, it took him more than half a day to reach it, because he knew the difficulty of the trial, so he was surprised in his heart!
Elder Zhou looked at this name and secretly thought to himself:
"Li Xian'er..."
Elder Zhou pondered for a while, frowned slightly, there was no information about Li Xian'er in his mind, Sun Hao knew that with his current cultivation, a hundred steps was not his limit, but this woman named Li Xian'er was able to follow him closely, which means that this woman must also have cultivation, or she is also from a certain Xiuzhen family like Sun Hao, but she does not have the impression of the Xiuzhen family surnamed Li, so he secretly kept this matter in his heart, and when the trial is over, he will investigate it carefully.
Then Elder Zhou looked under the light curtain again, his face gradually became displeased, he didn't care about the name in the middle at all, after a cursory sweep, he didn't find Lu Fan's name, he had some doubts in his heart, and secretly said What kind of reputation this stinky boy was doing, suddenly, Elder Zhou's face was a little strange, and the corners of his mouth twitched slightly:
"Zhang Ergou... Shen Dasha... This... What's the name of it... It's a mess...."
Elder Zhou looked at these two names and slowly recalled that this was the young man who entered the sect with Lu Fan to participate in the trial with his permission, and then smiled bitterly again and continued to look down.
When Elder Zhou saw Lu Fan's name, his heart suddenly chuckled, and his whole body's cultivation was a little unstable, so he quickly stood up, wiped his eyes and looked at it again, and then he was stunned in place, after half a sound, Elder Zhou's face turned red, the corners of his eyes kept shaking because of his anger to the extreme, and he looked at the light curtain in mid-air and roared angrily:
"What are you doing, stinky boy!"
The surrounding disciples were all taken aback by Elder Zhou's sudden move, and they were all silent, and they even deliberately controlled their breathing, and they didn't dare to breathe!
Senior Brother Liu also found Lu Fan's name at this moment, looking at Lu Fan's ranking, he really didn't want to believe what his eyes saw...
At the bottom of the light curtain, a row of gray characters hide in the corner, forming a stark contrast to the radiant name at the top, and the numbers behind the name are simply incredible!
"Lu Fan, ninth order. ”