At dusk, the tired birds return to their nests, the peasants sing mountain songs and carry hoes from the fields, and the day is over.

Ruan Qingyun was still walking on the steps, where was the end, he knew in his heart that the top of Xiongjian Mountain was where he wanted to go.

Ruan Qingyun has already surpassed several teenagers, walking past them, Ruan Qingyun raised his head and straightened his chest in an indescribable happy mood, once upon a time they also walked past Ruan Qingyun like this, but now they were left behind by Ruan Qingyun. Their eyes were a little complicated, some time ago this guy couldn't even crawl, but at this moment he was alive and well. This world really doesn't underestimate anyone, they more or less have a side that we don't know, Ruan Qingyun is like this.

Ruan Qingyun didn't see Huliancheng, the girl in red, Wang Xiaolou, and the woman who said that she was a bun along the way, they may have gone away. There are still many geniuses in this world, and in Ruan Qingyun's eyes, they are.

The night gradually enveloped the entire Xiongjian Mountain, Ruan Qingyun casually ate some dry food he brought with him, and sat down against a thick pine tree. He thought of the distant Qingniu City, that small border town, where his father still lived, and where he had his childhood memories. When I was young, I thought that I and my father were going to live there for the rest of my life, but now that I have gone to a distant place, my father is still there, and it is naïve to think about those thoughts when I was a child.

Now once he relaxed, Ruan Qingyun felt that his whole body was sore, and he couldn't even lift his hands and feet, as if his body and soul had been separated. Unconsciously, Ruan Qingyun fell asleep in a daze, and only the lights in the distance were still brilliant.

When the morning light in the east lit up, when the sleeping world revived again, Ruan Qingyun opened his eyes, ate some indiscriminately, and continued to walk on the steps forward.

The crisp sound of mountain birds wafted back and forth on the steps, and occasionally a few foraging elk were seen crossing the mountain path, and cranes fluttering their wings and flying high above the nine heavens, everything was so quiet and peaceful.

Ruan Qingyun walked for about an hour, and a wide platform suddenly appeared in front of him, showing a plaque, on which were written "mountains and rivers around" four big characters, these four words are as strong as a knife and a sword, as if they were about to break the plaque at any time and kill people on the platform, Ruan Qingyun only looked at it for a while, and then felt that his head hurt, and he couldn't look at it anymore. He stepped onto the platform and walked past the plaque, and it was much easier.

There are stone tables and stone benches on the platform, as well as a game of chess that has not been played, and Ruan Qingyun, who is crisscrossed by black and white chess pieces on the chessboard, is dazzled for a while.

Ruan Qingyun seemed to forget that he was still climbing the steps at this time, and walked straight over to sit on the stone bench, looking at it a little fascinated for a while.

Suddenly, the black and white chess pieces seemed to be alive, galloping on the chessboard like knives and swords, and each chess piece seemed to be a sharp sword and knife technique, and the black and white pieces were entangled and fighting, and they did not let each other go. In Ruan Qingyun's mind, there were swords and sword shadows flashing constantly, there was thunder and lightning in the sky, the long sword cut through the sky, the steel knife met the long sword, sparks flew everywhere, there was space to collapse, there was time to stand still, and then everything was still between that sword and sword, the black and white sons were also still, the chessboard returned to calm, Ruan Qingyun was soaked with cold sweat, all this seemed to be a real thing. However, looking around, I saw the breeze caressing, the branches swaying, and the occasional mountain bird chirping softly.

Ruan Qingyun shook his head, leaving these unrealistic fantasies behind.

Standing on the broad platform again, Ruan Qingyun was suddenly a little dazed, and dozens of steps appeared in front of him. Suddenly there was an urge to scold my mother, and I finally climbed onto the platform, and suddenly there was such a scene in front of me, and I really didn't know what to do.

The middle step is a little wider, it seems that there are a lot of people walking, the one next to it is narrow and not easy to walk, it seems that there is almost no trace of walking, Ruan Qingyun gritted his teeth and chose the fourth step from the left to walk up. I didn't choose the wide road in the middle.

After walking for about half an hour, dozens of steps appeared in front of him, and Ruan Qingyun suddenly wilted, damn it, torture me to death. Is this taking in apprentices, it feels like a monkey.

Ruan Qingyun wanted to cry without tears, but he couldn't give up halfway, so he chose to go up from the fourth step from the left.

After walking like this for about half an hour, dozens of steps appeared in front of him, Ruan Qingyun wanted to cry, damn it, kill me. I don't know which perverted elder set up the level, it's the rhythm of torturing the dead. Ruan Qingyun still chose to count the fourth step from the left.

Ruan Qingyun continued to walk patiently, and appeared six more times like this, and he chose to count the fourth step from the left. There were eight such cases in total, and finally there were no longer dozens of steps ahead.

Resumed the previous step-by-step path, and finally walked it over, if he continued to walk like that, Ruan Qingyun estimated that he would go crazy.

Xiongjian Mountain is really not a casual climb, and you have to have great perseverance and ambition to climb Sword Mountain.

Ruan Qingyun didn't meet a rookie disciple on the way, I don't know how many people can still hold on now?

Hu Liancheng, the girl in red, Wang Xiaolou, and the woman who said that she was a bun, they should still be insisting.

Unconsciously, the sky had darkened, and after a day's journey, Ruan Qingyun was exhausted, so he casually ate some dry food he brought, leaned against a pine tree and fell asleep.

The next day, the sky was bright, the morning breeze was blowing, and there were already birds chirping on the branches, Ruan Qingyun, who had rested for the night, suddenly felt in good spirits, stretched his arms, stretched his waist, and stepped on the steps again.

After walking like this for about an hour, a figure suddenly appeared in front of him, obviously a rookie disciple who participated in the assessment this time, Ruan Qingyun quickened his pace and caught up with the figure in front.

I haven't seen anyone for a long time, and when I saw the rookie disciples who came to participate in the assessment at this time, Ruan Qingyun felt very cordial, "This senior brother, under Ruan Qingyun, I don't know if I can go all the way?"

The young man and Ruan Qingyun were not much different in age, and when they saw the visitor, they were suddenly angry: "It's you?"

Ruan Qingyun was startled, he didn't know this person: "Did we know each other before?"

The young man looked at Ruan Qingyun in a daze for a while, and hurriedly said, "No...... I don't know, I recognized the wrong person for a while. ”

Ruan Qingyun looked at the young man carefully, they really hadn't met, but they just heard a little déjà vu in their voices, so they had to say, "Oh, oh, it must be that the senior brother recognized the wrong person." ”

The young man seemed to suddenly realize something, and hurriedly said, "Senior brother doesn't dare to be, my name is Jin Hu." ”

Golden Tiger, Ruan Qingyun searched hard for the memories in his mind, related to Jin, related to Tiger, Tiger Jincheng, Tiger Liancheng, Tiger Jincheng has been buried in Qingniu City, Tiger Liancheng He has seen it before. The young man in front of him was indeed not these two, but he seemed to know himself by looking at his expression before.

Ruan Qingyun had no clue for a while, so he had to give up, "In the Xia Qingniu City clan, I don't know where the senior brother is in Xianxiang?"

It took a long time for the young man named Jin Hu to say, "Wanzhou, the people of Lushui Town." ”

The two chatted a few more words before moving on. Ruan Qingyun faintly felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't say what was wrong.