Qi Leyao said to Ma Xie again: "Before the Jiazi Sword Meeting, I hope your strength will go further, to be honest, when the Jiazi Sword Meeting is next year, you may encounter a strong opponent, although what I just said is to inspire you, but you don't have to be reluctant." And I have to tell you that all kick-up items, including the Blood of the Four Evils, can't be used in this kind of tournament. ”

It turned out that Qi Leyao had also heard some news when he went out this time.

At next year's Jiazi Sword Meeting, several major sects in Jingzhou will recall their best disciples, and some disciples could have broken through to the Jiedan realm, but they have also forcibly suppressed the realm, and they want to participate in this dragon slayer assessment.

"To tell you the truth, this time the Jiazi Sword will be difficult, I heard that there will be cultivators from the Crucible Pass to participate, so I only hope you will fight for the top five. Qi Leyao said to Ma Xie: "If you can go further and reach the peak realm of Dragon and Tiger Pass, there should still be a chance." ”

The competition is about to start, and many cultivators regard this Jiazi Sword Meeting as a warm-up before the dragon slayer's assessment, and the talents of Jingzhou have gathered together in this year's time, in order to compete for the best.

Ma Xie understands that although he is already a cultivator who has broken through the three levels, he is still not a powerful character in the cultivation world, no matter what, the cultivator of the Qi Refining Realm is only at the bottom of the cultivation world, and only when he becomes a dragon slayer and condenses the inner Dan can he be called a man of the year in the cultivation world.

However, whether it is the Jiazi Sword Club or the Dragon Slayer Assessment, it is a platform for young cultivators to show themselves.

To become a well-known dragon slayer and cultivator in the mainland, then you must first stand out from this competition.

The autumn breeze is getting cooler, and soon it's time for the party in the hanging mountain.

Before winter came, Qi Leyao took Ah Lian to the east again.

There are a lot of people who train alien beasts there, and if Qi Leyao wants to help Ah Lian become an excellent dragon master, he must find a strange beast that suits him.

When the first yellow leaf of Qingfeng Guan fell, Ma Xie and Yuan Wuji set off to the Hanging Mountain.

Hanging Mountain is located in the eastern part of Jingzhou, in Sendai County.

When Ma Xie left the realm of Jingzhou City, Ke Yuan Wuji galloped all the way and came to Sendai County in less than two days.

Sendai County is the easternmost county of Jingzhou and the easternmost county among the five prefectures of the Taoist sect.

When Ma Xie entered Sendai County, he found that the terrain here was completely different from that near Jingzhou City.

The prefecture is dominated by undulating mountains, with few plains, except for Sendai Castle, where the prefecture is located, a plain area formed by two confluent rivers.

It is said that the people here are fierce, and many ordinary mortals will practice martial arts and self-cultivation, and the sects here are also willing to teach the exercises of the sect to mortals.

Therefore, in Sendai County, there are many martial artists among mortals, and many cultivators are also born.

The number of cultivators in Sendai County is the largest in Jingzhou, and many martial artists will choose to become casual cultivators after becoming cultivators, and they will not obey the discipline of the Taoist Sect, so this is also the most difficult area to manage among the five states of the Taoist Sect.

In this area, there are endless robberies, assassinations, kidnappings, and so on, and there is no powerful sect to deter these lawless cultivators, because the sect here is also precarious, and the sect that has existed for the shortest time is only three days.

The Taoist sect never interfered in the struggle between the other sects, they only cared about one thing, and that was the "Sui Gong".

As long as the annual tribute is paid, the Taoist sect will ensure the safety of this sect within the period of paying the annual tribute, at least it will not be destroyed.

And those sects that do not pay the annual tribute on time, the Taoist sect will only watch them fend for themselves.

Except for the Dao Sect, the only force that can exist for a long time in this region is the Hanging Mountain Vein where the old man Bailu sits.

Hanging Mountain is the private territory of the old man Bailu, and he has not established a sect here, so except for a few disciples, he can no longer recruit disciples, nor can he expand his territory, let alone issue various sect tasks to obtain resources.

Similarly, the Hanging Mountain does not have to pay the annual tribute, and of course it is not within the scope of the protection of the Taoist Sect.

However, for thousands of years, the Hanging Mountains have been safe and secure in Sendai County, and no one has ever paid attention to them.

It's all because of the owner of the Hanging Mountain, the old man Bailu.

After Ma Xie came to Sendai-gun, he soon came to the boundary where the Hanging Mountain was located.

The mountains here are much higher than the surrounding mountains, and the higher you go in the direction of the hanging mountains, the higher the mountains become, until the final peak is basically more than 2,000 zhang, and towering peaks can be seen everywhere.

"This is no longer a place where mortals can live. Yuan Wuji said, looking at the surrounding scenery.

Ma Xie looked at it, and when he flew to the top of these mountains, he found that the air here was extremely thin, and mortals would definitely not be able to come up, and the bottom of the mountain was either an abyss or a big river, because the aura was sufficient, and there were many strange beasts roaming between these mountains, let alone a place where mortals could live.

"The strength of a cultivator is really great, and he can survive unharmed in such a place, but mortals can only hide in the city-state, this is really a gap in the level of life. Ma Xie said to Yuan Wuji.

Yuan Wuji nodded, he also agreed with this sentence, he was a foreign beast, and he could feel the gap between this species and the species.

"Sometimes I really envy you human beings, you may be a more powerful race than our alien beasts, your cultivation is faster, the upper limit is higher, no matter what kind of environment, there will be you human cultivators. Yuan Wuji said: "Don't look at my current cultivation speed is on par with yours, but our Nine Shadows Heavenly Beast has entered the maturity stage, that is, the Formation Pill Realm, and the cultivation speed will drop significantly." ”

The Nine Shadows Heavenly Beast of the Qi Refining Realm is just a simple accumulation of strength, so the speed of cultivation is only related to the amount of spiritual energy absorbed, and entering the Jie Dan Realm, it requires enlightenment and arduous cultivation, and that kind of time will be in a hundred years.

Ma Xie said: "You just saw the cultivators among the human race, you don't know how many mortals are still struggling on the edge of life and death, not to mention you strange beasts, even a natural disaster will be displaced." ”

"This is also true, the upper limit of your human race is very high, and the lower limit is also very low, and cultivators and mortals are completely two races. "Yuan Wuji Dao.

Although he didn't want to admit it, Ma Xie also agreed with this point of view more and more, these snowy mountains are simply flat for cultivators, but for mortals, they may not be able to be surpassed in their lifetime.

"Look, there's a guy there!" said Yuan Wuji, pointing to a snowy peak in front of him.

Ma Xie looked at it, and there was indeed a human there, climbing up the snow peak with his hands and feet.

"Go over and see. Ma Xie suddenly became curious.

Near the snow-capped mountains, there is a strong wind all year round, and even Ma Xie, who is flying in the air, feels that the wind is a little strong, making it impossible for him to fly steadily.

The person on the top of the snow peak did not have a trace of aura on his body, but relied on his physical strength to climb up little by little with two ice axes.

Ma Xie and Yuan Wuji flew over quietly, they hid in the wind and snow, and did not reveal themselves.

The climber was an old man over half a hundred years old, his eyebrows and beard had long been frozen into ice strips, and his face was covered with a thick canvas, revealing only a pair of resolute and powerful eyes.

Fifty years old is still very young for a cultivator, but for a mortal, he has already entered the stage of aging, after which he can only move towards aging and death step by step.

A gust of wind blew, and the old man was almost blown down, but his ice axe caught a rock, and then hooked a raised rock on the cliff with the steel spikes of his shoes, and only stabilized his body.

"What is he doing, why did he climb here?" Yuan Wuji couldn't understand why this weak man had come to such a place where he could lose his life at any moment.

"I don't know, there aren't any elixirs here, and ordinary medicine pickers won't come here!" Ma Xie had already explored the surroundings, and he knew that many medicine pickers would often enter the most steep mountains and the most rushing rivers in order to collect an elixir, but there was only snow here.

"Shall I ask him?" said Yuan Wuji.

"Don't!" Ma Xie grabbed Yuan Wuji, he was very curious about this mountaineer, and didn't want to disturb him.

In this way, the two of them watched the climber climb upwards little by little in the wind and snow, and he carved a path for himself with an ice axe, a road of life, a road to victory.

Just when the wind and snow were at their worst, the climber finally climbed to the top of the snow-capped mountain.

"Ahh

Ma Xie suddenly realized that this mountaineer was just a pure climber!

For him, it is to conquer this mountain, to climb this snow-capped mountain with his own strength, for this mortal, this is the ultimate of his cultivation!

Ma Xie was moved by this spirit, and he suddenly felt ashamed when he remembered what he had just said.

A practitioner may have more physical strength, but that doesn't mean that a practitioner is a stronger, more perfect species.

The will and courage of human beings do not increase with the spirit of spiritual practice, nor does the wisdom and character of human beings decrease because of the weakness of the physical body.

Just like the man in front of him.

Ma Xie could see that this person was just a mortal, just a mortal who had practiced some superficial kung fu.

But in Ma Xie's heart, this person is definitely not a weak person, he admires this man from the bottom of his heart, no matter what his motives are, he can rely on such a body to climb this high mountain, which Ma Xie can't imagine.

His perseverance and courage, as well as the skills he honed day in and day out to climb this mountain, were beyond the reach of ordinary people – even those who practiced it.

"Let's go, let him enjoy his victory!" Ma Xie said to Yuan Wuji, "He is a real strong man!"