Chapter 17: Mountaineering

Although the eldest boss had some thoughts of retreating after hearing about the 1,111 stone steps, when he thought that his two companions were in danger and he could not do anything about it, this thought disappeared, and he thought that he had to become stronger than both of them, so as not to hold them back.

Then, the three of them made up their minds, so they followed the dog, and the four of them marched towards Zhaoyun Mountain.

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Beyond the Lianyun Mountains, the Cloud Mountains are called.

Zhaoyun Mountain, located not far from the Lianyun Mountains, although it does not belong to the mountain system in the Lianyun Mountains, but the distance is quite close, the reason why it still exists here now is because this Evoking Cloud Sect came to this mountain after the war between humans and demons, and renamed this mountain as Zhaoyun Mountain, and opened a sect here.

I heard that the current mountain master of this Cloud Calling Sect is just an inner disciple of the Cloud Calling Sect, and the Cloud Calling Sect is not in the Southern Fire Domain, but even so, this Cloud Calling Sect has also attracted many people to visit.

Although the area where the Cloud Calling Sect is located is the Lianyun Mountain Range, a few decades ago, this place was quite dangerous, and it was the starting point of the war between humans and demons, but since the Cloud Calling Sect occupied this place and set up a dispatch, it shows that they have the confidence and ability to deal with many unexpected situations.

Although the mountain lord is only an inner disciple, the general faction of the Cloud Calling Sect is very powerful, and it can be said that it is the overlord of one side, sitting on one side, and it is famous in the entire Jiuyang Continent.

Because of this, those who couldn't enter the general sect because of their lack of qualifications came back to the Lianyun Mountain Range and tried to enter the general sect, because they heard that if they performed well in the assignment and the cultivation progress was fast, they would have the qualifications to apply for the general sect, which was really a step up to heaven for them.

Of course, the dog naturally didn't know this, what he heard and heard was only the Cloud Calling Sect of Calling Cloud Mountain, and as for the Calling Cloud Sect being just a branch, he didn't know it at all.

But he didn't expect that when he actually came to the foot of Zhaoyun Mountain, he would see hundreds of people waiting here, and he couldn't believe his eyes.

"No, there are so many people waiting here in such a small sect in a remote place. The dog muttered to himself, and those who had the same idea as him were naturally the three eldest and the third.

The three of them all felt some pressure of competition to a greater or lesser extent, because even needless to say that they knew that these people, in the near future, would become their competitors, and they could be said to be under great pressure, after all, except for the iron pillar, the two of them had nothing outstanding in their physique, and they didn't know if they could climb the 1,111 stone steps in two hours.

It's a really big challenge for them.

In front of the four of them, they looked like a sea of people, but they didn't expect that on the last day of the introductory trial of Zhaoyun Mountain, there were hundreds of people crowded here, which was beyond the expectations of the dogs, in his opinion, the place where the demon war started was a place of right and wrong, and others should avoid it, it shouldn't be like this.

"It seems that there is a mystery in this...... This sect, shouldn't it be a distribution of a major sect....." Gou Dan thought in his heart, although the current Zhaoyun Mountain does not look very good, however, it cannot be ruled out that this is the possibility of a major sect distribution.

After all, some of the other small sects in this Lianyun Mountain Range, the entire sect together did not have as many people as there were in this square, and in comparison, the difference was too much.

"It seems that this sect should be very famous, otherwise, there would not be so many people coming here at the final deadline. Behind the big boss, the bamboo pole looked ahead, he was very tall, so his field of vision was broader, according to his estimates, at least three or five hundred people gathered in this square.

Among these three or five hundred people, there were men and women, old and young, the youngest was probably about ten years old like the four of them, and the oldest was even fifty or sixty years old, and they still did not give up and wanted to join a certain sect.

Most of these people should not be from the Lianyun Mountain Range, many of them are actually from thousands of miles away, admiring them, and some of them are from some small villages near the Lianyun Mountain Range, and it is precisely because of this that so many people will gather here.

Even if he knew that the trial of Zhaoyun Mountain was to climb 1,111 stone steps, he came without hesitation, it can be seen that this Zhaoyun Mountain must have a great origin, otherwise it would not have come to this.

The bamboo pole can be seen that in front of hundreds of people, there are several people wearing Taoist robes and carrying long swords, thinking about it, those are the cultivators in the Zhaoyun Mountain, and they are also the disciples of the Zhaoyun Mountain Zhaoyun Sect who are in charge of the trial under the mountain this time.

There were five people there, all standing on a high platform at the front of the square, and beside the first one there was a big clock, and he held a drumstick, looked at the sky, and then said, "The time is almost up." ”

Beside the leader, one of them nodded, then stepped forward and said in a voice that could be heard by the entire square, "Everyone, welcome to this place and participate in my triennial introductory trial of the Cloud Calling Sect. ”

Hearing this, the square, which was still full of people, began to gradually quiet down, and they all knew that this was just a temporary calm, and later, when the trial really began, it would inevitably fight openly and secretly.

By taking advantage of the man's words, they could recharge their energy and prepare for the moment.

"Next, let me explain to you the rules of this trial," the man paused, and then pointed to Zhaoyun Mountain behind him, and everyone's eyes shifted to the stone steps on the mountain, "The rules are very simple, that is, without the help of any external force, with your own strength, from here, to the top of the mountain." ”

"If you don't use any external force, you can't use any tools, and if you have already stepped into the path of cultivation, you can't use the exercises, you can't mobilize the aura, and the time limit will be compressed to half an hour, and the time for the rest of the people will be two hours. ”

"The first ten people who climb to the top of the mountain will be included in the sect of my Cloud Calling Sect, if there are less than ten people, then only those who have reached the top of the mountain within the time limit will be collected. ”

"Among the top ten places, the higher the ranking, the more generous rewards you can get after joining my Cloud Calling Sect. ”

"Although we can't rely on any external force, we can generate all kinds of competition here," he pointed to a large area under the mountain, and said, "The elders of my sect have taken protective measures at the bottom of the mountain, even if they fall directly from the top of the mountain, they will not die, at most they will only suffer a little minor injury." ”

Hearing this, the man did not continue, but everyone in the square already knew what he meant.

This introductory trial was only charged to ten people at most, but in this square, it was dozens of times the number of people, except for some old and weak people who were unable to climb to the top of the mountain, and the number of people who could climb these steps was far more than ten.

The arrangement of these stone steps is not like ordinary climbing steps, there is a long interval between the steps, about half a person, and the building is on a steep mountain, even if there is no external interference, it is very difficult to reach the top of the mountain within two hours.

It takes a lot of effort to climb even one staircase, not to mention that there are 1,111 stone steps in total.

And here, because of the limitation of the number of people, it is natural that there will be some intrigues, even if they fall from the top of the mountain, they will be fine, then even if they really do anything bad, they will not have any guilt.

Therefore, that person's words can be regarded as acquiescence, between these people, they can play any means, as long as they do not use external forces when they climb the mountain, but they do not say that when they interfere with other people's mountaineering, they cannot use any tools!

In this square, anyone can become their enemy, and this is only the introductory stage, so that Goudan and others feel the difficulty of fighting openly and secretly on the way to cultivation.

The bamboo pole frowned, in his opinion, among the four of them, the most likely to successfully climb the top of the mountain is the dog, followed by the iron pillar, as for him and the eldest two people, it can be said that there is no advantage at all, under the premise of not being able to use the help of others, he really doesn't know how the two of them should get to the top of the mountain.

Not to mention, there are restrictions on the number of people and time limits after this, which seems to be a fantasy.

But since I've come here, I can't come in vain, I still have to do my best and try it.

"However, I would like to advise you that if anyone who causes others to lose their lives in this trial, the ugly words are ahead, and that person will not only not be able to enter my Cloud Calling Sect, but will also be punished the same. The gaze of the leader swept over the people in the square, and everyone was swept by his gaze, and they all felt the stinging sensation of the silver needle piercing their body, which made people shudder.

Although competition is allowed here, it is not allowed to hurt people's lives, during the mountaineering, there will be some disciples of the Cloud Calling Sect to check, and protect those who fall, they will also observe whether anyone has touched this bottom line, if someone wants to fish in troubled waters, thinking that what they are doing is hidden from the world, and the gods are unaware, but it is very wrong.

However, this is not explicitly stated by the person who is at the head, and this is part of the trial.

A person's moral character is also very important to a cultivator.

The leader looked at the man behind him, and the two nodded at each other, and then rang the bell beside him, which was as tall as a man.

"As for the rest, there's nothing more to say, so please start climbing!"