Chapter 90: The Ladder of Knocking
The sword qi was vertical and horizontal, the cold light was in the air, Qin Cang walked with his sword, and swept out like a flowing glow, but the distance between him and the mountain range where the Heart Refining Hall was located was only less than a mile. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć In this way, after a few moments, he was able to lock the exact location of the Heart Refining Hall below through his soul power, and at a glance, he penetrated the clouds in a trance, and the phantom of the hall could be vaguely seen.
However, at this moment, the aura of heaven and earth contained in this mountain range suddenly rioted, like a dormant beast waking up from its sleep, the momentum was suddenly released, and a strong force composed of spiritual power rushed straight into Xiao Han, the air flow gathered, surging into waves, and in an instant, a storm swept away, trapping Qin Cang in the void firmly.
The speed of the cold light sword under Qin Cang's feet suddenly slowed down, as if he had entered a forbidden area, and the surrounding area was full of murderous machines, and it was full of hidden passages, even ordinary movements were difficult to carry out.
"It is said that this mountain is located in the area where spiritual storms are most frequent, and when I saw it today, it was indeed the case. Qin Cang's clothes fluttered lightly, his feet stepped on the spirit sword, and his brows were slightly furrowed, but there was no trace of panic on his face.
"What if this level of spiritual power storm appears, can it stop me?"
Qin Cang sneered, his fingers turned into a sword, and the fierce sword qi roared between his fingers, causing a gust of wind, and at the same time, his soul power quietly spread out, penetrating into the spiritual power storm, and in an instant, he found its center, and similarly, it was also its weakest position.
"Kill!"
The sound of a long howl resounded in the air, Qin Cang's black hair danced wildly, and the cultivation of the Xuan Realm in his body suddenly exploded, and in the blink of an eye, all of his meridians converged on his fingertips, and the next moment, he made a sword with two fingers, and slashed out angrily, this sword, like a broken bamboo, was indomitable, and it was aimed at the weakest point of this spiritual storm, and it was broken without any suspense.
Swish!
The sword light pierced through, shining into the void, and Qin Cang's figure flew out like a swift wind, like a hidden dragon coming out of the abyss, its speed increased again, and it swooped downward, heading straight for the door of the Heart Refining Palace.
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On the top of the mountain range, a magnificent hall stands here, in front of the temple door, a hundred zhang away, a giant sword carved from different stones is obliquely inserted into the ground, the lower half of the sword body is not visible, only the upper half is exposed, but even so, a sword power in the dark still exists in this sword. Whenever the disciples in the Qingyun Five Peaks came to the Heart Refining Hall to receive the training task, and when they passed by this sword, most of them couldn't help but worship in their hearts, as if what was in front of them was not a sword-shaped sculpture, but the sword of a peerless powerhouse.
And under this sword, there are thousands of steps, and each step is about half a zhang apart, so that the sum is five hundred zhang high. This height is secondary, the most important thing is that there are hidden mysteries on each step, it is said that there is an impact on the mind, disturbing the soul effect, even those who have achieved cultivation and can step into the void of powerful monks, when passing by here will be affected by its coercion, have to step up step by step, and if the heart of the Tao is not strong, stepping on the ladder may be directly blown away.
This ladder, called Knocking Heart, means Knocking on the Heart, it is said to be built in imitation of the ladder of climbing the sky at the headquarters of the Qingyun Sword Pavilion, but it is inferior to the ladder of climbing the sky in terms of the height of the ladder and the degree of test of the Dao heart. Regarding the ladder to the sky, Feng Zuichen didn't tell Qin Cang much, only said that it was a secret realm in the Sword Pavilion, which was both mysterious and dangerous.
Under the gate of the Heart Refining Palace, on the thousand-step heart knocking ladder, there are hundreds of figures gathered here, but each of them is in a different position, those who are strong in Dao Heart Firm Cultivation are often in the forefront, and the speed of progress is extremely fast, while those who still need to hone their Dao Heart are either stagnant or take a step forward for a long time.
"Damn it...... Why is this heart ladder so difficult to climb, the spiritual power in Lao Tzu's body is almost exhausted, but he hasn't even climbed to one-fifth, his grandmother's, if it goes down like this, there are no three or five years, I can't even touch the door of the heart refining hall, let alone go in to take the task. On the top of the 173rd staircase, a burly man with a full beard was waving his hand to wipe the sweat on his body, panting and scolding a few times from time to time.
"Okay, Meng Yan, don't complain, it's useless to scold, the elders have reminded you before you came, this heart knocking ladder is not so easy, you just don't believe in this evil, and insist on going to the Heart Refining Palace. It's good now, I'm stuck halfway, you, it's better to go back to the Blood Sword Peak with me to practice for a few more years, and then come to this heart ladder and enter the Heart Refining Palace. Zhou Feng on the side looked at Meng Yan and said weakly, obviously, breaking through this knocking ladder, his spiritual power has also consumed a lot.
"Damn, that's a bad thing...... Oops!" Meng Yan used all his strength and kicked towards the stairs under his feet, although his spiritual power was not much left, the weight of this kick was still not light, and ordinary stones were kicked by him like this, and they must have been shattered into powder in an instant. It's a pity that the knocking ladder he faced was unusual, this step down, not only did it cause any damage to the knocking ladder, but Meng Yan himself felt an extremely strong anti-shock force, as if a heavy hammer slammed into his feet, Meng Yan suddenly cried in pain and cried his mother, his body was unstable, that is, he stepped on the air, and fell directly from the 173rd floor.
If it weren't for Zhou Feng on the side, who saw that the situation was not good, and went down in time to catch it, he was afraid that he would roll all the way back to his original position from here, but Rao was like this, he also regressed sixteen steps, and it was not until he stood on the one hundred and fifty-seventh floor of the knocking ladder that his body barely stabilized.
"I'm going to ......"
"Fuck your sister, hurry up!" Zhou Feng was obviously annoyed by Meng Yan's idiotic behavior, and he unconsciously burst out with a foul language at the moment.
"Haha, he's right, it seems that you rookies who have just joined the Qingyun Sword Pavilion have no ability to break through the heart ladder, even if you are lucky to climb more than a hundred floors, hurry back quickly, don't be embarrassed here." Eh, waste ......" On the knocking staircase on the fifth and ninth floor, a young man dressed in brocade clothes looked at Meng Yan and Zhou Feng below with a proud face.
That kind of gaze was full of disdain, and it was the superior's contempt and indifference to the lower, which suddenly made Meng Yan below angry.
"Hey, who gave you the courage to be so presumptuous in front of Uncle Ben! Tell you, if it weren't for the uncle, I didn't have enough food today, I didn't have enough strength, and I didn't bring a knife out, otherwise I would have rushed up and slashed your dog's head, do you believe it or not?" Meng Yan's voice was already loud, and he was full of anger at the moment, so even if he didn't integrate his spiritual power into his voice, these words still spread throughout the entire heart ladder in an instant.
Even those who were silently moving forward were most likely looking at Meng Yan at this moment, looking like they were watching a good show.
"Interesting, I recognize that brocade-clothed young man, it is an elite disciple of Demon Sword Peak, named Chu Mad has always been unpopular, among the younger generation, except for the personal disciples and high-level disciples of the peak master, he is still the same as his name, crazy to death. But I have to admit that that guy's strength is good, he has the cultivation of the late stage of the Xuan Realm at a young age, the big man with a beard on his face seems to be fierce, but his cultivation is only the peak of the mortal realm, which provokes Chu Mad and is afraid that there will be no good fruit to eat. ā
"It's okay to knock on the heart ladder, and you are not allowed to do it privately, but if you leave this place, I am afraid that this big man will inevitably be retaliated against by Chu Mad . ā
"Hehe, whatever, it's none of our business, just watch the show on the sidelines. ā
The whispering continued, but Chu Yan didn't pay much attention to it, his eyes just stared at Meng Yan tightly, as sharp as a knife, if his eyes could also kill, then Meng Yan was afraid that he would have been killed by this Chu Yan thousands of times.
"You...... It's very daring. Chu said gloomily.
"You, Grandpa Meng, I have always been bold. Meng Yan had no fear, and took advantage of Chu Crazy in his words.
Chu Maan's face became more and more gloomy, like a dense dark cloud, if it weren't for the rules on the knocking ladder, he couldn't fight privately, with his temper, he would have already swung his sword and slashed at Meng Yan, even if it wasn't on the platform of life and death, he couldn't put the other party to death, but if he abolished Meng Yan's cultivation, he thought that there was still no problem.
"Out of the ladder, I will make you understand how stupid and ridiculous your words are at this moment, how fearless the ignorant are. Chu Mad pressed the killing intent in his heart, withdrew his gaze, turned around and stepped towards the 510th floor of the heart ladder.
Repeated!
A dull sound came, and Chu Mad stood on the 510th floor of the knocking staircase, and his body was even more imposing, like a sharp sword out of its sheath, and his pace had not stopped.
Immediately afterwards, there were seventy-two sounds on the knocking staircase, and I saw that Chu Mad turned into an afterimage, rushing all the way up, as if he was not hindered in the slightest, and soon he was on the top of the 582nd staircase. Although he did not immediately take action against Meng Yan, this move was undoubtedly a direct demonstration and oppression, and he wanted Meng Yan to understand how big the gap between them was, so that the latter could really be afraid, and the more the latter was afraid, the more relieved he was in his heart.
"His grandmother's, this kid seems to really have some ability, I'm afraid I won't be able to look at his head with a knife. Meng Yan lowered his voice and said to Zhou Feng beside him.
"I still want to cut him with a knife, if he doesn't scrap the sword, you will be fine, while he is breaking through the heart ladder, hurry back to the Blood Sword Peak with me, and retreat, so as not to retaliate against this person later." Zhou Feng patted Meng Yan's head vigorously, the meaning was self-evident, it was to make him sober up.
"Okay, stay in the green mountains, don't be afraid of no firewood, withdraw!"
The two of them immediately turned around and rushed down as fast as they could, and the rest of the people immediately laughed when they saw this scene.
"Eh, big man, didn't you have a lot of confidence just now? Why, now it's cowardly?"
"yes, it's not like a man. ā
"What do you short-sighted frogs at the bottom of the well know, Lao Tzu just said that he didn't have enough to eat, and he didn't have enough strength, wait for me to go back and eat some spirit valley, drink some spirit wine, sharpen my knife, and then go and fight that kid for three hundred rounds!" Meng Yan shouted loudly.
When Zhou Feng heard this, he immediately patted Meng Yan's head again, and this time the intensity was obviously greater than last time.
"Okay, accumulate some virtue, don't you think you have offended enough people?"
"You can't blame me, you have to blame those guys...... Huh?"
At the moment when he was about to leave the knocking ladder, Meng Yan's expression suddenly changed, and his footsteps stopped.
"Your sister, stop what, let's go!" Zhou Feng urged.
"Well, I seem to have seen an acquaintance. Meng Yan stretched out his finger and pointed forward, and Zhou Feng looked at it, and his eyes were suddenly condensed.
"Qin ...... Qin Cang?" Zhou Feng exclaimed in surprise.
At this time, Qin Cang had already withdrawn the cold light sword and walked slowly, when he saw Meng Yan and Zhou Feng, he nodded lightly, which was regarded as a greeting, and then he no longer paid attention to the two, but walked straight to the knocking ladder in front of him.
When his footsteps landed on the first step of the staircase, an old voice suddenly sounded on the knocking staircase.
"Who's the interloper?"
"Wu Jian Peak disciple, Qin Cang. Qin Cang's expression was calm and replied calmly.
However, when his voice fell, it caused a commotion in an instant, and for a moment, all the intruders on the knocking ladder were shocked, and they all looked at Qin Cang.
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