readx; Tongtian Ladder, located in the center of the imperial capital of Qin, was built under the auspices of the first emperor of the Great Qin Empire, the heaven and earth temple at the top of the Tongtian Ladder is the daily sacrificial place of the Great Qin Empire. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

The ladder is 3,333 zhang high, this height is easy for the vast majority of cultivators in the Broken Dan Realm, but the ladder was set up at the beginning of the construction, and within a radius of ten miles of the ladder, all spiritual power is forbidden, even the Tianzun of the Yin and Yang realms is no exception, only the royal bloodline of the Qin State can not be bound by the formation, and use spiritual power freely near the ladder.

For the vast majority of monks, it is not easy to climb the ladder of heaven under the condition of being forbidden from spiritual power, but fortunately, the rules of the conference test are the elimination system, and it does not require participants to climb to the top of the ladder, as long as they can achieve a relatively good result among the participants, they can be regarded as passing this initial test.

Before the start of the preliminary examination of the ladder climbing, Elder Liu was carefully explaining the matters related to the ladder to the nine new disciples of the White Deer Academy: " Generally speaking, as long as the ladder can climb a thousand zhang height, you can pass the preliminary test, but this year is the general test, the difficulty is much greater than in the past, about to climb the height of 1,500 zhang to ensure that you pass the initial test, of course, there is no absolute, if you have the ability, naturally the higher the climb, the better, as for the safety of you don't have to worry, the ground near the ladder is covered with a formation, even if you fall from a high altitude, you will not be injured. ”

After explaining the rules of climbing the ladder to everyone, Elder Liu specially told everyone: "Although there is no worry about your life in this ladder, you still have to do what you can, and forcible support will also cause great damage to your body. As he spoke, Elder Liu also glanced at Lin Yuan specially.

Seeing this situation, Lin Yuan couldn't help twitching the corners of his mouth, since he used the waist card of the secret guard inspector to get Liu Zhixia, even this Elder Liu sent by the academy regarded himself as a relation, which made Lin Yuan cry and laugh.

But then again, this ladder to the sky is really not much difficult for him, since the age of five Lin Yuan has often climbed the Qianzhang Snow Mountain below the old cripple's residence, at that time he was banned by the old cripple with Taoism because of the soul core, unable to use a trace of spiritual power, the situation is not much different from now, can only rely on the atavistic talent of the remnants to strengthen the strength of their own flesh to climb the snow mountain, with the experience of climbing the snow mountain in the previous ten years, let alone 1,500 zhang, even if it is to reach the top, it may not be a difficult thing.

Looking at the long ladder leading to the sky in front of him, Lin Yuan gently put his hand on the bronze staircase and slowly climbed upwards at an extremely even speed.

"This guy...... It shouldn't be so bad. Ke Yan saw the slow Lin Yuan, and couldn't help wiping the cold sweat on his forehead, although this guy was qualified to get into a general exam by relying on his family connections, but his cultivation had already reached the ninth level of the Broken Pill, even if his spiritual power was banned, he wouldn't be so bad!

You must know that the more you go to the back, the more difficult it becomes, and even mortals who do not have cultivation qualifications can climb in the first hundred zhang, let alone cultivators whose bodies have been refined by various heavenly and earthly treasures?

However, Ke Yan didn't think much about it, just took the rest of the participating disciples of the White Deer Academy and quickly climbed towards the top of the ladder, and in less than a stick of incense, everyone's figures disappeared from Lin Yuan's field of vision.

Looking at the strange gazes cast by the participants around him, Lin Yuan didn't care, but still slowly climbed the ladder to heaven.

An hour passed, and the strongest Ke Yan and Li Dongyang had even climbed to a height of 1,500 zhang, while Lin Yuan was still slowly climbing at a height of about 300 zhang, and there was only a chubby figure in his field of vision who was struggling to climb, and as for the other participants, they had already disappeared from his field of vision.

After another quarter of an hour, Lin Yuan's figure gradually caught up with the young fat man who was at the bottom with him, and the moment he saw the fat man's face, Lin Yuan couldn't help but be stunned: "Luo Fatty, why are you here?"

This young fat man who accompanied Lin Yuan at the bottom was none other than the Yuan Marquis of Daqin Town, who set up a stall on the first floor of the Spirit Pagoda to sell calligraphy and paintings, Luo Fatzi, but how could this guy appear in the conference test? Although Lin Yuan, who came to participate in the conference test together, was not very familiar with it, it was certain that there was absolutely no Luo Fat Man among them!

After hearing Lin Yuan's surprised voice, the young fat man raised his head with some effort, squinted at Lin Yuan with his small eyes and stared at Lin Yuan for a long time before he suddenly realized: "Well, it's you, the little guy who took a fancy to my grandfather's relics......" Luo Fat Man glanced at the pale cyan robe on Lin Yuan's body, but also understood the reason for Lin Yuan's doubts, and then explained: "Master Hou, I didn't participate in the conference exam as a disciple of the academy. ”

Thinking of the identity of Luo Fatzi Zhenyuan's marquis, Lin Yuan was relieved, the Great Qin Empire followed the title system of the previous dynasty, and the status of the marquis was second only to the duke, although Luo Fatzi was quite unsatisfactory due to his poor talent, but after all, he was still a marquis of the Great Qin Empire, and it was not difficult to get a place to participate in the martial arts examination.

Although Luo Fatzi was half tired and half dead, and the fat on his face trembled, he still tried his best to follow behind Lin Yuan, and asked with some concern: "Lin Daoyou...... Oh no, it's time to call you Senior Brother Lin, can you see any famous ancient painting left by my grandfather?"

Lin Yuan couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed, he originally thought that it would be easy to figure out the details of that painting, but he even used the power of cause and effect of the innate law of the eye, but he still couldn't figure out what was extraordinary about that painting, if it wasn't for his luck, I was afraid that he would lose his soul in that terrifying picture.

"Senior Brother Luo, I can only be sure that the picture scroll is definitely not a mortal thing, Senior Brother I once tried to use some family heirloom methods to probe its details, but I almost didn't take my life on the line, I don't dare to have any thoughts about it in the short term. ”

Luo Fatzi sighed: "Senior Brother Lin, listen to Senior Brother's words, just throw away that painting, this painting is unknown......"

"Thank you for your kindness, I have my own sense of proportion. ”

Seeing that Lin Yuan had said this, Luo Fatzi had no choice but to sigh and close his mouth, and continued to climb the huge ladder to heaven with difficulty.

"Having said that, Senior Brother Luo, why did you come to participate in the martial arts conference test? As a senior brother, if you want to get an official and a half-position in the military department, it shouldn't be difficult, why bother not to let the idle Hou Ye not do it, and come to this martial arts conference to suffer in the test. ”

Hearing Lin Yuan's doubtful words, Luo Fatzi smiled bitterly: "Master Hou, I didn't participate in this martial arts conference to hone myself, a few days ago my younger brother lost his life in the war with the demon clan, and I am the only one left in our Luo family's lineage, for the sake of the family to continue to be in my hands, Hou Ye, I can only come to this martial arts conference to hone myself, just thinking about trying to keep myself from dying too early in this troubled world, otherwise our Luo family will be broken." ”

Inheritance is undoubtedly the most important thing for all families and sects, people can die, but inheritance must never be broken! Think about what the bereaved people endured the harsh and cruel blood tax and the humiliation of the guards in the beginning? Isn't it just to leave a glimmer of hope and send Lin Yuan and Lin Jing out of the valley.

This Luo Fat Man is an honest man, but it's a pity that he was born at the wrong time and encountered such a turbulent era for many years...... Lin Yuan sighed, said a word of cherishment to Fat Luo, and then continued to climb upwards at a uniform speed.

After another hour or so, other participants gradually appeared in Lin Yuan's field of vision, most of these guys were cultivators who had not worked their physical bodies, and after their spiritual power was banned, they were not much stronger than ordinary people, and it was quite good to be able to survive here.

Climbing the ladder is still quite fair for the vast majority of cultivators, as long as the cultivators who have worked hard in the physical aspect, it is not difficult to climb to a height of 1,500 zhang, if they have not worked hard in this area, it is not tight, as long as the soul is condensed, the control of the body has been greatly improved, and it is not difficult to climb to a height of 1,500 zhang, as long as one of the two conditions is met, you can pass this initial test, which is not too harsh.

After another three hours, Lin Yuan had climbed to a height of about 1,600 zhang, and in these three hours, Lin Yuan had already seen dozens of participants fall from the top of his head, and even the same disciples in the academy had seen three.

At this height, there are not many people who still insist on it, and most of the rest want to get an amazing result in this preliminary examination, so that the military bigwigs can pay more attention to themselves, and the military will be much smoother in the future.

Two hours later, Ke Yan and Li Dongyang looked at Lin Yuan, who was still slowly climbing the ladder to the sky, at this altitude, they were already struggling, and this guy could still be as leisurely as he was at the beginning...... Even Li Dongyang, who has always been calm, was shocked by his performance, and in the end, it was Lin Yuan who broke the silence first: "Come on, two senior brothers." ”

Seeing that the two of them didn't take care of themselves, Lin Yuan didn't care, and continued to climb slowly upward, leaving Ke Yan and Li Dongyang in a daze.

After half a ring, Ke Yan came to his senses, and the corners of his mouth twitched and asked Li Dongyang beside him, "This kid ...... I've been hiding it!"

Li Dongyang said with a wry smile: "This guy ...... It seems that he has never been clumsy, but we have preconceived that he is a relation. ”

Speaking of this, Li Dongyang raised his head and glanced at the still leisurely figure on his head, with a hint of helplessness in his tone: "He probably just didn't bother to justify, just like at the beginning, since people have the confidence to climb higher, why bother to climb desperately at the beginning, in the end, it's just lazy." ”