Standing at the edge of the woods, looking up, Zhou Xingyu finally knew what was going on with the stone forest that the old man had said before.

In front of me is a huge gray stone pillar, about ten meters high, short only knee-high, the whole body is gray-brown. The stone forest seems to have existed here since ancient times, and there are still traces of rain washing on the surface of the stone pillars.

Looking at the ground covered by sharp gravel and low shrubs, Zhou Xingyu looked down at his feet, and returned to the woods in the puzzled gaze of the horse-faced senior brother, and returned to the previous woods.

Although puzzled, Senior Brother Horse-faced still turned around and followed behind Zhou Xingyu.

"The shrub-covered area can't see what is going on below, so you need to find a stick to test it first, if there is no pothole underneath to pass. The green bamboo he encountered before was just right" Thinking in his heart, Zhou Xingyu walked to the bamboo forest, and quickly selected a green bamboo that was almost twice his height, this kind of green bamboo was slightly golden, Zhou Xingyu had encountered it when he was cutting firewood in the mountains, it was very hard and light, and it was very suitable for exploring the road.

Of course, Zhou Xingyu didn't forget to get himself a pair of leggings tied to his calves.

It is not difficult to make leg guards, you only need to tie the moderately sized green bamboo with a rope and fix it to the calf.

"Not bad. The craft has improved. Lifting his leg and trying, he found that there was no discomfort, and Zhou Xingyu showed a slight smile on his face.

Looking up at the sky, Zhou Xingyu didn't dare to linger, and walked quickly towards the stone forest.

Moving all the way, he soon arrived at the stone forest, without the slightest hesitation, Zhou Xingyu explored the way with a bamboo pole, and walked towards the front quickly and steadily.

"Sure enough, the previous efforts were not in vain." Zhou Xingyu looked down at his legs, deep scratches had already floated on the surface of the originally smooth green bamboo, these were caused by the bushes along the way, these bushes did not seem to have any threat, but in fact, many of them were overgrown with spikes, although it was impossible to bring fatal injuries to people, but the blunt knife cut the flesh, and it was scratched many times, and it would still kill people.

Zhou Xingyu was so tired because of the protection of his leggings, and the other teenagers who didn't take any measures were even more unbearable. On the way here, Zhou Xingyu saw a young man with blood stains on his legs, if it wasn't for the senior brother who followed him all the way to take him away, it is estimated that it would not be long before he bled to death.

The other people around who were still insisting were all pale, no matter how careful they were, they still couldn't avoid being careless. After all, it is impossible for the human spirit to remain in a state of high concentration all the time.

Not caring about the eyes of the teenagers around him, whether envious or jealous, Zhou Xingyu passed the teenagers who participated in the trial all the way, and soon came to the edge of the stone forest.

In front of me is a huge mountain rock, slightly sloping, covered with potholes of different sizes. At this time, there were already several figures on it, and they were struggling to climb towards it.

Behind these figures were young men in green clothes and holding swords. Compared with the difficult steps of the teenagers, the senior brothers seem to be walking on the ground, without the slightest reluctance.

Zhou Xingyu looked back at the stone forest, but unfortunately there were no materials for him to make tools that could help him run over the rocks.

Putting the bamboo pole in his hand on the ground, Zhou Xingyu sat on the edge of the mountain stone and gasped, although the "Fetal Breath" improved his body, but after all, the time was too short, at this time his physique was at most similar to those well-nourished children of the same age, plus after all, he was still young, and the energy he had gathered through the stone forest before had been almost consumed.

If you don't take a break and regain your strength, you won't want to climb over this huge rock.

After resting for a while, putting down the leg guards on his legs and the bamboo pole in his hand, Zhou Xingyu walked to the edge of the mountain rock, and quickly chose a relatively gentle and easy road to the top.

The stone wall of this boulder is a piece of stacked rock, layer by layer, the weathering is very strong, many places will be broken when touched, although the slope is not high, and people can not die if they fall down, but it is inevitable that the skin will open and the flesh will bloom.

Years of experience in climbing into the mountains told Zhou Xingyu that if he can't take every step steadily and grasp it, the end may not look good. One wrong step is almost the same as failing the trial.

As he climbed up step by step, beads of sweat the size of beans seeped down Zhou Xingyu's skin, and soon his clothes were almost soaked. In addition, the rough surface of the mountain stone also caused damage to Zhou Xingyu's body, especially the fingers and knees, which had already ground out blood marks, sweat dripping, rolling on the skin, and bursts of hot pain came from it, constantly tormenting Zhou Xingyu's nerves.

At this moment, in addition to the tenacity of children from poor families, what supports Zhou Xingyu's progress is also the expectations of his parents and Uncle Song, as well as the infinite yearning for the vast world outside the mountain village in his heart.

Time passed minute by minute, he finally climbed to the top of the mountain, and while gasping fiercely, Zhou Xingyu looked at the surrounding situation, originally hundreds of people participated in the trial, but less than thirty were left at this time, and the rest had basically fallen on the way they came.

Not far away, there were dozens of teenagers who had climbed over the rocks like himself and successfully arrived, most of them, like Zhou Xingyu, were lying on their backs on the ground gasping.

On the farthest cliff, a familiar figure appeared on it, it was Wang Ye who was walking alone before, he had reached the top of the cliff at this time, and he thought that he was the first place in this trial.

Wang Ye also seemed to find Zhou Xingyu lying at the bottom of the cliff, and waved his hand to him vigorously, Zhou Xingyu knew that this was the other party cheering for himself.

"I've got to hurry, but not too much."

While being happy for his friends, a sense of urgency in his heart also drove Zhou Xingyu to forge ahead.

Getting up, Zhou Xingyu staggered towards the bottom of the cliff, only by reaching the top of the cliff before noon can he be regarded as passing the test, and the distance after that is not much, he can't fall here.

The cliff is not high, it is only a hundred meters, Zhou Xingyu raised his eyes and saw that there was a narrow fault on the mountainside, extending from the fault, there were more than a dozen thick ropes hanging down to the bottom of the cliff, and the ropes were covered with thick knots.

"This trial seems to be stable."

Reaching out and holding a rope, a wave of confidence was born from the bottom of my heart.

Grabbing a knot with one hand, Zhou Xingyu exerted force with both feet, using both hands and feet, and his body climbed upward.

Experienced climbers know that when it comes to climbing, the main part of the force is the feet, and the hands only play an auxiliary role.

Use both feet and hands and feet together so that you can climb steadily and hold on longer.

However, obviously not everyone is as experienced as Zhou Xingyu, and instead of hearing the frightened sounds and desperate gasps of other children, every sound represents that a teenager has been eliminated.

It means that the Xuanmen is very large, but it is not big.

Big, refers to the number and scale of its members, and refers to Xuanmen, as one of the two overlords of Bazhou, whose power can almost be said to cover the entire Bazhou, with more than tens of thousands of members.

In the land of Bazhou, every word spoken by Xuanmen is as good as the orders of the royal family, which is not half exaggerated, and it can also be seen from this point that its power is huge.

This is also the reason why the Gatekeeper of Lingxi City would be full of flattery to Song Qingfeng that day.

It's good to enjoy the shade under the big tree, but it's not so easy to stay under the tree, pointing out that the Xuanmen only recruits about a dozen disciples every year, and there are hundreds of people who have obtained the qualification for the trial.

Someone is eliminated, which may be cruel to those who are eliminated, but it is good news for Zhou Xingyu and other people who have not been eliminated.

Although it was laborious all the way, Zhou Xingyu finally climbed to the top of the cliff without danger.

He looked up at the huge sundial beside him, but fortunately it didn't time out.

"Congratulations on passing the race, go over there and wait, take a break." Just when Zhou Xingyu didn't know what to do next, a warm sound, Zhou Xingyu turned his head to look over, and saw the senior brother in Tsing Yi, who had been following him before, talking to him with a relaxed face.

Hearing clearly the intimacy in the other party's tone, Zhou Xingyu suddenly became a little overwhelmed.

"My name is Li Hong, since you have passed the trial, you have officially joined the Xuanmen, and you can call me Senior Brother Li in the future."

"Thank you, Senior Brother Li." Zhou Xingyu bowed to Li Hong and thanked him sincerely.

Not only because the other party reminded him what to do, but more importantly, because the other party protected him along the way. Although nothing happened along the way, if he didn't know that the other party had been following him, he would not have been able to let go of his hands and feet and win without scruples.

"You don't have to, it's my task, and you've already helped me by winning the trial." Li Hong sideways avoided Zhou Xingyu and shook his head and said.

"Mission, what's that?" Zhou Xingyu was puzzled in his heart and was about to ask.

"Ah Xing, this way, come here!" Zhou Xingyu turned his head and saw that next to a gazebo not far away, Wang Ye was waving to him.

"Senior Brother Li, I'll go and meet up with my friends first." Zhou Xingyu said to Li Hong, and after saying hello, he ran to Wang Ye.

"Good boy, not bad, not ashamed of me." Wang Ye patted Zhou Xingyu's shoulder hard, and said with relief.

"Brother Ye, who are these people?" It's been a while since he got along with Wang Ye, and Zhou Xingyu didn't care about the other party's tone, he looked at the few figures behind Wang Ye and asked.

"Come on, come on, let me introduce you to each other, this is my brother Zhou Xingyu." Wang Ye pointed at Zhou Xingyu and said to a few people on the side.

"This is Wang Long, this is his younger brother Wang Hu, this is Senior Brother Qin Yun, this is Senior Brother Ma Shangfeng, we will be friends in the future." Wang Ye introduced a few people to Zhou Xingyu again.

"Hello everyone, I'm a friend of Brother Ye."

After everyone became acquainted, Wang Ye pulled Zhou Xingyu aside, put his arm around Zhou Xingyu's shoulders and said, "Just a few people, Wang Long and Wang Hu knew each other, and so did Senior Brother Qin Yun." But that Senior Brother Ma Shangfeng, you have to pay more attention, he is Elder Chen's apprentice, although Elder Chen is not as powerful as my uncle, but after all, he is an elder, if the other party accidentally takes a fancy to you, you kid can have a little bit of my majesty in the door. ”

Wang Ye said matter-of-factly.

"Brother Ye, do you still know about this? Even that Senior Brother Ma knew that he was Elder Chen's disciple? Zhou Xingyu asked suspiciously.

Since he came to Zhixuanmen, Wang Ye has often been with him, and he hasn't seen him walk around.

"Ah Xing, if you were born in a family like your brother, you wouldn't be surprised." Wang Ye shook his head and said.

Hearing Wang Ye's words, Zhou Xingyu instantly thought of something.