Volume 1 [Initial Cultivation] Chapter 3 Assessment
Finally arrived at Zhao Dong for the test, only a few steps away from the old man, but Zhao Dong felt that he had walked for a long time.
These few short steps can determine Zhao Dong's next fate, Zhao Dong doesn't know what his fate will be next, so he doesn't dare to step out easily
Zhao Dong came to the old man's side when everyone else was a little impatient, and put his hand on the crystal ball, only to see eight brown rays of light appear on the crystal ball.
The old man looked at it and said, "Earth Spirit Root Eight Pins, the next one." Hearing the old man's words, Zhao Dong suddenly felt a lot of pressure.
The eighth grade also means that his spiritual root is only at the bottom, and he doesn't know if he can pass the next assessment.
It didn't take long for everyone's spiritual root test to end, and the old man put away the crystal ball and said, "Except for those who have become outer disciples and those two who have directly become inner disciples, the rest of you all need to go through the next round of assessment. ”
After a pause, the old man continued: "I believe you have seen the stairs up the mountain behind me, yes, your next round of exams is to climb this staircase." ”
"The total number of steps in this ladder is 99,999 steps, as long as any of you successfully climb it before dark, those who reach the top of the mountain can become the outer disciples of the sect. ”
As the old man's words fell, everyone in the crowd began to discuss, and in their opinion, this was simply an impossible thing to accomplish.
"Silence, if anyone thinks it's impossible, then you guys can choose to leave now. The rugged man on the side, who had not made a sound, shouted to the crowd.
And the old man didn't stop the man, it seems that he also didn't like the reaction of these people, but he didn't say it directly.
"Again, the mountain in front of you is your assessment, and there are 99,999 steps from the foot of the mountain to the top of the mountain. Those who reach the top of the mountain before dark pass the test, while those who do not fail are considered to fail. ”
"If you can't hold on and shout to give up, someone will take you down, do you hear clearly?" The old man's gaze swept towards Zhao Dong and all of them at this time, and his sharp gaze made people dare not look directly.
After speaking, the old man left with those few people, leaving only two disciples and Zhao Dong and the others who participated in the assessment.
After a brief lull, an individual scrambled to the top of the mountain, as if fearing that he would fail.
"I don't know how many people will pass this time. One of the disciples said with some sighs.
"I don't think that's how we came back at the beginning? The other said with a sigh of relief.
Zhao Dong was just as scrambling to climb as those people, and if he didn't hurry up, he might not be able to make it to the top of the mountain before dark.
There is no trace of the formation of the heat on the steps of this mountain, which means that a mountain has been forcibly transformed into what it is now.
This made Zhao Dong feel the strength of the Xuanyuan faction's means, which was completely beyond his imagination, and also gave him an understanding of the strength of the Xuanyuan faction.
Zhao Dong, who was climbing the stairs, turned around and took a look, and Lin Han, who was slowly leaving, continued to climb again, he understood that from now on, the two of them would be people from two worlds.
Lin Han's talent is much stronger than him, and I believe that it won't take long to succeed in cultivating, and even if he passes the assessment, it will be difficult for him to succeed in cultivating.
After all, the talent gap between the two people is too big, and it is simply between heaven and earth.
Although there are only two parts of the introductory assessment, the content of the two parts of the assessment is completely different, the test just now is talent, and the current climbing is a test of perseverance.
It is not enough to have talent in cultivation, and strong perseverance is also required, so the perseverance assessment is specially carried out for disciples like Zhao Dong who are not very talented.
Diligence can make up for clumsiness, so only people with real perseverance can narrow the gap of talent and reach a higher realm.
It didn't take long for someone to get tired and fall, and his fat body looked like he should have reached out to open his mouth from his small clothes, and he was used to good days, and he couldn't stand it all of a sudden.
At this time he shouted "I give up" and a dark shadow grabbed him, and quickly said that he was sent to the foot of the mountain.
And this black shadow was one of the two disciples just now, and the speed was so fast, it could be seen that the strength of the Immortal Cultivator was so strong.
Seeing this scene, other people were even more eager to pass the assessment to cultivate immortals, but what they needed to do now was to persist and pass the assessment.
With the passage of time, Zhao Dong's physical strength for these climbers also passed rapidly, and the speed of climbing became slower and slower.
The few who were far ahead were all strong men, and their bodies were strong, so their speed was much faster than Zhao Dong's others.
This assessment was actually a disadvantage for women, but there was still one woman who followed closely behind those men and left a large number of people behind.
This woman is small and small, and she can't tell from her appearance that she has such physical strength, and she really can't be good-looking.
Zhao Dong has been helping his father do some work since he was a child, so his physical fitness is not bad, so his speed is not slow, and the height he climbs is not too backward among these people.
As the sun rose and the temperature became hotter and hotter, Zhao Dong and the others became more and more difficult to climb.
Some people feel that they don't have a chance, so they choose to give up directly, which is bitter for Liu Feng and the two, they need to quickly send one loser after another to the foot of the mountain, and then pick up another one down the mountain.
But there are too many people who give up, and sometimes several people give up at the same time, and even if they have one hand, it is a little too late.
Sweat dripped down the stairs, and Zhao Dong's vision was already blurred by sweat, but he knew that he only needed to climb up.
By this time, some people have already stopped and rested, after all, they have consumed too much physical strength and need to rest to recover.
In the face of the hot sun and tired body, Zhao Dong also had to stop and rest, he no longer had the strength to continue climbing.
Not far in front of Zhao Dong, a man was sitting on the stairs panting, and if anyone looked closely at him, they would find that there was no sweat on his body at all.
Even he is resting now just to avoid attracting attention, and he wants to climb successfully without any pressure at all.
Even if he wants to, he can complete this assessment with the first place, but it's just to hide his strength.
There must be something wrong with such a strange situation, and there must be some secret hidden in this guy's body.
After resting for a while, Zhao Dong continued to walk again, seeing that he hadn't even walked a third of the way, Zhao Dong sped up his pace.
When the sun hung in the middle of the sky, Zhao Dong had only walked a little more than a third, and now he couldn't go far and needed to rest for a while before he could continue walking.
The same is true for the others, and the farthest person who has gone so far has only walked about two-thirds of the way.
There are less than fifty people who are still holding on, which is much less than the three or four hundred at the beginning of the morning.
However, there is still a lot of time, and the first few people can officially become outer disciples through the entrance examination.
It is commendable to the woman, she keeps her pace and follows the footsteps of those people, and her strength is completely successful.
As for the man in front of Zhao Dong, he was still relaxed, as if the stairs they walked through had no effect on him at all.
However, in order not to show about prominence, he still pretended to be the same as everyone else, so that people couldn't see his real situation at all.
There is a pair of brothers not far from Zhao Dong, but it is obvious that the elder brother of the two is accompanying the younger brother, otherwise, his strength is likely to be one of the first few to go.
Because Zhao Dong didn't see any fatigue from the older one, it seemed that these were not a problem for him at all.
The sun began to set in the west, and Zhao Dong and the others began to speed up their pace, hoping to pass the assessment before the sun completely set.
The time was so tight that if they didn't do their best, no one would get through.
This is still done when the sun is just beginning, and if it is started when the sun is shining, I am afraid that basically no one will pass the assessment.
Watching the sun begin to set in the west, those who were at the back gave up because they knew there was no way they could make it.
When the sun was halfway down, the first person to pass the test appeared, and after he passed, the whole person collapsed to the ground.
The appearance of this person was like a dawn in the darkness, rejuvenating the originally exhausted bodies of Zhao Dong and others.
The strange man also sped up when he saw that someone had successfully passed the assessment, and it didn't take long for him to pass the assessment and reach the top of the mountain.
Then some people successfully passed the assessment, but by this time the sun had only a little bit left and had not set.
Seeing that someone had passed the assessment, the younger brother of the two brothers behind Zhao Dong said to his brother, "Brother, you don't have to worry about me." You go alone, you can pass without wasting such a good opportunity because of me. ”
The elder brother who was originally walking in front turned his head to look at his younger brother, touched his head and said, "If you can't pass my brother, what's the point of me passing? ”
The younger brother knew that his brother was just comforting himself, they had all participated in the assessment of the three major sects, and if they all failed this time, then there was really no way.
And Zhao Dong was still a long way from the end of the ladder, and Zhao Dong knew that it was impossible for him to pass and give up and continue climbing.
When the sun completely set and the night fell, the assessment of the outer disciples came to an end.
The rugged man didn't know when he arrived at the top of the mountain, and shouted to everyone on the stairs: "Now that the assessment of the outer disciples has ended, none of you have passed the assessment. ”
"You can choose to participate in the assessment of the miscellaneous disciples tomorrow or send you away tomorrow, and now I will send you to the bottom of the mountain. With that, the rugged man sent the people who were still on the stairs down the mountain like a gust of wind.
The rugged man grabbed one by one and sent them down the hill so fast that anyone he sent down could hear the wind whistling in their ears.
Zhao Dong, who was sent to the bottom of the mountain, still couldn't believe that he had failed, and he failed the assessment like this.
Considering that Zhao Dong and the others had not eaten for a day, the sect specially prepared a lot of food at the foot of the mountain for them to replenish.
Faced with the temptation of food, Zhao Dong naturally couldn't be indifferent, and after feasting, he also accepted this fact.
After collecting his emotions, Zhao Dong waited for tomorrow's miscellaneous disciple assessment, this was his last hope, and he must not fail.
Seeing that Zhao Dong and the others had almost eaten, the rugged man continued: "Tomorrow I will take you to participate in the miscellaneous disciple assessment, if any of you don't want to participate, you can bring it up, and tomorrow the sect will arrange someone to send you back." ”
"I don't participate, what does it mean to be a miscellaneous disciple? Even if I can't become an outer disciple, I won't be a miscellaneous disciple, and besides, it's not that there are no other sects of cultivation. Hearing this person's words, Zhao Dong was surprised, but he didn't expect that a little prince also participated in the assessment.
You must know that it is the son of the prince, for Zhao Dong, it is someone he will never meet in his life.
After all, the disparity between the status of the two sides is too great, and under normal circumstances, the other party would not look at him at all, but now that he has participated in the assessment with him, this makes Zhao Dong a little excited. The rugged man didn't react to the little prince's words, but continued to ask, "Is there anyone else who doesn't want to participate in the miscellaneous disciple assessment?"
Next, several people stood up one after another and said that they would not participate in the assessment of the miscellaneous disciples, and the rugged man looked at Zhao Dong and said, "After the sun rises tomorrow morning, I will take you to participate in the assessment."
After the rugged man left, Zhao Dong and the others all sat up on the ground, because the man didn't let them go back to the area where they slept last night, and they didn't dare to go back.
I don't know if it's because I'm tired after hard work, or because of what, although whoever is on the ground quickly falls asleep one by one.
On a summer night, the breeze blows slowly, and the picture at this moment is so beautiful.
It is completely different from the cruelty of this world, and later they children will understand that this is a world of the jungle.