() Half a month has passed, and the snowflakes flying in the sky have also accompanied the foxy, Baxia, and Shi Chongyin for a full fifteen days. The hair and eyebrows of the three were covered with tiny ice crystals.

However, they didn't pay attention to the bad weather at all, what they cared about was why a month and a half had passed, but they still hadn't met the Star Monarch of the Tuji Cave. Until now, they didn't understand what the so-called test of the soil cave meant, could it be that it was this weather where it would rain and snow?

After another two days, the three of them clearly felt that the weather was getting cold again. The snow is still falling, and the cold is getting colder. Shi Chongyin secretly complained in his heart, he gradually couldn't bear such a cold anymore, and he had to use his spiritual power to protect his body from being invaded by the cold. But as time passed, his spiritual power slowly depleted, and he felt as if he was in the endless ice fields of the far north, and he would never be able to leave that place again!

On the twenty-eighth day after the snowfall, Shi Chongyin's lips had been frozen purple, and his hands and feet were numb, and he was just repeating the forward movements mechanically. His jaw chattered, and the clash of teeth was audible. He looked at the Fox and the Baxia, and the situation of the two of them was not much better than his. The bodies of the three of them were much more rickety, as if they wanted to preserve the last trace of warmth in their bodies.

On the twenty-ninth day, the three of them were already moving forward step by step, the snow was piled up to waist-deep depth, Shi Chongyin walked in the front, and his trembling hand gently waved the fairy sword, opening a path in the snow. One hour later, they took the lead, and another hour it was the turn of the tyrant, and the three of them tried their best when they opened the way, and slowly recovered their strength as they followed, and in this way, they suffered until the thirtieth day.

"Another month. The last time it rained was snow thirty days later, so maybe something will happen tonight. Trembling, he guessed.

"I just want to get the Earth Spirit Bead......" said the overlord.

As expected by Yakini, at midnight, the heavy snow gradually lightened and stopped.

Shi Chongyin used the trace of spiritual power he had just recovered to stir on the surface of his body, shaking up a burst of ice mist and falling rustling. "The ghost weather, it's finally stopped. He muttered to himself.

"Fifth brother, I always feel that something is not quite right. Baxia suddenly said, "A month of rain, a month of snow, so precise? I think it has something to do with the direction we choose to go?"

"What do you mean?"

"I guess if we go back, the snow will fall again, and if we go back for a month, it will rain again. ”

Fox pondered for a moment: "Then do you want to go back?"

Ba Xia shook his head and said, "No, since you have finally arrived here, how can you turn back?"

"It's okay, then let's turn north now." ”

With the sun discerning direction, the three of them turned and continued on their way.

The weather changed again, gradually becoming sultry and hot, and after dawn, the sun hung in the sky even more proudly, scorching the vast earth, and the dazzling sunlight made it almost impossible to open your eyes. The heat was rolling, there was not a cool breeze, the snow seemed to melt away in just one night, the ground was scorched, and streams of transparent heat came from underfoot. A day ago it was bitterly cold, but now it's scorching heat.

"It's the first time I've been sunburned like this...... Shi Chongyin gasped. It was so uncomfortable, it was so hot that even the air I breathed felt hot.

"Why aren't we......" said domineeringly, "such a vicious sun, it's hard to see in life." ”

"Or ...... Let's go back and go in another direction?"

Shi Chongyin said: "It's okay, it's only been a few hours now, and it's only a waste of half a day to go back." ”

His Majesty agreed, and the three of them turned around and walked south.

But the result was beyond their expectations, after walking south for almost a whole day, the weather was still very hot, it seems that Baxia's original speculation was wrong, no matter what the direction is, it has no effect on the weather at all.

"That's not right, the weather is the same everywhere we go, so what are we going to do? Shi Chongyin sat on the ground, gasping for air. He didn't want to leave, watching the same scene every day, only the sun and moon rising in the east and setting in the west, how monotonous it was.

The fierce and the subordinate, who were walking in front, all turned around and said, "Brother Shi, I believe that if you keep walking, you will definitely be able to see Xingjun." It's so hot, it's not an option for you to stay here alone. ”

Baxia wiped the beads of sweat from his face: "That's right, Brother Shi, this must be the test of Xingjun, can you tan people in the Mahayana realm like this, how can it be an ordinary sun?"

Shi Chongyin touched the hot earth, gritted his teeth and stood up again, and only said one word: "Go!"

It was scorching during the day and stuffy at night, and the clothes of the three of them didn't know how many times they were soaked with sweat, and after only five days, Shi Chongyin felt that his mouth was dry and he couldn't support it anymore. Early in the morning of the sixth day, the thought of having to suffer from the scorching sun all day made his scalp tingle.

Suddenly, the tyrant shouted in surprise: "Look, what is that?"

Following the direction he was pointing, there was a small black dot in the sky as far as the eye could see.

Squinted his eyes and looked at it for a while: "It's too far away, I can't see what it is, let's hurry over." ”

The scenery that had been unchanged for many days finally changed slightly, and the three of them were excited and accelerated their pace of progress. It wasn't until noon that the outline of the black dot became clear, and it was an elaborate gazebo.

Before coming to the gazebo, the three of them took a closer look. The pavilion is topped by hexagons, each of which is hung with a string of bells, and below the pavilion is six pillars, all painted red. There is a stone table in the pavilion, and several stone benches are placed next to the table. On top of the table was a teapot and several teacups.

See the teapot, Shi Chong

Yin rushed into the pavilion with an arrow step, poured three cups of tea, didn't care about being polite to the two of them, nodded to the two of them, and raised a cup of tea and drank it all, he was too thirsty.

Both the fox and the tyrant laughed, sat on the stone bench, raised their teacups and drank.

Strange to say, the outside of the pavilion is still very hot, but the pavilion is refreshing and pleasant, and the gentle cool breeze blows, and the bell hanging in the corner of the pavilion comes with a pleasant "jingling" sound, which brings comfort and joy to the three people in the pavilion.

After resting for an hour, the fox stood up and moved his muscles: "Enough rest, continue on the road." ”

Shi Chongyin looked at the dazzling sunlight outside the pavilion, and said reluctantly: "I have walked for many days to meet such a life-saving pavilion, and I really don't want to leave here." Thinking about the purpose of coming to Tuji Cave this time, he sighed lightly, got up and followed the fox and the tyrant to re-plunge into the boiling heat.

In this way, under the scorching sun, the three of them walked for more than ten days.

Shi Chongyin felt that his steps were getting heavier and heavier, and although he was breathing rapidly, he always felt that he couldn't breathe. His steps staggered, his consciousness became hazy, his eyes became blurry, and he finally lost his strength and fell to the ground.

The fox in front of him and the tyrant suddenly heard a "poof" behind him, looked back, and hurriedly helped him up. Shi Chongyin opened his eyes slightly, and his chapped lips gently spit out three words: "You guys...... Let's go first......" After saying that, he closed his eyes and fainted.

Fox and Ba Xia glanced at each other, gently put down Shi Chongyin, tore off a large piece of cloth from the hem of his shirt, and gently covered his face, and then the two continued to move forward. At this point, it is no longer a test of physical strength and skill, and the physical strength of the ruthless and overlord has long been exhausted, and it is only with a persistent belief in the earth spirit bead that it is tenaciously supported.

Not long after separating from Shi Chongyin, Baxia, who had extraordinary eyesight, suddenly saw a few shining points of light in the sky, "What is that?" Under the reminder of Baxia, Xuanyi also noticed. The shining points of light are arranged in a line, sometimes bright and sometimes dark, looming.

It was not until dusk that the two of them saw clearly, it turned out that it was a river, and the shining point of light was caused by the reflection of sunlight by the water waves in the river, and there was a stone arch bridge on the river, and the end of the bridge was engraved with the three big characters of "Dingshen Bridge".

When the heat is unbearable, water is the source of life! Ba Xia ran a few steps, plunged headlong into the river, and only after a long time did he emerge from the water and shouted: "Happy!"

He shook his head and smiled, squatted by the river and washed his face with water, but suddenly jumped out of the water and dragged him into the water. Suddenly, he felt a refreshing coolness enveloping him, and even the tiredness accumulated by the scorching heat was swept away.

The dragon family loves water. Fox and Baxia frolicked in the river for a long time, climbed ashore, lay down by the river to rest for a while, Fox sat up and said: "It seems that the Canghai Sword Immortal is not unkind, there is a pavilion in the phantom array, there is a small river, otherwise it will be difficult for us to support it." ”

Baxia closed his eyes and replied, "Yes......"

"Get up, it's time to go." ”

The tyrant said: "Fifth brother, I really can't bear this good water." I want to go downstream along the direction of the river. ”

He persuaded: "When the scorching sun is in the sky, this small river is still cool and overflowing, it is obviously set up by the Canghai Sword Immortal to relieve fatigue, how can there be results if you move in the direction of the river?"

Ke Baxia has already made up his mind: "Isn't the direction at the beginning also determined by us?" Now it is still unknown whether the direction is correct or not, why not go down the water and no longer have to endure the scorching heat." ”

He shook his head: "A test is a test, how can you be greedy for pleasure? Fortunately, there is no actual danger in the Five Dipper Star Cave, but it is better to be careful. ”

Baxia nodded, threw himself into the water, followed the direction of the river, and quickly went downstream, and soon, he was gone.

He disappeared into the distance, and he also crossed the Tranquility Arch Bridge and embarked on the road ahead.

After walking alone for a few days, the fox noticed that the weather had changed again. The breeze blew slowly and dispelled the heat, and then the wind gradually became stronger, blowing so hard that people could not open their eyes. Eventually, it turned into a roaring wind, roaring and whistling in my ears. The direction of his journey was the headwind, and as the wind became stronger and stronger, he struggled to walk, and suddenly, a gale swept in, and he was blown into the air.

"Rain, snow, scorching, wind, hehe, but I am not afraid of this wind. His right hand was raised diagonally upward, and his left hand was raised to the level of his right shoulder, and a dazzling golden light flashed, and a large tripod appeared in the crook of his right arm.

Carrying this tripod, the fox immediately fell steadily from the air.

This is the weapon of the fierce Ying Long Zhen Shanding. The tripod is about five feet high, there are three tripod feet, the tripod belly is round, slightly convex outward and drum-shaped, there is a handle on each side of the tripod, and there is a tripod cover covered on the tripod edge. The tip of the lid is a dragon head, the dragon body is coiled on the surface of the tripod cover, in addition, there are eight dragon patterns of different shapes carved on the tripod body, even the one on the tripod cover, the tripod has a total of nine dragons. As the so-called:

Three-legged power,

Nine Dragons Howling Sky Shadow.

Golden Extraordinary,

Ying Long Zhen Shanding.

Carrying the shaking mountain ding, the fox laughed loudly in the wind and strode forward. Despite the howling winds, his pace was always steady.

Another month passed, and at midnight, the wind gradually subsided, and he sat cross-legged and began to breathe. Next, some kind of bad weather awaited him.

While the fox was regaining his strength, dawn soon came. After all, his vision at night was not as wide as during the day, and he opened his eyes and looked into the distance. To his delight, there was a golden line on the horizon, clipped

It is very clear between the blue sky and the brown earth. I don't know what it is, but the scenery that hasn't changed for a long time is finally different.

It was strange that he stood up, and he felt that he was full of strength all over him, as if he had just entered the earth hole. "After resting in the middle of the night, you recovered so quickly?" thought to herself, "Hey, anyway, it's a good thing that your strength has regained." ”

He estimated that it would only take half a day at most to reach the position of the gold line, so he quickened his pace. When he reached a place where he could see the golden thread clearly, he was a little disappointed, it turned out that the golden thread was actually a vast and boundless desert!

The desert abruptly joins the wasteland beneath its feet, forming a clear boundary. Suspiciously, he stepped over and stepped on the soft yellow sand. Suddenly, all of a sudden, the scene behind him changed, and he was surprised to find that there was a vast desert in front and behind, and the previous wasteland, as if it had never existed.

What worries him even more is that the yellow sand under his feet is constantly sinking, and it has not reached his knees after only a few breaths. He hurriedly pulled his leg forward, and the yellow sand began to sink again. "This hellish place, you can't stop yet!" thought to Fox in surprise. The desert was full of quicksand, so I had to keep moving forward, and from time to time, the strong wind swept the sand and blew so hard that I couldn't open my eyes. He took off his coat and wrapped it around his head, and walked one foot deep and one foot shallow, leaving two lonely footprints behind him. Just like this song "Fortune Operator":

The desert is boundless,

There is no road underfoot.

The wind and yellow dust dance all over the sky,

Walking alone is nowhere to be found.

Looking ahead to a piece of sand,

Look back and take two steps.

The blue sky is lonely,

Only the heart is the same. ”

He didn't know how long he had been walking in the desert, and his footprints behind him were gradually obscured by the falling sand and dust. His heart was numb, he no longer wanted to think about the situation of Baxia and Shi Chongyin, and he no longer wanted to think about whether he could get the last earth spirit bead, the terrible loneliness lingered around him all the time, and there was only one thought left in his mind: forward, forward!

Just as his spirit was about to collapse, an uplifting green suddenly flashed in his eyes. The green seemed to awaken his numb heart and make him regain his spirits.

The green color gradually became apparent, and on top of the green, a zigzag gray line slowly appeared. When you get closer, the green is a meadow, and the gray line is a stone hill.

The stone mound was endless, spanning in front of the fox, and seemed to stretch infinitely to the left and right, and in order to go forward, it was necessary to cross it. In any case, the beautiful meadows in front of the mound are more lovely than the desert behind them. He tore off the coat wrapped around his head, threw himself forward, and lay on the grass. The faint scent of grass, soft to the touch, he couldn't help but slightly raise the corners of his mouth, and closed his eyes comfortably.

After a long time, he sat up with satisfaction and carefully looked at the stone mountain in front of him.

The mountains and rocks are strange and craggy, stacked on top of each other in a disorderly manner, building a gray barrier, and I have no choice but to climb it by hand. Originally, I thought that after climbing over the stone hill, it would be a different scene, but when I climbed the peak, I was taken aback.

Behind the mound are still stone mounds, rows of undulating waves, and the edge of it is not visible. Just like this song "Seeing Joy":

Looking at the rolling hills,

Endless.

Look at the craggy rocks up close,

What a worrith.

Lonely and long,

hesitation,

The wind is still there.

There is only all kinds of bitterness left in my heart.

Climbing up and down, he crossed one stone mound after another. The boulder at the entrance of the Tuji Cave is clearly written: "Perseverance, tenacity, sincerity and sincerity are valuable, and they belong to the Chinese side of Wuji." He gradually understood the test of the soil cave, so despite his physical and mental exhaustion, he gritted his teeth and persevered. He no longer looked into the distance, and he knew what the environment was like, not to go one step at a time. "The test of this Tuji Cave, although there is no need to fight with the Star Monarch, is really much more cruel than the Southern Dipper Six Mangs Array in the Fire Cloud Cave. Fox thought to herself.

This time he counted the days of climbing the stone hill, and it was another thirty days, and at last he crossed the last one, and climbed down the hill with a rolling belt, and collapsed on the grass. He was so tired that he couldn't care about what was in front of him, and now he just wanted to sleep well.

The cool breeze of the night gently brushes the face, waking up the fox. After sleeping for a long time, my strength has regained a lot. He stood up and smiled self-deprecatingly, "How long has it been since I was so tired? Shaking his head slightly, he looked up into the distance, and saw the bright moonlight reflected in the pond, like a brilliant pearl.

"Swamp ......," muttered the fox.

Don't look at the moonlit swamp is beautiful, in fact, this is the harshest terrain. There are many puddles, the land is muddy, and if you accidentally fall into the quagmire, you will be wiped out. With a long sigh, he took off his shoes, rolled up his trousers, lifted the hem of his robe, tied a knot at his waist, and stepped barefoot into the swamp.

The loose and damp dirt beneath his feet made him uncomfortable. The puddles in the swamp range from deep to shallow, and there are also obstructive aquatic plants growing in them. As in the desert, the ground of the swamp slowly descended with each step, and he had to keep going.

In the morning, the sun rose, and the fox finally saw the swamp clearly. A faint white mist gradually filled the air, the puddles were muddy and muddy, and the whole swamp was a disgusting dark green. He shook his head, he didn't want to take a second look if he could.

"One month...... As long as you persist for a month, you will be able to get out of this disgusting swamp...... "Fox encouraged himself in his heart.

The moonlight reflects the hazy night,

The reflection is like a pearl.

Dawn and dawn swamps,

Muddy water is very different.