Chapter 4: The Canal of Asking the Tao (Repair)
"Okay, this time the Immortal Gate is over, if you don't pass through it, wait here for a while, stay in the valley for half a month, and someone will send you back after half a month. After the old man finished speaking, he brushed his sleeves and left, and in the envious eyes of the young people, Ji Yuewu and the four of them followed him and walked out of the valley.
"Ji Yuewu is indeed a natural spiritual root, and judging from Elder Hu's expression, I am afraid that Linggen's qualifications are also very good, and he will definitely be able to become a fairy-like figure in the future. ”
"Who said no, that kid from the Sun family usually doesn't show mountains and waters, but he didn't expect to have a spiritual root, and when he returns to the family in the future, I'm afraid that their vein will soon prosper, even if it is a descendant, it is normal. ”
"And Xiao Lin of the Xiao family, who originally didn't have the qualifications to cultivate like us, but people are lucky, they actually have treasures that Elder Hu values. ”
The teenagers talked a lot, and their words were full of envy and jealousy.
"The sect must not make noise, otherwise it will be expelled from the mountain gate immediately. A Falling Cloud Valley monk snorted, and all the teenagers were immediately frightened. The monk nodded with satisfaction, smiled to himself, and then shouted: "Line up and follow me to the Mortal Immortal Courtyard for half a month." Although you don't have a spiritual root, but the spiritual energy in the mountain gate is strong, although you can't step into the fairy path, but absorbing some is also very good for you. ”
Xiao Chen's mind was confused, and he didn't listen to the words of the disciple who led the way, and by the time he came back to his senses, it was already the middle of the night.
Lying on the cramped stone bed, I couldn't sleep, even though I felt exhausted. In a daze, after seeing himself return to the Xiao family for a while, the father and son were humiliated, and saw the extremely disappointed eyes of their father. After a while, I saw that I had become an omnipotent immortal master from heaven to earth, and I traveled for nine days with my foot on the sword...
The next day, when the sky was dark, Xiao Chen was awakened by the noise coming from outside the door, and he was stunned for a while, so he hurriedly wiped his face with cold water and went out. I saw that the open space in front of the stone house was already full of teenagers who failed to pass the test yesterday, and standing in front of everyone was Elder Hu, who was in charge of the assessment yesterday!
Seeing this scene, Xiao Chen's heartbeat accelerated for no reason, could it be that something had changed in things?
"Elder Hu, the young men you brought yesterday are all here, so if you have anything, just give your orders. A middle-aged man in an ordinary green coat said with a little flattery.
"Hmm. Elder Hu nodded slightly, his half-closed eyes swept over the young men, and then he said lightly: "I summoned you and others today because I lack some outer disciples in Luoyun Valley, if you want to stay, you can go with me to participate in a test, and if you pass, you can stay here." ”
"Although the outer disciples are not as good as the true disciples, they are also considered to be people from my Luoyun Valley, they can obtain a part of the cultivation method, as long as they complete their work on weekdays, they can concentrate on cultivation, if they are diligent enough and have some opportunities, there is no possibility of embarking on the path of immortals. ”
Elder Hu's voice fell, and all the young people suddenly became excited, even if they couldn't cultivate immortals in this life, but being able to become an outer disciple was enough for them to shine on the lintel and become admired immortal masters.
Xiao Chen trembled with excitement, this would be his last chance, and he couldn't miss it no matter what.
"Well, in that case, you can come with me. ”
Seeing the surprise of the young men, Elder Hu nodded with satisfaction and turned to the outsider.
It is said that it is the ancestor of the sect, Luoyun Zhenren, who cultivated to reach the Yuan Infant Stage, and the monk personally built it, and used his magic power to arrange the formation to forcibly attract ice water from the top of the mountain, and washed it down from top to bottom, specially used to test the heart of the disciples of the sect. Although Luoyun Valley is gradually lonely, except for the patriarch of the Kai sect, there has never been any Yuan Infant stage monks, and in this generation, only the head of the sect has reached the middle stage of Jindan, but this highly symbolic Ascending Dao Canal, which is still well preserved.
And today's assessment test for the outer disciples is conducted here.
Elder Hu stopped, and a steep slope appeared in front of everyone more than ten zhang in front of him, and between this slope, a water canal several zhang wide and about half the height of an adult seemed to be embedded in it. Juanjuan's flowing water flowed down from above, although the distance was quite far, but the little cold contained in the water still made the teenagers shiver.
Elder Nahu was expressionless at this, pointed to the canal, and said, "Within two hours, a person who can climb to the top can become a disciple of the outer sect of this sect. ”
The slope stood out of thin air, unsupported, and it was impossible to see where the water was coming from. However, these teenagers were not too surprised to know that they were in the Immortal Cave Mansion at the moment. And seeing that although the canal was steep, it was only two hundred meters long, I felt a little confident in my heart.
When Elder Hu's orders began, he screamed and rushed forward frantically.
Xiao Chen was born with a weak physique, and he was left behind at the beginning.
Just entered the canal, the water flow was not too turbulent, and although the water temperature was low, it was still within the tolerable range, some teenagers with excellent physical fitness who had practiced martial arts, but in the blink of an eye, they were swimming against the current, rushing out nearly fifty meters away. But when a certain limit is exceeded, the speed of the water is suddenly more than doubled, and the water temperature is even lower than freezing, and in the tumultuous water, there are even a little ice cubes! Although the ice edge is fragile, under the rapid flow of water, it is like a sharp knife, and a narrow wound will be cut off by it if you are not careful!
Therefore, the teenagers, who were still moving forward easily, suddenly became difficult.
Whew, whew!
Taking a big breath, Xiao Chen felt that his lungs were full of hot and spicy taste, and dense beads of sweat rolled down and flowed into his eyes, bringing a hot feeling. But then he was washed by the cold water, and he regained a little clarity again.
The speed is getting slower and slower, from the original step by step to climb up, to move up little by little, and finally change to become a slow forward of the stars. Xiao Chen's entire body was immersed in the water, and his body climbed down as much as possible to reduce the force of the water washing, and at the same time, his hands and feet worked together to climb the craggy rocks under the water and move upward. The clothes at the knees and elbows were quickly worn out, and the bare skin was quickly bloodstained under the dual effect of the ice and the strange stones, and finally became bloody, but it was quickly washed away by the flowing water!
The two-hundred-meter-long canal is like climbing to the sky for these teenagers, and everyone is struggling to move forward. The wounds on his body gradually became denser, and they flowed down the water, rendering the water into a little blood.
From a distance, this Daoist Canal is more like a river of blood full of evil aura, and the young man in the river is like a fish swimming upstream, revealing a tragic and tragic atmosphere!
Under the ditch of the Dao, more than a dozen monks of Luoyun Valley couldn't help but show complicated expressions on their faces when they saw this scene.
"Half an hour to go!"
The monk in charge of timing at the bottom of the slope raised his voice and shouted, and with the blessing of Zhenyuan, the rolling sound was enough to spread throughout the hill. At this moment, the teenagers with the best physical fitness are not far from the finish line. But the current was noticeably more turbulent, and the ice cubes in it turned into crushed ice.
A teenager was crawling up the gravel at the bottom of the ditch with his head down, and despite the numerous wounds on his hands, his eyes were determined and he did not give up in the slightest
"Bang!"
But at this moment, a piece of broken ice slammed into his forehead, and blood suddenly rolled on the young man's head, and his figure was suddenly washed down by the water.
Shout!
The monk of Falling Cloud Valley, who was responsible for the safety of the boys, quickly took it out of the canal and landed quickly down the slope.
Elder Hu glanced at him expressionlessly, and said lightly: "Treat his injuries, and when this matter is over, I will send him home." ”
The young man's head was bleeding, but when he heard this, he was weak and shouted: "Immortal Master, Master, you give me another chance, let me continue to try, just now I was only close to succeeding." ”
"Really, I'm just a little bit behind, Immortal Master, why don't you give me another chance, why!" the young man broke down and began to cry.
Elder Hu frowned slightly when he heard this, and shouted: "Cultivating the True Dao, not only must you have qualifications, but also have a chance! That ice cube just smashed you down, that means that you have a bad chance, and you have no chance with the Great Dao! Don't force it, take him down!"
When the monk of Luoyun Valley heard this, he bowed respectfully, and then his body flashed, and he quickly left with the young man in his arms.
At the same time, in the ditch of asking questions, the hearts of countless teenagers instantly gave birth to despair.
"Ah, there's no time!"
"It took an hour and a half to climb half the distance, and the higher we go, the faster the water flows, the lower the temperature, and we have no hope!"
"Forget it, don't climb, I'm tired!"
Seeing that there was no hope, the young men suddenly wailed again and again, grabbed the stones under them with their hands and feet, fixed their bodies in the canal, and showed pessimism and despair on their faces.
But this voice reached Xiao Chen's ears, but he didn't hear it. At this moment, his spirit has long been blurred, and he is still able to move, completely supporting his body with an unyielding will. So when all the teenagers around him gave up, he was still moving upwards little by little.
The palms, elbows, and knees were all blurred with blood, and the face, arms, and chest were densely covered with wounds under the ice cuts. The turbulent and icy canal water, the pain all over the body, and the desperate wails of the young people, but all this could not enter Xiao Chen's ears.
At this moment, there is only one belief in his heart, and that is to move forward!
No difficulty can stop him! He wants to succeed, and he wants to make his parents raise their eyebrows and never be looked down upon again!
Success, he just needs to succeed!