Slowly approaching the mountains, a refreshing feeling filled Xu Chenglin's body. He felt as if his body had been cleansed, and his whole body was much lighter than before. He squinted slightly, an expression of enjoyment.

"Boy, the first time I feel very comfortable. When you reach the sixth layer of the refining body, you will be able to accept the spontaneous spiritual qi refining!"

Xuan Ling looked at Xu Chenglin with a smile on his face and shook his head gently.

With one hand sealing, Xuan Ling commanded the flying sword to turn sharply and land on the mountain peak below. The two of them landed, the flying sword under their feet quickly shrank, and a sword flower danced in the air, which circled around the two of them quite spiritually, turning into a ray of light and flying into Xuan Ling's hand and disappearing.

Patting the non-existent dust on his clothes, Xuan Ling gently wiped it on his waist, and a palm-sized white square jade pendant appeared in his hand. The jade pendant is pure white, and there is a red aura circulating in the center. Looking carefully at the jade pendant, it is not difficult to see the seal characters on both sides. The dragon flying and phoenix dancing on the front of the jade pendant are engraved with the word Jiuhua, and there are no accessories around the seal character, but there is a sharp atmosphere in the sun. On the back of the jade pendant are engraved many words, but only the word Xuanling can be seen, and the rest of the words are all obscured by a flowing white brilliance.

Xuan Ling shook the jade pendant in his hand and shook it in front of him, and a golden light shot out from the jade pendant. The golden light flew out not far ahead, as if it had hit an invisible barrier. The light flowed for a while, gradually outlining a door of light that could allow one person to pass through.

"Let's go, after this gate, it is the boundary of Jiuhua Academy. ”

Xuan Ling was the first to walk into the door, and Xu Chenglin hurriedly followed behind. After both of them entered the door, the golden light outlined the portal faded away like extinguished flames. Walking out of the light gate, Xu Chenglin was deeply shocked by what he saw.

Outside the door is a rolling mountain, and inside the door are five towering peaks. At the foot of the mountain, there is a white jade archway, the cloud dragon on both sides of the archway is entangled, and the top plaque is written on the four big characters of Jiuhua Academy, and the four characters are natural and harmonious. The mountain road winds its way up the steps from the foot of the mountain to the top of the mountain, where a pavilion looms in the clouds, and on the back of the peak pavilion you can see a forest of pavilions and flat terraces.

Xu Chenglin woke up from the shock and hurriedly turned to look behind. At this time, there were no mountains behind him, only a white mist. Xu Chenglin subconsciously stretched out his hand and groped forward. But after a few steps, an invisible barrier was encountered on the palm of his hand.

"Oops!"

Xu Chenglin was bounced open by an invisible barrier and fell to the ground. Xuan Ling looked at Xu Chenglin's actions and never spoke. It wasn't until I watched him fall to the ground that he burst out laughing. Xu Chenglin stood up while touching his buttocks, and looked at Xuan Ling with some reproach.

"Senior, did you know that this would happen. What's going on, and where is the door we just entered, and where is this place?"

Before Xuan Ling could answer, two swishing sounds of breaking the air came. Xu Chenglin looked up and saw two sword lights flying straight down from the mountain.

"Who alarmed the academy formation!"

A broken cry came into Xu Chenglin's ears, and at the same time, the two sword lights also fell suddenly, and the two young men dressed in literary shirts were revealed from the sword light.

Looking at the two people who appeared, Xu Chenglin took two steps faster and hid himself behind Xuan Ling. Xuan Ling's smile did not decrease, and he raised his hand and threw the jade pendant towards the two. When the visitor saw that it was Yu Pei flying, he hurriedly stretched out his hand to catch it.

"It turned out to be Uncle Xuanling, forgive the sin of ignorance of the master and nephew!"

After seeing the jade pendant, two young men dressed in literary shirts hurriedly saluted Xuan Ling.

Xuan Ling flicked his hand and nodded lightly.

"It's okay, on weekdays, we people just cultivate in the back mountain, and it's hard to come out once. You don't know each other, and you make sense. ”

"Thank you Uncle for your forgiveness!"

The two of them clasped their fists together and bowed to Xuan Ling in reply.

The young man respectfully sent the jade pendant to Xuan Ling's hand and caught the somewhat hesitant opening.

"Earlier, the two of us noticed that the formation was touched, so we came to check, I wonder if Uncle Shi found it?"

Xuan Ling laughed and took Xu Chenglin out from behind him with one hand.

"It's nothing, this is the little one I brought from the mortal world. Just now, I accidentally ran into the formation with curiosity, but it made the two of you run away in vain. ”

was taken out by Xuan Ling in front of the two, Xu Chenglin couldn't help but be a little embarrassed.

Seeing this scene, the two couldn't help but smile, and bowed respectfully to Xuan Ling.

"That is the case, and the two of us will retire first. If Uncle Shi has any requests, he only needs to shout. ”

Xuan Ling nodded, and the two turned around and turned into two sword lights and flew towards the pavilion on the mountainside.

Xuan Ling put Xu Chenglin in place and glanced at him.

"Don't run around, follow me. We first went to the halfway pavilion on the mountainside, and then went to the top of the mountain. ”

Xuan Ling walked up the mountain road, and Xu Chenglin followed behind.

"Senior, you haven't answered my question yet!"

Xu Chenglin walked a few steps quickly and caught up with Xuan Ling.

"It's just a formation, you'll naturally know about it later. ”

"Oh, got it. ”

"Senpai, huh...... What is the principle of this formation?"

Xuan Ling's calm face did not change, but the corners of his eyes twitched slightly.

"Senior, don't you know either?"

For no reason, this idea rose in Xu Chenglin's heart.

"You can't chew too much, I don't need to teach you this truth. There are some things that don't ask casually, and you know this. ”

Xuan Ling's tone was slightly instructive. Xu Chenglin nodded and did not answer. Xuan Ling's pace sped up a few points, and Xu Chenglin hurriedly kept up with the pace and trotted to keep up.

followed Xuan Ling until his feet began to ache and his calves ached, and Xu Chenglin finally couldn't help but speak.

"Senior, haven't we arrived yet?"

Xuan Ling didn't look back, just replied lightly.

"Heh! ”

At this time, Xuan Ling's expression did not change, but he already laughed silently in his heart.

"The end can be seen, but where can it be walked. ”

The more he went up, the more Xu Chenglin felt that something was wrong. He looked at the halfway pavilion on the mountainside as he walked, and another half an hour passed, and Xu Chenglin found that the distance between him and the halfway pavilion had not changed in the slightest.

Xu Chenglin was quite surprised, he stopped and looked at Xuan Ling suspiciously.

"Senior Xuanling, are you playing tricks on me! We walked for a long time, why is the halfway pavilion still on the mountainside, and we are still at the foot of the mountain?"

Xuan Ling also stopped, turned his head and looked at him with a smile.

"Really, look back!"

Xu Chenglin looked behind him as he said, only to see that the mountain road behind him was no longer visible. In confusion, Xu Chenglin raised his eyes and looked at the halfway pavilion on the mountainside, and this look seemed to feel that it was a little farther away from the halfway pavilion.

"How so?"

Xu Chenglin was surprised in his heart, so he subconsciously shouted.

"Isn't it farther away?"

Xuan Ling stopped, turned his head and looked at Xu Chenglin with a smile.

"How so?"

Xu Chenglin stared at Xuan Ling with burning eyes, expecting him to give him an answer.

"Let's go, follow me, don't lose it!"

Xuan Ling didn't answer Xu Chenglin, just smiled faintly and continued to move forward.

Seeing this scene, Xu Chenglin also gritted his teeth and followed. I don't know how long he walked, the sweat on Xu Chenglin's temples was like a spring, and he felt that his body was getting heavier and heavier, and he almost wanted to fall to the ground. The Xuan Ling in front of him was still walking neither fast nor slow, but the distance between him and Xu Chenglin was gradually narrowing.

"Boy, what's wrong, can't you keep up?"

Xuan Ling's faint voice came from the front, and Xu Chenglin looked up with difficulty. Between his blurred eyes, he seemed to see Xuan Ling smiling faintly at him.

Gritting his teeth, Xu Chenglin took a step forward and chased after Xuan Ling. As time passed, he was tired and out of breath, and he couldn't help but stop. Raising his eyes to look at the halfway pavilion on the mountainside, Xu Chenglin found that the halfway pavilion was a little farther away from him.

"How's that, as soon as I stop, the halfway pavilion will get farther away from me?

Xu Chenglin was desperate in his heart, his hands were on his hips, and the atmosphere kept exhaling from his mouth.

"Xu boy, it's no longer possible? You can stop and go like this, you will never be able to. ”

Xuan Ling's voice seemed to be the ice water of the Thirty-Nine Heavens, which suddenly woke him up from his inner world.

Xu Chenglin clenched his teeth and was ruthless in his heart.

"No, no, no, how can it be? Keep walking! I don't believe I can't walk up the mountainside!"

The heavy pace and heavy breathing all showed that Xu Chenglin's physical strength was close to the limit. His consciousness had begun to blur, his body was getting heavier and heavier, and the chaotic steps under his feet almost tripped him several times, but he did not stop moving forward. Xuan Ling, who was walking in front, saw Xu Chenglin's performance, and didn't feel a smile on the corner of his mouth.

And so it went, from day to night, and from night to day. For two days, the two of them had been walking on the mountain road.

Xuan Ling, who was walking in front, suddenly stopped and turned to look at Xu Chenglin, who had stopped. At this time, Xu Chenglin was standing not far from Xuanling, drenched in sweat, and his eyes were looking ahead. He didn't fall, he wasn't standing straight, but he was still standing.

"Alright, that's it. I already know the qualifications and conduct. ”

A cold voice sounded abruptly from Xuan Ling's side.

Xuan Ling had a faint smile on his face, and he didn't seem to be surprised at all by the voice around him.

"I don't fall down when I lose consciousness, it's rare to see such a young man, and my willpower is quite good!"

"Yes, a rare jade. ”

"It's rare that the senior brother agrees, I want to take him directly to the back mountain to cultivate, I don't know what the senior brother thinks?"

Xuan Ling looked at Xu Chenglin and spoke calmly.

"The back mountain is a place of cultivation, and it is not suitable for people who have not been involved in cultivation. Besides, in the back mountain, I mostly deal with us old guys, and I lack the necessary red dust experience for cultivation. ”

The cold voice came again, and Xuan Ling nodded lightly after hearing it.

"Well, that's true. Puyu still has to rely on the years to polish, let him hone it in the outer gate first. Polishing his temperament will also be of great benefit to him in the future. ”

Xuan Ling looked at Xu Chenglin with a smile, lifted his body in the air with a flick of one hand, turned around and walked towards the top of the mountain road, and arrived at the mountainside pavilion in a few steps.

"The path of cultivation is like sailing against the current, and if you don't advance, you will retreat. Every cultivator wants to reach the end, but is there really an end to this path of cultivation? This long and endless journey, how many people can go on forever?"

Xuan Ling's question came from a distance, but after a few breaths, his voice came out again.

"If you can't go on, you have to walk, you can still see the goal if you go down, and if you stop, you will never reach the end. This road seems to have no end, but as long as it keeps going, who can't get to the point. ”

The voice of Xuan Ling's self-questioning and answering echoed above the mountain peak.