Chapter 9 Climbing the Ladder
The so-called "Tao" of the world, Peach Blossom Spring, is actually a sect formed by the combination of various ideas of the sons and hundreds of schools of thought in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. In addition to the Zhengyi that was only introduced from outside the Peach Blossom Land 50 years ago, the most influential thing now is the "Four Ways of the World" - Hanxuan, Truth, Separation, and Heaven. And Ji Nanshan is one of the birthplaces of Hanxu Dao, and the inheritance of the Wang Taoist school.
Hanxu Dao, also known as the three arts, pay attention to the spirit of single-mindedness, the unity of heaven and man, inside and outside as one, is the "four ways of the world" in the earliest founded, the earliest into the system of a big road school, although there is no scenery of the year, but it can also be regarded as a first-class sect, Luo Yixuan let Luo Tangfeng practice here, it can be seen that its good intentions.
Ji Nan Taoist Temple is not in some deep mountains and old forests, but the perennial clouds cover the fog, and the smoke is shrouded, and it is also the so-called cloud depth does not know where. It is now the early morning sunshine, the smoke dissipates, the scenery is not bad, green bamboo, green mountains, strong pine, trickle. It can be described as a step by step, and it is even more shocking. Wang Chi stopped and walked along the way, and walked and stopped, if it wasn't for Luo Tangfeng's urging, I don't know how long it would take.
"Hey, Brother Luo, it's almost here, I'm afraid this horse is not easy to take care of, why don't you let it go?" Wang Chi jumped off the horse.
Luo Tangfeng nodded, and also jumped off the horse, and the two cleaned up, and Wang Chi patted the horse's ass and drove them away.
"Let's go!" Wang Chi looked at the galloping horse, like an innocent child.
"Brother Luo, you said that if you want to apprentice, then wouldn't I be an outsider?" Wang Chi quipped, "If that's the case, I have to worship before you, after all, this generation is set to be a head higher than you!"
Luo Tangfeng smiled helplessly. In the past few days, the two of them have been fighting along the way, which has made Luo Tangfeng feel a little happy, so relaxed and relieved, it may be the first time since he left home.
"I heard that Ji Nanshan has the 'Four Sages of Ji Nan', when you see them, I'm afraid you have to settle down, right?" Luo Tang said.
"Then how do you know? If they can't even beat me, then you might as well worship me as a teacher, how about it?" Wang Chi shrugged, "It seems that the front gate is the main gate?"
Luo Tangfeng took a closer look, only to find that a huge door plaque was hanging high, and the four big characters of "Ji Nan Taoist Temple" were written impressively, which was so magnificent!
Under the plaque were two young men cleaning up fallen leaves, and there was no one else.
When one of the young men saw Luo Tangfeng, they put down the broom in their hands and saluted:
"What are you doing today?"
Luo Tangfeng replied: "I came to apprentice, my father has some friendship with the lord of Guiguanguan, and I hope that Your Excellency can lead the way." ”
Hearing this, the young man did not dare to slack off, and said:
"If you two are here to apprentice, then please come with me to the back mountain. ”
Luo Tangfeng and Wang Chi followed the young man to the back mountain, only to see a section of steps straight into the sky, this step has at least more than 3,000 steps, the steps are steep, like a ladder.
"This is the rule of our Ji Nanshan, if the two of you can go straight to the top of the mountain without light work, you will pass the first level of our apprenticeship, but if you retreat one step in the process, then you have to start again. The young man said, "Having said that, there are people monitoring this dark place, so please don't make a bad idea!"
Luo Tangfeng couldn't help but take a breath, if these more than 3,000 steps were to fly up with light power, it would be easy, but now this has to go up step by step, not to mention the weight, such a high place, even if there is a generation of heroes, I am afraid that it will be cold.
"What, are you with me?" said Luo Tang.
"That's not nonsense, otherwise what if you catch me and make fun of me in the future?" Wang Chi muttered, "It's not that difficult......
"Good luck to you both. ”
As soon as the words fell, Luo Tangfeng and Wang Chi climbed the steps, step by step, the two of them walked unhurriedly, and soon passed a hundred steps.
Although it is not difficult, but after all, it is boring, Wang Chi is difficult to restrain by nature, so he is naturally a little impatient, stepping on two steps in a row, stepping on three steps in a row, leaving Luo Tangfeng far behind.
"Brother Luo, if I go up before you, I'll be your senior brother!" Wang Chi said jokingly.
Luo Tangfeng didn't respond, just walked forward step by step, due to the weight of the Tianque ruler, he walked very slowly, but he was also very steady.
"Senior Brother Luo, hurry up!"
"Whatever you want! Be careful when you don't step on your feet, and if you fall, you'll have to start all over again. ”
"Heh, how is it possible? How could I make such a small mistake?" Wang Chi said confidently.
Sure enough, when Wang Chi stepped on the one hundred and sixty-third steps, he stumbled, and then his center of gravity was unstable, and he was about to fall from there, but he fell somersault, although he was not embarrassed, but he was already behind Luo Tangfeng.
"Tsk, it's really troublesome...... Wang Chi said impatiently, but saw that Luo Tangfeng had almost disappeared into the clouds, "This kid, don't say wait for me, it's really ......"
Wang Chi had no choice but to continue to climb the ladder again, "Look at me following you, don't drag you down!"
Luo Tangfeng had climbed more than five hundred steps at this time, and he didn't dare to think about what kind of situation was behind him, let alone look at it. The steady step by step seems to be stepping on the clouds, soaring.
"Hahaha, Senior Brother Luo, I'm finally keeping up with you!" Wang Chi actually followed, looking at Luo Tangfeng with a sickly smile, and suddenly pounced on Luo Tangfeng, "See if I don't drag you down......!"
"Don't make trouble!" Luo Tangfeng subconsciously kicked backwards in a panic, and kicked it on Wang Chi's face impartially, although it was an unintentional kick, but it was also merciless, Wang Chi's face seemed to sink in an instant.
The picture seemed to be frozen at that moment, Luo Tangfeng suddenly turned around and saw that Wang Chi had flown more than six meters away, constantly falling.
"Luo Tangfeng, you are going to die today!" Wang Chi said angrily, his voice echoed in the valley for a long time, he adjusted his posture slightly embarrassed, and landed on the steps steadily, but he couldn't even see Luo Tangfeng's shadow, "Wait until one day Lao Tzu must demolish this broken step!"
"The surname Wang has always done what he says, you have to go up quickly and find the master, otherwise you will ...... when he catches up!" Luo Tangfeng couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat, "That guy doesn't know the severity of his shot, I'm afraid he will beat me up today." ”
Although Luo Tangfeng thought so, he was still not impatient, and still moved forward unhurriedly, because he knew that arrogance would defeat and impatience would lose, which was what his father taught him.
Climbing this step, Wang Chi tried again and again, and failed again and again. Finally, when he stopped, he looked around, saw that there was no one else, thought for a moment, and said, "Heh, what about the embarrassment!"
As soon as the words fell, Wang Chi lay down, using his hands and feet together, and climbed up like a fierce tiger, although so, his appearance was still very funny.
When Wang Chi caught up with Luo Tangfeng again, it was already the 3,792 steps, listening to a rush of "footsteps" behind him, Luo Tangfeng looked back in horror, only to see Wang Chi quickly climb up, the impermanence of the life-threatening smile was breathtaking, but seeing Wang Chi crawling funny, Luo Tangfeng couldn't help but laugh dumbly, and then ran forward out of instinct, shouting while running: "Mad dog is chasing me! Mad dog is chasing me......!"
"Luo Tangfeng, I want you to die without a place to be buried!" Wang Chi sped up his crawling speed, like a tiger seeing its prey.
"Oh, Brother Wang, it's slow, it's slow!hahaha......" Luo Tangfeng laughed very hard at this time, "Hahaha...... Wait!hahahaha......"
The two of them fought and went up more than 4,000 steps, and finally, Wang, who had climbed more than 4,000 steps in a row, couldn't help but be a little tired, so he sat on the ground and rested for a while.
"Oh, I'm tired, no matter how fast you kid runs, Lao Tzu can still catch up!
Luo Tangfeng quickly adjusted his state when he heard this, and walked up slowly, at this time he looked back at the road behind him, it was already a white expanse, and then looked at the road in front of him, it was also a white expanse, and it seemed that there was only this step between heaven and earth.
By the time Luo Tangfeng climbed the last step, it was already dusk, he looked back at the night sky, and some stars could be seen sparsely, he sighed, took off the sky ruler, leaned under a begonia tree, watched the red sun set, watched the moon rise. In the end, in a curtain of stars, there was only a teenager, a bright moon, a tree, a few stars, and perhaps, a pot of wine......
"Hahaha, fool, you still don't run?" Wang Chi laughed wildly and climbed up and jumped up.
"Damn, forget about this guy!" Luo Tangfeng turned around and ran, but unfortunately it was too late, he was pressed to the ground by Wang Chi just after pulling his legs.
"Wang ...... Brother Wang, calm down, calm down, you need to think twice when you are angry! You are a punch and a life! Brother Wang, calm down!" Luo Tangfeng said in a panic.
"Yo, just now Wang Chi called me late, and now you call me a brother?" Wang Chi stood up and patted the dust on his body, and said, "Anyway, I'm very unhappy now, you get up and take my punch." ”
"What are you kidding? You don't have a heavy hand!" Luo Tangfeng stood up with the Tianque ruler, at this moment, Wang Chi rushed over with a punch, Luo Tangfeng didn't have time to dodge, his hands immediately raised the Tianque ruler to block, the fist wind dispersed the gravel beside him, and the stamina pushed the Luotang wind heavily towards the begonia tree, and the begonia flowers were scattered all over the ground, but the strength was not as strong as imagined, but it was resolved with a small vibration of the Tianque ruler.
"Are you crazy? Do you want to kill me?"
"Hahaha, how can it be? Aren't you a family heirloom? Let me try the real thing!"
"You!"
"Hey, no matter what, your baby is amazing!" Wang Chi deliberately diverted the topic.
"Yes, it can dissolve such a strong internal force as you, you can attack the enemy when you advance, and you can defend the ...... when you retreat" Luo Tangfeng stroked the fine lines on the Tianque ruler.
"Oh, is it?" Wang Chi smiled and rushed over with another punch, but this time the target was not Luo Tangfeng, but Tianque Qi.
A loud sound that shook the valley came from the heavenly ruler, and Luo Tang vomited blood from his mouth, and fell to the ground dizzy.
"You ......"
"Okay, I'm angry now, this is medicine, I made ......" Wang Chi actually took out a medicine pill from his arms and fed it into Luo Tangfeng's mouth.
"You ...... The beast ......" Luo Tangfeng passed out, but his complexion was still ruddy, as if he was just asleep.
"Let's get some sleep...... I'm worried about you interfering in the next thing......" Wang Chi muttered to himself, and then looked into the depths of the mountains and forests beside him and shouted: "What kind of person? There is no need to hide it, no matter how many people there are, I will be enough to deal with you!"