Zhang Yifan really understood the true meaning of the trial on the first layer of Miyun Pagoda at this time.

Cultivation may not be fruitful, but as long as you don't give up, there is always a glimmer of hope. In order to pursue that glimmer of hope, you need to give up a lot of pleasures, you need to endure a lot of pain, and even pay with your life for it.

But once you give up, you will never recover, and it is no longer possible to peek into the avenue, which is the price.

This is what this trial really made him understand, although this truth is very simple, but he has not experienced it himself, and he can't experience that kind of despair at all. This is the real takeaway from this trial.

Zhang Yifan meditated while recalling various experiences in the illusion.

"What's the use of that basic exercise?" Zhang Yifan was a little puzzled, he thought about it deeply, and some of it didn't quite understand, so he didn't think about it anymore.

......

"The first level of trial should be over, how are those people doing?"

"In the end, eight people passed the first layer of the trial, and No. 17 was lost on the road because he had not been able to comprehend the true meaning of the trial. The machine spirit has stripped him of his memories in the Trials Ground and allowed him to return to the Nanliu Continent. ”

"Well, yes, only one elimination, it seems that the quality of this session is really very high. So the Ninety-Nine Trialist has passed the first level of the trial?"

"Yes, according to Uncle Qi's instructions, I have communicated with the earth spirit to take it out to the reception platform. ”

"Alas, well, since Uncle Qi has said that, I don't have to be this wicked person. Send that person to Miyun Palace, and then inform Uncle Qi. ”

"Yes, Steward Wu. ”

"By the way, what happened to the trialist who was suspected of being lucky?"

"Well, it can be basically confirmed that the other party really seems to have luck around him, and he can affect the operation of the illusion in the illusion. ”

"Well, then send him back to the Nanliu Continent as soon as he finishes the trial. ”

"Okay. ”

"What is the evaluation of the eight people who passed this first layer of trial?"

"Four excellent and four good, of which No. 11 did not practice the basic exercises and directly started the trial, and he performed well in the trial process and passed the test. ”

"This is a good seedling of cultivation, I remember that this person seems to have always been the first in the assessment, and his qualifications are average?"

"Yes, Steward Wu. The eleventh trialist is the Five Elements Spiritual Root, the body of fire refining. ”

"Hehe, blessings and misfortunes depend on each other, if he can survive the initial stage, after entering the middle stage, I am afraid that he will go much farther than some geniuses. Stay tuned. ”

"Yes!"

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When Zhang Yifan had been cultivating in the hut for nearly a month, he got the news and began to conduct the second-level trial.

When he came out of the hut to the square, he found that the surroundings were not much different from the first floor, and the layout was similar.

But Zhang Yifan felt some subtle differences as early as when he meditated, and the aura here had nearly doubled compared to the first layer, making his one-month meditation effect far beyond usual.

At this time, there were seven monks standing in the square, their faces were no longer as guarded as before, and some even showed a slight smile, obviously gaining a lot from the trial on the first level.

Zhang Yifan's divine sense swept away, and he found that Chen Xuanqiu and the handsome monks of the Northern Cold Country were not among the group of monks.

Zhang Yifan frowned at this, he was a little surprised by Chen Xuanqiu's elimination.

When he saw Chen Xuanqiu in the secret realm before, Zhang Yifan felt that Chen Xuanqiu seemed to be very dangerous, but he couldn't say where the specific danger felt came from.

He had always believed in his mysterious feeling, so he couldn't help but glance at Gao Chen Xuanqiu a few times. Chen Xuanqiu has very high qualifications, he is a natural sword cultivator, but being eliminated at the first level makes him a little unbelievable.

"Perhaps this is the peculiarity of the assessment, which is not based on the qualification of the Tao, the key is whether the heart of the assessment is firm or not. Zhang Yifan secretly guessed.

Zhang Yifan was very happy to see that several friends were there, and secretly said hello to Guo Chongyang, Jin Chan, Wu Huan'er and Sun Huai'an, and then began to wait for the next round of assessment.

The first three floors should not be able to touch Chen Yuling, so Zhang Yifan did not ask Sun Huai'an.

"Welcome the trialists to the second layer of the Miyun Pagoda, the main test of the cultivators of this layer is the cultivation of the hearts of the trialists, the trial time is one month, if you choose to give up, you can crush the jade talisman in your hand. After an hour, the door of the assessment will open and the assessment will officially begin. ”

After entering the portal, Zhang Yifan found that this assessment was different from the first layer, the seven monks were all at the foot of a mountain, and in front of him was a seemingly endless staircase, leading straight up.

Zhang Yifan found that although he could see these monks, they couldn't communicate with each other, and the other six people didn't seem to hear his voice at all, and they didn't even have expressions, as if they were just six illusions.

Like the first layer, he has no mana at this time, just a mortal body, the only difference is that he is already a young man, and his body is stronger than before.

"Since it is a test of the mind of the Dao, that is the state of mind when it is a test of the Dao Dharma. The most important thing in practice is not to be impatient, to be down-to-earth, to move forward at the pace that suits you best, and not to be influenced by others. ”

Zhang Yifan carefully thought about the meaning of the assessment in his mind before the trial began, and he already had preliminary thoughts in his heart. The assessment here is not as simple as the surface, and the test is the most essential idea in the heart.

He didn't care about being eliminated or not, and his only thought was to verify whether his cultivation heart was correct.

"When the trial begins, please keep walking towards the top of the target mountain until you reach the top of the target mountain, and the trial will last for one month. ”

As the chime sounded to announce that the trial had begun, the seven began to ascend the steps.

When Zhang Yifan stepped on the steps, he began to move forward at his own pace step by step, without hurry or slowness, and strive to walk steadily at every step.

At this time, the difference is reflected, some of the seven people walk fast, some walk slowly, and at the beginning there is some distance.

Zhang Yifan found the law, those with better qualifications walked in the front, and the speed of travel was faster.

Zhang Yifan saw the illusion of Wu Huan'er walking in the front, followed by Sun Huai'an, the monk of the Chu State who he didn't recognize, and then the only monk of the Northern Han Kingdom and Jin Chan.

The rest of him and Guo Chongyang are lagging behind, and Guo Chongyang is slightly faster than him.

Seeing this situation, Zhang Yifan smiled bitterly, it seems that his qualifications are indeed the worst among these people. Although he swallowed some elixirs, improved some cultivation qualifications, and already had a cultivation speed equivalent to the three spirit roots, he was still the worst.

As far as he knows, among the monks, Wu Huan'er is the body of the Heavenly Spirit Root Glass, and Sun Huai'an is the body of extreme fire, all of which are very powerful Spirit Roots. Compared to them, he is still a little far behind.

Zhang Yifan tried to speed up the pace of travel a little, but found that he could increase some speed in a short time, but the subsequent climb would be much more difficult, and the strength used for each step was more laborious than before.

He was distracted, knowing that he had been stimulated by the monk in front of him, so he hurriedly guarded his mind, calmed himself down, and resumed his previous rhythm of mountaineering.

However, Rao is like this, Zhang Yifan feels that the higher he goes, the greater his weight, and the more strength he needs to take every step, although this increase is very weak and difficult to detect, but it is gradual, and finally Zhang Yifan still found out.

He discarded all kinds of thoughts and thoughts that appeared in his heart to speed up his journey, kept his original intention of cultivation, and climbed upwards step by step, regardless of what other people were.

Although Zhang Yifan's speed was very slow, he was very steady, and after adapting to the increased weight, his speed was not much slower.

After three days of marching, he could no longer see the figure of the group of monks at the front, and only the monks of the Northern Han Kingdom, Jin Chan and Guo Chongyang were left in his eyes.

Three days later, he came to the vicinity of a chasm. There are two paths on the opposite side of the chasm, one is a straight road, which is more congested but closer to the top, and the other is winding and gentle, but also farther from the top.

The width of the chasm leading to the two roads is also different, with the chasm in front of the straight road at least twice as wide as the chasm in front of the curved road.

"Is there a shortcut choice?" Zhang Yifan knew when he saw this scene that this was a choice to test him.

Choosing a shortcut will undoubtedly require a relatively large risk, and the subsequent road will be more difficult, but it will reach the highest point faster.

If you choose to follow the step-by-step process, you will need to take less risk, and the subsequent road will be smoother, but it will be much slower to reach the highest point.

At this time, Zhang Yifan became hesitant, he suddenly thought of another thing, that is, as he climbed, he found that his strength was decreasing, and if he chose to follow the steps, he was likely to be exhausted if he didn't hold on to the highest point.

This is the same as cultivating immortals, immortal cultivators know that they will work steadily and steadily, and the chance of breaking through the bottleneck will be greater after laying a good foundation. But no one really does everything because it means spending a lot of time, and the lifespan of an immortal cultivator is limited.

It takes a lot of time in the current stage, and even if it is a breakthrough, in the next stage, because of the lack of stamina, there is not much time, and it is impossible to break through again.

There are many Qi refining stage cultivators who can more or less break through to the foundation building stage after a hundred years, but they can hardly improve anymore, and it is almost impossible to break through to the Jindan stage, this is the reason.

"Could it be that what I decided before was wrong?" Zhang Yifan frowned and thought hard, and stopped in front of the chasm.

"I'm imprisoned by my own thoughts, so why stick to the form. If you are sure of a breakthrough, then choose a shortcut, if you are not sure, then follow the step-by-step, steady and steady on the road, not impatient. Zhang Yifan quickly discovered the crux of the problem and made up his mind.

He found that even though the shortcut gap was wide and dangerous, he still had a lot of confidence that he could break through, so he directly chose the shortcut.

Zhang Yifan stood in front of the shortcut gap, used all his strength, jumped over, and finally stood firmly on the opposite side.

His heart was relieved and he began to continue along the shortcut.

At this time, six other fantasies came to him, and he found that four people had chosen shortcuts, and the other two had chosen the safe and winding path. What made him a little strange was that it was Wu Huan'er and Sun Huai'an who chose the winding road.

After thinking about it carefully, Zhang Yifan knew that these two people had the best qualifications, so they were not in a hurry to reach the top, and they slowly accumulated thick and thin, which was not a bad choice.

Then Zhang Yifan stopped paying attention to others and began to concentrate on walking the road in front of him.

The shortcut road is indeed difficult to follow, it is steep and high, and every step is extremely difficult. But Zhang Yifan was not afraid, he took one step at a time, steadily and steadily, and every step was extremely attentive.

Before he knew it, he had narrowed the distance between him and the others. At this time, the five people who were on the shortcut road were not far apart.

Ten days passed in the blink of an eye, Zhang Yifan and Guo Chongyang came to the front of another chasm, and not far behind them were Jin Chan, the monk of the Northern Han Kingdom and the monk Lei Linggen.

Zhang Yifan looked at the opposite side of the chasm and found that Wu Huan'er and Sun Huai'an had already crossed the chasm and continued to set off. The paths they choose now are different, Sun Huai'an chose a shortcut this time, while Wu Huan'er continued to choose a safe path.

Zhang Yifan looked at the chasm and found that the chasm here was much wider than before, especially the shortcut chasm, which was so wide that it was daunting, and he was not sure that he could cross it.

In the end, Zhang Yifan chose a safe path, without any certainty, he would not take risks, and focus on stability. And he speculated that although it took more time to walk on the winding road, he should be able to gather strength to cross the chasm.

When he crossed the chasm without danger, he found that everyone's choice was different.

Jin Chan chose a shortcut, and in the end, she crossed the chasm dangerously, and she almost fell down.

The monk of the Northern Han Kingdom actually chose a shortcut, he was about to fall, but for some reason a mysterious wind suddenly blew up, blowing him to the edge of the chasm, he grabbed the edge of the chasm with both hands, and it passed like this, Zhang Yifan was stunned and felt a little incredible.

And the Lei Linggen monk also chose a shortcut, but he didn't seem to have the same luck as the monk of the Northern Cold Kingdom, although he only narrowly crossed the chasm, but he still fell and failed.

Guo Chongyang and Zhang Yifan chose the same, and in the end, they crossed the chasm without danger.

At this time, everyone was not far from the top of the mountain, and the top of the mountain could already be seen.

After ups and downs along the way, Zhang Yifan didn't care about himself falling behind others, and in the end, this road was still compared with himself.

He walked forward step by step, each step was steady and steady, and gradually he had found a pattern, knowing how to accumulate strength, how to walk steadily and spend less strength.

He was confident that he could reach the top of the mountain before the time came, and beside him was Guo Chongyang's vision, which was almost synchronized with him, which made Zhang Yifan feel like a confidant.

In this way, another ten days passed, and there were only four days before the end of the assessment.

When Zhang Yifan arrived in front of the last chasm before the top of the mountain, he found that Jin Chan had already arrived in front of the chasm, but hesitated, and did not cross the chasm immediately, but accumulated strength in the same place.

At this time, he saw the figure of the monk of the Northern Han Kingdom, and there should be one more day to travel from the chasm.

On the other side of the chasm is the figure of Wu Huan'er and Sun Huai'an, they have crossed the chasm, and they have all chosen to continue to walk on a safe path, according to Wu Huan'er's speed, they should reach the top before the time limit comes. But Sun Huai'an is a little dangerous, and he may not be able to reach the summit before the time limit comes.

(There is only one chapter of four thousand and one big chapters today.,I'm currently saving the draft.,It's about to be the Spring Festival.,There's more things at work.,I hope you understand.,I'll try to be more than two more from Friday to Sunday.) ）