Chapter 6: Trials
Li Yuntian, who eats, sleeps, and eats every day, and raises himself as a pig, is also happy, so the three days pass in a flash, and in the blink of an eye, it is the day when the Heavenly Sword Sect opens the door to try and accept apprentices.
As soon as the sky was bright, Li Yuntian got up early to freshen up, and when he opened the door, he found that Wei Ming was already standing outside the door, as if waiting for him.
"Senior Brother Li is early, I thought that I would let my junior brother rest again, but I didn't expect to get up so early, so let's go. Wei Ming bowed slightly, stretched out his hand, and walked towards the place of trial with Li Yuntian.
After a short time, the two came to a large mansion, which was full of people. Wei Ming smiled and said, "This is the place where all the martial artists who came to participate in the trial gathered, Senior Brother Li, you will join them and go to the trial together." ”
Li Yuntian tilted his head, lowered his voice and asked quietly, "Senior Brother Wei, can't you reveal a little in advance?"
Wei Ming smiled and said, "If I tell you the content of the trial now, it will affect your original heart, in short, everything will be natural." ”
"Cut, stingy. Li Yuntian muttered, then ignored Wei Ming and entered the courtyard alone.
The courtyard was not big, and the more than 100 people were a little crowded, Li Yuntian looked around and found that most of them were children of the same age, and occasionally there were a few strong men, and there was not a single woman. Some of the older children seem to have formed small teams, apparently trying to help each other in the trial.
Li Yuntian looked at them one by one with great interest, and suddenly found that a handsome young man in the corner of the wall was leaning against the big tree, holding his head with his hands and his eyes narrowed slightly, even if the people around him were boiling, it did not affect his transcendent posture at all, although he was a little lazy, but his body exuded a boundless confidence, and that kind of posthumous and independent state actually made Li Yuntian feel slightly uncomfortable. I had high hopes for my brother, but in these dozens of days of experience, I didn't show anything extraordinary, a little bit of good food and drink can buy myself, and the ambition of the past is easy to disappear in the face of a comfortable life. Thinking of this, Li Yuntian shook his head violently, and secretly scolded himself in his heart, it was really ridiculous to just look at his face and worship others, could I, Li Yuntian, be weaker than others? After a little calming down, he found a place to sit on the spot and close his eyes to recuperate.
When the sky was bright, the courtyard suddenly quieted down, Li Yuntian opened his eyes and saw that half of the hundred elders at the door were sitting on a Taishi chair, and dozens of disciples behind him were all very proud, obviously the trial was about to begin, Li Yuntian hurriedly stood up and patted the dust on his body and found a place to stand.
The old man touched his beard, bowed his head slightly, and then said loudly: "Old man Tian Can, I am one of the elders of the sect, the first round of trials today will start here, presided over by me, it is very simple, measure the bone age and qualification, and those who do not meet the standards please return the same way." Well, okay, let's go!"
Before Li Yuntian could calm down, the disciples behind the old man had already begun to call out their names, and those who were called by their names stepped forward and were pinched by Elder Tian to knock on the bones, and then directly reported the test results.
"C!"
"Ding, elimination!"
The results are reported one by one, with occasional B's. Seeing this, the corners of Li Yuntian's mouth twitched slightly, and he only felt that this introductory trial was too hasty, but although the people around him whispered, none of them dared to accuse, who knew if this Elder Tian chose people based on personal preferences, and if he heard bad things, wouldn't he cut off his martial arts.
"Shangjia!"
Suddenly, a loud shout interrupted Li Yuntian's thoughts, and he saw that Elder Tian, who was originally sitting in his seat carelessly, stood up excitedly, and circled around the young man in front of him, as if he wanted to see a flower. And the young man was neither humble nor arrogant, his face was unwavering, there was no trace of pride and pride, and everything seemed to be so natural.
Li Yuntian narrowed his eyes and said secretly: "Sure enough, it's him, it's really extraordinary." ”
"Elder, is it okay?" the young man asked as he seemed a little impatient.
"Yes, it's a good seedling!" Elder Tian rubbed his hands excitedly, this time he didn't sit anymore, he just stood up and tested.
After a while, Li Yuntian arrived, and Elder Tian glanced at him and asked, "You are Li Yuntian?"
Li Yuntian frowned, and he didn't know why Elder Tian was hostile to him, he was a bit young and old after being influenced by Li Mu for many years, and he was neither humble nor arrogant: "It's down." ”
Tian Can snorted coldly, thinking that Bai Qiufeng, a junior, actually asked him to open the back door, and he didn't say anything at all, he really didn't understand the rules, and when he looked at this Li Yuntian, he felt more and more eyesore.
Tian Can just wanted to complete the task quickly, and just send him a barely qualified pass, but the more he touched it, the more strange his face became, as if he was surprised but a little angry, and then said, "Xiajia." After a pause, he felt that his prejudice was really unfair to this child, and his qualifications were also a good material, so he wanted to change his words but couldn't pull it down, so he could only repeat again: "Xiajia." ”
Although it is a lower grade, it can be seen from the eyes of the people around him that it is still a great martial arts training qualification, Li Yuntian walked back to the crowd in a congratulatory manner, quite proud, but still a little unconvinced: "This old guy must have a prejudice against me, otherwise it should be a higher level." ”
In less than an hour, more than 100 people were all tested, and nearly half of this simple round of testing was brushed off, and the straight people were speechless. The unsuccessful candidates were resentful and unwilling, and before they had time to question it, Elder Tian took the initiative to explain because he was in a good mood: "The unsuccessful people should have a number in their hearts, some are weak and sickly, and some have no talent for martial arts at all, and the old man guarantees absolute fairness and justice. Instead of stumbling on the road of martial arts and having no hope, these people should go back and live their own lives, knowing that there is only one life in life, and there is no way to come back if they are delayed. ”
After Tian Can finished speaking, he ignored them and turned around and left, leaving only the disciples to continue to preside. I saw a person step forward and said: "Those who pass the customs please come with me, the losers can choose to go down the mountain by themselves, or they can spend another day, and today our sect can also entertain you for another day to apologize." ”
Li Yuntian and the others followed the disciple, and walked around for a long time before they came to a deep cave entrance, and there was an old man standing in front of the cave, only to see him say with a smile: "These are the left, right, very good, old man Gong Mingyu, responsible for supervising this round of trials, what you have to do is very simple, there is a sword mountain behind the cave, just climb to the top of the mountain, you can do what you can." After speaking, he stopped speaking, and stood quietly aside, his face inexplicably strange.
Everyone present, you look at me, I look at you, you don't dare to move, but the young man who won the first round of the first round strode towards the cave without saying a word. Seeing this, everyone flocked to follow.
Passing through the cave, there is a hundred-zhang peak in front of him, and the mountain is densely packed with broken swords, making people shiver, Li Yuntian swallowed his saliva, but saw that the first young man had found a place to climb up, and finally the young man did not want to be left behind, so he rushed up and climbed.
At the beginning, the road was still spacious, but the more you went up, the denser and sharper the peak, and the road became steeper and steeper. Carefully dodging the blades on the wall all the way, but still getting covered in blood, Li Yuntian was about to catch his breath when he reached the halfway point of the mountain, when a cold wind blew, and there was an extra blood mark on his face.
"This ......" Li Yuntian was shocked in his heart, what the hell, is it sword qi? Looking up, I am afraid that the road behind me will have to step on the sword blade to continue climbing, coupled with the sword qi that floats by from time to time, where is this a trial, this is simply murder!
Li Yuntian was retreating, and a miserable cry woke him up violently, only to see a person behind him holding a broken blade hanging on the edge of the wall with both hands, and the skin and flesh of his body were not terrifying. Seeing this, Li Yuntian hurriedly rescued him and took him to a relatively safe place little by little.
"Brother Li, thank you, under Liu Yu, I don't dare to forget the grace of saving my life. After the rest of his life, he took a few breaths and thanked him.
"You're welcome, you are also a Jiren. Li Yuntian returned the salute and then said in a deep voice: "This trial is not right, if it goes on like this, it will die." ”
Liu Yu took out the water bladder from his body, poured it violently, and said: "Someone has died, and you have a high rating, so I have been following you closely, and it is safe all the way." But I saw someone falling, I was afraid that there were no bones, and many people behind me were frightened, and some people were frightened, hiding behind and crying. Although I don't know how other sects recruit disciples, but at our age, such a trial is too cruel. ”
Liu Yu paused and said: "If it goes on like this, even Ao Qingshuang may die halfway, and I don't know what they are going to do." Li Yuntian was stunned for a moment before he realized that he was talking about the first young man, and he was just about to inquire about the person, but he was interrupted by a scream, only to see another person fall from a height, afraid that he would be crushed. The two looked at it again, and there was a rather sturdy guy climbing where they fell, and said coldly: "Blocked a sword for me, and it is worth your death." ”
Li Yuntian felt a chill in his heart, even if he climbed to the top of the mountain, would he have to become the same person as such a person in the future? Not to mention that this kind of trial method of killing people without blinking an eye was done by a famous and decent family, which was clearly raising Gu. Thinking of this, he looked directly into Liu Yu's eyes and said, "I want to abstain, how are you going?"
Liu Yu seemed to have experienced a dead person and was a little frightened, but thinking that such efforts in front of him would be in vain, he struggled in his heart and hesitated: "It's all come to this point, it's a pity to abstain now." ”
"Such a sect that cares about people's lives, what nostalgia is there!"
Liu Yu gritted his teeth and nodded violently, "Okay, let's go back!" After speaking, the two supported each other and slowly climbed down the mountain.
"Hey, what are you doing!" A huge hanging basket appeared out of nowhere, and a man standing in the basket shouted at Li Yuntian and the others: "Are you going to abstain?"
"Yes, we still have to leave a useful body to walk that good future, and you are waiting for such an act, which is despicable!"
"Those who are greedy for life and afraid of death!"
Li Yuntian, who was already extremely angry, shouted when he heard this: "Greedy for life and afraid of death, human nature, what is the crime? However, it is better for pigs and dogs to lose their conscience and destroy human nature, he will die one day and have no place to be buried, and even if he enters reincarnation after death, he will only have to enter the animal life path and will never be able to be reborn!" The rise of Li Yuntian's scolding is a lot of rural slang spurting out.
"You...... You! The man stretched out his hand and pointed at Li Yuntian, as if he had nothing to say, snorted coldly, and disappeared in a blink of an eye.
It is not easy to go up the mountain, and it is even more difficult to go down the mountain, the two of them have been bumpy all the way and don't know how long they have walked, and finally stumbled to the foot of the mountain, Li Yuntian looked back at the sword mountain, sneered, and went to the entrance of the cave.
Out of the cave, I saw several selected candidates waiting outside, and Gong Mingyu said with a smile: "Little guy, it's very happy to scold." ”
Li Yuntian didn't look away, he didn't want to pay attention to him, but he was surprised to find that his body was intact, and then looked at Liu Yu beside him, how could he still have the miserable appearance just now, now he just looked demented, and he didn't know what was going on at all.
"This ...... What's going on?" Li Yuntian stammered.
"Hahaha, this illusion is interesting, right? haven't you played it?"
"Then, then we have been eliminated?" Liu Yu's face turned pale suddenly, and his soul was not possessed, if he knew that everything was fake, then it would be good to persevere, and it would be okay to follow Brother Li to abstain, but he also scolded others, so how could he enter the sect.
"No, no, no, you've all passed the test, this round of trials, regardless of ability, only depends on the heart. Before the desperate situation, all living beings are vividly revealed. Some people choose to move forward, that's right, and some people choose to stay put, that's survival instinct, and it's not bad. And if you choose to refuse in the face of the wrong request, that is also an answer. Gong Mingyu replied with a smile.
"However, those who betray their comrades at a critical juncture are unforgivable, not only will my Heavenly Sword Sect not accept them, but the sect that is close to my sect will also reject such a disciple. As for those who only cry and cry before the difficulty and affect others, hehe, those who practice martial arts in my generation should overcome obstacles and move forward bravely, since they have no courage and martial arts, then don't take this martial arts road. The old man's face changed, he paused and said with a smile: "Next, you just need to wait here in peace, and the results will come out in a short time." ”