Midsummer, scorching sun. A large mountainside in the territory of the Qingyang Empire. On the winding stone staircase with no end in sight, two vague figures moving slowly upwards could be vaguely seen.

"Dunzi, wait for me, young master, I really can't walk. A younger, thin, fair-handed boy was half-bent behind him, his knees propped up, panting, and he was about to sit on the stone steps.

A sturdy and swarthy young man in front wiped the sweat from his forehead and teased: "Qingyun, we said that we want to be immortals together and live happily together, but you are going to be cowardly before this arrives?"

"Hey, Dunzi, dare to look down on Young Master Ben, then let's see who arrives at the Great Yan Sect first. The young man named Qingyun gritted his teeth, barely lifted his spirits, and sped up his pace of catching up a little.

The main gate of the Great Yan Sect. Seeing that it was getting late, several disciples were about to close the door, but suddenly a hurried voice came from outside: "Wait, wait a minute, don't close the door." After a while, I saw a swarthy boy hurrying towards another thin boy with a pale complexion.

"We ...... We're here to participate...... Introductory test. Qingyun said breathlessly.

"Time has passed, come back in ten years. One of the short and fat young men said coldly and ruthlessly.

Qingyun rested for a few breaths and eased up a little, listened to the words of the short and fat young man, hurriedly turned around and pointed to the sunset that still had a trace left, and said respectfully: "The sun hasn't completely set yet, a few immortals, let's be accommodating." His words were earnest and his eyes were full of hope.

When one of the purple-haired young men heard this, he smiled and said, "This son is also smart. Let's just register and take them in. ”

The Great Yan Sect, one of the five major sects of the Qingyang Empire. His disciples have more than 10,000 disciples, and his influence covers the entire Qingyang Empire, and it is located in the highest mountain range in the northeast of the empire, Dayan Mountain. According to legend, this mountain was transformed by a seriously injured dragon who came from nowhere tens of thousands of years ago.

About a thousand years after the formation of this mountain, an ordinary young man passed by this mountain, and by chance obtained a large number of cultivation techniques about flames, and after cultivating the great success, he founded the Great Yan Sect here, becoming the first generation of sect masters called the fire pole by later generations. After the Fire Pole successfully crossed the tribulation and ascended, the Great Yan Sect became famous throughout the continent from then on.

At night, Fu Qingyun looked at the pier next to him who fell on the bed and closed his eyes, and was very grateful. It took more than half a year to get here safely, naturally thanks to the help of the mound. He sighed softly and said to himself, "I hope I can find a cure for my body here...... and then fell asleep.

In the middle of summer, the Great Yan Mountain is thousands of miles green, waterfalls and streams, and there are countless rare birds and beasts shuttling inside. The large expanses of lush greenery make people feel the exuberance of vitality. If someone feels it carefully, they will faintly perceive a vigorous burning meaning that belongs to the Great Yan Mountain.

Qingyun and Dunzi came to the designated test square early in the morning. This square is all paved with bluestones, and there is no end in sight. In the center, there is a large square stone platform with a radius of dozens of zhang, and a large shelf is placed on the edge of the stone platform. Looking at it, it is densely packed with people, and I am afraid that there are thousands of people. Most of these people are young people, but very few are women.

Qingyun's face was crimson, and he felt that his heart was pounding and beating hard, a teenager from the countryside had never seen this crowded scene. He was about to talk to the pier beside him, when a few long rainbows suddenly crossed the sky, and before he could see it clearly, he felt that there were five more people on the platform in the center of the square.

"Is this the real immortal, flying in the sky at will?" Qingyun looked at the five people who were completely flying over, and felt excited, and he was even more yearning for learning the immortal method.

An old man in Tsing Yi with a fiery red dust in his hand paced out and said slowly: "The old man Yanchen is the first elder of the outer sect, and the old man is in charge of this first level test. Although the voice was not loud, it was clearly heard in the ears of everyone in the square.

As soon as these words came out, there was an uproar in the square. "Sure enough, as strict as rumored, the first level actually sent an outer sect elder to assess. ”

"I don't know what kind of difficulty it will be. ”

"I heard that no one passed the test ten years ago, and I don't know if it's true or not. ”

Elder Yanchen ignored the noise below, and the dust in his hand quickly lit four times around, only to hear a "boom", and the four shelves on the edge of the platform were lit at the same time. The four flames strangely formed a regular circle and burned, and the scorching waves forced the people close to the platform to retreat in shock.

Seeing that everyone had retreated farther away, the dust whisk in Elder Yanchen's hand waved again, and the fire ring on the shelf spun on its own without hurrying. Bursts of qi waves that were several times hotter than before rolled towards the surroundings, and suddenly there was no one within two hundred zhang of the platform except for the five people who flew in.

"In the first level of the test, those who can enter the range of this fire within ten zhang will pass the test. Xia Peng, you and the other four of you will continue to set up the formation. ”

"Yes, Elder. The young man who called Xia Peng agreed, and then led the other three people out in four directions, and sat cross-legged near the ten zhang distance from the flames.

"With the protection of this sect's formation, you just have to show your ability and get closer to this flame. After Elder Yanchen finished speaking, he closed his eyes and ignored the crowd.

Qingyun took a deep breath, and then he and Dunzi slowly approached the flames with the crowd one after the other, two hundred zhang ...... One hundred and fifty zhang......

As it got closer, the temperature of the scorching air wave was getting higher and higher. Just as everyone approached about ninety feet of flames, with bursts of howls, more and more people immediately became unable to move an inch under the irresistible heat, and the heat was unbearable.

Seventy zhang ...... A large number of people began to fall unconscious one after another, and the disciples of the Great Yan Sect next to them quickly carried them away to heal their injuries.

When they forcibly advanced to more than 50 zhang, most of the nearly 1,000-strong team had already gone.

Thirty feet away, it can be clearly seen that there are less than 200 people left. Every step these people take at this moment is extremely difficult. Although the clothes are complete, they are all covered with a lot of sweat, and they are evaporated by the high temperature in a blink of an eye......

An hour passed in the blink of an eye, and some people were carried away after falling unconscious, and at this time there were still seventeen or eight zhang away from the flames, and there were less than a hundred people left...... There were two girls among them. Fortunately, Qingyun and Dunzi are still in the team. For them, who have lived by the sea since childhood, it is much more difficult to bear this flame than ordinary people. Under the reflection of the flames, Qingyun's face was flushed at this time, and his lips were chapped.

"If it weren't for the pier that has been in front of me, I'm afraid I would have fallen long ago. Qingyun's heart was filled with bitterness, and he was even a little ashamed.

"This is the first level, young master, I have to get through it no matter what. Qingyun gritted his teeth and walked forward with difficulty behind the pier. If you hadn't bitten the tip of your tongue again and again and stayed awake in pain, you wouldn't have been able to withstand the distance. There was still a distance of three zhang, and there were less than fifty people left at this time.

"Hmph, just a bird fire can't stop Young Master Ben's footsteps. Qingyun suddenly flashed out from behind the dunzi, and the footwork taught by Uncle Luo Zhu in the village came to his mind, and he rushed into within ten zhang with one acceleration, accompanied by a heart-rending scream......

Qingyun stepped into the ten zhang as soon as he stepped into it, and found that the scorching qi wave disappeared in an instant. "Damn, what's going on with this body?" Qingyun's face was pale, and he wanted to cry without tears. But he still held on, and saw that in the end, thirty-one people, including Dunzi, rushed into the ten-zhang flames.

"The disciple of my sect is cultivating the sacred fire technique, if you want to enter my Great Yan Sect, you must pass the baptism of fire, the test of fire, before you can cultivate. Elder Yanchen opened his eyes at some point, and with a light wave around the platform, the flames were immediately extinguished. "You wait for thirty-one people to pass. Send the rest home. "Elder Yanchen's voice has not been silenced, and the person has disappeared.

Back at the residence, Dunzi helped Qingyun to sit down. "Boy, don't you want to die?" Dunzi naturally knew the weirdness of Qingyun's body. "Rest for a while and you'll be fine, hehe. After Qingyun finished speaking, he smiled and lay on the bed. Then both men seized the time to start resting, preparing for tomorrow's second level.

In the early morning of Dayan Mountain, although it was the height of summer, there was still a trace of coolness. The Great Yan Sect has peaks on three sides, followed by Tianzhuo Peak, which is known for its steepness. At this time, on the flat ground under Tianzhuo Peak, Qingyun, Dunzi, and the thirty-one people who passed the first level test were all brought here.

A middle-aged beautiful woman in a red Luo pullover pointed to the steep cliff and said slowly: "See the cliff in front of you, your second level is to climb up the thousand-year-old grass vine, if you can reach the platform at the top of the peak before dark, you will pass the level." Xia Peng, after dark, inspect and send back those who failed to pass the customs directly. After the middle-aged beauty finished speaking, she turned into a long rainbow and rushed to the top of Tianzhuo Peak.

"Yes, Elder Yan Xin. Xia Peng and the others responded respectfully.

Time is precious, Qingyun and the others did not speak, and walked directly to the cliff to find a grass vine, grabbed it and struggled to climb up. There are no shortcuts, what you fight is physical strength and will.

Time passed slowly, Qingyun's hands were already hurting at the moment, his palms were bloody, and the coarse cloth gown on his body was already in tatters. The thick grass vines on the steep wall almost covered the entire rock wall, and every time you climbed to the end of one grass vine, you had to change to another and continue to climb up. In exchange for it, the rest of the people have long been gone. Fortunately, there is an occasional place to settle down, you can grab the grass and vines to let your feet take a little rest, otherwise, Qingyun is afraid that he will not be able to hold on to it.

Stepping on a small protruding rock again, after resting for a while, watching the sky getting darker and darker, Qingyun didn't dare to delay any longer, took a deep breath, kicked hard, and wanted to continue to climb with strength. Who knew that under this kick, he heard a dull sound of "boom", and his feet suddenly emptied, and a sucking force suddenly inhaled Qingyun Shengsheng. Then accompanied by a sharp pain all over his body, Qingyun spurted out a mouthful of blood, his eyes were black, and he passed out.

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