Chapter 15: The Old Man in the Cave
The threesome, the suspended stone pavement, looked at it from a certain angle, as if the three of them were walking in the air.
"Brothers, I think we're in trouble. Gu Quan, who was walking in the front, turned another corner and said in a loud voice, so that the mountains were full of his echoes.
"What's wrong?" Qin Gao, who was behind him, asked in a loud voice.
"There was a canyon ahead, and then there was no road. Gu Quan said.
Qin Yue and Nangong Jinxing also caught up, after this bend, the stone road had come to an end, just as Gu Quan said, what appeared in front of the three of them was a bottomless canyon, and there was only an iron cable connecting this and that end in the middle of the canyon.
"It's a bit oozing to look at. Gu Quan poked his head out and looked into the depths of the canyon, and then shook his whole body.
Nangong Jinxing looked at the width of the canyon, "It's about fifty meters, and it's expected to pass in three minutes." ā
Qin Yue walked up and patted Gu Quan's shoulder, "I heard it, it's only fifty meters, pediatrics." ā
Gu Quan held his head and looked at the two of them with a shocked expression, "Teasing me, it's only fifty meters? Three minutes? Is this a matter of a few meters and a few minutes, how high is this Okay, I can't see the bottom of this, if I fall down, it is estimated that I will have to go to the animal road when I go down to the underworld, and there is no one else." ā
"Big man, still can't hold on to this rope?" Qin Yue said while squatting down, holding the iron cable, and clamping the iron rope between his legs, due to inertia, his body was in a posture facing the sky as soon as he got on the iron cable, just like that, his hands held the iron rope tightly, his legs were tightly clamped, and he moved forward little by little.
Gu Quan gritted his teeth and gasped as he looked at Qin Yue squirming forward, and looked at Nangong Jinxing in disbelief, "Has he always been so brave?"
Nangong Jinxing snorted twice, "It's really nothing, you can do it too." ā
After speaking, Nangong Jinxing also lowered his body, hung up on the iron cable, followed behind Qin Yue, and moved forward little by little.
"Iā" Gu Quan stopped talking, and then said after a while, "Okay, I'll do it too!"
He hesitated for a moment, looking at the lonely iron rope and the "endless" abyss beneath it.
Gu Quan took a deep breath, walked to the side, and pulled the rattan out of the weeds and bushes, one was not enough, two were ...... Until a large bundle was drawn out, and they were tied together in a dead knot, one end wrapped around his waist, and the other end tied to a rope.
After making all the preparations, he took another deep breath, followed the example of the two just now, and hung himself on the iron rope.
"Do you think he can do it?" asked Nangong Jinxing in a low voice.
Qin Yue said, "When we first trained, it was much easier than him. ā
"Yes. Nangong nodded cautiously, agreeing with Qin Yue's answer.
On the iron cable, a full minute passed, Gu Quancai moved a meter away, and his body couldn't help but start trembling, especially when he thought that there was an abyss behind him, he was even more afraid.
"Old Gu, speed up, the longer you stay on it, the more dangerous you will be. Qin Yue, who was on the other end, reminded loudly.
A person's physical strength is limited, and the longer it takes to support one's body weight through one's limbs at high altitude, the more dangerous the situation becomes.
Gu Quan closed his eyes, and a lot of pictures appeared in his mind, there were many people in the picture, these people were talking, and their mouths were like machine guns.
"Ah!!h
"Stop! It's almost over, stop!" It wasn't until Qin Yue's shout that Gu Quan opened his eyes again, and the palms of the two were in front of him, and as soon as Gu Quan grasped it, the two pulled it up.
"How do you feel?" Qin Yue helped untie the rattan around his waist.
Gu Quan's whole body was still trembling, but his tone was very excited, "Cool~"
"It's simple, right, but it's too late to be happy, take a deep breath and calm down, we need to hurry, it's been forty minutes. Qin Yue patted Gu Quan's shoulder, and then trotted forward.
"Inhale ~ exhale ~" After three deep breaths in a row, Gu Quan's tremor subsided, and then trotted to keep up with the team.
"Nangong, we should be halfway up the mountain, right?" Qin Yue asked.
Nangong said: "We should be about the same after climbing for so long." ā
"But where is the platform? The platform should be big, right?" Gu Quan said, "This assessment is really 'simple', and it almost cost me half my life." ā
"If it were really simple, wouldn't anyone be able to enter the Star Yao School Palace, one of the ten university palaces. Qin Yue said lightly.
Nangong Jinxing frowned and slowly stopped, "Are we lost?"
Qin Yue and the two glanced around.
"No, we haven't been to this place. Gu Quan said after looking at it seriously.
Nangong Jinxing shook his head, "I mean, we didn't get lost in the first place. ā
"What?" Qin Yue and the two of them looked confused with question marks.
"We don't seem to have seen anyone follow the stone road just now? It stands to reason that it shouldn't be, the stone road is straight up the mountain, and we should only cross a bend to the cliff, right?" Nangong Jinxing said.
Qin Yue and the others were also woken up, "Didn't you see anyone coming up, but we haven't looked back, maybe someone has followed us and we haven't paid attention?"
Nangong Jinxing continued, "When I turned the corner, I didn't see anyone coming up. ā
"No, no, no, I heard movement behind me when I was in the back. Gu Quan said, "I wasn't lagging behind just now, I promise, I heard someone talking behind me very clearly." ā
"Alright, alright. Qin Yue said, "Nangong, is this Xingyao Mountain?"
"Yes. Nangong Jinxing said affirmatively.
"That's it, since this is Xingyao Mountain, no matter if we go right or wrong at the beginning, as long as we find the registered square at the specified time, we will pass the assessment, why are we still struggling with these?"
"Okay, okay, the time is almost up, let's hurry forward, this place is the way, it must be right to go forward, I hope there will be no more strange projects ahead." Qin Yue took the lead and ran forward.
Nangong Jinxing and the two followed.
Soon, the three of them arrived in front of a cave.
At the entrance of the cave, there is a plaque with four big characters - "Xingyao School Palace".
"It doesn't look like we're in the wrong place. Qin Yue said, and then walked into the cave.
The cave was not dark at all, but rather brightly lit, and the ground was covered with blankets, except for a passage in the center that divided the cave in two.
There are desks scattered on the left and right, and the walls of the cave are inlaid with bookcases filled with books.
Under a bookcase, an old man looked at Qin Yue and the three of them blankly.
"Hello, we are the students of the assessment, where can we register our names? Qin Yue asked the old man.