Chapter 7: Courage
"Senior Brother Lu, what is the Five Spirits Heavenly Ladder?"
After returning to the room, Mo Xiaolou's mind kept thinking about Shangguan Nian's words, and he knew that this time the other party would definitely drive him out of Kun Cangzong before he would give up.
Lu Hao shook his head helplessly, sighed, and said, "That Five Spirit Heavenly Ladder is a punishment specially used by Kuncang Sect to punish the sect members. There are a total of 10,000 steps of the ladder, and every 2,000 steps are controlled by a magic circle of one attribute, from low to high are five attributes: metal, wood, water, fire, and earth, and the most important thing is that the area where this ladder is located has been arranged by the patriarch of the creation sect to be extremely powerful, and walking on it cannot use any spiritual power to resist the attack of the magic circle. In other words, no matter how high your cultivation is, it is impossible to reduce the slightest bit of suffering. ”
Seeing that Mo Xiaolou was unmoved, Lu Hao continued: "If the tortured person falls or gives up voluntarily in the process of climbing, he will definitely have endless fear of the Five Elements in the future, and it will be difficult for him to enter the realm with a single cultivation. ”
Hearing this, Mo Xiaolou secretly thought in his heart, Shangguan Nian is really vicious, he is trying to force me to retreat and leave Kuncang Sect.
"Senior Brother Lu, are there many people who have been able to successfully climb the ladder before?"
Mo Xiaolou felt that since this punishment had nothing to do with cultivation qualifications, then he could try, Shangguan Nian had insulted his parents and relatives in front of everyone, which he could not tolerate, even if he was desperate, he had to pass this hurdle, stay in Kun Cangzong, and retain the opportunity to become stronger. If you retreat now, where will the Supreme Master Zhao Yu be?
Hearing Mo Xiaolou's question, Lu Hao shook his head and said with a wry smile: "In the tens of thousands of years since the founding of the Kuncang Sect, only Xiao Haotian three thousand years ago has successfully climbed the ladder. Senior Brother Mo, you don't really want to go, do you? That kind of pain is by no means endurable by ordinary people. You have to know that if you fail halfway, you won't be able to continue cultivating in your life. ”
Mo Xiaolou felt a little incredible, this Kuncang Sect is full of talents, how can only one person have been able to climb this ladder since the creation of the sect, it can be seen how terrifying the punishment of these five attributes is, but the strange thing is that Xiao Haotian is such a powerful character, but he has never read his name in the sect classics.
"Senior Brother Lu, that Shangguan Nian actually insulted my parents and fellow villagers, it's really unbearable, I have learned in the cultivation classics of the sect that cultivation is really a heart knot, this matter is my heart knot, if I retreat and endure, then what is the point of cultivation?" Mo Xiaolou said with a resolute expression.
Lu Hao suddenly became serious, "Senior brother, don't say it anymore, it's obvious that they bullied you first, even if you do it first, it will be far from being punished by the Five Spirit Heavenly Ladder, I'll go to report to the master and ask him to go to the head of the house with Uncle Zhao Yu to explain." ”
After speaking, Lu Hao got up and pushed the door away.
In the courtyard where Zhao Yu lived, Lu Hao told the matter from beginning to end, and after listening, Mo Hua, who was sitting on the side, got up.
"Hmph, it's just unreasonable, that Shangguan Hong, as the head of the Discipline Academy, let his nephew act so nonsense, junior brother, you and I will go to the head senior brother now!"
"No need, everyone has their own fate, and it's best for others not to interfere. Zhao Yu's tone was flat, without a trace of waves, just staring at the tea bowl in his hand faintly.
"Senior brother, what is this called! That Mo Xiaolou is your only disciple! Could it be ......?"
Mo Hua suddenly felt that he was still wondering, why did Zhao Yu, who had always been upright and upright, be so calm after learning that his disciple was being bullied? But what a smart person Mo Hua was, he guessed Zhao Yu's mind just halfway through the words.
"Senior brother, did you find out something? Now even you hope that Mo Xiaolou retreated in front of the ladder, left Kun Cangzong, and went to live a mortal life, is it to protect him?"
Zhao Yu's expression was still flat, the corners of his mouth smiled slightly, and said, "Whatever you think, senior brother." ”
Seeing Zhao Yu's reaction, Mo Hua was already convinced of his guess, he, a junior disciple, had always been like this, and what he didn't deny was sure. Could it be that in the matter of attacking the Song State, Senior Brother Shangguan Hong really secretly helped the Northern Qi royal family?
But Shangguan Hong's power in the sect is getting bigger and bigger, and the senior brother in charge of the sect has inexplicably favored him many times, once there is a dispute, as an orphan of Mojia Village, Mo Xiaolou will definitely be involved, and then his cultivation will inevitably lead to the disaster of pond fish.
Mo Hua sat back in his chair, sighed, and said, "Hey, I'm afraid that your disciple is just like you, he is stubborn and refuses to retreat easily. ”
In the early morning of the next day, the precept hall rang the bell to announce the results of the treatment of the disobedient disciple Mo Xiaolou.
The announcement reads: "Today, there is a disciple Mo Xiaolou, whose qualifications are blunt, and because of fornication and fraud, he can enter Kuncang Sect and worship the inner door." Later, he attacked the same door for no reason, this kind of behavior is not tolerated by the door rules, and he is specially ordered to carry out the punishment of the Five Spirits Heavenly Ladder, if he does not obey, or can not bear all the punishment, he will be expelled from the sect, and he will not be allowed to step into the Kuncang Sect Mountain Gate for half a step for the rest of his life!"
When the herald disciple of the Discipline Hall came to Mo Xiaolou's residence, he directly broke down the door, and when he saw that the other party was still sitting cross-legged and cultivating, he immediately shouted: "Don't practice my Kuncang Sect's exercises anymore!
Mo Xiaolou was shocked when he heard this, and hurriedly asked, "Isn't it the punishment of the Five Spirits Heavenly Ladder?
The herald disciple was amused by Mo Xiaolou's words, and said with a smile: "I have long heard that you are a strange person, and today I saw that you are really extraordinary, like this kind of punishment order, I have also read it a lot over the years, which means that it is expelled from the master's door, who would be stupid enough to really climb the ladder of heaven?"
"I'm going!", these three words, Mo Xiaolou said categorically.
Within an hour after the herald disciple left, the news that Mo Xiaolou chose to accept the punishment of the Five Spirits Heavenly Ladder spread throughout the entire Kuncang Sect.
"Did you hear about it? Mo Xiaolou decided to climb the ladder of heaven, and the hour was set for noon tomorrow. ”
"Haha, I still want to inform you, in fact, it's still very interesting to think about Senior Brother Mo, and I have to make a fool of myself before leaving, which makes us happy. ”
"Hmph! That pariah is finally getting out, and I feel sick to have him here!"
At noon on the second day, Mo Xiaolou was led by two law enforcement disciples and came to the foot of the Heavenly Dao Peak of the Kuncang Mountain Range as scheduled, and at this time he finally saw the legendary Five Spirits Heavenly Ladder.
It is a staircase road with no end in sight, following the path of the mountain and leading to the sky. The midday sun was a little dazzling, but Mo Xiaolou could still see the inscriptions that radiated light on the steps. A simple and desolate breath came to the face, is this Xiuzhen, this is the avenue?
Mo Xiaolou also had doubts that he was now just a mortal who had not even reached the Qi refining period, why did he still climb this Five Spirit Heavenly Ladder? He knew that the towering Heavenly Ladder in front of him was full of danger at every step, and it was very likely that he would die under this Heavenly Dao Peak, but since people came to this world, they should not live like pigs and dogs!
At this time, a large number of disciples had gathered under the Heavenly Dao Peak, and people's voices were endless, but they were nothing more than sarcastic words about Mo Xiaolou.
I don't know who actually moved a chair for Shangguan Nian, and at this moment he was sitting on it, looking at Mo Xiaolou playfully, and his palm was still stroking the four-eared spirit dog squatting aside from time to time.
Mo Xiaolou looked around, but in the crowd, he didn't find his master, even Uncle Mohua and Senior Brother Lu Hao didn't come, maybe they also felt ashamed, Mo Xiaolou clenched his fists, at this moment, only the broken piece of iron in his arms accompanied him.
Mo Xiaolou didn't know that on a mountain peak not far away, his master Zhao Yu was standing with his hands in his hands, staring at his small figure under the Huanghuang Heavenly Dao Peak.