Volume 45 The selection begins
"Sure enough, there are a lot of people!" Since everyone went up the mountain one after another, and after going up the mountain, they were assigned to different wings, so it was not until now that Ming Xuan could see all the people who came to participate in the selection, and the huge mountain pass was already densely blocked.
"Brother Gu, let's go over there and register. Xiong Hei tugged at the corner of Ming Xuan, and said timidly, he was obviously not used to such a lively scene.
There are many tables and chairs on one side of the mountain gate, and each table and chair is surrounded by a lot of people, and the monks of Leiyin Temple are busy registering.
"Is there anyone here who falsely reports his age, for example, he is eleven years old and says that he is only ten years old and then runs to the group under ten years old, isn't this a big advantage?" After registering his information, Ming Xuan said maliciously.
"Who has such the courage to dare to cheat on the territory of the Leiyin Temple? There are many masters in the Leiyin Temple, it is not difficult to see through the age of others, even if it is a fluke to pass the selection, it is generally discovered, not only will it be disqualified and will not need to participate in the selection for life, but it will also be included in the unpopular list of the Leiyin Temple, and it is not allowed to step into the Leiyin Temple in the future. "The punishment is quite severe, and it seems that no one dares to do nonsense.
After Ming Xuan and Xiong Hei finished registering, they waited on the side to set off, and after a while, all the people who participated in the selection were registered, and according to statistics, there were more than 400 people in the group under the age of 10, more than 600 people in the group between the ages of 10 and 13, and the group between the ages of 13 and 15 where Ming Xuan belonged had the largest number of people, with more than 800 people, but after participating in today's selection, only half of them could be left here.
"Parents, please rest and wait at the mountain gate, the personnel who have passed this assessment will continue the following assessment, and will not return here for the time being, but if they are eliminated, we will send them back here, and you can leave the Leiyin Temple together. One of the monks raised his voice, but he did not start the assessment immediately, leaving time for everyone to say goodbye to their parents.
"Kuroko, be angry, don't Lao Tzu see you back today!" Xiong Si patted Kuroko's shoulder heavily, his eyes full of anticipation.
"Dad, don't worry, I'll work hard!" Kuroko smiled honestly and said in a firm tone.
"Gu Gongzi will ask you as soon as he is ready. "With Mingxuan by Kuroko's side, Xiong Si is much more at ease.
"Don't worry, Uncle Xiong. "I'm afraid that there are so many people present, and Mingxuan is the most carefree.
"Let's go!" a thunderous voice sounded, so the teenagers who participated in the selection immediately said goodbye to their parents and rushed to the summit of Jade Finger Peak......
"Brother Gu, why don't we run?" Because half of the people were about to be eliminated in this assessment, so as soon as the announcement began, everyone rushed forward, and Xiong Hei was about to run along, but was pulled by Ming Xuan.
"The Jade Finger Peak is so high, it is estimated that it will take eight or nine hours, can you run that far all the time?" Ming Xuan asked rhetorically.
"No, but they're all running, we're already behind!" Xiong Hei couldn't help but say anxiously, he still had his father's ardent hopes on his shoulders.
"That's why we have to evenly distribute the body, otherwise we will have no strength in the end, and the road behind will be more and more difficult to walk, so we have to save the body." "Ming Xuan grew up in the mountains for a long time, and he knows all this, and the more he walks up the mountain, the more tired he becomes, so he has to accumulate his body at the beginning.
"Really?" said Kuma, who was skeptical, but relieved.
"Don't worry, just follow me!" Ming Xuan patted him and walked forward confidently.
Jade Finger Peak is a sub-peak of Mida Mountain, but it is only a few thousand feet shorter than the main peak, it is also a very high peak, because the population is relatively sparse, the peak is dense shrub forest, there is only a stone road that has been artificially opened out for everyone to walk, there will be monks to guide every other distance, and also to prevent someone from accidentally being injured, so as to treat, so it will not get lost.
The scenery of Jade Finger Peak is quite good, but at this time, everyone did not have the slightest intention of stopping and watching, just climbing upward, even with such efforts, half of the people will have to go home, which has to force everyone to climb up harder, and there is hope for the first half of the crowd.
Although Xuan Xuan was full of confidence in his assertion, he didn't dare to hold it up, although he didn't go all out, but he also kept up with the end of the team, and there were some other shrewd people in the team, and he also kept his body and slowly climbed up, and the two brothers Du Xiong were among them, and several people had been keeping their bodies behind the team unhurriedly, and slowly became familiar with it, Ming Xuan also knew that Du Heng was the boss, fifteen years old this year, this was the second time he participated, and his younger brother Du Xiong was fourteen years old.
"Two Du brothers, it seems that we think the same. "Everyone knows it when they come here,
"Hehe, it seems that we really think the same!" spoke to the more calm brother Du Heng
"Such a high mountain, if you climb it hard at the beginning like them, it is estimated that you will be powerless in the end. "Now that everyone knows the situation, there's nothing more that can't be said.
"Brother Gu is right, I participated in the selection last year, and like them, I struggled to climb at the beginning, but I didn't have any strength to the end, and I saw that the finish line was in front, but I couldn't climb anymore, so that I was surpassed by later generations, and I was unfortunately eliminated in the end. Even now, when he talks about it, Du Heng is full of regret.
"Is that so, then it's right for us to arrange it this way!" Xiong Hei said excitedly, he had been uneasy all the time, and now he was finally steady.
After only a quarter of the journey, there are gradually people who do not fall down, most of them are under the age of ten in the group, after all, they are young, and they are still relatively weak in all aspects, but their journey is also the shortest, and now for them, it is also half of the walk.
"Brother Gu, it seems that there are more and more people stopping. Xiong Hei looked at more and more people stopping to rest on the side of the road, and couldn't hold back his excitement anymore, so he leaned into Mingxuan's ear and said.
"We're going to go at our own pace and leave them alone. Ming Xuan said lightly, in fact, it is not easy for them to climb to the top of the mountain, and they must save their bodies step by step.
"Oh. Seeing that Mingxuan was so bland, Xiong Hei stopped talking and walked forward silently.
But Du Heng on the side, The two Du Xiong brothers are becoming more and more surprised, not because there are more and more people resting on the side of the road, but they have been walking for almost three hours, Mingxuan's footsteps are not the slightest strange, or the same rhythm as when they first saw him, light and free, without adding a trace of heaviness, not to mention the Xiong Hei next to him, from time to time he also jumped a few times, nothing at all, as if he was here for sightseeing, it was incredible, although the two brothers were surprised, but they did not stop, struggling to keep up with Mingxuan's footsteps.
Four hours have passed, and Ming Xuan and the others have reached the position halfway up the mountain, that is, the end of the group under ten years old, but unfortunately only a few people here have been registered to rest on the side, although their faces are full of excitement, but there is also a lingering tiredness, these are all outstanding under the age of ten.
"Brother Gu, there are only a dozen people who have reached the finish line in the group under the age of ten!" Xiong Hei said excitedly.
"Well, we are now in the middle of the team, and the group under the age of ten has reached the finish line, which means that we are in front of the other two groups, so if we continue to do so, we can't ensure that we pass the assessment, and we have to work hard." Ming Xuan didn't mean to relax in the slightest, and he also poured out Xiong Hei's excitement with a basin of cold water.
"Then can we take a break, just for a while!" Xiong Hei said timidly, it turned out that he meant this.
"You're not tired, why stop. "Xiong Hei's stamina, Ming Xuan had already appreciated it when he entered the mountain, and he shouldn't have anything to do at this time.
"I'm not tired, I'm hungry, let's get something to eat. As soon as these words came out, everyone was speechless.
After watching Xiong Hei eliminate the six steamed buns in a while, everyone continued on the road again, Du Heng and Du Xiong simply formed a companionship with Ming Xuan, firstly, they were impressed by the amazing endurance shown by the two of them, and secondly, they also found that it was indeed easier to maintain a rhythm according to what Ming Xuan said, and they gradually convinced him.
There were more and more people stopping to rest on the road, and the footsteps of the two brothers Du Heng and Du Xiong gradually became heavy, even Ming Xuan was no longer as comfortable as before, only Xiong Hei was still walking forward like a nobody.
"Brother Xiong Hei, aren't you tired at all?" Du Xiong couldn't help but ask, he couldn't move his legs a little, how could Xiong Hei still act like a nobody.
"I'm not tired, just this little road, I have to carry the vegetables back and forth every few days. "Everyone is familiar with each other along the way, and Xiong Hei is not so shy.
"How many days will you go back and forth?" the two brothers were completely speechless.
"Oh, Kuroko's family is to deliver food to Leiyin Temple, and he has to come every few days to deliver it, this road is really nothing to him, in fact, he has to run up the mountain. Ming Xuan smiled and explained to them, this point Ming Xuan asked himself that he couldn't do.
"Well, then why didn't he run?" the two brothers were completely stunned, and said angrily.
"Then why do you want to run?" Ming Xuan smiled and continued to climb up.
By the end of the ten-to-thirteen-year-old group, there were still only dozens of people registered, and now Mingxuan and a few people had come to the front of the team, and there were only a hundred people in front.
"Brother Gu, let's rush to the front in one go!" Xiong Hei could see the front of the team, and he couldn't help but be arrogant and wanted to take the lead, even the two brothers Du Heng and Du Xiong, who were already tired, were a little eager to try.
"We can already guarantee the pass guò assessment, so why bother to force this limelight?" There are more than 800 people in the thirteen to fifteen-year-old group, and now they can pass the pass guò assessment steadily.
"Why not? Wouldn't it be better to be the first?" Du Heng couldn't help but say, they were already very convinced of Ming Xuan along the way, but they were young and crazy, who didn't want to fight for the first place?
"It's good to pass guò, this is just the first assessment that has just begun, and it should also be the easiest assessment, you have to save your strength to cope with the subsequent assessment. "Mingxuan's consideration is not just today's assessment, but a long-term plan.
Several people were immediately completely convinced, and they also extinguished their desire to win, although Ming Xuan was not the oldest in it, but everyone admired him very much, and unconsciously let him be the leader.
"Haha, we're finally here!Tong guò assessment!" The last few people passed the assessment with a ranking of 100 numbers, and when Du Heng and Du Xiong were registered, they were so excited that they danced with their hands, and even Xiong Hei was laughing on the side, but Ming Xuan's face was calm.
"The assessment is expected, but there is no need to be so excited, but the vast majority of the people who pass the guò assessment are already tired and out of breath, but there are also many who are not red and heartbeat, and their breath is also very calm, it seems that this selection is Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. Ming Xuan carefully observed the crowd of people who had passed the assessment, and his face was a little solemn.