Evergreens still grow in autumn on Longmai Mountain, but most of the leaves have withered, and without the shade of dense foliage, it is easier to climb the mountain in autumn than in summer. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

The contestants of the 'Power Selection Competition' were all at the end of the day, and everyone started to climb from the foot of the mountain with the confidence of victory.

Starting from the foot of the mountain, everyone's strength seems to be the same, not much different from each other, like a jogging race on flat ground, but after climbing a third of the mountain, the contestants begin to have a distance between them.

One third of the way up the mountain was a red-painted tree, and Zheng Tang walked over and wrote his name on the tree: Zheng Tang.

Before Zheng Tang, there were already nine names on this red-colored tree.

There are more than 300 contestants, and the top 10 are: representatives of the Ling family, Ling Xiongba, Ling Xiongfang, Gao Ze, Lin Yu, Etu, representatives of the Fang family, Fang Nan'an, Fang Nahan, representatives of the Zhang family, Zhang Fei, representatives of the Zheng family, Zheng Minglong, and Zheng Tang.

The remaining 364 contestants gradually distanced themselves from each other.

Some hold on to the big tree and prepare to rest for a while to continue climbing, and some sit directly on the ground to rest, but most of them still insist on climbing.

Ling Du was among the three hundred and sixty-four, and he did not choose to continue climbing, but squatted on the ground.

He removed the dead leaves in front of him, and a soft, smooth ground was exposed in front of him, and he held the stone in his hand and stopped drawing.

He drew a dozen routes from this high mountain to the top of the mountain, and among these dozen routes, Ling Du screened two routes.

One of the routes is the longest, but the trail is easy to climb and there are few obstacles to the summit. The trail that everyone climbs now is the longest and seemingly easiest to climb.

The other is the shortest distance, but it is not easy to climb, and there are thorns on the road that are difficult to pass.

Ling Du thought for a while and decided to choose the shortest but not easy road to climb to reach the top of the mountain.

At this moment, the contestants around Ling Du have already surpassed Ling Du and are above Ling Du.

Ling Du looked behind him, it was empty, presumably he had become the last member of the more than three hundred contestants, thinking of this, Ling Du was even more sure of what he was thinking.

Immediately turn around and walk towards the shortest, most difficult path chosen.

It was a road that went straight to the top of the mountain.

The mountain climbing competition was supposed to be a comparison of everyone's perseverance and speed.

According to the path chosen by Ling Du, Ling needs to keep climbing to hope that he can climb to the top of the mountain within the specified time.

Ling Du naturally knew this, so he adjusted his breath. Head straight to the top of the mountain on the shortest route.

Of the 374 people who are now participating, more than 200 have climbed two-thirds of the mountain.

Xiongba and Xiongfang, who climbed in the top ten, looked around, but they didn't find Ling Du's figure.

Xiongba shook his head, he had already thought of it, as the weakest contestant in the Ling family, how could there be a miracle on him, presumably it would be good to be able to climb to one-third of the mountain now.

Xiongfang also smiled bitterly, wondering if his weak brother Ling could insist on climbing to the top of the mountain. But what he can be sure of is that he can win a top-10 finish.

Climbing to the front, the first place is the representative of the Fang family, Fang Nan'an.

Fang Nan'an lowered his head, only looked at the road under his feet, and walked very steadily step by step.

In Fang Nan'an's heart, there is always a pillar of high incense, and with every step, the high incense will burn a little, and the time from a stick of incense will be shorter.

Climbing in the second position was Ling Xiongba, he gritted his teeth, and it was already quite difficult to walk step by step, his steps were heavy, and his forehead was sweating. His eyes were always fixed on the figure in front of him, Fang Nan'an.

Climbing in third place was Etu, the only girl to climb to the top 10.

She stops every three steps, wipes her sweat, catches her breath, continues three more steps, and so on.

Xiongfang is also the proud representative of the Ling family, and this is the first time he has participated in this competition. At this time, the legs are like bound stones, and with every step of climbing, you can feel the pain coming from your legs.

He counted his fingers, starting from climbing to the third of the mountain, there were three people who surpassed him, if he was not mistaken, he should have climbed to the ninth place position now, but he also thought of the incense under the mountain, if he climbed to the top of the mountain, the high incense under the mountain burned out, then his efforts would not be in vain.

Thinking of this, Xiongfang took off his coat and continued to move towards the top of the mountain.

At the same time, the male who climbed in the second position also took off his heavy shirt, threw it aside, and continued to climb.

The reference to climbing two-thirds of the way up to the mountain are two yellow-painted trees with the names of the competitors who have climbed two-thirds of the mountain.

There were more than 200 contestants, looking at the names on the red trees representing two-thirds of the people, and decisively chose to give up the competition, and some went back the same way.

The remaining less than 100 competitors are competing for two-thirds of the way to the top of the mountain.

However, the third third of the way to the summit is difficult.

The shortest distance Ling Du had chosen to climb in a straight line had already covered a third of the mountain, but since there was no reference for the short path, Ling Du had no idea where he was in the mountain at all.

But he put a lot of pressure on himself in his heart, he must win the top ten, and he must not let his father and mother down.

Ling Du's legs were like lead blocks, his forehead was covered with sweat, and his coat had long been taken off, only a thin layer of white shirt.

He didn't even have time to wipe the sweat from his forehead, and he tried to climb every step, he didn't know if the high incense next to the goddess at the bottom of the mountain had burned out, and he didn't know if the ten flags on the top of the mountain had owners.

The question of the old lady of the Ling family sounded in his ears, and the eyes of Xiongba and Xiongfang.

"Ling Du's body is naturally weak, are you sure he can hold on to tomorrow's game?"

"Lingdu, this mountain is our Dragon Vein Mountain, the highest one. The time of a stick of incense is precious, and the brothers climb first. ”

"Yes. Lingdu, as long as you stick to the top of the mountain, it's fine. Don't be too embarrassed about yourself, my brother climbed first. ”

I thought of my mother's pale hair, gentle eyes, and gentle cough.

Ling Du's heart ached faintly, he knew that his mother was originally an immortal and could live like Uncle Tu Liang. It could have been as beautiful as Yuanyu Pei. But for the sake of him and his father, his mother was willing to be an ordinary mortal in the human tribe who was born, old, sick and died.

"Two Immortal Heels" That was Ling Du's dream, and he muttered, "You must win." ”

"For the sake of my mother, for my own sake, I must get the top ten and get the flag. ”

Ling Du still resolutely climbed up, and further on, there was a thorn tree.

The thorn trees are covered with slender wooden thorns, and each thorn tree is close together, forming a route that is difficult to traverse.

In autumn like this, the leaves of the thorn tree have withered and fallen, and the slender thorns are even more visible.

Ling put the coat in his hand back on, he had already thought of this land of thorns.

This shortest path with thorns, he had walked several times before, but all with a scythe, to make a way for himself to pass through it.

When Ling Du walked this path, it was still ten years in summer, and now it was autumn, and the road that was opened at that time, due to the fast growth rate of thorn branches, this place was now completely covered with thorns.

If you go around this thorny field, you won't be the closest to the top of the mountain.

Ling didn't hesitate, he put on the shirt in his hand, took a deep breath, and walked straight to the land of thorns.

Every step in the Land of Thorns was very difficult, although Ling Du chose to find the largest gap to drill through when he encountered a tall thorn tree, although he chose to step directly over it when he encountered a low thorn group. But the slender wooden thorns were merciless, cutting his arm and piercing the surface of his foot.

Sharp pain followed, and Ling Du was a little unsteady on his feet, but his mother's smile resurfaced in his mind, and his mother's gentle cough sounded. Father's expectation came from the helpless eyes of the Ling family's tribe, grandfather, and brothers.

"He wants to be the one who insists on working hard to the end! Even if the high incense under the mountain has burned out, even if he can't get the top ten places, he has to do his best to not let himself have room for regret!"

Ling Du gritted his teeth, and a stubborn ferocity that rose from his heart ignited.

"If I don't finish this year, I'll have to wait for the next 10 years. Ten years, Ling can wait. Can Mother wait?"

Ling Du muttered and shook his head, he didn't want to wait for next time, he was going to win this time.

That day, as if the statue of the magic capital he saw in a dream, he appeared in front of him, and under the cold wind like a knife, he managed to get close to the statue of the magic capital. What are the thorns now?

For the sake of him and his father, his mother was willing to let go of his immortal body and become an ordinary mortal. What are the thorns under your feet compared to your mother?

If you can cultivate immortals, cultivate two immortals, and save your mother, what are the thorns beside you?

Ling Du made up his mind, letting the thorns sting his body, and letting the blood stain the white shirt he wore inside. It seems that as soon as the mother's smile appears in front of her, the pain on her body will disappear.

He gritted his teeth and walked two-thirds of the way through the thorny jungle, where the thorns began to drip blood, red blood staining the dry tree bars.

In the dry and yellow thorn jungle, there was a dead silence, and the red thorn strips were glowing with red blood, forming an obvious blood path, and the blood was shocking red, but the red blood painted the long-dried thorn tree with the color of life.

Just as Ling Du gritted his teeth and walked through the land of thorns, in the thorn jungle, a few white buds grew on the blood-stained thorns, which were thorn flowers that had not grown in the whole summer, and they were in full bloom in the autumn wind at this moment.

Ling Du heard the sound of flowers blooming, but he didn't look back, and he didn't focus on the wounds in his body, but his eyes were determined and he climbed towards the top of the mountain.

After walking through the land of thorns, climb a hundred meters up to the top of the highest peak of Longmai Mountain.

Lingdu was only a hundred meters away from the top of the mountain, but for him, who was seriously injured in his foot, this 100 meters was like climbing up from the foot of the mountain again.

After walking a few meters, the pain in his feet forced Ling Du to take off his shoes, pull out the thorns that had pierced into the surface of his feet, and continue to climb. (It's not easy to get a new book, especially for support, collections, recommended votes, thank you!)