Chapter 6: Between Life and Death
The next day, early in the morning.
Lingjian Cliff.
The sky was slightly bright, and Gu Qingzhou had already come to the back mountain. The temperature difference between day and night in the mountains was extremely large, and the sky was still slightly cool in the morning, Gu Qingzhou couldn't help but shiver.
Standing at the bottom of the Lingjian Cliff, Gu Qingzhou looked up. I saw that the cliff wall above was extremely smooth, like a mirror, and there were clouds and mist around it, as far as the eye could see, the depth was not the top.
"Shhh
Gu Qingzhou instantly felt that his scalp was numb, his blood pressure was rising, and his whole person was not good.
Gu Qingzhou sighed, looked at the topless cliff in front of him with some despair, and scolded in his heart: "This old man actually asked me to climb the Lingjian Cliff, and I was not allowed to use spiritual power, didn't I want the life of the master." ”
Gu Qingzhou looked around, only to see that there was an incomparably clear waterhole on the left, and a waterfall flowed straight down from the top of the Lingjian Cliff and fell into the waterhole, like a silver dragon falling from the sky. The water overflows from the edge of the pool and merges into a small stream that flows to the periphery of the stream.
On the right is the smooth, steep mountain wall, bare and completely covered with rock, with only a few dwarf shrubs growing in a few places with dirt.
Gu Qingzhou sighed again, with a sad look on his face.
Now, no amount of complaining will help. He simply shook his head, and made up his mind to prove it to his old man.
Gu Qingzhou simply moved his muscles and bones to avoid muscle cramps in the process of climbing up.
After the activity, Gu Qingzhou took off his shirt, so that his new clothes would not be scratched by rocks or branches.
"Bang Bang!"
Gu Qingzhou simply stretched his body, and the bones of his whole body made a snapping sound. The eight-pack abdominal muscles are particularly obvious, with clear layers, the palms are clenched into fists, the arms are slightly forced, and the biceps brachii are almost perfectly displayed, which is simply the figure that countless men dream of in their hearts.
Since Gu Qingzhou can remember, he has lived under the crazy torture of drunkards every day.
I still remember that when he was only five or six years old, the drunkard would supervise him every day to lift a stone weighing more than 100 pounds to practice walking. Later, when he was older, he began to practice running with a stone, and then 200 catties, 300 catties, and 500 catties......
It is precisely over the years, in the almost devilish training of drunkards, that Gu Qingzhou's current almost perfect figure has been created.
"Let's get started. ”
Gu Qingzhou took a deep breath, found a place with a slightly slower slope, and climbed up directly with his bare hands.
Five meters.
Ten meters.
Twenty meters.
......
After a long time, the sun broke through the clouds and sprinkled on Gu Qingzhou's back, which was warm and comfortable.
However, Gu Qingzhou on the cliff was exhausted, and his hands were also cut by the hard rock, and blood flowed out.
But he didn't have time to care about his injured hands, and his eyes glanced at both places casually, and his heart was overjoyed.
It turned out that Gu Qingzhou found that there was a small platform slightly raised from a rock above him, just enough to climb there and stop.
Gu Qingzhou gasped sharply in his mouth, and the tension in his heart finally relaxed slightly. He looked down, his vision was blocked by the clouds, and a feeling of dizziness came, and the slightly relaxed mood tightened.
"I'll go, it's so high, I'm scared to death. ”
Gu Qingzhou climbed onto the small platform and cursed in his heart.
The platform was extremely small, only able to accommodate his two feet, standing there, Gu Qingzhou was always clinging to the mountain wall, and he no longer dared to look down easily.
With great difficulty, he wiped the beads of sweat oozing from his forehead with his right hand, and looked up again, only to see that the cliff was still high and could not see the top of the cliff at all.
"No, if you climb down, your life will be gone. Gu Qingzhou wailed in his heart, and his two arms were also trembling.
After resting, Gu Qingzhou took a deep breath, turned his heart sideways, and controlled his body with difficulty to continue to climb up.
Fifty meters.
Seventy meters.
Eighty meters.
The sun had already begun to radiate its heat, scorching on Gu Qingzhou's back, feeling hot, like roasting in a furnace.
Gu Qingzhou's whole body strength had been exhausted, and he was completely holding on to his breath, so that he could stick firmly to the mountain wall and not fall.
His mouth was panting heavily, his chest heaving violently, and his heart pounding, barely providing strength for his whole body.
"Dead old man, it's almost going to kill me, and I'm not allowed to use spiritual power. Gu Qingzhou scolded again in his heart.
He clung to the mountain wall, holding on to his will to prevent himself from falling, and his cheeks and body were cut by the bushes and rocks on the mountain wall, and bright red blood slipped from his cheeks and dripped down the cliff.
"Dead old man, kill me to see who will give you a pension. Gu Qingzhou's legs trembled and trembled, but his mouth was still crawling and thinking about it.
Ninety meters.
One hundred meters.
The sun had moved overhead, and under the direct rays of the sun, the feeling of heat enveloped Gu Qingzhou, constantly destroying his body, and even destroying his consciousness.
Gu Qingzhou's eyes had begun to turn black at this time, his brain was extremely deprived of oxygen, the strength of his whole body was completely exhausted, his arms and legs were extremely sore, and he was shaking non-stop.
At this time, he could no longer speak, and the only bit of reason left in his mind told him that he must persevere, otherwise he would be crushed for a moment.
Gu Qingzhou glanced up, and unconsciously, the top of the cliff had appeared in his field of vision, and he couldn't help but be overjoyed in his heart, victory was just around the corner.
He breathed in the fresh air violently in his mouth, and the whole person lay tightly on the mountain wall, trying to relieve his strength.
Unexpectedly, the rock under his feet suddenly loosened and slid down. Gu Qingzhou's entire body also fell down together due to the unstable center of gravity.
"It's over. ”
Gu Qingzhou's brain was completely blank, he felt the sound of the wind whistling in his ears, he felt like he was flying in the air, and there seemed to be a bird flying in front of him, still greeting him. Suddenly, he felt like he was lying on a huge sheet of cotton, fluffy and unusually comfortable.
"Is this a heavenly wonderland?"
Gu Qingzhou only felt that his head was sinking a little, his brain began to be extremely deprived of oxygen, and hallucinations had already appeared in front of him.
"Is that just the way he died?"
Gu Qingzhou's eyes couldn't open anymore, only the last trace of reason remained in his heart.
The desire to survive, the only remaining reason kept calling out to him, slapping him, calling him to wake up.
"No, I want to live, I still have a lot to do, I still have to live to find out my origins. ”
Gu Qingzhou's consciousness kept churning in his mind, and his desire to survive was infinitely magnified at this moment, making him sober up instantly.
"I have so much to do, I can't die. Gu Qingzhou shouted, stimulated by the absolute desire to survive, he had completely sobered up, and the physical exhaustion and pain had completely disappeared.
He forced his body to turn in the air, rubbing his hands and feet against the wall and falling, using resistance to slow his fall.
During the struggle, Gu Qingzhou suddenly saw a small tree growing horizontally on the mountain wall not far below.
Driven by a strong desire to survive, he used all his strength to hold the little tree tightly.
The huge impact force generated by the fall made the small tree shake violently and sway, as if it could break at any time, causing Gu Qingzhou to fall again.
Gu Qingzhou lay tightly on the life-saving tree, not daring to move, for fear that it would not be able to withstand the weight and break off.
But fortunately, the little tree finally persevered under the violent shaking and withstood the impact of that force.
Gu Qingzhou hugged the little tree with both hands, panting heavily.
The strong impact also made his body a little unbearable, but at this life-and-death juncture, he couldn't care about these anymore, and his hands were always holding this last straw tightly.
"Whew...... Whew......"
Gu Qingzhou breathed in the fresh air, his body was already full of wounds, he was injured by the rock when he fell, and he was still bleeding outward at the moment. However, he was completely out of control.
"Dead old man, you really want my life! Fortunately, my lord is blessed with a great life!"
Gu Qingzhou scolded secretly in his heart.
After the tempering of life and death just now, a strong resentment and dissatisfaction welled up in Gu Qingzhou's heart, and this resentment and dissatisfaction was not directed at anyone, but against himself.
"The world is so cruel, if you don't have the strength, then how can you explore the mystery of your own background?"
"And the old man of the drunkard, although he was picked up by him on the Minjiang River, although he has been thinking of ways to torture me since I was a child, but without him, where would I be now. ”
"Although he looks so lazy all day long, he doesn't seem to be interested in anything. But I know that when he was young, he was also a graceful and dashing man! Something must have happened to him now, and as his only disciple, how could I bear to see him so depressed all day long. ”
Therefore, Gu Qingzhou has been cultivating hard since he was a child, no matter how painful the drunkard's methods are. No matter how the drunkard tortured him, he gritted his teeth and pushed through.
The top of the cliff of Lingjian Cliff.
The drunkard stood on the edge of the cliff on crutches, and the wind on the top of the cliff rustled his clothes, but he didn't care.
The golden light in his eyes slowly faded, and the drunkard stroked his remaining black hair, and his right hand skillfully reached to his waist and touched the wine gourd.
The drunkard's eyes narrowed slightly, and he took two sips.
"Not bad, not bad. ”
The drunkard smacked his lips, and his eyes swept down the cliff again, as if he was praising the wine in the gourd, and as if he was talking about Gu Qingzhou on the cliff.
Then he turned around and drank the little wine that was left in the gourd, and then burped with satisfaction.
"Take advantage of the drunkenness in the wine, dare to hold the sword and the sky!"
With a long whistle, the drunkard hung the wine gourd back on his waist, and with a gentle stroke of the cane in his hand, he rode the mountain wind and left in style.