Chapter 4: The Cliff of Life and Death

Xiao Ling turned around and walked into the attic, and what he saw was a hall several zhang in size, and there was an offering table against the wall, on which some fruits and drinks were placed. A purple incense burner was still burning, and a scent of red sandalwood permeated the hall. There is a statue at the top, I don't know what material Lu Dao is made of, but the statue is lifelike, it is a middle-aged Taoist priest in a purple robe, but he can't see his face clearly, but his eyes are shining, as if he is emitting a glow. Xiao Ling's eyes were dizzy, and he stepped forward and bowed respectfully. Looking around, the hall was very clean and the tables were spotless. In the corner, there are several small pots of unknown verdant trees, which exude a very fresh atmosphere. On the left-hand side of the hall there is a wooden staircase that rotates upward.

Xiao Ling didn't stay too long in the hall and went up the stairs directly. On the third floor, Xiao Ling found an uninhabited room, pushed the door in, and hung a plaque on the door.

There is only one bed, a black wooden table and a rattan chair in the room. There was a tray on the table, which contained several kinds of fruits, which Xiao Ling had never seen.

At this time, Xiao Ling also felt very tired, sleeping in the open all the way, and often beware of wild beasts and villains, which was indeed a very cruel thing for a teenager, but fortunately, Xiao Ling finally survived.

Xiao Ling sat at the table, picked up the unknown fruit and ate it, the fruit was very sweet. I felt full after eating a few times, and I hadn't been so happy for a long time.

After a few yawns, the suppressed drowsiness reoccupied Xiao Ling's little head, and Xiao Ling fell asleep at the end.

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Early the next morning, Xiao Ling was woken up by a slightly noisy sound outside. When I walked to the window and looked, there were already some young men and women walking in the woods outside.

Xiao Ling felt a little hungry, and walked to the table to eat all the remaining fruits from yesterday before he was satisfied. Seven or eight hours of rest filled Xiao Ling's spirit. After moving around the house for a while, I thought about today's trial. Anyway, no matter how dangerous it was, Xiao Ling's heart to the Dao would never waver. For Xiao Ling, the path of cultivation is his ultimate goal, not only his family or parents, but also Xiao Ling himself. After listening to some of the things that Mr. Zhu told Xiao Ling about cultivation, Xiao Ling had already made up his mind that if he couldn't join Qingyunmen, then he would also go all over the world to find a way to cultivate.

"All the trialists go to the open space in front of the cliff, the trial is about to begin!" Xiao Ling had just arrived outside the attic when he heard a thunderous sound echoing in the air. More young men and women came out of the attic and marched into the clearing. Xiao Ling didn't delay, and walked directly to the open space.

At this time, the open space was already full of young men and women, and Xiao Ling stood in the crowd and looked left and right. Most of the young men and women are in groups of three or five, and there are very few people like Xiao Ling.

Although I didn't know each other, there were still a few people who asked Xiao Ling to pay more attention, one was a little girl about the same age as Xiao Ling, with white skin and a lovely face, and the other was a fifteen or sixteen-year-old boy. The little girl attracted Xiao Ling's attention because there were more than 20 young men and women around her, and Xiao Ling vaguely heard someone call her "Miss Jade". can make so many people revolve around and have the surname Yu, then there are only the children of the Yu family who control Qingzhou. Looking at the little girl's appearance, she should be a descendant of the Yu family. However, the little girl gave Xiao Ling a strange feeling. And the boy is alone like Xiao Ling, the boy looks ordinary, with slightly dark skin, thick eyebrows and big eyes, and his eyes are more focused. The teenager gave Xiao Ling a lot of oppression, a little like the feeling of twins yesterday, but not so strong. Xiao Ling looked at the crowd around him and kept thinking. However, the sound of the crowd chirping continued, and the open space seemed very noisy.

"Everyone, be quiet, the trial is about to begin. Just as Xiao Ling looked around, a thunderous sound came from above the clearing, and then three figures slowly appeared in the air in front of the cliff.

In the center is a stout man in a purple robe, a thin young man on the left, and a middle-aged beautiful woman on the right. The three of them glanced at the crowd below, and the clearing fell silent. Xiao Ling felt like he was being seen through by the three of them, and when he looked at the young men and women around him, his eyes changed, and it seemed that everyone felt the same. Xiao Ling was secretly shocked in his heart, and watched the three of them stand quietly.

"The trial begins immediately, and it is divided into three levels, the first level is the cliff of life and death, which requires you to climb to the temple on the cliff within two hours, the second level is the boundless illusion, you can step into the temple on the cliff and be able to stay in it for more than two hours before you can pass the level, and the third level is only after you have passed the second level to be qualified to know the way. Trials can be very dead, and if you are not mentally prepared, you can give up now. The path of cultivation is a journey against the heavens, and only those with high mind and strong perseverance can go far. Qingyunmen does not leave mediocre people, we only need the best people. Regardless of whether the participants in the trial can pass or survive, the Qingyun Sect will reward their families or sects. If you decide to participate in the trial, you must sign a blood oath. Remember, it is strictly forbidden to fight each other during the trial, and if you find out, you will be disqualified from the trial. Now you drop a drop of blood on this vow scroll, and you can climb the cliff of life and death. The trial begins. After the big man finished speaking, a golden scroll appeared in his hand, the scroll slowly opened, and in a blink of an eye, it turned into hundreds of zhang in size, covering the entire open space in front of the cliff, and the scroll was full of golden light, and it was inscribed with ancient texts. The number of words is not much, and it is more than 100 words. After Xiao Ling saw the words on it clearly, he bit his finger without hesitation, and dripped blood, and the blood was wrapped in golden light and submerged into the scroll.

When the blood was submerged in the scroll, Xiao Ling felt as if he was being watched by something. This is probably the power of the blood oath!

The young men and women around him were constantly dripping blood, and some were withdrawn from the trial, and there were about a hundred of them. At this time, the scroll slowly shrunk and turned into a golden scroll again, submerging into the sleeve of the big man.

"The trial begins!" said the big man loudly.

Thousands of young men and women rushed to the precipice of life and death. Xiao Ling huddled in the crowd. For Xiao Ling, there is no problem in climbing the cliff, but due to the time limit, he must climb to the top of the cliff as soon as possible.

The cliff of life and death is not too high, that is, two or three hundred zhang high. However, the mountain is steep, there are no mountain paths, but there are many protruding rocks, which can barely be climbed. Although it is possible to climb, it is still very difficult for these children, who are the oldest teenagers. And there are no auxiliary measures for climbing, and there will definitely be many people falling. Once you fall off the cliff, the probability of survival is still relatively small.

These should not be difficult for Xiao Ling, he often climbs nearby hills when he is at home, and his body is still very strong and flexible, and it is estimated that it will not be too difficult to climb the cliff.

Xiao Ling's small hand grasped the protrusion of the stone wall in front of him, his body was upward, and his feet were slightly sideways. Half an hour has passed, and Xiao Ling has climbed nearly half of the cliff. This cliff of life and death is indeed not easy to climb, far from the kind of hill that Xiao Ling used to climb at home. There are not many things that can be grasped on the cliff of life and death, and the cliff is very steep, and there are already three teenagers next to Xiao Ling who have fallen, and their lives and deaths are unknown.

It's been an hour, and Xiao Ling has climbed more than two-thirds of the way. Xiao Ling stood in a slightly stable place and rested slightly. There were already a few people approaching the top of the cliff in front, and the one in the front was the little girl surnamed Yu and the young man with slightly dark skin that Xiao Ling paid more attention to. The two climbed to the top of the cliff while Xiao Ling was resting and disappeared into the temple.

Xiao Ling shook his head, he didn't care too much, after all, there was still an hour, and it was enough to climb the remaining cliffs. Xiao Ling settled down and continued to climb up.

Countless disabled young men and women under the cliff were standing or lying, their eyes full of unwillingness. Because they know that they have lost an opportunity, and that they only have such an opportunity once in their lifetime. But to see so many young men and women who have lost their lives, they are lucky. It's good to be alive! A real thought came to these people's hearts!

When Xiao Ling was about to reach the top of the cliff, several people were discussing something in a cave above Qingyun Peak, the main peak of Qingyun Gate. The cave is not big, several zhang in size, the cave wall is inlaid with exquisite jade, and there are several night pearls on the top that emit a soft white light. There were only a few futons in the cave, and nothing else. There were four people sitting on the futon, three men and one woman, two old and two young. The four of them were dressed in purple robes, an old man with white hair like snow, an old man with extremely black skin, a slender girl with a delicate appearance, and a boy of seventeen or eighteen years old, who was handsome.

"Senior brother, the trials in various places have begun, and I hope that there will be many outstanding teenagers this time. The white-haired old man said to the boy.

"Well, the last few trials have been similar, and under normal circumstances, there are only more than 100 people who can pass the trials in each place. But today, I'm mainly going to talk about the place where the sun falls, this matter is the top priority for this door, and we must come up with corresponding measures. Today, I am here to negotiate a concrete method and inform the Supreme Decision. Jing Ling, let's talk about it first. The boy said.

"Yes. After months of investigation, it is almost certain that the strange treasure is in the world, but it is still unknown what the specific treasure is. There are already hundreds of sects investigating in the Land of the Fallen Sun. And in recent months, the heat in the Land of the Fallen Sun has slowly decreased, and if the estimate is correct, the strange treasure should have been obtained or already recognized. In addition, there are many major sects that have sent messages to this sect recently, and they are willing to pay a lot of money to collect information about strange treasures. If you can hand over the treasure, you can allocate an area of 10,000 miles to this sect for the development of this sect, and provide materials and elixirs for the middle sect for thousands of years. The girl said.

"Hmph! I'm afraid that they will regret it as soon as they get something, and it will not be our Qingyunmen who will be unlucky at that time. Besides, I'm afraid that the most memorable thing is still that Tiangang Palace!" said the black-haired old man.

"The second junior brother is right. At present, we still don't know what kind of treasure comes out of the land of the falling sun, and we still need to find out who got the treasure, maybe the treasure will be obtained by the trialist this time. If that's the case, it's necessary to search for the soul of the trialist. The boy said.

"Gu Chen, you think things too simply. You have been a Great Elder for so many years. At this time, a deep voice appeared in the cave, and the next moment a thin middle-aged man appeared in the cave, the middle-aged man, his face was as white as jade, his body was slender, and his eyes were like stars.

"Meet Taishang!" As soon as the four of them saw the middle-aged man, they immediately stood up and bowed.

"Sit down!" The middle-aged man shook his hand, and a jade futon was placed in the cave and sat down.

"Taishang, please make it clear about the place where the sun falls!" the boy said.

"Well, when the elder brother is out, I'll take care of this matter. In fact, no matter what treasures appear in the Land of the Fallen Sun, they have little to do with this gate. In terms of the current strength of this gate, the time to get the treasure is the day of destruction. So let's not think about the treasure, but resolve this crisis. I already know a little about the Land of the Fallen Sun, and the possibility of the treasure being born is very high, and it must have been obtained. It doesn't matter to us who gets it, whether it's a trialist or not. The middle-aged man said.

"Taishang, do you mean not to investigate the matter of the Fallen Sunfall and let it go?" asked the black-haired old man.

"Lu Li is right, but it's not that he doesn't care, but that he wants to investigate with great fanfare, but he doesn't investigate, and he wants to create a mentality that his own door will find treasures at all costs. If the other sects want to get information about our investigation, they will all agree. The middle-aged man said.

"Taishang, what Senior Brother said just now about searching for the soul of the trialists......"

"Soul searching must not be done. First, soul searching will have a negative impact on the trialist in the future, and even affect the future cultivation path, and second, once the treasure is found out where the trialist is, it will be troublesome. Not to mention anything else, there are still a lot of spies from other sects in the sect, maybe as soon as there is a result here, there will be a big sect over there. Therefore, the soul-searching thing must not be done. The middle-aged man interrupted without waiting for the girl to finish.

"Now you have to do a few things, first, send the elite to the place of the falling sun to find clues, but you don't need to find it very clearly, just make a show; second, end the trial as soon as possible, once the trial is over, arrange the disciples who have passed, and explain to the outside world that there is no harvest from the soul search; third, strengthen the defense of the sect, and the deficiencies must be improved within more than ten years; fourth, the several sects that are allied must be maintained, and fifth, the spies of the sect must be further investigated. When the incident occurred in the Land of the Falling Sun, the invasion of the Tiangang Hall may have to be advanced, fifty years at most. It seems that this will be a critical period for the survival of this sect. The middle-aged man frowned.

"Yes, Taishang!" the four men bowed and said.

At this time, Xiao Ling had already climbed to the top of the cliff, looked at the cliff behind him, gasped for a while, shook his head slightly, and walked towards the temple in front!