Chapter 5 Purple Bamboo Forest

On the top of the mountain, Xiao Ling looked at the temple in front of him, his eyes suspicious. The temple is hundreds of zhang big, magnificent, majestic atmosphere. From a distance, it feels like it is extremely large, but the temple is indeed only a few hundred zhang in size. The strange thing is that the temple does not have a door, but there is a jade platform made of white jade in front of the temple, and the jade platform is shrouded by a layer of white light curtain.

There is a street sign on the edge of the cliff that indicates that you must go up to the jade platform to enter the second level. Xiao Ling looked around and saw that he was the only one around, and walked towards the jade platform.

When he arrived at the jade platform, Xiao Ling did not hesitate, and directly stepped over the light curtain and went onto the jade platform.

When Xiao Ling stood on the jade platform, the light curtain immediately shook violently, the white light was released, and the next moment Xiao Ling's figure disappeared into the light curtain. At the same moment, Xiao Ling appeared in a room inlaid with yellow spars on all sides, the room was three zhang in size, and there was nothing inside.

The yellow spar was inscribed with strange runes, and when Xiao Ling appeared, the runes on the yellow spar in the entire room began to circulate, and emitted a yellow light. After a moment, the whole space twisted a little.

"Stick to your heart, everything is empty!" An old voice sounded in the room.

In the next moment, the runes formed a literary array, shrunk to a few inches in size, and disappeared into Xiao Ling's forehead. When the rune entered Xiao Ling's forehead, Xiao Ling's eyes slowly closed, as if he was asleep.

When the rune entered Xiao Ling's forehead, Xiao Ling only felt sleepy. Xiao Ling fell asleep in an instant.

But at this time, there was a different change in Xiao Ling's mind, and subconsciously Xiao Ling was already in another world.

Xiao Ling looked at the various ghosts in front of him and was secretly frightened. These ghosts come in a variety of shapes, some are legendary hanged ghosts with long tongues, some are cloaked and have fierce eyes, some are just skeletons, but the eyes are green in the skull, and many are half-human. These ghost creatures let out all kinds of strange cries from their mouths, and pounced on Xiao Ling with their teeth and claws.

Xiao Ling watched these ghosts pounce on them, and could only dodge in all directions. This is a hanged ghost's long nails have scratched Xiao Ling's arm, Xiao Ling's arm hurts for a while, and when he looks at it, blood flows. The other ghosts pounced on Xiao Ling's body at the same time, and began to gnaw or scratch.

"Stick to your heart, everything is empty!" When Xiao Ling's body became more and more painful, a voice came out from the depths of his mind.

The voice was like a clear spring, flowing in Xiao Ling's heart. Xiao Ling closed his eyes, ignored the ghosts around him, and let them go.

"Stick to your heart, everything is empty!I'll get out of your fears!" Xiao Ling's deep voice resounded in the space.

A moment later a fresh breeze blew, and the strange cries of the surrounding ghosts disappeared.

When I opened my eyes, the ghosts disappeared as if they had never appeared. At this time, Xiao Ling's consciousness was blurred for a while, and the entire space changed again, and Xiao Ling had already appeared in a huge hall.

The hall was dozens of zhang long and several zhang wide, and on both sides stood dozens of men, women, and children, dressed in purple robes. When I looked down, I saw that I was also wearing a purple robe, and there were three gold borders on the sides of the robe.

"See Taishang, congratulations on the success of Taishang Avenue!" At this time, the two rows of people bowed and saluted.

"Qi Taishang, the things that Taishang needs to ascend and cross the tribulation have been prepared. In order for Taishang to smoothly survive the catastrophe of ascension, Qingyunmen closed the sect for thirty years to prepare for Taishang's ascension. An old man with gray hair said.

"Well, this time I will spend ten years in retreat to prepare for the ascension, and twenty years to solve some foreign enemies for the sect. I will also choose some people with excellent qualifications among you to personally guide you, so that you can reach a higher level as soon as possible. The sect doesn't have to be closed for me for 30 years, just act normally. The sect should select more outstanding people to train and improve the strength of the sect as soon as possible. Now I will retreat, and after ten years, I will go out of the customs to eliminate foreign enemies. Go down and prepare!" Xiao Ling said in a deep voice.

"Yes, Taishang!" everyone bowed and exited the hall.

The next moment, Xiao Ling appeared in a gorgeous cave mansion, and the beautiful maid brought tea, melons and fruits. Xiao Ling sat in the cave mansion and closed his eyes and thought for a long time, and then appeared in a secret room, sitting cross-legged on an emerald green futon. The surrounding essence qi flowed erratically, and Xiao Ling's body was radiant.

Ten years later, Xiao Ling went out of the customs and gathered several elders and masters in the sect, half a month later, Xiao Ling led tens of thousands of outstanding cultivators of the sect to start cleaning the nearby sects, and three years later, thousands of nearby sects were destroyed, and Qingyunmen became the largest sect in the southwest corner of the mainland.

Ten years later, Qingyunmen's power accounted for nearly half of the mainland, and tens of thousands of sects were destroyed.

Fifteen years later, Qingyunmen unified the entire continent and became the only sect in the entire continent, and Xiao Ling's family also became the largest family in the entire continent. Xiao Lingwei's reputation was unparalleled for a while. People inside and outside the sect were all apprehensive when they mentioned Xiao Ling.

At this time, Xiao Ling retreated again.

Five years later, on the main peak of Qingyunmen, the seven-colored glow was shining, and the thunder was non-stop. The black thunderclouds enveloped the entire Qingyun Peak, and countless black thunder dragons rolled in the thunderclouds.

The Qingyun Gate Protector Sect Great Array activated, and countless pillars of light shot into the air, intertwining into a huge magic array, resisting the thunderclouds.

On a bluestone jade platform several zhang in size on the main peak, a slightly emaciated figure sat on it, and the figure had a soft glow, it was Xiao Ling. The runes on the jade platform tumbled, and at this time, a dragon in the thundercloud broke through the huge light array in the air and rushed straight towards Xiao Ling. Xiao Ling flicked his fingers, and suddenly a black ball flew towards the thunder and lightning dragon, and the moment the two came into contact, the lightning was shining, and the earth-shattering explosion sound spread everywhere.

A tiny thunderbolt dragon swooped down on Xiao Ling from the center of the explosion. The thunderbolt dragon landed on Xiao Ling's body, and the severe pain entered Xiao Ling's mind. Xiao Ling looked at the arm that turned charred in an instant, and his eyes showed a look of horror.

The next moment, dozens of thunderbolt dragons rushed straight towards Xiao Ling. With a wave of Xiao Ling's one hand, a jade bottle several inches in size flew into the air, instantly rising to more than a thousand zhang in size. Countless green filaments of light were released from the jade bottle, winding the dragon in the air. Dozens of thunderbolt dragons were pulled into the turquoise vial by the green light filament in the next moment.

...... Xiao Ling kept repeating the same action.

Half a day later, the thunderclouds in the sky dispersed, a seven-colored glow appeared in the sky, and a seven-colored disc appeared in front of Xiao Ling.

"Come up, and heaven and earth will be opened for you. A clear voice appeared in the air, and countless strange flowers floated to Qingyun Peak with bursts of strange fragrances.

"Stick to your heart, everything is empty!" Just as Xiao Ling stepped up to the seven-colored disc, a deep voice sounded in his heart. Xiao Ling was shocked, and when he looked around, there was nothing around, and all he had experienced just now was an illusion.

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In his consciousness, Xiao Ling constantly went through various experiences. There are not only things that have achieved the Great Dao, but also experiences such as becoming a monster or incarnating a ghost. However, every time Xiao Ling experiences it, he will wake up at a critical moment, and the time to be awake is getting shorter and shorter.

The next moment, when there were no more illusions around, Xiao Ling knew that he had passed the trial of the second level.

"Stick to your heart, I will walk out of your fears and temptations!" Xiao Ling opened his eyes and said.

It is surrounded by yellow hedron walls with runes inscribed on them, but the runes no longer flow. At this time, there was a white light at the top that shrouded Xiao Ling, and the next moment Xiao Ling disappeared into the white light.

In front of a purple bamboo forest, the white light flickered, and Xiao Ling's figure appeared in front of the bamboo forest.

The purple bamboo forest is very large, and you can't see the end at a glance, and Xiao Ling estimates that it is at least dozens of miles in size. These purple bamboos are very peculiar, with purple stems and purple leaves, each of which is a foot high and as thick as an adult man's thumb. The more knots the bamboo is, the darker the color, but the height and thickness of the bamboo are the same, there is no difference, and it looks as if it grows at the same time.

There was a low fence in front of the bamboo forest, and a small gate stood in front of Xiao Ling. There were three figures standing in front of the small door, it was the three people in front of the cliff of life and death, and at this time, there were already others who had passed the second level and came to the purple bamboo forest. But the three people in front of the door did not speak, and everyone waited in front of the fence. The two people Xiao Ling noticed earlier, the little girl surnamed Yu and the young man, also passed the second level, and they arrived a little earlier than Xiao Ling.

Half an hour later, there were already three or four hundred people standing densely in front of the purple bamboo forest, and no one appeared at this time.

The middle-aged man walked slowly in front of everyone, carefully looked at the young men and women in front of him, and said, "Nearly 400 people have passed the first two levels this time, which is better than the previous ones. First of all, I would like to congratulate you, passing the first two levels shows that you are very good, and you now at least have the qualifications to become the outer disciples of Qingyun Gate, but if you want to become an inner disciple of Qingyun Gate, you must also pass the third level. And the third level is this hundred-mile-old purple bamboo forest, the purple bamboo forest trial is relatively simple, but it may take a long time. The time is one month, and you are required to pass through the purple bamboo forest within one month, and cut ten white bamboos in the purple bamboo forest. The purple bamboo will turn white once every ten years, and it will only take about a quarter of an hour to turn white each time, so you have to find the purple bamboo that has turned white, and cut it off before it turns purple. Now come and get your tools, each with a machete, a rope, and a plant of herbs! Remember, you are not allowed to turn back, you can only go forward. Zizhu will attack the person with the breath who has reappeared. Once you retreat, you will be strangled by Zizhu. ”

The middle-aged man shook his hand after speaking, and a pile of machetes and ropes appeared on the ground, as well as some white wooden boxes.

At this time, the little girl surnamed Yu took the lead and walked over, picking up a machete, a rope and a white wooden box. People walked over one after another, and Xiao Ling also walked over in the crowd, picked up a machete, rope and wooden box, and entered the purple bamboo forest through the small door.