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The road is completely gone, and there is a steep slope from the mountainside to the top. It's hard to climb up, but it's even more terrifying to look down. It's dizzyingly high.
Li Hong jumped up and down the steep slope like a nimble goat, constantly looking for a suitable place for the bear boy and Zhao Xuan behind him. Sometimes it's the roots of a bush, sometimes it's the sharp corners of a large rock exposed. In each place, he put his feet firmly on it, and pointed it out to the bear boy behind him.
The bear boy pulled Zhao Xuan, and shouted very unceremoniously: "Foot here, see clearly, it's here! Step on your crooked kid and you're going to see the king of Hades! It's really useless, step on it steadily!"
Zhao Xuan didn't dare to refute half a sentence, and he didn't have time to refute. He was sweating profusely, and his hair was sticking to his face and neck, completely like two people compared to the image of the handsome rich boy who had just arrived. He held the bear boy's hand with one hand and didn't dare to relax, and with the other hand he supported the ground and climbed up with all his might. Several times the bear boy carried him by the neck like a chick and carried him to a safe foot.
However, such a trio is still very efficient, and they gradually move to the front of the group.
When the teenagers below saw it, many people followed suit, spontaneously forming groups of two or three, helping each other to climb up on the lower foot that Li Hong found. More and more teenagers are getting up from the ground again to join the climbing team.
At the top of the mountain, Lingpanzi and Lingshizi hid behind a big stone and watched this scene condescendingly.
Ling Panzi said: "Senior Brother Shouzao, is it a violation for the three of them to do this? We used to use this method to screen candidates, but no one has ever helped each other climb up!"
Ling Shizi smiled slightly, and said leisurely: "According to my old man's opinion, this method is good, which shows that these boys are very united." But don't let them worry too much. β
He rolled his eyes, his right hand wrapped in a circle in his sleeve, and his palm pushed outward.
Suddenly a whirlwind arose, and the whirlwind became bigger and bigger, and with a loud bang, a crumbling boulder on the top of the mountain broke away from its original position, tumbled and tumbled downward. The boulder rolled faster and faster, and the momentum was terrifying, bringing up a large amount of dust, gravel, grass roots, and sawdust, and quickly approaching Li Hong and the three of them.
Li Hong heard a strange sound overhead, and looked up to see a large black shadow quickly covering himβthe big stone was impartially smashing on top of their heads.
He shouted, "Second brother, get out of the way!" and his body shrank and rolled quickly along the slope of the steep slope to avoid the direction of the falling rock.
The bear boy was not slow to react, and wanted to let go of Zhao Xuan's hand, but Zhao Xuan even added another hand and clutched it tightly, and shouted: "Senior brother, help!"
The bear boy was taken by Zhao Xuan, his feet slipped, he sat on the ground with his butt, became a rolling gourd, and hugged Zhao Xuan and slid down. The boulder chased the direction in which they had tumbled. There was a series of loud rumbles, and the mountain shook.
The young men behind exclaimed in unison, busy avoiding it.
Li Hong was in a hurry. In the midst of the crisis, I don't know where the eyesight and urgency came from, and with a sweep of my eyes, I already held a large sharp stone in my hand, and my whole body fit forward, and I slid down the slope upside down.
The teenagers below turned pale with fright and shouted in unison: "Be careful!"
It turned out that Li Hong's action looked like sending his head to the place where the boulder was about to fall!
With a loud bang, the boulder came into contact with the steep slope again, Li Hong's upper body was shrouded in the boulder, and the timid boy was so frightened that he closed his eyes and didn't dare to look at it again.
The boulder bounced up again, but it was also strange that this time it was bounced diagonally to the side, only to hear a series of valley echoes, the boulder had rolled down to the bottom of the deep valley, and no one was pressed.
The dust cleared, and a figure staggered to its feet. The teenagers could clearly see that it was Li Hong! His face was covered with ash, with a victorious smile, and his teeth looked extremely white in the sun. As soon as he raised his hand, he threw a sharp stone diagonally.
"It's amazing!" the teenagers were shocked and shouted frantically.
On the top of the mountain, the two old Taoists looked at it with a smile.
Ling Panzi said: "Senior Brother Shouzao, this Li Hong is not simple! He actually judged the landing point of the big stone in a short period of time, and used the power of the fall to pry the big stone open with a small stone. It's not easy, it's a good seedling!"
"Haha, of course my old man's vision is good!" Ling Shizi laughed wildly, "In fact, the inside of the big stone has been shocked by me, and it can't be broken even if it hits people." The key is whether you have the courage or not. β
Ling Panzi smiled, "Now it's my turn to play." "On tiptoes, the whole person has already fluttered into the air.
The sudden accident shook the teenagers a lot, and many of them once again mustered up the courage to get up from the ground and climb to the top of the mountain.
Seeing that he was about to reach the top of the mountain, the exhausted Zhao Xuan also had the strength, and for the first time he shook off the bear boy's hand and climbed hard alone.
Victory was in sight, but Li Hong, who was at the front of the team, stopped.
In front of him is a cliff that goes straight up and down, so high that you can't see the top, and you don't know how wide it is; it is like a high wall, and it is tight and solid in front of you.
Ling Panzi's voice floated in the wind: "This cliff is actually only ten zhang high, and if you climb up, you will reach the top of the mountain." Hurry up, it's not early. β
The dusk sun had already sunk to the back of the mountain, and it was about to set. There are only ten zhang left. This should be the final test. Li Hong clenched his fists and moved his gaze to the cliff. Although the cliff goes straight up and down, there are some small criss-crossing cracks on it. Some of these small cracks are enough for a finger to fit into, and some are barely enough to step on a toe. Li Hong raised his gaze and found that these small cracks extended all the way to the top, and he immediately had a spectrum in his heart.
He turned back to Xiong Xiaozi and Zhao Xuan and said, "I'll go first, remember to see my foothold." "He wasn't worried about Xiong Boy at all, as for Zhao Xuan, he could only rely on himself now.
Li Hong jumped up, grabbed the stone wall with both hands and hung his body up, and immediately stepped into the small crack on his two toes, crawling up like a big gecko.
Seeing that Li Hong had climbed to a height of one zhang, the bear boy in the back turned to Zhao Xuan and said, "It's my turn." You remember that you must kick your feet firmly before you can change hands!" After saying that, he also jumped and followed Li Hong to climb up step by step.
Zhao Xuan gasped heavily, and secretly complained in his heart. I thought I was just climbing the mountain, but in the end, I had to climb this extremely dangerous cliff, my physical strength was exhausted, and my hands and feet were sore, and it was really fatal! But when I saw Li Hong climbing higher and higher, a young man behind him began to push him, and the man shouted: "Li Hong has climbed so high that he can't even see the foothold clearly if he doesn't follow up! You can't get up? I can't get on me!"
Zhao Xuan's heart is horizontal, the left and right are death, if you fight over, you can be included in the door wall by the Immortal Sect, and you have to try to die!
He turned his head coldly, remembered the appearance of the young man who was urging him behind him, and snorted, "I'll go now." Don't blame me for not reminding you, I don't have enough physical strength, if you dare to follow the place I stepped on and climb up, be careful that I fall and hit you on the head, I won't complain that someone is giving me a back. β
The boy was speechless.
Zhao Xuan moved his five fingers, jumped over, and barely reached the stone crack. He also climbed up little by little like a big gecko. It's just that this big gecko's butt is pouted high, and the posture is strange, which is too far from Li Hong's bear boy.
Li Hong silently calculated the distance, one zhang, two zhang, three zhang...... It's already half......
The sky was getting darker and darker, and Li Hong clinged to the stone wall and climbed up a little bit. Just when he was only four feet high from the top of the mountain, his heart suddenly slammed, and he found that he couldn't see the color of the stone wall in front of him.
I don't know when it got foggy. The fog came strangely, extremely sudden, viscous and thick, and it was just around the stone wall, and the line of sight could only be seen at most four feet away, and the top of the bear boy's black round head could be faintly seen downward, except that nothing could be seen clearly. The mountain tops at the top of the mountain, the mountain scenery in the distance, are all gone.
At this time, the mountain does get foggy, but then the rock wall becomes very slippery, and you have to climb to the top before the rock wall is completely wet.
Li Hong lowered his head and shouted: "Second brother is about to climb, it's foggy!"
The bear boy under him responded sullenly, the speed was really faster, Li Hong was about to continue to climb up, and suddenly a figure quickly passed through the thick fog and brushed the bear boy, and quickly came to his side.
Li Hong was dumbfounded, it was actually Zhao Xuan. The kid's face was covered with sweat or water, his clothes were clinging to his body, and his body was shaking like chaff, but despite this, he crawled even more quickly than the bear boy.
Zhao Xuan also urged: "Climb quickly! Look at what I'm doing!"
Li Hong nodded and continued to climb up. It should be almost the top.
One foot, two feet...... Suddenly, hearing Zhao Xuan's exclamation, Li Hong turned his head, just in time to see Zhao Xuan's feet slip, and the whole person fell quickly.
Li Hong didn't think about it, stretched out his right hand and grabbed Zhao Xuan's collar. With a snort, the collar was torn, and Zhao Xuan still screamed and fell down. He had just fallen a few feet before his figure suddenly stopped, and someone seemed to be holding him up below.
Through the thick fog, I vaguely saw that the bear boy was holding Zhao Xuan's right foot with one hand like a Tota Li Heavenly King, just holding him in mid-air. Zhao Xuan was saved, his face was so white and gray, and he leaned weakly against the stone wall and couldn't move.
The fog was too thick to see the bear boy's face clearly, and when he heard his teeth clenched loudly, he obviously used his strength to support Zhao Xuan.
Li Hong immediately decided: "Give me your right hand quickly!"
Zhao Xuan reluctantly stretched out a hand, and Li Hong held his wrist and lifted it vigorously without moving. Li Hong was afraid that the bear boy would be too heavy, but he couldn't let go of Zhao Xuan's hand.
The three of them are stuck in mid-air on the stone wall.
No matter how Li Hong urged Zhao Xuan, he couldn't move his legs. The bear boy below was silent, and Li Hong couldn't see his face clearly, but from the fact that he couldn't speak, he could see that the bear boy was very struggling.
He was in a hurry, bowed his head and shouted to Zhao Xuan: "You quickly turn around and grab the stone wall and climb up, if you drag it down, we will all be affected by you!"
Zhao Xuan's eyes were closed, leaning sideways against the stone wall, and he replied after a while: "My legs are weak, I really can't climb......
Li Hong couldn't wait to slap him when he saw his pus-filled appearance, and he was anxious, but he could only say patiently: "I will never let go, you just need to turn around and step on the stone wall!"
"I still can't move......"
Suddenly, the bear boy at the bottom snorted. Someone exclaimed: "Whose blood is sprayed all over Lao Tzu's face!"
The second brother had already suffered internal injuries, and the nameless fire rushed up from the soles of Li Hong's feet, and he said coldly: "Are you really unwilling to climb by yourself?"
Zhao Xuan heard that Li Hong's tone was wrong, and said tremblingly: "What are you going to do?"
The fire went straight to his head, and Li Hong smiled coldly: "No, second brother let go! This kind of soft egg is not worth losing our two lives!" After speaking, he let go of his right hand that was gripping Zhao Xuan's wrist. Zhao Xuan's weight all fell on the bear boy.
The bear boy's body trembled, but he still held on to the soles of Zhao Xuan's feet.
Li Honggao shouted: "Second brother, let go!" stretched out his leg and kicked Zhao Xuan fiercely, hitting Zhao Xuan's heart.
With a long scream, Zhao Xuan blinked backwards and fell into the thick fog and disappeared. Li Hong didn't look at Zhao Xuan, and lowered his head to carefully identify the figure of the bear boy. Gradually, it became clear that the bear boy was still in place.
Li Hong breathed a long sigh of relief and said clearly: "Second brother, work hard, and you will go to the top of the mountain immediately." β
Soon, Li Hong climbed to the top of the mountain with his feet on the ground, and stretched out his hand to pull the bear boy up. The bear boy's mouth was bloodied, and his face was gray. Li Hong patted him on the back, and the two of them collapsed to the ground.
In mid-air, Ling Panzi frowned and said, "This kid is so ruthless. He muttered again: "Although Zhao Xuan is physically exhausted, his qualifications are still okay, not to mention that he is a descendant of that person, we have to accept it." Senior Brother Shouzao, what do you think we should do with Li Hong's kid?"
Lingshizi was silent, twisting a few scorched mouse beards and didn't know what he was thinking.
Ling Panzi said again: "Either enter the door first, after all, he can be considered to have passed the test." If he is still so temperamental in the future, hmph, it's a big deal to sit on a cold bench for him. We are nine out of the door, and we have never lacked talents!"
Ling Shizi suddenly asked, "What if you encounter this kind of thing? If it is me in danger with an outsider at the same time, will you save me or the outsider with whom I have no friendship?"
Lingpanzi was dumbfounded.