Chapter 7: The Fog Gate
"No, did you hear it wrong" Jun Fanyu pricked up his ears and listened carefully, but there was no sound.
Ali shook her head and listened again, "Hey, who are you, come and help me", although the voice was small and intermittent, but Ali was sure that someone was calling them.
"Brother Xiaoyu, someone really called us, the voice is over there, let's go and have a look" Ah Li pointed in one direction.
Jun Fanyu followed Ah Li for a while, and Ah Li said, "Brother Xiaoyu, the voice is getting louder and louder."
Jun Fanyu shook his head, he still didn't hear anything.
Ah Li felt very strange, obviously the voice was already very loud, why couldn't Brother Xiaoyu hear it?
Soon, Ah Li stopped and shouted, "Hey, is there anyone?"
"No, it's here, why is there nothing, there is obviously a voice" Ah Li frowned and scratched the back of her head, this is the place with the loudest sound, but why is there nothing?
Ah Li took Jun Fanyu to look around the voice for a while, and finally found nothing, and paused, "Forget it, don't look for it, Brother Xiaoyu, let's find Wumen first."
For a long time, Ah Li couldn't hear the voice anymore, and the white fog around him began to fade slowly, and Jun Fanyu could see some of the surrounding scenes clearly.
At this time, he and Ah Li were standing on a muddy mountain road, next to many trees and messy green grass.
After walking for a while, the field of vision became a little wider again, and a bluestone staircase appeared in front of which I couldn't see how many steps there were, could this be the staircase leading to the fog gate? Jun Fanyu and Ah Li were very excited.
"Hurry up, go, this is definitely the way to the fog gate" Ah Li dragged Jun Fanyu up.
Stepping on the stone steps, Jun Fanyu and Ah Li walked faster, I don't know how long they walked, and I don't know how many steps they walked, Jun Fanyu and Ah Li finally walked to the end of the stone steps.
At this time, Jun Fanyu and Ah Li were panting, and in front of them, an arched stone pillar door engraved with complicated graphics rose from the ground.
The arched pillar door is tall and majestic, and at a glance you can see the word "fog" composed of white mist in a concave circular character frame at the top.
The word "fog" comes to life as the swam white mist swims, as if it is about to jump out of the arched pillar gate at any moment.
"This word is so beautiful!" Ah Li couldn't help but praise, "Brother Xiaoyu, isn't this the fog gate, we have finally arrived."
Jun Fanyu looked at the smart fog word on the arched pillar door and nodded excitedly, it has been a year since they left the island, they finally arrived, this should be the fog gate.
Approaching the arched pillar gate, there is a bluestone tablet on both sides, the tablet is engraved with words, and the stone tablet on the right is engraved:
The green mountains and clouds do not leave people, and they are mortals who come and go.
Engraved on the left is:
Yesterday's prosperity is gone, and in the future, it will be cultivated as the fate of the Tao.
Connected like a poem, Jun Fanyu and Ah Li don't quite understand this meaning, but they can feel the sense of detachment from the world revealed in these words.
Jun Fanyu read the verses on the stele, and recited Jun Fanyu found that it was wrong, and suddenly, Jun Fanyu was startled, "Strange, how do I know the words on this stele?"
"That's right, how do we know the words on it," Ali also reacted at this time.
The two finally realized that the words on it were the words that Jun Fanyu had taught the people on the island.
Jun Fanyu's mood at this time can no longer be described as excited.
Entering the stone arch, there is a bluestone road behind the door, with many stone pillars on both sides, and the stone pillars are carved with similar patterns as those on the arch, and the stone pillars extend along the stone path until a large circular jade square.
There were many people in the square at the moment, mainly three people, a middle-aged square-faced man with some hard stubble, an elderly man with a three-inch beard, and a woman with a slightly sad look in her eyes, all three of whom were elders of the fog gate.
Behind the elders were more than a dozen disciples of the Fog Sect, and in front of them were nearly a hundred teenagers and girls.
The boys and girls were divided into two distinct groups, one with confidence and smiles on their faces, and the other with a very lost look.
The square-faced elder of the Lord flicked his sleeves, put his hands behind his back, looked at the left and said, "The new disciples of this time have all completed the pulse test, congratulations on staying and becoming a disciple of the Fog Gate."
Then the square-faced elder turned his face to the right and sighed, "Although you have proved your firmness and sincerity in your cultivation on the Misty Mountain Road, you have no chance with the Fog Gate, so go down the mountain."
After saying that, the old man flicked his sleeves again and ordered the two disciples to send these people who did not pass down the mountain.
The two black-clothed disciples standing on the side immediately jumped to the side of the group, ready to lead the dozens of people who had not passed the pulse examination down the mountain.
"Is this the fog gate?"
At this moment, a crisp voice attracted everyone's attention, and everyone in the square followed the sound to look over, and behind the crowd, there stood a dirty teenager and a girl with messy hair, about seven to eight years old, wearing rags, it was Jun Fanyu and Ah Li.
Seeing Jun Fanyu and Elder Ali Fang's face, his face immediately changed, and Shuai Sleeve shouted: "Who is on duty today for the new disciple Misty Mountain Dao assessment?" ”
"Elder Huitie, it is the two of us who are on duty on the Misty Mountain Road today. I saw two disciples dressed in black walking out with trembling steps, their heads bowed and their hands folded in front of their chests.
The square-faced Iron Elder glared at the two of them.
Although the two black-clothed disciples lowered their heads and couldn't see Elder Tie's angry eyes, they could still feel Elder Tie's invisible coercion, and they knew that what would greet them next would definitely be a severe punishment.
Elder Tie said: "Before the Misty Mountain Dao assessment is over, you will leave your post without permission, you can accept the punishment?"
The two of them were so frightened by Elder Tie that they didn't dare to raise their heads, and they repeatedly confessed to punishment.
Then Elder Tie flicked it again, and his sleeves floated: "You two will go to the Deacon Hall to receive the punishment later," and drank again, "Now let me go and see the Misty Mountain Road again to see if there are still people who haven't come out."
From the mouth of the square-faced elder again, I heard that Jun Fanyu and Ah Li of the Misty Mountain Dao glanced at each other, and the two of them didn't seem to have passed through any Misty Mountain Road, so they just walked up directly, I don't know if this will affect their entry into the Fog Gate.
The two black-clothed disciples were glad that they had not been punished too much, and hurriedly left the Jade Square.
"Now that you've passed the Misty Mountain Road, let's go forward and test the pulse. After reprimanding the disciple, the square-faced elder looked at Jun Fanyu and Ah Lidao.
Jun Fanyu and Ah Li did not explain the matter of the Misty Mountain Dao to the square-faced elder, but they were very curious about the next pulse test, and Jun Fanyu and Ah Li were taken to a stone mirror by a black-clothed disciple.
The stone mirror is placed on a circular platform, and it looks rough except for the smooth surface, like the discarded stones that can be found everywhere in the mountains.
There was a slight vacancy in front of the circular bottom platform, and the black-clothed brother asked Ah Li's name and asked Ah Li to stand up.
Ah Li didn't know why, but she still stood up obediently.
After Ah Li stood still, a white light suddenly shot out from the stone mirror, shining on Ah Li's body, and then strange shaped air masses began to appear in the stone mirror.
Slowly, the air mass grows larger and larger, and when the air mass no longer grows, it begins to condense into the next one.
After a while, the air mass no longer changes, and the second air mass only condenses to half the size of the first.
Jun Fanyu didn't know what this meant, and Ah Li also looked at the air mass in the mirror suspiciously.
There was a burst of boos in the crowd, and Jun Fanyu felt that these two air masses should not be a good sign.
"Senior brother, may I ask what the air mass in the stone mirror means?" Jun Fanyu asked the black-clothed disciple closest to him.
"The air mass in the stone mirror represents the grade of the vein, and the number of air masses is the number of grades. ”
"What is that?"
"Between heaven and earth, everyone is born with a pulse, and the pulse is the foundation of cultivation, but there are countless beings in the world, but not everyone can practice, only those who have a high-grade pulse can practice" The black-clothed disciple did not dislike the taste on Jun Fanyu's body and explained seriously.
"The vein of entering the grade?" Jun Fanyu thought that he would be considered a disciple of the Wumen when he walked to the Fog Gate, but he didn't expect that he still needed to have the pulse of the Entering Grade.
Jun Fanyu looked at the two qi masses in the stone mirror and asked the black-clothed disciple: "Senior brother, Ah Li has two qi masses, does it mean that you can stay in the fog gate to practice?"