Chapter 166: Follow the plan and be tested
April 14th, the weather is sunny.
Just after noon, Qingshi walked out of Jian Ruochen's monastery.
Qingshi walked out of the door, turned around, clasped his fists, bowed towards the door and said, "Master Ruochen, this junior has gone!"
A vague and low voice came from the door: "Well! Go!" In fact, Jian Ruochen was not in the room. He had already gone to the trial cave to ambush. This was just a puppet of Qingshi imitating his voice.
Qingshi closed the door, turned and walked towards the group of people waiting outside. There are fifteen or sixteen people in this group. The leader is Jian Ruoyun, as well as Jian Ruoyun, one of the five elders of the council, two elders Jian Ruoxiao, Jian Ruotang, and two elders with the hyphen. Disciples Jian Lianhai and Jian Lianren.
The others are all disciples of Xiao Zi generation, including Jian Wu Jian, Seven Sword Nine, Jian Eleven and Jian Erjiu.
A group of people gathered around Qingshi and walked towards the top of Juhua Peak. The stone stairs were curved and narrow, allowing only two people to walk side by side. Qingshi and Jian Ruoyun walked side by side at the front, and the others followed behind.
Jian Ruoyun said as he walked: "The master should have told you the general situation of the trial, right? You can't bring space spiritual weapons such as storage rings!"
"Yes!" Qingshi said, "Master Ruochen has said that I have left all the spatial spiritual weapons with Master Ruochen."
"Well, very good!" Jian Ruoyun said, "You can bring a sword. Where is your sword?"
"Hold Jianjiu for me," Qingshi said.
"Oh," Jian Ruoyun said, "Although this test is extremely difficult to pass, it is generally not very dangerous. Don't hold on when you encounter a crisis. Give up when it's time to give up. If it doesn't work this time, there may be another time. Well!"
"Junior understands." Qingshi replied.
The two of them talked while walking. Jian Ruoyun reminded Qingshi of some precautions from time to time, but said nothing about the content of the test.
Soon, the group of people arrived at the top of Juhua Peak. This is a forbidden area and no one is allowed to enter or exit without permission. Naturally, the bluestone has never come up before. Now when they come up and take a look, it turns out to be a large stone bag piled up with residual snow.
To the west of the top of the mountain is a gentle slope. The buildings of the Immortal Sword Sect are built layer upon layer on this gentle slope. The highest building is only a hundred feet away from the top of the mountain. Qingshi and the others walked between these buildings and came up along the winding stone staircase.
The other three sides are steep cliffs, and the east side is the steepest. There is a thick fog under the cliff, and the clouds never clear.
On that day, Qingshi looked up to the east from the "Huading Sword Carving" and admired the scenic view of "Jianzong Xiyan". The towering fairy sword edge seemed to protrude from the top of Juhua. When I went up to Juhuading, I discovered that Juhua There is also a hundred-foot-wide abyss between Huading and Fairy Sword Peak, covered with clouds and fog, and it is bottomless.
The Fairy Sword Peak, a hundred feet away, is at least three hundred feet higher than Juhua Peak. The solitary peak rises straight into the blue sky, and the peak is bare without any vegetation covering it. There are scattered bits of white snow in the stone crevices on the cliffs, and the rock walls cut with axes and knives stand thousands of feet tall, which is extremely majestic.
On the edge of the easternmost cliff of Juhuading, a huge dark brown metal disc is embedded straight into the boulders on the ground, with a diameter of more than two feet.
In the center of the disk protrudes a metal cylinder that is only knee-high and as thick as a torso. A thick black iron chain on the column extended out of the cliff and extended to a small stone platform on the mountainside of Immortal Sword Peak opposite. The iron chain on the stone platform was also a short metal pillar inserted into the ground. The metal pillar On the mountain wall behind, there is a dark hole with a diameter of more than ten feet.
A hundred-foot-long iron chain was hung between the two mountains. It was neither loose nor tight. The strong mountain wind caused the thick and heavy iron chain to sway slightly, and from time to time it made a low and whistling sound, like a wild beast. The threatening roar made people feel inexplicably panic.
Qingshi approached the disk and took a closer look. He saw complicated formation patterns etched on its surface. It turned out to be a formation disk. Qingshi himself had many formation disks, but the largest one was only about two feet long. So, He had never seen such a huge array before.
This chain connecting Juhua Peak and Immortal Sword Peak is obviously not a simple black iron chain, it contains a magic circle.
In addition to the short pillars and chains, there are several slightly convex circular components about three feet in diameter on the array disk. Qingshi knows that these are components that provide energy to the array, and energy sources such as spiritual stones are installed inside.
The entire array plate and chain are dark brown. Although they look weathered, there are no traces of rust at all. This is of course due to the protective effect of the array. Otherwise, after thousands of years of wind, frost, rain, and snow, the metal array plate and chain will be damaged. It has been weathered and rusted for a long time.
Jian Ruoyun saw Qingshi observing the formation disk so carefully and knew that he was happy to see Hunter Xin, so he introduced to him that this formation disk was called the Golden Cloud Disk, which was the control hub of the first level of the trial road.
"Is this Qingshi?" Qingshi was studying the golden cloud disk carefully when a loud voice sounded.
Qingshi raised his eyes and saw that there was an extra person beside Jinyun Pan. This person was about the same age as Jian Ruoyun and looked about fifty. But feeling his aura, Qingshi found that this person was competing with swords. Ruoyun is much older, probably no less than 600 years old.
This man was wearing a black robe, tall, with a thin face and gray beard and hair. He was probably Elder Ruomu, one of the five elders.
"Junior is Qingshi!" Qingshi said with a slight bow.
"Yes! I am Ruomu, who is in charge of the trial road of 'Jianfeng Immortal Trail'." Sure enough, this person is Jian Ruomu.
"I've met Elder Ruomu!" Qingshi said neither humble nor overbearing.
"No need to be polite," Jian Ruomu said, "Although you are not a disciple of our sect, you have a deep connection with our sect. The headmaster has told me the reasons. I hope you will perform well. If you have the ability to live three Guan, if you are destined to see the immortal miracle, then joining our sect will naturally be a matter of course."
"Thank you, senior!" Qingshi said, "I will try my best to live up to the high expectations of the master and the elders."
"Well! Very good!" A rare smile appeared on Jian Ruomu's face, "Now let me tell you the rules, please listen carefully: 1. Except for a sword, you are not allowed to carry any spiritual weapons, especially space spirits. Otherwise, as soon as you step on the chain, you will be bounced off and fall off, and you will be considered a failure in the test, do you understand?"
"Understood."
"2. The test is divided into three steps. First, walk through this iron chain, then enter the cave. After passing the cave, come out and go up a flight of steps. If you can complete the steps and reach the peak, you have passed the test. You can also observe The sword-engraved traces left by the Sword Immortal Patriarch on the top of the mountain are the three tests of the trial road, the trial chain, the trial cave, and the trial ladder. Do you understand?"
"Understood."
"3. Each test has a time limit. The first test can last up to three hours. Counting from the moment you step on the black iron chain, you must complete it within three hours, otherwise it will be considered a failure. After successfully passing it, you can rest on your own. Until we enter the second test.”
"The time limit for the second test in the cave is six hours, and the third test is on the ladder for nine hours. If you fail to pass the time, it will be considered a failure."
"No matter when you fail, you will be teleported back to this golden cloud disk immediately. However, the test is risky. If you die directly within the level, the only thing that will be teleported back is a corpse, so you must be extremely careful. Be careful."
"From now on, you only have three days to pass the test and observe the celestial beings. Regardless of whether you pass the test or not, you will be automatically transferred back here when the three days are up. Do you understand?"
"clear!"
"Okay!" Jian Ruomu said, "Get ready and tell me when you are ready."
"Brother Qingshi, come on!" Jian Wu encouraged loudly from behind.
"Brother Qingshi, be careful," Jian Shiyi said with a smile, "Don't fall!"
"Don't be afraid!" Jianwu said, "If you fall, you won't fall into the abyss. You will be sent back."
"Yes, this first level is absolutely safe," Jian Shiyi said with a smile, "The next two levels are different, people may die!"
"Even if you die, you will be sent back!" Jian Qi said with a gruff smile.
"Shut up!" Jian Ruomu shouted coldly.
Jian Shiyi stuck out his tongue, and everyone stopped joking.
Qingshi looked at the abyss under his feet, and then at the Fairy Sword Peak opposite. He took a deep breath and said, "I'm ready." Then he walked onto the Golden Cloud Pan.
Jian Ruomu also walked up to the Golden Cloud Pan. He waved his arms repeatedly, and saw a layer of faint golden light beginning to appear on the surface of the Golden Cloud Pan. The golden light did not spread out, and only formed an invisible aura within the scope of the Golden Cloud Pan.
Then, the dark iron pillar and the dark iron chain began to be covered with a faint golden light. The golden light was like a fast-moving spiritual snake, starting from the golden cloud plate and climbing rapidly along the dark iron chain. In a few breaths, It extends to the stone platform of Xianjian Peak opposite.
Jian Ruomu took out a metal circle about five feet in diameter and tossed it gently. The circle flew to the top of Qingshi's head, and then moved it up and down from head to toe. The circle did not make any sound or change in color. Jian Ruomu closed it. He made a circle and said: "Very good, there is no spiritual weapon! Where is your sword?"
Qingshi looked at Jian Jiu. Where Jian Jiu waved his wrist, a long sword flew over with a scabbard and a rope. Qingshi reached out to take it, and then presented it to Ruo Mu with both hands. This was not a Qinglian sword, but a low-grade earth-level sword. of sword.
The blade of this sword is thin and slightly shorter than an ordinary sword. It has no hilt and no sword grid, and the overall shape is weird. Jian Ruomu took out the sword and inspected it carefully. Although he was curious, he found nothing wrong.
Jian Ruomu put the sword back into its sheath and handed it to Qingshi and said: "Your sword is of a high level, but its shape is too fancy. In terms of its shape, it does not conform to the purpose of our sect's swordsmanship. If you can join our sect, you will be able to do this in the future." But it is better not to use the sword."
Qingshi smiled and said: "My sword is indeed unique in shape, and it is designed to win by surprise." He took it and tied it behind his back.
Jian Ruomu took out a metal bracelet and handed it to Qingshi and said: "This is the pass order, you can put it on and start."
Qingshi took the bracelet and put it on, feeling that the bracelet automatically tightened and fit on her wrist. After concentrating for a moment, Qingshi jumped up and stepped on the iron chain, and then walked towards the opposite side without hesitation.
