Chapter 175, Road of Trial (1)
A month later, the trial chain and trial cave have been repaired and restored to their original state. Jian Ruochen and Jian Ruomu's formation cultivation was originally very high, but because they seldom really cared about the trial path formation, Xiang An took advantage of it. Now, with the help of Xiang An and Qingshi, they quickly completed the repair of the magic circle.
The poisonous wounds of Jian Ruochen and the other three elders have been healed. Xiang An's body has also recovered to some extent, and the meridians in his body have been connected. However, the true energy of the whole body cannot be mobilized at most, because Qingshi would give him a Qi-dispersing pill every seven days to ensure that he could not gather his Qi and do harm to others.
All of Xiang An and Jian Ruoshu's storage spiritual weapons were confiscated by Qingshi. There were quite a few good things, of course, mainly Xiang An's things. He actually has a battleship that is more than twenty feet long, the Xuanwei, which is one of the main battleships of the imperial frontier army.
Qingshi asked Xiang An how the Xuanwei came into his hands, but Xiang An turned a deaf ear and remained silent. Qingshi vaguely guessed that it was probably the reason for the silence spell, so he had no choice but not to delve into it further.
On May 14th, the weather was fine, and a large group of people gathered again on the top of Juhua. Qingshi was still the center, because today he was going to really accept the test and pass the level.
The people who came were basically the same as last time, but this time Jian Ruochen also came, and he wanted to personally preside over the assessment.
Qingshi carried the Qinglian Sword on his back and walked up to the Golden Cloud Plate. After Jian Ruochen completed the inspection, he smiled slightly and said: "Little friend Qingshi, I hope you will perform well and pass the test to see the miracles, and you will not waste this opportunity." In front of the public. It's not good for him to call him his nephew.
"Yes, senior," Qingshi replied, "I will try my best."
"Perform well!" Jian Ruomu said from the side, "You are not a disciple of our sect, so you only have this one chance, so you must seize it well."
"How about you, little Qingshi, consider joining our sect?" Jian Ruoyun chuckled and said, "If you pass, you will truly become a disciple of the Lien generation. If you fail, you will have five more chances."
"Let's talk about this later," Jian Ruochen knew Qingshi's intentions and didn't want to embarrass him, so he said, "No matter what, little Qingshi is a good friend of my Fairy Sword Sect. Okay, let's go!"
"Brother, be careful!" The little fat man who turned into a human yawned and said, "I'll wait for you here." After saying that, he turned into a furry white monster, ran to the side and curled up and lay down. The big tail rolled up to cover his head, and he fell asleep. Everyone in the Immortal Sword Sect was dumbfounded.
Qingshi once again set foot on the trial chain. With the experience from the previous time, it was naturally easier this time. It took Qingshi about an hour to complete the trial chain.
Not much experience can be used in the second level, because every change of the stone pillar array is different, and even if you walk on the correct stone pillar, you may not be guaranteed not to fall. In addition to slipping, stone pillars may vibrate, tilt, or even sink.
When Qingshi was approaching the third platform, one of the stone pillars he stepped on kept sinking. Qingshi hadn't decided which stone pillar was the right next step, and it was about to sink into the water. Qingshi had no choice but to move on the last two stone pillars. I got one stuck between them, but luckily I got it right.
There is another step that is even more dangerous. The stone pillar is thin and long. It is not only slippery but also shaking like crazy. Qingshi grits his teeth and persists. He finally calculates the position of the next stone pillar, only to find that it is actually among the eleven candidate stone pillars. The farthest and highest one is more than three feet away.
If it were on flat ground, it would be easy to jump over it with a slight jump, but the stone pillar under your feet cannot be used at all. Let alone three feet, it is estimated that it cannot jump over one foot. Qingshi had to wait for the next change, but the next change turned out to be no change, so he had to wait again, and this wait lasted for half an hour.
In normal times, Qingshi could stand on one leg for three days and two nights with no problem, but now it was difficult for him to stand for even a moment. Jinji's independent left leg was first sore, then painful, and finally numb. Qingshi knew that once the numbness reached a certain level, it would be difficult to control and fall off the stone pillar, so he risked his life and persisted. Finally, he survived the next change, and almost reached the next step. .
After walking through the bluestone of the trial cave, I was exhausted and covered in cold sweat. Look at the time, it actually took five hours.
There was no medicine that could restore Qi, physical strength, and mental strength, so Qingshi had to sit down and work on restoring Qi. The altitude here is very high, the spiritual energy in the air is thin, and the recovery efficiency is extremely low. In order to ensure that Qingshi is in good condition for the last level, he has to spend a lot of time recovering and adjusting.
Qingshi quickly fell into trance. When he felt energetic and recovered more than 90%, he came back to his senses and looked at the sun to feel the time. It was already noon on the second day.
Qingshi walked out of the trial cave and saw a stone platform in front of him. A steep and narrow stone ladder snaked up the mountain wall, like a long snake coiled around a huge stone pillar.
The stone steps are only one foot wide and naturally have no railings. Some of the stone steps are carved out of the mountain rocks, and the entire road is recessed into the mountain wall; in some places, a stone pillar is inserted horizontally into the mountain wall as a step, and all Hanging above the mountain peak.
Qingshi stood in front of the lowest stone step. Juhuading could not be seen from here. There was only nothingness in front of him. The clouds were flowing low under his feet. There were no other peaks around. Only from very far away could he see the panoramic view. The top of the snow-capped mountains shines with silver light.
Qingshi took a deep breath and resolutely stepped onto the trial ladder.
As soon as he took the first step, Qingshi felt that his body seemed to sink slightly, and an imperceptible layer of pale white light began to appear on the surface of the stone staircase. No one told him the content of the third level test in advance. On the one hand, this was a rule. On the other hand, the tests that everyone encountered were similar but not exactly the same. Saying it may not necessarily help, but may mislead.
Now Qingshi knows that the steps here are obviously part of a magic circle and are undoubtedly a gravity test. With every step he took, the gravity slowly increased. By the time Qingshi took a hundred steps, the gravity had approximately doubled.
Qingshi was secretly shocked. Gravity trials are not uncommon. There is a gravity chamber in Tianlong Academy. Qingshi often went in to practice back then. The maximum gravity he had applied to himself was twenty times. That was already the limit of gravity that the academy's gravity chamber could produce. .
Now that I have only taken a hundred steps, the gravity has doubled. Qingshi secretly wondered if it would increase to a hundred times in the end, which would really kill people.
Without thinking too much, Qingshi continued to move forward. At present, these gravity is not a big difficulty for him, but he has to deal with more than just gravity. Walking on such a dangerous ladder will naturally have a great impact on people's psychology, and feelings of fear and dizziness are inevitable.
Defying gravity consumes a lot of energy, and the thin spiritual energy in the air makes it difficult to replenish it. Fortunately, for Qingshi, these difficulties are not enough to stop him for the time being.
Soon, Qingshi reached the mark of the thousand steps. At this time, the gravity had indeed reached ten times. Qingshi didn't stop and kept moving forward steadily step by step. He knew that the real difficulties might not have begun yet.
It took about half an hour for Qingshi to reach the stairs marked three thousand, and the gravity also reached thirty times. After advancing ten steps from here, Qingshi found that a difficulty was coming. At this time, the increase in gravity no longer followed the previous rules, but increased ten times based on the previous one. In other words, it used to double every hundred steps, but now it has to double every ten steps.
Qingshi stopped for the first time and wanted to take a rest, but he found that it was too slow to recover his energy and physical strength here. If he wanted to recover slowly, nine hours would not be enough to complete the ladder.
Helpless, Qingshi had no choice but to grit his teeth and continue moving forward. He walked another three hundred steps in one go. The gravity reached 60 times. Qingshi really felt that it was difficult to hold on. His legs were so heavy that he had to use all his strength to lift even an inch. .
Taking another step, Qingshi felt that the gravity increased and changed. Yes, from here on, the gravity doubled with every step. Qingshi felt that with every step he took, a mountain was added to his body.
Thirty steps, gravity increased to ninety times. Qingshi didn't dare to stop anymore, because he wouldn't be able to recover if he stopped now, which would only make his consumption even greater. However, Qingshi had to pause and think about it. He judged that the increase in gravity could not continue like this, otherwise it would reach nine thousand Nine hundred and ninety-nine steps, I'm afraid no one can hold it.
Judging from the current situation, three thousand, three hundred, and thirty are all hurdles, so there should be three final steps to the gravity test. Qingshi guessed that after these three steps, it would probably come to an end, and there would be another test behind it. Judging from the situation of the stairs, it should be the same. After three steps, a five-foot-deep stone niche was recessed into the stone wall. There is a faintly glowing circle on the ground of the stone niche. Qingshi guesses that it should be the end point of the first stage of the test of the ladder.
If this is the case, based on previous experience, each of the last three steps will probably increase the gravity tenfold. Qingshi was really afraid that he would be crushed by these last three steps.
Taking one step forward, Qingshi felt his body sink suddenly, and his legs couldn't help but bend down. The huge pressure seemed like a giant hand was pushing him to his knees, and then made him fall to the ground. Qingshi gritted his teeth and groaned, The veins on his forehead popped out, and the muscles all over his body were tangled. Taking a sharp breath, Qingshi exhaled and shouted: "Get up!"
A force inspired from the bottom of his heart made Qingshi stand up straight, then took two steps in one breath and stepped on the 3333rd step. At this time, his body was bearing one hundred and twenty times the gravity. Qingshi tried to stand up straight and wanted to walk into the stone niche on the right, but it was difficult to move his feet.
Qingshi accumulated strength and prepared to give it a try. Suddenly he felt a lot lighter. Then, the gravity began to gradually subside. In less than half a quarter of an hour, the gravity level slowly returned to the normal level. Qingshi felt as if his whole body was light and light. My whole body was sore and weak, almost exhausted.
Walking into the aperture of the stone niche, Qingshi immediately felt a strong spiritual energy pouring in from every pore in his body. The feeling was extremely comfortable. Qingshi quickly sat down cross-legged to absorb the spiritual energy and replenish it.
Soon, the true energy began to fill up, and the physical and mental strength gradually returned to their peak state. This kind of recovery speed and method was something Qingshi had never experienced before. He really wanted to continue absorbing spiritual energy to run the Dahuang Gong technique. Unexpectedly, once his own consumption was restored, the spiritual energy slowly began to diminish, and after a while it completely disappeared. The light circle on the ground also flickered and then disappeared.
Qingshi secretly estimated the time and felt that it had been almost three hours since he walked up the stairs. For a high-level monk like Qingshi, the error in estimating time was extremely small.
The longest time it took to pass the entire ladder test was nine hours. Now it took Qingshi three hours to pass the first stage, which meant that he did not gain time for the subsequent levels, and there was no time to delay.
According to his estimation, there should be two more levels, each level should be 3,333 steps.
Qingshi stood up and stepped onto the stairs to move forward without hesitation.
Stepping on the first step of the next section, Qingshi stopped and felt it. There was no change in gravity, and there seemed to be no other changes. But Qingshi knew that the test must exist. The hazy white light slowly emerged from the stone stairs. You can conclude.
Sure enough, after taking three steps, Qingshi suddenly noticed an arrow flying from the front. The arrow suddenly appeared from the void with a strong sound of breaking through the air, and shot straight towards Qingshi with a powerful momentum.
Qingshi reached out and pulled out the Qinglian Sword on his back and flicked it gently. The long arrow missed the target and shot towards the rock wall. With a soft pop sound, the long arrow turned into a cloud of smoke and dust after hitting the rock wall, and then Disappeared without a trace.
Qingshi knew that they were not real feather arrows, but were transformed by spiritual energy, just like the trial puppets in Yunlu and the weapons in their hands.
As soon as the first feather arrow disappeared, the second and third ones followed one after another, followed by more and more feather arrows. Qingshi blocked and dodged while moving forward. Less than a hundred steps away, the arrows were already as dense as It's like a heavy rain.
The long sword in Qingshi's hand was as fast as lightning, and those arrows could not touch the corners of Qingshi's clothes. Qingshi's feet moved as fast as the wind. Not only did he dodge lightly on the narrow mountain road, but he also climbed up the mountain road very quickly. In just one stick of incense, Qingshi rushed to the thousand-level mark on this section of stairs.
At this point, the arrow rain is no longer so dense, but the feather arrows are coming faster and with greater power, making it more difficult to block and dodge.
There were fewer feather arrows, but there were two more hidden weapons. One was an extremely small flying needle. This kind of thin needle was very concealed. Qingshi accidentally got a needle in his left leg and felt numb immediately.
Qingshi couldn't help being shocked, knowing that as long as he received a few more injections, his movements would be sluggish, and he would soon be shot into a sieve.
The second hidden weapon was a curved flying knife that would also turn when it flew. Its trajectory was difficult to predict, making it difficult for people to guard against it. After Qingshi walked more than a hundred steps, he was scratched twice by this flying knife.
After Qingshi was hit by a hidden weapon, he was a little panicked at first, but then he found that he had no other problems except for being injured. It seemed that he would be judged to have failed unless he was shot to the point of losing his combat power, or the injury reached a certain fatal level. As for whether or how many hidden weapons were used, they do not seem to be the basis for success or failure.
Qingshi felt a little more at ease, and suddenly he had an idea and used the Five Elements Qi to perform Xuanjin Hands martial arts. The next flying knife came over, and Qingshi deliberately used his left hand to move it. Sure enough, when the flying knife touched Qingshi's arm, it was like touching a mountain. Like a wall, it instantly turned into ashes. Qingshi felt neither pain nor itching, and the flying knife could not hurt him at all.
Qingshi was overjoyed and secretly said that Xuanjin Shou was really good at martial arts. With a heartbeat, Qingshi took long strides and rushed forward, waving the long sword in his right hand and actively blocking with his left hand. Those feather arrows and hidden weapons hit his arm, causing no damage at all. Occasionally, if a fish slips through the net and hits the body or leg, it can only scratch the skin a little.
The time it took Qingshi to reach the two thousand level mark was actually faster than the first thousand level.
Qingshi continued to move forward without hesitation. On the thousand steps after this, there were more and more powerful hidden weapons with feather arrows. Qingshi simply stopped trying to dodge and just used his black gold hand martial arts at full power, using the long sword to protect his head and his left arm to protect his body. , head down and rush forward. He didn't pay any attention to the hidden weapons on his body.
The thousand steps were quickly completed. The dense hidden weapons on the next steps were almost overwhelming, but Qingshi rushed forward regardless. Suddenly, Qingshi rushed up to a small stone platform, and there was unexpectedly in front of him. There was no way, Qingshi couldn't help but be stunned, and at this time, all the hidden weapons disappeared.
Qingshi realized that the second section of the 3333-level ladder was completed.
There was a metal circle on the ground of the stone platform. When Qingshi stood in it, the circle began to emit a faint light, quickly replenishing the bluestone's consumption.
After calming down his mind, Qingshi found that less than two quarters of an hour had passed. He couldn't help but be surprised. Then after thinking about it carefully, he understood the reason why he passed this level so easily.
In fact, the key to the easy passage of Qingshi is not the Xuanjin hand, but the perfection of the nine true qi. Those feather arrows and hidden weapons that seem to be harmless to Qingshi are actually very powerful, and the defensive effect of Qingshi's Xuanjin Hands using Five Elements Qi to operate is far stronger than the Xuanjin Hands activated by ordinary metallic Qi.
For example, if it was Xiao Ji who was also at the Yuan Dan realm and also had the black gold hand martial arts, I'm afraid that the scimitar would not cut through the skin but cut directly into the flesh.
In addition, the faster you walk, the more hidden weapons will be fired. According to Qingshi's walking method, other people would have been shot into sieves. However, Qingshi is not afraid of the damage from hidden weapons, so he doesn't care about the number of hidden weapons.
Another point that is also very important is the super recovery power brought about by the perfection of Qingshi's nine great qi. For example, when Qingshi had not yet used the black gold hand martial arts, he was given a shot, and he was just slightly numb and was fine. Come on, if it had been anyone else, that one shot would have been enough to make his left leg numb for a long time, and a few more shots would have made him completely useless.
