Chapter 176, Road of Trial (2)
Qingshi roughly understood the reason why he passed this level easily, and he felt much more relaxed. Although running the Five Elements Qi at full power consumes a lot, this recovery circle is very effective. Qingshi quickly returned to a perfect state, so he began to think about the next level, which is the last level.
Standing on this small stone platform, Qingshi found that there was no road ahead. After thinking for a moment, Qingshi stood at the edge of the stone platform, reached out and gently touched the pass on his left wrist. There was a slight golden light on the pass. But then, a staircase three feet long and one foot wide slowly emerged from the platform at the foot of the bluestone.
The ladder is transparent and looks like the energy wall membrane of a defensive array. It is just a thin piece. It is said to be a ladder, but in fact it is more like a transparent film. The reason why it is said to be a staircase is because two feet away diagonally above it, another piece of the same film appeared, followed by a third, fourth, and even countless more.
These almost invisible light blue transparent energy films are connected together to form a ladder spiraling up around the Fairy Sword Peak.
This ladder is suspended in the air, and each level is independent. It is neither connected to the Immortal Sword Peak nor has any contact with each other. It is just suspended in the air strangely.
Qingshi took a breath of cold air and secretly thought that this was really a 'ladder to heaven'! Those who are not strong-willed enough will faint from fear just by standing up, let alone stepping up to accept the test.
Qingshi started to walk up, and walked out of the stone platform in just one step, as if suspended in the air. Qingshi has already had flying experience, and he wears flying armor to fly in the air from time to time, so there is no psychological obstacle. However, this ladder is naturally not that simple.
Qingshi moved forward steadily step by step, not daring to advance too rashly. After walking for more than ten steps, he slowly felt that he had entered the clouds. Qingshi understood that the height here had long exceeded the clouds, and most of the clouds that appeared at this time were questionable.
Sure enough, those clouds and mist slowly turned into pavilions, trees, flowers and plants. Fantasy! Qingshi felt a chill in his heart and couldn't help but stop. In just a moment, the surrounding scenery had completely changed.
Qingshi found himself in a fairyland, a beautiful grassland, surrounded by exotic flowers and plants, and a fairy palace and temple faintly in the distance. He was standing on a green lawn, with a faintly glowing stone path beneath his feet.
Qingshi calmed down and started walking along the stone road. After walking a few steps, he saw a large cluster of beautiful flowers a few feet away on the left. Qingshi had never seen such beautiful and delicate flowers, and his heart suddenly A desire arises to walk over, admire and pick one.
However, Qingshi immediately understood that he must not allow himself to obey this desire. Once he left the path under his feet, he would step off the ladder and fall, and then he would fail to break through. Obviously, this section of the ladder should test willpower and the Taoist heart.
A beautiful flower is naturally not enough to seduce Qingshi, but it is not just the temptation that tests Qingshi. Qingshi faintly feels that his mind is beginning to feel a little dazed, which shows that there are things that affect his mental power and willpower. If you are not strong enough in willpower and mental strength, you may lose yourself quickly. Of course, for Qingshi, these tests are not difficult at present.
Temptations kept appearing, and a small tree full of golden fruits appeared in the front right. It was the Wild Golden Thorn Fruit, a legendary fairy fruit. It is said that eating one can increase your cultivation level by one level.
Another small waterfall appeared in the front left, and green and transparent liquid gurgled into a pool several feet in diameter. Oh my God! That's the clear water spring! Legend has it that a sip of its water can extend your life for a hundred years, and a single bath can cast off your mortal body and become a true immortal.
Further ahead is a large area of unknown flowers, whose strange fragrance is refreshing. There is a clear pool on the flower meadow. Two naked beauties are bathing in it. One looks at the bluestone lovingly and feels shy, and the other stands up. Coming to reveal her flawless body, her eyes are as naked and hot as her body.
Qingshi continued walking indifferently, without any distractions.
I think I, Qingshi, am a veritable fifth-level formation master. In terms of vision and knowledge, I am afraid that no one in the entire Tianlong Continent or even the entire world can match me. How can these mere illusions fool me? I just need to continue walking along this road and stay within the range of the stairs. Maybe it will take me less time to pass the level this time than it does to climb up a flight of stairs.
Qingshi, who thought he was determined, didn't know that his sanity had been eroded by the strange fragrance. Arrogance was a sign that his sanity had begun to become unclear.
Qingshi continued walking, slowly walking out of the beautiful grassland, into a barren Gobi desert, and then a large desert. The road always shone under his feet, and Qingshi walked firmly.
It seemed that he had been walking for three hours, and Qingshi became a little anxious. The stairs under his feet were at least tens of thousands of steps, so why hadn't he walked out yet?
The power of the scorching sun has begun to show, scorching the skin as if it is drying out people's moisture; the foehn wind is blowing hard, as if it is blowing people into mummies. Qingshi said to himself firmly that this was just an illusion, I just needed to keep walking.
Walking and walking, three days have passed and he is still walking; it seems like a month, right? The road ahead seemed to have no end; a year later, Qingshi suddenly understood something and stopped suddenly.
No, how could he not be able to go out all the time? The extreme fatigue and thirst made Qingshi feel unbearable. He had no sweat to shed, his throat was smoking, his lips were chapped, and his body and spirit were on the verge of collapse.
Qingshi shook his head and tried to think back. Did he go the wrong way?
As soon as this idea appeared, Qingshi immediately thought of the pool where two beauties were bathing in the grassland. Water! Water! By the way, that road had a branch there, and one branch extended into the pool. That was the correct road. I thought I was determined, but I was actually deceived. The path in the pool is the correct way. I should walk into the pool. I can soak my body in the water and let the two beauties massage me. I can drink the clear spring water as much as I want, or let one of the beauties go Get me a can of clear water spring to drink, and let her pick some fairy fruits for me...
I want to go back! I want to turn around and go back! Right now, turn around and go back immediately!
Qingshi slowly turned around. Yes, the grassland was not far behind him, no more than a hundred steps away. The water in the pool was so cool. The two beauties, one enthusiastically and the other shyly, Waving to himself.
Qingshi stood still for a long time, resisting the huge temptation. Although he felt in a trance, there was a candlelight in his consciousness that never went out.
"No! That's an illusion!" Qingshi murmured and moved his lips. His mind gradually became clearer, and his eyes were finally no longer confused. Finally, he turned around again to face the vast desert, and took the next step.
The scenery in front of him changed, and Qingshi found himself standing in a world of white snow and ice. The sky was hazy, lead clouds were dense, and the cold wind was howling, making his whole body feel freezing.
"Yes! It's all an illusion!" Qingshi muttered softly, "The grassland is an illusion, the desert is an illusion, and this ice field is still an illusion!" As Qingshi's thoughts strengthened, the slightly golden line slowly appeared on the ice field. Stone staircase road. Qingshi took a deep breath, stepped on the stone stairs again and walked forward.
Neither the slippery road nor the violent cold wind could stop Qingshi from moving forward.
A floating humanoid ghost flew over from the side. Judging from the clothing, it looked like Jiang Chenxiu. "That's right! I am Jiang Chenxiu!" A voice full of resentment rang in his head, "Qingshi, you too will have this day, and you will die too... This ice purgatory tastes good, right... Haha Ha ha......."
Qingshi knew it was an illusion, but the laughter was still like a sharp steel needle piercing his ears and brain, making his heart throb violently.
"Qingshi! You are dead, take my sword..." A ghost in white appeared from beside Jiang Chenxiu, raised his hand and stabbed his eyebrow with a sword. It was Sun Feng.
"Jie Jie Jie..." came a sharp and sinister smile that was even harsher than Jiang Chenxiu's voice, and another ghost emerged, that was a vicious old woman with a mutilated body and a disfigured face, "Qingshi, you little Bastard, I will bite you to death..." It's Wu Yulin! She opened her mouth with sharp fangs and pounced on him.
More ghosts and ghosts rushed towards Qingshi.
Qingshi walked calmly, although his heart was not as steady as his steps.
None of the attacks from those ghosts touched the bluestone, and they were all blocked by the golden road. Slowly, the ghosts were pulled behind them, and their shrill laughter and crazy roars slowly disappeared. But Qingshi's heart was not at peace. The huge clouds in the sky had been slowly gathering, changing color, and rushing towards Qingshi.
Qingshi vaguely guessed what was in the clouds. He wanted to turn around and run away. He was unwilling to face that thing. It was the most terrifying thing in his heart, the deepest hidden, but the most terrifying!
Sure enough, the cloud seemed to have read Qingshi's thoughts. It changed rapidly and soon turned into a giant black hand about a thousand feet in size. It pressed down from the sky, overwhelming the sky and the earth, and was unstoppable.
"Ant!" A contemptuous voice resounded throughout the world, "You can't escape my grasp after all. You are already dead. Go and be reincarnated. This time you will be a dog, a piece of earth that is reviled, beaten and abandoned by others. dog......"
"No! This is not true!" Qingshi silently held on to his faith. However, the fear was too real, and every word of that rumbling voice was like a heavy hammer hitting his heart, trying to break both his heart and his beliefs.
The black hands were getting closer and closer, like a huge mountain pressing down on them. People had no way to resist and nowhere to escape. Qingshi's heart was trembling.
"You can't run away!" Qingshi insisted, "You absolutely can't run away! It will pass. As long as I hold on for a while, it will disappear!"
"Qingshi!" A heavenly voice sounded, very anxious and familiar, "Quick, come to me!"
"Yunli!" Qingshi's heart suddenly shook. He turned around and saw a white figure that looked like a fairy running toward him dozens of feet away to the right, "It's Yunli! It's my Li'er!" "
"Come on, let's escape together!" The white figure waved, "Hurry!"
Qingshi almost took a step towards her, but his mind still remained clear and his feet did not move at all.
The black hand grabbed Qingshi with irresistible momentum. Qingshi looked at it with wide eyes, his heart was trembling, but his figure remained motionless. The black hand became smaller, and it slid past Qingshi, but turned to Qingshi. Grabbing it from the right, the white figure turned and ran away.
"Bluestone! Save me!" The black hand grabbed the white figure and flew to the sky amidst triumphant laughter, "Bluestone! Save me! Bluestone..."
The heartbreaking call kept repeating.
"Yes! I will!" Qingshi was shouting in his heart, and his lips were moving in a low voice, muttering, "One day I will come to save you! I will come! I will come... ..."
