Brother Kan took Li Jian and three other disciples back to Muxiu Peak. However, he did not take the three people directly into the mountain gate. Instead, the four of them landed on a mountain peak with flying swords.
"The three of you can go down here. This is already Muxiu Peak, but according to the rules, the three of you have to walk through the rest of the way. Look."
As Brother Kan pointed with his hand, the three disciples looked over and saw that above the vast sea of clouds, the peaks of several mountain peaks were floating on the clouds like small islands.
"This is Mu Xiufeng's Eighteen Peaks Bridge. Mu Xiufeng's disciples, regardless of their origins, must walk on this Eighteen Peaks Bridge. When you pass by, someone will naturally settle you down. Don't underestimate this. Bridge, all your experiences when you cross the bridge are all illusions, but this illusion is the demonic obstacle in your hearts when you practice in the future. Our biggest opponents in the future of sword cultivators are not those ferocious and cruel monsters, nor are they meant to fight. You are people with ulterior motives, but the demonic obstacles in your own heart. The great thing about this demonic obstacle is that not only cannot it be eradicated, but it will gradually become stronger as your practice deepens. If it is taken away, the sword cultivator will fall into the devilish way, become bloodthirsty and easy to kill, and will be purged from the door for no reason. This Eighteen Peaks Bridge is to let you see where your inner demons are in advance. Prepare early, do you understand?"
Li Jian and the other three disciples understood and nodded.
“Another wonderful thing about this Eighteen Peaks Bridge is that no matter how many people cross it together, once you step on the bridge, you will be the only one in the world, and others cannot see or hear you. , cannot be touched, so even though the three of you are placed here together, you cannot see what happens to others when crossing the bridge. Your experience is the same, and others will not know it. Even I am the same. Do you understand? ?”
The three disciples nodded again.
"Now that I understand, I will go back to the door first, and you can't wait too long."
After saying that, the monk Kan pressed his sword and turned into a neon light and disappeared.
Not far from the three people is a small stone tablet. The five words on the tablet are "Eighteen Peaks Bridge". There are two white stone pillars behind the stone tablet. You can see ropes tied to the top of the stone pillars and extending into the clouds. Judging from the height of the rope, it seems to be used as a handrail for the bridge. There are also ropes tied to the ground below the stone pillars. Through the clouds and mist, you can see pieces of wooden planks less than a foot wide and about half a foot long. They are entangled with the ropes below and connected to form a bridge deck. They are swaying and extending into the clouds and mist. The clouds and mist were thick and thick, and the stone pillars, ropes and wooden boards used as the bridge deck were all stained by water vapor and became wet.
Li Jian looked at it for a moment, then said to the two fellow disciples beside him: "Who comes first?"
Liang Bike recognized Li Jian, cupped his hands and said, "Brother Li, I'll go first."
Li Jian nodded, and so did the other female disciple.
I saw Liang Bake standing by the bridge, taking a few big breaths, staring hard, reaching out to grab a stone pillar, and stepping on the bridge. And his whole person disappeared into the mist that lingered on the bridge almost at the same time.
Li Jian looked at it and nodded. Sure enough, what the senior said was true. It seemed that only she could understand what she had experienced on the bridge, so she turned back to look at the female disciple.
The female disciple seemed to be very timid, staring at the trembling bridge in the mist with fear in her eyes. Seeing Li Jian look at her, she said apologetically: "Brother Li, I'm timid, so you should invite me first. Be brave enough to say it again."
Li Jian nodded, turned around and walked to the bridge. He took a deep breath and put one foot on the wooden board of the bridge.
From the perspective of the female disciple, Li Jian disappeared as soon as he stepped on the bridge.
The bridge is wet and swaying. You can hear the creaking sound of wooden planks and ropes rubbing against each other every step you take. Even the ropes used as handrails feel extremely cold and clammy. Walking on the bridge is really scary every step of the way. , extremely frightened.
But when Li Jian walked on the bridge, it was like walking into water. The clouds and mist were so thick that his clothes and hair became wet and heavy, and his whole body gradually began to feel cold. My vision was blocked by the thick fog, and I could only see five or six steps away at most. I didn't know how long the suspended pontoon bridge between the two peaks was.
It was extremely frustrating to fumble around like this. Later, Li Jian simply let go of the rope handrail and walked forward just staring at the bridge surface in the center of the bridge. Later, he discovered that the pontoon bridge between the two peaks was straight, and the bridge deck looked It looked wet but was not slippery at all, so I raised my head and strode forward.
The pontoon bridge between the two peaks is different from the common stone arch bridge. It goes down first and then up. When Li Jian walked up the suspended pontoon and stepped onto the ground, he was already at the first peak of the Eighteen Peaks. The top of this peak was surrounded by a vast sea of clouds, and there were a few small trees with wet branches and a pavilion. A cup of hot tea was curling up with white steam on the inner stone table. It was naturally for him. Li Jian walked over and picked up the cup of tea and drank it in one gulp.
When he continued to step onto the pontoon bridge, Li Jian looked at the thick fog in front of him. The danger here must be rare in the world. If it were not obscured by the clouds and fog, it would be a beautiful thing to be able to clearly see the majestic scenery here.
Unexpectedly, as soon as he thought about it, mountains and mist passed by, blowing away the sea of clouds floating between the mountain peaks almost instantly. The so-called Eighteen Peaks were clearly displayed in front of his eyes: more than a dozen lofty and dangerous peaks were right in front of him, and there were upside-down rainbow-like floating bridges connecting them. There are clumps of greenery, and the streams and rivers are naturally winding and bright lines. Standing on the bridge, you can also see clouds and cranes flying hundreds of feet below your feet, spreading their wings and being extremely light.
The scenery here is really strange, dangerous and beautiful, which is rare in the world.
It turns out that you can't think here, but if you have something in your mind, it will immediately appear in front of you. No wonder the senior said that this place is a place to watch one's inner demons, Li Jian thought as he walked. He was not afraid of heights and followed the pontoon to the second peak. Sure enough, he also saw a lamp in the small pavilion on the top of the peak. Hot tea, drink it and move on.
In this way, every time he reached a peak, there was a cup of hot tea. When he saw the hot tea, Li Jian did not hesitate, picked it up and drank it.
I don’t know which pontoon bridge it was, but when I was about to go up halfway, the pontoon bridge suddenly burst into flames, and the mountain peaks that were clearly visible in front of me were also lost in the fireworks. Li Jian knew that what he saw was an illusion, but this illusion was so real. His cheeks were unbearably hot from the blazing fire, and a bloody burn filled his chest and lungs as he breathed. The upward floating bridge At this time, Li Jian was no longer visible. Li Jian was standing on a ladder. The ladder was ignited by kerosene. The flames continued to flow and drip with the kerosene. The raised end of the ladder was hanging on a big city. On the battlements of the city wall, a large banner of the Jin army was constantly fluttering in the thick smoke. Looking along the battlements of the city wall, there was a large flag fluttering on the top of the city, and the character "李" was constantly fluttering in the wind. .
The smell of blood next to his nose was getting thicker and thicker, and the sound of gold and iron clashing in his ears was getting louder and louder. Li Jian sighed inwardly, it seemed that he would never forget this in this life no matter what!
Li Jian suddenly stood up, ignoring the unbearable burning pain all over his body, and strode towards the city that was also blazing with fire.
The end of the Eighteen Peaks Bridge is a flat land on the top of a cliff. Facing the last section of the bridge is a white jade archway with three large Chinese characters inscribed with sword energy in the middle:
Mu Xiufeng.
Under the archway, a young man with handsome features stood with his hands behind his hands, staring at the clouds and mist on the pontoon. Judging from his clothes, he should be a swordsman who practiced Qi refining in Mu Xiufeng.
The young man stared at the thick fog on the pontoon, his eyebrows gradually becoming confused, and his surprise gradually getting stronger and stronger.
In the thick fog above the pontoon bridge, a figure slowly emerged from it. He walked to the bridge step by step, stepped out again, and stood on the top of the cliff.
"Junior Brother Li!" The young man said to the man in surprise. It seemed that the monk Kan had told him the looks of several people before.
Li Jian looked a little tired at this time, looking at the young man who called him, not knowing what to call him.
"My surname is Gao. You can just call me Senior Brother Gao. I didn't expect Junior Brother Li to pass the Eighteen Peaks Bridge so quickly. This is rare."
The young man named Gao seemed very excited.
"Senior Brother Gao." Li Jian saluted the man.
"No need to be polite, we will be in the same sect from now on. You should take a rest first. When the remaining junior brothers and junior sisters come over, I will take you to settle down inside the door."
"Thank you, Senior Brother Gao."
After Li Jian thanked him, he found a place to sit down cross-legged. The experience of the Eighteen Peaks Bridge really made him exhausted.
At this time, on the mountain wall not far from Li Jian, a strange stone looked like a big bird spreading its wings. There was a small stone pavilion built on this strange stone. Inside the stone pavilion, several wooden Xiufeng's alchemy monk was staring at Li Jian non-stop. The stone pavilion they were in was nothing unusual, except that there was a soft curtain surrounding the stone pavilion. This curtain allowed the people in the pavilion to look at the people on the top of the cliff without hindrance, while the people on the top of the cliff looked at the stone pavilion. The pavilion was empty.
"It's rare to come here so quickly. What's this child's name?" asked a black-bearded monk.
"This child's name is Li Jian, Mu Linggen, well, he was the first one I took a fancy to." It was the monk Kan who said this.
"This kid is not bad, he is really good. I have some feelings for him." The person who spoke was a graceful and beautiful young female cultivator who was standing in the pavilion and staring at Li Jian who was sitting cross-legged.
"Oh?" Brother Kan looked at the female cultivator in surprise and said, "So Senior Sister Leng has fallen in love with this child?"
"Hey, it's not necessarily good to be quick, and it's not necessarily bad to be slow. Let's wait until the remaining two children are here." The one who spoke was a white-robed monk in the pavilion.
When Brother Kan heard this, he immediately understood what the white-robed monk was thinking. He knew that he had just said too much and that it was inconvenient for him to get involved in the matter between the white-robed monk and Senior Sister Leng, so he smiled and said: "Senior Brother Sun is right, It’s not too late to wait for the remaining two children.”
The female cultivator surnamed Leng just smiled slightly after hearing this, then stopped talking and continued to stare at Li Jian.
Besides, Li Jian rested there for a while and calmed down a little. He was also very talented. After he calmed down, he always felt that he was being looked at by several eyes, and felt a little uncomfortable in his heart. Soon he Then he felt that there seemed to be someone in a small pavilion above him, but when he inadvertently looked around with his peripheral vision, it was empty.
But he soon figured out that it must be the senior Mu Xiufeng who was watching his new disciples. Thinking of this, he felt at ease.
It was the female cultivator surnamed Leng who was the first to notice Li Jian's strange behavior in the pavilion. She couldn't help but curl her lips slightly, secretly thinking that this child's senses were very smart and he was indeed suitable to be accepted as a disciple.
After a while, the figures on the pontoon gradually appeared, and Liang Boke came out with a slightly pale face. The young man surnamed Gao immediately greeted him, letting Liang Boke and Li Jian rest for a while while waiting for the last person. Female disciple.
When Liang Bake saw Li Jian's expression as usual and that he was older than him, he couldn't help but sigh, feeling ashamed of himself.
After about two more cups of tea, I saw the last female disciple walking slowly and with pale face walking out of the thick fog above the pontoon. When Senior Brother Gao of Mu Xiufeng saw this, he asked the female disciple and Li Jane took a rest together, and then took the three of them to Muxiufeng to settle down.
Seeing the three disciples being taken away, the black-bearded monk in the pavilion who spoke first asked again: "How did these three children behave on the bridge?"
At this time, someone came in from outside the pavilion, presented a piece of paper and then bowed away.
The black-bearded monk looked at the piece of paper in his hand, and then handed it to Brother Kan. After all, he chose the three children.
Brother Kan couldn't help but said "Hey" after looking at it. He looked up at Senior Sister Leng who was still standing, and then said: "Three new disciples, Li Jian is hot and has two warms, and Liang Bike is fourteen and is hot and has three warms." Cool, Jingyi, twelve hot, four warm and two cool.”
This warm, cool and hot refers to the tea that Li Jian and others drank on the Eighteen Peaks. Every time the three of them went to a mountain peak, if they came calmly, they would naturally find a cup of hot tea and drink it. If you are troubled by inner demons and illusions, you need to either see through them or overcome them. In short, it depends on how long it takes for the person to get rid of the illusions. If it takes longer, the tea will gradually become warmer and cooler.
It seems that the disciple named Li Jian has a really good character. Not to mention among these three people, he can be regarded as the one with the best character among Mu Xiufeng's Qi Refining disciples.
The black-bearded monk looked at the female monk surnamed Leng and knew that she already wanted to accept Li Jian as her disciple. Moreover, she had already spoken when Li Jian came down from the bridge. Naturally, the other monks sitting in the pavilion would not either. Fighting with her, I wanted to fulfill this junior sister's wish.
"This Li Jian..." the black-bearded monk looked at the female cultivator named Leng and said.
"Senior Brother Lu," the white-robed monk surnamed Sun saw and took over the conversation, "Although two of these three children are from aristocratic families, they are all sent here. In my opinion, they should be treated as usual. Let’s relax the rules first, and it won’t be too late to decide their apprenticeship after they pass the Xiaowu Pass.”
This black-bearded monk's surname is Lu, and he is the senior brother of all the alchemy monks in the pavilion. He usually makes most of the decisions in Mu Xiufeng's affairs, but this white-robed monk Sun's status in Mu Xiufeng is not low. Now Brother Sun He opened his mouth, obviously to prevent the female cultivator named Leng from taking in Li Jian. After hearing this, Brother Lu couldn't help but look at the female cultivator named Leng.
"I think what Senior Brother Sun said makes sense. We can't focus on one thing and lose the other. We have no rules and regulations. I haven't had anything to do in the past few years, so I just have to take a closer look at the door. If it succeeds, I will wait for him to pass the time. It’s not too late to close the five levels again.”
When Brother Lu saw that Junior Sister Leng did not object to him, he naturally knew the reason for the matter. It was okay. If she had a quarrel with Junior Brother Sun, he, as a senior brother, really didn't know how to persuade her, so he said, "That's okay, since If Junior Sister Leng is willing, then we will let them go for a while and wait until they pass the fifth level."
This small five levels refers to the time when Qi refining disciples break through the bottleneck and reach the fifth level of Qi refining.
Generally speaking, there are two hurdles for Qi refining disciples. The first is to break through to the fifth level of Qi refining, and the second is to build the foundation.
Building a foundation is a big hurdle, but there is no Qi-refining disciple who doesn't want to build a foundation. Compared with foundation building, it seems that breaking through the fifth level of Qi Refining is much easier. In fact, it is not the case. There are many Qi Refining disciples in the sect who look like they are in their seventies or eighties, but in fact their cultivation is still at the third or fourth level of Qi Refining. Yes, of course there are not too many like this. Generally, teenagers can enter the inner gate, and it is normal to wait until they are thirty or forty years old to pass the fifth level.
The female monk surnamed Leng is named Leng Yue, and is known as Fairy Leng Yue. Not only is she beautiful, but she is also a rare female sword cultivator in the world of practice. Her cultivation is astonishing, not to mention in the Five Spirit Sect, even in the entire practice. They are famous all over the world.
Not long ago, there was a family named Yun who wanted one of their descendants to become a disciple of Fairy Lengyue. The Yun family had nothing to do with Fairy Lengyue, but they were friends with the monk Sun from Mu Xiufeng, so they brought many important things with them. I politely asked Brother Sun to come forward, hoping that using Brother Sun's face and the Yun family's gift, I could persuade Fairy Lengyue to accept this junior.
Unexpectedly, Fairy Lengyue really lived up to her name. When she was meeting guests in her cave, after asking her the purpose of her visit, when she saw the little girl from the Yun family, she coldly refused without leaving any room. This made Brother Sun extremely embarrassed.
It should be said that when Brother Sun went to find Fairy Leng Yue, he was prepared to be in trouble, but he didn't expect that Fairy Leng Yue was so ruthless. In private, he was secretly holding back his anger. The little girl from the Yun family is also a good child. If she is taken under the tutelage and trained carefully, she will become a female swordsman with a bright future in many years. I don’t understand why Fairy Leng Yue refused so simply and sent the guest away without even leaving a gift. .
However, this cultivator Sun is not a person who gives up easily. He asked the Yun family to leave the little girl in Muxiufeng first. In a few years, he will find an opportunity and let Fairy Lengyue put the child in the door. To be honest, he will find an opportunity. However, Brother Sun felt that his face had been damaged and he must get it back with Fairy Lengyue.
As for Fairy Lengyue, she had no grudges against the Yun family. She just felt unhappy when she saw the little girl from the Yun family, that's all. Later, when I saw the little girl who stayed behind in the door, I knew that Senior Brother Sun was trying to get angry with me. She felt funny in her heart, but she didn't want to make the relationship between fellow students too rigid. For example, today, she took a fancy to The child named Li Jian wanted to accept her as her disciple, but Senior Brother Sun blocked her. She didn't care. It would be a few years later. She could also see more of this child. Anyway, she had said what she said at that time. Well, even Senior Brother Sun couldn't compete with her for Li Jian, but she was still sure of it.
