Chapter 4: The Canal of Asking the Way ()

"Okay, this time the Immortal Trailing Gate ends here. If you don't pass, you will wait for a while here and stay in the valley for half a month. In half a month, someone will send you back." After the old man said that, he left. In the envious eyes of the young men, Ji Yuewu and the other two followed him to the outsider of the valley.

"Ji Yuewu is indeed born with spiritual roots, and from the expression of Elder Hu, I'm afraid the qualifications of spiritual roots are also very good. She will definitely become a fairy-like figure in the future."

"Who said no, the boy from the Sun family usually doesn't show any mountains or water. Unexpectedly, he actually has spiritual roots. When he returns to the family in the future, his family may soon prosper. Even if he becomes a direct lineage, it is normal."

"And Xiao Lin from the Xiao family, who originally had no qualifications to practice like us, but they were lucky enough to have treasures that Elder Hu valued."

The boys were talking a lot, and their words were full of envy and jealousy.

"The sect must not make noise in the important areas, otherwise they will be expelled from the mountain gate immediately." A Luoyun Valley cultivator shouted fiercely, and immediately scared all the young men to the point of being silent. The cultivator nodded with satisfaction, smiled proudly before shouting: "Line up and follow me to the mortal courtyard for a while. Although you have no spiritual roots, the spiritual energy in the mountain gate is rich. Although you cannot step into the immortal path, absorbing some is also very good for you."

Xiao Chen was confused and didn't listen to the words of the disciple who led the way. When he came to his senses, it was already midnight.

Lying on the narrow stone bed, although I felt exhausted, I couldn't fall asleep. In a daze, after seeing myself returning to the Xiao family, the father and son suffered all the humiliation, and saw his father's extremely disappointed eyes. After a while, he saw himself becoming an omnipotent immortal master who traveled to heaven and earth, walking on the magical sword to travel to the nine heavens.

The next day, it was dark, and Xiao Chen was awakened by the noise from outside the door. He was stunned for a while. Then he hurriedly wiped his face with cold water and left. He saw that the open space in front of the stone house was already full of teenagers from all families who failed the test yesterday. The one standing in front of everyone was the Elder Hu who was responsible for the assessment yesterday!

Seeing this scene, did Xiao Chen's heartbeat accelerate? Has things changed?

"Elder Hu, the boys I brought yesterday are here. If you have any questions, please give me instructions." A middle-aged man in ordinary green clothes said with a little congratulation.

"Yes." Elder Hu nodded slightly, his half-closed eyes swept across the boys, and then he said lightly: "I call you to wait today because I, Luoyun Valley, lack some outer disciples. If you intend to stay, you can follow me to take a test, and you can stay here if you pass."

"Although the outer disciples are not as good as the true disciples, they are also considered to be my Luoyun Valley. They can obtain some of the cultivation techniques. As long as they complete their own work on weekdays, they can devote themselves to their cultivation. If they are diligent and have some opportunities, they may be able to embark on the path of immortality."

When Elder Hu's voice fell, the young men suddenly became excited. Even if they could not practice immortality in this life, being able to become an outer disciple would be enough to make them shine and become respected immortal masters.

Xiao Chen was even more excited and trembled all over. This would be his last chance and he should not miss it anyway.

"Okay, since that's the case, you can follow me."

Seeing the boys having a lot of surprises, Elder Hu nodded with satisfaction and turned to the outsider.

The sect of the Tao is also a well-known place in Luoyun Valley. It is said that it was Luoyun Zhenren, the founder of the sect, who had reached the Nascent Soul stage. He personally built it. He used magic power to arrange formations to force ice water on the top of the mountain, and washed down from top to bottom, specifically used to test the heart of the disciples of the sect. Although Luoyun Valley gradually became lonely, there was no other Nascent Soul stage cultivator except the founder of the sect. By this generation, only the head of the sect reached the middle stage of the golden elixir, but this symbolic channel of the sect was still preserved intact.

Today, the assessment and test of this outer disciple is conducted here.

Elder Hu stopped and a steep slope appeared in front of everyone more than ten feet away. Between this slope, a canal several feet wide and about half an adult's height seemed to be embedded in it. Juanjuan's flowing water flowed down from the top. Although the distance was quite far, the cold air contained in the water still made the boys shivering.

Elder Hu had no expression on this, pointed to the canal, and said, "A person who can climb to the top within two hours can be a disciple of the outer sect of this sect."

This slope stood out of nowhere without support, and there was nowhere to be seen where the water flow came from. However, the young men were not too surprised to know that they were in the Immortal Cave at this moment. Moreover, although the canal was steep, but only two hundred meters long, they felt a little confident in their hearts.

When Elder Hu's orders began, he screamed and rushed forward frantically.

Xiao Chen was born with a weak constitution and was left at the end at the beginning.

As soon as I entered the canal, the water flow was not too fast, and although the water temperature was low, it was still within the affordable range. Some young men with excellent physical fitness and practiced martial arts went upstream in the blink of an eye and rushed out nearly fifty meters away. However, when they exceeded a certain limit, the water flow speed suddenly increased by more than twice, and the water temperature was even below the freezing point. In the rushing water, there were even a little bit of ice! Although the ice edges were fragile, they were like sharp knives when the water flowed quickly. If they were not careful, a narrow wound would be cut off by them!

Therefore, the young men were still moving forward with ease and suddenly became difficult.

Huh! Huh! Huh! Huh!

After breathing heavily, Xiao Chen felt that his lungs were full of hot smell. The dense beads of sweat rolled down and flowed into his eyes, which brought a sensation of hotness. But then he was washed away by the cold water and returned to a little more clearness again.

The speed became slower and slower, from climbing up step by step to moving up little by little, and finally it became a little slow move forward. Xiao Chen's entire body was immersed in the water, and his body tried to climb down as much as possible to reduce the power of water flow. At the same time, he used both hands and feet to climb on the rugged rocks at the bottom of the water and move upwards. The clothes on his knees and elbows were quickly worn out. Under the dual action of the friction between the ice and the strange rocks, the exposed skin quickly appeared bloody marks, and finally became bloody, but they were quickly washed away by the running water!

For these 200-meter-long canal, it seemed to be as high as the sky for these young men, and each of them was struggling forward. The wounds on their bodies gradually became dense, and they flowed down the water, which turned the canal water into blood.

From a distance, this canal of questioning is more like a blood river full of evil aura. The young man in the river is like a swimming fish flowing upstream, revealing a tragic and tragic aura!

Under the channel of asking the Tao, more than a dozen Luoyun Valley monks looked at the scene and couldn't help but look complicated on their faces.

"Half an hour left!"

The monk responsible for timing under the slope shouted loudly. With the blessing of true energy, the rolling sound was enough to spread throughout the hill. At this moment, the teenagers with the best physical fitness were not far from the end. But the water flow was obviously more turbulent, and the ice mixed with it also turned into pieces of broken ice.

A young man was lowering his head and crawling on the gravel at the bottom of the canal. Although he was scratched countless wounds on his hands, his eyes showed firmness and did not give up at all. "Bang!"

But at this moment, a piece of broken ice suddenly hit his forehead. The young man's head suddenly turned blood, and his figure was washed down by the water flow.

call out!

The monk Luoyun Valley, who was responsible for the safety of the young, quickly took action, carried him out of the canal and landed quickly under the slope.

Elder Hu glanced at him expressionlessly and said lightly: "Treat him with his injuries, and when the matter is finished, I will send him home."

The boy's head was bleeding, but when he heard this, he shouted weakly: "Immortal Master! Master, give me another chance and let me continue to try again. I just almost succeeded."

"Really, I'm just a little short. Why don't you give me another chance? Why!" The young man's mind collapsed and burst into tears.

When Elder Hu heard this, he frowned slightly and shouted: "The Great Way of Cultivation requires not only qualifications, but also opportunities! The ice cube just smashed you, but you have bad chances and no chances with the Great Way! Don't force it, take him down!"

The Luoyun Valley monk respectfully bowed when he heard this, and then a light flashed on his body, and he hugged the young man and left quickly.

At the same time, in the channel of asking the way, countless young men instantly felt despair.

"Ah, there's no time!"

"We only climbed halfway through an hour and a half, and the higher the water flowed faster and the lower the temperature, we had no hope!"

"Forget it, I won't crawl anymore, I'm so tired!"

Seeing that there was no hope, the boys suddenly wailed, grabbed the stones under their bodies with their hands and feet, fixed their bodies in the canal, and showed pessimistic and desperate expression on their faces.

But this sound came to Xiao Chen's ears, but he did not hear it. His spirit was already blurred at this moment, and he was still able to move now, relying on an unyielding will to support his body. So when all the boys around him gave up, he was still moving up little by little.

The palms, elbows, and knees all became bloody and bloody. The face, arms, and chest were cut off dense wounds from the ice. The rushing and cold water covered the pain all over the body, and the teenagers wailed in despair, but none of this could enter Xiao Chen's ears.

At this moment, he only had one belief in his heart, that is, moving forward! Moving forward! Keep moving forward!

No difficulty can stop him! If he wants to succeed, he must make his parents proud and never be looked down upon again!
Chapter completed!