Chapter 123: Jujube tree grows on the cloud platform
Zhang Sui wanted to land directly on the cloud platform, but what he didn't expect was that there was an invisible barrier around the cloud platform.
This barrier prevents people outside from seeing clearly the cloud platform
Zhang Sui knew that this was set up by Mr. Meng, so he knocked twice and shouted: "Mr. Meng, open the door, there is a guest!"
Soon, a shimmering door appeared in front of Zhang Sui. The door opened without any wind, and Mr. Meng's angry voice came out: "Come in, you kid, please don't act recklessly this time. In the past few days,
I finally repaired it, but if it happens again like last time, there will be no place to entertain guests."
Zhang Sui chuckled and walked through the light door with Huang Jian.
As soon as I stepped onto the platform, I was shocked by the sight in front of me. I saw a big tree with a height of ten feet standing in the center of the platform. Its roots were rooted in the void, and its dense branches and leaves covered most of the platform.
A palm-sized leaf glows with fluorescence.
The more Zhang Sui looked at it, the more familiar he felt. Finally, he stepped forward and touched the thick trunk, and asked with some uncertainty: "Brother Zaoshu?"
As soon as he finished speaking, the originally quiet big tree and its dense branches and leaves made a rustling sound, and countless tiny colorful light spots fell from the dense leaves, fell on Zhang Sui's body, and then melted into his weight.
Zhang Sui was refreshed. These light spots turned out to be extremely pure and pure spiritual power.
Zhang Sui held the tree trunk with his hand, channeled a force of merit into it, and said with a smile: "Brother Zaoshu, what good food did Mr. Meng give you? It has grown like this in just a few days."
Zhu Kan, who was playing chess with Mr. Qi under the tree, smiled and said: "This jujube tree is very extraordinary. I heard from Mr. Meng that you were the first to discover its beauty."
Zhang Sui smiled and said, "Yes, when I came to study in ethnic studies, I learned about this tree from Mr. Zhou Su, so I transplanted it to my residence."
Mr. Meng came over at this time and said: "My current expansion in Yuntai is also related to this jujube tree. I didn't expect that it could be here and draw the power of pure spirit directly from the void."
Only then did Zhang Sui realize that the scale of the entire Yuntai had expanded a lot, and there were three or four more buildings on it. Those buildings that had collapsed due to the spiritual power he absorbed had now returned to their original appearance.
Zhang Sui sighed: "It seems that this is the place where Brother Zaoshu should stay. It turns out that I feel wronged by staying in my courtyard."
Zhu Kan said with a smile: "If Mr. Meng hadn't had a sudden idea and brought him to the cloud platform, no one would have known that it could grow like this."
Zhang Sui patted the jujube tree and said with a smile: "Look, I said that if I hand you over to Mr. Meng, there will definitely be some opportunities. How about you buy two jujubes to try as a thank you? I miss the taste."
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As soon as Zhang Sui finished speaking, the light spots around the jujube tree quickly gathered, and the process from flowering to fruiting was displayed again. Several fist-sized jujubes fell from the tree, one for each person present.
Everyone caught it, Zhang Sui laughed and said, "Thank you so much, Brother Zaoshu!"
Others also smiled and bowed their hands to the jujube tree and said thank you. Everyone present knew that the jujube tree had spiritual intelligence, and they all responded politely after receiving the benefit.
Huang Jian looked at the jujube in his hand with bright eyes. His spirit tempered by the mirage dragon could clearly feel the rich spiritual energy in the jujube, and he knew it was a good thing.
Zhang Sui took a bite of the jujube and found that the taste was now even more delicious. He couldn't help but admire it.
While eating jujubes, he pointed to Huang Jian next to Mr. Meng and said, "Mr. Meng, do you still know him?"
Huang Jian put the jujube into his sleeve, respectfully presented it to Mr. Meng, and said, "I have met Mr. Meng!"
Mr. Meng looked at Huang Jian and said with a smile: "I am not an old fool, Huang Jian?"
Huang Jian felt a little ashamed and said: "I didn't expect that sir still remembers my name. The student is really ashamed!"
Mr. Meng said: "You said you were going to Tianjing City for something, but you never came back. Later, I asked your father about the situation, but I don't know if he told you?"
Huang Jian said with an embarrassed look on his face: "My father later went to Tianjing specifically to look for me, but he was young and ignorant at the time and the student really had no intention of learning, so he beat him up. Finally, seeing that I really didn't want to come back, he gave up. I failed him."
Thank you sir for your kindness."
Mr. Meng laughed and said: "No wonder you and the second young master can play together. Even their temperaments are so similar."
Zhang Sui was dissatisfied and said: "What did Mr. Meng say? Later, I didn't feel ashamed and asked Mr. Meng. Compared with the second brother Huang, I can be considered as someone who is willing to learn from me!"
Mr. Meng snorted and said, "Then tell me yourself, how long did you stay at Clan Academy?"
Zhang Sui smiled and said: "Isn't that because the boy has something wrong?"
Mr. Meng ignored him, looked at Huang Jian, and said, "I see you, and you seem to have had some adventures. Your entry into Taoism is just a final step. Are you here to try to enroll?"
Huang Jian nodded repeatedly and told Mr. Meng his experience.
After hearing this, Mr. Meng glanced at Zhang Sui and said, "You are sending me a good student."
Zhang Suizhang laughed and said, "Brother Huang's situation is such that it would be a pity not to practice Buddhism.
Anyway, he turned out to be half of Sir’s student, so why not let him return to Sir’s disciples? Although he was a little ridiculous when he was young, as a young man, you have to give him a chance to change his ways, don’t you think?”
Huang Jian looked at Mr. Meng expectantly.
Mr. Meng stroked his beard and said, "If you want to practice with me, that's no problem."
Huang Jian was overjoyed and said hurriedly: "Thank you, Mr. Meng. From now on, students will wholeheartedly follow Mr. Meng in cultivation and will never be as half-hearted as when they were young."
Mr. Meng waved his hand and said: "Don't worry, I haven't finished speaking yet. This time when the academy was established, I listened to the Second Young Master's suggestion and set up some entrance examinations.
I have just finished the work in the past two days, you might as well give it a try, if you can pass it, then I will never refuse and will definitely take you under my wing."
Huang Jian said solemnly: "Students are willing to give it a try!"
Mr. Meng nodded with a smile and said, "Then it's up to you."
After speaking, Mr. Meng waved his hand and saw a staircase slowly emerging, extending from the ground to the cloud platform, with a thousand steps.
Mr. Meng said: "There are three thousand stairs in total. If you can walk 30% of the distance, I will consider you to have passed and take you into the door. How about it?"
Huang Jian looked at the dizzying height and gritted his teeth and said, "The student is willing to give it a try."
Mr. Meng didn't say much. He waved his sleeves and Huang Jian disappeared.
Zhang Sui sensed it and found that Huang Jian had fallen on the ground and was in front of the stairs.
Zhang Sui asked curiously: "Mr. Meng, are you particular about this staircase?"
Mr. Meng glanced at him and said: "This path was designed by me based on the path of inquiry you described. It can test inner knowledge, distinguish between humans and monsters, and discern the good and evil in people's hearts, as well as the courage and courage of character."
Zhang Sui looked at the memories on the faces of the people around him, and guessed that everyone present had tried it. Zhang Sui felt a little itchy and said, "I'll try it too." After saying that, he jumped off the platform.
Mr. Meng quickly warned: "You can go and experience it, but please don't use the technique to absorb spiritual power, otherwise my efforts these days will be in vain."
Zhang Sui nodded repeatedly, without releasing the sword light, and jumped directly from a height of 100 feet, making a free fall. Only when he was close to the ground did he activate his sword control method, and landed steadily in front of the stairs.
At this time, Huang Jian had already stepped onto the stairs. The expression on his face was very strange. His expression kept changing, sometimes he was ecstatic, sometimes he sighed in depression, but he did not stop, but climbed steadily upwards.
.I don’t know what he went through in his mind.
Zhang Sui thought for a while, and put all the spiritual power in his body into the void of consciousness. He looked like an ordinary person, but he could not control the strength of his body and the strange power.
Zhang Sui touched his chin, looked at the stairs in front of him, and took the first step without hesitation.
Feeling a slight flicker of consciousness, Zhang Sui came to his senses and found that he was sitting in the school. On the stage was the upright Mr. Shu Qian. He saw that the gentleman was holding a large pile of paper in his hand and threw it directly on the table.
superior.
Looking at the group of students in the classroom, he said: "Today's exam, if you fail, be careful of the ruler in my hand."
There was a sudden mourning in the hall, and Zhang Sui's consciousness was very clear. He could clearly know that he was in a dreamland, because his mind kept warning him. He ignored the warning, carefully looked at the surrounding environment, and found that everything could not be seen.
They all sound very real, and I can’t help but admire them in my heart.
After the test paper was handed to his hand, Zhang Sui was a little dumbfounded. There was obviously only one small test paper, but when he looked through it repeatedly, he actually showed different questions. The difficulty of the questions was from easy to difficult, and the content was all in this way.
Some knowledge of the world.
Now Zhang Sui is not as ignorant as he was when he first came to this world. Since activating the "Ruyi Book", Zhang Sui's memory and understanding ability have been greatly improved, which allows him to spend time in his spare time.
I have read a lot of books about this world.
These questions in the world don't seem too difficult now, and the exam started with Mr. Shu Qian's voice.
Everyone in the class was busy. Zhang Sui picked up the pen and started from the first page honestly.
Zhang Sui kept answering questions, feeling that he had answered no less than one or two thousand questions, but every time he turned over the test paper, new questions would appear. Zhang Sui felt that this had lasted all day, but the questions were still there
Endless.
Zhang Sui became a little impatient and was about to break the illusion directly. He put down his pen and stood up, just as he was about to take action.
Mr. Shu Qian suddenly appeared in front of him and picked up his test paper. The entire test paper turned into a light talisman two fingers wide. The word "B" was written on the light talisman. Mr. Shu Qian nodded.
Putting the light talisman in Zhang Sui's hand, he said, "Not bad!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the surrounding scene turned into a virtual dot and disappeared.
Zhang Sui looked at the stairs and found that he had ascended at least two hundred steps. Huang Jian's figure appeared behind him, at least half the distance away from him. At this time, he was grimacing and scratching his head. It seemed that he had been asked by some question.
Stumped.
Zhang Sui shook his head and ignored him. Zhang Sui knew that there was no strict requirement for this first level. It just depends on your level of knowledge. You should be able to pass more or less, but the evaluation is different. Look at the "B" in his hand.
"Zi Guangfu, I don't know what my level is. Thinking about it, it shouldn't be too bad.
Zhang Sui continued to go up, and he appeared in a jungle. He was carrying various tools on his back, as well as short swords, long knives and hard bows. There were also a group of people dressed in the same clothes as him. It looked like they were a group of heavily armed people.
hunter.
Through chatting, Zhang Sui learned that a ferocious beast was said to have appeared in the forest here, and that it often appeared in nearby villages, and many people were killed as a result.
The government sent officers and soldiers from many places to exterminate the beast, but as soon as there were too many people, the ferocious beast disappeared, and when there were few people, it would sneak attack one by one. In the end, there was no choice but to put up a high reward.
Zhang Sui's identity at this time was a member of a hunter family. This family came from Hanjiang Road in the north. The family has been hunting as its main business for generations and has rich hunting experience.
This time I also heard that there was a high reward for hunting the beast here, so one family organized a team of nearly ten people to hunt the beast, and Zhang Sui was one of them.
Zhang Sui was thinking about what aspects of this test he wanted to examine in people, and he couldn't help but feel a little lost.
A tall man next to him bumped his shoulder and whispered: "Erlang, what are you thinking about?"
Zhang Sui came back to his senses and looked at the big man in front of him. He saw a scar on his face extending from his forehead to his neck. It looked like it was left by some ferocious beast.
Zhang Suizheng didn't know what to call him. The man exploring the road ahead suddenly let out a bird call.
Everyone immediately lowered their bodies and no one spoke. Zhang Sui also followed the others and assumed the same posture.
The leader made two more different calls, and the group of people quickly dispersed around. Zhang Sui followed the footsteps of the big man beside him and came to the right wing.
Everyone slowly took off their weapons from their bodies and put all their attention on defense. Zhang Sui also took off a short ax from his waist and held it in his hand. In the jungle, there were vines and miscellaneous trees everywhere, so it was better to use a short ax than a sword.
There was some movement in the bushes in front of them, and the movement became louder and louder. It looked like something huge was coming towards them.
Everyone held their breath, and a few of those holding hard bows had already placed their swords on the bow strings, waiting quietly.
Suddenly, less than a hundred feet away, the movement in front suddenly stopped, as if something was wrong ahead.
In this way, both sides have been waiting quietly. This is when a strong man in the crowd took off a water bag from his waist and pierced it with a dagger in his hand. What flowed out of the water bag was not clean water, but blood with a fishy smell.
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Soon, the smell of blood filled this area, and heavy breathing came from the front. After a few breaths, the giant creature in front seemed to be unable to resist the temptation, and accelerated directly towards this side. The bushes fell on both sides like waves.
Everyone's expressions became serious, but Zhang Sui was not worried at all. With his current physical condition and his strange strength, he really didn't believe that any wild beast could threaten him.
Within a short distance of a hundred feet, the behemoth roared and rushed into the circle of people.