It should be a cool breeze, but everyone who was swept by this breeze shuddered involuntarily. Some people's faces became paler, and some of them even let out a few screams.
He coughed lightly, but spit out a few mouthfuls of blood, and the breath on his body was still declining at an alarming rate.
There are not many monks in the team.
There were about forty people.
But you must know that this team started with three hundred people.
Of course, as we continue to move forward, some people will start to fall behind as they can't keep up with the pace, and in the end, only these people will be left.
The eyes of the monks who coughed up blood looked a bit gloomy.
They glanced at the seemingly endless mountain road, and finally understood why the stone tablet at the foot of the mountain had such a mountain name engraved on it.
Not returning.
The name of this mountain is not to persuade them not to look back or give up, but to tell them that from the moment they set foot on this mountain, there is a road of no return.
The road to sword cultivation is a road of no return.
This is a path that cannot be abandoned.
And those who quit…
"ah--"
A scream suddenly sounded.
One of the monks who reached the very end fell down on the mountain road, probably because he couldn't hold on any longer.
And the original breeze turned into a howling wind in an instant - only then can you see clearly that this so-called breeze is not a micro-flow formed by the flow of air at all, but is caused by countless invisible winds.
The special "air flow" formed by the sharp sword energy.
Other sword cultivators are traveling on this mountain road. Every time they face these "breezes", they must use their own true energy to activate their sword energy or Gang Qi shield to fight against them. Only in this way can they ensure that they can continue to move forward without being hurt.
As a result, he was injured and even died.
This is also the reason why the monks' faces turn a little pale every time the breeze blows.
Not everyone can withstand the sweep of these sword energies without any impact.
The sword cultivator who had fallen to the ground had obviously exhausted all the energy in his body and was almost completely exhausted. So how could he still have the strength to resist the sweep of these sword energies?
Almost instantly, he was beaten into a sieve by these sword energies, and he could no longer die.
Blood slowly flowed along the mountain road.
The faces of the other sword cultivators became a little more ugly.
But no one stopped.
Because there have been countless fallen sword cultivators who have proven that if they dare to stay in place for more than five seconds? The sword energy they will have to bear will intensify.
A kind of sad mood spreads among this group of sword cultivators.
The team is still moving forward.
No one stopped.
Because stopping means death.
unless……
A few sword cultivators walking in the front row? Suddenly their pace quickened.
Then soon? There was some commotion in the team, and more and more sword cultivators began to move faster? A strange new force supported these monks to start to move forward at a faster pace? They all saw something called "
hope of survival.
No one likes death.
Not to mention willing to die like this.
On the left side of the mountain road with almost no end? Suddenly there is a teahouse.
The word "No Return" is still written on the flag next to the teahouse.
Only this time, in the eyes of these sword cultivators, they became friendly.
"Boss! I want a pot of tea."
Almost every sword cultivator who rushed to the teahouse couldn't wait to start shouting.
Naturally, a teahouse will not have a boss.
But after everyone who shouted this sentence sat down, a pot of tea and a porcelain bowl appeared on the empty table in front of them.
No monk wastes this hard-won moment.
Some people are so impatient that they don't even use the bowl, and just start drinking from the spout.
As the tea went into their throats, the complexions on the faces of these swordsmen gradually became better and no longer as pale as before.
A warm feeling rose from their abdomen and soon spread to the whole body. There was a warm feeling. But what they really cared about was not these, but that they could actually feel it? The true feeling in their bodies.
The Qi has become thicker, and even the condensed sword Qi and Gang Qi are much thicker? This is an increase in strength that is clearly visible to the naked eye.
Everyone's eyes became eager again as they headed toward the mountain road that continued upwards.
The monks in the mysterious world are all greedy. After experiencing this feeling of becoming stronger instantly, almost everyone will fall into it.
The dozen or so monks who were walking at the front stood up again and continued up the mountain without hesitation.
The dozen or so monks in the middle of the team hesitated for a moment, and then half of them also got up and went up the mountain.
"Alas." Someone sighed softly.
"My strength is limited, so I won't continue. I hope you will take it seriously."
After the swordsman finished speaking, he put the teapot on the table, but did not get up, but continued to sit where he was.
About ten seconds later, his figure completely disappeared in front of everyone.
"The road of no return on the mountain, no regrets and no fear." Someone chuckled, "This was the sword sect's method of squeezing potential back in the day. Either go on until the potential is completely squeezed out, or die...rather than die.
In the hands of the demon clan, it is better to die in this kind of training... I can't walk anymore. After passing two teahouses, it is my limit. Please take care of me."
After that, he also put down the teapot.
After a while, he disappeared in front of everyone.
Jian Zong will not return to the mountain.
This was an assessment method used to squeeze out the swordsmanship potential of the Sword Sect back then.
From the moment you set foot on the point of no return, you can only move forward and not look back. Only after walking to this teahouse and drinking a bowl of warm tea can you choose whether to continue moving forward or give up: if you give up, you will naturally be
Teleport away; if you want to continue moving forward, then there will be a new round of potential squeezing - the sword energy blowing like a breeze is constantly consuming the true energy of these sword cultivators and completely squeezing their ultimate potential.
Point of no return.
Take the path of no regrets.
So people need to be self-aware.
You must first understand your own limits before you are qualified to face the malice of this world and know how to challenge and grow.
More than 300 monks went up the mountain together, and all of them passed the first teahouse alive.
I also learned about the challenges of the Mountain of No Return.
Then, almost everyone started the second challenge of squeezing their potential with considerable confidence.
But what they didn't expect was that the challenge of squeezing potential was not as difficult as they imagined.
Instead, it is directly based on doubling, and then gradually increasing becomes more difficult.
By the time we reached the final stretch, the pressure was already five times that of the first challenge.
So from a team of more than 300 people, there were only less than 40 people left in the end.
But now, there are only about twenty people left.
Because half of the self-aware sword cultivators have chosen to give up.
This secret realm of the Sword Sect is not as small as imagined. In addition to the Sword Sect's Mountain of No Return, there are two other places that are worth exploring for little people like them. If you hadn't heard that only through the Sword Sect's Mountain of No Return, can you
Entering the core area of the Sword Sect's secret realm, they would not even come here to seek punishment.
Only those who are truly proud of heaven will be so competitive.
How could they, little people, care about this?
After all, only by living can there be hope.
However, true geniuses will naturally not be like these little people who have struggled so hard just to get through the second round.
The monks who entered the secret realm of Jian Sect were arranged one after another.
For example, Tang Shiyun, Ye Jinxuan, etc. had entered as early as the first day.
Those who were slightly behind broke into the secret realm of the Sword Sect on the second and third days and began their exploration.
Jian Zong will not return to the mountain.
The mountain road has nine levels.
Those so-called top geniuses have already reached the sixth or even seventh level.
At this moment, in the teahouse on the seventh floor, there were five swordsmen with almost no aura, each occupying a square table.
Among the five, the most famous one is Xu Yue from Cangjian Pavilion.
The name of Fairy Xuanyue was once comparable to that of Tang Shiyun.
You must know that among Tang Shiyun and Ye Jinxuan's generation, there are only five monks who have actually received nicknames from Wanshilou.
Among them, Taiyi Valley accounts for three.
They are Shangguan Xin, Tang Shiyun and Song Nana.
The other two were Xu Yue from Cangjian Pavilion and a Confucian disciple from the various schools of thought.
Even Ye Jinxuan didn't get this nickname.
It was only later that Tang Shiyun broke through to the Earth Immortal Realm in one fell swoop and faced off against several veteran Earth Immortal Realm experts in the Tianyuan Secret Realm. After that, she killed three Daoji Realm experts with swords in succession. Her fame completely overwhelmed Xu Yue.
At this time, apart from Xu Yue, the remaining ones were Mu Ling'er from Lingjian Villa, Cheng Cong from Wanjian Tower, and Han Buyan from Beihai Sword Island.
It can be said that in addition to the two kendo monsters from Taiyi Valley, the leading contemporary practitioners in the four holy places of Xuanjie sword cultivators have already gathered here.
It can be seen from this that the weight of people who can reach this seventh level at this time is huge.
It's all gold, and it can hardly be described as "gold content."
As a result, these four people, each of whom can now represent the four holy places of sword cultivation, instantly understood that they had always underestimated the Dongfang Family.
Because this fifth person is Dongfang Xiang.
But it was just a slight adjustment in his attitude and vigilance towards Dongfang Xi.
Just because Dongfang Xi can sit here, he doesn't really think that a swordsman from the Dongfang family is enough to compare with them.
After all, this time, there were not many disciples from the Dongfang Family who came to the secret realm of the Sword Sect, and most of them were on the third or fourth floor.
But the disciples of their four major sword cultivation holy places are generally on the fifth and sixth levels at the moment.
This is the difference in background.
After all, the Dongfang Family is not a family that specializes in sword arts. It is not like Lingjian Villa, which started with sword arts. This is because a series of things happened later, and finally the family transformed from the "Mu Family" to the "Mu Family".
Found the "Lingjian Villa" with a sect-like character.
and……
"Enough is enough." Xu Yue said lightly, "Tang Shiyun is not an opponent you can challenge now."
Dongfang Xi's face did not return to its rosy color.
How could a genius like him not know that this spiritual tea unique to the Sword Sect's Bugui Mountain is not meant for cattle to drink.
A breath of suffocation can certainly restore your true energy instantly.
But it will also waste a lot of medicinal efficacy.
Only by taking small sips like this, nourishing the meridians and Dantian in the body bit by bit, and then gradually strengthening the true energy and sword energy, is the most correct way of drinking.
"How can you tell if you don't try?"
"Given your current situation, what else do you want to try?" Xu Yue shook his head, "The swordsmanship of your Dongfang family is a combined fencing skill. It can be said that only the two people who have practiced the "Sword Art of the Great Way of Heaven and Earth" can
It’s truly complete. Now that you’re the only one here and your sister isn’t here, how can you challenge me?… Besides, you’ve already reached your limit here. If you go up another level, you’ll die.”
Dongfang Xiang kept silent.
But the speed at which he drinks tea has obviously slowed down.
"The rest time in the teahouse is only a quarter of an hour. After that, you have to decide whether to continue on the road or give up. If you don't make a choice, you will default to continuing on the road." Xu Yue continued, "Tang Shiyun said, if you want to challenge her, you can only go on the road.
She will only fight you when you reach the top of the mountain... But now you may not even be able to complete the eighth floor, so you should understand the gap between you and her."
Dongfang Xiang's eyes showed a bit of unwillingness.
But he also knew that what Xu Yue said was true.
He did meet Tang Shiyun at the foot of the mountain and asked for a challenge, but Tang Shiyun did not refuse. He just said that if he wanted to challenge her, he could only be qualified by climbing to the top of the Mountain of No Return.
After that, they all climbed the mountain at the same time.
However, these people started on the fifth floor and already needed to rest for more than five minutes. They could no longer continue on the road after drinking a pot of tea in just a few minutes like before.
Now that he was on the seventh floor, he discovered that even if he had a fifteen-minute break, he might not be able to continue sprinting upward.
And the rhyme of Tang poetry?
Every time you enter the teahouse, it only takes less than a minute. After drinking a pot of tea, you can continue climbing without any rest time.
Dongfang Xi already knew at that moment that he was no longer qualified to challenge Tang Shiyun.
However, he was really unwilling to do so.
Xu Yue put down the teapot and then stood up: "Listen to my advice...Tang Shiyun and Ye Jinxuan are not two people we can challenge at all. I once thought that I already had the qualifications to stand side by side with Tang Shiyun.
Even though she broke through to the fairyland a few years before me, I always felt that the gap between her and me was not that big... But now, I finally understand that while I was desperately chasing her, she was just sitting there.
Just watching the scenery where you are."
"And once she takes a step forward, I won't even be qualified to look at her back."
After that, Xu Yue left the teahouse and started climbing to the eighth floor.
"We entered here and gained an improvement in strength. At best, it just means that we are one step closer to the realization of the Daoji realm."
"But the rhyme of Tang poetry..."
"Oh, once she leaves here, she will officially enter the Daoji realm, and even..."
"Qualified to become the youngest eighth peerless swordsman."
Mu Linger sighed.
I don't know whether it was envy or jealousy, and then I left the teahouse.
Next, was Cheng Cong.
Finally, it was Han Buyan.
However, before leaving, Han Buyan still patted Dongfang Xiang on the shoulder: "Understood?"
"I understand." His tone was indescribably bitter, but Dongfang Gui still nodded.
Can he not understand?
The first one to leave was Xu Yue, then Mu Ling'er, then Cheng Cong, and finally Han Buyan.
The order in which they left was almost exactly the same as the ranking order on the current Sword Immortal List - Cheng Cong was ranked slightly higher than Mu Ling'er, but Mu Ling'er obviously had some problems in the chaos of the Nanzhou Rebellion.
There has been a significant increase in strength, so their current strength is already above Cheng Cong, but Wanshilou has not made a new ranking change based on their current situation.
After all, a new era is about to begin. Do the rankings from the old era still have meaning?
And Dongfangxiang?
However, he has not even entered the ranking of the current Sword Immortal Ranking.
Where do you get the qualifications to challenge Tang Shiyun?
This difference is already obvious enough.
"If you join forces with your sister, you may still be qualified, but as long as you are alone... I am afraid you are not as good as me. If you don't attack together, how can you get the power from the combined fencing skills?"
After Han Buyan left these last words, he left without looking back.
a long time.
It was almost at the end of fifteen minutes.
Dongfang Xi finally took the last sip of tea.
Then his figure in the teahouse finally faded and disappeared.
