Chu Gou's consciousness had long since faded, but the severe pain all over his body was extremely clear. Both his body and mind seemed to be urging him to take a rest. Only a single insistent voice in his heart screamed at him.
Don't stop.
Even if you move a little slower, even if you move up little by little, you can't stop at all!
Because once you stop, you will definitely "die"!
I don’t know how long it took. All those tragic past events disappeared from my eyes, as if they had never appeared before. The surrounding clouds appeared again. Those heart-wrenching sharp knives also disappeared, and the eyes changed back.
What the stone steps looked like before.
"What just happened were all fake? Was it my dream?" Chu Gou couldn't help but think. He felt that his previously muddled mind suddenly became clear again at this moment.
"Could it be that those just now were tests by the gods on the cliff mountain?" Chu Gou thought his guess was reasonable. If you want to gain the power of gods, how can you not have any tests at all?
Do you think the test is too difficult?
Yes, and no. Compared to going back to the days a year ago when he could fall down at any time on the stone field and never get up again, Chu Gou felt that what he had just experienced was nothing.
Think of it as a nightmare. It's a good thing to wake up!
"But why is my whole body still unbearably tired?" Chu Gou's mind was clear, but he still found it difficult to support his body. Fatigue penetrated every inch of his body.
"Rebirth of the Great Era of Fighting Waves"
Looking back, I saw that the place behind me was just like the place in front of me, shrouded in clouds and mist. I couldn't see more than a few feet, only a vast expanse of white.
I have no idea how long I have been climbing, how far I have climbed, or how far ahead I am.
Suddenly, Chugou saw that the clouds and mist in front seemed to be a little lighter, and he could vaguely see what seemed to be a gentle terrace in the distance ahead.
"Is that the top of the mountain?" Chu Gou felt excited.
After climbing a few more steps, a small coffee table appeared in the mist, just beside the steps. On the coffee table were a teapot, a teacup, and a plate of fragrant rice cakes.
Oh my god! Rice cakes! That’s the dog’s favorite thing to eat. It’s a delicacy that he only eats once a year. With a pot of hot tea, the dog feels like he can rest on the edge of the coffee table. After all, the top of the mountain is near.
He was in front of him, but there seemed to be no one walking in front of him.
"Do you want to rest for a while?" There is inevitably hesitation in his heart. After all, he is really tired and hungry at this moment, and the end is near, so it is perfectly fine to take a rest.
On the top of the mountain, Wang Nian also looked a little nervous, and secretly thought that this illusion was really too damaging. It not only tests people's resilience in the most difficult times and their ability to withstand suffering, but also made an appearance of victory in sight at the last moment.
It paralyzes people and makes them fall into the gutter.
Those teas and everyone's favorite foods are traps. Once you touch them, you will feel extremely comfortable and relaxed, and you will probably be trapped in the comfort before victory and find it difficult to have any motivation to move forward.
To be honest, Wang Nian didn't think he could perform well in such an illusion. He even felt that if he hadn't experienced the experience of the past three years, he would definitely not be able to survive such an illusion.
He secretly glanced at the Dengyun Hall above him, and saw that his master had gone back. Wang Nian felt that towards these new disciples, his master seemed to be a lot less kind, and a lot more harsh and cold.
I don't know if Wang Nian's inner reminder worked. The young man who was climbing hard did not stop because of the teapot and rice cakes that appeared on the edge of the stone steps. He continued to move up the mountain bit by bit.
"How did he hold it back?"
"I don't know. But the boy's mood obviously fluctuated. He should have hesitated at the time. But he finally endured it. This kind of perseverance and tenacity is really rare." Even Yang Rui, who has rarely participated in the conversation, also expressed his feelings.
He couldn't help but praise the other person a few words. Even though he didn't say it, in his heart Yang Rui and Wang Nian felt that the perseverance and persistence of the embarrassed young man were probably much stronger than before they entered.
Liu Xin didn't say anything else. Her attention was no longer focused on the young man at the front. Although most qualified climbers on the mountain road collapsed before reaching the Jingxin Pavilion.
He had to be sent down the mountain, so he would never have a chance to visit the cliff mountain.
But there were still very few people who stayed on the mountain trail, and went all the way up past the "Jingxin Pavilion", the centerline marker of the mountain trail.
One, two, three...
As time went by, those one-in-a-million, one-in-a-million people also appeared one after another, and the quota of fifty people suddenly did not seem so difficult to satisfy.
"Look! That guy is almost here!"
The mountain road in Duoya Mountain is not short in nature. Even with normal climbing speed, it will take half a day to climb from the foot of the mountain to the top. People with good physical strength are required to do it. People with less physical strength may not be able to climb to the top of the mountain in one day.
Go up there.
Not to mention climbing up bit by bit.
Three full days. This is the most brutal test of a person's willpower, physical strength, and even his spiritual foundation.
No matter whether you think it is harsh or cruel, in the end the people screened out in this way are definitely the best among people, the rare seedlings picked out from hundreds of thousands.
"This...this is a mountain, is it the top of the mountain?"
"Yes, this is the top of the cliff mountain. You are the first person to climb to the top. You are very good!" Wang Nian is the senior brother among the second-generation disciples, and it is his time to step forward at this time. He feeds the other person while feeding him.
An elixir that soothes the mind and replenishes physical strength. Let the other party have a good rest, while there is tea and food. There are still two days of the mountain climbing meeting, so you need to continue waiting here.
"Thank you, thank you for this, this..."
"My name is Wang Nian, the leader of the second generation disciples of Duyashan. You can call me Master Wang. We will meet more often in the future." Wang Nian didn't waste any time. The students in the Miscellaneous Academy also called teachers "under the name"
That's right, and there is no title of master or apprentice, they are all called "teacher" or "teacher so and so". They will wait until they can officially accept apprentices in the future and then use the "teacher" ceremony.
After a round of introductions, Liu Xin and Yang Rui just nodded and said they had met. However, the first disciple to climb up kowtowed in a polite manner, looking quite reserved. He did not notice at all that they had seen each other on the mountain road.
That one is so fierce.
Rather, she looked like a young daughter-in-law who had just entered the house, acting cautiously and cautiously. She didn't even dare to raise her head.
"May I have your name?"
"Slave, I'm young, my disciples don't have names, so they usually call me Chugou."
"Cudi? Haha, your name is quite special. My nickname used to be Shitou, which is similar to yours. Just rest by the side, and when everyone is gathered, we can go to the front of the hall to pay homage to the Master."