Chapter 34: Clearing the Clouds and Seeing the Sun
Time passed quickly, it was almost morning, and the sun had already appeared halfway. Fang Yi was still pulling branches forward. Just after Fang Yi pulled away the last pile of branches, the stairs disappeared!
At this time, Fang Yi looked at the "end" of the stairs. Fang Yi finally finished the mountain road. The fatigue on his body was relieved, and he felt much more relaxed physically and mentally. When Fang Yi looked forward, he saw that it was not the Yue Sword Sect, and his heart suddenly
A little excited! There was only a broken thatched house in front of him, and Fang Yi felt a little disappointed. Looking at the sky again, it was estimated that the time was up in just an hour.
Fang Yi looked around and saw a few benches made of stones and a thatched hut, but no one was seen.
"Is there anyone there?" Fang Yi shouted loudly when he saw no one around him. No one answered?
"Is there anyone?" Fang Yi shouted again.
"Why are you making such a fuss! It's so early in the morning and you're not allowed to sleep!" An angry voice came from the thatched house.
Fang Yi heard this and walked towards the thatched house.
"Ta! Ta! Ta!" Fang Yi knocked on the wooden door of the thatched cottage.
"Excuse me! How can I get to Yue Jian Sect?" Fang Yi politely asked the people in the thatched house.
"Yue Jian Zong? What is that?" The wooden door of the thatched house slowly opened, and Fang Yi saw an old man dressed as a woodcutter. The old man breathed out fragrance.
"Why are you here at Yue Sword Sect?"
"Old man! I came to Yue Sword Sect to take the assessment and prepare to enter the outer gate. Seeing that the time is almost up, I haven't found the sect yet. I suspect that I am going the wrong way! Could you please tell me where this is?"
Fang Yi asked after explaining, being very polite during the process.
"Yue Jian Sect! I know that sect!" The old man returned, glanced at Fang Yi, found the wooden chair next to the door, lay down, and closed his eyes.
"Old man, please tell me, please! I'm really in a hurry!" Fang Yi saw the old man closing his eyes and concentrating, so he hurriedly stepped forward and said.
"Why should I tell you? What benefits do I have?" The old man made things difficult for Fang Yi, but Fang Yi refused to tell him if he didn't give him any benefits.
At this time, Fang Yi was in trouble. The time was about to come, but he was lost and didn't know the direction. If he walked around casually, he was afraid that he would be farther and farther away from his destination. Fang Yi was even more at a loss.
The old man opened his eyes, glanced at Fang Yi, and continued to rock on the wooden chair.
Fang Yixiang also has a spiritual stone on his body. Judging from the old man's appearance, the spiritual stone should make him speak.
"Old man! I wonder if you know about spirit stones?" Fang Yi asked in a low voice.
"Spiritual stone?" the old man repeated as if he knew something.
"Yes! Spiritual stone!" Fang Yi took out the spiritual stone given to Fang Yi by Butler Li from his chest. Fang Yi thought that I wouldn't be able to use it now anyway, so it was most important to send it out to complete the current assessment.
"Old man! Look at this spiritual stone!" Fang Yi handed the spiritual stone to the old man.
The old man opened his eyes, took the spirit stone, touched it and took a look.
"Hmph! What do I need this broken stone for?" After saying that, he threw it back to Fang Yi.
"Broken stone? Is this spiritual stone fake?" Fang Yi was surprised, thinking that Butler Li was also deceived by the fake spiritual stone? I knew it!
"This spirit stone is real!" the old man affirmed, as if the old man could distinguish the authenticity of the spirit stone.
"But it's useless for me to use this broken stone. I'm not a cultivator, so I don't need this thing!" the old man said again.
"That's it!" Fang Yi heard this
He breathed a sigh of relief and put the spirit stone back into his chest.
"Well, old man, I don't have anything valuable with me anymore! Only this spiritual stone was given to me by my elders when I left home!" Fang Yi expressed euphemistically that he had nothing valuable anymore, and even the spiritual stones were not as good as the old man's.
Eye of Dharma.
"Hmm! From your news, you look like a woodcutter dressed like me. You must have good physical strength!" the old man said when he saw Fang Yi carrying an ax on his back.
"The old man is laughing. Now that I have all my strength, can I be of any help?" Fang Yi asked the old man.
"Well! It seems that you are very confident in your own strength! I really need your help with something!" the old man said.
"Old man, please tell me. I will be happy to help you if I can. Please tell me how to get to Yue Jian Sect!" Fang Yi returned happily.
"Well! Where are you looking?" the old man said, pointing to a pile of branches.
Fang Yi looked in the direction pointed by the old man.
"Did you see that pile of branches and grass?" the old man said.
"I saw it!" Fang Yi returned respectfully.
"There is actually a staircase going down there, but my bones are really old and I can't do heavy physical work anymore. Go and help me clean up that staircase!" the old man said.
Fang Yi felt a little conflicted in his heart. You must know that the place the old man pointed to had thick branches and no stairs at all. How could he catch up with so little time if there were any?
"I'm just asking you if you want to do it!" the old man asked, sensing Fang Yi's thoughts.
"Okay! I'll do it!" Fang Yi could only bite the bullet and agree.
"Then go quickly!" After hearing the satisfactory answer, the old man continued to close his eyes and rest.
"Let's go right now!" Fang Yi bowed to the old man and walked towards the stairs.
Fang Yi came to the stairs and felt a lot of reluctance when he saw the lush branches, but the only one who knew how to get to the Yue Jian Sect was an old man.
Fang Yi looked at the branches, took out his ax and started to work. This tree has all kinds of strange shapes. There are all kinds of branches, curved, thick, and long. I don’t know how many years no one has walked here. How can it grow?
When this happened, Fang Yi threw the branches to both sides and complained.
"Do it well!" the old man's voice came from far away.
"I know!" Fang Yi returned in the direction of the old man.
At first, the toughness and hardness of these branches were enough for Fang Yi to handle, but as the stairs went further and further down, Yi could hardly cut them anymore! You must know that with Fang Yi's current state, ordinary branches can only be cut with one blow.
This is not the uncle from Shen Mulin. In Fang Yi's opinion, his appearance is quite ordinary, that's all!
As Fang Yi deepened, from the power of one blow to two, three, and four blows, Fang Yi counted, and if he continued like this, he would never be able to finish the attack, and time was wasted minute by second!
Fang Yi looked back and looked at the old man's thatched cottage. There was no trace of it. There was no one around, so he could only use the power of cheating!
I saw Fang Yi habitually exerting his internal energy, and the aura slowly covered the ax in Fang Yi's hand. At the same time, the old man seemed to feel something and opened his eyes!
"God's will! God's will!" the old man said, slapping his thighs, and then closed his eyes again.
With the blessing of Gang Qi, Fang Yi's speed accelerated. The toughness of these branches could no longer faze Fang Yi. He could avoid all blows without any obstacles. In this way, Fang Yi seemed to have entered a magical state, working tirelessly.
I fiddled with the branches and couldn’t walk anymore.
Tiredness of stairs!
In this way, I don’t know how many branches Fang Yi split and how many stairs he walked. With help, Fang Yi quickly reached the end of the stairs.
"Finally finished!" Fang Yi wiped the sweat from his head, feeling happy.
Fang Yi looked at the sky and saw that it was already morning! Fang Yi suddenly became nervous again and remembered that he wanted to ask the old man how to get to the Yue Jian Sect. When he looked back, Fang Yi was shocked! The way back had disappeared!
At this time, Fang Yi was in an extremely bad mood, as if what happened just now was a dream. If the marks of the ax in Fang Yi's hand hadn't confirmed Fang Yi's work, Fang Yi really thought he was in a dream.
Fang Yi could only give up on what he had just done. He couldn't find the old man even if he wanted to find him, so he could only continue walking forward. There were no stairs in front of him, only weeds as tall as a human being. Fang Yi pushed aside the weeds.
OK, suddenly I heard someone talking in front of me!
When he was clearing the weeds again, Fang Yi saw the sect! On it were the three characters of Yue Jian Sect, and there were seventy or eighty people waiting in front of the door.
"Elder Wu, morning has arrived!" someone said.
"Well!" Elder Wu touched his beard and was about to speak when he saw Fang Yi arriving.
"Okay! The time has come!" Elder Wu said.
"Bang!" The sound of a bell shocked everyone.
"Eighty people passed this assessment!" Elder Wu glanced at everyone and announced the number of people who passed this assessment.
"Hey! Fang Yi!" Fang Yi heard someone calling him and looked towards the voice. It was the fat man Wang Wudi.
I saw Wang Wudi walking up to Fang Yi.
"I knew you would definitely be able to pass. You must have a stable character, and you will not show any signs of trouble!" Wang Wudi said.
"Brother Wang praised me!" Fang Yi returned with shame.
"Although we are the last to arrive, we are still qualified! We can practice together!" Wang Wudi said.
Fang Yi felt a chill. This guy was an acquaintance, and he even talked about practicing together. What would two grown men look like together? Just when Fang Yi was thinking about it, the elder spoke again.
"Congratulations to all the seeds for passing the examination! Now follow me to the outer gate hall for the initiation ceremony!" Elder Wu said to everyone.
"Let's go, kids!" Elder Wu said and led everyone towards the sect.
Fang Yi saw that this huge and majestic sect was very different from the thatched cottage just now. When Fang Yi was observing the gate, he happened to see Du Feng among the people. Fang Yi did not expect that Du Feng could also pass the test, so he squeezed towards the crowd.
Too crowded.
At the mountain gate of Yuejian Sect, which is at the foot of the mountain, I saw hundreds of people gathering at the foot of the mountain. These were the people who failed this assessment. Some people came back because they couldn't hold on and tore up their escape talismans on the way.
No one had entered the mountain gate at the beginning. Various reasons caused everyone to gather here.
"It's time, let's take you home!" Elder Sun looked at the sky and said to everyone.
When everyone heard Elder Sun's words, some sighed, some were disappointed, some had ordinary expressions, and everyone's expression was different, because everyone came here with different conditions, some came through the back door, some relied on talent, and some were underage.
Some people have reached their age, and they just go back and forth with unwillingness.
"It doesn't matter if you failed this time. Some people still have the opportunity to take the assessment again. Our elders are sending you home!" Elders Sun called out their respective Baiyun Lings, and called the seeds who failed the assessment to Baiyun Lings.
They each flew to the city they came from, and disappeared within the scope of the Yue Sword Sect with unwillingness and disappointment.