mtlumby2d Chapter 247
Chapter 247
Before he could make a move, Shopkeeper Liu knocked on the door and said:
"Dear customers, please don't get angry. This is a small business. If someone gets killed, it will be really troublesome."
It turned out that the two businessmen next door heard something about fighting and killing and quickly checked out and left, and told the shopkeeper downstairs.
"If you have any grudges, it's not too late to leave the inn. There is a canyon to the southeast of the inn. It's wide and deserted. It's a good place to take revenge. I hope you can be kind enough to move to another place."
Feng Haobo didn't want to pay attention at first, but after hearing what Lin Qiushuang said, she stretched out the whip she carried with her and tied the man up.
"He saved my life, I can't cause any more trouble." Lin Qiushuang tied the man up and bowed to Ni Yangzhou who had been standing there for a long time: "I will never forget your kindness. Hezezhou Lin Qiushuang will remember this."
After saying this, he took out a white jade communication card from his bosom and presented it with both hands: "Now I am weak and powerless, if there is a day when you need me, I am willing to go through fire and water and serve you like a dog or a horse."
Ni Yangzhou took the communication card and just nodded without any thoughts. He felt that he had not done much in the first place.
Feng Haobo did not give up on this future fellow disciple from this small place, and took the initiative to volunteer: "This kid is not honest, I will go with you."
Lin Qiushuang wanted to refuse, but Feng Haobo was impatient and carried her away. Lin Qiushuang had no choice but to say goodbye and leave the inn together.
Ni Yangzhou went downstairs and saw the mortal couple who had just woken up supporting each other and walking out the door. Birds were chirping outside the window and the sun was shining brightly.
In the backyard, Yan Congzhi cast a cleansing spell on the pond in the yard to erase all traces of magic left by the giant salamander spirit. The lotus flowers in the pond bloomed leisurely, their red flowers reflecting the sun, and their green leaves stretched to the sky.
Ni Yangzhou faced the light and ran towards his master.
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"Single fire spiritual root, fifth level of Qi Refining."
A young man let go of the spirit-measuring stone, took the bamboo slips, took a deep look at the thousands of stone steps at the mountain gate, raised his feet, and climbed up one step at a time.
There were about a hundred people like him waiting in line to receive the bamboo slips, but the crowd of people under the small Taoist temple could be counted as thousands.
A very small number of them are independent cultivators, and most of them are good seedlings sent by aristocratic families with all their strength, or seedlings that have been supplemented.
After the master set up the stone steps illusion, he went straight to the finish line to wait. Ni Yangzhou was assigned to patrol with Yuan Jia to check for cheating.
Yuan Jia was of a lively nature. He was unwilling to fly slowly on his sword like Ni Yangzhou. Instead, he sat on a pottery basin and moved back and forth along the entire stone staircase, like a fat brown cloud, casting a round shadow.
Ni Yangzhou was tired of standing on the sword, so he slowly sat down cross-legged, and just stood about three-fifths of the way up the stone steps and quietly observed the disciples who came to participate in the election.
Minghong Sect does not have so many complicated selection criteria, just one rule, that is, you need to be able to walk all 9,999 steps. It doesn't sound strict, but some steep places are extremely difficult to climb. The stone steps are wide and narrow, and you have to keep your body steady when standing on the cones to keep moving forward, which is also a big challenge.
The first part of the stone steps is just a test of physical strength, while in the second half, when there is hope of reaching the door, there will be an illusion showing the things that the candidate fears most. If one cannot see through the illusion and gets lost in it, he will be automatically teleported down the mountain.
Two people have already successfully gone up. One is a young woman with a high level. She was only slightly blocked when she arrived at the illusion, but she woke up after a while and went up on her own. The other is an old man in his sixties. He was trapped in the illusion for a while, but finally walked out successfully with his hair soaked.
Then a few more were teleported out.
Ni Yangzhou watched as a chubby little boy in gorgeous clothes was being carried by four servants at the foundation-building level and running. When they saw him from afar, they instantly changed their formation, and the chubby little boy began to climb by twisting and turning on his own.
The boy looked back at where he was. It was indeed shaded by trees and not easily discovered. It was a good place to observe secretly and catch cheating.
Yuan Jia, who was flying around on the lower level, had disappeared and someone unexpectedly rushed up like this.
Ni Yangzhou flew over slowly on his sword, and did not descend. He just followed behind the few people slowly without saying a word. The guilty people wished they could do the same.
I wanted to send him away directly, but I was almost in the illusion, so it wouldn’t be a bad idea to experience it for a while before getting out.
The fat boy and the servants finally reached the beginning of the illusion, feeling uneasy. Before they could react, two of them fell to the ground screaming in pain, and another one frantically shouted "snake".
The child surrounded in the middle had no idea what horrible thing he had seen and was so frightened that he dared not move. Ni Yangzhou went over curiously and took a look from the front. He found that the child was so frightened that he was crying and his clothes were soaked.
The young man waved his hand in annoyance, and the chubby boy woke up from the illusion with horror. The moment he saw Ni Yangzhou's face, he waved his hands and tried to run away backwards, screaming.
There was a tall staircase behind them. Ni Yangzhou made a gesture and sent the group of five people out of the stone steps.
"I'm afraid of you, Xiaozhou."
Yuanjia turned around at some point and sat on his round ceramic basin.
"I didn't expect your little face could rival that of a venomous snake or beast."
Ni Yangzhou touched his face and said, "They are just timid. Why didn't you stop them? I saw that they were about to step on the wind-fire wheel and ascend to heaven."
Yuan Jia smiled and said, "I didn't notice it. I just looked at him."
A bloodless white hand pointed downwards, and a child in tattered clothes was trying to climb up. His body was weak and he looked like a pile of bones that had turned into a spirit.
After finally getting over another slope, he didn't even take a rest and continued to climb up with his dry little hands.
He was barely at the third level of Qi Refining, thin and weak. He was indeed too conspicuous among the cultivators who were living a good life.
Ni Yangzhou nodded, thinking that the child was tough and could endure hardships. However, Yuan Jia pointed at the half-eaten millet steamed bread in the child's arms and said, "This kid has a good appetite. He can't bear to throw away such unpalatable food."
The young man turned his head and looked at Yuan Jia: "I have a good appetite, so what?"
Yuan Jia smiled and said, "He has a good appetite, so he is definitely not picky about food."