Chapter 81 The Real No. 1
Chapter 81 The Real Number One
The wind and snow are blowing, and the cold is as severe as an arrow.
Because of the accumulation of ice and snow on the mountain path, each step requires more energy than usual. In addition, the snowflakes will seep into the clothes along the way, bringing a more direct and bone-chilling cold.
The whistling mountain wind was as sharp as a knife, causing slight pain on the cheeks and even giving the illusion of disfigurement.
This is undoubtedly the most dangerous environment in the world.
What is even more frightening is that as the candidates continue to climb up, the specific changes in altitude will make the environment even worse.
Even if we ignore the inevitable accidents during the climb, just from the perspective of reaching the summit, the difficulty of this summer festival is among the highest in the past century.
If all those changes and tests are taken into account, this may be the most difficult summer festival in history.
The moment many candidates realized that the question was about reaching the summit, an idea came to their minds.
——If no one can make it to the end, then the specific score should be determined by who is closest to the summit? And this summer festival does not seem to prohibit fighting between candidates, does it mean that they can attack others during the climb?
Many people had this idea, but no one was stupid enough to do it at the foot of the mountain.
On the contrary, the vast majority of candidates at this moment are thinking of cooperating and joining forces to resist the wind, snow and severe cold.
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"The first part of this mountain road should be about marrow cleansing and Qi refining."
On the flying boat, a skinny old monk from Cihang Temple watched this scene and said slowly, "Those candidates who haven't reached the cave yet, if they can walk this section of the road in the face of the wind and snow, they will have completed the second stage. Her Royal Highness the Princess is thoughtful."
This statement was not avoided by anyone; everyone heard it clearly, and many people agreed with it.
But there are still people who disagree.
Someone said coldly, "Don't spread your words about enduring hardship everywhere, Kuzhou."
It turned out that the monk was Kuzhou, the chief elder of the current Dharma Hall of Cihang Temple. He had reached the state of a pure body and was undoubtedly an important figure in Zen Buddhism and even in the world of spiritual practice.
The monk Kuzhou remained unmoved and chanted the Buddha's name.
"Do you think everyone is an ascetic like you, who has a sword but doesn't use it, and has a method but doesn't use it? Why do you have to endure this kind of suffering?"
The man said, "Since there is no stipulation on how to solve the problem in this summer festival, then of course we should use whatever means we can."
This sentence talks about the application of law to all things, and naturally received more approval.
Ku Zhou did not refute and just watched the picture reflected on the screen quietly.
Just at this moment, people suddenly discovered something and there was an uproar.
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Under the Cangshan Mountain.
Two parties were confronting each other in front of a wide mountain road.
Although there are two parties, in fact there is only one person standing alone on one of the parties.
The other side had as many as three people.
The momentum of both sides was completely opposite to their numbers.
The few are strong.
The more there are, the weaker they are.
Because the lone person was the goddess Jingtian.
No one standing opposite her could understand the truth.
"What do you want to do?" one of them asked loudly.
"nothing."
Shen Jingtiannu smiled slightly and said, "Either you give up the exam, or I ask you to get out. Of course, you can also pray that there is actually a rule here that does not allow candidates to take action."
The three men looked extremely unhappy, thinking to themselves, I didn't target you that night, why do you hold such a grudge against me?
Yes, the three people standing opposite Chu Jun at this moment were all geniuses who participated in the night banquet nine days ago.
When she realized that she could choose which trail to take to the summit, she decided to find the people who had disgusted her, and she did find them.
What really puzzled Shen Jingtiannu was that she felt she should meet more people. After all, there were nearly a thousand candidates taking part in this year's summer festival, and this mountain path looked relatively easy to walk on at first glance. There shouldn't be just these few cats and dogs.
But it doesn’t matter. She will meet them later anyway. If she doesn’t, it only proves that these people are really useless and are not worthy of appearing in front of her.
Thinking of this, Shen Jingtiannu stretched out her hand and casually grasped it in the wind and snow.
It's like holding an invisible sword.
The next moment, she walked towards the three people.
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"Isn't this a bit outrageous?"
In the viewing area in front of the Imperial City, a middle-aged man who was somewhat powerful in the Divine Capital suddenly stood up and walked directly to the official of the Sky Patrol Department not far away. He angrily questioned: "Are there any rules for fighting like this? Are you asking the candidates to climb the mountain, or are you asking them to learn how to bully the weak?!"
Obviously, he is the father of one of the three young men.
The official from the Sky Patrol Department greeted him with a smile, but rolled his eyes in his heart, wondering why his son had offended others like this.
But the Goddess Jingtian is really narrow-minded.
Even narrower than the abbot's mind.
Thinking this way, he pretended to be helpless and said, "This summer festival is arranged by the princess. It is not our turn to interfere. If you have any objection..."
The unfinished meaning in the words is very clear.
If you really have the ability, go and vent your anger in front of the princess, don't come to me.
The middle-aged man had nothing to say.
He walked back with a grim look on his face, and was about to pick up his son and take him home to give him a good beating when the picture on the screen suddenly changed.
In the wind and snow, the virtual sword effortlessly killed three people in a row. When the Goddess of Jingtian once again proved that she was worthy of the name... the three candidates did not return to the open square in front of the imperial city, but appeared again at the foot of Cangshan Mountain, or in front of the same mountain road.
The only difference is that this time, not only is the Goddess Jingtian not in front of the three people, but the other two companions are also not around them.
These three people were not completely unharmed. Their constantly shaking bodies, pale faces and the loss of most of their true energy proved that they paid a certain price for their "death".
This scene surprised and stunned people, and they found it difficult to understand. They wondered what was going on.
Even the powerful men from various sects in the world and the big figures in the cultivation world on the flying boat had complicated expressions in their eyes, because they roughly recognized what this method was and how amazing it was.
It is not a simple transformation of reality and illusion, but an overlap of worlds. The same mountain appears in the eyes of the examinees, they are indeed in the same world, and even walking on the same mountain path, so why can't they see the existence of others?
This is a great supernatural power that truly involves the fundamental nature of the world.
Even if this is performed in a Taoist temple, it is still the most amazing method in the world today.
Taoist Zizai looked towards the depths of the imperial city, and after a moment of silence, he said with emotion: "Congratulations to Her Royal Highness the Princess for taking another step forward. I think she is not far from ascending to heaven."
No one answered this question.
There was complete silence between heaven and earth.
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Gu Zhuo was walking on the mountain path.
The heaven and earth still had words, which he knew clearly, without missing a single word.
But this is Bai Nanming's dojo after all, so the huge network of contacts he has built up in the capital of gods will no longer be useful in the short term.
If he tried to use the same methods as before to get help from all things in this world again, Bai Nanming would most likely notice that something was wrong and would then turn his attention to him.
This will be troublesome.
This was one of the situations he least wanted to face.
Thinking of this, Gu Zhuo raised his head slightly.
He looked at the invisible end of the rugged mountain road, and at the unknown road ahead shrouded in cold fog, and couldn't help but complain in his heart.
It's just an exam.
Why is this so?
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Unlike Gu Zhuo who walked casually on the mountain path, most of the candidates had a hard time taking every step under the wind and snow.
However, what the monk Kuzhou said was right, the snowstorm itself was actually an opportunity.
As long as the climbers have passed the threshold and have a strong enough will to face the baptism of endless wind and snow, they will be able to enter the cave after the summer festival. But the problem is that the mountain path is shrouded in cold fog, and there is no end in sight at a glance, as if there will never be an end...leaving despair in the hearts of the young men, suggesting giving up and frustrating their minds.
Faced with this snowstorm, geniuses from all over the world demonstrated different methods.
Some people left the mountain path and went into the forest to find suitable medicinal fruits, made a fire, boiled and cooked them, and drank them, constantly generating warm energy in their bodies to resist the howling cold wind.
Some people used their true energy as ink to draw talismans to keep out the severe cold.
More candidates temporarily joined forces and formed simple formations to jointly deal with the current difficulties.
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The Immaculate Monk faced the wind and snow.
The clothes of the goddess Jingtian fluttered slightly on the mountain path.
Bai Langxing's footsteps seem slow, but in fact they are swift and extremely fast.
Lin Wanyi walked quite easily.
For some reason, Li Ruoyun chose an extremely dangerous mountain path, but he took every step very steadily.
For geniuses like them who have already gained fame in the world, none of them would find this first hurdle difficult.
Logically speaking, people shouldn't focus too much on these geniuses, because there is really nothing to see.
But someone went a little too far.
"So this isn't really cheating?"
Someone raised his hand, pointed at a certain picture, and made a joke with a smile.
The picture shows Gu Zhuo walking with an umbrella.
"maybe."
"But who can be like him, who would not forget to bring an umbrella to protect himself from the sun on such a grand day as the summer festival?"
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By the time the sun reached its zenith, most of the candidates had already walked halfway through the first mountain trail.
No one was eliminated during this journey. This was related to the quality of the candidates themselves, but the more crucial factor was undoubtedly the kindness of the eldest princess.
People gradually learned that the candidates had three chances to try again in this summer festival, at least for the initial section of the mountain trail.
Candidates who are eligible to take part in the summer festival may have some problems with their emotional intelligence, but the vast majority of them have a good level of "solving the questions", and no one will fill in the wrong answers three times in a row on the same test paper.
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Gu Zhuo is certainly not like the majority of candidates.
So he naturally walked through the first long mountain road, and the world before his eyes suddenly became vast, no longer as rugged, steep and narrow as the mountain road, and his mood also became relaxed.
The first thing that appeared in his eyes was a lake covered by ice and snow in the distance. The slightly blue ice surface reflected the sky, and the scenery was very beautiful.
This was not the reason why his eyes stayed on it.
A girl in a green dress stands on the icy lake.
Alone and lonely.
The girl noticed Gu Zhuo's gaze and looked back calmly through the hundreds of feet of wind and snow.
The two looked at each other quietly.
Gu Zhuo looked at the girl with an ordinary face he had never seen before, and suddenly understood.
For example, why Pei Jinge put him second instead of first.
The wind blows and the snow falls, the world is not at peace.
Gu Zhuo walked towards the girl in the green skirt.
This chapter has three thousand words, and there is another chapter with three thousand words before twelve o'clock.
(End of this chapter)