We were struggling to carry the weight, and every time we raised our feet and waved our arms, it seemed that we had to use all our strength. The young people walking on the rock path behind the academy were like puppets carrying cotton thread. Although they could not see their expressions, the people who stayed in the academy seemed to be able to clearly understand the pain they were suffering at this time.
The way to choose students on the second floor is so simple, but behind the simplicity is so magical. Excellent young people from all over the world who walk on the oblique stone path will become clumsy puppets, which is shocking. Except for the person involved, no one can guess what happened on the mountain road. Even a great man like the priest Mo Li, who has been immersed in the world of cultivation for many years, dare not make any guesses before he personally felt it.
But everyone believes that the academy cannot really hurt these young people. After watching these monotonous and boring scenes for a long time, I can't help but feel bored. Looking at the movements of the crowd around the Shiping of the Academy, no one should stand up and try to climb the back mountain of the Academy. The bigwigs, including envoys from various countries, were a little relieved, and began to look left and right under the umbrella of the shade and chat with others.
The academy prepared some simple food, and the big guys also brought their own maids and followers. For a time, a lot of tea and snacks were placed on the table, which helped the laughter a little more.
The main objects of chatting between envoys from various countries are His Highness Li Peiyan and Princess Li Yu, and the priest Mo Li, vice president of the Tianyu Academy. For the Tang Empire and the Xiling Temple, which had no power in the world , these surrounding countries have always shown great gentleness and surrender. As for which side to surrender, it is not their focus, because this kind of surrender is at least now. Must be double-sided.
In addition to establishing good relations with the Tang Empire and the Xiling Temple, the real reason why envoys from various countries came to the academies today is to see what young talents are left behind in their country. If someone in their country is lucky enough to enter the second floor, of course they will Let's have a good relationship and win over it. Even if no one can enter the second floor, as long as they have the talent for cultivation, they must pay attention to their respective courts.
The envoy from the Dahe Kingdom was chatting with a deacon in the Xiling Temple beside him, hiding humility perfectly between laughter and exquisite flattery. Suddenly, he looked at the soil that was coming from afar with dust. Long's expression suddenly changed, and suddenly stood up, looked at the trembling voice and said, "What's wrong?"
The so-called earth dragon is actually four academy deacons carrying stretchers. Because they are too fast, their boots are trampling on the grass and kicking up the loess. Therefore, they have the momentum of dust rolling and flying dragons walking against the ground. Just look at the four The deacons of the academy came from the mountains with a stretcher and arrived at the front ping without a moment. They were not angry or blushing, and they seemed extremely calm. It can be seen that they should have done this a lot over the years.
The envoy of the Dahe Kingdom covered his forehead and looked at the unconscious young Dahe Kingdom practitioner on the stretcher, lamenting, never expecting that the first person who was defeated in the second floor of the academy today was People of our country.
I confirmed my defeat but didn't know how it was. This is the real reason for the depression. The envoy walked to the stretcher and asked in anger, "How come he climbed all the people fainted?"
A deacon in the academy next to the stretcher replied expressionlessly: "In the academy, it is very common to be unconscious. If you go upstairs, you will vomit blood, let alone climbing a mountain."
"Please give in." The deacon of the academy pushed away the envoy of the Dahe Kingdom with great blunt politeness , carried the stretcher, and continued to run towards the back of the academy, carrying a yellow earth dragon, leaving behind a few unclear complaints.
"Give it, boiling water."
Four deacons of the academy returned on stretchers and the school teachers were waiting with ginger soup and medicine.
"Ranzhe, there must be a lot of boiling water today, don't block the way!"
The deacon of the academy returned again, holding the handle of the stretcher in his hand. Their pioneering shouts are definitely more colorful than the avoidance and swearing of Tang officials when traveling .
Seeing this scene and thinking of the many scenes from last year, Chu Youxian couldn't help but look back at Ning Que.
Ning Que looked at the four deacons running back and forth between the back mountain and the front ping , and opened his mouth slightly. This scene was very familiar and even a little warm to him. However, the experience when he climbed the tower last year was a pain over the years, which directly made his fingers start to tremble, and a nausea and vomiting feeling arises between his chest and abdomen.
His face turned slightly pale and he sighed in pain, "It's still the four of you."
In the area behind the academy, the young practitioners on the stone paths were walking slowly and slowly. From time to time, some people fell into coma in pain and then were quickly carried away. Xie Chengyun walked in the middle, although it was difficult but he was still persisting. The young monk from Yuelun Kingdom seemed relatively relaxed. His robes were fluttering with the mountain wind, walking at the forefront of the mountain climbing team, looking around from time to time Look, it's not like looking at the scenery, it's more like looking for a way out.
Prince Longqing put his hands behind him, climbing the mountain and watching the scenery , walking forward , constantly surpassing the climbers ahead. There was no pride or contempt on his face, but he was just calm, no matter how many people saw young practitioners unconscious beside the mountain road. Even when he surpassed the young monk, he never looked at him with his own eyes.
At the end of the mountain trail is a thick fog.
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The people who stayed in the academy were silent, looking at the slanted mountain path in the distance, wondering and shocked by the magic of the mountain path, wondering what kind of bans the academy had set up there to make these from all over the country. Excellent young practitioners are so difficult and painful. Ning Que, who was standing in the corner, was also thinking and analyzing, but the focus of his concern was not on the mountain road, but on the thick fog at the end of the mountain road.
Prince Longqing has arrived in front of the fog, so if he wants to climb the mountain later, the lowest goal must also enter the clouds and fog. In this case, no matter how difficult or difficult the slanted mountain path is, it has nothing to do with him. He must Walk over.
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Before coming to the thick fog that filled the mountainside, Prince Longqing walked in without any hesitation. A moment later, the young monk from Yuelun Kingdom , who looked very curious, also came to the fog. Looking at the clouds and mists that were hidden in the thousands of years of ancient trees and mountain souls in front of me , the young monk who had been showing some indifferentness before appeared with an unprecedented solemn expression on his face. He quietly looked at the fog and had not stepped forward for a long time. step.
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Prince Longqing disappeared into the fog of the mountain. After a long time, no second person was able to walk through the stone path under the mountainside and into the fog.
Half of the climbers who wanted to enter the second floor of the academy were carried back by the four deacons, and only Xie Chengyun and a few others were still climbing hard in the lower section of the mountain path. As for the one who showed good performance The realm, the young monks of the Yuelun Kingdom , who were highly expected by some people , seemed to have encountered some kind of problem and stood on the edge of the fog and hesitated.
Looking at the current situation, the people watching the mountaineering in the academy have already made a judgment in their minds. No one can defeat Prince Longqing. Although this is something that many people expected before, as this scene happened, Prince Longqing far surpassed his peers. , everyone was still a little shocked and speechless.
"The Xiling Temple is indeed worthy of being the ancestor of the Taoist sects and a place for the common people to respect it. The Tianyu Academy is worthy of being a wonderful world of metaphysics. Prince Longqing climbed the mountain gracefully. How could the posture of heaven and man be comparable to that of other people?"
The envoy of Yan State was already extremely proud when he saw his prince arrogant and everyone, but he did not forget to turn his body halfway and praise the people in the Xiling Temple.
Mo Li stroked his beard with a very calm expression. Only the luster deep in his eyes revealed his pride and joy at this moment, and said calmly: "Longqing is gifted with talent, and has the favor of Haotian Divine Glory. The temple gives him the important task of ruling. The Academy Although it is also the place where nobility and magic is, climbing to the mountain behind the courtyard is really not worth boasting."
What they said was not enough to boast, but everyone knew that this sentence was boasting. The envoy of Yan State quickly said a few more words, then turned his head to look at the Tang officials , curled his smile, and said calmly: "Say it." The Tang Empire gathered with famous generals and wise ministers, but unfortunately, there seemed to be no outstanding figures in this academies."
In the minds of the people of Yan, the Tang Empire was undoubtedly a cruel ferocious beast. They had never had any good feelings for the Tang people. Today, it is rare to encounter such an opportunity to hit the other party's vigorous ambition and confidence, so they will naturally not miss it.
The envoys of Yan State did not dare to provoke the prince or princess in person, and did not say this loudly, but did not deliberately control the volume . The faint sarcasm drifted over with the faint and emotional words.
Under the large parasols on the bright yellow cloud eaves , the faces of the Tang officials were extremely ugly. Five people in the sixth school of the Academy's Arts Department had already been defeated and left the mountain road. Xie Chengyun, the only person who was still climbing, was still from the Southern Jin Dynasty , and even this Nan. The students of Jin seem to be absolutely impossible to be the opponent of Prince Longqing. In this way , the younger generation of the Tang Dynasty actually failed in today's second-story mountain climbing test!
Prince Li Peiyan's expression was a little gloomy. He held his sleeves tightly and whispered in a low voice: "If I had known this was the situation, I should have written a letter to Xu Shi to let him put Wang Jingluo back, at least the empire would not have faced him. It was thrown so cleanly."
Li Yu, who was sitting next to him, glanced at him faintly and said with a slight mockery : "Uncle, Wang Jingluo was exiled to the command of the general of Zhenguo. Isn't it because of you?"
Li Peiyan glanced at her, her expression was a little ugly. After a moment of silence, she frowned and said, "Why do you need to mention this matter again? Speaking of which, although Jing Lue is known as invincible, Long Qing has already stepped into the realm of knowing one foot. Even if he comes back, he may not be his opponent. "
"Are you not as good as Longqing, or don't you want him to be like Longqing?" Li Yu's lips curled slightly and he said mockingly, "Uncle, you came here in person today. Isn't it just to watch Prince Longqing enter the second floor with your own eyes... are you relieved?"
Li Peiyan replied as usual: "You must know, this is what Your Majesty mean."
Li Yu was silent when he heard this.
Today, the second floor opened, and Prince Longqing took the lead as expected. Although this was an agreement between the Tang Empire and the Xiling Temple, when he thought of the previous words of the envoy of Yan State, he saw the priest Mo Li 's deputy With an unpredictable and profound expression, as the princess of the Tang Dynasty, she was inevitably extremely unhappy. However, as discussed earlier, Wang Jingluo had not returned and the students in the academy were not good, so who could earn some face for the empire?
She subconsciously glanced at the silent academy students, but she didn't even know who she wanted to see, who she wanted to find, which face among the academy students, that last glimmer of hope and glory.
In the old bookstore deep in the academy, the window facing the west was pushed open at some point. When the spring breeze penetrated into the building with the fragrance of flowers, the chubby young man also appeared by the window.
Excellent young people from all over the world have walked by the old bookstore before, but neither Prince Longqing nor the young monk found him by the window upstairs.
Chen Pipi 's eyes flew over the square eaves of the bookstore above the wetland , landed on Ning Que in the dark corner of the stone ping. He picked up the cold steamed bun in his hand and chewed it, and said to himself vaguely: "You are going to waste it." When?"
Beside the meadow outside the academy, Sangsang had already opened the big black umbrella. She stood in the shadow and was silent. She occasionally looked up at the dazzling white sunlight filled with blue sky to determine the time, and then quickly lowered her head and took out Chen Jinji's sun protection from her arms. Spray the exterior on your face, then apply it evenly with your hands and rub it gently to the bottom of your skin.
She knew that the second floor of the academy had taken the mountaineering exam , so she knew that the young master would definitely climb the mountain. Since that was the case, why should she be in vain?
"I have to set out last, and then continue to superhuman along the way, becoming the first person to reach the top of the mountain. This prince is so disgusting."
Chu Youxian took out the exquisite pastry wrapped in a handkerchief from his arms, picked up a piece by himself, and handed the rest to Ning Que for food.
Ning Que thought that the last climbing was a disgusting thing, so who did he think he was?
At this time, inside and outside the academy, the officials and officials of the Tang Empire were not very good-looking, and Situ Yilan and other students of the academy showed even more ashamed.
Ning Que looked at everyone's expressions, felt the atmosphere at this moment , and murmured, "Or... I'll try it."
His voice was very soft, but Chu Youxian could hear it very clearly. His hand holding the pastry suddenly froze , staring at Ning Que's face, and shouting in incredible surprise: "What did you say? Want to try it? Do you want to climb a mountain? "
In the quiet front floor of the academy, Chu Youxian's scream echoed endlessly. Everyone was stunned. Subconsciously, changing their posture and looking at the place where the sound came.
Ning Que looked at Chu Youxian and said helplessly: "Yim, can the voice be louder?"
So Chu Youxian really jumped up, shocked and shouted loudly, "You really want to climb a mountain? You really want to enter the second floor?"
This time, everyone inside and outside the academy heard it clearly and saw it clearly. Countless eyes were turned to the corner, looking at Ning Que, shocked and opened their mouths hard to speak.
Ning Que took the pastry from Chu Youxian, wrapped it in a handkerchief, and said with a smile: "Leave it to me as dry food on the road."
After saying this, he walked towards the back mountain of the academy.