At first, he didn't feel that it was very strenuous, but when he reached the halfway point of the mountain, the pressure gradually increased.
"This formation is indeed magical. Except for the examiners who also stepped up the stone steps, everything else is as usual. Even the flowers, plants and trees beside the stone steps, and the bright moon and stars above can be clearly seen." Li Yuchen didn't say anything all the way.
He paused and climbed slowly and at a constant speed. After stepping onto the next stone step, he finally stopped, wiped the fine beads of sweat on his forehead, took a deep breath, and sighed softly.
After resting for a moment, he took steps again, climbing towards the top of the mountain step by step.
"Old Han, is that boy a young man with a purple-level talent?" In a corner of the Donglai Hall, two figures stood under the night sky. One of them had a face like a crown jade and was wearing a blue gown.
He looked elegant and coquettish, without any fluctuation of power in his body. The middle-aged man, who looked like a scholar, pointed at a young man who was advancing rapidly halfway up the mountain and said softly.
"Sect Master, it is this boy." The old man known as Lao Han is none other than the outer sect elder Han Lingfeng. Looking at the young man who was as tall as a pine tree, the fire in his eyes became even stronger.
"Yes, not bad. He is not impatient or impatient, and his steps are firm, which shows that this guy has a good character." The elegant middle-aged man nodded slightly and gave a brief comment.
Of course, Li Yuchen, who was slowly climbing, didn't know all this. Each step represented the passage of time. As he climbed, he silently calculated, when he climbed the 9,000th stone step,
, the night was pitch black, the bright moon had already fallen, and only a few stars were still dotted alone.
"Huh huh... we should be there soon." Li Yuchen breathed heavily, as if a huge mountain was weighing on his body. Looking at the hazy hall on the top of the mountain, he swallowed his saliva and muttered to himself.
After climbing up to this point, he felt that the weight of his body had reached an astonishing eight times, and his legs felt like they were filled with lead. Every step he took was extremely strenuous.
Wiping the sweat from his forehead, Li Yuchen gritted his teeth and took another step.
Now, he is no longer as relaxed as he was at the beginning. Almost every step he takes, he will leave a small pool of sweat on the stone steps. Every step is as fast as a turtle.
Nine thousand nine hundred and one, nine thousand nine hundred and two, nine thousand nine hundred and three...
When the sky turned slightly white, Li Yuchen finally saw the extremely spacious square in front of the Donglai Palace.
"Phew! Nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-eight!" Looking at the last two stone steps, he swallowed hard and felt like smoke was coming out of his throat. After passing the nine thousand five hundred steps, the weight increased.
It was ten times more terrifying. Every time he took a step forward, he gritted his teeth and held on.
If it weren't for his firm will and the tempering in the Mingjian Hall, he might still be resting on a certain stone step at this moment.
"Damn, we're finally here!" Li Yuchen looked at the last two steps, his handsome face turned red, and he was breathing heavily like a bellows. He looked as if he had just been fished out of the water, but
As I stood there, a puddle of water overflowed under my feet.
"Up!" With a loud shout, he raised his trembling right foot again. His body kept shaking, and he moved his raised right foot up inch by inch. At such a distance of about half a foot, Li Yuchen actually moved
After a cup of tea, I finally placed my right foot firmly on the penultimate stone step.
"Get up!" It was much easier to move the second foot up. With another loud shout and a violent tremor of the body, the left foot was finally moved up.
At this point, we are only one step away from finally completing the first assessment.
As for Li Yuchen, his body was hunched up like a giant shrimp, with his hands on his two trembling legs and his mouth wide open, breathing heavily.
"Damn it, die early and be born early!" He roared in his heart. He slowly straightened his spine with difficulty, gritted his teeth tightly, his eyes widened, exhaled loudly, threw his head back, and roared to the sky, using his right foot.
Lifting up firmly, he stamped his foot on the last stone step.
"Get up!" With his last shout, he finally stepped onto the Donglai Hall.
"Huh huh huh..." Li Yuchen was lying on the ground like a dead dog at this moment. He felt as if his bones were falling apart. It seemed that millions of ants were gnawing at his bones, making them soft and numb.
"Boy, that's not bad. Here, this Body Tempering Pill is a reward for you." Han Lingfeng suddenly appeared like a ghost. He liked this young man more and more.
As soon as he finished speaking, Li Yuchen felt a pill filled with spiritual energy enter his mouth, and it melted in his mouth.
"Practice now, it will be of great benefit to you!" Then, Han Lingfeng reminded loudly.
Although he couldn't muster any strength in his body, when Li Yuchen heard what he said, he pushed himself up and climbed up, sat cross-legged, slowly performed the Yin Ming Ling Jue, and entered a state of cultivation.
Seeing that he was barely breathing, he endured his fatigue and sank into the realm of cultivation. Han Lingfeng's old face smiled like a blooming chrysanthemum, and then he disappeared in a flash.