As soon as Yang Ye stepped on the 21st floor, he saw an old man who was looking at him with a smile. The old man had no wrinkles on his face. If he looked at his face, he could be said to be a middle-aged man. It was just the old man's white beard that grew to his chest. His snow-white hair betrayed his age.
The old man looked at Yang Ye and smiled kindly, like a spring breeze.
"Is this your opponent?"
Looking at the old man in front of him, Yang Ye was a little puzzled, preconceived notions, Yang Ye originally thought that this floor was also a sword slave, but unexpectedly, an old man appeared, and this old man's expression was a little too human.
"That's right, you and that girl are very good to come here with the strength of the mysterious ninth-rank!" Just when Yang Ye was puzzled, the old man spoke.
"You..." Yang Ye's eyes widened and he said incredulously, "You can speak?"
The old man nodded with a smile, and said, "I know you're weird, but I don't have time to explain other things to you. I'm here to tell you, you don't have to go on."
Hearing this, Yang Ye ignored the doubts and shocks in his heart and asked, "Why?"
"Because the 20th floor is already the limit below the innate!" The old man explained: "You can get here with the strength of the ninth-rank profound practitioner, which is enough to prove your talent and potential. After you go out, the Sword Sect will focus on cultivating you. As for the difficulty of this layer, you can no longer resist."
Yang Ye was silent for a long time, and then said: "Senior, this junior knows that you are telling the truth, but I still want to ask, can this junior try it?" For Yang Ye, this is an opportunity, a way to keep improving himself. Opportunity, he doesn't want to give up.
Looking at Yang Ye's firm expression, the old man smiled and said: "You are just like that girl, you are eager to fight. I just want to tell you that the difficulty of this level is beyond your imagination. That girl's talent and strength are much stronger than yours, but at this level, she still hasn't persevered."
Yang Ye knows who the girl in the old mouth is. If the other party can come here, the talent and strength will definitely not weaken him, but he doesn't care, he doesn't mean to compare with anyone, he just wants to fight. So he still firmly said: "Senior, junior still want to give it a try!"
The old man sighed: "I knew you wouldn't give up, I'll tell you the difficulty of this level first, you are deciding whether to give up. This level is not a battle between sword slaves and you, this level is a sword Array, in this sword formation, every five breaths, there will be qi swords transformed by a hundred paths of profound energy to attack you, and all you have to do is to persist in this sword formation until these qi swords are no threat to you.”
"Junior wants to try!" Yang Ye looked at the old man and said firmly.
The old man shook his head with a wry smile and said, "I haven't finished my words yet, the power of this sword formation is second, and the most important thing is that this sword formation is no longer illusory, but real. In other words, if you are in this sword formation If you die in the formation, you are really dead!"
"It's no longer an illusion? If you die in it, you're really dead..."
Hearing this, Yang Ye was shocked. At this time, the old man's words kept lingering in his mind.
The old man continued: "I didn't lie to you. If you fail at this level, there will be no one in the world. The reason why I am here is that I don't want Jianzong to lose a genius."
"Senior, did that person choose to continue the challenge?" Yang Ye asked in a deep voice.
The old man knew who Yang Ye was talking about, so he shook his head and said, "She didn't choose to continue the challenge, because she knows that every five breaths and one hundred Qi swords are definitely not something she can resist. Of course, it's not something you can resist either. Resist. I can tell you clearly that she is much stronger than you!"
Yang Ye was silent, this time he hesitated. If the sword formation was still a phantom formation, he would never hesitate, because he wouldn't die, no matter how terrifying it was, it was just a phantom formation, so he wouldn't be afraid. But now the old man told him that it was not a phantom formation, but a real sword formation, and it was also a sword formation that surpassed innate powerhouses and king-rank profound beasts!
Yang Ye really hesitated.
At this moment, the old man waved his right hand, a long sword, a scroll, and a mysterious armor appeared in front of Yang Ye, just when Yang Ye was puzzled, the old man said: "If you choose to quit, this mysterious rank The high-grade spirit sword, the high-grade mysterious skills, and the high-grade mysterious armor are all yours.”
"Why?" Looking at the three treasures in front of him, Yang Ye asked inexplicably. From the beginning, the old man in front of him didn't seem to want him to continue to challenge. And the origin of the old man in front of him is also very mysterious. Why did he appear here, and why did he give away three treasures in order to make himself give up
The old man smiled and said: "I know what you are wondering, and I can't tell you a lot of things. I can only tell you, the reason why I stopped you is because I am a member of Jianzong, and I don't want Jianzong to fall into a genius. You should also know that the Sword Sect really can't afford to lose a genius right now!"
Hearing this, Yang Ye was silent. For a long time, his eyes fell on the three treasures, and the hesitation in his eyes was very obvious.
Yang Ye is really hesitant now. Two voices appeared in his mind, and one voice said: "Of course, take it and leave, why are you hesitating? Only a fool would risk his life to break into that terrifying sword formation. Do it. If you go out now, you will not only be able to get the name of the Sword Sect, but also three profound treasures, how much is this worth it? Why are you hesitating?"
Another voice objected: "Of course, don't take it. Martial arts require a fearless heart. If you give up the challenge today in the face of unknown difficulties and treasures, then your martial arts heart will have a weakness. , in the future when you encounter difficulties, you will choose to retreat..."
At this time, the first voice interrupted the second voice and said, "Is this shrinking? In the face of an opponent who cannot be defeated, is this shrinking? This is a sense of current affairs, and let's not say whether you can pass the sword formation. , What if you pass that sword formation? It's nothing more than improving your strength. But can't you pass it? Have you ever thought about your mother and sister? If you die, what will they do? Will the Liu family let them go?"
The second voice fell silent. Obviously, the younger sister and mother were the most important things in Yang Ye's heart.
The old man on the side looked at Yang Ye with a smile, and said nothing, but occasionally a strange light flashed in his eyes.
After a long time, Yang Ye smiled and said, "Yeah, if I die, what will happen to my sister and mother? For the sake of my sister and mother, I can't die, so..." Yang Ye's hand stretched out in front of him However, Yang Ye didn't notice it at this time. When he said this, the old man beside him had an obvious disappointment in his eyes.
Just when Yang Ye's hand was about to touch the scroll, Yang Ye suddenly shrank his hand, then looked at the old man and said with a smile: "So, senior, I will continue to challenge!"
The old man was stunned for a while, and after a while he said, "You, do you want to continue to challenge?"
Yang Ye nodded, there was no hesitation in his eyes, some were only firm, and said: "The journey of martial arts is destined to be uneven. If you don't have firm confidence and fearless courage, you are destined to go not far in the journey of martial arts!"
Hearing this, a flash of admiration flashed in the eyes of the old man, and he asked again: "What about your sister and mother? If you die in the sword formation, what will they do? For the sake of your own martial arts and improving your strength, you don't care about your relatives, right? Too selfish?"
Yang Ye smiled and said: "Senior, the strong in the southern region are respected. Only with strength can you control your own destiny and protect your family better. If I don't become stronger, the lives of my sister and my mother will still be lost. My own destiny will never be in my own hands. Moreover, if I use my sister and my mother as an excuse to back down this time, I will definitely use them as my cowardly back down when facing difficulties next time. excuse. So, I will continue to challenge!"
In fact, Yang Ye continued to challenge, not to improve his strength. He was trying to kill his inner demon, yes, when two voices appeared in his mind, he knew that he actually already had an inner demon. If the demons in his heart are not eliminated, his will is not strong, and his heart of martial arts is shaken, it is definitely a disaster for him.
If he wants to get rid of his inner demons completely, he will continue to challenge, because he is afraid after hearing the old man's words, yes, the reason why he hesitated at that moment was actually because of fear. And he kept running away from that fact, that's why the voice that made him flinch appeared in his head.
To put it bluntly, that voice was the fact that he had conjured up to cover up his own fears. As for his sister and mother, or treasures, it was just an excuse.
The old man looked at Yang Ye with undisguised admiration in his eyes, and said, "Everyone has inner demons, but many people face inner demons either by escaping or giving in. Young man, you can swing your sword to kill inner demons, not bad, very good. Finally, congratulations, you have passed the test." After speaking, the old man's body slowly dissipated like a sword slave, followed by the three treasures.
"Sure enough, it's still an illusion, but the illusion this time is so real!" Yang Ye murmured in a low voice, looking at the place where the old man disappeared.
When he decided to continue the challenge, his mind became clearer and he thought of many questions, one of which was that the scene in front of him was still the same environment, but he was not sure yet, because this old man was too real! Now, watching the old man and the three treasures dissipate like sword slaves, he is sure.
Yang Ye took a deep breath, and then walked towards the stairs on the 22nd floor without even thinking about it. Now he is really fearless and fearless for the next challenge.
When Yang Ye came to the 22nd floor, everyone outside the tower was boiling!