Yu Ruochen, who was wearing a purple Taoist robe and had his hair tied back casually with a black ribbon, stood quietly on a huge field.
The ground of this flat field with a radius of hundreds of feet seems to be entirely made of gold and iron, shining with a faint luster, making people feel the coldness, hardness and thickness unique to gold and iron at a glance.
The height of the terrain here is almost exactly at the same level as the sea of clouds, so that every inch of the ground is floating with a faint mist like a white veil.
Except for Yu Ruochen standing quietly, there was nothing in the whole square. But around the square, there is a huge square tripod every twenty feet, and light smoke is lit in the tripod, the smell is fragrant and the smoke is lingering.
To the north of the square is a hundred-level staircase, which is also made of gold and iron. There are deep grooves on each level to prevent slipping and guide water. In the temple, huge red vermilion pillars support black glazed eaves, vermilion and black, and the vermilion-based temple is surrounded by white white marble fences, and behind this temple is a steep canyon. The second half of the canyon is submerged in the canyon. Against the backdrop of the steep canyons on both sides, the palace is like a pearl in a clam shell. A thin waterfall sprays down from the canyon wall on one side, adding a few more charms to the palace. Very agile.
Although this palace is not as grand and majestic as the giant palace in the belly of Luofu Mountain, it still looks extremely delicate and gorgeous.
Yu Ruochen stood motionless on the square made of gold and iron, and gradually became one with the twilight of the entire Shu Mountain, regardless of each other. It's as if the whole person is integrated into the surrounding world.
Heaven and man are one.
Yu Ruochen, who couldn't see any mana fluctuations all over his body, also entered the realm of harmony between man and nature.
Suddenly, a red line rushed up to the sky in the distance, and spread into dozens of red rays of light. That was the flying flame talisman cast by Dan Lingsheng to call his disciples back to gather.
Yu Ruochen raised his head slightly suddenly, looking at the scattered glow.
With this slight movement, Yu Ruochen broke away from the surrounding world.
The realm of the unity of man and nature was broken.
"Yuan Tianyi surpassed my current realm thirty years ago, and I'm still not as good as him." Yu Ruochen, who quietly looked at the glow, sighed slowly.
A bright sword light suddenly rushed from the direction of Tianzhu Peak, and fell far to Yu Ruochen's lower head in the square.
"Uncle!"
Dressed in a black robe, the visitor saluted Yu Ruochen, but it was Duan Tianya with the usual cold face.
"Do you think this method is too cruel for them?" Yu Ruochen nodded to Duan Tianya, and said suddenly.
"Uncle, do you already know my reason for coming?" Duan Tianya nodded, and said silently: "No one has faults, they have not been tempered, it is normal to be greedy for life and fear of death, maybe given a chance, they can become the backbone of Shushan in the future. "
"Of course you're right about what you said." Yu Ruochen looked at Duantianya gently, and then at the Shushan Mountain shrouded in twilight, "Yuan Tianyi died in Kunlun, and even Chilezong opened the Great Brahma Mandala Wall , in order to protect themselves. Kunlun has made another move in the past few days. It has recruited more disciples since yesterday, and sent hundreds of elite disciples to experience the world. Although I don’t know why, a great change has been made. My Shu Mountain is already on the cusp. It’s not because of our cruelty. It is the general trend of the world, which has forced us to do so.”
Although Yu Ruochen's voice was gentle and flat, Duan Tianya could hear that it was full of brutal killings. Duan Tianya was still silent, but he couldn't help clenching his fists slightly.
"There are still a few days until the Sword Recognition Conference." Yu Ruochen suddenly smiled, looking at the empty square, "At that time, the place will be full of my Shushan disciples again. I don't know if anyone will come this time. Surprise us."
After a pause, Yu Ruochen said with a smile again, "Every year, we in Shushan will usher in such a day, I just hope that every year I can stand here and watch such a day."
In the night, looking around, the sky in the distance is full of wind and clouds.
***
"Where am I?"
Luo Bei sat up suddenly.
A ray of light sunlight penetrated through the black-painted window lattice, and it was already early morning.
"Where's that black-robed stranger named Lu Yu? Could it be that Uncle Dan Lingsheng and the others saved me?"
Surprised, Luo Bei looked at this empty room with only a bluish-yellow soft mat made of unknown grass and a plate of purple incense burning. When he opened the window in front of him, he was shocked again.
Outside the window, there is a thick sea of clouds!
The room where Luobei was located was actually on a cliff hanging out of the sky! Outside the window is the abyss!
With a "creak", Luo Bei pushed open the door of this room.
Outside the door is a yard with a radius of more than ten feet. The ground of the yard is a natural and flat rock.
Surrounding the courtyard, there are rooms like the one where Luobei is located, overlapping one another, with a total of five floors.
The five-storied buildings around are all simple and heavy. On the heavy building facing a black gate, there is a plaque about four feet long.
"Tao follows nature"
Four wild cursive characters flew out like a broken plaque.
Dan Lingsheng stood in the middle of the four heavy buildings, in the middle of the courtyard.
Dan Lingsheng's face with terrifying scars still looks shocking, making people feel chills, but there seems to be a hint of warmth in his eyes.
"Picking beans?"
Luo Bei pushed open the door, and when he stared in a daze at the place he had never been before, he found that the door next to him was also pushed open at this moment, and Cai Shu, who was as surprised as himself, , and looked at himself with the same eyes.
"Uncle Dan Lingsheng, what's going on, I met a strange man in a black robe at Tianzhu Peak, and he said he was Lu Yu from Beiyin Mountain..."
Luo Bei, who was in the room on the ground floor, came out, and then asked Dan Lingsheng who was standing not far from him.
But Dan Lingsheng just waved his hand, telling Luo Bei not to say much.
Luo Bei and Cai Shu stood in the morning sun, and couldn't help but glanced at each other. At this moment, the doors of the surrounding rooms opened one after another, and in some of the rooms that hadn't been opened, there was a nightmare-like sound. exclaimed.
"Brother Lin Hang!"
Among the people who came out, Luo Bei saw Lin Hang with a pale face at a glance, and couldn't help but hold Lin Hang, and asked secretly, "Brother Lin Hang, what happened?"
"No... I don't know..." Lin Hang was a little surprised, then shook his head in a daze, and stammered his explanation, "I... I... I met a person at Tianzhu Peak, and he said he It’s from Bei*.”
"What, you also met Bei*?!"
Although Lin Hang stuttered, it was as if a gunpowder keg exploded in the hearts of Luo Bei and Cai Shu who heard it!
"What's going on?!" Luo Bei couldn't help turning around suddenly, and asked Dan Lingsheng loudly.
This sound was so harsh that it attracted everyone's attention, and they all focused on Dan Lingsheng and Luo Bei.
"If you are not idiots, you should have figured it out by now." Dan Lingsheng just glanced at Luobei, then lowered his eyes, and said lightly, "How can people from Bei* secretly sneak into Shushan? This so-called Bei* is just a test for you."
"Boom", there was an uproar!
Luo Bei looked around and looked at the expressions on other people's faces, and he knew that they must have met the so-called Bei* Lu Yu just like himself.
"What will happen to those who fail the test?" Suddenly someone couldn't help but ask, Luo Bei glanced at Ling Dongshan who also had a pale face.
"He also didn't agree to poison Dan Lingsheng. It's obviously because Senior Brother Lin Hang is here..."
Just as this idea came to Luobei's mind, Dan Lingsheng said coldly, "Those who have not passed the test will not be Shushan disciples from today on."
"Directly expelled from the division!"
Luo Bei's fist tightened suddenly, at this moment all the people had gathered, but he saw that including himself, there were only six people left, not even Zixuangu among them.
The fate of these people can be imagined.
"Is this punishment too severe?" Luo Bei couldn't help but looked at Dan Lingsheng and asked.
"Too heavy?" Dan Lingsheng said silently without raising his head, "Why are you here and they aren't? Yesterday you were familiar with the laws and regulations of Mount Shu. Don't you know that all things are greedy for profit and participate in everything that hurts your fellow disciples? Is it a taboo in Shushan?"
Luo Bei was speechless.
Indeed, he couldn't find any reason to refute Dan Lingsheng. But his chest couldn't help but feel a little empty.
Because he was like Duan Tianya who pleaded with Yu Ruochen, suddenly felt that although some people were wrong, they should be given another chance.
"It's a good thing to be kind."
Dan Lingsheng's eyes swept across Luo Bei's face again, and the voice without the slightest emotion rang out again, "But after you have practiced for a long time and have experienced a lot, you will know that cultivating the Tao does not mean that you just hang around with a sword light at will." Flying around in the sky! Shushan has achieved today, do you know how many seniors have died for it! Sometimes it is just a single-minded mistake, and it will be lost forever!"
"Those who pass the trial this time will be awarded the "Da Dao Zhi Cui Xu Jue", my Shushan sword formula is unparalleled in the world, and the "Da Dao Zhi Cui Xu Jue" is the foundation."
"The pill you took this time is not some erysipelas, but the real Yuning Pill. The last herb of Yuning Pill is hard to find. From today on, I hope you can stick to your heart like when you faced that deer, Otherwise, even if you learn my Shushan formula, you will go astray! It is a waste of my Shushan teaching skills, a waste of my Shushan elixir!"
"Luobei" watched Dan Lingsheng take out the black leather classic that Luobei had seen in the hands of "Luyu" from his bosom, unfolded the words on it that directly pointed to Cuixu Jue, and Cai, who was standing beside Luobei, Shu suddenly asked Luo Bei softly, "One day, if someone forces you to kill me like Lu Yu, will you agree?"
Luo Bei was startled, then shook his head, "Of course not."
On the way to ask him this question, the corner of Cai Shu's mouth, which had never turned to look at him, showed a smile at this moment, and said softly, "Me neither."