Clumsy Peak, as its name suggests, has no magnificent scenery, no majestic momentum, no spiritual roots, and nothing extraordinary.
It is ordinary, almost desolate, like a wild land, with withered vines, old trees and crows, and the blood-colored sunset, it looks lifeless, not like the main peak of Xianmen at all.
On the clumsy peak, there are broken walls, endless rubble, overgrown wormwood, and thorns everywhere, and there are no mountain roads.
In the sky, seven or eight shadows flew by, and they all froze when they passed by, and then landed.
These are a few young disciples, all in their twenties. Seeing this main peak that has been desolate for many years, they were surprised that someone came to look for Xianyuan today, so they came to have a look.
"I've met Uncle Li." There were men and women among them. After saluting the old man, they all looked at Ye Fan and Ji Ziyue.
"Senior, what kind of test will be conducted?" Ye Fan asked what kind of test to go through.
This skinny old man, who looks a little weak, is the only disciple of Clumsy Peak today. His name is Li Ruoyu. He shook his head and said, "Actually, there is no need to test it. No one has come here for many years. If you insist on staying , all passed."
Beside them, the seven or eight young Taixuan disciples all chuckled. They couldn't understand why the two chose a declining main peak.
"I guess the qualifications of these two people are terrible, and it is impossible for them to be selected by other main peaks, so they came here to test."
"These two are a little clever. They want to stay here by this method, but they don't know that it's useless. Once they choose this mountain, they can't join other main peaks at all."
"For many years, there have always been some people who thought they were smart, but in the end they left in despair."
These young disciples whispered and sneered. They were disciples of the main peak in front, and the inheritance there was now extremely prosperous.
Ji Ziyue smeared her pink cheeks like a small cat, with only a pair of big eyes that are imposing. She glanced at these disciples, then looked at the old man, and said: "Senior Li, follow the rules and treat us due test."
"There's no need..." Li Ruoyu shook his head.
"Uncle Li, since they want to test and prove themselves, you should give them a chance."
Not far away, those disciples were all chuckling.
"Yeah, maybe they really have fairy bones, and they can make the Clumsy Peak flourish in the future. Uncle Li, you can try them."
This is also a manifestation of the decline of the Clumsy Peak. If it is the main peak of other heydays, they would never dare to intervene like this. Even if they want to climb the mountain, they must pass the report. But it also shows from the side that the old man has a good temper.
"Okay." Li Ruoyu nodded, he walked out of this dilapidated palace with a shaky old man.
On the top of the clumsy peak, there are rubble everywhere, and there is not a single intact building. Among them, there is an open area, where there are nine steps paved with jade. Although the years have passed, the jade is still crystal clear, undamaged, and looks very soft.
"It turned out to be the test of the nine-step ladder." A female disciple was a little surprised.
As the only disciple and elder of Clumsy Peak, Li Ruoyu was filled with emotion, and said: "Five hundred years ago, every Taixuan sect disciple wanted to step up the ninth ladder and become a disciple of Clumsy Peak. What a sight it was in the past."
"There really is a nine-step ladder. I've heard about it before, but I never thought about being on the Clumsy Peak."
"Nowadays, the Ninth Stairway is almost submerged in dust. This place is deserted and deserted. It has long lost its former glory. Who else would want to climb the Ninth Stairway?"
"This place is not what it used to be. There are few people here, and it has long since declined."
The seven or eight young disciples discussed in low voices, very disapproving, with contempt in their words.
"Back then, how many amazing and talented people climbed the ladder and took pride in it..." Li Ruoyu sighed.
"Uncle Li, you can't keep thinking about the past." Several young disciples chuckled, disapproving.
"The so-called test is climbing the nine stone steps?" Ji Ziyue was very curious, and felt that there was nothing special about such a test.
"Not bad, go and try it." Li Ruoyu nodded.
"Clumsy Peak's future genius, let's see if you can pass the test."
"You must stand firm, and don't fail to pass even one step."
Several young Taixuan disciples chuckled, thinking that Ji Ziyue and Ye Fan were just playing tricks, and they didn't believe that they could pass the test.
Facing the teasing, Ji Ziyue didn't care, and walked lightly, like a butterfly, towards the ninth ladder.
The so-called nine-step heavenly ladder is made of nine kinds of ancient jade, with different colors, no bright light, only a little bit of crystal.
Ji Ziyue climbed the first jade steps, the green ancient jade brilliance shone and rippled out, she looked very relaxed. Taking another step, the second jade step suddenly appeared red and red, and she felt the pressure, and her eyebrows frowned slightly. When the third step fell, the blue ancient jade radiance sprinkled, crystal clear, and she felt that the steps were heavy.
The fourth step, the fifth step... At the seventh step, she felt that it was difficult to take a step forward, it was as heavy as a mountain, and she was dripping with sweat.
She didn't know that Li Ruoyu had already shown surprise when she climbed the third ladder, and was already dumbfounded when she climbed the seventh step.
"boom!"
Ji Ziyue's eighth step fell, the ancient jade was shining, and the purple jade ladder was stepped on by her. She felt as if she was carrying the blue sky on her back, and she was so oppressed that she couldn't breathe.
"boom!"
After the ninth step fell, she stepped on the last step, and there was a burst of celestial music, five-color brilliance soared into the sky, and seven-colored auras emerged. She successfully climbed the nine steps of the ladder, and the clumsy peak is full of differences.
"This..." Li Ruoyu was shocked, his body was trembling slightly, he couldn't believe it, and said to himself: "In the past, I heard that people who can climb to the seventh level are already called immortal geniuses. Well, since the Clumsy Peak has been passed down to this day, I don’t even know if anyone has climbed the ninth step of the ladder…”
Beside, those young disciples all had expressions of disbelief, none of them expected such a result, that the declining Clumsy Peak actually ushered in a peerless genius.
When Ji Ziyue understood the situation, she immediately regretted it. She thought that she had to step through every step of the ladder, but she never thought that there was no need to do so. She stuck out her tongue secretly, and said to herself with a sad face: "It's over, I didn't want to come here to show off, what should I do now?"
"It's impossible, is she better than the former sages?"
"Over the years, most of the nine ladders have been damaged, otherwise how could it be possible to pass all of them."
Several young disciples found it hard to believe it.
At this moment, a blue rainbow flew over from the main peak in front, and a middle-aged man in his forties or fifties landed down, cupped his hands at Li Ruoyu, and said, "I've seen Senior Brother Li."
"Greetings to Master Uncle." Beside, those young disciples saluted the middle-aged man.
"I just saw that Zhuofeng seems to have a strange phenomenon flashing past. I came to take a look. I don't know what happened?"
"Uncle Master just now..." Several young disciples quickly told what happened just now.
"What?!" The middle-aged man was also shocked.
The figures flickered, and another seven or eight figures descended, all with white beard and hair, also came from the main peak in front... Xingfeng.
After these people understood the situation, they all showed shock, and then invited Li Ruoyu aside, with a look of embarrassment.
Don't talk about Li Ruoyu, even the young disciples next to him also guessed their thoughts. They must have been shocked by Ji Ziyue's aptitude and wanted to accept him as a disciple of "Xingfeng".
"I understand what you mean." Li Ruoyu sighed, and said: "Now that the Clumsy Peak is in decline, letting such a talented and beautiful person stay here is really hindering her cultivation. As long as she is willing, you can take her away. .”
All the old men bowed their hands to Li Ruoyu and expressed their gratitude. They were somewhat ashamed to rob his disciples like this.
In an instant, Ji Ziyue was completely surrounded by several old people from Xingfeng, all of them were very kind, as if watching a treasure, they kept nodding.
"Hey, hey, white-bearded grandpas, don't laugh like this, why do you feel like a big bad wolf?" Ji Ziyue whispered dissatisfied.
Several old people couldn't help laughing, they didn't care, they spoke in turn, praised Ji Ziyue, told him about Xingfeng's brilliance, and directly stated that they wanted to accept her as Xingfeng's disciple.
"I just want to join the Clumsy Peak, and I'm not interested in other main peaks."
"Clumsy Peak has been in decline for many years, and there is no inheritance left, while Xingfeng is extremely prosperous, and now it ranks among the top three among the 108 main peaks."
"But, I really have no interest in Xingfeng."
Beside, those young disciples were all stunned. Some elders persuaded them so much, but some people didn't appreciate it at all, and they didn't care.
"You must want to learn the legendary secret art, right? However, it has been cut off for many years, and you won't be able to get it if you stay here." Several old people followed the temptation and spoke in turn, saying: "Once you join the Clumsy Peak, Then you can't re-enter other main peaks, but other main peak disciples can choose again."
"Yes, you can join my Xingfeng first, and if the inheritance of this place reappears, you can come back again."
Beside, those disciples were very uncomfortable, never thought that the elders of Xingfeng would be so humble in order to accept disciples, this is really incomparable.
"Let me think about it..." Ji Ziyue accidentally got the limelight, which was not in line with her original intention. She rolled her big eyes and said, "Well, I can join Xingfeng, but don't let them talk nonsense. .” She pointed to a few young disciples next to her, she wanted to hide in the Taixuan Sect, and she didn’t want to be noticed prematurely.
"You can rest assured..." Several old people in Xingfeng laughed.
Ji Ziyue knew that the Taixuan Sect, as a super powerful force, would definitely investigate the identities of its disciples, but she didn't care much, even if the other party found out, it would be fine. As long as she can stay in hiding for a few months and temporarily stay out of the sight of those in the Ji family who want to harm her, presumably even if the Taixuan sect finds out her true identity, they will definitely turn a blind eye. It is even very possible to use this to establish a relationship with Ji's family.
The final result was that Ji Ziyue would join Xingfeng in a low-key manner and become their disciple.
"There is one more person, let's see how his aptitude is?" The people present were also very interested in Ye Fan's roots. He came here with Ji Ziyue, maybe he is also a genius.
Ye Fan completely sealed the bitter sea, as firm as iron, without any waves, he didn't want to expose his physique casually.
"When a dragon walks like a tiger, the roots should be extraordinary..."
Before the people next to him finished speaking, Ye Fan had already stepped onto the first step of the ladder, and with a flash of green light, he flew upside down a few meters and fell to the ground.
"This... haven't even passed the first step?!"
"This kind of qualification is too..." The people next to him stopped talking, feeling quite speechless.
"Junior Brothers, let's make some accommodations and take him into Xingfeng too." Li Ruoyu spoke for Ye Fan beside him.
"This..." Several old people in Xingfeng groaned for a while, but finally nodded, snatching away a genius, and taking into account Li Ruoyu's feelings in everything they said.
"Thank you seniors for your kindness, I don't want to join Xingfeng, I just want to stay here." Ye Fan saluted several people and said.
All the elders present looked at each other in blank dismay, what happened today? When did Clumsy Peak become so attractive? The extremely prosperous Xingfeng was repeatedly rejected. It is understandable for the previous geniuses to be proud of their talents, but now a young man with frowning aptitude is doing the same, which is really a blow to them.
Beside them, those young disciples almost went crazy. Back then, they worked hard and experienced various tests before they stood out from the crowd and became disciples of Xingfeng. Unexpectedly, people continue to ignore Xingfeng today, which makes them quite uneasy. Geniuses are nothing more than geniuses, but even such a young man is like this, how can they be embarrassed
Ji Ziyue blinked her big wise eyes, and said with a smile: "It's good for you to stay here..." This peak is the goal of the two of them, and only that kind of secret technique is what they are interested in.
In the end, Xingfeng and his party left behind the rainbow and disappeared, and Zhuofeng became deserted, leaving only Ye Fan and Li Ruoyu.
As night fell, the stars in the distance fell like water, and the star peaks ahead looked very ethereal, shrouded in endless brilliance.
Ye Fan looked at it from a distance, and felt a little surprised that the star peaks actually hooked the stars in the sky, and the endless stars were condensed. There was a hazy area, the brilliance was like water, like a fairyland.
Li Ruoyu stood on the top of the clumsy peak, and said: "That is the inheritance of the star peak, with the star river as the source force, cultivated to the extreme state, and even can communicate with the stars, let the star light enter the body, achieve the supreme immortal body, and have unparalleled combat power. "
"I believe that Clumsy Peak is not weaker than Xingfeng, and will flourish again." Ye Fan is indeed interested in the power of stars, but he values Clumsy Peak's secret technique more.
"Five hundred years ago, Zhuofeng was filled with fairy mist, auspicious colors were lingering, Qionglou Yuyu was located on the clouds, masters emerged in large numbers, it can be said that outstanding people are outstanding, but unfortunately, they gradually declined..."
"How can the inheritance be reproduced? That day's ladder..." Ye Fan suspected that there might be a secret art inheritance in the nine-step ladder.
Li Ruoyu shook his head and said: "The entire main peak is the scriptures, and the inheritance is not in the nine-step ladder. Only the clumsy peak that shines brilliantly, with its brilliance soaring to the sky, and the celestial spirit, means the reappearance of the inheritance."
"Does it have to be like this?" Ye Fan didn't quite believe it.
"In the past ten thousand years, there has only been one accident. A former sage once obtained the cultivation method of the secret art before it was passed down. In the end, his achievement is comparable to the great power of the ancients, and his mana is unrivaled." Li Ruoyu sighed.
"How did he get it?" Ye Fan's eyes suddenly lit up.
"No one knows. Before he died, he only said twelve words."
"Which twelve characters?"
"Great achievement is lacking, great surplus is rushing, and great skill is clumsy..."