"It's him!"
Emperor Xuanchen's eyes fixed. At this moment, if he couldn't see that the old friend and junior mentioned by Emperor Hongchen was Yang Qi, then his eyesight was really poor.
Yang Qi performed the best among many practitioners, but this was not the most crucial point. The key point was that Yang Qi was obviously different from the younger generations of practitioners he knew. Combining various signs, it was obvious that Yang Qi was the old friend and younger generation mentioned by Emperor Hongchen.
"Did you see that?"
At this moment, the voice of Emperor Hongchen came from the side.
Emperor Xuanchen's eyes fell on Yang Qi and he slowly said, "Yes, if nothing unexpected happens, it should be the cultivator in green."
"That's right!" Emperor Hongchen nodded slightly.
Emperor Xuanchen heaved a sigh of relief when he saw that Emperor Hongchen approved of his guess. He spoke again, "Master, since that person is the younger generation of your old friend, is it true that..."
Since Yang Qi is an old acquaintance and junior of Emperor Hongchen, it is only natural for him to give him some help now that they meet.
"No need. With this boy's talent and potential, it will be no problem for him to climb the Red Dust Mountain." The Red Dust Emperor shook his head slightly and continued, "If he really can't climb the Red Dust Mountain, it can only be said that he is not lucky enough."
Hearing this, Emperor Xuanchen smiled bitterly in his heart, but did not say anything else. What Emperor Hongchen decided was not something that he, a disciple, could influence.
"phantom?"
Yang Qi raised his eyebrows, his eyes flashed, and the illusion in front of him disappeared. As he continued to climb the mountain, illusions began to appear in front of him. Obviously, this was the third test.
With previous experience, Yang Qi also knew that the illusion before him was just the beginning. The illusion would become more real in the future and it was definitely not something he could break with just a thought.
Sure enough, as Yang Qi continued to climb the mountain, illusions continued to appear before his eyes. These illusions became more and more real. However, Yang Qi himself was good at illusion swordsmanship, so ordinary illusions had no effect on him at all.
These illusions seemed to have no effect on Yang Qi, but it was not the case for other practitioners. After all, the practitioners themselves were suppressed by power and soul, and their energy had long been dispersed. Once the illusion appeared, the effect would naturally increase exponentially.
Therefore, even if Yang Qi did not speed up, he gradually began to distance himself from other practitioners. He believed that as time passed, this distance would only get bigger and bigger.
"The mountaineering practitioners have already opened up a gap!"
"The practitioner at the front has already walked more than 10,000 feet, while the practitioner at the back has only walked about 3,000 feet."
The practitioners who were watching these grand events were talking about it a lot. Today, the practitioners of Hongchen Mountain are no longer marching in unison like they did in the beginning, but have been clearly divided into countless echelons. Starting with the practitioners at the front, the practitioners become denser as they go down.
"The practitioners climbing the mountain have already opened up a gap, but based on past experience, the practitioners climbing the mountain in the front this time are much faster than before."
"That's right. It's only been less than two hours, and the cultivator in the front has already traveled more than ten thousand feet. Even in the long history of Hongchen Mountain, this is relatively rare."
The group of practitioners walking in the front were undoubtedly the focus of everyone's attention. They were even compared with previous practitioners. However, the overall quality of the practitioners who climbed the mountain this time was obviously much higher.
As the speed of other practitioners slowed down, Yang Qi, who was walking in the first echelon, began to gradually distance himself from the other practitioners and became the one walking in the first place. What was even more terrifying was that his speed did not seem to be affected at all.
"How could it be!"
The practitioners in the first echelon found that Yang Qi was constantly widening the gap with them, and a look of disbelief suddenly appeared on their faces. Originally, they were almost at the same level with Yang Qi, but now Yang Qi began to widen the gap with them. According to this momentum, the gap will only widen.
"Who is he?"
The same thought flashed through everyone's mind. The cultivators who could walk in the first echelon were either the top monsters of the same generation in the big forces, or the peak martial emperors who had been famous for a long time. But they had no impression of Yang Qi, and had never even heard of such a cultivator. Now that Yang Qi was in the first echelon, they were naturally curious.
Although everyone was curious about Yang Qi's background and envied Yang Qi for being in the first place, no one deliberately burst out. After all, mountain climbing itself is a long process, and a short burst will only increase one's own consumption, which is not worth the loss!
"His speed hasn't slowed down yet?"
"Then the cultivator who walks in the first place is too scary, isn't he?"
"The distance between the first and second place is already three to four thousand feet. The practitioner at the end has only walked this far in total."
As Yang Qi continued to move forward, the distance between him and other practitioners kept widening. The practitioners who were watching immediately started talking. Yang Qi's performance was so amazing that he had opened up such a huge gap with the second place.
If they did not know that Hongchen Mountain was presided over by a powerful emperor like Hongchen Emperor, they would probably doubt whether Yang Qi had received any preferential treatment. After all, the speed Yang Qi was now showing was too astonishing. In less than four hours, he had advanced nearly 20,000 feet!
"I don't know where this person came from?"
"With such talent and potential, it won't be difficult for him to enter the Martial Emperor realm in the future."
Some people were curious about Yang Qi's background, some were surprised at his talent and potential, and were very optimistic about Yang Qi's future path of cultivation.
The man in fancy clothes looked at Yang Qi, who was nearly 5,000 feet ahead of him, and a bitter smile appeared on his face, "This gap is too big."
Not only the man in fancy clothes, but also those who walked ahead of him, especially the top ten practitioners, were extremely bitter. Originally, they still wanted to compete with Yang Qi, but now, they understood that the gap between them and Yang Qi was too big, and they were not qualified to compete with Yang Qi at all.
Emperor Xuanchen looked at Yang Qi, whose speed did not slow down, and could not help but sigh, "This boy is really terrifying. Up to now, his speed has not been affected at all."
"It is indeed good."
The Red Dust Emperor beside him nodded slightly, then chuckled and said, "To be recognized by my old friend, he must have some skills. I am curious about how long it took him to reach the top, and whether he can break the previous record."
“Break the previous record?”
Emperor Xuanchen's eyes focused. The speed Yang Qi was showing now was indeed very likely to break the previous record of climbing time. However, whether it could be broken in the end would depend on the other party's speed in the last section of the journey.
After all, the current illusion has almost no effect on Yang Qi, so Yang Qi's speed will probably not change much over the next long distance. (To be continued)