Xu Qing raised his head and looked at Lulunaka. He took deep breaths again and again … His breathing was already a little chaotic.
Lulunaka brought him to this wonderful place. He thought that it would be a very simple path. Even if the path was almost vertical and as smooth as a mirror, it would not be too difficult for Xu Qing. Lulunaka did not forbid him from destroying this flat and smooth "mirror". Every time Xu Qing climbed up a little, there were obvious cracks behind him.
But if he continued to climb up, this was not the main difficulty.
Dragon Peak was already unbelievably high, and it was even more unimaginable as he went up.
The wind and snow should have calmed down at such a height, but Xu Qing could only feel the cold wind blowing in his face. It was mixed with the wind and snow, and it was about to become solid …
Finally, the wind and snow were like streaks of saber light, attacking him.
When the first snow knife scraped his cheek, Xu Qing felt a rare trace of warmth in this cold world. The wound caused by the snow knife bled, but it soon froze. This trace of warmth was fleeting.
After that, Xu Qing, who had very sharp intuition, did not let his guard down. He carefully avoided the snow knives that were getting faster and whiter.
The higher he went, the more snow knives attacked him. When Xu Qing felt that it was strenuous, he did not dare to lower his head anymore, even if it was very tiring.
The snow knives that fell on top of his head were already like rainwater.
The snow sabers that vaguely formed a shape only had a rough outline. Each of them had a different size and shape. The small ones were like daggers, and they might graze your cheeks or stab your heart. The large ones were like longswords and straight sabers, and they never repeated their slashes and stabs. Every single slash was either aimed at the joints or Achilles tendons, or directly at the fatal parts of the body — the neck, the chest, the head. Every single part of the body was a place where one would not be able to survive after being pierced by a saber.
These snow knives were getting denser, and each of them had a different direction and trajectory. Most of them dissipated naturally, or did not touch Xu Qing at all. But the ones that remained were extraordinary torture for him.
There were always some snow blades that couldn't be avoided. Only by protecting the fatal spots could they continue to climb up. Falling down like this was also an option, but it was hard to say what Lulunaka would think when the time came.
Lulunaka deliberately brought him to this place. She wanted to see Xu Qing's reaction and performance, so she brought him here.
Xu Qing dodged the continuous snow blades with difficulty on the cliff and looked at Lulunaka who was indeed walking in front.
Lulunaka walks on the side as if she is walking on flat ground. Her footsteps are light. The falling snow blades seem to be consciously avoiding her — no, if you look carefully, you will find that in this world of ice and snow, Lulunaka is surrounded by wind and snow, like a layer of mist that can't disperse.
Those are the marks left behind by the snow blades that didn't dissipate for a long time after landing on her body.
Xu Qing believed that he had gone through many years of tempering. Ordinary swords and knives can't hurt him, but in this place, his complacency is meaningless. Just this strange peak and the endless snow blades are already forcing him to deal with them. A small knife can cut his cheek, then when the next snow blade looks like a machete cut half of his body, he won't take it head-on.
Even if his body is made of steel, it can't withstand such tempering.
Tempering.
Tempering?
Xu Qing looked at Lulunaka who looks like she is on a spring outing. She stood in front, turned around, and looked at Xu Qing.
"What's the matter? You look like you suddenly realized something. Did you think of something?"
"I was careless. Is this already a trial?" Xu Qing continued to dodge the swift and fierce snow blades and crawled towards Lulunaka.
After moving slightly to Lulunaka's side, the pressure brought by the snow blades suddenly lessens because Lulunaka is in front of him.
Lulunaka didn't leave when Xu Qing did this. It seems like she deliberately gave him room to speak.
"Trial, this saying is indeed correct. For you Easterners, it should be called a test." Lulunaka squatted down and looked at Xu Qing who is crawling over.
Xu Qing has already crawled to Lulunaka's side. If not for the place where the two are, it looks like Xu Qing, a beggar, has crawled to the side of Lulunaka.
No matter how you look at it, this is a picture without any happy elements, but here, it has become a bizarre scene.
"Do you think this is a trial I gave you?"
Lulunaka asked, "Trial, is this the word you remember the most after learning it from the Central Plains?"
"If you can see it from my face, then it should be."
Xu Qing smiled bitterly. Lulunaka in front of him did give him a chance to breathe and speak, as if he was resting.
Back when he was learning from his master, when his body was hammered like iron to the point of breaking, he would also have time to rest, but this time would not be very long.
Xu Qing felt that it is the same now. He has to seize this opportunity to recover … He doesn't know what is behind Lulunaka.
Now, in Xu Qing's eyes, there was light behind Lurunaka, who was squatting down. It was not a normal light, but a white mist formed by the Snow Blade falling behind her.
The white mist is getting thicker, but in the mist, starlight is faintly visible.
Why can I see stars in such a place?
Xu Qing thought and immediately reacted. Then, he felt that it is not strange that Bunny Ju would occasionally look at him like he is an idiot.
Since he has reached such a height, without the clouds as the biggest obstacle, as long as the weather is good, the stars in the sky should be incomparably bright.
Without the veil called clouds, how many stars are there in the sky?
In the Central Plains, one can only observe the stars at the peak of those famous mountains. Those places are also occupied by those cultivators. Observing the sky, surveying the earth … What is it for?
To seek immortality.
Whether it is useful or not, that old man Chen Baihu said two words to him.
It is useless.
After that, Xu Qing did not ask again.
He has no interest in seeking immortality. The path he walked is also a big taboo for those cultivators, but no one who seeks immortality will stain their body with so much blood.
For Xu Qing, it is good enough for him. If he can reach a higher level, it will be even better. No one is not interested in being number one in the world, even if it is meaningless.
Can the number one in the world really beat Chen Baihu?
Probably not.
When Chen Baihu was drunk, he boasted that he is the number one literary talent in the world, but looking at him now, he is more like a farmer, not a scholar.
In a daze, Xu Qing thought of many things in the past. It is probably an illusion, he feels that behind Lulunaka, the stars in the white mist are moving, becoming more and more brilliant.