Sending away the gloomy Shen Tuhong, Zhang Fan didn't have time to catch his breath when Zhuo Hao appeared in front of him.

After greeting him twice, Zhuo Hao suddenly said with a straight face: "Senior brother, come with me, senior brother will show you something." ”

What else can you say? Zhang Fan had no choice but to let go of his mind of cultivating immediately, stepped on his senior brother's fire spirit cone, and flew away at a loss.

Along the way, Zhuo Hao was silent, and invisibly, the atmosphere also seemed very depressing, which made Zhang Fan, who had been smooth sailing since entering the sect, very uncomfortable.

......

The passage opened up on the mountain protection array has been full of people coming and going for more than a day, coming with hope, and leaving in despair.

On the side of the road, a dark-skinned, tattered young man from a peasant family was kneeling motionless.

Among the people who come and go, there are those who disdain, there are those who ridicule, and there are those who advise...... He was unmoved, just straightened his waist and knelt straight.

"His name is Han Hao, and he has been kneeling like this for a day and a night. In mid-air, Zhuo Hao's voice came slowly.

Zhang Fan watched silently, with a realization in his heart.

"Originally, there were more than 40 people kneeling on the side of the road, but now he is the only one left. As long as he can hold on for three days, the sect will accept him, starting with the outer disciples. ”

After speaking, Zhuo Hao glanced at him meaningfully, and with a slight step under his feet, the fire spirit cone rose into the sky again.

......

Zhuo Hao still didn't say a word, and he didn't know where he was going, but the impatience in Zhang Fan's heart dissipated without a trace.

After a few moments, they stopped in an unexpected place.

The smoke curls up, the voices of the people are boiling, and the air is filled with a rich aroma of meat, which is not like a blessed land of immortals, but more like a unique canteen in a secular academy and workshop.

That's right, this is a canteen, and Zhang Fan has already watched many fellow men with food come out of it.

"Senior brother, do you know who they are?" Zhuo Hao asked with a flat expression.

Zhang Fan shook his head, after just a while, he had already seen a lot of outer disciples in green clothes, ordinary disciples in blue clothes, inner disciples in white clothes, and even a core disciple wearing ice silkworm robes like him coming in and out here, and he really couldn't tell.

Zhuo Hao stared at Zhang Fan's eyes and said, "They are all disciples of the sect who have entered the mountain gate just like you, junior brother, but they have no foundation in cultivation. ”

Every three meals, the foundation should be nourished with large pieces of fatty meat and bitter medicinal soups, and at least seven hours a day should be spent on labor, chopping wood, carrying water, and digging stones...... In order to exercise the body and perseverance, it is also steamed in a hot medicinal bath at night to detoxify and remove bruises.

This will go on for a whole year.

After Zhuo Hao's explanation, Zhang Fan realized that unconsciously, he had skipped some important steps, and all of this was not because he was talented and determined, but just a legacy of his ancestors.

While talking, a young man as thin as a bamboo pole walked out of the canteen with a smile, and as he walked, he greeted the same door he met with a spring breeze on his face.

Among most of the people who were frightened when they stepped in and were embarrassed when they walked out, he was so eye-catching that Zhang Fan unconsciously followed his figure.

"His name is Lin Sen, the wood is a miscellaneous spiritual root, and he once saved the life of a senior brother in the foundation building period, so he was taken to the mountain gate, and he has been here for five years. Zhuo Hao also stared at this person intently, and said slowly.

Five years? With this person's attitude, how could he not be able to pass the test for so long? Before Zhang Fan could ask, he saw the answer with his own eyes.

After walking not far away, Lin Sen's face suddenly turned pale, and he walked a few steps quickly to hide behind the big tree on the side of the road, and before he even had time to bend down, he vomited loudly. After the violent gasping subsided, he wiped his mouth and resolutely turned back and walked to the dining hall.

It's still smiling, if it weren't for the pale face and stained hem, I wouldn't have seen any difference from just now, as if nothing had happened.

Zhuo Hao looked at Lin Sen's back and said with admiration: "He has a special body, the first year he came here, he wanted to vomit when he saw meat, the second year, he would vomit when he smelled it, and in the third year, he vomited when he ate it, and until now, he only vomited once after eating two or three times." ”

"I heard that there are already many brothers and sisters in the foundation building period who are optimistic about him, and when he passes this level, he will be officially accepted as an apprentice. ”

Soon, Lin Sen walked out again, this time steadily, slowly, but unwaveringly, disappearing from their sight.

......

Walking forward again, Zhang Fan's originally restless heart had completely calmed down.

After more than an hour of flying, the two stopped in front of a mountain that towered into the sky and could not be seen at the top of the cliff.

This time, Zhuo Hao was speechless for a long time, just staring deeply at the cliff like a knife and axe, his expression was unpredictable, sometimes remembering, sometimes worried, sometimes cringing, sometimes excited......

"Senior brother!" Zhuo Hao's voice seemed very distant in this empty environment, "Forty years ago, when my brother first entered the mountain gate, Master also brought me to this place. The old man told me that there was no special name for this place, just the cliff - the desperate one. ”

Zhang Fan trembled when he heard this, and he felt a coldness spread from the depths of his heart.

Zhuo Hao urged the fire spirit cone, and the two of them got closer and closer to the cliff, and at this time, Zhang Fan vaguely saw that the cliff was full of dense caves of different sizes.

These caves are different from those dug by monks, and instead of a sense of natural harmony and harmony, they are filled with helplessness and desolation in the face of the ravages of time.

"The rugged immortal road, the long road of life, how many people can reach the end?" Zhuo Hao said gloomily as he looked at the ruined caves.

"Senior brother, what do you mean......" Zhang Fan's voice trembled a little, and an ominous premonition came to his heart.

"This is probably where we will be. Under Zhuo Hao's indifferent tone, the unwillingness, struggle, and fear that he concealed did not escape Zhang Fan's ears.

Without waiting for Zhang Fan's reaction, he continued: "Since the Fa Xiangzong established the mountain gate here, all the predecessors who have reached the end of their longevity, when they can no longer delay, will come here alone, scatter their work, and sit down. ”

"These ...... All of them?" Zhang Fan's voice became dry.

"Well, the lowest is also the monks in the foundation building period, and there is no shortage of predecessors of Yudan and Yuanying. In the year I entered the mountain gate, one of the only two late Yuan Infant Patriarchs in our Faxiang Sect sat there. At that time, Master brought me to watch the ceremony, and I will never forget that scene for the rest of my life. ”

Saying that, Zhuo Hao stretched out his hand and pointed to a certain place on the cliff, Zhang Fan followed the direction and looked, but saw that all the caves were the same dilapidated, the same desolate, how could he not find it, which one of them was different?

In the end, Zhang Fan no longer searched in vain, but with mixed feelings, looking up at these former glories and now loneliness.

The immortal road is difficult, seeking up and down, I don't know how many amazing and brilliant people are buried on this road that can't be found, can't be found, and can't be explored.

"Originally, Master asked me to take you here to have a look yesterday, but after thinking about it, I still waited until today to bring you over, Master's intentions, I think you also understand. In the wind, Zhuo Hao stood with his hands in his hands and said lightly.

"Hmm!" Zhang Fan nodded with a heavy face, the impetuousness and slackness caused by the smooth wind and water, when facing this road deeper than the sea and heavier than the mountains without any obstacles, it seemed so ignorant and ridiculous.

"Let's go!" Zhuo Hao collected his mood and gradually flew away with Zhang Fan.

On the way, they vaguely heard a cavern in the cliff, and there was a loud roar, followed by the sound of a boulder falling, but they didn't look back, just like that, they quickly moved away.

meanwhile

- Cliffs, canyons, boulders, grass breaking the ground.

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