Shen Sui was struggling all the time, but he still couldn't convince himself in the end, so the matter was left alone.

The lotus that Old Master Qin mainly planted in the Wannian Snow Mountain will bloom in the next few days. This lotus blooms every 30 years.

Therefore, Shen Sui and Lin Huaizhu could only be sent to Xuan Tian Sect in advance, and he would take at least half a year to return after leaving, and handed over all the affairs in the valley to Qin Hongzheng and a supervisor.

Fearing that once the old Valley Lord Qin left, Qin Northwest and the others would attack Qin Changxu and Huohu, Shen Sui specifically mentioned this matter to Qin Hongzheng.

Apart from her own children, Qin Hongzheng never cared about the lives or deaths of others.

But since Shen Sui spoke, Qin Hongzheng would naturally agree to take more care of Qin Changxu.

Before dawn, a crescent moon hangs in the dark sky, and a layer of hoarfrost has fallen on the window lattice.

Kneeling goodbye to Qin Hongzheng, Shen Sui and Lin Huaizhu sat on the back of the green lion.

Qin Changxu got up early in the morning, holding the sleepy-eyed Firefox, looking up at Shen Sui on the giant lion, sobbing, "Brother, you must remember to come back."

Firefox yawned, with a line of saliva dripping from the corner of its mouth, it turned over in Qin Changxu's arms and continued to sleep.

Qin Changxu's tears fell on the fur of the Firefox, and it wrapped its body with its big tail angrily.

Looking at Qin Changxu whose eyes were swollen into walnuts, Shen Sui couldn't laugh or cry, "Don't cry, it's not about life and death, I'll pick you up to play when I get to know you over there."

Qin Changxu was immediately happy, and nodded vigorously, "I'm waiting for you, brother, come and pick me up."

Shen Sui: "Understood."

Lin Huaizhu's expression was calm, his dark pupils seemed to be cold under the moonlight, and he lightly swept Qin's long beard and the Firefox in his arms.

The fire fox moved its ears sensitively, then raised its head abruptly, biting Qin Changxu's skirt with its sharp fox teeth, and let out a childish but urgent threatening sound from its throat.

It kept tugging on Qin Changxu's clothes, "Go back, I'm sleepy, go back to sleep."

Qin Changxu touched its head, "Stop making trouble."

But Firefox didn't listen, biting and scratching in Qin Changxu's arms.

There was no time to delay any longer, Elder Qin Valley Lord looked at the sky, "Let's go, Xianhe."

Qingshi snorted hot air, narrowed his iron-gray eyes, lowered his forelegs and jumped up.

Qin Hongzheng stood at the Guanjing Pavilion where the Valley Lord Qin was last time. Seeing them set off, she couldn't help taking a step forward, her eyes chasing Shen Sui on the back of the green lion.Reluctant.

Qin Changxu ran two steps with a crying voice, "Brother."

The fire fox patted Qin Changxu's face with its tail, and said with bared teeth and claws, "Go back, don't chase, go back to sleep."

Qin Changxu was obedient and didn't chase after him, but wept into tears while hugging Firefox's furry tail.

Firefox jumped up and kicked Qin Changxu, and said angrily: "Don't rub your nose on my tail."

Qin Hongzheng's gaze, Qin Changxu's crying, and Firefox's noise gradually faded away.

When Shen Sui turned his head again, the Valley of the Medicine King was already a small black spot, and with the ups and downs of the green lion, that small black spot also disappeared.

When Shen Sui was feeling lost, one hand grabbed him.

Shen Sui raised his eyes and met Lin Huaizhu's gaze.

A round of red sun broke through the clouds, illuminating the twilight sky, and it also fell in Lin Huaizhu's eyes, like a pool of water melted by spring, with a golden arc at the bottom of his eyes.

Shen Sui's mind swayed slightly because of the dazzling red sun.

After regaining consciousness, he smiled at Lin Huaizhu, expressing that he was fine, and then sat upright.

The blue lion, which travels thousands of miles a day, ran for two days without sleep before finding the southwestern peak of the Nine Provinces.

There are three thousand majestic and steep fairy peaks here, the highest of which is called Lingxiao Peak, and Xuan Tian Sect was built on Lingxiao Peak.

The cliff is steep and difficult to climb, even for a large and agile string.

At this time of year, Lingxiao Peak will come to many young people who seek immortality and ask questions, in order to worship the first sect of the immortal sect.

Most of the people who came were fourteen-year-old boys, and it was extremely rare to see people as old as Shen Sui and Lin Huaizhu.

Among a group of high-spirited young boys, Shen Sui and Lin Huaizhu looked a little abrupt, attracting many curious looks.

Several disciples of Xuan Tian Sect carried long swords behind their backs and jade plaques around their waists. They stood in front of the mountain gate to maintain order.

Shen Sui had seen the process, and they could only enter the mountain gate after the first round of assessment, and then test their spiritual roots, according to the spiritual root branch school.

The first round of assessment is very simple, climbing the stone steps of the mountain gate.

As the highest peak in the southwest, Lingxiao Peak has a total of 99,999 steps. After climbing 3,000 steps, you can pass through and enter the mountain gate.

Practitioners are physically strong, and even a fourteen-year-old child can easily climb five or six thousand steps.

It's just that the stone steps of Lingxiao Peak are not ordinary steps, and those with weak spiritual power can't stand a thousand steps, let alone three thousand steps.

The original owner climbed to the 3001st step and narrowly passed the pass.

However, Lin Huaizhu became a blockbuster. With his own perseverance, he completed the 99,999 steps and became the first person in the history of Xuan Tian Sect.

It is said that Lipai's patriarch was only one step away from being able to fly to the immortal, but he never took this step, and finally gave birth to a demon.

In order not to harm the common people, he was martyred.

Later, there was a genius formation mage who took the obsession of the patriarch of the Lipai as his formation soul and worked hard for a hundred years to chisel out 99,999 stone steps on Lingxiao Peak one by one.

So this is not a stone step, but a magic circle.

This formation has gone through thousands of years, during which the gate has been modified many times by Xuan Tian Sect, before it became the current entry test.

Old Qin Valley Lord still had business to do, so Shen Sui let him go first, so he didn't have to stay and wait for the test results of the two of them.

For the roots of the two of them, the old Valley Lord Qin was very confident, but he still gave a few words of concern.

Shen Sui nodded and said, "I know Grandpa, and you too, be careful all the way."

Surrounded by people saying goodbye to their parents, stepping on the stone steps this time is the first step in asking questions. If you are lucky enough to enter the mountain gate, the day when you will return home from the peak will be in the foreseeable future.

Already many people were weeping, and the sadness of parting spread.

The old Valley Lord Qin was somewhat moved. Looking at the two handsome young men in front of him, he sighed a lot in his heart. He didn't expect that they would be old enough to leave home in a blink of an eye.

But thinking that the relationship between the two brothers is good, Old Qin Valley Lord felt relieved.

He said: "You have to take good care of it, and if there is something wrong, send a letter back."

Before Shen Sui could speak, Lin Huaizhu replied, "Yes."

Only then did the old Valley Lord Qin feel relieved to leave.

After seeing the green lion carrying the old Qin Valley Lord on his back, until the other party disappeared in the verdant forest gate, Shen Sui looked away and looked at the stone steps behind the white marble pillar.

The stone steps are steep and difficult, as if you can't see the end even if you bend your neck.

The mountain peak is majestic and straight, the clouds are steaming and misty, and the rays of the sun are surrounded, like a ladder to the sky.

Many people had bid farewell to their parents, climbed up the stone steps alone, and disappeared without a trace in a moment. The huge stone steps still look empty at this moment.

Seeing this episode, Lin Huaizhu said in a deep voice, "They're gone."

"This should be a formation." Shen Sui guessed, "The formation separates everyone so as not to be affected by each other. Of course, it may be that the road to immortality is a one-person penance, so everyone is not allowed to be together?"

No clear explanation was given, because Lin Huaizhu climbed the stairs alone after being brought back by the head.

So Shen Sui didn't know that the stone steps had this setting. It was like a parallel time and space in a sci-fi movie, dragging everyone to an independent time and space.

Lin Huaizhu's eyes moved, and he stretched out a hand towards Shen Sui.

Shen Sui looked at him inexplicably.

Without saying anything, Lin Huaizhu clasped Shen Sui's right hand and held it tightly with him.

Now Shen Sui knew what Lin Huaizhu meant, although this method may not work, it is always right to try.

Shen Sui clasped the back of Lin Huaizhu's hand with his backhand, looked at the endless steps, and said proudly: "Let's go."

Lin Huaizhu glanced at the two hands holding together, "Mmm."

Shen Sui and Lin Huaizhu walked up the first stone steps holding hands.

Very easily, he lifted his foot and stepped up.

But the second step began to become steeper, and the surrounding atmosphere was dull, as if suppressing the aura in his body, Shen Sui raised his foot to step on the second step.

He and Lin Huaizhu let go of their hands at some point, but Shen Sui neither noticed nor noticed, and there was no one around when he went up to the third step.

Shen Sui stopped on the spot and looked around.

There is only the breeze blowing around, and there are green bushes on both sides of the mountain road.

Realizing that he was lost with Lin Huaizhu, Shen Sui sighed, it seemed that this trick really didn't work.

He was about to take a step forward when his finger was rubbed by something suddenly, but there was nothing around him, and it didn't feel like the wind was blowing.

Shen Sui tried to reach out and wave his hand indiscriminately, then touched the thing again, and it lightly brushed against his fingertips.

When the thing came again, Shen Sui grabbed it quickly, and then pulled Lin Huaizhu out of the barrier with force.

Seeing Lin Huaizhu, Shen Sui cocked his mouth in a good mood.

There is no illusion in the stone steps, what Xuan Tian Sect really wants to test is their upper limit, one realm every three thousand steps.

Knowing that this is the real Lin Huaizhu, Shen Sui still asked him, "You will only know the truth after taking a test. When is my birthday?"

Lin Huaizhu: "The eighth day of February."

Shen Sui: "What is my sword called?"

Lin Huaizhu: "End of heat."

Shen Sui: "Outsiders say who is the most suave and unrestrained, me or you?"

There was a smile in Lin Huaizhu's eyes, "Me."

Shen Sui immediately turned his face and shook off Lin Huaizhu's hand, "You are not Lin Huaizhu."

Lin Huaizhu held his hand again, with a smile on his thin and gorgeous lips.

This time, Shen Sui did not shake off Lin Huaizhu, and climbed up to the fourth step with him.

The front was always shrouded in clouds and mist, the stone steps became steeper and steeper, and the air became thinner. After walking three thousand steps, Shen Sui broke out in sweat and stuck to his body sticky.

But he still has physical strength, and it should be no problem to climb another three thousand steps.

The hand holding Lin Huaizhu was also sweating, Shen Sui wanted to withdraw it, but Lin Huaizhu refused and held him tightly.

Shen Sui was worried that if they separated as they did at the beginning, they could only be held by him.

Lin Huaizhu is a person who has completed the 99,999 steps. Even if he can't reach his level, with his motivation to move forward, Shen Sui estimates that he can climb a few more steps.After wiping his sweat with his sleeve, Shen Sui continued to walk upwards with firm eyes.

Although Shen Sui talked a lot, he only chatted with Lin Huaizhu for a while at the third level, after all, he wanted to save energy.

When he reached the 6000th step, Shen Sui licked his astringent lips, his breath was already a little unsteady.

He looked sideways at Lin Huaizhu, who also stopped to look at him.

Lin Huaizhu's nose was also sweating finely, his temples were slightly wet, and his jet-black eyes were gentle and powerful, and it was obvious that he still had a lot of strength.

Shen Sui thought to himself, it's only six thousand ranks, not even a fraction of Lin Huaizhu's thousand ranks.

climb!

Shen Sui took a deep breath and stepped up the six thousand and one steps.

His current goal is 10,000 ranks. It is very difficult for ordinary people to reach 10,000 ranks. It is not shameful to break here.

The sun moved westward slowly along its trajectory, and there were thousands of clouds above the head, and the sky was as red as blood.

Finally reached the 10,000th step, Shen Sui's legs trembled, and he couldn't breathe by himself.

To be honest, he really wanted to give up, but if he climbed the 999th step again, at least he would be closer to Lin Huaizhu's record.

Shen Sui gritted his teeth, and slowly stepped up a step with trembling legs.

Lin Huaizhu was waiting for him at the side, the hands they held tightly were already wet with sweat, and they were so greasy that they could barely hold them.

Anyway, Shen Sui had already given up, his hands were already stiff, letting Lin Huaizhu hold him.

Shen Sui suffocated all his strength, and he had to count every step silently before he stepped on it.

Finally reached the 10999th step, Shen Sui waved his hand at Lin Huaizhu, breathlessly said, "I can't do it, you go up by yourself."

He wanted to sit on the ground, but Lin Huaizhu kept stopping him.

The sun has set and the sky is dim.

There are endless stone steps behind Lin Huaizhu, and his breath is not stable, but his eyes are still firm.

Because of not speaking for a long time, Lin Huaizhu's voice was a little hoarse, "You forgot that you once said that you want this Kyushu to be at your feet, and you can go wherever you want."

He fixedly looked at Shen Sui, "Come up with me, climb to the highest place, and see the best scenery."

Shen Sui drank Lin Huaizhu's bowl of chicken soup, grabbed Lin Huaizhu's arm, and slowly straightened his waist.

With Lin Huaizhu's support, Shen Sui took another step forward.

After climbing three steps in a row, he pushed Lin Huaizhu, signaling that the other party did not need to support him anymore.

Lin Huaizhu still has 80,000 steps to go, so he can't waste his energy on him.

Shen Sui pushed away Lin Huaizhu's arm that supported him, and lifted his heavy and trembling legs to take several steps by himself, and his muscles formed memory to take him all the way up.

When another 3,000 mark was passed, Shen Sui leaned over and put his hands on his knees.

Hot sweat trickled down the cheeks onto the stone steps drop by drop.

The moon is above the treetops, and the stars are brilliant, but the beginning and end of the mountain road are still invisible.

Shen Sui didn't rest long, straightened up under Lin Huaizhu's gaze, bit his lip with silver teeth and continued to crawl!

Lin Huaizhu was also a little embarrassed at this time, but seeing that Shen Sui was still willing to leave, he breathed a sigh of relief, slipped his fingers into Shen Sui's, and clasped them tightly.

A sleepless night, the moon sets and the sun rises.

Shen Sui broke through the 20,000 mark, and he was finally satisfied. He was about to lie down on the ground when he heard Lin Huaizhu say——

"I heard that Xuan Tian Sect's rule is that three thousand ranks are one realm, and there is no difference between climbing 20,000 and 18,000."

Fuck Nima, don't remind him earlier.

Shen Sui wanted to cry but had no tears, so he could only climb another thousand steps with tears in his eyes.

When the 21,000th step is reached, the Heavenly King Lao Tzu will stop climbing.

Shen Sui sat down on the ground, and if he still didn't climb up after a cup of tea, Xuan Tian Sect's disciples would come to pick him up.

Shen Sui urged Lin Huaizhu, "Don't waste time, just go, I'm really tired."

Knowing that further persuasion would be fruitless, Lin Huaizhu stopped persuading, bent down and put Shen Sui's arms on his shoulders, and carried him on his back.

"What are you doing?" Shen Sui was shocked, but he didn't dare to make a big move.

The stone steps are steep and narrow, and if you are not careful, you will fall from here.

Spirit power cannot be used in the formation, which means that after they fall, they have to rely on their legs to climb up again.

Lin Huaizhu didn't answer Shen Sui, and walked up with his back silently.

Shen Sui gasped and said, "You're cheating, you won't count on me like this."

Lin Huaizhu said, "It's all right."

"Are you stupid?" Shen Suihen said in a tone of iron and steel: "Why is it all right? It's useless for you to carry me on your back, and it consumes your energy. It's a useless effort."

Lin Huaizhu looked at the road ahead, which was even more difficult than the Shu road. Although his face was tired, he still carried Shen Sui firmly on his back and walked up step by step.

He wrote lightly: "As high as I can climb, I will carry you on my back."

Shen Sui was stunned.