Chapter 9 (1/2)
The scale of these Nascent Soul remnants completely went against Luo Jianqing's expectations.
It was written in ”Seeking Immortality” that True Lord Beidou's remnants were created with the Ursa Major Formation. The entrance to the first mountain pa.s.s was called Yaoguang Star, and the large river that everyone had just pa.s.sed through was called Kaiyang Star. Below should be the Ursa Major's third star, Yuheng Star. Surprisingly, after walking for less than an hour, they still hadn't reached the end of the road.
As the only cultivator with a golden core and the leader of the entire group, Luo Jianqing walked to the very front, as was his duty.
The further they walked, the colder it got. Fortunately, the lowest level out of everyone present was Phase One of Qi Condensation, and they could resist the cold, so no one was too affected. Yet when they had walked through the entirety of the trail, everything before their eyes was a vast expanse of white. Countless disciples sighed with emotion and exclaimed with admiration one after another.
”Could this be… the third pa.s.s?”
Separated by a screen of white light, a world of ice and snow appeared before everyone's eyes. Snow blew violently and gales snarled. Even though no one had stepped in it, everyone could feel a bone-chilling chill scuttling from the bottom of their feet to the very center of their heads.
This time, the stone tablet was erected directly in front of the snowfield.
”Vast and boundless white snow, is there no end?” The nineteen junior brothers stared at it for a long time until they turned their head to say to Luo Jianqing, ”Senior brother, this must be the Ursa Major Formation's third pa.s.s, Yuheng.”
Luo Jianqing lightly nodded. ”Do you have the courage to enter?”
The nineteen disciples laughed out loud and took a step inside. ”Then, great senior brother, we will try to find a path for everyone!”
Their voices had just fell when the silhouettes of the nineteen junior brothers completely went into the screen of light. What amazed everyone was that they had completely faded away before everyone's eyes! In the vast snow, there was not the slightest hint of the nineteen junior brothers' silhouettes. The snowflakes continued to flutter in the air as the furious gales roared, like they were swallowing people.
There was immediately an uproar among the crowd. Many people stepped back in fear, but Luo Jianqing turned his head and said, ”The nineteen junior brothers have already entered a different s.p.a.ce. From here on out, everyone will be separated during this practice experience. No one can help you anymore. If you truly can't endure it, remember to immediately turn back. Don't try to show off. Crush the pieces of jade you got at the start of the black iron gate, and you should be able to evacuate out of the remnants, ending this session.”
Everyone simultaneously cupped their hands in salute. ”Yes, great senior brother!”
Yi Tian Sect's disciples nodded as well, like they were trying to dispel other people's doubts. Luo Jianqing gave everyone an indifferent glance, then suddenly stepped into the screen of light, disappearing from this s.p.a.ce.
When Luo Jianqing opened his eyes, he had already entered the third pa.s.s. There was no one else around him, only seeing nothing but the endless snow. Luo Jianqing thought of raising his spiritual energy, but found out that his cultivation had been suppressed to Qi Foundation stage, so he was no longer capable of flying high up in the air like before.
After he calmly gave his surroundings a quick look, Luo Jianqing narrowed his eyes. ”The first pa.s.s restricted age and cultivation, the second pa.s.s tested innate skill, and the third pa.s.s suppresses cultivation. Is it testing perseverance?”
After a moment, Luo Jianqing began to walk forward.
This snow was not considered too deep, but the snow piled to Luo Jianqing's ankles as he walked step by step. If an ordinary person had come here, even if they didn't freeze to death, they might have ended up suffering from snow blindness looking at such white snow for so long.
Luo Jianqing knew that those disciples that followed him in would've gotten their cultivation suppressed by now, becoming truly ordinary people. According to that book, the better a disciple's const.i.tution was, the harder the trial would become. For example, the aristocratic child who won first place at the all-peak examinations. His cultivation was at Phase Four of Qi Condensation, but he would become an ordinary person here. Plus, he had a first-level const.i.tution. In the book, he had struggled the most to cross the mountain pa.s.s.
But now, Luo Jianqing was afraid that the t.i.tle of ”most struggling” had fallen to him.
Luo Jianqing lifted the spiritual energy in his body to protect his arteries, while the remainder was put at the bottom of his feet, and walked continuously. He didn't know how long he had been walking, but it seemed that it had been two hours, while seeming like an entire day at the same time. His surroundings never changed, making him feel like he was making no progress. But the thickly dotted footprints behind his body told him that he had been walking for a very long time.
The snowstorm became even more brutal, the gales engulfed in snowflakes, like a knife sc.r.a.ping Luo Jianqing's cheeks.
Luo Jianqing looked down at the ground, as if he didn't notice the frantic snowstorm, still continuing to walk persistently. The count he had been keeping had reached a hundred li, and now he had walked for another thousand li.
When he reached nine thousand li, the snow had finally reached his stomach. Luo Jianqing still did not react, calmly using his spiritual energy to dispel the snowflakes. His behavior seemed to have incurred this place's wrath, the snowstorm surging downwards, as if flooding the area Luo Jianqing was in.
This snow was different from before. Luo Jianqing again used his spiritual energy to push it away.
When Luo Jianqing reached an entire ten thousand li, the snow had already submerged nearly his entire body. According to Luo Jianqing's current cultivation level of Qi Foundation, he could already bigu diet (1) and not have to breathe for a short period of time. However, he would not let this snow bury him!
Just when he had walked for ten thousand li, he heard a lingering sigh coming from his surroundings. ”A heavenly superior-level, walking in defiance of the natural order. Here, you have a first-level const.i.tution, but even with a superior-level const.i.tution, this is only the beginning. At present, you are still able to turn your head.”
Luo Jianqing's right foot stepped on the ground, and the heavy snow around his body was knocked away with his sword-light. He raised his head to look at the sky. ”For mere Nascent Soul remnants, what could you do to me?” As he spoke, the green light in the middle of his forehead shone, his green sword-mark seeming like it was going to break through his mind. The horizon roared. The tiny red mole was bright as fire, making the snowstorm stop for an instant.