Chapter 317: Become a star!

In front of the towering peak

The pressure that permeated the surroundings weakened slightly, and Jiangshan and Zhongsheng raised their heads and looked at the sky.

After seeing Gu Jieshuang rising into the clouds, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

"This child has good talent." Jiang Shan nodded.

As long as you reach the cloud and officially enter Fengyue Cangjian, it means you have passed the first level of the trial and can get the soul card.

As for what you encounter after reaching the cloud, whether it is a battle or something else, you can deal with it as you please. Even if you fail, it will not affect you - you just won't be able to enter the second level.

Although it seems that the whole process is just to stand on the top of the towering mountain and wait for ascension, this step alone has stumped countless people over the years.

Even the ancient emperors could not all reach the clouds.

During this process, one has to face the great terror between life and death, the horrible feeling that all parts of one's body are constantly depleting, and the psychological suggestion that everything will return to normal as long as one gives up. These two feelings conflict with each other, and most people may just give up.

Although the ascension process will continue to hurt your body, no matter how serious the damage, as long as you turn back, you will return to the towering peak intact. Although this premise exists, the feeling of death is too real, and few people can bear it.

"Wait a minute, we should be able to see the frost coming down." Jiang Shan said.

Among the three levels of trial for Feng Yuecangjian, the first level is the simplest - the limit of the physical body, which can be achieved by relying solely on one's own will.

But as you go further up, the difficulty suddenly increases.

Jiangshan has lived in the Holy City for so many years and has seen many people participating in the Fengyue Cangjian trial, but he has only seen Zhong Sheng who can enter the second level.

There is a huge gap in difficulty between the second and first floors, even greater than the gap in difficulty between the third and second floors - at least that's the case judging by the number of people.

Since the founding of Yan State, people who have reached the first level have been as numerous as crucian carp crossing the river, but only a dozen or so can enter the second level. Among them, Ye Yan and Di Chang'an can reach the third level.

Jiang Shandao: "When going to the sky, one must go through three limits. The first is the limit of the flesh. Those who pass this level will return with the true self."

Breaking down and then establishing, the process of ascension is the process of "breaking", and when you return from the clouds, you will naturally "establish".

During this process, the body of the person who passed the test will be reshaped under the guidance of their own will, gaining a lot of strength and a higher upper limit. The will itself will also become more tenacious under the influence of Feng Yue Cangjian's power.

Jiangshan looked back and found that Yu Cang was still resting with his eyes closed, so he did not disturb him and turned back.

"Soon, we should see Jie Shuang coming back... huh?"

Before he finished speaking, Jiangshan suddenly hummed, raised his head abruptly and looked at the sky.

"No." Zhong Sheng looked surprised. "Jie Shuang... is she still going up?"

…

Above the clouds

Gu Jieshuang's body seemed to be free of force, floating on the clouds. There were more and more cracks on her body, and it became more unstable. Some fragments even fell off and dissipated into powder in the wind.

She gradually suppressed the smile on her face and looked ahead.

The clouds continue to rise, and the huge monster that has gathered together is still growing!

Roar!!

A loud roar suddenly burst out from the clouds, and countless ice chips were shaken out of the cloud body with the roar. Then, this huge cloud suddenly pounced out, bringing waves of mist and attacking Gu Jieshuang!

Gu Jieshuang frowned and raised his hands as if he wanted to fight, but after thinking for a moment, he chose to retreat and avoid.

It's not that she doesn't want to fight, but her current body won't allow it.

Apart from anything else, soul energy alone is not enough.

Now his mental pressure has also reached its limit, and the speed of soul energy production is zero, which means... now, he only has this tube of soul energy in the soul energy well to use, and no more.

With only one tube of soul energy and a body so broken, there's no way you can defeat this big guy, right?

Can I really pass this level...

Gu Jieshuang didn’t know that she had passed the first level, so she was thinking seriously.

call!

A huge claw made of clouds slashed past, and Gu Jieshuang struggled to mobilize his weak body and barely avoided it.

Bang!

The attack was too close, and the strong wind it brought caused a large part of Gu Jieshuang's body to suddenly break into pieces, turning into powder and dissipating in the clouds.

She frowned.

Damn it, I subconsciously kept this close distance during the fight, forgetting how fragile my body was right now...

She moved, suddenly accelerating, dodging the attack while quickly distanced herself.

This movement caused almost his entire left arm to shatter into pieces in the wind.

On the opposite side, the behemoth that threw the punch seemed to have some of the clouds condensed on its body falling off due to the violent movement.

Gu Jieshuang's eyes narrowed.

"Is it a test of endurance?"

The clouds on your body will be blown away as the cloud moves, so as long as you can keep your body intact before the cloud completely dissipates, it should be fine.

Thinking of this, she immediately stretched out her hand.

She had to fight. If she didn't respond, her right arm would be broken and she wouldn't be able to hold the sword even if she wanted to.

"Untie the eyebrows!"

Although summoning the Sealed Holy Sword to create a sword intent would be more powerful, she didn't know if her current body could withstand the power of the sword intent. Moreover, her mental pressure was already full and there was no room for improvement. She could only use Jie Emei, which did not take up any mental pressure.

Click!

An ice-crystal long sword appeared in his hand. For a moment, Gu Jieshuang felt his body suddenly stabilized, as if his broken body had become much more stable.

Jie Emei was trying her best to eliminate the negative state in her body, but her current body was not simply in a "negative state", and the sword was also powerless.

But it's always better to be more stable, at least it won't break at the slightest touch.

roar!

The cloud roared, and countless clouds broke away from its body. It rushed forward with great momentum.

But at this moment, Gu Jieshuang already had a long sword in his hand. He was not afraid at all. After turning around to avoid the frontal attack, he swung the sword and cut through the body of the cloud, bringing out countless clouds.

“This feeling…”

As the sword slashed across, Gu Jieshuang seemed to have sensed something.

The inside of the cloud is very cold and hard.

Not knowing what thoughts flashed through his mind, Gu Jieshuang turned around and started fighting fiercely with Yuntuan again.

For a moment, the detached clouds and body fragments flew everywhere, but Gu Jieshuang was more skilled after all. For this kind of thing that required little combat skills, she adapted for a moment and was able to handle it with ease.

roar!

Yuntuan's slap missed again. At this time, Gu Jieshuang, who had been waiting for a long time and confirmed that this flaw was not a trap, immediately launched an attack and stabbed out with the Jie Emei in his hand!

bite!

The long sword pierced in, and it seemed to have hit something hard. Gu Jieshuang's eyes fixed, and he shouted:

"Disperse!"

Bang!

The long sword trembled, and Gu Jieshuang's sword directly shattered half of the cloud, and countless ice chips scattered along with the cloud.

Under the clouds, a monster made purely of ice appeared in front of Gu Jie Shuang.

This monster has a pair of wings and a bird's head, and looks like a birdman made of solid ice.

At this moment, Gu Jieshuang's sword hit its chest, and the shockwaves caused by his skill directly created a shallow pit with some cracks scattered around it.

Gu Jieshuang raised her brows, but before she could observe carefully, the monster waved its hand and attacked, so she could only retreat quickly.

Roar!!

The monster whose clouds were broken up seemed to be angry and humiliated. It roared and ran madly. The extremely cold temperature began to spread, and the sea of ​​clouds it passed by was directly frozen into ice.

Gu Jieshuang frowned, but she didn't draw her sword and began to retreat.

The moment this monster appeared, her body, which had been stabilized by Jie Emei, began to become unstable again.

The coldness from the monster seemed to be remotely attracting some kind of power within his body, accelerating his physical decline!

Gu Jieshuang stepped back while looking at his hands. The debris was falling off from them faster and faster. It would not be long before his body would simply dissipate.

"……I see."

Gu Jieshuang raised her head and looked at the monster in front of her.

"Are you the curse buried in my blood?"

The meaning of his existence was originally just to serve as fuel for the "Bloodline Empire".

Being swallowed by the curse is his ultimate fate. The monster before him might be himself mutated after the bloodline conflict, but now...

"It's a thing of the past."

Gu Jie Shuang raised the Jie Emei in her hand high, and in an instant, a cold light burst out!

Countless rays of light emanated from the cracks in her body, and the speed at which her body shattered accelerated in an instant!

But this time, it was not her body that was destroyed because it could not support it, but Gu Jieshuang herself was speeding up the process.

"I will not burn for you, nor will I end because of you."

A strong warning came from her mind. She knew that as long as she swung the sword, all the flesh that belonged to her would be irreversibly gone, and there would be no possibility of coming back.

What is more despairing than experiencing the terror of life and death? It is voluntarily stepping into the embrace of decay.

When ascending to the first level, Feng Yue Cangjian adjusted all the parameters of Gu Jieshuang's body to the critical limit, but now, it was Gu Jieshuang himself who took the initiative to send everything into final decline.

Even the bravest man would tremble inwardly, or even lose his voice, before being sent to the guillotine. But now, Gu Jieshuang is becoming his own executioner, and not just once.

Physical fitness, strength, lifespan, senses, all the attributes of this body must be manually entered by Gu Jieshuang one by one, and quickly, before it naturally collapses.

In this constant torrent of destruction, even the slightest hesitation will make it too late.

Bang!

The light exploded in an instant. At this moment, Gu Jieshuang's body could no longer support itself. Starting from the feet, it disintegrated into countless fragments, and then collapsed into little bits of starlight that flowed upwards in reverse!

"I use myself as the material for synchronization!"

Buzz!

His body turned into starlight, which condensed into a ring and rushed into Jie Emei. The green halo was layered from bottom to top, until Gu Jie Shuang was left with only one arm and one eye, and then the sword was finally swung down.

"Hantian will be killed!"

brush!

As the sword was drawn, the sea of ​​clouds suddenly changed color, and a cold air slashed through. The monster that pounced on Gu Jieshuang was frozen in the air in the blink of an eye, completely losing its ability to fight.

This sword, just like the one he used against Chang Kong that day, only required the simultaneous use of the legendary equipment Ka Hantian to kill him. One strike was enough.

Crash...

The remaining flesh of Gu Jieshuang also disappeared, but Jie Emei's long sword was still suspended in the air.

She is not dead.

The body shattered, and the purest soul, spirit, and will were exposed. Under the influence of Feng Yue Cangjian's special rules, they did not dissipate, but condensed into a hazy translucent shape.

Jie Emei was summoned from Gu Jie Shuang's instinct, and she can actually exist at this moment.

"...So this is the condition for clearing the level."

Before Feng Yue Cangjian drags your body into destruction, take the initiative to cross the limit, grasp the power born in this instant, and defeat the monster in front of you - this is the way to enter the second level.

This process was not simple. Feng Yue Cangjian weakened almost all of his senses, but the fear of death was the only one that was amplified infinitely.

Bang!

Before the flesh completely disappeared, a drop of blood suddenly emerged and then exploded. Then, ice-blue energy gushed out from the blood, as if forming a gorgeous ice bird in the air.

Gu Jieshuang was stunned. She called out tentatively, "Auntie?"

No response.

This blue energy ice bird floats quietly behind him. It exists only as his own power and has no other meaning.

Gu Jieshuang immediately understood.

My aunt...may have been repelled by Feng Yue Cangjian's power.

"Then..." Gu Jieshuang raised her head, "Continue."

Buzz!

An endless roar suddenly vibrated in Gu Jieshuang's soul, and the perceived pressure suddenly increased. In the midst of this, Gu Jieshuang began to continue floating upwards, flying towards the higher level of the sea of ​​clouds.

"Cough..." Gu Jieshuang coughed lightly.

This pressure is becoming more and more terrifying.

But fortunately, my ability to withstand stress has improved.

Although I have lost the support of my physical body, I am also no longer bound by it. The most obvious change is that I no longer have the soul energy well. The process of converting mental power into soul energy is now unlimited. The endless flow of soul energy is squeezed out by the "pressure" from the sky, filling every corner of my now invisible body.

"Something's wrong..."

Gu Jieshuang frowned.

Although it feels great to have nearly endless soul energy...but one's own mental strength is limited after all! If one continues to grab and demand so much, his mental strength will soon run out!

What should I do...

Spirit is the foundation of human existence. Once the spiritual power is completely drained, the person will become an empty shell... Now that I have no physical body, the result of draining it is direct dissipation!

Everything turned to ashes and smoke, nothing existed...

A feeling of fear suddenly filled Gu Jieshuang's mind. This time, such fear was difficult to suppress by willpower alone.

Because, during the ascension process, even the will itself is rapidly approaching its limit and dissipating!

"--ah!"

Her perception fell into darkness again, and Gu Jieshuang barely survived in the ocean of fear. Her mind kept telling her to give up quickly, because after a while, her willpower would reach its limit and she would no longer be able to have any other thoughts. She would not even be able to "give up" and could only stay in fear forever until it dissipated.

To the outside world, it looked like an ice-blue bird was floating up along with a vague human-shaped figure. During the process, the ice bird often cried in pain.

As it rose into the air, the enormous pressure continued to compress the form, compressing the mess of spirit, will and other things into something that looked more like Gu Jieshuang's body.

“How can I persist…”

Gu Jieshuang felt that she could no longer go on.

This time, there is no kaleidoscope of events in front of my eyes. After all, my memory is constantly approaching its limit, and I don’t have the time to play the past scenes for you.

The difficulty of the second trial is much higher than the first.

etc……

Suddenly, something unusual appeared in Gu Jieshuang's perception.

There were patches of bright light.

She quickly looked around, and countless hazy shapes seemed to appear in the darkness. Like herself, they were flying towards the sky.

"Are they...people who have entered Fengyue Cangjian before?"

Many figures of "predecessors" were heading towards the sky, forming the only light in this dark space. Amidst the upward torrent of these souls, Gu Jieshuang was also pulled upward, and seemed to feel... a little more relaxed.

However, the figures of those "predecessors" made Gu Jieshuang's heart tremble.

Those human figures are fine...but why are there so many huge beasts?

Among them, the one at the top and the fastest was even larger than one could imagine. Moreover, this giant beast had color, a bright red, like a flame - the other souls only had a faint glow, with no color at all.

The giant beast had a single horn on its head, bright red scales on its body, and a dragon tail dragging behind it. It looked like the legendary Qilin.

Gu Jieshuang was shocked, but she seemed to understand something.

In the second trial, everyone is in a state of losing their physical body. In the process of going upward, their own will is exposed without any cover. At this time, the will is under great pressure, so it is normal to leave some traces.

Now, what Gu Jieshuang saw were those traces.

But… even though these traces of willpower made the upward process easier, she was still reaching her limit. She was afraid she would no longer be able to reach the second cloud…

Gu Jieshuang smiled bitterly and shook his head.

This second trial is indeed as difficult as the information said. I am afraid I am still...

"Young man?"

Suddenly, a voice came into perception.

Gu Jieshuang was stunned, then turned her head and saw a glowing figure coming to her side.

This figure actually had color on his body. He was wearing an ancient robe and was a middle-aged man.

For some reason, when Gu Jieshuang saw his image, she always felt that he looked familiar, as if she had seen him somewhere before.

As the middle-aged man approached, Gu Jieshuang didn't know if it was an illusion, but she felt that the pain she was enduring was quietly alleviated a lot.

"Who are you……?"

"I am Zhongqiu. Perhaps you have heard of my name." The man smiled gently.

"Zhong...Qiu?" Gu Jieshuang widened his eyes.

…

In front of the towering top.

Jiangshan and Zhongsheng looked at the sky.

brush!

A ray of light shot down from the sky and landed at Yu Cang's feet.

Jiangshan came forward to take a look - it turned out to be a soul card, and a legendary soul card at that!

"Ancient...Frost Sky Will?" Jiang Shan scratched his head. "How did this Soul Card appear here?"

Zhong Sheng understood: "There seems to be a will in this soul card... It was ejected by Feng Yue Cangjian."

"Oh, I see." Jiang Shan smiled and shook his head.

On the ground, the soul card kept shaking. For some reason, Jiangshan always felt that... this soul card must be cursing now.

suddenly.

whoosh!

The soul card flew up under the influence of an inexplicable force, and Yu Cang opened his eyes at this time.

"Auntie, why did you come down?" Yu Cang asked with a smile.

At the same time, he casually threw out an equipment card and let the aunt possess it.

"Damn, this is too much!" As soon as she appeared, the auntie started cursing, "I was sleeping soundly, who the hell threw me out? I can't even keep my own true blood?"

"Auntie, calm down." Yu Cang didn't know whether to laugh or cry. "Jie Shuang is undergoing a trial. This is good for her. Please be patient."

"...Humph." The aunt snorted coldly, "What test... Hmm? Feng Yue Cangjian?"

She was silent for a moment, and her arrogance suddenly disappeared.

"Yeah...I understand. Call me when Jie Shuang comes down. I'm going to rest first."

After saying that, he retracted the soul card and became silent.

Yu Cang blinked.

Am I...scared?

Could it be that she had suffered losses in Feng Yucang's room?

"Xiao Cang." Jiang Shan came up quickly, "How are you adjusting to your condition?"

"Very good." Yu Cang smiled, "I feel better than ever before."

"Really?" Jiang Shan was skeptical.

But he couldn't sense any kingly aura in Yu Cang's eyes now... The feeling just now was completely gone! He looked just like he was in his usual state.

Could it be that he is comforting the old man...

"Of course it's true." Yu Cang said, "Okay, Mr. Jiang, let's not talk about me. How is Jie Shuang now?"

"...She." Jiang Shan raised his head and looked at the clouds. "She... is still going up. Maybe she can reach the second layer..."

"It's hard to say." Zhong Sheng shook his head. "I've been to the second level before. The tests there... are difficult for young people to endure. I only managed to enter the second level on my third visit here."

Fengyue Cangjian is not a secret realm that can only be entered once, it can be entered multiple times.

However, the effect will not be good after entering too many times.

There are two kinds of rewards in this secret realm. One is the reward soul card, and the other is the strengthened body and spirit obtained in the process of destruction and reconstruction.

It may not be obvious now, but the process of physical reconstruction will lay a solid foundation for you. After reaching level six, the maximum mental stress you can withstand will receive a considerable bonus.

The soul card reward is only available when you enter Fengyue Cangjian for the first time. As for reshaping, it is actually useless after the second time.

If Zhong Sheng had not been confident that he could enter the second level, the association would not have allowed him to enter three times.

"I don't think so." Jiang Shan shook his head, and then said, "The second level of the triple limit is the limit of the spirit. Those who pass this level will receive the fate of heaven and return!"

After reaching the second level, both the spirit and will have reached their limits. At this time, the "true self's will" no longer has the ability to guide repair.

At this time, what will repair you will be the power of rules from Feng Yue Cangjian himself - this is the power of heaven and earth.

(End of this chapter)