Mountain in the sky.
The entire mountain is located on a spiritual vein and is suspended in the air, hence the name.
If you look through ancient books, you will find that this mountain has other names, but none of them are as vivid, appropriate, or easy to remember as "Tian Shang Mountain".
The founder of the "Tianshan" sect was probably a lazy person who was too lazy to read the classics. After choosing this place to establish his sect, he simply named the sect "Tianshan". As a result, the original name of this place became less and less known.
Tianshang Mountain is suspended more than a hundred feet above the ground. Usually, disciples come and go on foot using their swords, and ordinary people are not allowed to enter.
But there was one day that was special, which was the day when he opened the gates of his mountain and accepted disciples.
On that day, jade steps descended from the fairy mountain hanging high in the sky. It was said that those who successfully climbed the steps could become immortals, so these jade steps were called "the ladder to immortality."
This is actually true. The jade steps are also a magical tool left by the founder of Tianshang Mountain. It can test one's character and temper one's will. It is indeed used by Tianshang Mountain to select disciples. However, ordinary disciples can also examine their conscience and make clear their will on the day when they are not recruiting disciples. However, most people do not like to torture themselves. Unless there are special circumstances, disciples of Tianshang Mountain are unwilling to climb the immortal ladder again.
Therefore, whenever the day of accepting a disciple came, it would be the busiest time on the Jade Ladder.
However, there are many people who want to climb the ladder to find immortality, but often only one in ten or twelve can succeed in the end.
It's not just physical exhaustion, there are formations set up by ancestors on the jade steps. "Enlighten your mind and ask your nature", this is the true purpose of this immortal magic weapon.
Yan Chu stopped in front of the young man who had just come out of the jade steps.
The young man was in a disheveled state, with his sweaty hair sticking to his forehead in clumps, and his expression was still distorted by the pain of death in the illusion he had just experienced.
Yan Chu naturally saw the boy's performance in the illusion. He looked confused, "Why kill it? It hasn't eaten anyone yet, has it? ... If someone can give it a good guide, it might become a good demon."
The boy was not fully conscious yet, but in the illusion, there were many questions like this one that tortured his heart. The boy didn't know whether it was the confusion in his heart or the questions asked by the owner of the illusion, but he still answered, "Those who are not of my race must have different hearts..."
Yan Chu was silent.
The boy struggled to raise his head and looked at the person who came.
This time, the question was not asked from the bottom of his heart, but was asked by someone else. However, the boy did not seem to realize that something was wrong, or perhaps he had realized it in his vague mind but had no time to think about the meaning behind it.
He just looked at the person who asked the question stubbornly, "Do you think I'm wrong?"
He had obviously reached his limit, and his face was exhausted both mentally and physically, but his eyes were still bright.
"I'm not wrong!" he said so confidently and surely.
"What's wrong with slaying demons and monsters?!"
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"Master..."
The young man fainted after saying that, leaving the disciples on duty looking at Yan Chu who suddenly appeared in fear, not knowing what to do for a moment.
After being called out like this, Yan Chu finally came back to his senses. He smiled at the anxious disciple and said to him, "Nothing... I just came to see you on the way..."
As he spoke, he made a hand gesture and moved the boy, who was originally lying on the ground, to the side, and made him lie on his back in a quite peaceful position.
Then it seemed as if he was just "passing by". After doing this, he continued to move forward. When passing by, he patted the shoulder of the disciple on duty and said "thank you for your hard work".
The disciple on duty immediately became so excited that his face turned red, and he replied loudly: "This is the duty of a disciple."
I was confused by Yan Chu's smooth behavior. When I finally realized that was the direction down the mountain, the leader had already left for more than a quarter of an hour.
Disciple on duty: “…”
The headmaster has gone down the mountain to "travel" again... If Master Guan knew, he would be angry...
The disciple on duty was still hesitating whether to report the matter to Guan Rong, but Yan Chu, the culprit, had already left the range of Tianshang Mountain. He even changed his clothes into an inconspicuous blue cloth shirt, like an ordinary scholar who had strayed into the mountains.
However, after changing into this outfit, the black fur collar around his neck looked particularly discordant.
The young man grabbed one end of the fur collar and pulled it off. The fur collar finally revealed its true appearance, a pure black fox without a single strand of stray hair on its body - it was now being hung upside down by Director Yan, holding its tail.
The fox was sleeping soundly, but suddenly its tail was pulled and its head was turned upside down. There was some human confusion on its face, but it realized the current situation in an instant, opened its mouth, and revealed its sharp fangs.
Yan Chu was quick to let go before he was bitten, and when the black fox flipped upwards, he grabbed the back of the neck.
He brought the fox closer, but kept it at a distance that was just enough to prevent it from being scratched by its claws. He sighed, "Xiaobai, so many years have passed, why are you still so irritable? This is not good..."
The black fox rolled its eyes, which is a difficult action for a fox. Its short limbs hung down, and it seemed to have given up its futile struggle.
Yan Chu continued: "If Senior Brother knew about this, he would definitely put you in solitary confinement again."
When the black fox heard Yan Chu mention that person, it raised its drooping eyelids and glanced at the young man. The whiskers beside its mouth twitched twice, and a faint human-like sneer came out.
Yan Chu seemed not to have heard the unusual noise, but stared at the black fox, wondering what he was thinking. After a while, he said, "What do you think about that kid just now? I should take him as my apprentice?"
The black fox rolled his eyes at him again.
However, Yan Chu did not give up when he did not get an answer. He grabbed the fox by the scruff of the neck and shook it back and forth.
Finally... the fox tail was raised and slapped him in the face.
The black fox took advantage of the moment when he let go, leaped forward, used the strength of his shoulders, and nimbly climbed onto the top of the young man's head.
At the same time, a graceful female voice came from above, "When did you, the disciples of Tianshang Mountain, allow a demon to interfere?"
The voice is soft and charming, and the slightly raised ending note seems to have a small hook, softly tickling people's hearts.
But the young man on the other end of the conversation was like a wooden man, not understanding romance, and didn't seem to be shaken at all.
Yan Chu still spoke in the same tone as before: "Don't be so formal, Xiaobai, give me some advice."
"I think that child..." Yan Chu paused a little unnaturally, but only a moment later he continued the second half of the sentence, "...is a bit like Senior Brother."
Black Fox: “…”
It decided to hate that guy.
The black fox covered its head with its tail, rolled itself into a ball, and blocked its ears.
Yan Chu seemed unaware, and continued to speak on his own, "...I don't know what Guan Rong would think, whether he would like this little junior brother..."
Even though this matter hadn't even been decided yet, he had already begun to genuinely worry about the future relationship between the two brothers.
Even though I covered my ears, the sound still penetrated vaguely.
And Yan Chu's assumptions about the future relationship between the two brothers sounded so familiar.
Black Fox: “…”
Isn't it just bringing up the interactions between him and Jiang Lu in the past, and even arbitrarily switching the identities of the brothers.
Black Fox felt that Yan Chu's assumption was impossible to come true. If nothing else, there was one thing - there would never be another person as wicked as Yan Chu in the world.
In fact, after serving as the head of the sect for so many years, Yan Chu's personality has become much more stable than at the beginning.
But it’s still a headache.
I really don’t know how Jiang Lu tolerated such a junior brother back then.
The black fox didn't like that person, but just on this point, it really admired Jiang Lu from the bottom of its heart.
Black Fox was impatient to hear Yan Chu reminiscing about the past under the pretext of worrying about how he and his future apprentice would get along.
——It’s mainly because it has heard those things too many times, and its ears are getting calluses.
The fluffy tail fell from Yan Chu's head and swayed gently in front of his face, attracting his attention.
The fox narrowed its eyes and stretched out its pink and tender tongue to lick the tip of its nose. A somewhat human smile appeared on Maomao's face, but there was absolutely no kindness in it.
"Since you miss him so much, just let him out..." The hoarse and charming voice did not hide the owner's intention to seduce her. A faint red light flashed in the black eyes that almost blended into the color of the fur. "It's easy for you to just open the Demon Locking Tower... isn't it? You are the head of Tianshang Mountain now..."
"As for the others? What do those irrelevant people have to do with you? You..."
Before the black fox could finish his words, he was pulled down by his tail.
Caught off guard, the fox's fur suddenly exploded into a fluffy ball.
Yan Chu placed his index finger and thumb under his chin in a square shape, looking at the fox in his left hand with a thoughtful expression, "Xiao Bai, have you gained weight recently?"
The black fox, with its hair standing on end and its fangs and sharp claws exposed, froze for a moment.
Director Yan pulled the tail and lifted it twice, as if he was evaluating it seriously.
The final conclusion was, "It really sank a lot."
He raised his hand and pressed the area between his shoulders and neck, and turned his head twice seriously, and said with emotion: "...No wonder I always feel sore in my neck recently."
Black Fox: “…”
“…………”
"I'll kill you--!! You bastard!"
At the same time, on the top floor of the Demon Locking Tower.
Under the blockade of layers of chains, the young man opened his eyes. He had a pair of scarlet pupils that looked like they were crying blood. Demonic patterns with an evil aura spread from the edge of his left eye and disappeared onto his forehead.
The originally out-of-focus pupils gradually gathered together, as if the owner of the body had finally regained consciousness.
As if he was not used to his current vision, the young man blinked twice slowly, and his blood-red pupils returned to the dark color of a human in an instant.
[No! Host! Wait a moment! ! ]
The system's anxious voice was still a step too late. The moment Chu Lu's eyes returned to normal, he suddenly felt a sense of horror as if he was being stared at.
——Something is coming.
The body's instinct produced this warning, and I subconsciously tried to grasp the sword, but my locked wrists only caused the chains to rattle.
And in this brief moment of pause, dense red dots appeared in the distance.
It’s the eyes…
The eyes of the demon.
The memory of this world was reawakened, and where he was now became clear.
——The Demon Locking Tower.
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