Wei Fang once accompanied Mu Qingge to the West Mountain to ask for treasures, so he naturally recognized the Gengjin White Tiger.

When he reminded them that this cat-looking thing was Mu Qingge's mount back then, the Wen sisters cautiously took a few steps back.

Everyone knows how ferocious the Gengjin White Tiger is. Even though it is now shrunk like a fur ball, it will suddenly jump up the next moment and it will be bad if you get hurt by it.

After the white tiger caught the man, it shook its tail and walked away.

So the Wen sisters could only vent their anger on Mu Qingge: "Look at the beast you raised!"

Mu Ranwu was sitting on the side, regulating his breathing. After hearing this, he raised his eyebrows and said indifferently, "I have already broken the contract with the white tiger. What it does has nothing to do with me..."

Although Mu Xianchang had the temperament of a fairy, her stomach started to rumble as soon as she finished speaking. Apparently, the aroma of the Xishan dinner made her stomach rumble.

At this moment, Gui Baqian walked over, took out the dried sweet potatoes that Ran Ran had given him earlier, and handed them to Mu Qingge.

When the Wen sisters saw this, they were so angry that they scolded Gui Baqian for being so lazy and bringing shame to the Kongshan Sect.

Mu Qingge looked at the black-faced young man and took it with a smile. However, she did not eat it. She just politely thanked Brother Baqian.

That ghost Baqian simply didn't leave, and sat directly beside Mu Qingge, staring at her with his eyes, very rude. Mu Qingge tilted her head and smiled at him, chatting with him casually, with a charming look in her eyes and eyebrows.

Qiu Xier saw this and whispered, "Our former master is good-looking and has admirers everywhere! But that boy used your things to show his affection, which is really unkind!"

Ran Ran smiled slightly, not minding these trivial matters at all. This Tianmai Mountain was formed by Dun Tian's sitting posture in the past. There was a subtle aura surging everywhere. Ran Ran was now a little curious about what the next level would be.

However, Mu Xianchang must be the most confident. After all, she has been here before and got the first chance. It seems that this time the opportunity should also be hers.

With the intention of seeing the world, Ranran had no psychological burden and happily finished the cake in his hand.

After the fire was kicked out, Gao Cang and Qiu Xier finished eating, and then found a place far away from other sects, where they began to meditate and wait for dawn.

Master Su Yishui did not explain what the second level was. He simply said that except for the first level, the other levels were all transformed by the spiritual power left behind by the ancient great men on Tianmai Mountain. They would be adjusted according to the strength of each participant. When the time comes, they only need to deal with it calmly.

Ran Ran was not very interested in the marrow washing pool. In fact, she selfishly hoped that Second Senior Brother could get this spot and restore his spiritual power. Unfortunately, Second Senior Brother seemed to have changed a lot when he was with Uncle Zeng, and he was unwilling to come with them.

There are more than a dozen people shortlisted this time. The three from Xishan are the backup, so with the idea of ​​just getting some experience, these three people are the most relaxed among all.

When it was daybreak, the others started to move forward at a quick pace, while Ranran and his friends stopped and walked from time to time, picking wild fruits on the mountain to satisfy their hunger.

Ran Ran noticed that Brother Ba Qian was not walking very fast and seemed to be waiting for them.

So when she met Brother Baqian again on the path, she couldn't help but ask him directly: "Brother Baqian, why are you walking so slowly? Your two fellow disciples have walked a long way."

Brother Ba Qian raised his lips and smiled. His dark skin made his teeth look dazzlingly white. He said slowly, "You don't seem to be in a hurry to move forward. Did the Immortal Su tell you something?"

Ran Ran understood that this brother was suspicious that they had some cheating tips and came to ask them questions.

She smiled and shook her head: "Master participated in the Marrow Washing Pool meeting more than 20 years ago. Isn't it said that the test questions of the Marrow Washing Pool are almost always different? Besides, didn't your Master Kongshan pass the test before? If she had any secrets, she would have written a book and told her disciples a long time ago. But I can also tell you some secrets. If you walk too fast when climbing a mountain, you will be very tired!"

Hearing this, Brother Baqian's smile seemed to deepen, but his words were cold: "Are you deliberately teasing me?"

Qiu Xier, who was standing by, was disgusted with the people of Kongshan Sect. Hearing this, she said bluntly, "Ran Ran, don't talk too much to the mad dog of Kongshan Sect. If they are not satisfied, they will come to kick the fire."

At this moment, a scream suddenly came from the front.

They ignored the noise and followed him up. It turned out that there was a high valley in front of them with a rope bridge on both sides. It was a few rattan ropes tied around simple wooden boards. If they wanted to cross, they had to climb the ropes and step on the sparse, creaking wooden boards.

For those who have reached a certain level of cultivation, this is not a big deal. Even if there are no wooden boards, they can easily cross the valley by climbing on the ropes.

But the problem is that the rope ladder is covered with vines. However, these dark green plants seem a bit weird, and if you look closely, you will find that they are wriggling.

Ran Ran took a closer look and took a breath of cold air.

Where are those vines? They are clearly a bunch of dark green poisonous snakes entangled on the bridge. Each of them is quite large, with fangs bared and tongues spitting out, and their abdomens sticking up like wings. They look extremely scary.

The ones who screamed just now were the twins. The two immortal friends seemed to be very afraid of snakes, and they were walking in front and even stepped on the soft snakes, so they screamed hysterically.

The sight of this kind of cold and poisonous creature gathering together would make even those who are not afraid of snakes feel their scalps tingle.

A dozen people looked at each other, vaguely realizing that this might be the second level of the trial.

Qiu Xier held Ran Ran's hand tightly and whispered, "The further we go, the harder the levels will be. We might as well stop here and go home. They are too powerful, and we can't beat them."

Ran Ran did not say anything, because among the three major sects, the disciples of Feiyun Mountain were already ready to go first.

The Feiyun Sect's Five Elements are dominated by gold, and they are good at using various golden needles and hidden weapons. When they saw the bridge was full of poisonous snakes, they immediately took out the golden needle hidden weapon tubes in their arms, aimed at the poisonous snakes, and hundreds of golden needles immediately flashed with cold light and shot at the poisonous snakes.

Special springs were installed in the hidden tubes, and with the help of the spiritual power of the person holding the tube, the springs penetrated into the flesh and bones. The poisonous snakes immediately twisted their bodies and fell to the bottom of the valley one after another.

Just when everyone breathed a sigh of relief and prepared to take the opportunity to cross the bridge, a huge wooden statue on the other side of the bridge suddenly made a horn-like sobbing sound.

Along with the sound, countless dark green poisonous snakes swarmed from the other side of the bridge and occupied the entire rope bridge again.

However, most of the syringes of the Feiyun Mountain disciples had been used up and some of them were no longer able to be used.

At this time, someone else became impatient and wanted to fly over the snake's body and step on it to pass by, relying on his light body skills. Those who dared to do this were very skilled. The distance between the valleys was very long, and no matter how good the light body skills were, they had to land two or three times, then use the force to push off and continue moving forward.

The man looked good at first, finding the right spot to land, then stepped on the snake and jumped up. His strong body gave the others confidence.

But at the last moment, when he was about to cross the bridge, dozens of huge snakes suddenly emerged, wrapped around the man, and pulled him down.

The man hurriedly swung the sword in his hand, but unfortunately he was bitten by the snake several times. The snake venom spread rapidly, and soon the man's face turned green, his body stiffened, and he fell straight down.

The valley seemed very deep. After the man's screams echoed for a while, there was a thud sound coming from the misty bottom of the valley.

At this point, the remaining people looked at each other, and no one dared to act rashly.

Ordinary snake venom cannot harm people who practice Taoism. The so-called nourishing qi and regulating breathing means controlling the speed of blood circulation by oneself.

Since that person was able to pass the first level by himself, it showed that he had a good foundation. But he didn't even have time to regulate his breathing, and he was so stiff that he couldn't move after being poisoned by the snake, which was enough to show how powerful the snake poison was.

At this moment, the ghost Baqian suddenly walked to the side of the bridge, picked up a wooden stick, injected his true energy into the stick, and flames appeared in an instant. Then he threw the burning stick onto the bridge. In an instant, the fire rose high, and the green snake twisted its body in the fire, and was about to burn to ashes.

But at this moment, Ran Ran cried out in a low voice: "Oh no, the bridge is going to be burned down!"

It turned out that the fire was too strong and it burned the ropes of the cable bridge. Seeing that several ropes of the bridge were burned and broken, the Jiuhua School, whose five elements govern water, immediately diverted water to put out the fire, but the fire could not be put out.

It was Brother Baqian who saw that the bridge could not withstand the fire, so he took the initiative to put the fire back.

Such extraordinary fire-controlling ability stunned everyone for a moment. Even the two twins from the same school looked at him in amazement. It was obvious that they did not understand the ability of this new junior fellow apprentice.

At this moment, the disciples of Jiuhua Sect had an idea. They tried to freeze the snakes with water so that they could pass safely. However, as soon as the ice formed, the bridge seemed unable to withstand the sudden increase in weight. Two ropes broke again and several wooden planks fell down.

The bridge is already crumbling, with only a rope holding it together.

Wei Fang said angrily, "Look at what you have done! Without the bridge, we can't jump to the other side!"

Gui Baqian smiled nonchalantly, his teeth were so white that they were dazzling, and he seemed to be indifferent.

But now, after several rounds of attempts, the only way to get through seemed to be blocked. Wei Fang said in frustration, "This is good, none of us can get through, it seems that the marrow washing pool will be vacant again this year."

After all, there are years with mixed results. If there are no outstanding students in a certain year, there is a precedent of byes.

At this moment, Gui Baqian suddenly made a move and cut the cable bridge with one knife. Then, amid the screams of the crowd, he suddenly jumped up and flew across the canyon without even touching the ground.

This kind of skill of defying the wind can only be mastered by the great leaders of the major sects. No one would have thought that the new disciple of the Kongshan Sect actually has such ability, and he is too wicked.

He could obviously jump over it, but he waited until everyone else ran out of tricks before suddenly breaking the bridge and blocking the way for others to move forward.

Now that I think about it, he probably burned the bridge on purpose because he didn't care about how to cross the bridge and just wanted to destroy it.

After crossing the bridge, Gui Baqian ignored the people jumping up and down and spitting at the other side of the canyon. After sneering twice, he continued to move forward.

With no one to compete with him, and his strength being unfathomable, it looked like he would be the undisputed winner of this marrow washing pool meeting.

After Gui Baqian left, the two sisters Bingqingyujie became the targets of everyone's siege.

Wei Fang was so angry that his eyes turned red and his forehead was bulging with veins as he asked, "What kind of evil demons did you, the Kongshan Sect, invite? Why are you acting so unethically?"

The twins were also badly betrayed by this new junior fellow apprentice. They couldn't get through the canyon and had to take the blame for that boy. They were so angry that they burst into tears.

Some people had already lost their temper and started to form teams to prepare to go down the mountain. At one time, there were more than ten people, and four of them left.

Qiu Xier said to Ran Ran and the eldest senior brother, "Let's go too. It will be dark soon and it will be difficult to walk at night. If another poisonous snake comes out, it will be fatal."

However, Ran Ran stood still, not moving. Suddenly, she clapped her hands and called out to Wei Fang, who was about to leave after scolding them: "I have come up with a plan. I wonder if you are willing to cooperate with us?"

Wei Fang looked at these idiots from Xishan in amazement, and asked doubtfully, "What do you have in mind?"

Ran Ran said, "You Jiuhua is the water sect, while our Xishan sect is the wood sect, and Kongshan sect is the earth sect. If the three of us join forces, we can accomplish something."

The two twins also came over and asked, "How do we do this?"

Ran Ran asked the eldest senior brother to take the medicine shovel he carried with him - as disciples of the miracle doctor Su Yishui, they would always dig up any good herbs they saw when they went into the mountains, so they often carried this shovel with them.

After Gaocang got the shovel, Ranran walked around the lush trees for a few times and finally dug out a seedling of a vine.

When everyone looked closely, they found that it was the common vine flying dragon palm blood. This kind of vine usually grows on big trees, but once it grows, it will become very thick and strong.

But what did she do with a young, immature vine? Did she expect the vine to become a vine bridge in a matter of seconds?

Wei Fang was so lazy that he rolled his eyes. He just said coldly, "Girl, are you making fun of us?"

But Ran Ran was not joking. She planted the vine on the edge of the canyon, then inserted a wooden stick across the canyon. Then she closed her eyes devoutly and muttered something.

If you get close, you can hear her mumbling something like "Grow up quickly, little baby".

Wei Fang felt that he had talked enough with the idiot. It seemed that since Mu Qingge's generation, the Xishan Sect always produced some crazy people.

At this moment, Ranran took out the "Ten Years in One Day" rune given to her by the Drunken Immortal and stuck it on the vine.

In a flash, the vine, which was originally only as thick as a finger, suddenly grew rapidly and began to extend forward along the wooden stick.

It's just that the plant grew too fast, and there was not enough nutrients and water in the soil, so its leaves began to turn slightly yellow.

The twins finally lived up to their name. They immediately understood Ranran's idea and silently recited the Soil Transporting Technique to transport fertile soil from all directions to them continuously.

Ran Ran nodded his chin towards Wei Fang and said, "Please give it some water, so it can grow faster."

Wei Fang understood what was going on, and immediately recited the watering technique silently and began to water the vines quickly.

Ranran, holding a dozen wooden sticks and the fishing line he brought with him, used the light body technique to quickly climb up the vine bridge, and continued along the wooden sticks, guiding the vines forward.

Everyone looked at Ran Ran's butterfly-like figure in amazement. It seemed that such a light body technique could not be mastered without several decades of practice...

Mu Ranwu had been watching from the side, and although she had an admiring smile on her face, her hands at her sides began to clench, and her arms were even shaking slightly. In her previous life, the shadow that had always shrouded her because of her excellent sister once again surfaced in her mind...

Soon the vine extended to the other side of the canyon along the connected sticks, and the vine began to grow thicker.

And Ranran was the second one to reach the other side of the canyon after the ghost Baqian.

Mu Qingge was the third one to jump over easily.

When everyone saw this, they were afraid that the girl from the Xishan School had learned how to cut the vine bridge from that devil, so they rushed to jump onto the vine bridge and crossed it at high speed.

Ran Ran was so angry that she kept shouting, "Take it easy, if there are too many people, we will fall down! Hey, I'm talking to you! Can you please stop pushing others?"

However, there were also people who failed the light body technique, such as Qiu Xier. After taking only a few steps, she felt the vine falling down, which frightened her so much that she immediately stepped back. The vine also finally fell down because it grew too fast.

Qiu Xier cried out to Ran Ran and the eldest senior brother, "You guys keep going forward. I can't go through. I'll wait for you at the foot of the mountain!"

Ran Ran knew that Qiu Xier was timid, so she didn't force her, and just followed her senior brother and the others to move forward.

However, this time, only seven people passed the Snake Bridge level.

The first ghost Baqian who crossed the bridge had already disappeared without a trace. The remaining ones were the two sisters Bingqingyujie, Ranran and senior brother Gaocang, Wei Fang from Jiuhua Sect, and Mu Qingge.

Wei Fang was still resentful of that Gui Baqian for plotting against everyone, and kept complaining to the two sisters from Kongshan Sect.

The twin sister Wen Bingqing also lost her patience and glared at him, "He is the cousin of our uncle Wen Hongshan. He just got in through some connections. Who knows what his background is? If you have the guts, go and scold him when you see him. Why are you complaining to us?"

After hearing this, Wei Fang glared at her again in shame and walked quickly forward.

Tianmai Mountain is extremely high, and the higher you go, the colder it gets. Ran Ran opened the small package that her second senior brother gave her, and found that in addition to the soft silver armor that Senior Uncle Zeng Yi made for her, there was also a small jacket to protect her from the cold, and a pair of fist hooks that could be put on her hands.

Different from the commonly seen fist hooks, this pair of hooks can be hidden and pressed. When worn normally, it looks like a bracelet decoration for a beautiful little girl, but once the mechanism is pressed, the spikes will pop out.

Ran Ran hid behind the bushes, put on a small jacket and soft silver armor, and put on his fist hooks. Then he took a deep breath, came out and said to Gao Cang, "Brother, let's walk slower. If we see Ghost Baqian later, remember to stay away from him."

Gao Cang nodded honestly and asked, "Little Junior Sister, what bad things do you think this ghost Baqian will do?"

Ran Ran frowned slightly and whispered, "I always feel that he... is like..."

Before she could finish, the sound of a flock of birds chirping suddenly came from the distance.

The other four people walking in front also stopped one after another. They saw a red firebird leading a flock of birds from the mountains rising into the sky from the dense forest, circling and chirping.

When Wei Fang saw this, he couldn't help but shout in ecstasy: "This... is Lord Lingguang!"

The so-called Lingguang God is the Suzaku commonly referred to in the folks. Like the Gengjin White Tiger, he is a strange beast with supreme spiritual power.

However, the Vermilion Bird is aloof by nature, and it lives in the North Sea, so its trace is almost impossible to find. People who can see the Vermilion Bird with their own eyes are extremely rare.

If one could tame the Vermilion Bird and make it one's mount, it would be very tempting for a Taoist practitioner, just like the luxurious cars and precious horses of ordinary people, and the success in the imperial examinations, which are symbols of supreme honor.

If he couldn't subdue it, he could just injure it and get some of the Vermillion Bird's blood. It was said that this blood was the key to refining the Nine-turn Resurrection Pill, and it was priceless in the world.

If you encounter Suzaku and don't get some spiritual blood, it would be a waste of such an adventure.

Moreover, the size of the Suzaku was very small, indicating that it was still a cub and would be the easiest to tame. For a moment, several young people were eager to try and tame the Suzaku.

Mu Qingge's eyes lit up as well. Cultivators were very particular about choosing mounts. If they could get a spirit beast that would benefit them, it would also help improve their skills when they made a soul contract in the future.

My elder sister had a Gengjin White Tiger at that time, which looked majestic and made people jealous. If she could also have a mount that was as beautiful as the White Tiger, her rebirth would be worthwhile...

Thinking of this, she flashed and rushed over.

Ran Ran didn't want to do that. She already had a lot of time to take care of the little white tiger every day. If she got a bird, she might not be able to treat it equally. As for getting the blood of the spirit bird, Ran Ran was not interested in it.

The master once said that entering Tianmai Mountain not only tests one's foundational spiritual power, but also one's character. The master only told her to come here to take a bath, and she didn't want to cause any trouble.

Every blade of grass and every tree on this mountain was watered by the spiritual power of the ancient mighty ones. She didn't have any special skills, so she should not be too greedy and keep looking at the pot while eating from the bowl.

So while Wei Fang and the others jumped onto the branches to check the position of the Vermillion Bird, Ran Ran and the eldest senior brother walked to the front.

As soon as we turned the corner of the mountain, the whole forest suddenly became quiet, and we could no longer hear the chirping of hundreds of birds.

Gao Cang was also puzzled, and said to himself: "Why did the sound disappear so quickly? Could it be that Wei Fang and the others have already captured Suzaku?"

Ran Ran looked around cautiously and whispered, "No, we seem to have entered some spiritual shield and are isolated from the outside world."

But when she turned around, the senior brother was gone, leaving her alone. After Ran Ran shouted "senior brother" a few times, she took a deep breath and decided to keep going.

This place is completely different from the lush and majestic environment of Tianmai Mountain. The ground is paved with stone slabs, and in front there are fences, chrysanthemums, apricot trees and thatched cottages. It is just like the pastoral scenery of "picking chrysanthemums under the eastern fence and leisurely seeing the southern mountains".

I don't know who is living in seclusion in these desolate and desolate mountains where ferocious beasts roam around.