"Our mission today is to wait for someone here?"

At the intersection of the meadow and the forest on the mountainside, Ah Zhu sat beside Xia Xiao, looking at the last stone brick, waiting for someone to step on it. Tianming and them were waiting here for someone to come up. Today was destined to be a leisure day. They had to complete the tasks assigned to them by the academy, so it was considered a leisure day.

Hearing Ah Zhu's tone, Xia Xiao pulled up a few blades of grass on the meadow out of boredom and said:

"If you don't want to wait, you can also go and practice. I and Destiny are here for you."

"Forget it. I want to take a break today."

The three of them sat on the ground for a long time, but no one came. This was not unusual, because most people in the peach forest would return to their original places after wandering around.

This is a maze-like contest. Everyone knows that the mountainside is at the end of the mountain road, but no one knows where the mountain road is. The mountain road under your feet is unreliable, and you can't find your own mountain road. Many people have the heart to fight back, but they just can't get up, which is extremely torturous. But as mentioned before, if you want to get to the mountainside, there is no shortcut, you can only go up through the mountain road.

Standing in the peach forest, no matter how beautiful the peach blossoms are, they are not as attractive as the mysterious mountainside. Su Huan had walked this path before. She ran along the rugged mountain road and soon returned to the starting point. It turned out that the existing mountain road was indeed very different from her own road, and this was the same for everyone. Therefore, she was now trying the method Xia Xiao said.

The peach blossoms around were swaying in the wind, making people unable to help but open their eyes to look at the fragrance. Once they paid attention, they were dazzled by the peach blossoms, and they lost their way if they were not careful. One wrong step in the peach forest led to another, and Su Huan soon returned to the starting point. The fluke that he had taken the wrong path before disappeared.

Standing on the ninth brick, Su Huan resolutely closed his eyes, tore off a corner of his trouser leg and tied it in front of his eyes to prevent himself from opening them. Since self-discipline was not enough, he made himself unable to open his eyes. Su Huan was very cruel to himself, and tied it very tightly at this time, leaving marks next to his ears.

Many people saw this and called it crazy. But for Su Huan, this was just the beginning. If this didn't work, she would push herself a step further.

Walking on a mountain road with eyes closed is very risky, because it seems futile. Xia Xiao said walking by feeling, although it is not walking randomly, but relying on the mysterious traction of the vital energy in the body, but even if fellow practitioners understand the meaning, it is still difficult to do it. The strength of the traction is erratic, and many people close their eyes and then open them, trying to rely on their naked eyes and vital energy to judge the direction of the road.

It's not that they don't trust this way of climbing the mountain, but they don't have the ability and patience. So from the first failure, it symbolizes multiple failures. Su Huan's short hair is not even shoulder-length. She stood on the ninth brick for a long time. She didn't take a step, waiting for the traction in her body to appear. If it doesn't appear, Xia Xiao won't leave.

Su Huan gathered all his vital energy in his body, not releasing it, so as to better resonate with the heaven and earth. The vital energy came from the universe, and it began at the beginning of time. It connected with the outside world according to his will. Although he could not see the mountainside in the distance, and even made Su Huan unable to sense the trees, grass and stones around him, he felt a weak pull.

Su Huan followed the traction, leaving the tenth stone brick as she took a step, and went straight into the depths of the peach forest. Every step she took was very clear in her mind, and the arc that deviated from the existing mountain road was even more clearly visible. However, the road in front of her was shrouded in darkness, and she could not see anything at all.

Sometimes she stepped on soft ground, sometimes she stepped on nothing, because her vitality was all in her body. She rolled on the ground and fell, covered in wounds. But she still didn't open her eyes, and continued to move forward in the darkness, opening up a bright space behind her. The traction that Su Huan felt was getting stronger and stronger. She felt that this was the feeling and she couldn't be wrong.

When he walked for a long time in this way, Hu Bugui stroked his long beard and felt that there would be one more person on the mountainside of the academy. It was just the last hurdle, and maybe Su Huan would need to push herself. She was ready. If she reached the most critical and difficult place, she would force herself to go up in a self-harming situation.

Appropriate bleeding will make one more sober, and the injured body will be more eager for help. Su Huan thought of his father. He was not even a cultivator, but he wished to devote himself to Daxia. He was a cultivator, so he should do better and make his father proud. In fact, it was far from necessary to walk on the mountain road in such a cruel way, but many people with poor talents, as Xia Xiao said, risked their lives to walk on it.

Xie Yi has been trying for a month. He has walked through the peach forest countless times, but he has never reached the mountainside. But he is very confident that he can do it today. Because once, he had walked to the edge of the mountainside, but because of lack of strength, he was forced to fall to the ground and did not go up. Today, he will be the first person to go up.

After a month of continuous mountain climbing, Xie Yi was exhausted physically and mentally. Climbing the mountain is not an easy task, and you can't just walk up a few steps. If you take a walk on the mountain road, or have your own road, it will be very easy, just like walking normally. If you don't have that, and still want to go up, instead of just taking a walk, you have to collect all your energy in your body to feel the traction, and concentrate your nerves highly, without any distraction.

It was not difficult to concentrate on doing it, but after doing it for a long time, Xie Yi's eyes were full of blood clots, his face and lips were extremely pale, and he even looked like he was terminally ill and would die if he didn't get treatment. But at this time, he was still walking in the peach forest, moving up step by step with determination.

Everyone has his own path. Some are naturally intelligent and can show their best side no matter what they do with a little learning, and even have some achievements. Some are naturally dumb, their brains cannot turn, they can't speak fluently, they stutter, and their reactions are slow. As students of the academy, they naturally do not belong to the latter. After assessment, they who stayed in the academy half a year ago have talents that most people in the world can't envy.

But as long as there is existence, there are differences. Talents vary, and there are strong and weak geniuses. Xie Yi is not considered strong among them. His identity as a prince of the Southern Kingdom only allows him to have a few more followers around him. But those are not enough to allow him to walk up the mountainside, so he squeezed up desperately.

Xie Yi felt that Wan'er was wrong. Even without her motivation, he could still make it. He had to rely on himself to persevere for a month, but he was willing to regard Wan'er as the reason for his perseverance. His father was only concerned about the country, and his mother rarely asked about him. Wan'er was now the person closest to him. Married couples should spend their lives together, at least that's what he felt now.

Xie Yi's eyes were swollen, and he was wearing a black cloth, and he broke into the countless angry voices. Many people stopped at the middle and back of the peach forest, which was where Xie Yi was at the moment. Many people who walked here could not feel the traction. Some were furious and beat their arms on the ground, and some gave up on themselves. Some sat cross-legged on the ground, waiting for the traction to appear in their hearts again.

Invisibly, Xie Yi passed by them and moved further and further away from them, leaving those not-so-beautiful sounds behind his ears.

Blood flowed from Xie Yi's nose, dripping down his chin onto his white gown, but he didn't feel it, only a bloody smell came from his throat. The bloody smell lingered for a long time, and Xie Yi touched his nose. The warmth on it made him sigh, and he continued to walk forward.

The secret of the academy is never in one thing or one object. The teacher once said that every day, every meal, every time you close your eyes and blink, is a practice. Xie Yi's current walking is even more of a training!

Like many people, Xie Yi had bumped into a peach tree after closing his eyes, stepped on empty air, and fell into a ravine, and even nearly fell off a cliff. But no matter how rugged this road is, no matter how big the detours in the peach forest, the starting point is the foot of the mountain, and the end point is the mountainside.

Ordinary people may wonder, is it really useful to fight hard to climb the mountainside? What ordinary people mean is, even if you are at the mountainside now, if you don't find the way to the top of the mountain in three years, you still have to leave? To put it more simply, if you can't keep up with the pace after reaching the mountainside, isn't it futile? The gap between those who fight hard to climb up and those who rely on talent has already opened up at the starting point.

This view is like multiple and excessive fears. Farmers don't want to plant crops because they are afraid of drought, fearing that the seedlings will be sunburned to death. They don't plant cotton because they are afraid of insects, fearing that it will be eaten up. In this way, when winter comes, there will be no harvest and no quilts, and they will only starve and freeze, or die in the beautiful scenery of a heavy snowfall.

Living in this world, nothing is risk-free. From street beggars to emperors, no matter what you do, there are risks, to a greater or lesser degree. But for the sake of those three years, in order to receive a real education from the college teachers, and to get closer to the college, they all have to do this.

With their strength, they can live safely to a hundred years old, or even longer. In front of such a life, three years is not too long, but the changes it brings will be incomparable to the outside world. At least in this year in the academy, the degree of their own improvement is equivalent to the gains of the previous two or three years.

There is a big difference between the foothills and the mountainside. The young man's blood was hot, and when his white robe was dyed red, Xie Yi's traction was broken in an instant. But he subconsciously walked forward, not knowing where he was. But when he heard that familiar voice, he knew he had succeeded.

"Congratulations, second brother, we have reached the mountainside!"

Xia Xiao stuffed a pill into Xie Yi's mouth and was surprised by the amount of blood he was bleeding. But from now on, more people should come up one after another.

Every mountain climbing event is a sight not to be missed. Many seniors are watching the students, and their joys, sorrows, anger and happiness are worth savoring. Because they also went through this in the past. However, no matter how many sighs there are, at the end of the day, the edge of the mountainside will be full of people at sunset.

The academy never tries to keep those who give up on themselves. As long as they reach the mountainside, no matter what form they take, they will be recognized. However, some people who are favored by the teachers but cannot reach the mountainside can only leave this quiet place with regret.

In the afternoon, Xia Xiao and the other two started to get busy. More and more people were walking up the mountainside. Their first reaction was to look at the town in the distance, and then their vision gradually blurred. Because they were too tired, many people who had just reached the mountainside fell to the ground, but after taking a pill, they formed hand seals and adjusted their breath.

More and more people gathered on the mountainside. Some were in better condition and stood with Xia Xiao and the others. Those who were not in better condition were either lying or sitting cross-legged, all resting. They would all wake up at sunset, and when they opened their eyes, they would see the survivors left behind, and they would miss their classmates who might never see each other again. Even if the sun sets, they can still see each other tomorrow, but some people, even if they are close at hand, cannot see each other because they don't have the intention to meet in person.