Chapter Thirty-Two Chop! Chop!

  "You're finally willing to make some effort."

  Overwhelmed with shock, thrilled, and a mix of emotions, unable to put into words.

  If the strange rock is compared to a beautiful woman, before it suddenly moved, it was just a stone girl, and its beauty was too cold; now in Ning Feng's eyes, it immediately feels charming and lovely, no matter how you look at it.

  "Jin Shui, it must be Jin Shui!"

  Ning Feng opened his mouth and smiled foolishly, if it weren't for the fact that his entire body was shrouded in a ball of light, making him almost invisible, he would have been thrown to the top of the bronze tree.

  At that moment, he clearly felt a joyful emotion, as if it were a summer afternoon after a nap on the hottest days, getting up and drinking iced sour plum soup with relish.

  Delighted, exhilarated, jumping for joy, and also, a hint of **.

  If the Jiukong Stone could speak, it would say: "Hmph, bring me another bowl of sour plum soup!"

  "What did I just do?"

  "Saving people is just saving people!"

  It's not suitable to take out the Jiugong stone now, and drill in to see what's going on. Ning Feng was itching with anxiety, so he hurriedly thought about the cause and effect, dispersing some of his mind.

  "It can't be just a small sun fruit."

  "It must be saving people!"

  Ning Feng licked his lips, feeling a bit unsatisfied, although he was certain it was to save people, but that didn't stop him from waiting for another opportunity to take another bite of the sun fruit, all in the name of verification.

  He was just about to doze off when a blood-curdling scream pierced his ears and jolted him awake.

  "Ahhh~~~~"

  The cry was mournful and the fear was boundless. Ning Feng was startled and hastily looked in the direction of the sound.

  All he saw was that, dozens of feet below him, a newly-minted disciple whose name he couldn't recall at the moment was flailing about wildly as he tumbled down from an ancient bronze tree.

  At that unlucky egg's head which was less than one zhang high, two disciples were stunned for a moment and slowly stretched out their hands but in vain failed to catch him.

  Under the gaze of everyone, that person plummeted hundreds of feet, with a speed similar to a shooting star, and was about to smash into the ground with just his toes, not even a single intact bone would remain.

  Ning Feng knew that the Sun God Temple was a grand and powerful sect, so how could they possibly let a newly promoted disciple who had only been in the sect for three years and was only thirty years old sacrifice himself easily? Was Tian Yue Tong Ju just here to drop off a ring and announce some rules, considering it her mission accomplished?

  It's as clear as a mirror in his heart, but Ning Feng can still hear the mournful cries in his ears and see the opponent's shocked and desperate appearance, yet he can't help but feel a pang of fear and a sense of not being able to bear the sight.

  "Hmmph!"

  Just as the man was about to be smashed to pieces, a cold hum filled everyone's ears.

  The heavenly moon fairy didn't even glance at the person who fell down, her small foot lightly stepped on the ground.

  Her posture is so gentle, her movements are so smooth, her small feet are so delicate, and her figure is so slender that it makes people feel that even if she steps on an ant, she won't be able to kill it.

  The next moment, it burst out suddenly, and the dense white light that filled the entire land was telling the powerful might contained in this foot.

  "Bang, boom, boom, bang bang bang~"

  That unlucky guy was upside down and fell into the white light as soon as it burst out, like a radish being pulled out of the ground.

  Everyone's eyes hadn't even blinked yet when that person was bounced up again, "Boom" and fell heavily, then bounced up again...

  The crowd, including Ning Feng, looked up and down, up and down, several times, until the man finally firmly plunged into the white light and no longer bounced back. Only then did everyone let out a collective sigh of relief.

  Ning Feng relaxed and rubbed his neck, feeling sorry for the person below, wondering what great sin they had committed.

  "Total waste."

  The heavenly moon fairy had no emotions at all, covering her small mouth with her hand to stifle a yawn, and lightly tapping her foot.

  In an instant, the white light dissipated, revealing a poor devil lying on the ground with his four limbs splayed out, panting like a bellows.

  Everyone on the tree gasped in unison at the sight under the bronze tree.

  Near the big-character posters, many deep pits were exposed to everyone's sight, with the deepest being as deep as a person and the shallowest able to bury several people without any problem.

  There's no doubt that these holes were dug by that guy one after another.

  "If it weren't for that white light..."

  The cold wind blows repeatedly, like a toothache, this is frightening.

  Thinking of staying on this ancient bronze tree for three days and three nights, what if one is careless and falls down, the person below is a warning.

  "What are you still looking at? If you don't want to go up, just jump down and get it over with."

  The fairy of heaven and moon said with a gloomy tone, her voice was pleasant to hear, but her mood could be imagined.

  The crowd shuddered and didn't dare look down again, one by one they scrambled up.

  Like a frantic beast, it crashed into the tree, startling the bees in the hive above, and an unknown number of sunbirds were startled out, their "cheep-cheep-cheep" cries filling the air, as well as various curses and wails.

  The heavenly moon old lady nodded in satisfaction and yawned again.

  "Save people, save people, save people!"

  The wind is also constantly rising, and the sun's law is constantly rotating, exciting a section of solar bone to shine brightly.

  His eyes shone even brighter.

  Originally relying on the advantage of not daring to approach the sunbird, Ning Feng was firmly in first place, collecting sun fruit with ease. However, after several hours passed, he was slowly falling behind, dropping to mid-stream and even further down.

  His mind was never here in the first place.

  In a short period of time, Ning Feng reached out to grab three or five people who had fallen, helped seven or eight people drive away the sunbird, and gave countless others a helping hand or a supporting push.

  "What's wrong with this kid?"

  "Is this how Tianyunzi teaches his disciples? Why didn't Grand Aunt see through it before?"

  Tian Yue Tong Mu was originally about to fall asleep, but now she's wide awake, watching Ning Feng put out fires everywhere while clicking her tongue in amazement.

  His spirit was vigorous to the extreme, his enthusiasm reached its peak, and a smile hung on his face as he saved people, making countless people who were helped by him stutter with gratitude, it all seemed eerie.

  He doesn't need these people's thanks either.

  Ning Feng's joy grew as he saved more people, and the Jiukong Stone trembled continuously, as if sending signals of delight to encourage him to keep going.

  What bronze ancient tree sun fruit, what unsuccessful ban foot three years, what friendly love robbed of first...

  He completely forgot about Ning Feng and wished the whole thing would end immediately, so he could find a secluded spot to hide in the Nine Orifices Stone and see if the Golden Pond was full.

  "Auntie, I don't believe it anymore, how long can you persist?"

  Tian Yue Tong Mu was even more energetic, except for occasionally stomping her feet and saving people while scolding "what a waste", most of her attention was focused on Ning Feng.

  One day, two days, three days!

  Three days and three nights, thirty-six hours passed, the sky brightened and darkened again, the sun climbed up the ancient bronze tree and slipped away, one round after another, then...

  The heavenly moon old lady believed it!

  Ning Feng did good deeds for three whole days, a total of twenty-nine new disciples, excluding himself, more than half of whom he had saved, some even multiple times, setting an exemplary model of perseverance.

  After all, they were just newly joined disciples, and their strength was not worth mentioning. No matter how much they helped each other, they couldn't change the fact that from time to time, dumplings would fall to the ground, creating big holes wherever they landed.

  As time went by, the crowd climbed higher and higher, getting closer to the top of the ancient bronze tree. Time was also running out.

  "Three years..."

  Under the ancient bronze tree, a group of young people stood in a row, each with a dull and dirty face, their necks stretched high, gazing up at the few black dots at the very top.

  They had an ominous feeling in their hearts.

  If it's really a failure, then three years of seclusion and hard work will be needed. Is this something to be taken lightly?

  "Hurry up, hurry up."

  "No, slow down, slow down, safety first."

  "Not much left, let's make an effort."

  “……”

  Or muttering to themselves, or whispering to each other, the crowd of new disciples forgot about Tian Yue Tong Ju's existence, forgot about the reward for first place, and only thought about being able to complete the task.

  In fact, the Sun God Temple forcibly pulled out the newly promoted disciples from their closed doors, and the purpose of participating in this activity has been achieved.

  In the past three days, perhaps there was still some vicious competition on the first day, but from the second day onwards, mutual assistance became more and more frequent, with almost any two new disciples lending a helping hand to each other.

  They can't see clearly who is the black spot at the top, but they know everyone's hope is on them, and one by one, they can't wait to fly up and take over.

  At this moment, under the ancient bronze tree, there are twenty-six new disciples; on the tree, only three people remain!

  One of them is Ning Feng!

  "Hmm..."

  "Time has come, so soon?"

  Ning Feng suddenly came back to his senses from being immersed in the joy of saving and helping others, only to find that there was no one left to help.

  In the past three days, although not every time he lent a helping hand to Jiǔ Qiào Shí, there was always some reaction, but intermittently, sometimes yes and sometimes no, Nìng Fēng was still full of enthusiasm, putting everything behind him.

  At this moment, looking around, he is already close to the top of the bronze ancient tree, and there are still two people rushing up in front.

  "Terrible!"

  Ning Feng's face changed color, and his mind flashed with the iron-green face of his own master.

  "Winning first place with friendship. Friendship is definitely no problem, but first place......first place......"

  With a "swoosh", Ning Feng sprang up.

  He hadn't seen a peach for a while, but he thought there might still be some left, probably just one or two at the top of the tree crown. As long as there was still one person left, they could complete it.

  It's time for competition, it's time to win first place.

  Unexpectedly, it was an old acquaintance, Tianji Peak - Bao Xi!

  This kid is also a contemporary genius, and he's also one of the culprits who fought with each other, got their noses blue and faces swollen, causing everyone to abandon their good cultivation and run here to imitate monkeys climbing trees.

  Ning Feng saw Bao Xi and thought of the conversation he had with Shen Zhaoxuan when they came down from Jiangdao Rock. His gaze at the swaying buttocks above was a bit off.

  Before he could even think of anything bad, a shrill cry from a young woman came from above.

  "Ah..."

  A small figure rubbed against the treasure and fell straight down.

  The bronze ancient tree had few people left, Ning Feng and Bao Xi aside, it was this woman who originally ran to the front.

  "What's her name again?"

  The first thought that flashed through Ning Feng's mind was this.

  "Bao Xi this kid is heartless and won't lend a helping hand. That's right, if this girl falls down, he'll be the first one to take advantage of it."

  The second thought flashed, the falling figure flew quickly through the distance between Bao Xi and Ning Feng, close enough that Ning Feng could clearly see the panic and pleading in her eyes.

  Her name seems to be Lu Xue, a pretty nice name.

  Ning Feng flashed through the third thought, remembering that this girl was one of the thirty new disciples of this generation, only a few days older than Mu Xiaoshu.

  Dry and shriveled, thin and small, with some dark complexion, sulky and not speaking, walking with head down, no friends, often staying in the room, her presence is so faint that people always overlook her.

  Unexpectedly, after three days and three nights of hard climbing, it was actually Lu Xue who climbed to the first place.

  Three thoughts flashed through her mind in an instant, and the color of determination faded from Lu Xue's eyes. She thought that at this point when the overall situation had been decided, everyone would be like Bao Xi and wouldn't save her.

  "I don't know..."

  Lu Xue's expression turned gloomy, and in her ears, she could still faintly hear the cries of surprise coming from below, probably due to the sudden change in the situation.

  In the blink of an eye, Lu Xue and Ning Feng were about to cross paths, separated by a distance of seven or eight feet.

  At that moment, Ning Feng suddenly moved. His feet hooked onto a branch and he swung out, his hands stretched out with all their might to barely grasp Lu Xue's unconscious flailing arms.

  "Get up!"

  Ning Feng let out a loud whoop, using the foot hooked around the tree branch as the center of a circle, pulling Lu Xue out in a semicircle. Then he gazed straight at the branches ahead and, using his momentum, released his grip and sent Lu Xue flying out.

  At this point, Lu Xue still hadn't reacted, her whole body hanging from a tree branch, her hands instinctively embracing it.

  After this setback, she fell far behind, let alone taking the opportunity to desperately climb up, leaving only a few zhang away from the highest place of Bao Xi, even if it was far away from Ning Feng who had just struggled to return to his original position. The first one was hopeless.

  Lu Xue had not expected this, or rather, she hadn't reacted yet. She stared blankly over, her eyes dim and lifeless at first, but then a spark of vitality and spirit emerged, and she gazed steadily at Ning Feng without blinking.

  "Thank you~ thank you~"

  She opened her mouth, and her voice was as low as a mosquito's hum.

  Ning Feng couldn't hear it naturally, and he was regretful: "This is not a good habit, oh, these three days of saving people have become a conditioned reflex."

  "It's all over now."

  It's all over, Ning Feng hasn't even returned to his original position yet, and the treasure Bao Xi has already climbed to the highest point, excitedly trembling all over, with a fat hand like a pig's hoof reaching towards the top of the bronze tree where brilliant white light is shining.

  The light was too brilliant there, and when Bao Xi stretched out his hand to enter, it seemed as if his palm would melt into the light, making it impossible for people to see clearly.

  "I wonder what the Sun God Ring of Tian Yue Tong Mu looks like?"

  Since it's hopeless, Ning Feng simply stopped climbing and hooked his feet on the branch, swaying back and forth, staring intently at the treasure above, waiting for him to take out the symbol of first place.

  A crowd of new disciples looked up at him;

  Lu Xue looked at Ning Feng.

  Ning Feng looked at Bao Xi.

  Bao Xi is overjoyed...

  Suddenly——

  "Ah~"

  Bao Xi cried out in pain, quickly withdrawing his hand like a flash of lightning, losing support for his body, and plummeting straight down.

  The brightest light on the top of the tree came out, a sunbird flew out, and proudly circled around.

  The rabbit suddenly jumped up and fell down, beyond everyone's expectation. For a while, the trees above and below were filled with countless cries of surprise.

  The greatest sound is silence.

  "Damn it!"

  Bao Xi fell down, almost directly smashing him down. Ning Feng's first instinct was to dodge, but his body reacted faster than his brain. He subconsciously stretched out his hand and caught it, the weight of Bao Xi nearly causing him to fall over.

  "Here we go again!"

  "Chop hand! Chop hand! I want to chop hand!"