Chapter 28: Climbing a mountain is more difficult than ascending to the heavens!

  "Who will fight with me?"

  A loud voice echoed through the square but no one responded.

  Everyone in their hearts is secretly worried, even the strongest warriors have fallen at your hands, who dares to fight you now?

  "Elder Judge..."

  Chu Yan's faint words made it clear what he meant to the referee.

  The judge paused for a moment and said: "If no one else wants to fight Chu Yan, then I declare that the first place in this Flying Dragon Peak assessment is Chu Yan. Chu Yan will be promoted to core disciple and become the new senior brother of Flying Dragon Peak, qualified to represent Flying Dragon Peak in the Nine Peaks Competition of the sect."

  "Dad, Mom, did you see that?"

  Chu Yan couldn't help but think of his deceased parents again in his heart.

  "Alright, let's go!"

  Yan Tian Long was getting impatient, Chu Yan heard that the mobilization of the newly recovered spiritual power, the big iron rod flew to the front of Chu Yan, Chu Yan flew up and drove this majestic 'flying sword' to fly with Yan Tian Long.

  At the foot of Pan Tian Peak.

  "Flame Master Ancestor, I don't know what reason the Gate Master Ancestor has for wanting to see me?"

  Chu Yan respectfully said to Yan Tian Long, "Today, I, Chu Yan, dare to defy Qi Tian Lie for two reasons. Firstly, I have the backing of Xuan Qing Dao Ren, and secondly, because my true strength will definitely attract the attention of the higher-ups, and the sect will not let a talented disciple like me die prematurely."

  "Cut the nonsense, let's get to Panshan Peak first!"

  "Good!"

  Chu Yan heard that as soon as he grasped the iron rod, he was about to fly away.

  "Slow! You can't control the flight of the law enforcement aircraft!"

  "What? Then I..."

  "Climb up!"

  "Huh?"

  "No cheating with external objects! This is for you!"

  “……”

  Chu Yan held the water bag and three Bu Gu Dan given by Yan Tian Long, crying with a sad face from the foot of the mountain, looking at Yan Tian Long driving the flying sword from his side, silently scolding him in his heart.

  "Is it an exam?"

  The uneven expression on Chu Yan's face had long since disappeared, and as he gazed at the strange sight that pierced the clouds and didn't know where the peak was, a hint of a smile appeared on his face.

  Three days later at midnight:

  The starlight shone on the cliff wall, and a young man was standing on it. A large black chicken was perched on his shoulder. The young man's eyebrows were furrowed tightly, and his face was covered with sweat. His hands had already been rubbed raw and blistered, and his elbows and knees were also scraped, but he continued to climb upwards without stopping.

  "What the heck, how high is this Tianfeng Peak anyway? Are we really going to coil all the way up to the sky?"

  Chu Yan wiped away a strand of sweat from his cheek and couldn't help but curse silently, pulling out his water bottle to take a big gulp.

  Chu Yan was constantly circulating the "Xuan Zhong Shui Jue" at all times, and with the help of the Big Black Chicken, the circulation of the "Xuan Zhong Shui Jue" was still quite fast. However, the recovery of spiritual energy was far from keeping up with the consumption of spiritual energy.

  This cliff is different from ordinary cliffs, and it's impossible to climb using physical strength alone. It's even hard to get close to the cliff, as there's an unguardable repulsion at work, so one must rely on spiritual power to climb.

  Feeling a slight recovery of his spiritual power, Chu Yan gritted his teeth: "I don't believe it, no matter how hard I climb without rest or sleep, I still can't reach the top. Does he dare to underestimate me?"

  Taking one pill of Bugu Dan for ten days without the need to eat, in Chu Yan's view, Flame Dragon giving him three pills of Bugu Dan meant giving him a month's time.

  "Oh oh oh~"

  The big black chicken proudly raised its head and let out an excited loud cry.

  "Black girl, can't you be more careful? What are you yelling about in the middle of the night?"

  Chu Yan was speechless at once, and saw a green insect with four pale white wings being bitten in the mouth of a large black chicken.

  Four-winged green insect, that's a second-class primary demon bug! Absolutely valuable! Chu Yan only felt his heart bleeding.

  Looking at the precipice that seemed to have no end, Chu Yan couldn't help but sigh: "The difficulty of climbing a mountain is harder than ascending to heaven!"

  The top of Pan Tian Peak.

  The silver moon is like the sun, under an ancient tree, two people are playing a game of chess, with black and white pieces that seem to contain a thousand changes.

  One of the red-robed elders held a chess piece and said: "Master brother, how many days will this take?"

  The person speaking was Yan Tianlong, and opposite him sat a handsome young man in a plain white shirt. The handsome young man said calmly, "Teng Ming, how many days did it take you to reach this level of cultivation back then?"

  Yan Tian Long thought for a moment and said: "The eighth day at dusk is when we will arrive at the summit!"

  The handsome young man dropped a son and said lightly: "Ten days is enough!"

  Yan Tian Long's face showed a hint of surprise: "Brother Master has such high praise for this child, where should he be now?"

  A handsome young man in white clothes fluttered his fan and smiled: "The journey has just passed three layers."

  At this time:

  "Reporting to the leader, Chu Yan..."

  "No need to say more, Shifu has already guessed it. That little guy climbed more than a third of the height!"

  Yan Tian Long interrupted the newcomer's words and said, "Junior brother, why do you need to show off in front of your junior? Perhaps what I said was wrong!"

  "Brother is really good at joking!"

  Yan Tian Long smiled faintly, his senior was known as a god of calculations and strategies, how could he possibly be wrong!

  The disciples came to report and said respectfully: "Master Shifu is indeed a high-minded person!"

  The handsome young man smiled slightly and thought to himself, "See that? When did I ever make a mistake?"

  But then that disciple's face turned strange and he said:

  "What Master Shu said was true, and indeed there was a mistake - Chu Yan has already climbed halfway!"

  "What?"

  Yan Tian Long stumbled and almost fell off his chair.

  The handsome young man was originally stunned with his mouth open in a smile and his eyes wide with wonder.

  What is meant by lifting a stone and hitting one's own foot? Shui Tianyu has lived for hundreds of years and finally experienced it firsthand.

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