Chapter 67: Dragon Gate Leap

  Shaking the medicine gourd, Li Ruo felt that the remaining spiritual medicine inside could only support seven days of cultivation. Now he was still one step away from breaking through to the seventh level of Jingyuan Qi, and he had no confidence in his heart whether the seven-day dose would be enough to break through this final hurdle.

  If drinking all the medicine in the gourd still can't break through, then Li Ran's knife will need to find another place to refine the medicine.

  "Never mind those things, first refine these spiritual medicines and then talk, see how far these spiritual medicines can take me."

  In the past three days, except for necessary socializing, Li Ruo Knife had been staying in his room with the door closed, seizing every moment to cultivate and refine his medicinal power. Like a vast network of energy threads quietly merging into his dantian, they converged into a surging tide of energy that continuously battered against the seven-layered barrier.

  The seven passes are like a great mountain being constantly whittled away.

  For three whole days, Li Ranno Knife exerted himself and let out a sigh as he came back to his senses from his meditation. In these three days, Li Ranno Knife had made great progress, but unfortunately fell short by just one step, still unable to break through the seventh level. From outside, a call came: "Ranno Knife, it's time to depart."

  Li Ruo pushed open the door and saw that the head teacher and others had been waiting there for a long time.

  After the ceremony of fish jumping over the dragon gate, Li Ranno and others became formal disciples of the Xuanji Xianpai sect. Wang Shoudao had an irrepressible excitement.

  Wang Wanyue and Shan Lang stood far away, watching Qin Fengchuan who was eager to jump, and Li Rendao with a calm face. Wang Wanyue suddenly felt a faint sense of loss in her heart, as if at this moment, whether it was her lover or friend, they were all so distant from herself.

  Everyone else is about to make a great leap forward, while I'm still stuck at the starting line. Will I be able to keep up with their pace in the future?

  Qin Fengchuan smiled and walked over: "Ran Jian, let's go, we're going to Yue Long Men."

  Li Ran Dao suddenly smiled and shook his head: "Feng Chuan Shixiong, the Dragon Gate is not easy to pass, you must make mental preparations."

  Qin Fengchuan was taken aback and quickly asked: "Ran Jian, have you heard any news? Will Yu Yue Longmen still make things difficult for us?"

  Li Ran Dao smiled: "You'll know soon enough."

  A group of people blended into the crowd and climbed up the mountain road, and from a distance, they saw Qingyi Nadan standing alone in the middle of the mountain path. Twenty Li Ran knives jumped out of the crowd and saluted: "We've seen Nadan Shixiong."

  Nadan glanced at Li Ruo's knife without leaving any marks, turned his head and smiled at the crowd: "Did you see that? Ahead is what they call the Dragon Gate, where the wind and rain converge into a single line of sky. If you leap over it, you will transform from fish to dragon and become an official disciple of the Xuanji Sect."

  Everyone followed Nadan's pointing hand and looked up to see the mountain path in the distance, with steep cliffs on either side, a narrow stone road winding its way straight up.

  At this moment, at the Tianxia Pass, five grey-robed disciples were standing there with smiles on their faces.

  More than 2,000 people looked towards the mountain pass at the same time, and didn't know how the ceremony would be held.

  Nadan smiled and continued, "Those gray-clothed men are all masters of the Ninefold Power of Jingyuan. Each one has extraordinary skills. When you pass through the gorge, you need to randomly choose one person to challenge. If you can survive five moves in their hands, you can pass through the gorge. Behind the gorge, there are many disciples waiting to welcome you."

  Upon hearing this, the faces of all twenty people changed at the same time.

  When Jingyuan's energy breaks through from the eighth level to the ninth, the power in his dantian suddenly transforms from a spiritual energy state to a spiritual liquid state, with a sharp increase in energy and a rapid surge in strength.

  That was a turning point in strength.

  Even someone with eightfold strength like Qin Fengchuan is nothing in front of others.

  Qin Fengchuan and Gu Lieyang, wanting to pass five moves under the hands of a strong Jiu Chong, was destined to be a one-sided defeat. Looking at the sinister faces of those gray-clothed men, everyone could imagine the outcome of the challenge.

  Qin Feng suddenly understood what Li Ruo Dao meant.

  Looking at the first twenty "masters" with gloomy faces, the more than 2,000 people watching behind felt both amused and delighted, and many people secretly rejoiced in their misfortune. To say that they were not jealous would be a lie; seeing these proud sons of heaven make fools of themselves was truly satisfying to the small-mindedness in their hearts.

  "Feng Zhenzi let out a loud shout, his eyebrows raised high: 'Brothers, what kind of men are we? Are we afraid? I'll be the first to go up!'"

  Feng Zhenzi leapt out with a loud whoosh, taking large strides towards the front of the valley. The crowd had no choice but to grit their teeth and follow behind him.

  Not far from the canyon, the five men in gray clothes standing against the mountain wall stood up with a smile and shouted to the wind array on the opposite side:

  "Brother, which one will you challenge? Choose me."

  Someone beside him hastily came over and also shouted: "Don't choose him, choose me instead..."

  Five powerful men with extraordinary strength, Feng Zhen's eyes widened as he stared at one person and stretched out his hand, just about to say "I choose him", when suddenly a figure burst out of the valley like the wind, dry and thin but extremely agile, taking only a few steps to dash forward, laughing loudly and shouting: "Wait!"

  Feng Zhenzi was stunned, and then he saw the five men in gray clothes with bitter faces, turning their heads to salute respectfully: "Master Ren, how...how did you come..."

  That withered and thin grey-clothed man stopped in his tracks, saying loudly: "Why can't I come? I also have the Ninefold Power of Essence, you all go ahead, having me here is enough, heh heh, these little rascals are my favorites."

  "A man in grey clothes suddenly said: 'But brother, if you take action, it's too unfair to them. How can they possibly be a match for you?'"

  The thin and small grey-clothed man waved his hand with force: "Don't mind these, anyway I haven't reached the tenth level, nor have I exceeded the rules."

  Turning his head to look at Feng Zhenzi, he smiled and said: "Brother, come here, I'll help you pass the Dragon Gate."

  Guleyang noticed something was off, turned around and quietly asked Nadan: "Nadan Shixiong, what's going on with this person? Why do all those grey-robed people seem to be afraid of him?"

  Nadan let out a bitter laugh and sighed, "I didn't expect this kid to come out and cause trouble. His surname isn't actually 'Ren', that's just the first character of his nickname... his full nickname is 'Ren Tu'..."

  Gu Leshan shivered with a chill. Such a dry and thin person was actually called "Ren Tu"?

  Nadan smiled wryly again: "This man is notorious for being good at fighting, with a strength of nine peaks, serving in the Mountain Guard Corps. The green-clad men who usually entangle him are all headaches, and those few gray-clad men are far from his opponents. Now you're in trouble."

  Everyone's face turned even more bitter.

  Feng Zhen's eyes narrowed, wasn't it just five moves? He didn't believe that he couldn't even withstand five moves. Even if he couldn't hold on, what could the opponent do to him in those five moves?

  The long sword was held horizontally in front of his chest, the vital energy inside his body flowing rapidly. With a burst of air, he raised his breath to its peak and looked coldly at the person opposite him, shouting: "Ren Shixiong, please instruct me."

  Before he had even finished speaking, a flash of light shot out and he swiftly darted away.

  A withered and thin person's face suddenly revealed a frenzied expression, standing there motionless. As the gust of wind rushed forward, the five fingers of his right hand, hidden in his sleeve, slightly moved, and the sword tied to his leg automatically leapt into his hand. In an instant, a flash of lightning illuminated the scene as one sword stroke swept away the long sword of the gust of wind. The second sword stroke spun horizontally, slapping the gust of wind's face with a loud "slap".

  Feng Zhenzi's body flew like a broken sack, rolling out far on the mountain rocks with a loud rumbling sound. He suddenly stopped at the feet of Li Ran and others, propped himself up to sit, and Feng Zhenzi covered his swollen and bruised face, stunned.

  "Two moves and he couldn't even withstand two moves in someone else's hands? What is that, a kill in seconds? This person is actually so ridiculously powerful?"

  Feng Zhenzi's entire proud demeanor vanished into thin air in an instant.

  Who can enter the mysterious machine mountain, but in the gray clothes that are all over the sky, this person is so powerful that everyone is afraid of him, and such a perverted thought makes people feel cold just thinking about it.

  Everyone behind Feng Zhenzi let out a cold breath.

  The thin and small man opposite him guffawed loudly, shouting: "This little guy didn't pass, punish him to go to the mine to dig for seven days."

  "Digging mines? Can't get through and there's punishment?"

  Feng Zhenzi was stunned again.

  The green-robed Nada sighed and explained, "Of course there's a punishment. How else can we crush your arrogance? As for the content of the punishment, it will be decided by the gray-robed one who defeated you. Alas, mining isn't too miserable either."

  The nineteen people behind him were once again worried in their hearts, not knowing what kind of strange place the pervert opposite them would send themselves to after defeating themselves.

  A withered and thin man laughed and shouted: "Who's next?"

  Gu Lieyang furrowed his brow and hastily took a step forward, shouting: "I'll go!"

  He walked quickly to the front of Ren Zhu, and Gu Lieyang's face suddenly showed a brilliant smile, smiling and saying in a low voice: "Ren Shixiong, with your strong strength, isn't it a waste to fight us? Later when you defeat me, I hope Ren Shixiong can be gentle, and leave some face for Lieyang."

  The disciples behind him did not expect that Gu Lieyang would say such flattering words, and they were shocked at the same time, with a hint of disdain, frowning heavily.

  The thin and small man nodded slightly: "You kid are still sensible, but these five moves I will never let you pass."

  Gu Lieyang nodded and bowed, saying: "That's it, that's it. If I were to go past you, wouldn't it be obvious that Master Brother's skills are not up to par? I only ask that Master Brother can hold back a bit, I'll give you my respects."

  Gu Lieyang finished speaking and indeed bowed deeply.

  The thin and small person opposite him had a triumphant expression on his face, nodding his head, when suddenly a ray of light shot towards his face, startling him greatly.

  Gu Lieyang took advantage of the moment when his opponent was bent over to shoot a knife from his fingertips, and at the same time, he quickly straightened up and flipped backwards with force, shouting loudly: "One!"

  Who would have thought that this little scoundrel was so treacherous, speaking so sweetly but daring to launch a sneak attack? His face turned green with rage, and in the midst of danger, he swiftly drew his sword and knocked away the flying dagger. With one swift motion, his long sword shot straight towards Gu Lieyang.

  Behind them, Qin Feng and the others finally understood Gu Lieyang's plan, and their eyes lit up as they helped Gu Lieyang shout loudly: "Two!"

  One sword broke through the enemy's pursuit, and it didn't even count as a second move. However, these disciples didn't care about that and continued to shout out numbers on their own.

  The sword was too fast, even faster than Guleyang's body flipping out. The sword struck, and Guleyang's body fell to the ground, rolling far away with a loud rumble, barely avoiding this sword by a hair's breadth.

  The man under the sword drew back and thrust again with renewed force.

  The disciples behind were all shocked by this sword speed, which made their hair stand on end. In the midst of danger, they didn't forget to shout: "Three!"

  The ancient Lieyang had long since grasped the powdered mountain rocks in his hand and flung them out, a white misty fog confusing people's vision, Ancient Lieyang took advantage of the situation to flip backwards again, leaping up with a fish-like jump.

  A long sword sweeps across the sky, rapidly shaking and quivering. Amidst the whooshing sounds, the sword wind completely blows away the mountain rocks and scatters them into fragments.

  The disciples next to him were unwilling to give in and excitedly shouted: "Four".

  Ren Zuo was calculated by Gu Lieyang, his hair stood up, the long sword was like a green rainbow, sweeping across the sky, chasing after Gu Lieyang in the distance. Seeing that Gu Lieyang had no more tricks, he prepared to solve this slippery kid with one sword.

  Gu Lieyang suddenly thrust out a long sword, and with a loud "ding", he was sent flying by the sword. In mid-air, Gu Lieyang struggled to flip his body over, and after stumbling backwards for more than ten steps, he finally managed to steady himself. A thread of blood trickled from the corner of his mouth, but he indeed stood firm.

  The crowd behind him shouted in unison: "Five", followed by a thunderous applause.

  A withered and thin person stood in the distance with a furious expression, suddenly turning around with a smile and nodding.

  "Good boy, very much to my taste. In a fight, one should aim for victory at all costs, without resorting to cheap tricks. Your last sword move was able to withstand my attack, which shows that your strength is considerable. Alright, you've passed this test. Later, I'll let you take the Dragon Gate challenge."

  "Oh" shouted, everyone cheered again.

  The nearly two thousand people behind also cheered enthusiastically, the previous battle had left them dazzled, everything was happening in a flash, Gu Lieyang's moves from sneak attack to successfully dodging five attacks were swift and decisive, leaving everyone delighted and admiring.

  Qin Fengchuan's face turned gloomy beside him.

  After Gu Lieyang used this sneak attack, it can be imagined that the human slaughter would have a strong defensive heart against them. It's impossible to think about sneaking up again, so what makes him able to break through the human slaughter?

  He thought hard but couldn't come up with a solution, and Qin Fengchuan's forehead was covered in fine sweat.