Exorcism

The eight thousand stone steps are a watershed.

Xin Youtao stood on the eight thousand and fourth stone steps, stretched out his hand to cover a tired yawn, turned back and looked indifferently at Mu Xingqiu on the eight thousand stone steps, stretched out his right hand and made a half circle on his chest, "You can walk." Are you proud of getting here?"

Xiaoqiu knew the prince's cowardice very well, and could throw out a few sarcastic words at any time, but these words disappeared after just turning around in her mind. She finally climbed so high, not just to have a verbal confrontation with someone. Instead of bickering, they have to accept a more difficult test.

He had just adjusted his inner energy and calmed down his mood, and he never wanted to waste all his efforts.

Xiaoqiu stepped up the stone steps. She saw a cliff on her left hand and a cliff on her right. White clouds were rolling under her feet. Except for being closer to Xin Youtao, the scene remained unchanged. However, Xiaoqiu's feelings changed dramatically: as if one step Stepping into the middle of the flames, his hair was burnt, his skin melted, and three souls and seven souls flew from the top of his head.

The most painful thing is that just taking a step back can make the pain go away. The gun behind him was so powerful that Xiaoqiu almost wanted to roll down.

"It feels very hot, right? Step back and it will feel cooler." Xin Youtao didn't miss the opportunity to laugh.

Xiaoqiu didn't look at him, and tried to stand firm. She recalled the tips taught by Meng Yuanhou at the foot of the mountain, and tried to make every breath as long as possible. "All cultivation is against heaven." Xiaoqiu thought of Dujiao's words and added it herself. One sentence: Heaven wants people to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages, but those who defy nature must face difficulties.

The burning pain was just an illusion caused by the spell. Xiaoqiu's body, hair and skin were still intact. He tried hard to suppress the urge to retreat and took another step up the stone steps.

Xin Youtao nodded in approval, turned around and stepped up one level. It was no different from climbing ordinary stone steps. "Actually, I still admire you a little, Mu Xingqiu. When fighting the snake demon, you were braver than others, but... It's a bit stupid to rush forward and die even though you know you can't beat him. Of course, you were lucky enough to meet the Five Elements Master. Not only did you not die, but you also got the Dao Root inexplicably. "

Xin Youtao turned his head and glanced, "Have you ever thought that you boys from Yelin Town are better than others now, not because of better qualifications, but because of your special Dao roots?"

Xiaoqiu knew what Xin Youtao was implying. Yes, he had doubts. Yelin Town was an ordinary border town, but the nine teenagers who came out of it didn't have anything special a few months ago. After this invasion, all of them underwent inexplicable changes. Not only did they possess Tao roots, but they also had stronger learning abilities.

Before the arrival of other children with Daogen, this was not obvious. Zhang Lingsheng even thought that they were useless people with no future. However, as time went by, the advantages of the young people from Yelin Town gradually became apparent, and even the most powerful among them Even if Xiao Shun and Shen Tongyou don't work hard, they can still rank in the middle among more than 100 children.

The boy from Yelin Town had never discussed this matter, but Xiao Qiu knew it and knew that his friends had similar doubts.

Xin Youtao saw a slight change in Mu Xingqiu's expression and a brighter smile. He walked a few steps up the five stone steps, turned around and said, "Especially you, you are the person who has directly come into contact with the Demon King. Tsk tsk, you have the highest mountain climb." , you are the best at stick skills. I heard that you also like reading recently. No wonder even the master values ​​you. By the way, you also have a little wife, which is unique. "

Xiaoqiu suddenly jumped up several stone steps, and was suddenly very close to Xin Youtao.

Xin Youtao was so frightened that his legs went weak and he almost fell to the ground. He turned around quickly and ran up a dozen stone steps before stopping.

Looking back, he saw Mu Xingqiu struggling to go up level one level. He finally calmed down and said, "You are quite powerful. Let's make a bet. I bet you won't reach level 10,000 today. You win." That dagger belongs to you. I will never want it. If you lose, return the dagger to me and admit in public that you took it away in a dishonorable way."

In the woods of Yelin Town, Xin Youtao became a prisoner. Xiaoqiu took a ruby-encrusted dagger from him. At the Jinghu Village Hall, Xiaoqiu once returned the dagger on his own initiative. Xin Youtao felt shameless and refused to accept it, and now he wants to use the dagger again. Made a bet.

"Bet." When Xiaoqiu spit out these two words, his inner breath fluctuated. Originally, the burning sensation only enveloped his whole body, but now it traveled down his throat and penetrated into his internal organs. He had to stop climbing and reposition his inner breath.

By the time he recovered, Xin Youtao had turned the corner of the mountain and disappeared.

Xiaoqiu was a little surprised at first that Prince Xi Jieguo climbed the mountain so easily, but soon realized that Xin Youtao was using the talisman to cheat again. He had just received a large number of bags a few days ago, so he would naturally add to the list of things that had been confiscated and destroyed in the past. of talismans.

This was definitely against the rules, but Xiaoqiu didn't want to tell the truth. Meng Yuanhou was waiting at the top of the mountain. Xin Youtao had to climb the last step on his own strength. Xiaoqiu felt that this coward couldn't even climb one step in the end.

After climbing more than a hundred stone steps, Xiaoqiu was already sweating profusely. Looking up, the peak was still far away. The extra mile he walked today seemed to be in vain, and one thought kept echoing in his mind: Meng Du taught that you have to climb up today. There will be opportunities in the future. If you climb a little more every day, you can always reach the top successfully.

This idea was reasonable. Xiaoqiu even turned around twice, and finally forced herself to continue climbing the seemingly endless stone steps.

He had agreed to make a bet with Xin Youtao, and he had to beat him, and there was another voice in his heart reminding Xiaoqiu: It was the thought of climbing a few more stone steps tomorrow that had caused him to make very slow progress in the past period of time, until today We just reached the eight thousand stone steps.

To practice Taoism is to go against heaven. Xiaoqiu began to feel this sentence more deeply.

After turning a few mountain corners, Xin Youtao appeared again, looking down at his pursuers behind him with a smile, "Level 8,900 is still far away. Mu Xingqiu doesn't know how far he can go before dark. Let's go first." As promised, I won’t wait until it’s too late.”

"As long as it gets dark, you will win if you don't get there." Every word uttered is a kind of torture, but Xiaoqiu has been able to skillfully regulate her inner breath, and there is no interruption even when speaking.

"Okay." Xin Youtao sat on the stone steps, "I have to say thank you."

"You didn't spread the word about the talisman everywhere. That talkative little Taoist priest must have told you about my punishment from the Discipline Department, right? You can keep secrets and are a strict-mouthed person."

Xiaoqiu only told Fangfang that the Discipline Department confiscated the talisman and destroyed it. The two of them never revealed it to a third person. It was not because they wanted to protect Xin Youtao's reputation, but they just didn't want to talk about others behind their backs.

"Humph, it seems you didn't learn your lesson."

“Haha.” A simple talisman -" Xin Youtao raised his hand over his shoulder and pointed at his back. His talisman was there, "Ordinary people can also cast powerful spells."

Xin Youtao raised his head and looked into the depths of the clouds, with a solemn expression as if he was meeting a god. "The talisman is the foundation of a dynasty. We humans can occupy the most fertile land and multiply because of it. So, don't Speaking of the talisman in a disdainful tone, your survival to this day and even your birth are all due to it."

"You have forgotten the Nine Great Paths." Xiaoqiu continued to climb step by step, getting closer and closer to Xin Youtao.

"How could you forget? The Nine Dao Tradition has indeed played a huge role in blocking the invasion of demons, but the number of Taoist priests is too small. Look, the majestic Pangshan Dao Tradition only recruits more than a hundred disciples a year. Among them Nearly half will never be able to condense their energy into elixirs, and the remaining half may be killed or possessed by demons. Do you know how many demons there are in the world? Millions or tens of millions! Only talismans can equip a huge human army. Only the army can protect a vast territory.”

Xiaoqiu wanted to ask why "such an army" failed to protect Yelin Town, but he did not want to show his feelings for his hometown and relatives in front of outsiders, so he asked: "Then you still want to come to Pangshan?"

Xin Youtao shrugged, "I am a prince. I will go wherever Xijie needs me. You can't understand this kind of thing."

Xiaoqiu had no intention of knowing that he had already walked to Xin Youtao and was about to pass him by when a scream suddenly came from behind him.

Xin Youtao was stunned, "Someone has caught up, Mu Xingqiu, you have to work hard. If it doesn't work, just call out the demon species."

Xiaoqiu did not answer because he felt that the scream sounded familiar to him. There was only one person in Pangshan who still seemed to be holding a piece of candy even if his throat was broken by screaming, so he no longer cared about the bet and the reward at the top of the mountain, ww.anscoｏ Turn around and run down the mountain.

"Hey, are you admitting defeat?" Xin Youtao shouted from behind, "Where is your demon seed? Does it allow you to do this..."

Xiaoqiu jumped down a few stone steps with each step, and quickly turned around four or five mountain corners. He ran too fast. If one of the stone steps was not obviously damaged, he would probably pass by directly.

"Is it Xiaoqiu?" A voice came from below the cliff, obviously hearing the footsteps above.

Xiaoqiu ran to the edge of the cliff and looked down, her heartbeat suddenly stopped, and she even forgot to regulate her inner breath. It was not until the feeling of burning flames was too strong that she regained her inner breath.

Fangfang dug one hand into the crevice of the cliff, and held Xiao Qingtao tightly with the other hand, almost ten feet away from where Xiao Qiu was standing.

"I'll catch you guys up." Xiaoqiu immediately lay down on the ground and reached for them, without having time to ask the two why they fell off the cliff.

"Brother Xiaoqiu." Xiao Qingtao's voice was trembling, and there was timidity in the soft voice. She sounded like a five or six-year-old baby.

Fangfang didn't speak, just looked up at him.

Xiaoqiu tried his best to stretch his arms, but they were too far away. He could not move downwards, otherwise he would also fall.

"Oh my god, what's going on?" Xin Youtao also came down and stood on a dozen stone steps.

"Come help, hold on to my legs."

Xin Youtao hesitated and swayed on the spot. Suddenly his face changed and he pointed at the top of Xiao Qiu's head, "Be careful!"

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