Who Told Him To Cultivate Immortality!

Chapter 5: I think the third stage is a test of wisdom.

When everyone arrived at Heart Seeking Mountain, they did not feel anything. Only Brutal Bones could feel his strength dropping, and his body's standards were similar to the others.

The boiling Ancient Barbarian blood in his body calmed down, and it could no longer provide him with an endless supply of energy.

Everyone looked at each other, and in the end, they all looked at Brutal Bones, who was the strongest.

"I'll go first." Brutal Bones saw everyone looking at him, so he did not hold back and directly took the lead.

First step, second step, third step … tenth step.

The first ten steps were easy for Brutal Bones, but from the eleventh step onwards, the pressure gradually became apparent. He felt like he was carrying a stone slab, and the higher he climbed, the heavier the stone slab became.

However, it was still within his acceptable range.

Continue climbing.

Brutal Bones panted twice, stabilized his breathing, and walked to the twentieth step.

When Brutal Bones reached the twentieth step, his steps became more and more difficult, and his speed became slower and slower.

When he reached the twenty-ninth step, sweat began to seep out of Brutal Bones' back, soaking his clothes. He had no choice but to stop and rest while panting heavily.

"Even sitting is stressful." Brutal Bones gritted his teeth and muttered to himself. He was so tired that he did not want to speak.

Right now, he had only changed from standing to sitting while carrying the stone tablet. The speed at which he recovered his strength was very slow.

When everyone saw how difficult it was for Brutal Bones, they knew that this mountain was not easy to climb, and their hearts skipped a beat.

Someone said in a deep voice, "I heard from the elders in the tribe that this Heart Seeking Mountain can test one's Dao heart. The purer the heart, the stronger the will, and the purer the Dao heart. Brutal Bones was born in the Ancient Barbarian Tribe, and he was famous for his one-track mind. If even he is having such a hard time climbing, I'm afraid it will be even harder for us!"

"The Heart Calming Chant can calm the heart, is it useful?" Someone else thought of a way.

The third stage required one to climb to the fiftieth step, and there was no requirement for the top few to pass. They were not competitors now.

Everyone nodded, and they all felt that this was a good idea. The elders in their families had taught them similar chants for self-cultivation.

Lu Yang opened his mouth, but he did not know any Heart Calming Chant.

"Do you want me to teach you a Heart Calming Chant?" Meng Jingzhou asked.

Lu Yang shook his head, "No, let me think of another way."

Meng Jingzhou saw this and did not force Lu Yang to teach him the chant.

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Meng Jingzhou woke up from his meditation, and he felt his heart was unprecedentedly calm.

The Heart Calming Mantra was feasible!

Meng Jingzhou's meditation time was longer than the average person's. When he woke up, the others were already on the 20th or 30th step, sweating profusely. It would take a lot of perseverance to move forward.

Large drops of sweat covered his face, and he didn't even have the strength to wipe his face.

Some people wanted to find another way. They felt that there was only pressure on the stairs, so they took a detour from the mountain next to the stairs to the 50th step. However, when they reached the mountain next to the stairs, they found that this method did not work. The higher you climbed, the greater the pressure on the entire Heart Seeking Mountain.

There were also people who wanted to use magic treasures, but in the end, they found that the magic treasures had lost their ability. No matter how miraculous the magic treasures were, they could not even be activated. Thus, they became a pile of scrap metal.

No wonder Dai Bufan wasn't worried that they would use their magic treasures.

Lu Yang lagged behind everyone and was the most conspicuous.

He was barefooted as he squatted on the tenth step. He seemed to be deep in thought as he observed something.

"What are you doing? The others have already climbed far away," Meng Jingzhou asked curiously.

Lu Yang didn't say anything. He held a shoe in his hand.

Lu Yang threw the shoe away and it landed on the eleventh step. "Pick it up and try."

Meng Jingzhou did not understand what Lu Yang meant, but he still did as he was told. Then, he realized that the shoe was heavier than usual, as if there was something pulling it from below.

Meng Jingzhou seemed to understand something. He threw the shoe to the twelfth step and realized that the shoe was falling at the same speed as the eleventh step. When he picked it up, it was heavier than the eleventh step.

"What's the pattern?"

Meng Jingzhou frowned, "If the object doesn't fall to the ground, the pressure won't be transmitted to the object. Only when the object touches the ground will there be additional pressure?"

"That's right." Lu Yang punched his fist. It was rare for someone to have the same idea as him, so he was very happy.

Meng Jingzhou was deep in thought. In his state of tranquility, he thought quickly, "The steps are slanted. There are so many trees here, we can build a '7' ladder. One end of the ladder will be buried in the ground and the other end will lead to the fiftieth step."

Lu Yang said with certainty, "Yes, the third test should be to test our wisdom. This is the standard answer!"

Meng Jingzhou understood Lu Yang's idea and quickly asked another question, "How are we going to cut the trees?"

They did not have axes or saws, how were they going to cut the trees to make a ladder?

"Do you have any sharp magic weapons on you?" Lu Yang had already thought of this question.

He had thought of cooperating with others, but unfortunately, no one else could understand his idea.

Meng Jingzhou took out a dagger, "This was given to me by the elders for self-defense. It can be activated with my mind and its speed is comparable to that of an Aurous Core Stage cultivator. But in Wen Xin Mountain, it can't fly."

"It's okay, as long as it's sharp."

Lu Yang smiled. The Meng Clan was a big clan. Even if the magic weapons they refined could not be activated, their sharpness was far superior to that of ordinary axes and saws.

It was perfect for cutting trees.

"Come and see. When you were meditating, I had already designed the blueprint."

Lu Yang brought Meng Jingzhou to a soft sandy ground where Lu Yang's blueprint was drawn. It was a '7' ladder.

The two of them discussed for a while and began to work.

The Meng Clan's dagger was really sharp. The thick trees were like paper in front of the dagger. The trees were quickly cut into strangely shaped planks by the two of them.

The cultivators in Wen Xin Mountain were the same as mortals. The trees that could grow here were naturally the most ordinary kind.

Soon, Meng Jingzhou found another problem.

"How do we connect these two planks?

Not to mention that we don't have nails in our hands, even if we did, we wouldn't be able to connect such a thick board. "

"Have you ever heard of mortise and tenon structure?"

"No."

Lu Yang had no choice but to take the dagger and cut the joint of the wooden planks into a mortise and tenon structure while explaining the wisdom of the mortal world to Meng Jingzhou.

"This protruding part is called a tenon, and this concave part is called a tenon. Together, they form a tenon structure.

The biggest characteristic of mortise and tenon construction is that it is extremely firm even without the use of nails. "

Meng Jingzhou listened very carefully. The Meng family used spiritual energy and refining techniques to refine weapons. They didn't need mortise and tenon structures.

On the steps, everyone was sweating profusely. They were so tired that they were gasping for breath, all for the sake of reaching the 50th step and becoming the first to pass.

Perhaps the first person to clear the stage would be recognized by the Dao Seeking Sect and would be heavily nurtured.

Everyone also understood why there was no time limit. Climbing the mountain consumed too much energy. If they stayed for too long, they would be so hungry that they couldn't even stand up, let alone climb the mountain.

At the bottom of the stairs, the two men were also sweating profusely. They were so tired that they were gasping for breath. They spent a long time chopping down trees. After several attempts, they finally finished making the ladder.

The ladder had a strange shape. It was thin at the top and thick at the bottom. The end was curved. Rather than calling it a ladder, it was more like a huge "7".

The surrounding bare ground looked like it had been bitten by a huge pig demon.

Some Dao Seeking Sect disciples secretly glanced at Dai Bufan. They remembered that Senior Brother Dai Bufan loved to show off his lush Wen Xin Mountain.

The corners of Dai Bufan's eyes twitched. He unconsciously clenched his fists.

Attached is a diagram of Lu Yang climbing the mountain.

(End of this chapter)