Both worlds are like dreams

Lou Sheng and He Xuanye didn't want to be crowded together with the crowd, so they used their lightness skills to climb up all the way, and soon disappeared after turning the corner.

Mo Yunchen naturally didn't want to listen to them talking and laughing, so he took Xue Huang to another road. This way, he could use Qing Gong at will, and he wasn't afraid of He Xuanye recognizing Xue Huang's identity.

But in the end, everyone met at the valley between the first small peak and the main peak. This was a rare spacious and flat place with a pavilion, a kitchen and some tools for collecting grass. It was obviously the place where the Yue family usually used for rest and recuperation.

Xue Huang walked here in one breath, breathing heavily. Looking back at the road she had come, she felt that climbing the mountain for so long was worth it.

After all, the scenery is still very good, but it's a pity that there are so many mosquitoes.

Mo Yunchen crushed the herbs she picked from the roadside and put them into her sachet to drive away the mosquitoes.

But there was no way to drive away those spiders. The morning dew had not yet dissipated. Those spiders were all lying on the web, and one appeared at every distance. Xue Huang's scalp tingled, so she increased her speed and arrived almost at the same time as Lou Sheng and He Xuanye who had left earlier.

However, she didn't want to meet them, so she didn't go near the pavilion and decided to take a rest on a nearby rock. There was a blind spot here and there, and no one could see each other.

Mo Yunchen saw that her face looked strange and was puzzled. "Are you anxious?"

Xue Huang calmed her breathing and was about to speak when a large black spider dropped down in front of her.

She was startled and swung her palm, freezing the spider in front of her into an ice cube, which rolled down the stairs and shattered into pieces.

Mo Yunchen was originally standing opposite her. He was caught off guard by this palm strike. Although he dodged in time, his ear was still cut by the sharp ice blade.

Xue Huang secretly breathed a sigh of relief, her eyes fell on Mo Yunchen's bloody ears, and she felt a little depressed.

She took out her handkerchief and said awkwardly, "I didn't mean to do that."

"Are you afraid of spiders?" Mo Yunchen asked.

Xue Huang nodded.

Mo Yunchen seemed to have discovered some great secret and looked at her with amusement, "You are afraid of this?"

"What's so funny?" Xue Huang rolled her eyes at him.

Mo Yunchen sat down on a stone nearby and pointed at his bleeding ear. "You're not even afraid of death, but you're afraid of bugs?"

Xue Huang used a handkerchief to stop his bleeding. She did not answer but asked, "Where is the hemostatic medicine?"

Mo Yunchen plucked another leaf from somewhere and said, "Use this."

Xue Huang recognized it as a hemostatic herb, so she crushed it, wrapped it in a handkerchief, and pressed it on Mo Yunchen's ear. After a while, the bleeding stopped, and only a bloody wound could be seen.

Mo Yunchen was a little surprised to see her silent, "What? Are you soft-hearted? Or are you feeling guilty?" He pointed to his left shoulder, "You wanted to kill me when you stabbed me with your sword, so why do you care about such a small wound?"

Xue Huang thought to herself, who cares about you? Isn't it because they are afraid that you will go crazy again? Pretending to care about you is unhappy, but not caring about you is still unhappy.

None of his ancestors were as difficult to manage as him.

At this time, other people also climbed up here one after another, and it suddenly became lively.

Xue Huang glanced at him and said, "Let's go."

Mo Yunchen followed her and saw Yao Xiaodie and Guan Canghai leaning against a pillar to calm their breathing. Yue Zichun was more tired than them, but everyone else was fine.

"Everyone, please take a break here first. Let's discuss how to get up later." Yue Zichun found a few ropes from the pavilion. "The stairs inside have been in disrepair for a long time. I don't know if they can still be walked on. We can use the ropes to help us avoid getting lost."

"I haven't climbed such a steep mountain in a long time. It's a bit too much for me." Guan Canghai took a big gulp of water.

Yao Xiaodie looked at Xue Huang, "You guys are here too?"

Xue Huang nodded.

"Did we encounter any danger?" Yao Xiaodie asked, "We just encountered a few poisonous snakes. It's a pity that they ran away, otherwise the snake gallbladder would be an excellent medicinal material."

"I guess so." Xue Huang said.

"This is for you." Yao Xiaodie stuffed a few red fruits into her hands. "It's not poisonous. It's sour and sweet and delicious."

"Thank you."

"You're welcome," Yao Xiaodie sat down next to her, "I picked it on the roadside."

Xue Huang tasted one and couldn't tell what it tasted like, but it was definitely sour and sweet, like a cherry.

There are indeed a lot of fruits on this mountain, but unfortunately there are too many spiders, so Xue Huang is not in the mood to pick them.

Xue Huang looked around and found that someone seemed to be missing, so she asked, "Where is the traveling doctor named Xu?"

"He!" Yao Xiaodie sneered, "He was bitten by a poisonous snake, and none of the medicine he had could detoxify him. He almost fainted. Fortunately, Brother Guan helped him detoxify."

"What venomous snake?"

"It's just an ordinary poisonous snake. The traveling doctor Xu has already gone down the mountain."

Xue Huang wasn't surprised, "He shouldn't have come in the first place."

Several people looked at Xue Huang with surprise.

Duan Fei asked: "Why did the girl say that?"

Xue Huang glanced at Yue Zichun, "During the selection yesterday, it seems that you guys let him down. When I went up to the ring, I took a look at the stone tablet he cut off. The angle and direction did not match the trajectory of his sword. It was obvious that the stone tablet was broken beforehand."

"Miss, are you saying that someone helped him to cheat?" Yue Zichun asked.

"I originally thought that it didn't matter if his martial arts skills were poor, but Miss Yao just said that he couldn't even cure ordinary snake venom, so how did he pass the first level yesterday?"

Guan Canghai recalled for a moment, his expression suddenly clear, "I can't even cure ordinary snake venom, so it's really unlikely that I can pass the first level."

Yue Zichun seemed to be thinking about something. "The three detoxification methods yesterday were all quite complicated, and they were more poisonous than the snake just now. If he was not a highly skilled doctor, he could only use his strong internal energy to force out the poison. But now it seems that he does not meet these two requirements."

"It seems that your men have been bribed by him. Don't think too much about it. Just go back and check and you will know." Guan Canghai said.

Yao Xiaodie looked at Xue Huang with a hint of admiration in her eyes, "You observe so carefully?"

"He was the last one before me, so I looked at him twice more."

"You look young, but your martial arts skills are so great. I'm so envious."

"If you all saw the stone tablet with your own eyes, you would definitely realize that what I did is nothing." Xue Huang said.

"How old are you this year?" Yao Xiaodie asked.

"nineteen!"

Yao Xiaodie was even more surprised, "Ah? You are so young?"

Guan Canghai raised his eyebrows, "You are only two years older than him, why are you so surprised?"

"Is it your business?" Yao Xiaodie said with a smile, "Miss Mo, when did you get married?"

"last year."

Yao Xiaodie gave Guan Canghai a meaningful look and said, "Congratulations."

Xue Huang didn't want to discuss this topic, so she said to Yue Zichun: "Master Yue, I just looked at the direction we are going to, and it seems to be blocked by thorn bushes. We have to think of another way."

"What's Miss Mo's opinion?"

"Actually, there is no better way. Either we go around it, or we cut down the thorns." Xue Huang said lightly.

Of course, there is a third way, which is to climb up directly from the treetop using Qinggong. However, this method is extremely physically demanding and dangerous, and you may end up falling down if you are not careful.

Xue Huang would have no problem using the Qianji Line, and Mo Yunchen should be no problem either, but it was hard to say for the others. And they had to take Yue Zichun to the top of the mountain, so they couldn't leave him behind.

Ge Wansan said, "What kind of a good idea is this? Who knows how long it will take to get around it."

"Then let's cut down some trees." Yao Xiaodie stood up to show her agreement. "Everyone's martial arts skills are so high, shouldn't it be easy to clear a path?"

He Xuanye stood up and said, "I will lead the way for you all."

When they arrived at the stairs, they saw that the long section of the stairs was covered with thorns, making it almost impossible to move forward.

He Xuanye's swordsmanship is known to be able to break the sky with one sword. It is as majestic as a flying dragon or snake. With a swipe of sword energy, the thorns suddenly opened up a gap that is almost one person wide.

Several people set out again. This road was obviously much more difficult to walk on than the previous one, and the construction of the stairs was also different from the ones below. There was a flat ground every other step, and then there was another very steep staircase going up, which spiraled up around the mountain.