Apprentice of the Heavens

Chapter 258 Final assessment
College Back Mountain
A chubby figure poked its head out of the woods quietly, looked around from the corner of its eyes as if afraid of being discovered,
Seeing that there was silence all around, the fat man became a little bolder in his movements. Just as he was about to walk out from behind the tree, a hand suddenly slapped him on the shoulder.

"Pippi, what are you doing here?"

Chen Pipi stiffened. After a moment, with a flattering smile, he turned his head and said, "Second Senior Brother, I'm bored and wanted to come over and have a look."

Hearing this, Jun Mo nodded but didn't say anything. He also knew about the friendship between Chen Pipi and Ning Que, but as long as Chen Pipi didn't blatantly help Ning Que cheat, he wouldn't care about it, let alone the big man on the top of the mountain. The rocks were arranged by Master, and it is impossible to cheat.

Chen Pipi breathed a sigh of relief when he saw this, and turned to look at Ning Que, who was still trudging forward in the mist. He couldn't help but look forward to the other person's expression when he saw him.

Then Chen Pipi seemed to think of something. He stretched out his hand and a stone table and bench suddenly appeared on the side of the mountain road.

"Second Senior Brother, why don't you sit down and wait?"

Chen Pipi sat down directly and took out pastries and snacks from the space ring again. Jun Mo glanced at the food on the table. He seriously doubted that the ring of his junior disciple was all food.

After hesitating for a moment, Jun Mo just nodded and sat down without even looking at the snacks on the table. He didn't know whether it was because he was afraid that he would become as fat as Chen Pipi after eating too much, or because he was not interested in it.

Seeing this, Chen Pipi was also minding his own snacks, but his eyes were peeking into the clouds from time to time, with a look of anticipation on his face.

After the two waited for a while, the clouds and mist suddenly surged, and an embarrassed figure suddenly emerged from the clouds and mist. Chen Pipi paused when he saw the movement of picking up snacks, and glanced at the expressionless Jun Mo next to him, raising his buttocks. Sit down again.

At this time, Ning Que's face was slightly pale, and he walked out of the clouds with difficulty with staggering steps. His vision was blurred by sweat, and he wiped it away casually.

Looking up, he was already less than ten steps away from the top of the mountain. His mind was shaken. His already exhausted body suddenly surged with strength. A touch of excitement and joy appeared on his face, and he couldn't help but murmur. He murmured to himself: "The boat has passed the Ten Thousand Mountains, and it has finally arrived."

At this moment, he seemed to appreciate the artistic conception in Li Bai's poem. His hardships along the way were finally rewarded at this moment. However, just as he was enjoying the sense of accomplishment, a familiar voice came.

"Good poem. Ning Que hasn't seen you for a long time, but your poetic talent has improved a lot." I saw a chubby figure beside the mountain road, waving to me.

Ning Que couldn't help but be stunned when he saw this, but he didn't expect that his friend was here. Seeing Chen Pipi waving to him, he was not polite, walked straight to the stone table, sat down, and said:

"This poem was written by a poet named Li Bai, and I just came up with it out of inspiration."

Since Ning Que knew that there was Li Ming, a master traveler, in this world, he naturally wouldn't take the poems of the ancients on himself.

Then he turned to look at Jun Mo, who had a serious and stern look on his face. Upon seeing this, Chen Pipi immediately introduced: "This is the second senior brother on the second floor of the academy. He will preside over the next assessment."

Hearing this, Ning Que couldn't help but be startled. He thought he had passed the test, but he didn't expect that there would be another test next, but he was too happy just now.

Jun Mo waved his hand with a calm and solemn expression, and suddenly a piece of emerald green bamboo floated in front of Ning Que, and said softly: "The rock at the end of the mountain path is the peak of the mountain. If you climb it, you can enter the second floor of the academy. If If you can't hold on any longer, crush this green bamboo piece." After hearing this, Ning Que picked up the green bamboo piece, bowed respectfully, stood up and walked to the top of the mountain with firm eyes. Chen Pipi looked at his staggering steps and couldn't help but said, "I'm not resting anymore. one time?"

After hearing this, Ning Que waved his hand and walked up the steps with staggering but firm steps. It was not yet time to rest.

"Second Senior Brother, do you think he can pass?"

Chen Pipi looked at Ning Que's staggering back and couldn't help but worry for his friend. After all, he was specially recruited and didn't know what the last test was.

"If he fails, I can introduce him to someone to be his master." Jun Mo said lightly, but Li Ming's words flashed through his mind. Master, are you sure?I imagine that someone who can be favored by the Master must have something special about him.

While the two were talking, Ning Que had already come to the bottom of the boulder and stood in front of a narrow path. After hesitating for a moment, he resolutely stepped into the stone path.

Just after Ning Que stepped into the stone path and disappeared, a few figures suddenly appeared beside the clouds and mist. They were the disciples from the mountain behind the academy.

Except for Senior Brother Li Manman and Ye Hongyu, all the disciples at the back of the academy gathered together, looking at the big rock on the top of the mountain. Mr. Six, on the other hand, was holding a big hammer in his hand, but his eyes were eager to look at it. The high crown on Jun Mo's head.

As a blacksmith, Brother Six would feel itchy when he saw something protruding, and he wanted to hammer it twice.

"Sixth Brother, you have to restrain yourself. Your head will be flattened if you hit it." Chen Pipi quickly stepped forward to stop him, fearing that Sixth Brother would suddenly hit him and Second Brother's crown might be hammered. Flat, but then his head was probably flat too.

Hearing this, everyone couldn't help but smile. Even Yu Lian, who deliberately kept a distance from everyone, also showed a smile and looked at his fellow disciples quietly.

After everyone in the back mountain laughed and discussed for a while, they then turned their attention to the huge rock on the top of the mountain. It was the final test set by the Master. It was different from the will tested by the mountain road and the true intention tested in the fog.
In the end, this hard stone tests choice, the choice given by the Master, the choice between light and darkness. However, the fantasy realm in the hard stone,

Ning Que did not choose black or white. Instead, he chose survival. Everything he did was to survive. If white could help him survive, he would choose white. If black could help him survive, he would choose black.

However, such a useless answer allowed him to pass the test. Perhaps there was some consideration on the part of the Master, or perhaps the Master had made such a choice.

.........

The assessment on the second floor of the academy has ended, but many people are still discussing it with great interest, because this time the person who entered the second floor of the academy turned out to be an ordinary person who knew nothing about it.

An ignorant, useless ordinary person actually entered the second floor of the academy. Such a sensational news made many practitioners wonder whether they heard it wrong.

However, with the official announcement of the academy, everyone just accepted the reality and no longer doubted it, and began to collect information about the new disciple on the second floor of the academy.

(End of this chapter)