togophonebook Chapter 133: Inner demons and confusion
Chapter 133: Inner demons and confusion
no doubt.
This is the second challenge, which requires climbing this towering mountain.
Lu Qingyun didn't care about simple pain.
The trials and tribulations of this lifetime have long since rendered him immune to the effects of ordinary hardships.
Let alone the stone spikes before him, even when he had endured the scorching heat of the alchemical fire, he would have reacted with nothing more than normal.
However, one must climb the first step of this towering mountain.
Lu Qingyun's expression suddenly changed.
The stone pierced his foot, causing it to bleed.
A biting, cold wind began to blow from the mountain.
Of course, this was not the most surprising thing for him.
The real crisis is not these superficial sufferings.
Instead, it was the inner demons stirred up by the ever-weakening spirit of the mountain, accompanied by the fierce winds and pain.
The wind affected not only his body, but also his soul.
With each breath he took, his spirit weakened a little more.
The thorn not only pierced his flesh, but also created holes in his soul, causing his spirit to weaken continuously as he climbed the mountain.
Lu Qingyun's expression was grave as he took another step forward.
At this step, the scene before us begins to change.
He saw Li Erniu being taken away by Niu Gao from Lingzhi Peak.
Li Erniu turned around, his face like a demon, and kept questioning, "Why! Why didn't you save me! You just watched me become Niu Gao's provisions, aren't you my elder brother?"
"Lu Qingyun, if I die, how can you be worthy of living? I want you to come down and join me!"
The evil spirit that Li Erniu had transformed into pounced on Lu Qingyun, accompanied by billowing black energy, heading straight for his face.
Looking at Li Erniu, Lu Qingyun felt a little nostalgic.
However, he quickly shook his head, erasing this remembrance from his heart.
"What is false will always remain false."
Lu Qingyun drew his sword and killed Li Erniu with a single strike.
"No matter how well you pretend, it won't make me feel any empathy or guilt."
"Leaving aside the possibility that things might change in this life, even if I didn't have a thousand or a hundred lifetimes, what would be the point of fighting against Niu Gao with you in this one life, even if it's like throwing an egg against a rock, just to die with you at Niu Gao's hands?"
Li Erniu's figure turned to ashes.
He cursed, "You liar, you hypocrite! You will die at the hands of others just like me!"
"Is that so?"
Lu Qingyun pondered.
"I may indeed die, but I'm certain it won't be here, not even in this lifetime."
The illusion before my eyes vanished.
Lu Qingyun looked back.
He had already walked some distance from the foot of Wanren Mountain.
Feeling his weakened soul and his constantly frail body, Lu Qingyun realized that the mountaintop didn't seem so far away after all.
Take another step forward.
The pain from the stone spikes grew ever more intense.
Lu Qingyun didn't even frown.
This is much better than in my previous life when I painstakingly pursued the path to immortality but ultimately failed before the Spirit Testing Stone, never even getting a chance to test my spirit.
If it were in his previous life, and he knew that as long as he could climb this towering mountain, he would have the opportunity to ascend to immortality, he would have done everything in his power to reach the summit.
The only thing that could make him pursue at all costs was immortality.
He took a few more steps.
Lu Qingyun's feet were completely stained red with blood.
Even the clothes on their bodies began to be torn to shreds by the gale.
Eagle-like Taoist watched from the clouds, his face expressionless, yet his slightly constricted pupils revealed that he was far from calm.
This person's unwavering resolve far exceeded his expectations.
He originally intended to find any excuse to torment Shen Qingmu until he died in agony.
Unexpectedly, he actually made it to the top.
They were truly disregarding everything and continued climbing towards the summit.
The Eagle-like Taoist's face became even more hawk-like.
Back then, even he himself had barely climbed to the mountainside before falling off.
Can Lu Qingyun climb up?
He had previously dismissed this idea.
However, he couldn't help but start to think about this possibility.
Lu Qingyun had no idea what Eagle Daoist was thinking.
He continued walking.
Let the strong wind blow and let the stone spikes pierce through.
Until the scene before them changed again.
Chen Xiru appeared before him, tears welling in her eyes, her sword gripped in anguish: "Brother Lu, why did you abandon me?"
"Do you know that I've been waiting for you to save me all these years, but you haven't even asked me about it, leaving me to die and perish? Junior brother, how cruel you are, how cruel you are!"