Martial Arts: Starting from a Seemingly Real System

All the way to the southwest, passing Chengdu and Meizhou, the closer to Mount Shu, the more people from the martial arts world gathered.

People from all over the world, dressed in strange clothes and carrying strange weapons, traveled in groups of three or four. Qiao Rui and Huang Jingxuan traveled day and night and finally arrived at Shushan on the day of the ceremony.

At the beginning of the Chen hour, the gate of Shu Mountain was wide open, and the disciples who were in charge of reception came out one after another to receive the heroes of the martial arts world. Those who had invitations from famous sects, martial arts families, and famous figures in the martial arts world were met by the disciples in charge of reception and led up the main road to the mountain.

Disciples from smaller sects, independent practitioners, and idlers of the martial arts world who did not receive invitations could only go up through the Tongtian Terrace, each relying on their own ability.

At the end of Chenshi, the mountain gate will be closed. Those who have not gone up by then will automatically go down the mountain. Those who violate the rules, disobey, or cause trouble will all be beheaded!

Qiao Rui and Huang Jingxuan naturally did not have an invitation, they followed the crowd to the so-called Tongtian Terrace.

Tongtian Terrace is a huge platform, opposite which is the main peak of Shu Mountain, which towers into the clouds like a sharp sword piercing the sky. There is a thousand-foot cliff between the main peak and Tongtian Terrace, and there are only a dozen iron cables slanting down to connect them. There is a strong wind between the cliffs, which is swift and fierce, blowing the iron cables and making them rustle.

"How can we get up there?" Some timid people turned pale when they saw this situation.

"This is the place where the Shushan disciples train their minds!" someone in the crowd introduced.

Qiao Rui took a look and found that it was an "acquaintance". It was the man named Bao, nicknamed "Bao Da Ting", whom he saw in the small restaurant when he and Tian Jing were paralyzed by the Beggars' Gang in Yuzhou City. He was standing with his friend named Zhou and was talking excitedly.

"Shushan disciples don't practice fist and palm, they only practice swordsmanship, and they emphasize courage and bravery. No matter how difficult and dangerous the situation is, I will cut it with my sword. Some disciples with bad character come here to hone their courage and will! But Shushan disciples only need to slowly experience death on the iron chain to temper their hearts and courage, little by little, time and time again, but we are different. This time we need to climb all the way to the top before we can go to the Wanjian Guizong Square to watch the grand ceremony."

While introducing the group of people, Bao Da Ting looked at the group of heroes with great enthusiasm. At this moment, he acted as if he knew everything in front of the group of heroes in the world. Wasn't this a way to make a name for himself?

"After all, is it difficult to climb this Tongtian Terrace?" someone asked loudly to express everyone's doubts.

When Bao Da Ting heard someone asking questions, he immediately became excited and said, "It's difficult, but not difficult!"

He kept everyone in suspense, and seeing everyone staring at him nervously, he felt relaxed all over and explained, "In fact, as long as you have excellent Qinggong, you can fly up. If your Qinggong is not so good but your internal strength is good enough, you can just hold on to the iron chain and climb up like climbing a tree. However, this will make your movements a bit too big, and when you reach the middle of the iron chain, it will shake violently. If the strong wind blows, it will be very dangerous!"

"Hiss! What should we do?" someone asked nervously.

"Don't be afraid. Now all you need to do is stay calm and move forward steadily. With your strong inner strength, you will be able to climb up." Bao Da Ting said confidently.

"What if your Qinggong isn't good enough, and your internal energy isn't good enough?" someone else asked.

"Then go home and have fun with your wife, why come here to join in the fun!" Someone made a joke that made the crowd burst into laughter.

"In that case, I will go first!"

Someone jumped out from the crowd. He was a skinny old man with long arms and legs. He jumped onto an iron cable and used his hands and feet to climb up like a monkey climbing a rock. He moved so quickly and quickly that he disappeared into the clouds in the blink of an eye.

"Good!" Seeing this, the crowd cheered.

Someone made a good start, and then people who thought they had good martial arts skills followed suit. For a while, there were many figures on the iron chain like ants climbing a tree.

"what!"

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At this moment, a scream was heard from the cliff, and then several different screams were heard in succession, and the echo lasted for a long time. It turned out that someone slipped and fell off the cliff from the iron chain, causing one or two other unlucky guys to lose their minds and fall down as well.

Hearing these screams, the remaining people on the Tongtian Terrace stopped in fear. Some people who wanted to give it a try shrank back and hesitated to move forward. It was not worth losing their lives just to watch a disciple-recruiting ceremony. For a moment, the stage was silent.

"I come!"

A burly man walked out of the crowd. He was tall, with round eyes and a high nose. He wore a square-topped round hat and held a pair of black gold iron-bone flowers in his hands. He was actually a Hu man. There were several other people around him, all of whom were Hu people with deep eyes, high noses, and strange clothes.

The strong man put the iron bone bag on his waist, leaned over and threw himself on the iron chain, then used his hands and feet to use the second method mentioned by Bao Da Ting, and climbed over slowly like climbing a tree.

Several other Hu people were not willing to be left behind. One of them was a young Hu man with disheveled hair and only a cloth band tied behind his forehead. His eyes were fierce and bloodthirsty, which made people shudder.

He leaned over with his hands and feet on the ground, and ran like a wolf onto another iron chain, surpassing his strong companion in an instant.

Several Hu people performed according to their own abilities. A yellow-robed lama dressed as a foreign monk lowered his head, made seals with his hands, and chanted mantras, walking on the iron chain step by step, which caused everyone to marvel.

There was also a young Hu man in white clothes, holding a folding fan, very graceful, flying in the air like a big bird, with one jump of several feet. When he landed, he touched the iron chain with one foot and flew several more feet. After a few jumps, he disappeared in front of everyone.

There was also a Hu girl, with a delicate figure, blonde hair, green clothes, her face covered with veil, leaving only a pair of green eyes exposed, her eyes were hooked, and extremely seductive.

She had colorful satin hidden in her sleeves, which could be released or retracted. When she moved, the colorful satin fluttered and wrapped around the iron chain, and when it was pulled, she would fly out. With her sleeves folded in this way, her whole body was not touched by the iron chain and was flying in the air. Moreover, her body was light and graceful, just like a flying goddess, attracting everyone's attention.

Once these people got on the iron chain, the originally dull atmosphere became lively again, and the heroes became brave and climbed onto the iron chain one after another.

"Master, how do we get through?" Huang Jingxuan was fascinated by what he saw, but he was worried that he couldn't get through. Even if he could crawl over using his inner strength, the posture would be so ugly, so he didn't want to do that.

"I'll take you there later, don't be scared and struggle!" Qiao Rui said with a smile.

"I'm not afraid!" Huang Jingxuan muttered softly.

The reason why Qiao Rui stayed on the iron chain until now was not because he was afraid, but because he wanted to observe whether there were any outstanding figures among the wandering cultivators. Now, most of them had passed the iron chain, and the rest were just cowering, so there was nothing worth paying attention to.

"Ready!"

Qiao Rui reminded Huang Jingxuan, and suddenly lifted his belt and grabbed Huang Jingxuan. He lightly kicked his feet, and the energy flowed through his feet. He used the top-level light skill Xiaoyao Lingxu Jue to the extreme, and then flew out of Tongtiantai.

The distance of this leap was actually two meters farther than that of the white-clothed barbarian. When his body was about to fall, Qiao Rui held his true energy and took a deep breath. He flew a few more meters, just like flying in the air. The rest of the people on Tongtiantai were so stunned that they forgot to cheer.

Qiao Rui reached the center of the cliff in one leap. He then exhaled, tapped the iron cable with his toes, used the force to take a breath, and then soared into the air again and flew away with the wind.