C59 Climbing stair

When Qin Shaojie stepped onto the first stone step, he felt a faint oppressive power coming from his surroundings.

This strength was not great, but when Qin Shaojie raised his head and looked at the hundreds of stairs, his pupils shrank slightly. At this time, there were still people slowly climbing up the stone stairs, their speed was not fast, and even with the naked eye, he could clearly feel that every step they took was extremely strenuous.

Previously, he had already guessed that this stone staircase was not as simple as he had imagined. Now, it seemed that the true test was this Gravity Trial. It was likely that the higher one went, the stronger the pressure from the surroundings and the gravity on the rock stairs would be.

Taking in a deep breath, Qin Shaojie naturally felt countless pairs of eyes gathering towards him from behind. As the first person in the history of Holy Flame Academy who did not have a spirit soul nor a profound veins, he naturally wanted to attract many people's attention.

After all, he had cultivated in the Taihang Mountains for two months. In these two months, aside from reaching the Spirit Opening Realm, Qin Shaojie had also raised his physical body to its peak state. At this time, even without profound energy, the immense power exploding from his body was more than enough to contend against Spirit Opening Realm.

His pace was not fast, but every step he took was steady.

After climbing several tens of stairs, Qin Shaojie finally understood the pattern of how the pressure on the stone stairs increased.

According to this rule, the pressure in the surroundings would reach the strength of nine Qilins if he were to reach the top. And to completely reach the top, just the strength of nine Qilins was obviously not enough.

Under normal circumstances, the power of nine Qilins was the peak of the Body Tempering Realm. The limit that this kind of person could climb was more than seven hundred steps, and climbing the remaining one hundred steps was obviously not an easy feat.

In other words, if one wanted to become a disciple of the Holy Flame Academy, they had to at least be at the Opening Spirit Realm.

It was no wonder that the man whose identity was verified told him that if he was unable to climb to the peak of the hill, then there would be no disciple who could climb to the top of Holy Flame Academy. From the looks of it, the Holy Flame Academy would already know of his situation, but the reason why the Holy Flame Academy did not have any movements was probably because no one believed that he would be able to reach the top of the Scholar's Incense Garden.

If that was the case, then he would have to disappoint some people.

As he muttered to himself, a strange smile surfaced on Qin Shaojie's face. The power of nine Qilins was the limit of a normal Body Tempering stage practitioner, but Qin Shaojie's current body had long ago been tempered with the medicinal liquid that he had concocted. Furthermore, Qin Shaojie, who had been cultivating in the Taihang Mountains for the past two months, was able to kill even a first rank magical beast.

A mere step supported by gravity was nothing to the current Qin Shaojie.

With every step he took, Qin Shaojie headed straight for the direction of the spice garden.

Not all the disciples who were able to enter the stone stairs were Spirit Opening Cultivators, and among them, there were a few youths who had yet to open their spirits and had already stopped at the Body Tempering stage. Sweat continued to seep out from their bodies. When that enormous pressure landed on their bodies, it caused them to feel as though it was difficult to breathe. As their heartbeats quickened, the blood within their bodies also became somewhat boiling hot.

Most importantly, under this kind of extreme condition, some people, whose physical body was slightly inferior, felt as though their bodies were about to explode at any moment. Their eyes were filled with veins of blood, and even the corner of their mouths revealed some sweet fresh blood.

In the end, all these disciples could only retreat with unwillingness on their faces. After all, they all had decent talent. It was a pity that they were too young or because they didn't have the ability to step into the Spirit Opening Realm. However, their experiences and experimentation this time were pretty good for these youngsters.

Every time a student was recruited into the Holy Flame Academy, such a situation would occur. It was just that the percentage of these people in the number of students accepted was rather small, so they were directly ignored.

When Qin Shaojie appeared on the seventh-hundredth step, his feet finally came to a slow stop. Qin Shaojie maintained an almost uniform rhythm throughout the entire process. Under this kind of rhythm, even his breathing and heartbeat were extremely well controlled by Qin Shaojie.

The reason for this was to save his strength to the maximum.

But even so, at this moment, Qin Shaojie could also feel the enormous power that came from the side, which also caused his breathing to become a little disordered.

The real test was not the first seven hundred steps, but the last hundred or so.

The stop of Qin Shaojie's feet also caused many of the people below to be stunned, but their expressions were all slightly relieved. During the previous climb, Qin Shaojie's rhythm control had surprised even some of the instructors in the Holy Flame Academy. If Qin Shaojie was only at the ninth level of Body Tempering, he would not rest for a single moment during this entire journey. The entire process seemed to have been rather relaxed, to the point where some people were even wondering if the gravity on the stone stairs was ineffective.

And seeing that Qin Shaojie had stopped, they finally felt at ease. To many people, everything that had happened before was merely an act on Qin Shaojie's part. It was already the limit for him to be able to reach this stage.

Some people did not believe it and did not want to give up this opportunity. They forcefully climbed up once again, but the final result was quite miserable. Some of the more serious ones had their bodies shattered and died on the spot.

Still not enough?

Elder Ye, who was hiding in the dark, frowned slightly, then sighed in disappointment. In his opinion, Qin Shaojie was extremely excellent, but this kind of excellent result was completely useless at this moment.

To be unable to pass this step meant that it was impossible to enter the Holy Flame Academy normally.

This made Elder Ye a bit helpless. He hadn't appeared for many years, so he naturally forgot a lot about the rules of the mortal world. Even the matter of Holy Flame Academy having to go through these stone stairs to recruit new students was forgotten.

As soon as Qin Shaojie was unable to pass the test on the stone stairs, it meant that he was about to return. If he wasn't mistaken, there must be a lot of spies secretly watching him from the shadows, and when Qin Shaojie was at his weakest, he wouldn't even have the chance to directly attack him.

Hm?

Just when Elder Ye and the rest thought that Qin Shaojie had stopped at the seven hundred stone steps, they saw Qin Shaojie suddenly raise his head, and then, his stopped footsteps actually took another step forward!

This seemingly simple step caused everyone's heart to tremble.

What was Qin Shaojie trying to do? Was he unresigned?

But no matter what, when Qin Shaojie took that step, everyone knew, he had not finished his journey.

Some of the more observant people had a premonition that the 700 steps were not Qin Shaojie's focus, since all the energy gathering in the front was probably for the back. Even Elder Ye took in a deep breath and set his gaze on Qin Shaojie once again.

He didn't even have the courage to die, so how could he reach the peak of martial arts?

As he muttered in his heart, Qin Shaojie finally started to circulate the power in his body. He had long since decided that he must use the power of the Body Tempering realm to reach the top.

Although it looked to be a crisis, and it was possible for his body to have irreparable injuries, Qin Shaojie was clear that only with such a strong tempering, would he be able to further develop the potential within his body.

No one was clearer than Qin Shaojie about what a body body meant to warriors. It was their foundation and foundation.

But unfortunately, there weren't many who were able to fully unleash the potential of their bodies.

Hu hu hu hu!

With every step he took after taking the seven hundred steps, the surrounding pressure surged like a tide, enveloping Qin Shaojie within.

The pressure had long ago not just come from the surface of his muscles, but also from Qin Shaojie's pores, causing his bones to be under true threat. Even the air that he breathed in was like lead, bringing about a huge impact that ruthlessly smashed against the internal organs of Qin Shaojie's body.

Even though Qin Shaojie had complete confidence in his own physical body, he could clearly feel his physical body being gradually destroyed under this enormous pressure.

Going up another fifty steps, Qin Shaojie only felt that all of his muscles had been completely torn apart, and his flushed cheeks became hot from being unable to breathe properly, while his pair of clear eyes were also covered with bloodshot threads, and his hair had long since been scattered around. Every time the wind blew past, it made him look even more miserable.

Another 30 steps!

The pressure that was being transmitted to him right now was something that even someone at the ninth layer of Body Tempering wouldn't be able to withstand. If it were another person else, their bones would have already shattered, their internal organs would have been damaged, and they would have fainted on the spot.

Even though Qin Shaojie had forcefully endured it, fresh blood still continued to leak out from the torn flesh. In the span of a few breaths, his entire body had turned into a bloody figure, as fresh blood flowed down from his legs and onto the stone stairs, leaving behind a series of shocking footprints!