Yanqian Mountain is actually the mountain that is said to be under the meteorite. At this time, Yan Shouyi was in Yanqian Mountain.

It was still early, and the sunlight passed through the layers of leaves, leaving only beams of light dotting the mountain forest.

After about half an hour of climbing the mountain, a rock wall stood in front of Yan Shouyi.

To be precise, this is not a rock wall, but a small corner of Stone Mountain. Because it is so big, you can’t see the curvature when standing in front of it, so it feels like a side. rock wall.

Yan Qiu and others stopped here.

"Son, it's your business to take the Zanpakutō, so you have to walk the rest of the way by yourself." Yan Chou said.

Yan Shou glanced up and could not see the top of the stone mountain. He asked: "Is there no way up the mountain?"

Yan Chou shook his head: " The villagers in Chenjia Village believe that Stone Mountain is a sacred mountain and no one dares to climb up it."

"Didn't Grandpa and Grandpa Zhang Shantong both climb up?" Yan Shouyi said with a bitter smile.

Yan Chou smiled: "The road to get the Zanpakutō is the same as the road you will take in the future. It is a road rarely traveled and full of thorns. Look up. The blue sky and white clouds look down into the abyss."

Listening to his father's words that seemed like a "joke" but were full of implications, Yan Shouyi felt that his legs felt heavy.

The dog Taoist patted Yan Shouyi on the shoulder, pointed at the stone mountain and said, "Your dad just likes to say some nonsense. I look at this stone mountain and it's nothing special. You If you don't want to climb, I'll find a way out for you! It's troublesome enough to get the Zanpakutō, there's no need to waste time and energy on climbing the mountain!"

Yan Shouyi said speechlessly: " Uncle Dog, how can you just do that road?"

"You don't believe in Uncle Dog's strength?" The Dog Taoist smiled evilly.

Yan Shou was stunned.

Do dog Taoist priests really have that kind of ability?

Yan Chou urged: "Time is running out, you should set off quickly."

Yan Shou came to his senses and nodded.

If he got his Zanpakutō earlier, he would feel more at ease.

So he said goodbye to everyone, spit into the palm of his hand, rubbed it away, and started climbing the mountain.

The rock walls of Shitou Mountain were covered with moss and there were no focus points. Even Yan Shouyi had to climb very hard.

What's more, he didn't bring any climbing equipment, or even tied a safety rope, so he climbed up with his bare hands.

But Yan Shouyi was not afraid. He neither thought about where the end point was nor looked down to see how high he had climbed. He just focused on climbing up.

Looking at Yan Shouyi’s gradually smaller figure, Yan Qiu said to himself: “That’s right, crawl, crawl hard...”

The dog Taoist priest wanted to They even climbed into the tree to watch the excitement.

"Nephew Shouyi, try harder, you've climbed a third of the way!" The dog Taoist shouted as if he was watching a good show.

Yan Shouyi clung to the rock wall like a gecko. It happened to be a good location, allowing him to stand on his feet and give his arms a moment of rest.

He shouted without looking back: "Uncle Dog, please stop shouting, I don't want to know where I am!"

"Why?"

"That way I will misjudge my own strength! What if I run out of strength and I haven't climbed to the top of the mountain yet?!"

"That makes sense, I don't Shout!"

A trace of appreciation, a trace of envy, and a trace of pride appeared on the Dog Taoist's face.

He has no wife and no descendants. Seeing Yan Shouyi be so outstanding and savvy, he is as proud as if he is his own son.

Yan Shouyi just kept climbing like this. I don’t know how long it took. He accidentally caught a glimpse of the scenery outside from the corner of his eye. He couldn’t help but stop climbing and looked sideways.

He had climbed very high, higher than the tallest trees below, so he saw a view he had never seen before.

The Wuyi Mountains in the distance are like a crouching dragon entrenched under the white clouds. The stream flows out of the mountains like two white silk ribbons, winding and beautiful.

At the foot is the small Chenjia Village, with smoke rising from the village.

Yan Shouyi noticed that many people in the village had discovered that he was climbing Stone Mountain. They all walked out of their homes and gathered in twos and threes, pointing at him.

In Chenjia Village, Jiang Ting ran quickly into the Yan family’s courtyard.

"Sister Zitong! Brother Long! Are you there?!"

Lin Zitong was woken up and quickly put on her coat and walked out of the room. When she saw it was Jiang Ting, she asked: "What's wrong?"

Jiang Ting pointed to the Stone Mountain behind and said: "Brother Yan... Is Brother Yan climbing the Stone Mountain?"

Of course Lin Zitong's eyesight is Better than ordinary people, she saw Yan Shouyi climbing the mountain at a glance.

In front of the stone mountain, Yan Shouyi was like a little ant, slowlyClimbing up slowly and hard.

Lin Zitong was stunned: "It's him."

"Why is Brother Yan going to climb Stone Mountain?" Jiang Ting was puzzled.

"To...protect everyone, protect me." Lin Zitong murmured.

At this time, a voice also came from Long Feicheng's room: "Ouch! Is there anyone there? Come and help me see if my butt is broken into four pieces!"

Lin Zitong was helpless for a while, and stepped forward to help Long Feicheng open the window, reminding:

"You were injured, but not fatal. We have stopped building the tomb of the king. I escaped from there and fed you Ganoderma lucidum, you will recover soon."

"Huh?" Long Feicheng didn't recover for a moment.

Lin Zitong pointed to Yan Shouyi on Stone Mountain and said, "The big fool is climbing Stone Mountain. Do you want to cheer for him?"

Long Feicheng For a moment, after seeing Yan Shouyi clearly, he immediately forgot about his injury and shouted loudly to Stone Mountain: "I don't know why, but come on, Brother Yan!! Brother, my butt is broken, otherwise it will be a mountain of swords and a sea of ​​fire." I'll accompany you!!!"

Long Feicheng's voice resounded through the mountains and faintly reached Yan Shouyi's ears, which made Yan Shouyi couldn't help but laugh.

This sound seemed to give Yan Shou strength, and his climbing speed became faster.

　"Shouyi! Come on!!"

　"When you come back, Aunt Wang will stew local chicken for you!!"

　"We I’ve just killed a big goose, it’s waiting for you!”

“Be careful not to fall!”

In Chenjia Village, everyone started to give Yan Cheer up Shouichi.

Somewhere in the mountain, the Ma brothers and sisters also climbed to the top of the tree, silently watching Yan Shouyi who was climbing.

Suddenly.

A strong wind blew by, and the bamboo sea in the mountains rustled.

Yan Shouyi accidentally fell down due to the strong wind, and everyone's hearts were in their throats.

But fortunately, he caught the rock protrusion in time and only fell down a meter or two.

He calmed down, gritted his teeth, and continued climbing crazily! !

　……

　At sunset.

In front of the setting sun, the sunset is as red as fire.

On the top of the stone mountain, a hand full of scars poked out, steadilyGrab the raised spot.

Then, Yan Shouyi's whole body pressed up, and he lay on the top of the mountain, breathing heavily.

Everyone cheered in the mountains.

Yan Shouyi also smiled. He wiped his face covered with sweat and dust, struggled to stand up, and waved to everyone.

"I finally climbed up."

Yan Shouyi looked into the distance, seeing the indescribable beauty of the sunset and the indescribable kindness of his hometown.

It’s time to pick up the mood and get the Zanpakutō.

After admiring the beautiful scenery for a while, he set off again and looked for the cave that Yan Qiu had mentioned on the top of the mountain.

In fact, you can see the end of the mountain at a glance, and there is only one place where vines are densely covered. When he got there, he pushed aside the vines and saw a small cave.

It’s better to say it’s a cave than a small temple.

There are two statues enshrined in the temple, one dragon and one tiger.

The dragon is wrapped around the tiger, and the tiger is stepping on an ugly knife.

Decades of wind and rain have made this knife look dirty and covered with thick dust. It is the kind of knife that is left on the roadside and even the scrap metal seller doesn’t bother to take a look at it. .

But Yan Shou recognized it, this was the Zanpakutō.

I didn’t expect that the weapon I had used to fight through obstacles all the way would turn out to be so virtuous, and would even be stepped on by a tiger statue.

What kind of dragon-tiger test?

Where is the test?

Yan Shouyi observed for a while and found no clues, so he decided to try something hard first and just pulled out the Zanpakutō and gave it a try.

However, the moment he held the Zanpakutō in his hand——

The sound of tigers roaring and dragons roaring suddenly came to his ears!

The sound was so close that it made his head feel dizzy and his ears almost went deaf.

Looking up, the dragon and tiger stone statues were both resurrected. The dragon was floating in the air, baring its teeth and claws, and the tiger was grinning and roaring at Yan Shouyi!

Encountering these two terrifying guys at such a close distance, even Yan Shouyi couldn't help but let go of his hands and squatted on the ground.

But when he sat on the ground and came to his senses, the dragon was still a stone dragon, the tiger was still a stone tiger, and the Zanpakutō was also stepped on by the stone tiger.

As if everything was his imagination.

But he knew very well that what he saw just now was definitely notHallucination!

"Is this... the meaning of dragon and tiger?"

Yan Shouyi swallowed, mustered up his courage, and grasped the hilt of his Zanpakutō again.

Roar! ! !

The colors of the world in front of me seemed to become brighter. The flying dragons and the mighty tigers were resurrected in front of Yan Shouyi again!

This time Yan Shouyi did not retreat, but gritted his teeth and held the Zanpakutō tightly.

"Two seniors, the junior is Yan Baixiang's grandson, Yan Shouyi."

"This Zanpakutō was originally the magic weapon of Grandpa Zhang Shantong, but the old man has already It was passed to my Yan family. Today, this junior is here to get the sword and kill the demons!"

"Please ask the two seniors to show your noble hands!"

Longhu After listening to Yan Shouyi's words, he stopped threatening.

The dragon left the tiger and flew around Yan Shouyi several times, seeming to be examining whether the young man was qualified to pick up the Zanpakutō.

There was a hint of anthropomorphic ridicule on Hu's face, as if he looked down on Yan Shouyi.

Yan Shouyi also learned a lot from these two very characterful guys.

To be honest, he had seen tigers before, but he had never seen one that looked so fierce.

As for the dragon...he has never seen it before.

So while Long was sizing up Yan Shouyi, Yan Shouyi was also staring at Long.

At this time, the tiger made a heavy blowing noise, and then said: "You can't take this knife away!"