After saying goodbye to Li Xian'er, Zhou Baopu had a quick dinner and started climbing. He regards training time as extremely precious and does not want to waste it on trivial matters. Since he didn't know how high the mountain was, Zhou Baopu made preparations in advance. That is to start climbing tonight, so as not to wake up too late tomorrow morning and miss the sunrise.
Zhou Baopu thought to himself, this way, he will definitely not miss the time.
With his heart filled with passion, Zhou Baopu began his long journey.
Xiaonan Mountain is not very high. It seems that standing at the foot of the mountain, Zhou Baopu can see the pines and cypresses on the top of the mountain. But the mountain road made Zhou Baopu very entangled. It's not straight up and down at all, but in a gentle circle. Zhou Baopu originally thought that the only way to reach his cave was from the foot of the mountain to his cave. Who knew that the mountain road would be even more rugged when climbing up from his cave.
When he first started climbing, Zhou Baopu could still find stone steps and climbed up one stone step after another.
Most of the stone steps were detoured, but because he could not skip the stone steps, Zhou Baopu could only climb one stone step at a time.
But slowly, Zhou Baopu realized something was wrong. Because when he climbed to a certain level, Zhou Baopu suddenly discovered that the distance between the stone steps was getting bigger and bigger. In other words, the stone steps became higher as they spread upward.
My steps, which were already tired and sore, faced a new round of challenges. Zhou Baopu slowly lost his patience as he stepped up and raised his legs. What made him feel most intolerable was that he didn't know when he came around to such a stone step.
Zhou Baopu looked up and could not see the top of Xiaonan Mountain, nor could he see any sunlight.
The sky gradually darkened, and Zhou Baopu knew that it was because the sun had set. It was already evening when he and Li Xian'er parted. After climbing the mountain road for so long, it was obvious that it was already night. The night gradually became clearer from the haziness, but Zhou Baopu's mood became even more anxious.
Along the way, Zhou Baopu just took the upward path, but he didn't realize that as he walked, he actually reached such a situation.
Zhou Baopu had doubts in his mind, because according to his footsteps, after walking for two hours, it shouldn't be like this.
The problem is that now Zhou Baopu has no goal at all and can only climb up the stone steps.
Night comes faster in the mountains because the sun is blocked by the hard rocks before it reaches the ground. The world in the mountains is a world where people and sight are restricted. Because everywhere you look you see mountains, rocks, flowers, grass, trees and wild animals. Without people, there is loneliness.
Zhou Baopu wondered if he had entered a forbidden place. The surroundings were very quiet, not a single human voice was heard, only the cries of apes, one high and one low, echoing in the distance. There were not many ferocious beasts, but various birds flew overhead from time to time, squawking and flying away into the distance.
With loneliness comes fear. Although he grew up in the mountains since he was a child, Xuangui Mountain is a mountain he is familiar with after all. But Xiaonan Mountain at this time was a mountain he was unfamiliar with. He knew exactly what dangers there were in the mountains he was familiar with. But now in this strange mountain, every step Zhou Baopu took, his spirit had to be sober.
Although there was fear in his heart, Zhou Baopu did not stop.
Finally Zhou Baopu couldn't walk anymore because it was already midnight. This time was also what he had guessed. There was no reference to tell him the moment. A bright moon rose above the head, and the moonlight emitted was actually a bit ferocious. For the first time, Zhou Baopu saw the ferocious colors in the beautiful moonlight.
It was already midnight, and Zhou Baopu's journey was still covered with a hazy veil and was still very unclear.
Sitting cross-legged, Zhou Baopu practiced the talisman.
He did not forget the last words of the ancestor of Tianfu, and circulated as much blood and energy in his body as possible. He found that every two hours, if he ran the talisman again, he would feel some sluggishness. He knew that this was precisely because his one hundred and eight meridians were still pseudo-connected and had not yet reached the true level.
The wind picked up and lifted his royal blue clothes. After Zhou Baopu felt the talisman in his heart start to work, a smile appeared on his face.
Even while running the talisman, Zhou Baopu's heart was still very uneasy.
He found that the running talismans seemed to have no effect at all on the pain in his legs.
And the blood energy he absorbed, although there was some, was pitiful. If this situation continues, it will be difficult to fill up his sea of blood within three to five months. Zhou Baopu learned that in order to advance, he must fill the blood sea nine times. Only then can you hit the next level.
Now after passing through the tomb star field, Zhou Baopu's body became even more peculiar. The hardness was there, but along with it, the sensitivity to blood became even weaker. Thinking of the feeling of being soaked in blood all day long after Shi Xuangui changed his bloodline, Zhou Baopu's eyes revealed yearning.
After a while, Zhou Baopu felt that the blood energy was no longer blocked in the meridians, so he climbed up again.
Every two hours, Zhou Baopu would sit down and circulate his blood energy for a while. He couldn't allow himself any more hesitation. Because he knew that if he wanted to get up the mountain, he had no other way but to climb these stairs. Now, he finally understood why Li Xianer asked him to get up early.
After such a long time of climbing, Zhou Baopu already knew that if he really slept in the cave, even getting up too early would not help. Thinking of the smile he saw on Li Xian'er's face as he walked towards his cave, Zhou Baopu suddenly realized that all this was Li Xian'er's revenge.
Sitting down cross-legged again, Zhou Baopu's eyes were full of hesitation. He thought of a way to get rid of the pain in his legs, but he was a little uneasy.
Zhou Baopu thought of the bloodthirsty* left behind by the Blood Demon Ancestor. According to the Blood Demon Ancestor, this technique can gather blood energy more quickly. And Zhou Baopu knew that the reason why his legs felt sore was because his talisman could not make the blood flow to the muscles of the legs. This resulted in the blood in the muscles of his legs being continuously consumed and becoming scarce.
"Should I use it or not?"
Zhou Baopu felt uneasy, because when he thought of the name of the Blood Demon Ancestor, he felt a slight tingling in his scalp.
At this time, the entire world was plunged into darkness. This is the darkness before dawn, the darkest hour of the day.
"Forget it, it's better not to take risks."
Zhou Baopu said to himself, then stood up and started a new round of climbing.
During the long night, Zhou Baopu climbed closer and closer to the top of Xiaonan Mountain. And his legs were extremely sore. It was as if ten thousand ants were biting into the muscles of his legs, and he felt sore, numb, and itchy.
Just when Zhou Baopu sat up from meditating and raised his head to look upward, a light flashed in his eyes because he saw a ray of translucent light. That ray of light came from the top of the mountain. At this time, the distance between the top of the mountain and him was already within his tolerance.