Time was the most eternal thing, and it slipped away from your eyes before you realized it.
In the twinkling of an eye, half a month passed.
During this time, Lin Jiayi went back to school and studied as hard as usual. But her personality became more and more indifferent. Even if Lu Yao took the initiative to say hello to her many times, she didn't seem to hear it and showed no expression at all.
Although Lu Yaowas only barely able to perform Poti Fist, the second movement of Mixed Spirit King Kong Skills after a period of cultivation, his physical strength reached a terrifying weight of about 600 catties. When his strength was concentrated on his fist, the momentum of the whole person was also several times stronger than when he was practicing Tuiyun Hand before.
This made Lu Yao more confident about his plan.
As soon as he had time every day, Lu Yao ran to Latitude Book City. Although he could not fully understand the contents of the book, he still put the medical classics in his mind such as "The Inner Canon of Huangdi", "Sheng Nong's Herbal Classic", "Difficult Problems in Medicine", and "Geomancy Theory", which condensed the painstaking efforts of Shinese medical masters for thousands of years.
Lu Yiqian's work at Tianxin martial arts school was much easier than before, and his spirit was much better. Wang Ping would drive Lu Yiqian home every afternoon, and then they would make some dinner together like a family. With Lu Yao, the three people sat together while eating and chatting with each other. Lu Yiqian's appellation to Wang Ping also changed from Mr. Wang to Wang.
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Today was May 1st. The whole class decided to go to Yunwu Mountain for an outing today.
Yang Linchi informed that they would assemble at the school gate at eight o'clock in the morning, and everyone would take a bus to Yunwu Mountain together.
Lu Yao went out a little late because of his cultivation, so he was in a hurry and finally got to the school gate at one minute to eight.
"Lu Yao, come on! You are the last one!" Watching Lu Yao trot over with two bags of things in his hand, although Lu Yao's face was not red and he was not out of breath, Han Dong still reached out and took the things in his hand and said.
"Sorry, I'm late." Lu Yao said apologetically to the class teacher Yang Linchi after walking onto the bus.
"You're barely late. Just find a place to sit down." Yang Linchi smiled and said, "Sir, you can start driving."
"You are already full of conceit and let so many people wait for you when you take the third place in the exam. In the future, if you get the first place in the exam, I think God would not even know what you are gonna do!" After a period of silence, Ma Xiaolin returned to his original way of acting, watched Lu Yao, and mumbled.
Ma Xiaolin's voice was so low that his neighbor didn't even hear what he said, but Lu Yao heard it clearly. Yet he didn't pay any attention to it.
The bus started slowly. Lu Yao stood in the aisle and found that there was only a vacant seat beside Lin Jiayi on the bus, so he had to walk towards the vacant seat and said, "Good morning!"
Lin Jiayi leaned against her seat and looked out of the window without answering.
Lu Yao had been accustomed to it during this period of time, so he only sat down quietly.
They were speechless during the trip, while the others were chattering.
After Chu Minghui resigned from the position of the commissary in charge of studies, Han Dong started to organize many things in the class. At this time, he was leading everyone to sing the most popular song of the college entrance examination, "I Don't Want to Repeat to Be in School for Another Year."
"Facing the layered examination papers in front of me, I silently remember the knowledge and key points that the teacher said. I recall how many heavy burdens I carried all the way from high school, junior high school, primary school, and kindergarten. The seats were changed from back to front. The glasses were changed again and again. The scores were the only thing that matters. Year after year, once the scores were dissatisfied, the parents immediately changed their facial expressions and cut off all pocket money. On the day of the college entrance examination, parents stayed up all night. They wanted to see through the door of the examination room. They wish their children to win the top prize in order to live up to heaven and ancestors. After ten years of hard study, it is still difficult to find a job after graduation. Such a situation makes people sigh..."
The lyrics of the whole song and the classic melody of Han Lei's "Borrowing Another Five Hundred Years From Heaven" completely sang out the inner monologues of the students who were about to take part in the college entrance examination.
Although Lu Yao usually did not pay much attention to these things, he still felt that this popular song sang out the aspirations of many high school seniors.
Some students, who were not so good at study, unconsciously had tears twinkling at the corners of their eyes.
After this song was finished, the originally cheerful atmosphere suddenly became a little dull.
Lu Yao also said secretly in his heart, "Han Dong, you nasty guy! You threw a wet blanket over!"
After more than an hour, the class finally arrived at Yunwu Family Agritainment.
Although it was summer at this time, because of the high altitude of Yunwu Mountain, the breeze was still cool. Many girls put on the cold protective clothing they brought. A group of beautiful "little swans" instantly turned into "big fat penguins".
However, this did not affect everyone's mood. On the contrary, for people who were usually stuck in intense studies, everything here seemed so relaxed.
There was not as noisy as in the city, but there was only silence.
The monumental old trees connected one after another, and birds and cicadas sang in the depths of the forest.
There were colorful wildflowers everywhere on the mountain, which were full of fragrance. The mountain streams that flowed all year round were crystal clear, and the fish in the streams were swimming tirelessly and freely.
Not far from the agritainment, there was a small reservoir for fishing, and many people who came to fishing had already arranged their equipment. They enjoyed the beauty of Yunwu Mountain while fishing.
Yunwu Mountain was the most legendary mountain range in Shuangta City.
Originally, there was a disputed area between Shina and Hazan. Yunwu Mountain returned to the territory of Shina after the "Supplementary Provisions on Boundary Survey" was signed through friendly consultation between the two countries a few years ago.
Because it belonged to the military disputed area for a long time, there were few personnel activities. Thus, the natural resources here were well preserved, and it could be regarded as the pure land on earth.
Yunwu Mountain was more than five thousand meters above sea level, and the top of the mountain was covered with snow throughout the year. But at the foot of the mountain, there were always springs flowing. And springs were gurgling without freezing all year round.
This Yunwu Family Agritainment was also a recently developed tourist resort, so there were not too many people visiting here.
"Students, please gather together!" Mr. Yang, the class teacher, said, "Regarding the situation of tourist attractions in Yunwu Mountain, I would like to ask Han Dong to give you a general account!"
Han Dong was the organizer of this event, so he had collected a lot of information about Yunwu Mountain before he came, including some precautions.
"Guys, let me give you a general idea of the scenic spots of Yunwu Mountain." Han Dong took a small notebook and said loudly, "Yunwu Mountain is a legendary mountain that has just returned to the embrace of the motherland. It is located on the border, so some places of it still belong to military control zones at present. So you must not go there. At present, the scenic spots that have been developed by the government are Immortal Peak, Yunwu First Waterfall, and Black Dragon Lake. But Black Dragon Lake is not yet open to the public, so we can't visit it today. We can only go to the other two spots via sightseeing bus."
"The so-called Immortal Peak is the mountain in front of us, which is about three thousand and four hundred meters above sea level. On Immortal Peak, the government built the Tongtian Long Corridor with a total of nine hundred and ninety-nine steps. After you go all the way up the corridor, you can see many stone statues of the Turcic people carved by the ancient Turcic people. There is also some very interesting scenery. At the top of the mountain, there is a Confucian Temple, which is said to have been designed by the country's top Geomancy Masters. It is quite intelligent. If some of you have interest in it, you can form a team to visit later!" Han Dong pointed to a scenic peak not far away and said.
"Yunwu First Waterfall is a little farther away, so you can't see it from here. It takes about an hour to drive back and forth by car, and there are also sightseeing buses to get there. But what I want to tell you is that Yunwu First Waterfall is not like the well-known waterfalls such as Huangguoshu Waterfalls. I won't say more about it. Students who are interested in it can experience it yourselves later."
"I want to go to Immortal Peak!"
"I want to go to Yunwu First Waterfall!"
"I want to go to both of the places!"
"Me, too!"
After listening to Han Dong's detailed description, everyone could not restrain their inner yearning, and they talked about where they were going to go sightseeing.
"Students, be quiet. Next, I would like to emphasize a few more points. If someone wants to go to the scenic spots mentioned by Han Dong just now, please register with him later. You must not go to other places. After all, Yunwu Mountain has not been fully developed. There are often wild animals such as snow leopards, black bears, and wild wolves. The risk coefficient is extremely high. Since we are here to relax, we must not make any mistakes when we come out this time! Do you hear me clearly?" Yang Linchi held his big brown black-rimmed glasses, stood on a big stone in the doorway, looked around at each student, and shouted.
"Yes, I did!"
"Let's start registering!" Han Dong was holding a notebook prepared in advance and registering everyone carefully.
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There were probably more than half of the people in the class who wanted to go to Immortal Peak. Lu Yao thought that many of them were targeting the Confucian Temple that Han Dong mentioned at the end because the Confucian Temple usually laid offerings for Confucius, the great thinker and educator. People in this country still thought highly of this, especially the students who were about to take the college entrance examination.
Lu Yao did not want to go at first, and he just wanted to wait for Wang Ping and others here. But he could not stand the coax and pester unceasingly from Han Dong. Finally, he was dragged to Immortal Peak.
The students took the sightseeing bus and headed towards Immortal Peak via the winding mountain road.
The scenery along the way was really beautiful. Although the elevation of Immortal Peak was relatively low in the Yunwu Mountain range, the sunny side of the mountain peak was still covered with huge old trees.
Although the mountain would not talk, it was not silent.
The gurgling stream flowed continuously along the cracks in the rocks in the mountains, sending out waves of sweet sounds, coupled with the calls of birds and cicadas. It was like a beautiful song, knocking straight into the depths of people's hearts.
This was the first time that they visited Immortal Peak. The starting point of Immortal Peak's 999-step Tongtian Long Corridor mentioned in the information collected by Han Dong was on the hillside. From here, the sightseeing bus could no longer go up.
"It's so high!"
"Yes! Why is it so high? I don't think I can finish climbing it!"
"This is so high!"
The crowd came to the first step of the Tongtian Long Corridor and looked up at the end. The stairs at the top were shrouded in the fog of the mountains as if they had been straight into the sky.
After someone took the lead to complain, many girls also began to complain. And even some of the boys who screamed and insisted on coming to Tongtian Long Corridor on the Immortal Peak were already discouraged when they saw the scene in front of them!
"Students, the Confucian Temple is just up there, and this Tongtian Long Corridor is the test for us. As the saying goes, faith will move mountains! If you want to do well in the college entrance examination, you must have firm faith!" After seeing the expressions on everyone's faces, Han Dong encouraged everyone and said, "Now let's go! Let's go!"
Students were always so innocent. Maybe they wouldn't believe that there were ghosts or spirits in the world. They also wouldn't believe that they would get excellent grades in the college entrance examination if they worshipped in this temple. However, when someone encouraged them with some exciting words and took the lead, they would suddenly feel like they became stronger, and they would go ahead together.