Chapter 1166: More than 9,000 Feet
However, no matter how difficult it is, we must continue. We have come this far, so we can't give up halfway, right? The middle-aged cultivator might still be waiting below to laugh at us. Qingyang can't afford to lose face with him.
Qingyang had no choice but to rest in the cave for a while. When his true essence and physical strength were almost restored, he left the cave again and flew upwards.
The higher he went, the harder it was to fly. Even if he was driving the Yufeng Gourd and Qingyang's cultivation was already in the middle stage of the Golden Core, he still couldn't resist the huge suction from the depths of the Fallen Ghost Abyss. His speed was getting slower and slower. Later, it even took half an hour to rise a hundred feet.
In the blink of an eye, more than a day had passed, and Qingyang had only risen more than two thousand feet. In the middle, he stopped five or six times in a cave every hundred feet. Especially the last time, he was a little overwhelmed after only a hundred feet, so he quickly found a cave to stop.
It's not that Qingyang couldn't hold on any longer. If he tried hard, he could still fly up a few dozen feet. But there was only a cave every hundred feet on the stone wall. Qingyang was not sure he could reach the next cave. If he fell down due to lack of strength, all his efforts would be wasted. In desperation, Qingyang could only be as conservative as possible, rest in this cave first, and try to fly up in one breath next time.
Since he climbed the ladder, Qingyang has been counting the caves he passed. From the bottom to the top, he has experienced eighty-nine caves, which is equivalent to walking up eight thousand nine hundred feet. The ghost abyss is ten thousand feet deep, which means that he still needs to go through one thousand one hundred feet to reach the top of the ghost abyss. But the last one thousand one hundred feet is the most difficult stage of the entire ascent process. Qingyang judged that the middle-aged monk who fell down before should have made a mistake at this stage, so he must be careful.
After resting for two hours, when his physical strength was almost restored, Qingyang came to the edge of the cave and sacrificed his wind-controlling gourd. Then he jumped and stood on the wind-controlling gourd. Although he had expected the suction force below, when he really appeared outside the cave, his body sank suddenly and he almost fell off the wind-controlling gourd. Fortunately, he could still barely cope with the suction force outside. He quickly increased the output of his mind and true energy to control the wind-controlling gourd.
After that, he urged the wind-controlling gourd to rise slowly. The speed was extremely slow. It only flew up ten feet in half a quarter of an hour. It would probably take more than half an hour to reach a distance of 100 feet. Qingyang only dared to fly up along the stone wall of the Fallen Ghost Abyss, because only in this way could he feel safe.
Qingyang struggled to control the wind-controlling gourd to fly up. More than half an hour passed. Seeing that his physical strength and true energy were almost consumed, he saw a cave appeared above his head. Qingyang secretly breathed a sigh of relief and quickly drove the wind-controlling gourd into the cave.
While entering the cave, Qingyang also noticed that there seemed to be a finger-thick iron chain on the upper part of the cave, tightly embedded in the stone wall of the Fallen Ghost Abyss, which could be used to gain leverage in the last section of the distance. Seeing this iron chain also proved that the ladder had reached the last critical section.
Qingyang had spent two hours to recover his strength before, and he only flew up a hundred feet outside the cave. He entered the next cave to rest because of exhaustion. The future would only be more difficult than this, and the time Qingyang could hold on would only get shorter and shorter. If he hadn't known that there was an iron chain to gain leverage in the last section of the ladder, Qingyang would never have come up to take risks.
After resting for a while, Qingyang stood up again, carefully came to the edge of the cave, avoided the ubiquitous suction below, grabbed the iron chain and slowly walked up. This time he didn't use the wind-controlling gourd. At this stage, using the wind-controlling gourd was no longer effective. If he was not careful, he might fall into the abyss with the wind-controlling gourd, and it would be safer to rely on the iron chain outside.
Qingyang pulled the iron chain and climbed up with both hands alternately. He didn't need to use his mind and the consumption of his true energy was also very small. However, the huge suction force below was completely resisted by his arms, which was also a great test of the cultivator's physical strength. Every time he climbed up a few dozen feet, Qingyang had to use his hands and feet to wrap around the iron chain to slow down and let his numb arms rest for a while before continuing to climb up.
In this case, Qingyang's upward speed increased a bit. It took him three quarters of an hour to reach the iron chain of a hundred feet. However, at this time, Qingyang's arms were numb and his feet were weak. He couldn't hold on any longer, so he quickly climbed into the cave above with his hands and feet.
The situation after that was similar to this time. He first rested in the cave for a while to recover his physical strength. After making all preparations, he climbed up along the iron chain bit by bit. The higher he went, the more difficult it was, but in general, Qingyang could still barely hold on.
However, his ascent speed was getting slower and slower. Every time he ascended a hundred feet, he needed more and more time and energy. Qingyang almost fell off the iron chain several times. Fortunately, he was quick-witted and tightened the iron chain in time, so he did not fall off the ladder.
Although Qingyang's cultivation was only at the fourth level of the Golden Core, his abilities in all aspects far exceeded his current realm. In terms of mind, Qingyang had been practicing the Concentration Technique taught by the One-horned Ghost King. After decades, his mind was much stronger than that of the cultivators of the same level. In terms of true essence, Qingyang practiced the Five Elements Immortal Forging Technique with all attributes. This was the most stable foundation among all the immortal cultivation techniques. The five elements were mutually reinforcing and mutually restraining, and the true essence was endless. The reason why Qingyang could kill people across levels was that in addition to his more powerful magic weapon and the Five Elements Sword Formation, the foundation of the Five Elements Immortal Forging Technique was also indispensable.
As for physical strength, it depends on the potential of the body and the perseverance of the cultivator. Qingyang has such a cultivation at such a young age, so physical strength is definitely not a problem. He can reach this point today with the five elements of spiritual roots, and he is not lacking in perseverance. So before, under the ladder, the fifth-level Jindan cultivator advised Qingyang to retreat, but Qingyang did not listen. It was because he was confident in his heart. His overall strength was much higher than that of the middle-aged cultivator, so he could still come up and try.
In a blink of an eye, more than a day passed, and Qingyang only climbed up 700 feet. The efficiency was not just a little bit lower than before. During this period of time, Qingyang basically had to rest in the cave next to him every time he climbed 100 feet. He never dared to climb too much at one time. Sometimes he even had to hold the iron chain to recover for a while, otherwise he would definitely not be able to hold on.
At this time Qingyang's body was extremely tired. Two short hours were not enough to recover all his strength. He could only extend the rest time, so that more and more time was spent. However, there was good news. At this time, he was only two hundred feet away from the top of the Fallen Ghost Abyss. As long as he worked harder, victory seemed to be just around the corner.