On the other side, Zhang Yong and Su Ming walked out through the forest shortly after and saw a mountain surrounded by people not too far away. Su Ming pointed at the mountain, "This is Gravity Mountain."
Zhang Yong put his hands behind his head and started walking, "What are we waiting for then, let's seize the opportunity."
The two approached the mountain and noticed the people who came forward
There was a stairway leading to the top of the mountain
Zhang Yong analyzed in his mind, 'If it were easy to climb to the top, the place would have turned into a field of blood and ruin, but they are just waiting here.'
Suddenly someone from those standing came forward and announced, "What is the gravity mountain? I will challenge it and win."
That person came forward and started climbing the stairs. When he reached the twentieth step, he stopped for a moment. "I will not agree to stop here," the man shouted.
But when he set foot on the twenty-first step
Boom!
The man's body exploded into pieces and blood spread until the bones were destroyed and turned into powder that scattered in the wind
Upon seeing this, the hearts of the viewers were filled with fear and terror, to the point that some who were not confident in their abilities left the place
However, there were still some people around Gravity Mountain who continued to try, but most of them gave up and retreated, unwilling to waste their lives.
Su Ming turned towards Zhang Yong, "Then, we advance as well?"
Zhang Yong pointed to a tree behind him, "No, we will rest. Restore spiritual energy at this time."
The two of them sat under the tree and watched those coming and going, but the furthest people reached was the fiftieth step, and whoever tried to force himself and advance further, his body exploded.
This was because each staircase contained some kind of strong pressure, and the pressure increased with each step, and when the body was unable to contain the pressure, it exploded, so if someone reached his limit but did not finish, he could return alive.
Maybe Zhang Yong was sure of climbing the mountain but on the other hand, Su Ming might not be able to keep up with him
After time had passed, the sun was about to set and no one was there at Gravity Mountain anymore to watch, because monsters spread more widely at night and there might be a number of fourth and fifth level monsters roaming around at that time.
The two of them quietly got up from under the tree, then asked Zhang Yong, "Are you ready?"
Su Ming shook his head, "Of course, this mountain shouldn't be a problem for us."
Zhang Yong laughed softly, "Listen, you may not be able to handle the pressure, so it's better for you to wait downstairs."
Su Ming walked forward sarcastically, "What, are you afraid that I will steal what is on the mountain, let's move, you slow one."
The two walked towards the stairs and placed their step on the first step together
The pressure wasn't much, rather it was weak because it was the first flight of a large flight of stairs and no one knew how big it was
Su Ming thought and analyzed, "The pressure is low here, but perhaps it is twice normal at thirty degrees."
The two advanced together, step by step, the second, the fifth, the tenth, the twentieth, and the two stopped there. The pressure was one and a half times stronger.
Zhang Yong turned to check on Su Ming, but he was fine
Then the two of them completed, the thirty degree gravity doubled just as Su Ming expected
But the situation is still good
At the fiftieth level, the gravity had been increased threefold and with that the two completed
At the sixty-fifth level, Su Ming began to sweat heavily and his stamina began to decrease little by little
"Come back, you're starting to reach your limits," Zhang Yong immediately advised.
Su Ming immediately shook his head, "No....I will continue with you."
Zhang Yong smiled and leaned on his shoulder
This made Su Ming wonder, "What are you doing? This is how you will bear your pressure and mine."
Zhang Yong snorted, "I don't mind it, man, let's get to the top together."
Su Ming laughed bitterly and continued climbing, "Then let's go up together...brother."
Zhang Yong laughed with him and they continued to climb, the seventieth step, Zhang Yong finally started to feel the pressure on his body but it was not something difficult to bear.
Eighty degree, Su Ming began to support himself and Zhang Yong with his remaining spiritual energy which eased the pressure on Zhang Yong.
At the ninetieth degree, Zhang Yong's back began to bend, it was difficult for a person to imagine how much gravity had reached now, six times? sevenfold?
No and a thousand no
Upon reaching the hundredth step, the pressure reached tenfold, which was stronger than could be expected, and Zhang Yong himself began to sweat profusely and pant, "This…..is difficult…..but I can see the top."
Sweat poured down Zhang Yong's face, making it difficult to see in front of him
Su Ming raised his head and said, "Just let go, I will burden you with pressure."
Zhang Yong added another step forward, "Didn't we say that we would reach the top together, why would we stop now?"
Zhang Yong clenched his teeth and continued, crossing ten steps in a single moment
Zhang Yong squeezed his body more and increased his walking speed. Suddenly, he quickly ran up the stairs
Clack!
A nerve in Zhang Yong's foot exploded and blood flowed from his injured foot, but he did not make any sound or scream, but rather suppressed everything he felt.
"Just an injury like this... won't stop me, if I can't even bear this much, how can I rebel against the heavens?"
Immediately, a golden green light rushed towards his foot and it began to heal itself
Zhang Yong was astonished for a moment, "Millennium Life Tree? I thought I couldn't use it because I didn't have spiritual energy."
(The tree itself depends on the host's life energy and not the spiritual energy entirely, so its use is possible, but the life energy will decrease)
"It doesn't matter, I can at least keep going."
Zhang Yong continued to run and at every step an organ or limb that was being treated by the tree exploded, as long as no vital part exploded he could treat it immediately.
One hundred and thirty degrees, the pressure had already reached fifteen times, Zhang Yong raised his head, and there were only twenty degrees left at the maximum.
"Su Ming do you see this, we are getting close."
With a faint voice, Su Ming raised his head, "Let's go."
Time passed quickly, to climb this distance of stairs, it took about an hour, and now, finally, he was almost there.
The one hundred and fifty step. As soon as the two of them put their feet on that step, the pressure disappeared. It was not a step, but more like a rocky platform, my little one.
Without realizing what was around them, the two fell to the ground, panting
"It deserves to be called a Gravity Mountain," Su Ming admitted, "I guess I owe it to you, Zhang Yong. If it weren't for you, I wouldn't have arrived here."
Zhang Yong laughed tiredly, "No need, the important thing is that we have arrived."
After a period of rest, the two of them got up from the ground. The top of the mountain was flat land, and in that flat land there was one tree, but it was really large, perhaps exceeding ten meters in length.
The two approached the tree and looked at the fruits there, crystal red fruits the size of an orange in the hand
In this area where no one had reached, there was no witness other than them and the bright moon in the night sky
Su Ming was astonished, "This is an enlightenment fruit, Zhang Yong, we have found a real treasure."
Zhang Yong's face was puzzled, "Enlightenment Fruit? I've never heard of it before."
Su Ming was shocked when he heard that, "How you have survived until now, it doesn't matter, but this fruit is rare, you know if two people of Venerable rank were in front of this fruit, they would fight over it."
"Oh." Zhang Yong's heart jumped for a moment, "So she's that rare, but if that's the case then even those at Emperor rank will dispute for it."
Su Ming shook his head, "That is not possible. This fruit is beneficial to those who are at the Venerable Stage or lower and therefore beneficial to us. It can be used to increase the ability to comprehend laws and understand paths more deeply. However, for one fruit to appear, it takes at least ten." Years to appear, twenty years to mature and from here we can see that there are five fruits."
Zhang Yong shook his head in understanding, but deep down he sneered, 'Even if I got it, it wouldn't help me. Since I don't have spiritual energy, it would be a waste of the fruit. I can't use the laws without spiritual energy.' Zhang Yong couldn't help but lament the matter.
Su Ming climbed onto the tree and directly picked the five fruits, "Let's share them, I'll take two and you can take three."
Zhang Yong's attention returned to Su Ming, "Wait, why did you give me the last fruit?"
Su Ming scratched the back of his head, "We got here thanks to you, it wouldn't be fair to take advantage of this, originally we can refine these fruits into Enlightenment Pills but it's a fifth-grade recipe, this is a higher level than what anyone can made, we can't ask for this from someone else He will covet the fruit."
Zhang Yong smiled pleasantly and took the fruits, then remembered something. "That's right, I still have this. Take it as payment for the fruit." Zhang Yong took out the technique scroll he found earlier and showed it to Su Ming. "You can have it."
Su Ming looked at the scroll and his eyes widened, "This… is a low Earth rank skill, you know how rare this technique is, I can't accept it."
Zhang Yong smiled gently, "You can take it, I can't use spiritual energy anyway."
Upon hearing that, Su Ming shivered, "Just a minute, what do you mean you can't?"
Zhang Yong shrugged helplessly, "My energy center was damaged in a battle and now I have a broken dantian."
Su Ming hit his forehead sadly, "No wonder I didn't sense any spiritual energy from you, rather I couldn't tell your cultivation level." Su Ming sighed deeply, "Sorry to hear that, Zhang."
Zhang Yong smiled softly and shrugged indifferently, "What's done is done, then tell me about this technique, you said it's rare."
Su Ming woke up from the previous conversation, "Ah, right, actually this technique is suitable for me, as I reach the Sword and Soul Stage, by using this technique and the Enlightenment Fruit, I will be able to gain my own Sword Intent."
Zhang Yong's eyebrows rose at what he heard, "Sword intent? Sword and soul?"
Su Ming whispered a little, "In the sword path, cultivation is divided into stages, sword and body, sword and heart, sword and spirit, sword intent, sword will, sword spirit. Currently, when I condense sword intent, I will reach a higher stage. The main point is that you need as much." Of the talent and resources for each stage, the more precise the techniques you need, the stronger the skill you develop, the greater the difference in strength between trainees from the same world."
Zhang Yong's mind stopped working for a moment as he listened before Su Ming let out a sigh as he looked at Zhang Yong's idiotic expression, "In short, I will become stronger."
"Oh!" Zhang Yong slapped his hand, "Now I understand."
Su Ming turned towards the tree, "Then what do we do now, there are no other treasures in this place."
Zhang Yong moved and sat down under the tree, in a direction that overlooked everything in the distance. "We are resting. We moved at night so that no one would notice us. Also, this place is the most comfortable area. No one will be able to climb up or interfere."
Su Ming walked over and sat next to Zhang Yong, and the two of them stared at the place from afar while the night breeze rose and their hair shook and moved with the wind.
Su Ming turned to Zhang Yong for a moment and noticed something, "By the way, Zhang Yong, whose necklace is that around your neck?"
Zhang Yong lowered his head towards the necklace and held it tenderly, "It was given by someone special to me."
Su Ming showed a sly smile, "Oh, is it a girl? Where is she now?"
Zhang Yong shook his head sadly, "she lefted this world."
"Oh." Su Ming swallowed his tongue and felt guilty, "Sorry, maybe you didn't want to remember that."
Zhang Yong smiled softly, "Never mind, it happened in a fight, and I was to blame for my weakness."
Trying to change the subject, Su Ming asked, "Ahm , So, Zhang Yong, what is your dream?"
Zhang Yong looked at Su Ming for a moment and did not know what to say, a dream? He had never thought about this kind of thing. Rebelling against the heavens was not a dream but a desire. Until now, he had no goal, but this sudden question made him realize something.
His life now is a boat without a compass, knowing no direction, just a wandering existence at sea
All he did was smile, "I don't have a dream, what about you?"
Su Ming looked up at the sky and laughed, "I want power, I want to become strong even if it means my death."
Zhang Yong looked at Su Ming, but didn't say much, just said, "This is not a dream."
With these words, Su Ming's eyes lit up, "What do you mean?"
Zhang Yong leaned against the tree and watched the sky from afar. Specifically, he was watching the stars in the sky. "A dream is not something that you will die to achieve. What is the value of something if you die before enjoying it? Dreams and goals differ, but some cannot be achieved. Each person has his own life, but what you told me just now, power is not a dream but a way to achieve the dream
To achieve strength you learned martial arts, so let me ask you, what was your dream before you even learned martial arts? Before you learned about something called martial arts
This is the difference between humans, for farmers, to have food for their families is enough
For the homeless, having a roof to protect them from the rain is enough
For orphans, having a family and parents is enough
There are many cases, but the dream remains a dream. What has changed are the events that the person experienced that made him adopt this type of dream, but most of them may be impossible. It is impossible for crops to always be abundant, and drought will inevitably come and people will die of hunger. It is impossible for a homeless person to find a roof. He shelters him from the rain, because people will expel him from everywhere because of his appearance, until one day he finds himself sheltering from the rain next to street dogs. For orphans, it is impossible for their parents to return to life again. This was the cruelty of life. Life will not give you anything you desire, but rather it will shower you with a torrent of what you hate.
Zhang Yong smiled softly, as if he had found his own calling, "Even for someone like me, I had the goal of being like someone, my role model. I will continue, perhaps I might, but as I said, life is cruel, so I will follow suit again. What is your dream?"
Su Ming stared blankly as he listened, and Naoto's words slowly entered his heart
He exhaled quietly, "I...I want to gain my father's recognition."
Zhang Yong was surprised for a moment as he listened to these words, "Your father?"
Su Ming smiled and turned to Zhang Yong, "Do you want to hear my story?"
Zhang Yong nodded without thinking too much and Su Ming began to narrate