Rebirth of the Peak Young Master-Chapter 1142: Waiting
Climbing mountains is a tradition of the Double Ninth Festival. Nine is an extreme number; the sun is nine. The sun and moon meet nine times. Therefore, every year on September 9th is the Double Ninth Festival. Climbing to high places, praying for blessings, enjoying chrysanthemums, wearing dogwood, worshipping gods, ancestor worship, and feasting are all customs of the Double Ninth Festival.
In ancient times, people also lived with the Double Ninth Festival, and naturally, they would climb and pray for protection. However, the climbing associated with the Double Ninth Festival has nothing to do with today's climbing competition.
In fact, the purpose of mountain climbing is to test the strength of the younger generation of the family, but also to prevent underreporting of some talented young people for certain reasons, leading to mediocrity and regression, causing the family to lack its own strength. Therefore, every year in a specific month, the Ye Family holds a climbing activity.
In actuality, climbing means ascending a ladder once. The leadership invited the Heavenly Ladder. From the sky, there is a ladder with ninety-nine steps. Anyone who can climb up to the seventh step is capable of communicating with the Divine Spirit. The ninth step is the refining of "Qi". The eighteenth step is basic construction. If the stopping point is at the 26th step, it is the highest point of the basic building.
However, due to the long existence of the ladder and the fact that the rules have been discovered, entering the 27th level is considered lucky, but it does not necessarily mean forming Dan, or a Half-step Dan. Only those who truly reach the 28th level are the true Dan!
No one in the world can climb to the 49th level, which is the position where the three clan leaders overlook the world, but also stop at the 49th level. A previous Pei clan leader suffered a spiritual backlash because he was forced to climb to the 50th level and died on the spot. Since then, no one in the three clans has climbed to the fiftieth level, forty-nine levels is the peak of the world!
When climbing, there is no distinction between internal and external family members. Ordinary people in the family may conflict without consequence, even attempting to climb the ladder. Therefore, this period can accommodate 5,000 people in this huge square. The leaders of the three tribes and their retinues sit on the platform waiting.
No one took the lead in speaking, even a child from the Ye Family in the audience was sensible enough to close their mouth. Even those who usually talked the most were silent today.
They were well aware that today's ascent was different from the past. In the past, people could speak freely, comment on the characters under the spotlight. Now there are two other families present. If they speak up, they will inevitably damage their family's reputation and leave a bad impression.
Unlike those who claim to be righteous in the secular world, they all understood a truth. As people of your people, you are their pride, their flesh and blood, sacred and inviolable. Where can they afford to break their pride and backbone?
On the stage on the side of the house, the atmosphere seemed more stringent, or rather it should not be described as stringent, but oppressive.
Sitting beside the tea table, Ye Banqing furrowed his brows, tapping the teacup with his fingertips; Ye Haoxuan paced back and forth in the room for dozens of rounds and still did not stop; Ye Rong fiddled with the hem of his clothing; Ye Rui held a cup, looking at the reflection in the cup, appearing very tense.
There were more than twenty people in attendance, all of whom were the younger generation of the Ye Clan. Except for Ye Rui's face full of tension, the others had grim expressions, but did not truly show it.
If anyone was the calmest person in the room, it would probably be Ye Qi, who was slowly drinking tea from his cup, moving with deliberation and order, allowing Dan to make a Half-step.
I don't care if Ye Fengsheng will come or not. Regardless of whether Ye Fengsheng comes, now is the time for him to represent the first generation of the family's youth.
To be fair, neither he nor his father and the six elders behind him believed Ye Fengsheng had the ability to make a Half-step Dan. In this scenario, if Ye Zhi lent so much Spiritual Energy to Ye Fengsheng, only to be eventually replaced by Ye Qi. That is why the Sixth Elder persuaded Yigan's good friend to agree to Ye Zhi's request to postpone the climb.
Otherwise, based solely on Ye Zhi's words, what can we do to set aside the "climb" that our people anticipate? Just because he is the head of the family?
"When can Feng Sheng leave seclusion?"
After all, he couldn't suppress his impatience. Ye Haoxuan waved his fist: "Doesn't he realize the importance of today! Today is the day of climbing. The day before yesterday, he ran to your Lingtian and shut it off!"
Ye Rui remained silent. The morning before yesterday, Ye Fengsheng was introduced. He wanted to borrow Lingtian. He was happily refused.
A deep blue halo rippled from the edge of the high platform, almost flashing. After a moment's breath, they appeared in the center of the circular platform, surrounded by people. Then the halo contracted and suddenly erupted, as if trembling. After countless visible Spiritual Energy disappeared, the leaves revealed a white robe.
In front of the public, Mei Xin naturally suppressed his worry for his grandchildren, replaced by a radiant smile.
This sudden action naturally caught everyone's attention. Even seeing Ye Zhi's way of treating the Spiritual Energy, turning himself into a Divine Spirit, other tribes' disciples couldn't help but shake their heads.
Wearing a white robe with long hair draped over his shoulders, he looked casual. His face didn't show age. At first glance, one would fear that no one could mistake him for an old man nearly 80 years old. It was full of wrinkles. One could faintly see a kind of heroism, so he must have been a handsome young man, attracting and being welcomed by countless women.
He looked seriously at Ye Zhi on the platform. Whether they were children of Pei or Wen Ren, their eyes flashed with awe.
The leader of the Ye Clan, Ye Zhi, has stood at the pinnacle of Yuan Ying for over thirty years. He is the foremost master of the Ye Family. Connected with the three races, this also ranks within the top three! As a young man, he achieved fame, crushing many young heroes of his generation, standing proudly as the Heavenly Emperor, finally achieving today's accomplishments.
It is said that he is also the most powerful among the three clan leaders. The difficult Wen Ren clan leader and Pei clan passed ten steps in his hands. Only those retired clan elders can stand in place when fighting him and will not worship him.
He is one of the strongest in the world! As high as nine floors!
What did the younger generation see, can their hearts truly remain calm?
Even the elders and deacons accompanying these family geniuses couldn't help but feel admiration in their hearts when they saw Ye Zhi's transformation!
In the moment when everyone was focused, Ye Zhi first thanked those who waved their fists and came up to the stage, then slowly looked at the audience below the stage. Suddenly, a rainstorm weather came, like a rapid stream, like a volcanic eruption, making the sky above it hazy!
"Because of Ye Zhi's selfishness, I delayed the long-anticipated climb until today. Thank you for the forgiveness of my tribe leader. I also know your expectations for this climb. It is because of this reason I hope that after I invite you down the ladder, nothing will disturb your climb."
At this point, Ye paused. The flat tone was neither rushed nor slow, yet under the force that even the heavens feared, it added innumerable pressure, making some ordinary people who were not monks unable to help trembling, suffocated, with red faces.
This time, I invited Wen Renshi and Pei to watch the ceremony together. Meanwhile, the elders of the two tribes also brought a few young people from their tribes to climb with our family's children. The ladder is ruthless, and the rules of the Ye Family are even more merciless. Those who climb the ladder, do not use sneaky hands to secretly trip. Your family may be able to withstand failure, but cannot withstand disgrace!"
