The book records that at the end of the Southern Song Dynasty, Wang Chongyang, a master of the whole truth, sat on the top of the South Mountain, and never wavered for seven days. In the light, comprehend the way to ascend to the void and break through the sky. During the Ming Dynasty, there was a genius who made people clearly see an unknown world, and this person was Zhang Sanfeng, the master of Wudang.

With the migration of time, gradually, on the Water Blue Star, no one has reached the achievements of the above two, so this has also become a legend, and slowly, this kind of cultivation method, cultivators have also faded out of people's field of vision.

But this kind of person still exists on the earth, in the ancient country of China. The four middle-aged men in the middle of the high platform in the open space larger than the basketball court were the heads of the four most prestigious families in the cultivation world today.

"Why didn't Nie Ying come?" asked a man in the middle in a calm voice.

"The eagle may be in the room, I'll go find him. A middle-aged woman beside her hurriedly stood up and walked towards the bottom of the high platform.

"Today is an important day for the four major families, and he won't come, what is it like?" the other woman smiled at the man, as if flattering.

The middle-aged woman walking on the stairs paused slightly, and then walked quickly down the high platform.

The rooms are decorated with modern luxury, and from the door, the huge floor-to-ceiling windows let in gentle sunlight. A large round bed that can lie down several people at the same time is placed in one of the rooms, opposite the large bed, a 56-inch flat-screen LCD TV is hung flat in the middle of the wall.

To the left of the window, a glittering round computer desk occupies a few meters of the room. There was beautiful, slightly sad music playing on the computer. A young man wears a headset, leans back in a soft chair, and his legs are crossed on the table, seemingly contentedly listening to the music playing from the computer.

The door opened softly, and a kind middle-aged woman walked in with a peaceful smile on her face. looked at the messy bed, and the beer bottles on the floor, and the expression of helplessness and helplessness on his face jumped out at the same time.

The middle-aged woman walked straight to the young man, took off the headset from the young man's ear, and said reproachfully: "Little Eagle, you drank so much wine yesterday, your own body, don't you always let your mother worry?"

The young man turned the round chair, and a calm and unremarkable face immediately appeared in front of the middle-aged woman. But in the dark eyes of the young man, there was always a look of excitement. At the corner of his mouth, the faint evil smile was enough to make those girls who were just beginning to fall in love flock to him.

Looking at the extremely concerned look on the middle-aged woman's face, she suddenly squeezed out a smile: "Mom, I'm such a big person, don't I know my body? It's okay, it's just beer." ”

The middle-aged woman shook her head helplessly, and said with gloomy eyes: "Xiaoying, are you still blaming your father?" Seeing that the young man was silent, the beautiful woman sighed: "Don't blame him, there are reasons for doing this, the Nie family seems to be beautiful now, but in fact, I don't know how many people are red-eyed secretly... ”

"Mom!" the young man abruptly cut off what his mother was about to say, "I 'can' agree with his reasoning, but it doesn't mean that I have to accept it." You go out first, I want to be alone. ”

"You kid, every time you can't say a few words, you have to kick me out? Today is a big day, as the third son of the Nie family, you must participate, quickly change your clothes and go out with me. The middle-aged woman was disgusted, and pulled the young man up.

The young man stood up and muttered, "Isn't it just a meeting of the four major families every five years, and they have to pull me along." Mom, you don't know that I hate to attend this kind of occasion the most. ”

"Then are you going or not?" said the middle-aged woman with a sudden straight face. It's a pity that on this kind face, there is no way to make the kind of majesty that an elder should have.

"Go, of course, you have to give face to your pretty mother, right?" said the young man with a faint smile, and quickly took out a set of clothes from the closet and went into the changing room.

The middle-aged woman smiled lovingly, and watched the young man enter the changing room mischievously like a child, and her expression suddenly appeared a little sad. She knew that everything that her son was presenting in front of her was deliberately pretended, and she did this in order not to worry about herself.

The scene from a few years ago reappeared in the middle-aged woman's mind, as if it was as clear as it was in her eyes, and in her beautiful eyes, tears of sadness couldn't help but flash.

"Mom, what's wrong with you?" the young man came out of the changing room at some point and stood in front of the beautiful woman, his face unchanged, but his heart twitched involuntarily.

"No, nothing. I am happy to see my son grow up!" stretched out his hand, straightened the young man's collar, looked at his son, who was already a head taller than himself, and choked a little tear, and the feeling of relief lingered in it.

"Let's go!"

Out of the room, through the incomparably luxurious hall, out of the villa door. The neighborhood is actually very quiet, and all the noise of modern times seems to be isolated here.

At the entrance of the villa, a large green meadow can be seen as far as the eye can see, and a path paved with colorful rain flowers and stones curves into the distance. Along the path, the mother and son walked briskly, and faintly, bursts of lively sounds could be heard from a distance. At the end of the winding path was the clearing. In the open space, many people had gathered, men, women, and children.

"Let's go up!"

The young man looked at the two figures who were competing in the middle of the crowd, and the corners of his mouth showed a clear evil smile: "You go up by yourself, I can stay here." ”

"No matter what, you can't disgrace your father today. The middle-aged woman said solemnly, and without saying anything, she pulled the young man out of the crowd and walked out towards the staircase of the high platform.

Helplessly, the young man had no choice but to follow the middle-aged woman to the high platform.

"Nie Ying, why are you just here now?" one of the four people in the middle looked at the young man with a slight smugness.

The young man, Nie Ying, sneered: "Master Wang, you are quite energetic today, you have never seen it before?"

The man's face was suddenly unhappy, and he cast his eyes in the direction of the clearing, and after a moment, a subtle smile appeared.

In the middle of the crowd, the two figures moved like lightning, colliding with each other from time to time, and the sparks that popped up between the collisions made everyone around them applaud in unison, but it was obvious that one of the shadows was below.

"Nie Ying, don't you want to say hello to the family masters?" said the middle-aged man in the middle majestically.

The sword eyebrows raised slightly, and a trace of unhappiness flashed in Nie Ying's eyebrows. The middle-aged woman beside her saw Nie Ying's expression and hurriedly patted him on the back.

Exhaling lightly, Nie Ying said to the three men in the middle with a little impatience: "I've seen the three family masters of Liu Wang Chen!"

In the modern city, everyone is immersed in the rhythm of money and the desire for power, and the so-called martial arts masters can only be seen on TV or movies, not to mention the more mysterious innate methods.

The four major families of Liu Wang and Chen Nie have each inherited the ancient cultivation world, and with the strength of the exercises, they have been passed down from generation to generation. Today, Liu Quan, Wang Tong, Chen Ming, and Nie Shang, the father of Nie Ying, are known as the four great masters in the modern cultivation world. And the Nie family's exercises are sword cultivation, which is extremely powerful, so it also surpasses the other three families among the four major families.

In the middle of the venue, the competition is Wang Tong's son Wang Gan and Nie Ying's eldest brother Nie Xuan. The smile on Wang Tong's face at the moment was also because his son could overpower Nie Xuan.

"Nie Ying, in recent years, why haven't you come to our house to play? Chen Xi's girl has been talking about you. Chen Ming said with a light smile, seeing that Liu Quan also had an inexplicable attitude towards Nie Ying, it seemed that the heads of the three major families were very jealous of Nie Ying.

Nie Ying was about to answer, but heard a woman beside Nie Shang speak: "Our family Nie Ying, now he is a drunkard, he is drunk and smoked every day, he refuses to sleep, you three want to see him, go to the bar in the city to take a turn, and make sure you can find him." Mingqi, your son should also be disciplined well. Her eyes glanced at the middle-aged woman beside Nie Ying, full of provocation.

As soon as these words came out, this woman and the other woman beside her both giggled, and at the same time, a cold and unhappy look suddenly appeared on Nie Shang's meticulous face.

"Yes, big sister... ”

"Mom, this kind of person will have nothing else but to be jealous, why should you be submissive to them? just take care of your own son, I don't need you to worry about my business!" The latter sentence was extremely cold.

"You?" The woman looked at her and was about to get angry, but she was forced back by Nie Ying's cold eyes, and her body sitting in the position felt very uncomfortable. The woman beside her immediately closed her smile like an eggplant.

"Nie Ying, don't you be rude?" Nie Shang shouted in a deep voice.

Nie Ying snorted coldly, his gaze swept directly over these people, and he looked at the competition in the open space with interest. Nie Shang's face suddenly became extremely gloomy, and Liu Quan and the others hurriedly sat upright, pretending to pay attention to the competition in the middle of the field, and in their hearts, everyone had different thoughts.

A figure raised the sword in his hand, his wrist trembled slightly, his strength condensed a little, and the cold light on the entire sword body suddenly pierced the sky, shooting at the figure on the opposite side like lightning, sharp and fast.

"Why did you throw away the sword, what the hell is this kid?"

Several people in the stands, along with many people around them, were curious about what this person was doing, and Wang Tong even got up from his chair, looking like he was about to rush to the middle of the field. Fang Cai's smile also disappeared without a trace in an instant.

"Wang Gan, this kid, is he handsome again?" Nie Ying showed a rare smile on his face, and met the other party's gaze undeniably.

The Nie family was originally a sword cultivator, and its attack power was already a little higher than that of people of the same level of cultivation, but now Wang Qian actually threw away the blade in his hand, wouldn't he be looking for defeat?

This sword was fierce, and Nie Xuan was also slightly puzzled, Wang Gan had already gained the upper hand, why did he abandon the sword? The long sword shot quickly in front of Nie Xuan's body, and he didn't have time to think about it, so he hurriedly flashed to the side. But in his eyes, he saw that Wang Gan's figure was almost following the long sword, such a short distance, it was no more than a blink of an eye, and Wang Qian had rushed to Nie Xuan's body.

Nie Xuan was shocked, he didn't understand how the other party's speed could be so much faster, his body retreated quickly, but the long sword in his hand was like a poisonous snake, stabbing out quickly.

"The Nie family really has a set!" Wang Gan sighed secretly, if it was normal, Nie Xuan would be able to dodge this sword when he stabilized his body. But for now. With the force under his feet, his body opened the long sword like a ghost, and at the same time, his hands were slightly bent, and his strong energy came out fiercely, breaking through the air flow around the opponent's body, and hitting Nie Xuan's chest like lightning.

"Wow" The sound of stepping on the ground sounded several times in a row, and Nie Xuan's body quickly retreated. Although this palm could not seriously injure Nie Xuan, he had already lost in the competition, and after stabilizing his body, Nie Xuan was already outside a yellow line.

"Good boy, there's a set. Wang Tong opened his mouth and smiled, his face was extremely happy, and he also looked at the other three from time to time very proudly. Of the four major families, the Nie family is the strongest, and the junior disciples are also ahead of the other three families, and today his son won Nie Xuan beautifully, and his face was naturally extremely bright. Moreover, the current strength of the four families also represents the strength of the entire cultivation world, Wang Gan defeated Nie Xuan at this time, and in fact, he is also the first junior disciple in the cultivation world, this honor, the Wang family has not obtained for many years.

"Wang Qiansheng!" said a referee-like figure in the field.

"At the age of more than 20 years old, he has already reached the cultivation of gathering qi, and there is a successor to Brother Wang. Nie Shang glanced at Wang Tong and said in a deep voice: "Today's five-year competition of the four major families is over, everyone is gone." Nie Xuan glared at Wang Qian fiercely, as the crowd was about to disperse.

Incomparably sharp eyes suddenly shot towards Nie Ying, and Wang Qianlang said: "Nie Ying, five years ago, your cultivation was to the cultivation of gathering qi, I don't know if you have made progress in the past five years?"

"Five years ago, it was the realm of gathering qi?" On the high platform, more than a dozen people were moved in unison. The many people on the stage turned their envious eyes to Nie Ying.

Dispersion, intake, gathering, condensing, and gathering qi are the acquired realm, and the innate realm is refining qi, Xuan qi, melting qi, and turning qi. There are nine realms, and after the realm of qi transformation, there is the rumored flow of scattered immortals. In today's cultivation world, because of the lack of aura on the Water Blue Star, countless people who are in a certain realm may not be able to successfully break through for years, or even decades. The four great masters on the high platform, the highest Nie Shang is just a Qi refining realm that has just entered the innate realm.

Five years, although it may not be possible for Nie Ying to break through to the realm of qi condensation, it is undoubtedly much stronger than Wang Qian, who has just reached the realm of qi gathering. The happy look disappeared on Wang Tong's face in an instant, and the eyes of the two women beside Nie Shang were suddenly full of loss.

"Nie Ying, do you dare to compete with me?" With the power of victory, Wang Qian shouted loudly.

Nie Ying smiled indifferently: "I'm not as good as you, so there's no need to compete." ”

pushed back Wang Gan's challenge, but so many people in the audience would not think that Nie Ying was cowardly. Although the two are in the same realm, there are also superior and inferior in each realm. Even in Wang Tong's heart, he thought that the realm that Wang Gan had just reached would be Nie Ying's opponent, and he had just defeated Nie Xuan, he didn't want to be defeated by Nie Ying again in the blink of an eye, and hurriedly glanced at Wang Gan.

"Alright, that's all for today. Nie Shang smiled, obviously in a much better mood than before: "Mingqi, take a few heads of the family to the living room to rest first." Eagle, follow me to the study. ”

There was no drama to watch, and everyone's regretful faces gradually dispersed. Wang Qian glared at Nie Ying fiercely, as if he hadn't seen it, and followed Nie Shang as he walked briskly down the high platform and towards another part of the villa.

The antique study room exudes a quiet fragrance. The shelves next to the study were filled with books of all colors, and near the window, there was a huge table.

"Why didn't you tell me when you reached the Qi Gathering Realm?" The door of the study opened softly, and Nie Shang and his son walked in.

"Is this important?" Nie Ying responded, "Or do you think that this kind of strength makes you feel that I have some value?"

"Can't our father and son talk well?" glanced at Nie Ying, and was not angry because of Nie Ying, "Sit!" Nie Shang said and sat down on the chair on the inside of the table.

"Just stand, if you have anything to say, I still have something. A faint voice rang out in the study.

"Nie Ying?" Nie Shang's voice suddenly rose by a decibel, but then it was much lower: "Are you still blaming me for what happened five years ago?"

Nie Ying said indifferently: "Since you know, why ask knowingly?"

"Ying'er, you are my most important son, you have been smart since you were a child, and you are the head of the next generation of the Nie family. How could such a smart person as you get into a dead end and not be able to get out?" looked at Nie Shang's expression, which was quite sad.

The corners of Nie Ying's mouth naturally showed a wicked smile, and said, "The candidate for the next generation of the head of the family, you must have talked to the eldest brother and the second brother, right? Moreover, if you continue to use such a radical method on us, I dare to guarantee that after a hundred years of you, the Nie family will definitely have a bloody storm. ”

Tapping the table slightly, Nie Ying turned around and walked towards the door.

"Nie Ying, can't you think about it from the standpoint of the family? If I didn't do this back then, the Nie family might have collapsed, and you can still live such a leisurely life now?"

Exhaling deeply, the hand on the door was slowly lowered, and Nie Ying said in a deep voice: "What happened five years ago has passed, and I don't want to mention it." You forced me into that dead end, and now you want me to come out, it's hard for me to do it?"

Turning around, he continued: "If there is something in the family, I will naturally not sit idly by. However, I will never use your method. The Nie family has been inherited for countless years, and I don't believe that such a strangulation will cause the entire family to collapse. Father, your reasons are too far-fetched, aren't they, when I really don't know anything?"

The door of the study opened automatically, and Nie Ying's cold face quickly disappeared from the sight of the people in the room, and then the door closed heavily.

A moment later, in the study, there was a loud bang, and then the sound of "card rubbing" continued to fill the entire study, and the loud noise quickly spread out of the door. After a few minutes, the sound slowly dissipated until it returned to its usual calm.