Chapter Seventy-Four: Open Struggle and Secret Fighting

ps: I have personal troubles today, so the update is late, I'm sorry, o(n_n)o~ ask for recommendations, ask for collections, ask for subscriptions! Hey, hey, "What the hell is the old man?" Yuan Zhijin couldn't help frowning, obviously very dissatisfied with the fuss of Master Luo, after all, he was still so out of fear of another monk in the Dan stage. Yuan Zhijin felt that his majesty had been violated, and with him a monk in the Yudan period, there was nothing to be afraid of except for encountering the old monster of the Yuan Infant Stage.

Luo Zhangmen is also a powerful person who observes words and feelings, and when he saw that Yuan Zhijin's face was wrong, he couldn't help but sneer, "This ghost hand old man is very mysterious, and no one knows his origin, but that famous stunt seems to be owned by the ghost ruin gate of Chu State." ”

The Three Kingdoms of the Eastern Continent are established, although there are not so many taboos in the world of cultivating immortals, but they will also call themselves the borders of the secular world outside, speaking of the Chu State, everyone knows that there is a famous ghost ruin gate in the Chu country, it is said that the people of the ghost ruin gate are extremely mysterious, and they do not make a move, but once they make a move, they will never be merciful, and the "ghost hand" is their usual means.

A pair of pitch-black, bony hands, without a trace of flesh and blood, with long purple-black nails, which were not human hands at all, and it was said that the ghost hand could reach the speed that a monk of the foundation building period could achieve with one-third of his strength.

This kind of speed is quite laborious for a monk in the Dan period to deal with, let alone a monk below the Dan period, if you are unfortunate enough to encounter it, and the other party is killed, it is definitely a catastrophe.

The place of this Sifang City is originally small, and the highest cultivation of the monks is only in the foundation building period, otherwise it would be impossible for a small sect like their Qingfeng Sect to monopolize such a large Qingfeng Mountain. Therefore, this ghost hand old man has a great reputation in this area, and almost everyone has heard of it.

Therefore, they have speculated that this ghost hand old man should be from Chu State, and the ghost hand old man is said to be only a cultivator in the late stage of foundation building, although the ghost hand stunt is terrifying. But what was even more frightening was the ghost ruin gate behind him, so it didn't take long to cause panic in the vicinity of Sifang City.

However, it is said that although the old man with the ghost hand is terrifying, he has never heard of him actively hurting people. Could it be that his granddaughter was unlucky, and the treasure she just bought was taken by others?

Luo Zhangmen couldn't help but wonder in his heart. Fortunately, for some reason, the granddaughter escaped back safely, and Luo Zhangmen couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

But Yuan Zhijin snorted coldly: "What kind of ghost hand old man is that cultivation?" ”

Master Luo didn't dare to hide anything, and told Yuan Zhijin about the rumors about the old man with a ghost hand one by one, but Yuan Zhijin laughed out loud when he heard it, "An ant in the foundation building period dares to be so rampant, wait for the next time I see him." It will surely let him know that it is powerful. ”

The corner of Luo's mouth twitched, ants in the foundation building period? Yes, in front of the predecessors of the Yudan period, these respected monks of the foundation building period are naturally just ants, but he is only in the middle stage of foundation building!

In addition to his stunts, the old man with a ghost hand is still in the late stage of foundation building, which is a small step higher than himself, and the demon cultivation and ghost cultivation have always had a strange temperament, and it is said that torturing people can make people survive and not die, how can they not be afraid? Thinking of this, Master Luo unconsciously gasped.

It's just that he didn't dare to say anything in front of the man in front of him, but Luo Zhangmen still faintly felt that this self-proclaimed Yuan Zhijin senior in the Yudan period really only occasionally passed by Sifang City and took a fancy to the treasure land of Qingfeng Mountain?

It's just that nothing has happened so far that is unfavorable to their grandparents.

Yuan Shan followed Su Ziqian and Su Qing back to Su's house. In the month before participating in the competition, Yuan Shan received the highest treatment from the Su family, and even the courtyard where she lived was the same as Su Yuan and Su Qing, who were the pride of the sky. Although some people are dissatisfied. But there is still some fear of Yuan Shan's cultivation.

What's more, when they heard that the other party turned out to be a disciple of Shuiyunmen, one of the five major sects of the Zhou Kingdom, the younger generation of the Su family was boiling.

Yuan Shan had just come out of the Thousand Noodles, and during this time, she had eaten, lived and dressed well in the Su family, but she had not relaxed her cultivation, and at the same time, her alchemy technique had also made great progress, and she had been able to refine the second-grade pill.

And according to Yuan Shan's experience in the immortal cultivation world, when he knew that a second-grade pill could be sold for three hundred to five hundred spirit stones, Yuan Shan deeply felt that alchemist was really a lucrative profession.

Originally, Yuan Shan was not in a hurry to learn the art of alchemy, after all, in her opinion. The improvement of one's own cultivation is the most important thing, but sometimes think about the elixir in the thousand faces, although there are still many more. But sitting on the mountain is not always the way to go.

Moreover, Yuan Shan once accidentally discovered that alchemy could actually improve her cultivation, so she slowly fell in love with this effort. However, it is also a very rewarding skill.

Now her cultivation is already the eleventh level of Qi training, which undoubtedly adds a confidence to the competition half a month later.

It's just that this is also her confidence, and she doesn't mean to expose all her confidence to others. After all, in the world of cultivating immortals, one more hole card may have one more life. Therefore, Yuan Shan secretly used the breathing technique to hide his cultivation to the tenth level of Qi training.

However, she was about to take a break when she was interrupted by a timid voice: "Sister Yuanshan, are you there?" ”

The corners of Yuan Shan's forehead jumped slightly, this is the tenth day that Su Xin has continued to report to her yard today, I have to say that this little girl's determination and patience are still worthy of recognition, but this trick is useless to her Ruan Yuanshan. After all, she had learned the lessons of the blood of the previous life.

And to be honest, for Su Xin, a little girl, Yuan Shan can't say how much she likes it, and even has some dislikes.

Although she didn't have any filthy gas on her body, Yuan Shan didn't look at it in vain in the courtyard of the deep mansion in her previous life, and she always felt that her eyes were not pure, obviously deliberately befriending Yuan Shan, and also with a strong purpose.

Such a person is like a white-eyed wolf in the secular world, when you are stronger than her, when you can help her, she tries her best to please you and befriend you, but once you are down, she may make up for you. Such a person is undoubtedly a poisonous snake.

It's just that the current Su Xin is obviously just a venomous young snake, and Yuan Shan is not afraid of what she is doing, but afraid that she will be honest. Give yourself a stab at a critical moment. It's just that Yuan Shan believes that Su Xin and her are still on the same front in a short period of time, after all, they are all for the Su family now.

Besides, I heard that the little girl had just broken through the sixth layer of Qi training.

Originally, for such a person with other intentions. Yuan Shan would ignore it at all, but now he said that he wanted to help the Su family. In the end, she is still living in the Su family, and Su Xin has not done anything, so she can't refuse her, so she can't be ordered not to enter her yard.

So I had to sigh, stood up, and when I opened the door, I saw Su Xin standing at the door wearing a goose-yellow skirt, and a tuft of fine pink velvet was hairpinned on her carefully combed bun, which made her complexion a little whiter. Bowing his head slightly, pursing his lips, the whole person looks slim, but gentle and soft.

Originally, Su Xin's appearance was not top-notch, at least in the Su family, Su Mei and Su Qing were above her, but obviously she was a person who knew how to promote her strengths and avoid weaknesses, and she showed her best side through makeup and some small movements and expressions.

Su Qing is the kind of dignified and amiable beauty, while Su Mei is a kind of unrestrained and wanton beauty, and her Su Xin is gentle and supple beauty.

"Sister Yuan Shan!" As soon as he saw Yuan Shan come out, a trace of vague jealousy flashed in Su Xin's eyes. This cousin is obviously inferior to himself in everything, his qualifications are the same as his own, and his appearance is even worse than himself. And Su Xin is also confident that Yuan Shan's scheming can't compare to her, that is, her cultivation is a little higher than her, how can she enter the Water Cloud Gate?

It's just that she didn't dare to show this trace of jealousy, at least not now, all along, Su Mei and Su Qing were like two big stones pressing on her, and now there is another Ruan Yuanshan, Su Xin is not a little bit of hatred in her heart.

hates the injustice of the Su family, obviously she is better than Su Mei's idiot in terms of scheming and means. But his father is a mortal, while Su Mei's father is a monk. Therefore, she has to fight for everything on her own in the inner court.

However, this fleeting jealousy was seen by Yuan Shan. sneered in his heart, but he didn't show it on his face. However, this cold appearance made Su Xin even more crazy with hatred in his heart.

She tried to calm herself down, she had been so humble to please Su Mei for so many years, wasn't that fool being played in the palm of her hand? It's just that that idiot doesn't seem to treat himself very much lately, as if it was the day this cousin came.

A trace of darkness flashed in Su Xin's eyes, but now it is still important to envelop the girl in front of him, so Su Xin has a little more confidence in himself.

With a soft smile on her face, it seems that if this smile is a little more, it will be hypocritical, and if there is a little less, Su Xin doesn't know how long she has been practicing behind her back, and sure enough, the people of the Su family think that her third lady Su Xin is a gentle and gentle person.

"Sister Yuanshan, my sister is here to accompany you to relieve your boredom."

"Hmph, Su Xin, you slut bothers Cousin Yuanshan every day, it's really annoying." However, just as Su Xin finished speaking, a woman's voice came from outside the courtyard, and Su Xin's face changed when she heard this, and it became ugly.

Without thinking about it, she knew who the owner of this voice was, and sure enough, a corner of a bright red dress appeared outside the courtyard, and then a bright girl walked in with a beautiful face and a proud face, and she glanced disdainfully at the little white girl standing on the side.

However, even in the face of Ruan Yuanshan, the arrogance on her face did not fade, but Yuan Shan looked at the proud expression on her face but did not resent it, because there was no jealousy and negative feelings in that eyes, but there was a sense of not admitting defeat in it. The little girl looked unconvinced, but Yuan Shan felt much better than being soft in front of Su Xin, but jealous inside.

Yuan Shan believes that this little girl has only been spoiled since she was a child, not really bad, I don't know why, Yuan Shan thought of her sister Ruan Yuanyu who inadvertently killed her sister Ruan Yuanyu in her previous life, just because she was protected too well, so she could be wanton and public, without any scheming.

In fact, how can she not envy such a character in her heart, if it is not for someone to bear everything for you, you have to worry about this and worry about that, how can you maintain such an innocent and simple character?

Thinking of Su Mei's situation, it is indeed similar to Ruan Yuanyu, although her father is a concubine, but the status of a concubine with spiritual roots is not worse than that of a concubine.

And Su Mei also has a younger brother and a younger sister, all of whom have spiritual roots, and these people will be her help in the future. She is the eldest sister, she only needs to know that the people in the immortal cultivation world are sinister, and it is enough to improve her cultivation, and she doesn't have to play tricks like Su Xin at all.

It's just that Su Mei is just a cousin who has been unfamiliar with Yuan Shan since childhood. Although his impression of Su Mei was better than that of Su Xin, Yuan Shan did not show any difference on the surface.

Su Xin originally wanted to pretend to be aggrieved to win Yuan Shan's sympathy, but he didn't expect Yuan Shan to act like he didn't see it. didn't take her grievances in her eyes at all, and didn't feel that she also had a trace of resentment towards Yuan Shan.

Some people are like that. If you treat her well and she takes it for granted, if you treat her badly and ignore her, she will feel that you owe her.

Obviously, Su Xin is such a person, Yuan Shan has eaten too much of the spiritual fruit in the thousand faces, and the five senses are naturally more sensitive than ordinary immortal cultivators, and he naturally sees Su Xin's expression in his eyes. I couldn't help but be even more disappointed in this girl. I thought it was just a scheming girl.。

Because even though he knew that Su Xin's purpose of approaching her was not pure, but thinking that she was her cousin after all, if her request was not too much, Yuan Shan would not mind helping her.

Yuan Shan's heart was like a mirror, how could he not know that Su Xin's purpose in approaching him was to hope that if he had the opportunity, he would be able to enter the Shuiyun Gate, and entering the sect to cultivate was the dream of any loose cultivator. Or give her some resources distributed by the door.

But if it is such a heart, then it is not worth her to provide her with any help.

Su Xin didn't think about it so much, she originally felt a little embarrassed after Su Mei came, but suddenly thought that she had broken through to the sixth layer of Qi training, and Su Mei was

However, this idea was immediately dispelled after she glanced at Su Mei. Sure enough, Su Mei also advanced.

Su Xin bit her lip, very unconvinced. Since she was a child, Su Mei has fought with her for everything, just because she doesn't have a father who has a spiritual root, so her grandfather relies on Su Mei for everything. So she felt that the reason why Su Mei was able to advance must be because her father took good things from her grandfather to help her advance.

In fact, although Old Man Su does have a preference for his children and grandchildren, he is generally fair, and Yuan Shan has seen it very clearly in the Su family for half a month.

However, Yuan Shan also understood that the Immortal Cultivation Realm was so realistic, and it was impossible for you to ask an elder to treat a descendant of the Heavenly Spirit Root and a descendant of the Five Spirit Root with the same attitude. A disciple has good qualifications. If the potential is good, then the attention of the elders will naturally be more on him. On the contrary, it is even more necessary to work your own.

However, Yuan Shan has a strange discovery about this. That is, the people of the Su family seem to be born with poor spiritual root qualifications, as if the best is the three spiritual roots, followed by the four spiritual roots and the five spiritual roots?

Thinking of inheriting the body of the five elements of the Thousand Faces and the Five Spiritual Roots, will it have anything to do with this? However, not all of the five spiritual roots are the body of the five elements, which is fundamentally different, and the waste roots of the five spiritual roots refer to the five spiritual roots of the five elements, but they are uneven, thick and fine, so they cannot be called the body of the five elements.

The so-called body of the five elements must be complete, and the thickness of each spiritual root is uniform, and the qualifications are the same to be called the body of the five elements.

But because his parents are mortals without spiritual roots, Su Xin, who is inferior by nature, doesn't think so. She never felt that she was not good enough, but felt that the people of the Su family treated her badly. Even this cousin is cold to herself, although she is the same to Su Mei.

However, she was sure that Su Mei's cultivation must have been forcibly improved through guò medicine, so she must not let her cousin have a good impression of her.

As soon as her mind moved, an idea appeared in Su Xin's mind, and the aggrieved expression on her face disappeared, and instead an expression of joy and curiosity appeared: "Xin'er thought that she had advanced fast enough, but she didn't expect Sister Mei to also advance, I don't know what pill Sister Mei has taken?" In this way, wouldn't our Su family have two more monks who practiced qi above the sixth level. ”

Saying that, he smiled gently, and a pair of crescent-like eyes bent into a line, looking at Yuan Shan and Su Mei harmlessly.

Su Xin's words sounded as if she was happy that the Su family had two more monks who practiced qi at the sixth level, but the implication was that Su Mei's advancement must be because of what pills she had taken, and it must not be Su Mei's own efforts, but she was due to her qualifications, after all, if she also took pills, she would definitely say it, and if she didn't say it, it would be nothing.

She believes that Ruan Yuanshan should not be so stupid, and she should be able to hear it.

But I heard Su Mei snort coldly: "Miss Ben has been in retreat in the house every day for the past few days, but I heard that you come here every day to annoy Cousin Yuanshan, but I didn't expect that there would be such an opportunity to advance." ”

Su Mei was unceremoniously, and Su Xin's face suddenly became ugly again, but she thought of Yuan Shan's "Sister Yuan Shan" with a look on her face

However, at this time, Yuan Shan didn't know when to sit down and settle down, her originally dark eyes were closed, and she looked completely ignorant of the outside world. Su Xin was so angry that he gritted a mouthful of silver teeth, but looking at Su Mei's mocking gaze, Su Xin could only secretly hate.

But with her father's embarrassing situation that she was alone in the inner courtyard, she didn't dare to offend Su Mei too much, so she had to blush, and she had to pull the corners of her mouth and say, "Since my cousin is busy, I'll go back first." ”

Su Xin almost gritted her teeth and said, after all, she is not very old, no matter how deep her scheming is, she is just a girl, and she has forgotten to call herself "Xin'er", and she turned around and left angrily as she spoke.

Su Mei sneered and looked at Su Xin's back, and then looked at Yuan Shan's straight figure, and suddenly felt that this cousin was not so much of an eyesore.

"Don't pretend to be cousin, she's gone." It wasn't until he couldn't feel Su Xin's breath that Su Mei said with a smile, a bright face with a flamboyant smile but not kitsch.

Yuan Shan slowly opened her eyes, and Su Mei said proudly, "I'm amazing, right?" If it weren't for Grandpa saying that if you could break through the sixth layer of Qi cultivation within a month, you could become your cousin's replacement, she wouldn't have come to talk to you every day. ”

As he spoke, he glanced at Yuan Shan, "Hey, you won't be bought by her, will you?" Yuan Shan glanced at her: "Am I so easy to buy?" ”

Su Mei was stunned for a moment, then cracked his mouth and smiled, and slapped Yuan Shan vigorously: "Good sister, I didn't misunderstand you." As he spoke, he walked away, until the bright figure walked away, and the corners of Yuan Shan's mouth were still twitching, where did the bear child come from.

However, this Su Mei is indeed much more interesting than the pretending Su Xin, in her previous life, she was used to seeing the disguise of the woman in the back house, and Yuan Shan obviously appreciated women with true temperament more, such as Xue Qingyi, such as Su Mei (to be continued)