Time flies, and a year's work has passed in a blink of an eye, these days, Gu Yan has stayed in the Lingyuan wholeheartedly, but when he asks about outside affairs, Gan Biwu occasionally comes to the Lingyuan and tells her about some things, Gu Yan just listens and does not express any opinions. She devoted herself to serving her spiritual garden, and since the second half of the year, she has slowly implanted spiritual roots into the spiritual garden.

The spiritual garden newly built by Gu Yan here is similar to the original spiritual garden of the Bixia Sect, that is, the spiritual garden of the old site, not the new one built after the change of the Bixia Sect hundreds of years ago. According to the five elements of the spiritual energy, it is divided into nine parts, each plant has different attributes of the spiritual grass, and the middle piece of the place is vacated, which is exactly the direction where the underground palace is located, guarded by the eight poles of chaotic vitality, the spiritual grass in the spiritual garden, after it grows, can also provide the corresponding spiritual energy for the formation, and skillfully fuse the two terrains together, which is safer than the protection of the spiritual garden at the old site of the Bixia Sect, even if there is really another accident, Gu Yan took the disciples of the Bixia Sect and retreated into the spiritual garden, which was enough to resist the siege of the Yuanying monks.

What is poured here is her hard work, so the choice of spiritual roots is more cautious, unlike the general spiritual garden, the spiritual roots and spiritual seeds from all over the world, implanted one by one without selection, Gu Yan took the spiritual seeds she brought from the Bixia Sect as the base, and slowly arranged the nine major blocks one by one, and now only a small half of them are planted, but the spiritual grass inside is scattered, some have already bloomed, the sun has passed in the afternoon, under the reflection of the sun, the breeze is coming, the light fragrance is slightly smoky, and it feels like being in a fairyland on earth.

Gu Yan stood on top of the mountain at this time, watching Zhang Daniu shuttling between the flowers and plants, and Zhu Ying and Mo Yan would occasionally go to help. There will be a sense of satisfaction in her heart, which is the result of her hard work. Starting from the Yue country, traveling all over the north and south, the ends of the world, it seems that there is a feeling of settling here, no longer just a simple passerby.

She looked at the busy figures of the three people, and her thoughts wandered and she didn't know where to fly. Speaking of which, the day when Bi Zhenzhen will go out of the customs is approaching, and Zhu Ying has been under Gu Yan's teaching during this year. The cultivation has also improved, and it has stepped into the threshold of the later stage of foundation building. can be regarded as the first person among the junior disciples, in comparison, Lin Zitong has leapt to the middle stage of foundation building within three years, which can be regarded as an extremely rare speed, which is faster than the speed at which Gu Yan was promoted back then.

She herself stayed for a long time during the foundation building period, and Gu Yan deliberately wanted to suppress her own entry. Otherwise, even if she has a strong divine mind. It is inevitable that the mood will not be able to keep up, and it is precisely because the foundation is firmly laid that there are not too many twists and turns when the Dan is knotted. These two little girls are dedicated to cultivation and are advancing by leaps and bounds, but Gu Yan is worried about them.

After the failure of the last foundation building, Wei Qing retreated for several months, and specially asked for two Zhuji Dan, preparing to attack the foundation again. Wei Zhaoyi has also steadily advanced to the tenth level of qi refining, but she is still childlike, she is not interested in cultivation, and she is not eager, she is in line with the essence of quiet and inaction, the speed of cultivation is not slow, and the foundation is much stronger.

Lin Zitong walked the traditional Dan Dao of the Bixia Sect, and was usually taught by Lan Xiang, Gu Yan wanted to wait for her to advance to the late stage of foundation building, and then teach her the Biling Fairy Method to use the natural Dan Dao technique, otherwise with her current cultivation realm, forcibly comprehending it would cause heart barriers. As for Zhuying, Gu Yan will teach her the Inner Dan Runic Dao of the Danxia Sect, as for how much she can comprehend, it depends on her own.

For teaching disciples, Gu Yan prefers to take it step by step, rather than using pills or external forces to achieve it overnight, although it can improve extremely quickly in a short period of time, it will affect the cultivation speed in the future, and it is better to lay a solid foundation in the front, and then practice later, whether it is assisted by pills or other means, it will have twice the result with half the effort. Therefore, this is also a silent statement, and after a year, it is only at the level of the fourth or fifth layer of qi refining. Otherwise, with her qualifications, coupled with Gu Yan, a master who is good at alchemy, building a foundation in three years is just an ordinary thing.

She was thinking casually, and a white light flew like lightning in the distance, and when it was close, Lin Zitong's fluttering figure appeared at the bottom of the mountain. In the past few years, her cultivation has become more and more sophisticated, and her temperament has also changed, no longer as a girl like before, but has become dignified and steady.

Gu Yan laughed, "Senior Sister Lin, what are your orders?" Lin Zitong's face couldn't help but be a little red, but when she heard the old name of the year, she still felt very kind, she knew that Gu Yan was making fun of her, and several people were slow to get along on weekdays, they were all old friends that Gu Yan had met when he first came to Cangwu, and Gu Yan didn't want to put any majesty of a monk in front of them, like Wei Zhaoyi has always been called "Sister Yan", and Gan Biwu didn't care about her.

However, Lin Zitong has always demanded himself according to the standards of the head, so naturally he would not do anything too rude, but just said: "The head of the house invited you over, saying that there is something to discuss, so let me come to invite you." ”

Gu Yan smiled, she was meditating in the Spirit Garden, not asking about foreign affairs, Gan Biwu had always been clear, in the past year, she had only come to the Spirit Garden a few times, and she had only come to the Spirit Garden a few times, and it was better to report on the major events in the door, it was better for Wei Zhaoyi and them to come more, this time she solemnly asked Lin Zitong to come over and invite her, presumably there was something in the Bixia Sect. He replied, "You go back and tell the head of the house, I'll arrange it, and I'll go over immediately." ”

Lin Zitong responded, and then stepped on the cloud boat and flew away, Gu Yan called Zhang Daniu over, gave some orders, and asked Zhu Ying and Mo Yan to guard here, and then stepped on the Jinyun Saucer and flew to the front mountain.

When he arrived at the mountain gate, Gu Yan fell directly into the middle hall. In the middle of this year, the Bixia Sect began to overhaul the mountain gate, expanded outward, restored the old view of the Danxia Sect, and repaired the entire mountain protection array, which was naturally inseparable from the efforts of Gu Yan, the formation master. It has gradually regained the atmosphere of the year. Gu Yan hadn't been here for a few months, and now that he looked at it, he actually felt that it was new in front of him, and he didn't know it.

On the top of the middle hall, Gan Biwu sat on the side, Lan Xiang sat on top of her, Gu Yan walked to the opposite side of Lan Xiang and sat down, there were only three of them in the hall, Lin Zitong stood on the side, and there was no one else. Gu Yan nodded towards Lan Xiang and Gan Biwu. "What is the call of the head?" When she saw that Gan Biwu's face was a little sad, she couldn't help but feel strange. Although she lives in the Spiritual Garden, she hasn't heard of any major events in Dongyang County recently, and when the Bixia Sect is thriving, why bother?

Gan Biwu picked up a jade slip on the table, handed it over, and said, "The county government has issued a warrant and sent it to all sects, so you can also come and take a look." ”

Gu Yan pressed it over and pressed it with his palm. The information inside was immediately clear, and only a few words were written. It was the order of the Dongyang County Guard, saying that ten days later, in the Yuanji Mountains in the southwest, a trial of this generation of disciples would be held, and the Bixia Sect would also send people to participate in it. The seal of the county guard is engraved below to show the authenticity, and the rest is not much to say.

Gu Yan put down the jade slip and said strangely: "The trial move mentioned in the order talisman." What is the meaning? "She first came to the Central Plains. There are a lot of rules, but they are not clear, compared to the six southeastern countries. Although this is only a corner of the Central Plains, Shili is not much worse than the heart of the heart. I don't know what the name of this trial is.

Gan Biwu said: "I also heard from someone after I came here, that Yang Zhen of Cumulus Peak, probably once knew you, and told me a lot of things here. The so-called trial is actually a means for all major sects to unite and select disciples, and it is not always implemented, and the last time it was tried was thirty years ago. ”

Gu Yan's mind was sharp, so he asked, "Something to do with this year's big competition?" ”

Gan Biwu nodded, "The routine recruitment of disciples is presided over by each sect itself, and the county government will not interfere, but the period of Dabi is approaching, in order to avoid changes in the future, the county government will intervene, gather the qualified among the mortals first, teach the method of cultivating the entrance, and then select by each sect, and after Dabi, if any sect is broken for some reason and is divided by others, then these disciples will no longer have a name, but will be redistributed." ”

Gu Yan nodded, as a rule, after the big competition, the failed sect will be divided by others, and the resources in the sect will naturally be distributed, and the original disciples of the sect, after being divided by other sects, will be inferior in status, and some will even be reduced to servants, just like when she imprisoned the disciples of the Danyang faction here and let them do hard labor to pay for themselves. Those who have not been in the field for a long time and have a low level of cultivation will most likely fall here. The county government's approach is also to avoid those mortals with good qualifications but who are born unlucky, because they are careless, they become servants and ruin their future. It's also kind to say. It's just that the inside story is probably not so simple!

She frowned and asked: "In this case, that is to say, the initiative to choose people is not in our hands, what kind of charter is this trial?" "In fact, according to their original thoughts, the Bixia Sect does not plan to recruit new disciples within three years, and this trial, in fact, it doesn't matter whether they participate or not.

Gan Biwu smiled bitterly: "This trial, and the end of this year's big competition is also related, if you can't participate in the trial, then you can't compete for a place in Beijing at the time of the big competition, if the ranking at the time of the trial is at the top, the more disciples can be selected, then when you participate in the Beijing competition, the more people you can send!" ”

Gu Yan's brows suddenly frowned, "In this way, we have to go?" ”

Gan Biwu nodded, "According to the rules, we are limited to four people, including one Monk Jiedan, and the other is not limited. I've discussed it with Uncle Lan, but I'm still inclined to ask you to help. ”

Lan Xiang said: "Originally, we didn't need to be in the limelight this time, as long as we mixed in the middle of the stream, it was not difficult to think about it, but after all, Bixia Sect was new to Dongyang, and I was afraid that there would be something wrong inside, so I wanted you to take care of it, I don't know what you are doing in the Spirit Garden, you may be able to leave it behind?" ”

Gu Yan was silent, the Dongyang County Government's method could not only be aimed at the Bixia Sect, since they want to gain a foothold here, they must also follow the rules here, unless they have the strength to arrive, they will have the power to make rules, thinking of this, she stood up, "Since this is the case, then I'll take a trip!" ”

Gan Biwu also knew that Gu Yan would not refuse, and asked, "Then who are you bringing?" ”

Gu Yan thought for a moment and said, "I only brought two disciples from the Spirit Garden with me, and asked Zitong to follow me, so that's enough." You can haode guard Danxia Mountain and wait for me to come back. ”

Gan Biwu and Lan Xiang naturally have no opinions, and in two months, Bi Zhenzhen will be out of the customs, and then everyone will discuss the matter of going to Yunyang City to participate in the entire Yunze Dabi at the end of the year, and Danxia Mountain is indeed inseparable from people. Gu Yan didn't take all the powerful disciples away, but also to leave them with some help. After all, the Bixia Sect had a foothold in this place at the beginning, and there were many important affairs, so the two of them could not be close to each other, and they had to have a disciple to help.

Gan Biwu said again: "According to the requirements on the order, you can arrive at the Dongyang County Mansion within ten days, and you can start from here, in a moment, when to leave, you can do whatever you want." ”

Gu Yan nodded. said: "I'll take Zitong back first and explain to them." I'll leave in a few days. After speaking, she told Gan Biwu and Lan Xiang, and then took Lin Zitong back to the Spirit Garden.

After Gu Yan returned to the Spirit Garden, he summoned all the disciples, and then instructed Zhang Daniu to guard the Spirit Garden during her absence, and to pay attention to the movements in the underground palace. Bi Zhenzhen has been in the jade shrine for a year. There will be two or three months before the customs will be released, and if there is any sign of leaving the customs in advance, you must tell the head of the house.

Zhang Daniu agreed to come down. He is a stable person, and staying in the spiritual garden is the most suitable person. And Zhu Ying originally wanted to wait for the master to come out, but Gu Yan wanted to take her out to see the world, after all, she was now the first person among the junior disciples. In the future, she will definitely be an important person in the Bixia Sect, she used to follow Bi Zhenzhen and rarely interacted with the outside world, but this time it can be regarded as a make-up class.

Zhu Ying naturally did not disobey Gu Yan's opinion, but silently stayed in the mountains for a year, and heard that there was an opportunity to go out, she was very excited, although she followed Gu Yan, the Meridian Valley Underground Palace, and the things in the river valley had experienced, but she had not seen it with her own eyes, this time she could really go out to see the grand event of the immortal cultivation world, and she couldn't help but feel excited in her heart.

Gu Yan looked at Mo Yan chattering non-stop, thinking that in their line of work, the four women were probably extremely rare among all the sects in Dongyang County.

This idea was confirmed when she arrived at Dongyang County Mansion seven days later. There are dozens of large and small sects in Dongyang County, not all of them are qualified to participate in the trial, only those sects that can go to Yunyang City to participate in the big competition will come to participate in the trial, these sects have a fixed cave house, spiritual veins, and a group of disciples who can be used as a foundation. In this way, he will get Yun Ze's assistance and participate in the distribution of the resources of the entire Yun Ze Immortal Cultivation Realm. As for the kind of small sect with only three or five people, maybe at any time, it will be swallowed up by the big faction, like fish and shrimp in the ebb and flow of the tide, they can only follow the ups and downs of the tide, but they do not have the ability to decide their fate. Such a sect will naturally not be invited, and there are probably only a dozen sects participating in the entire Dongyang County trial this time.

The entire Yunze is divided into nine counties, and the number of sects in Dongyang County is in the lower reaches, but it is located at the southeast portal, close to the Tianji Mountain Range, although there are not many sects, but the cultivation of the monks in the sect is excellent. The reason for this is that it is close to the Tianji Mountain Range, a natural place of trial, and the monks in the sect can be trained.

Half of the sects that came had seen them during the sect ceremony, but those people didn't pay much attention to Gu Yan at that time, although they were a little surprised that she was able to form a golden pill at a young age and be in the position of an elder, but on the vast land, even the number of monks who were knotted was extremely large, and there were many young and well-known geniuses, so they didn't seem to pay much attention. And Gu Yan didn't remember most of them, but Lin Zitong had been dealing with the affairs of the sect for the past year, and he knew a lot about the leaders of various factions, so he whispered to Gu Yan on the side.

Only the Southern Fairy and Yang Zhen who came from Cumulus Peak this time are considered to be familiar with Gu Yan, and they also brought a few disciples, probably adding up to six or seven people, Gu Yan's heart is clear, it seems that the quota this time is also allocated according to strength, Bixia Sect should inherit the quota of the Danxia Sect last time, if in this event, Bixia Sect can not be picked, then maybe the quota will be divided by other sects. Most of the school-age teenagers in Dongyang County are here, if the Bixia Sect can't get a quota, on the one hand, the quota of the Beijing Dabi will be reduced, and on the other hand, in the future manpower competition, it will also lose the lead, this time there is no room for loss. It's no wonder that Gan Biwu and Lan Xiang agreed to invite her out.

In addition to Cumulus Peak, several big shili, such as the Tan family, the Han family, etc., all sent a monk in the middle stage of Yudan to lead the team, and the number of disciples ranged from six to seven. After the Danyang faction withdrew from Dongyang County, among the remaining sects, these three families were in charge. In comparison, there were only four women from the Bixia Sect, which was inconspicuous among the more than a dozen sects. This also made the rest of the sects talk a lot, most of them felt that the Danxia Sect really had no choice, and actually found an unknown small sect in the southeast to borrow power, but now most of them can't borrow it, but they are going to burn themselves. If Bi Zhenzhen made a decision and took the Danxia Sect to take the initiative to serve under a certain big shili, most of them would still survive and get shelter, and now, if the Bixia Sect loses in the trial and the big competition, then it will be swallowed up to the point that there is not even a bone residue left.

The people sent by the Han family and the Tan family all showed regret in their eyes, and they also felt that it was a pity, if the Bixia Sect really lost in the big competition, then if they divided Shili, they might not be able to get a piece of the pie, how could it be convenient for Bi Zhenzhen to bring the entire sect to work? In his heart, he was secretly scolding Bi Zhenzhen for having his brain in the water, and he didn't know what to do. Only Yang Zhen watched coldly from the sidelines, sneering in his heart.

Gu Yan is naturally aware of this mentality of outsiders, and he will not take it to heart, but Mo Yan looked at the eyes of outsiders with some contempt, and couldn't help but be a little angry, in contrast, Lin Zitong is mature, and Zhu Ying has seen this kind of look a lot before, and he is very indifferent. Most of those people's eyes were on Mo Yan's body, and they didn't expect that this time the Bixia Sect would bring a disciple who had not even built a foundation.

In fact, in Gu Yan's heart, she didn't take this trial as a thing, because she was only limited to one Jiedan monk to lead the team, the leaders of each faction may not be able to come out, it was actually a competition of elite disciples in the reserve liliang, Gu Yan was not without confidence in this, and she didn't want to be in the limelight, and she went back in the middle of the stream, even if she completed the task, so with a silent word, she just came to see the world, and she was confident that she would be able to protect her well.

Seeing the silence puffing up, he said indifferently: "As a monk, you should not be happy with things, not sad with yourself, and don't disturb your mood because of external things!" ”

The words were like ice water, pouring on Mo Yan's head, making her instantly sober up, although Gu Yan was usually very kind to her and never put on the master's shelf, but when teaching, Mo Yan would still be obedient and obedient. Speaking of which, she has a lot of respect for this master, who is also a teacher and a sister.

The county guard of Dongyang, who is also a child of the royal family, was stationed here as the county guard, rotated once in thirty years, and when this big competition is over, he will also return to Beijing to resume his life, so he didn't say much, and simply said the rules, and then asked everyone to set off.

The rules are still according to the old practice, each sect is limited to three to seven people, the quota is allocated according to the last time, Bixia Sect inherited the Shili of Danxia Sect that year, there are four people who can go, but no matter how many people are, there is only one person who is limited to one monk. Participate in the trial in the same place, according to the number and value of the demon beasts hunted, and then according to the ranking, the amount of disciples will be distributed, and the name of the Shangjing Dabi will also be determined.

The quota of Yunze Guoda is usually allocated by each county, and the methods are different, in short, the shili of a place should be ranked first, and then according to its strength, the number of distributions varies. That kind of small sect is weak, and naturally there are fewer places allocated, and there are fewer people who can go to Beijing to participate in the big competition. Although it is said that when participating in the big competition, it is mainly to look at the two or three people in the elite, and the number of people does not play a big role, but for those weaker sects, who are on the verge of elimination, what they want is not to be able to occupy more haode rankings in this big competition and allocate more resources, but to try to keep themselves from being eliminated.

Therefore, before Gu Yan came, he had already been informed that a big shili like Cumulus Peak would not particularly care about this competition, but those weaker sects were all eyeing this attempt, and Bixia Sect was undoubtedly a piece of fat in their eyes that needed to be slaughtered.

Merely...... Gu Yan sneered in his heart, he wanted the Bixia Sect to be slaughtered, but it was not so easy! (To be continued)