Zhang Ruochen hid part of his strength, and did not show the sword intent of the sword to go to the peak with his heart.

Once it is revealed, everyone will probably be even more shocked. Walking the high-level realm with a sword is already enough to defeat Fengzhilin.

"The sword goes to the high-level realm with your heart?"

Feng Zhilin's face was very ugly, he never thought that Zhang Ruochen's realm in the way of the sword would reach such a powerful level.

"No, I won't be defeated, I haven't been defeated yet! I'm three martial arts realms higher than him, and I'll definitely be able to defeat him!"

Feng Zhilin clenched his teeth, did not admit defeat, waved his spear, and attacked again.

Zhang Ruochen frowned slightly, and the tip of the sword pulled up an arc-shaped wave of qi.

The form of the air flow was like a wave of water, and countless sword qi shuttled through the air flow, making the sound of the tide surging.

"Celestial Tide!"

With a swing of the sword, the sword qi turned into a five-meter-high wave, which slammed on Feng Zhilin's body, rolling Feng Zhilin upside down.

"Ah......h

Feng Zhilin screamed, and the spear in his hand fell off his hand and fell to the ground.

"Bang!"

The white martial robe on Feng Zhilin's body was shredded by the sword qi and turned into pieces of rags, leaving only a silver-scale armor vest still on his body.

Except for the place covered by the silver-scale armor vest, in other parts of the body, all the sword qi cut out bloody wounds one after another, and the flesh and blood all over the body were blurred.

This is still Zhang Ruochen's mercy, otherwise, the sword just now would be able to cut off Feng Zhilin's limbs and head.

"Feng Zhilin, you are defeated!"

Zhang Ruochen held the iron sword, walked over, pointed the tip of the sword at Feng Zhilin's neck, and said, "I said, I won't kill you, I only avenge the fourth brother and break your arms and bones!"

"Wait...... Wait!"

Feng Zhilin trembled, got up from the ground, knelt in front of Zhang Ruochen, kowtowed to Zhang Ruochen, and said, "Zhang Ruochen, thank you...... Thank you for not killing. ”

Looking at Feng Zhilin kneeling in front of him, Zhang Ruochen's face was showing a look of doubt, and suddenly, he felt a dangerous aura.

Not good!

At this moment, Feng Zhilin suddenly raised his head, and spit out three silver needles in his mouth in a row.

"Whoa, whoa!"

Tongue arrow, the unique skill of the Feng family.

Feng Zhiyi could only use his tongue to shoot out a silver needle, but Feng Zhilin could spit out three in a row.

In the stands in the distance, no one expected Feng Zhilin to suddenly attack.

With such a close distance, let alone Zhang Ruochen, even a martial artist of the Great Perfection of the Xuanji Realm would be hit.

"Dingding!"

Zhang Ruochen's iron sword swung and slapped on the three silver needles accurately, knocking the three silver needles upside down and flying back.

One of the silver needles was inserted into Feng Zhilin's throat.

The other two silver needles pierced Feng Zhilin's eyes.

"Hmm...... Huo Xing...... King...... Prince...... Help me......"

Feng Zhilin pulled out the silver needle stuck in his throat, clutched his neck, and rushed towards the stage of life and death. However, his eyes were blind and he couldn't see the road at all, so he accidentally stepped on the air and fell down the 30-meter-high platform of life and death.

In a series of screams, Feng Zhilin fell into the Iron Thorn Forest, his body was pierced out of more than ten blood holes, he struggled twice, and completely lowered his arm, without a sound.

Quiescence.

The entire platform became extremely silent, and only the sound of everyone's breathing and heartbeat could be heard.

Zhang Ruochen sighed softly, originally he just wanted to teach Feng Zhilin some lessons, and he didn't think about killing him. Even if the bones of his arms are broken, as long as the muscles and bones are applied, he can still heal within half a month.

Shaking his head, Zhang Ruochen stepped off the platform of life and death.

Afterwards, all the students of Yunwu Junguo cheered and rushed towards Zhang Ruochen.

"His Royal Highness the Ninth Prince is so powerful, even Feng Zhilin died in your hands, in the future, I want to see who else dares to bully our students of Yunwu County. ”

A rather beautiful female student stared at Zhang Ruochen with adoring eyes, and said, "Ninth Prince, the sword you defeated Feng Zhilin is really amazing! Can I learn the sword from you?"

Liu Chengfeng saw that Zhang Ruochen seemed to be in a bad mood, guessed the reason, and said with a smile: "Your Royal Highness the Ninth Prince, Feng Zhilin is to blame and died well, you don't need to take it to heart! Besides, it was he who fell to his death from the stage of life and death, and it has nothing to do with you at all." ”

Zhang Ruochen nodded lightly and said lightly: "Since Feng Zhilin is dead, then this matter is over, and everyone is dispersed!"

The students of Yunwu County were very excited, but Prince Huo Xing's face was extremely cold, staring at Zhang Ruochen's departing back, "Waste, Fengzhilin is a waste, and he can't even kill a Zhang Ruochen!"

A student from the Quartet County next to him said, "What should I do now?

"Leave him alone?

Prince Huo Xing clenched his hands tightly and said coldly: "I'll repair a letter to my father now, let him spend a high price, ask the killer of the Difu Gate, and be sure to get rid of Zhang Ruochen." If Zhang Ruochen does not die, he will become the great enemy of the Quartet in the future. ”

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After the decisive battle of the life and death platform, Zhang Ruochen returned to the Dragon Martial Hall and began to continue practicing swordsmanship.

On the third day, he was finally summoned by the master of the Western Courtyard.

The owner of the West Courtyard, dressed in a golden robe, sat on a white stone by the pool, holding a fishing rod in his hand, and was fishing.

"Meet the Master!"

Zhang Ruochen came behind the master of the West Courtyard and bowed slightly.

"Zhang Ruochen, do you know why the old man summoned you a month after the exam in the Academy?" The master of the West Courtyard was still holding the fishing rod, staring at the pool surface, and did not turn to look at Zhang Ruochen.

Zhang Ruochen said: "Students don't know. ”

During the examination in the school palace, Zhang Ruochen saw the master of the West Courtyard once, but that time it was too far away, and he just glanced at it casually.

At this moment, Zhang Ruochen began to seriously look at this courtyard master, the only supreme powerhouse in the West Courtyard who could wear a golden robe.

He looked to be seventy or eighty years old, with a full head of gray hair, but there was not a single wrinkle on his hands or side of his face, and there was not a trace of old age.

"I don't know what kind of state this Western Courtyard Master's cultivation has reached?" Zhang Ruochen couldn't see through the Western Academy's cultivation at all.

The master of the West Courtyard put down the fishing rod, stood up, turned to look at Zhang Ruochen, and said, "Do you know that the first freshman of each class will be accepted as a personal disciple by the deputy academy master. Of course, if it is a freshman with excellent talents, the old man will also personally accept the apprentices. ”

"Your performance in the Martial Tower is quite outstanding, and at that time, the old man had already moved the idea of accepting apprentices. The old man refers to the outstanding, not that you have passed the second level of the third layer of the Martial Tower, but that you have passed the third level of the third layer of the Martial Pagoda and you have defeated Luo Xu in the same realm. ”

Zhang Ruochen was slightly startled and said, "Does the courtyard master know about the things in the martial tower?"

"Haha!"

The master of the West Courtyard laughed loudly and said, "Do you really think that in such an important place as the Wu Pagoda, only Huang Yatou and Duanmu Yatou are guarding inside? There are some secrets, even the two of them don't know." ”

Then, the face of the master of the West Courtyard turned grim and said, "However, the old man does not object to the actions of the two of them. Even, if they didn't stop you at that time, the old man would personally stop you from ascending to the fourth floor of the Wu Tower. ”

Zhang Ruochen said: "Is the master of the courtyard worried that my talent is too high and I will be assassinated by some people?"

The master of the Western Courtyard nodded, and said, "The Martial City Academy Palace is not absolutely safe, over the years, the Black Market and the Moon Worship Demon Sect have continued to infiltrate the Academy, not only among the students, but also among some of the high-level members of the Academy. ”

"If you had broken into the fourth floor of the Martial Tower, the forces of the black market would definitely spare no effort to kill you in the cradle, and it would be difficult for even the old man to shelter you. ”

Zhang Ruochen said: "The owner of the hospital refers to the 'seedling cutting operation'?"

The master of the West Courtyard snorted lightly and said, "Do you know the 'Seedling Cutting Operation'?"

You must know that the black market and Wushi Qianzhuang have been antagonistic since ancient times, fighting each other, fighting each other, expanding their territory, and competing for market resources.

Wushi School Palace is the base camp for Wushi Qianzhuang to cultivate talents, in order to defeat Wushi Qianzhuang from the source, therefore, the black market launched the "seedling cutting operation", specifically assassinating the elite geniuses in the Wushi School Palace.

Eight hundred years ago, the black market launched an operation to cut seedlings, and of course Zhang Ruochen knew.

Zhang Ruochen had no way to explain to the master of the Western Courtyard, so he could only push it onto the King of Yunwu County and said, "Before I came to take the exam in the Academy, I heard my father mention it once. Actually, I don't know much about the seedling cutting operation. ”

"It turns out that the King of Yunwu County has already reminded you, so there is no need for the old man to say more!"

In the eyes of the master of the Western Courtyard, it was not a secret that the King of Yunwu County would learn about the seedling cutting operation, after all, the seedling killing operation had lasted for thousands of years, and it was not a secret.

Zhang Ruochen's expression moved, and he said, "The reason why the courtyard master postponed summoning the students for a month is that he wants to use the students as bait to find out the evil people who infiltrated the black market and the Moon Worship Demon Sect into the Western Courtyard?"

"That's right!" the master of the West Courtyard smiled, "You won't hold a grudge against the old man, right?"

Zhang Ruochen said with a smile: "Since the academy master has already told the students about this matter in person, how can the students hold a grudge against the academy master? I really want to know, has the academy master found out the evil person lurking in the west courtyard?"

"Some clues have been found, but we are still waiting for the big fish to enter the net, and I believe that the net will be closed soon. "The main road of the West Courtyard.

Subsequently, the master of the West Courtyard said: "Zhang Ruochen, are you willing to worship the old man's master and become the old man's personal disciple?"

There is a big difference between a student and a disciple.

A single teacher can teach many students, but there are very few disciples who have been passed on to them.

Once he becomes the personal disciple of the master of the Western Courtyard, it is equivalent to having one more backer, then Zhang Ruochen's status in the Western Courtyard will immediately rise, and in the future, no one will dare to trouble him. Even in the inner palace of the Wushi Academy, Zhang Ruochen's status is still higher than that of other inner palace students.

However, Zhang Ruochen didn't want to worship the master of the West Courtyard as a teacher, because he had too many secrets on his body and didn't want outsiders to know. If the master of the Western Academy were to be his teacher, some of these secrets would definitely be exposed.

Zhang Ruochen respectfully saluted to the master of the West Courtyard and said, "Thank you for the love, but the student wants to cultivate his own martial arts, and he has no intention of apprenticeship for the time being." ”

Surprisingly, the master of the West Courtyard did not get angry, but instead showed a smile and said, "Hehe! The old man has been the master of the West Courtyard for thirty-four years, and he has taken the initiative to accept apprentices a total of eleven times, and you are the second person to refuse the old man." ”

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Note: As mentioned earlier, the history of the Western Courtyard is only 460 years, and it refers to the Western Courtyard of the Wushi Academy in the Heavenly Demon Mountains. The distribution of Wushi Xue Palace covers the entire Kunlun realm, and its history is far more than four hundred and sixty years.