Half a month later, Yao Ruoyu slowly exhaled a breath of turbid air from the secret room, flicked his fingers, and withdrew all the flames in the sky back to the blade of the sword, and then recalled the Zhanhu sword and put it into the sheath.

"Finally, I've finished this trick before October, hmm, the Flame of Immortality? Then let's call it [Burning Sword]!. ”

After muttering a few words, Yao Ruoyu smiled and got up to leave the secret room.

After recruiting Guo Fengjie and Wen Yuancai on that day, Yao Ruoyu once again practiced kendo.

However, this time he did not retreat, but found Wu Xue and asked her for advice on the fire spirit method.

With Wu Xue's stubborn character, seeing Yao Ruoyu put on a modest posture to ask for advice, he was naturally very proud, and told him all his experience of the fire spirit method without reservation.

Yao Ruoyu already had a move similar to the fire-based spirit method [Destroying the Black Tide], and with the experience he gained from Wu Xue, he spent half a month of effort to deduce this [Burning Sword].

This sword technique is different from the piercing peerless of the [Ice Falls] and [Spiral] two swords, but is based on the power of destruction of the sword way, supplemented by the effect of flame burning, which can turn spiritual energy into its own fuel, making the sword skill more and more vigorous, endless.

After leaving the secret room, Yao Ruoyu first went to the political affairs hall, today is a routine court meeting, but because he is in retreat, Xu Xuanrong presided over the meeting.

By the time he arrived, the court meeting had almost come to an end.

However, Yao Ruoyu did not come to attend the meeting, and when the court meeting was over, he told everyone that he was going back to Evergreen Valley, and the next political affairs were still in charge of Xu Xuanrong as usual.

For Yao Ruoyu to go out from time to time, everyone has long been surprised, even the most conservative Bai Junru is blind to it, because he knows that no matter what he says, his own lord will not listen, it is better to save some saliva.

After arranging all the affairs when he left, Yao Ruoyu went straight to find Yan Fuchan, and wanted to call her to go to Evergreen Valley with him, but he didn't want his girlfriend to be busy training the dark department recently, so he directly rejected him.

The dark department is a unit that Yao Ruoyu had a whim and asked Yan Fuchan to help train, mainly focusing on intelligence, spies, and scouts, which can be regarded as Wenbang's own intelligence department.

What Yao Ruoyu didn't expect was that Wanyan Fuchan, who had never liked to do a lot of things, was actually quite interested in training the dark department, and she had been eating and living in the dark department for half a month, and she didn't even come back to King Wen's mansion.

So with a wry smile, Yao Ruoyu had no choice but to embark on the road back to Evergreen Valley alone.

This time when he went back, there was no Linghe, Yao Ruoyu could only take a boat to the south, but it took more than ten days to go around and around the west, and it took him more than ten days to reach the Evergreen Valley.

After coming back, Yao Ruoyu naturally went to see Ning He as soon as possible.

Seeing that he had returned in time, Ning He was very happy, and then explained the reason why he was called to come back before October.

With the formation of the situation of the Song Dynasty, the Jin Kingdom, the Nanban Kingdom, and the Mongol Four Kingdoms, the seven holy places belonging to each country naturally formed a hostile relationship, and in order to compare, but also to show strength, since ten years ago, the seven holy places will have a competition every seven years.

However, this time the Seven Saints Martial Arts will not be just a pure ring battle like before, but will be held in an ancient cave mansion.

This cave was excavated by the Wind and Snow Divine Mountain half a year ago, although there are many prohibitions, but the overall lethality is not high, so after being proposed by the Wind and Snow Divine Mountain, the location of the Seven Saints will be set here. Of course, four of the internal harvests will be sold to the Wind and Snow God Mountain, and the rest will be handed over to the various factions.

"Speaking of which, it's fortunate that this year is not in the Wind and Snow God Mountain," Ning He smiled suddenly, "After all, the weather is cold there, and their disciples are all silent and unpopular, no different from competing in the cemetery." ”

"Then how do you tell if you win or lose?" Yao Ruoyu couldn't help but ask.

Ning He replied: "We will place a treasure in the deepest part of the cave mansion to win this treasure to determine the victory, of course, there is also a time limit, three days, you must hold this treasure at the end, if no one obtains it, then postpone it for a day, if there is none, continue to postpone it until someone obtains it." ”

Seeing Yao Ruoyu's head, Ning He smiled and said: "In this competition, we have seventeen places in Evergreen Valley, two in each of the four halls, and the remaining nine are selected in the other affiliated spiritual courtyards in our Evergreen Valley, and one of the two places in our Evergreen Hall this time is you." ”

When Ning He said the Seven Saints Huiwu, Yao Ruoyu had already comprehended it, and when he saw him say it at this moment, he arched his hand and said, "The disciple will live up to the prestige of my Immortal Hall." ”

"It's Evergreen Valley," nodded with a smile, Ning He said slowly, "The seventeen of you are all the elite of our sect, and your strength is not weak, but in the old man's opinion, it is okay for others to dominate in the Holy Land, but if it is placed in the entire Huaxia, it will be far from enough, so I hope you will come to compete." ”

Yao Ruoyu smiled when he heard this, but did not speak, to be honest, with his current strength that could match the Five Realms, unless the disciples of other Holy Lands had the strength to defy the heavens like Zhang Ziqiang, he was really not afraid of anything.

Seeing through the confidence in his heart, Ning He couldn't help but smile and said: "Don't be too confident, I know that you have a secret technique to improve your cultivation, but when you get there, it's useless, this time in addition to you, we also invited many disciples of the Jianghu Sect, because we were worried that there would be five realms to secretly participate, so we arranged a suppression spirit array in the cave mansion to suppress everyone's cultivation to the four realms." ”

Yao Ruoyu couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this, and then said with a wry smile: "Hall Master, when you say this, the disciple is a little retreated. ”

"Haha! Why, the dignified King Wen will not be able to fight?" Ning He naturally heard that he was joking, and immediately laughed.

Yao Ruoyu scratched his head and said with a smile: "The title of King Wen, don't mention it to the hall master, in front of you, the disciple does not dare to claim the king." ”

Seeing his cramped appearance, Ning He was suddenly overjoyed, and couldn't help but point at him, and said with a smile: "You kid, you weren't so cowardly in those battles in Hezhou, right?" What are you pretending to be with me? ”

For some reason, either Yao Ruoyu felt Ning He's sincere love for him, or he naturally had a sense of closeness to a kind old man like Ning He, so every time he communicated with Ning He, Yao Ruoyu would always unconsciously forget his identity as King Wen, and would always communicate with him with the mentality of a junior.

Seeing that Ning He saw through his pretentious posture, Yao Ruoyu laughed dryly.

Shaking his head, Ning He turned around and took a brocade box, handed it to Yao Ruoyu, and said: "Here are fifteen health pills and two drops of life-sustaining dew, both of which have the effect of increasing lifespan, the latter you need to use carefully, each drop has the effect of reviving the dying person." ”

Yao Ruoyu was not surprised when he heard this, and hurriedly and carefully put away the brocade box, and then Ning He took out another scroll and said, "This is one of the three secret traditions of my Immortal Hall, the "Immortal Technique", you put it away, and you will have a good understanding when you go back." ”

It's just that this time Yao Ruoyu didn't answer, but frowned and said: "The disciple has just come to Evergreen Valley, and he has not made an inch, and it is already the limit to accept these elixirs from the hall master, if he accepts this exercise with the shame of others, he is afraid of provoking criticism." ”

He said politely, because he was afraid that others would criticize him, but with Ning He's experience, how could he not see that Yao Ruoyu was worried that Ning He's own image would be damaged.

However, Ning He waved his hand and said lightly: "The old man is now ninety-seven years old, and he has survived through the art of immortality, and he has long looked down on such a thing as a face, and you are indeed qualified for this exercise, don't forget, the old man still needs you to earn some face for my Evergreen Valley." ”

Yao Ruoyu heard a little taste, frowned, and said, "Listening to the meaning of the hall master, aren't you optimistic about the other people in this sect who participated in the competition this time?"

After a little hesitation, Ning He bowed his head and said: "Yes, although those seven people are not low in rank, they all have four realms, four realms, and even five levels, but when it comes to fighting, I am afraid that they are not the opponents of other Holy Land disciples." ”

Without waiting for Yao Ruoyu to ask, Ning He had already continued: "Since the establishment of my Evergreen Valley, I have been based on the theme of 'the unity of heaven and man' and 'Taoism and nature', but over the years, most of the juniors in the door think that they need to be humble and introverted, not condensed, after a long time, this huge Evergreen Valley is as lifeless as death, and it is really angry to look at it, and I can't bear to abandon it." Speaking of the back, the old man's tone was also mostly regretful, obviously seeing this change in Evergreen Valley, Ning He felt uncomfortable in his heart.

Yao Ruoyu suddenly, this is just like the fight between Yang Renjie and Xiang Beibei that day, although the strength is about the same, but the former has been killed on the battlefield, and his decisiveness is far better than the latter, so he can naturally have more reactions when fighting.

After a few sighs, Yao Ruoyu took the scroll with both hands and said solemnly: "The disciple will definitely promote the prestige of my Evergreen Valley." ”

"There is no need to make a name for yourself, the old man only hopes that you can break the calm of this sect for more than ten years, and let the disciples know what the edge is," Ning He sighed softly, "If there is really no edge, how can this sect have the existence of the Giant Wood Hall, alas." ”

After a few more words with Ning He, Yao Ruoyu said goodbye and left, returning to the courtyard assigned to him earlier.

The spirit array was opened to isolate the courtyard, and then Yao Ruoyu unfolded the scroll and carefully studied the "Immortal Technique".

Half an hour later, Yao Ruoyu put down the "Immortal Technique" in his hand, and thought about the scriptures he had just read with a solemn look.

I have to say that as one of the three secret legends of the Immortal Hall, "Immortal Technique" is indeed a top-notch exercise, and it may have shortcomings in attack, but it has huge advantages in life-preserving, recovery, and longevity. Yao Ruoyu had no doubt that even if he was just an ordinary person to cultivate, even if he failed to cultivate, he would be able to increase his lifespan by several years.

However, almost all of the words in this "Immortal Technique" contain the words "Great Dao Nature", which is intended to warn practitioners of the need for peace of mind, which is in conflict with Yao Ruoyu's Sword of Destruction.

His Sword of Destruction is about putting oneself behind death and then rebirth, it is to let go of everything and move forward, but if he is in a peaceful state of mind, how can he wield such a sword that destroys all things.

Originally wanted to throw the scroll aside, Yao Ruoyu's heart suddenly moved, but he thought that Ning He attached so much importance to himself, he must be cautious when choosing classics, how could he choose this kind of exercise that was in conflict with his own martial arts?

Reading this, Yao Ruoyu unfolded the scroll again and began to study it again.

After a while, Yao Ruoyu put down the scroll with a frown, lifted his cheeks and thought silently.

The results of this study were almost no different from the last time, but this time, Yao Ruoyu vaguely found some problems, not the problems of the scrolls, but his own problems.

After thinking about it for a long time but not being able to understand it, he simply picked up the scroll again and read it for the third time.

This time it took two hours, and when he looked up again, there was a little clear smile in his eyes.

(I see, is the avenue natural? It's not a peaceful state of mind, it's my misunderstanding, but I do it spontaneously, as long as I don't go against my heart, I want to do it, I laugh if I want to laugh, I cry when I want to cry, so that I can conform to the will of heaven and live with the sky.) ）

Yao Ruoyu, who finally came to his senses, was full of joy in his heart, and the part of the immortal meaning that he realized after three studies also made his heart and soul more pure, and the outline of the person's face seemed to be clearer by a few points.

"Just ......"

Frowning slightly, Yao Ruoyu looked at the scroll again and muttered, "Is it in accordance with the will of heaven? My sword path is for destruction, and I am afraid that this is contrary to the will of heaven......"

"No, is it contradictory? Not necessarily!"