At this moment—

"There are six rules for a gentleman to bow down and do - not worried, not afraid, not fighting, not instrumental, virtuous, metaphorical, knowing his words, keeping his heart, and bowing in everything. "In a silent and uninhabited open space on the mountain behind the inner courtyard, two figures stood opposite each other, and this area of tens of meters was already shrouded in a sword path condensed by a sword qi, even if the battle in this enchantment was fierce, its aura could not leak half a point. Xiao Yihan held the Jun Yan Sword in both hands, faced Cao Wuming in front of him with a serious face, and muttered silently in his mouth. Before the words were completely finished, a red flame had already enveloped Xiao Yihan's body, and similarly, this high-temperature flame was also wrapped around the Jun Yan Sword in his hand, and the giant sword wrapped in the flames looked even more powerful.

"Uncle Wuming, I'm on!"

Xiao Yihan said in a deep voice, and then his body burst out, holding the sword in both hands, and the huge and thick sword body carried a high-temperature flame, pressing towards Cao Wuming in front of him with the momentum of overturning the river and the sea. Cao Wuming raised his head slightly, and a fine light flashed in his eyes-

"Full of flaws!"

Although the sword displayed by Xiao Yihan looked majestic, it was really full of flaws in Cao Wuming's eyes, only to see him pick up a small branch in his hand and wave a sword qi, blowing away the flames on the sword body out of thin air, but the red giant sword still slashed towards the place where he was standing. Cao Wuming calmly stepped back to dodge the sword, but what he didn't expect was that Xiao Yihan actually changed the trajectory of the giant sword's movement in mid-air, and the red sword shadow blasted towards Cao Wuming's waist. Seeing that the situation was not good, Cao Wuming subconsciously stretched out a finger and clamped the Junyan sword directly, and the giant sword was forcibly stopped, but Xiao Yihan was not so comfortable, he took off the sword with both hands, and the strong reaction force actually made his whole person fly upside down.

"Although the mental method is more familiar than before, the sword technique is still not good...... How many times have you said that the sword should be held steadily, hold it steadily! If the sword is not held steadily, what kind of swordsman should you be!" Cao Wuming felt the tingling sensation coming from his arm, stuck Jun Yan's sword on the ground, and said while shaking his hand. At this time, Xiao Yihan also got up from a few meters away, looking a little depressed, although he had gone through a month of hard work, but now it is still very difficult to use the Junyan Sword in actual combat, even if Cao Wuming does not say that he understands very well, holding this Junyan Sword, let alone Cao Wuming, even if he faces himself in a normal state, he will be defeated. Thinking of this, he lowered his head deeply again, and said with some loss:

"Understood...... I will continue to work hard......"

As if sensing the frustration and loss in Xiao Yihan's tone, Cao Wuming lowered his head and took a closer look, it had only been a month, Xiao Yihan's figure had lost a lot of weight compared to before, and even his spirit was a little sluggish. A trace of shame flashed in Cao Wuming's heart, and then he came to Xiao Yihan's side, comforting and said: "Don't push yourself so much, what I taught you before this is the skills of one-handed swords, and it is very difficult to change the swordsmanship habits for more than ten years...... Forget it, it's not a good idea to keep asking you to practice hard here, you can go out for a walk. ”

"Going for a walk, but my sword isn't ...... yet."

Hearing Cao Wuming's words, Xiao Yihan raised his head a little depressed, looked at the figure in front of him, and asked with some puzzlement.

"What I've taught you here is always just some blunt skills, and you still need to practice it yourself to really master it, and there is no way to improve just practicing the sword in the air...... By the way, that little girl came to you a few days ago, saying that she received an invitation to the auction, you can go with her, just take a look and walk around, buy some if you see something, and come back to Lu Yun, the old money fan, to report the account. But this time, don't be covered in injuries like last time. Looking at those bright and pure eyes, Cao Wuming said earnestly, he now gradually understood what Lu Yun said to him that day, long-term penance in Qizhong Academy is not good for Xiao Yihan...... Young people, you still have to go out and walk more.

“....... Understood, Uncle Wuming, I'll go back and clean up ......"

After listening to Cao Wuming's admonition, Xiao Yihan also seemed to understand something, he stood up slowly, saluted Cao Wuming respectfully, picked up the Junyan sword that was inserted on the ground and left directly. Looking at Xiao Yihan's figure gradually moving away, Cao Wuming didn't know why, there was some bitterness in his eyes, he lowered his head and looked at the middle finger and index finger of his right hand, and an obvious blood mark remained on it very conspicuously-

"Brother Xiao, it seems that your son is the same demon as you were at the beginning......"

At the same time - within the East Pole Sect

As the absolute overlord of the East Pole Domain, the East Pole Sect also has a heaven and earth spiritual vein in its sect, and in terms of quality, it may be even better, and it is different from the Qizhong Academy's use of the Puyu Linglong Pagoda to collect and use the heaven and earth aura. The Dongji Sect's handwriting was obviously much larger, using a precise combination of dozens of complex formations, so that the aura in the spiritual veins of heaven and earth could lead to every house and cultivation room in the sect like tap water. At this moment, in a hidden room close to the center of the Eastern Pole Sect, there was a heavy sound-

"Boom-"

A burly figure slowly walked out of a secret room, and when he saw this figure, a black-robed man who seemed to have been waiting for a long time walked quickly towards him, and then knelt down respectfully, and said in a deep voice:

"Meet the Young Master"

"No need to be polite...... Sect Master, is there any news over there?" A trace of loneliness flashed in the burly figure's eyes, he had basically guessed the purpose of the black-robed man in front of him coming to him, and after hesitating for a moment, he asked tentatively at the black-robed man.

"Sect Master, he thought about it for a long time...... In the end, he agreed to the young master's request, but before that, he also gave the young master one last task...... As early as a week ago, when you were in retreat, the East Pole Chamber of Commerce sent someone to send an invitation to the auction, directly inviting you to participate in the East Pole Chamber of Commerce auction. The black-robed man paused and said with some hesitation.

"It's July, and it's true that the day when the Chamber of Commerce held an auction in the past, but the invitation letter should be submitted directly to the sect master by the Chamber of Commerce...... Even if the sect master doesn't go, it should be represented by the elders, why would he send it to me directly?If this auction isn't there some ghost name?" Hearing the words of the black-robed man, Dongfang Xinqiu frowned, although the Dongji Sect and the Dongji Chamber of Commerce are two independent organizations, the contacts between them are closer than any other forces, but this time the unexpected move of the Dongji Chamber of Commerce really surprised Dongfang Xinqiu, and this is probably the reason why the sect leader let himself go to the Dongji Chamber of Commerce to take a look and observe the situation.

"It's not just that there is something strange here, young master, the place where the auction will be held in the invitation is not in East Pole City, but in Xiangcheng...... Moreover, according to our informant, the way the East Pole Chamber of Commerce sent the invitation this time was also completely different, and it was not sent to the sect masters and patriarchs of the major power families, but to the elite disciples under the sect through various channels. Although it is not surprising that with the strength and intelligence of the Dongji Chamber of Commerce, it is ..... The act itself is very weird. ”

"Then, who are in the list of these elite disciples found by the Dongji Chamber of Commerce?"

"Judging from what we have investigated now, there are Lin Ziang of Donglin Mountain, Zifeng of the Zi Family of Amethyst City, Ling Xiaozhi of Qizhong Academy, Xuanyi of the Retreat Academy, and a little girl named Liaoyun'er in Xuanyang Gate...... Also, the young master was also invited......"

"Understood...... Compared to the sect master, I want to investigate the clues of this auction, so let's go out for a walk, Yingheng, pack up our things, and we will set off immediately. ”