The empty secret room is airtight, but there is no darkness as imagined. The faint fluorescence filled it, and if you looked closely, it turned out to be a wisp of greenish-white shimmer emitted by the countless night pearls embedded in the surrounding granite walls. Looking at the light of the night pearl, there were two men in the middle of the secret room, one old and one young.

The young man was none other than Chu Yunfan, and I saw him sitting in the middle of the stone room with his eyes closed. Pinch a Dharma seal in each of your left and right hands, palms facing each other, and place them flat on your chest. And the old man was Meng Zhengtian, he was standing not far from Chu Yunfan's side, just standing there quietly, like an old monk in a fixed place, his eyes were firmly fixed on Chu Yunfan, as if there was something special about Chu Yunfan, which was very attractive.

"Hoo ......"

In the stone room, where the needle could be heard, a breath suddenly sounded, breaking the eternal silence. Chu Yunfan exhaled deeply, put his hands flat on his knees, and slowly opened his eyes, his eyes flashing with indescribable joy. In the past four months, he has not left the secret room an inch, devoted himself to hard cultivation, and finally gained a harvest, breaking through to the Great Perfection of Qi Refining, how can he not be agitated in his heart?

You must know that each great realm is divided into five small realms: the early stage, the middle stage, the late stage, the peak, and the Great Perfection, but not every martial artist can reach the peak or the Great Perfection. Ordinary martial artists only need to reach the late stage of cultivation to impact the next great realm, but those who pursue the ultimate in martial arts will continue to break through their own limits, continue to accumulate heritage, and reach the limit points of each realm, so as to make themselves more powerful. Every martial artist who can reach the peak or Great Perfection is the king of the same realm, and he is proud of the entire martial artist of the same level.

"Not bad...... Not bad...... I didn't expect that in just over four months, you would have broken through to the Great Consummation of Qi Refining!" Meng Zhengtian smiled and slowly approached Chu Yunfan.

"Master. Chu Yunfan came back to his senses, stood up, and said respectfully to Meng Zhengtian: "It is the master's credit that the disciple was able to reach the Great Perfection of Qi Refining so smoothly. ”

In the past four months, Meng Zhengtian has basically been by Chu Yunfan's side, carefully explaining to him and solving his doubts one by one.

After such a long time of companionship, Meng Zhengtian also knew Chu Yunfan's character very well, and he had a great appetite for him, so he discussed with Li Yibai and accepted Chu Yunfan as a disciple.

Li Yibai was of course too late to be happy when he heard this, he wished that Meng Zhengtian could accept Chu Yunfan's disciple. It's just that Chu Yunfan has already worshiped himself as a teacher first, and Meng Zhengtian has said many years ago that he will no longer accept disciples, so he doesn't dare to mention this matter, for fear of causing unnecessary misunderstandings, but he didn't expect Meng Zhengtian to take the initiative to accept Chu Yunfan as a disciple, which is of course the best thing.

Since Li Yibai had also nodded in agreement, Chu Yunfan certainly wouldn't have any opinions. His gratitude to Meng Zhengtian is no less than that of Li Yibai, Meng Zhengtian has hardly left him for more than four months, personally taught, carefully explained, Chu Yunfan is not a wolf-hearted person, how can he not be grateful from the bottom of his heart.

"The master leads the way in, and the cultivation depends on the individual. If you can break through to the Great Perfection of Qi Refining so smoothly, it is all due to your own penance. ”

Meng Zhengtian paused and continued: "This Purple Qi Haoran Technique is divided into nine layers, and now that you have cultivated the first layer to the consummation realm, then I will teach you the rest of the exercises, you need to practice diligently in the future, and you must not slack off." ”

Without waiting for Chu Yunfan to reply, Meng Zhengtian pointed out with a finger and pointed at the center of Chu Yunfan's eyebrows. A light purple aura spread along Meng Zhengtian's index finger little by little into Chu Yunfan's eyebrows, and after a while, Meng Zhengtian withdrew his finger and said lightly: "I have imprinted all the next exercises on your soul, if you have any questions in the future, you can always come and ask me." ”

"The disciples will follow the teachings carefully, and they will definitely cultivate hard in the future, so as not to disgrace the masters. Chu Yunfan replied with a solemn face.

In fact, his talent is not bad, although it is not talented, but it is far from being comparable to ordinary people. Originally, with the teaching of a peerless powerhouse like his father Chu Yuan, he shouldn't have only this strength. But Chu Yunfan has been naughty since he was a child, he doesn't like to practice martial arts, and Chu Yuan and his wife originally wanted him to live a happy and happy life as an ordinary person, so although his previous strength was good among his peers, he was not the strongest in the column.

Now in order to take revenge, Chu Yunfan has been cultivating day and night, and with the personal guidance of Li Yibai and Meng Zhengtian, two world-class powerhouses who are not inferior to Chu Yuan, how can he not advance by leaps and bounds?

"It's time for us to go out, it's time to go back and see your master after you've been here for so long. Meng Zhengtian nodded with satisfaction and walked out of the secret room first.

"Ah...... Is it still good in the air outside...... It's so nice......"

Chu Yunfan followed Meng Zhengtian's footsteps out of the stone room, and as soon as he stepped out of the stone door, he couldn't help but open his hands, close his eyes, and greedily inhale the fresh air outside.

Meng Zhengtian looked at this scene and couldn't help but smile slightly, although it is common for martial artists to retreat and cultivate for months or even years, but after practicing penance in a closed stone room for a few months for the first time, there may be a feeling of reincarnation when they come out.

"Okay, there are still some things to do for the teacher, so you can go back by yourself first. After Meng Zhengtian finished speaking, he didn't look back and left directly.

"Finally back...... I don't know if Senior Brother Fourth is still in the sect? I said that I would invite him and Senior Brother Ye to drink, but I didn't expect that more than four months had passed since this cultivation. Chu Yunfan looked at the familiar grass and trees on Qingyun Peak, and his mood couldn't help but become very happy, although he had only stayed on Qingyun Peak for less than two days before he went to the secret room on Haoran Peak to retreat and cultivate, but he had an indescribable feeling and bond for Qingyun Peak.

"Hey, who is that?" Chu Yunfan pulled back his distant thoughts, and suddenly found that in the phoenix forest not far ahead, a young girl was leaning on a phoenix tree more than twenty meters high, quietly looking ahead, not knowing what she was thinking.

The girl wears a long white dress, crescent moon and willow eyebrows, bright eyes and bright teeth, white skin like snow, and delicate like warm jade. His long hair was black and shiny, untied or untied, and was casually scattered and draped over his shoulders. There is no impurity in those clear eyes, as if there is some kind of mysterious magic that can attract people firmly.

The tall phoenix wood branches and leaves are luxuriant, and the phoenix flowers are in full bloom in the wind, like a cluster of burning flames, which is particularly gorgeous and eye-catching. The dense layers of branches and leaves are like a large net of weaving, covering the blue sky, and the sunlight casts beams of golden light through the gaps, sprinkled on the grass, and printed on the girl's face, forming a beautiful picture.

The girl frowned slightly, as if she felt Chu Yunfan's gaze, turned her head, and collided with Chu Yunfan's eyes.

Chu Yunfan's ghost turned his head slightly, not daring to look directly at the girl, as if the child who had done something bad had been caught red-handed.

However, in an instant, Chu Yunfan immediately came back to his senses, and there were no other female disciples in Qingyun Peak except for the second senior sister and the sixth senior sister. With this girl, she is the master of this Qingyun Peak, so why do you need to dodge, like a thief.

"I don't know who the girl is, why is she in Qingyun Peak?" Chu Yunfan broke the somewhat awkward atmosphere and said.

In fact, he couldn't help but be surprised, there are usually few people in this Qingyun Peak, how could such an ethereal and dusty person suddenly appear, so beautiful that he is like a fairy who does not eat fireworks in the world.

"Who are you, a disciple of this Qingyun Peak?" the girl asked without answering.

"In Xia Chu Yunfan, the family teacher is none other than Li Yibai, the peak master of this Qingyun Peak. ”

"Oh...... It turned out to be Master Li's senior apprentice, my name is Liu Yunsheng, and I followed my master to the Zixiao Sect to visit Master Li. Now my master is catching up with Uncle Li in the Qingyun Palace, and I am bored by myself, so I come out for a casual walk. ”

"Yun wants clothes, flowers want to look, it's really a good name. Chu Yunfan thought in his heart, and couldn't help blurting out, as soon as the words came out, he suddenly felt that something was wrong, his face turned red, and he hurriedly explained to Liu Yunsheng: "Senior Sister Liu, I was abrupt, just now I blurted out with a sudden movement in my heart, there is absolutely no blasphemy, please forgive me." ”

Although Chu Yunfan just whispered just now, the sound was not loud, but because the surroundings were very quiet and the two were close, Liu Yunshang could hear Chu Yunfan's words just now. I thought he was another disciple, but when he saw Chu Yunfan's face flushed and at a loss, Liu Yunshang couldn't help but feel relieved, it seemed that he was just a teenager who didn't know anything about the world.

"Thanks to the praise of the junior brother, but this name was taken by the parents, and it can only be said that Yunshang has been stained with the light of his parents. Liu Yunshang smiled indifferently and was not angry.

Senior Sister Liu smiled. By the way, I'm about to go to see my master now, and I don't know if my sister is going to go with me. ”

"Senior Brother Chu, you should go back first, Master and Uncle Li should still be catching up, I'd better go to another place for a stroll first, and come back later." ”

In the Qingyun Palace, Li Yibai sat on the gossip platform in the center of the front of the hall, and a woman who looked to be in her thirties sat on the lower seat on his right hand. Wearing a red wide-sleeved fairy skirt, delicate facial features, long black hair pulled into a bun coiled at the back of his head, showing a graceful and luxurious temperament between his gestures.

When the woman was talking with Li Yibai, a figure walked in from the gate, it was Chu Yunfan, who came straight to Qingyun Hall after saying goodbye to Liu Yunsheng.

"Disciple Chu Yunfan visits Master. After Chu Yunfan entered the hall, he stepped in front of Li Yibai and bowed. After speaking, he turned around and clenched his fists at the middle-aged woman next to him and said respectfully: "I've seen my predecessors." ”

Before Li Yibai could speak first, the middle-aged woman smiled slightly: "This is the newly accepted disciple that Brother Li just said, right? ”

"Fifth sister, you're laughing at me, how can you look at people for your brother. ”

It turned out that this woman's name was Yi Qianqin, and she and Li Yibai were brother and sister of Jin Lan. Li Yibai was also a hot-blooded young man when he was young, and he traveled all over the Kyushu continent, and on the way to adventure and training, he met four good friends, and the five of them fell in love with each other, and decided to marry Jin Lan, and since then they have become brothers and sisters with different surnames.

Among the five people, only Yi Qianqin is a woman, and she is the youngest, so she naturally becomes the most popular little sister, and Li Yibai is ranked third. Except for the eldest brother who is the eldest of the five, the remaining four are either children of the big family or disciples of the big sect, and no matter what, they have to go back to where they should go back in the end.

Since they went to the ends of the world and dispersed for many years, Li Yibai has never had the opportunity to meet the other four again. This time, it happened that the Ethereal Palace and the Zixiao Sect had important matters to deal with, so Yi Qianqin took the initiative to ask Ying to take over this task, and by the way, she came over to meet Li Yibai to catch up with the past.

"Okay, since you have completed the mission given to you by the sect, don't be in a hurry to go back to Fengzhou first, stay in Qingyun Peak for a while, and have a good time in Qingzhou. Li Yibai said.

"The third brother's kindness sister understands it, and the little sister also wants to play everywhere, but the party is busy with things, especially the recent incident, how can you be as free as the third brother. Yi Qianqin shook her head slightly, and said helplessly: "Little sister will have to rush back to Fengzhou early tomorrow morning." ”

Li Yibai's eyes flashed with surprise, he didn't expect Yi Qianqin to be in such a hurry to go back, he knew that if the matter was not serious, she would definitely not be in such a hurry to go back, it seemed that he still underestimated the impact of that incident.

Li Yibai pondered for a moment and said, "Since this is the case, then it is inconvenient for me to force you to stay, you can rest in my Qingyun Peak tonight." ”

"Then there is Third Brother Lao. ”

Li Yibai snorted and then turned his head to Chu Yunfan and said, "Xiao Fan, this is the righteous sister of the master who married Jin Lan, you can call Uncle Shi." ”

"Yun Fan said hello to Uncle Shi. Hearing this, Chu Yunfan said respectfully to Yi Qianqin again.

"Well, don't be so polite. Since you have called me uncle, come, you can take this thing, and my uncle will give you a greeting gift. ”

Yi Qianqin flipped his palm and took out a palm-sized copper shield, on which was engraved a beast head with blue fangs, his eyes were round and his eyes were about to split, revealing a bloody mouth, which was lifelike. After a few more glances, it seemed that the ancient fierce beast was about to break through the shield and pounce on it.

"Uncle Shi, this thing is so precious, the disciple really doesn't dare to accept it. Although Chu Yunfan didn't know the origin of this shield, as soon as he looked at the beast head on the shield that seemed to be about to come to life, he knew that this thing was definitely not simple.

"Uncle Shi actually took it out for you, is there any reason to take it back, you can accept it with peace of mind. Although this bronze beast shield has some origins, it also has shortcomings. Although this shield is very strong, if it is driven by spiritual power, it cannot fully exert its power, but the spiritual power is lost very quickly, and there is a feeling that the gains outweigh the losses. Yi Qianqin paused and continued: "I've tried various methods but can't fully play its proper role, but although it consumes more spiritual power, it is still very effective to save life at critical moments. ”

"Xiaofan, your uncle has said that this is it, you can accept it. At this time, Li Yibai also interjected.

The elder didn't dare to resign, so Yun Fan accepted it. Chu Yunfan didn't shirk anymore, took the bronze shield with both hands, and put it into the Spirit Void Ring.

Seeing that Chu Yunfan accepted the shield, Li Yibai's lips moved slightly, and he said, "Xiao Fan, seeing that your strength has improved so quickly, I am very happy for you." If you have any questions about your cultivation, you can always come to the teacher, and the teacher will try his best to solve your doubts. By the way, your fourth senior brother seems to have something to do with you, but he has been looking for you several times during this time. ”

"Fourth Senior Brother looking for me?"

Hearing that Huangfu Shaoqi was looking for him, Chu Yunfan was a little puzzled, it stands to reason that he should have looked for him by himself, how could it be that he came to find him in turn, and he also looked for himself several times while knowing that he was in retreat, it seems that there is something important.

"Disciple knows, by the way, Master, why didn't I see the two senior sisters today. ”

"A while ago, they went out to practice together, and you were in retreat and cultivation at Haoran Peak. ”

"I see, no wonder I didn't see the sixth senior sister all the way, so the disciple retired first. ”

After Chu Yunfan came out of the Qingyun Palace, he walked straight to the courtyard where Huangfu Shaoqi lived. After a while, Chu Yunfan came to the place where Huangfu Shaoqi lived, and saw from a distance that the courtyard door was closed, and people should have gone out.

Chu Yunfan probably guessed that Huangfu Shaoqi was not there, but he still didn't dare to be completely sure, strode to the gate of the courtyard, and shouted a few times inside: "Senior brother is here? I'm Yunfan." ”

It seems that the fourth senior brother is going out, so let's come back and have a look later.

After shouting a few more times and no one responded, Chu Yunfan turned around and left, walking towards the Paizhong Restaurant, thinking in his heart: "Go find something to eat first, maybe you can meet the fourth senior brother there." ”

"Hey, isn't that Senior Sister Liu Yunsheng?Who is the person next to him?" After Chu Yunfan was full of food and drink, on the way back to Qingyun Peak, he saw a man and a woman walking side by side from a distance, no, it was true that the man had been following the girl in white all the time, with a flattering face and a great courtesy.

The girl didn't care about the man's flattery, there was no expression on her face, and she walked forward on her own. Suddenly, the girl seemed to have discovered something, a smile appeared on her face, and the corners of her mouth slightly hooked an arc.

"Senior Brother Chu, where are you going?"

Chu Yunfan was not sure if the girl was Liu Yunsheng, it stands to reason that Liu Yunshang should not know someone in this Zixiao faction, why would there be a man next to him. As a result, after Liu Yunshang opened his mouth to say hello first, Chu Yunfan confirmed that the girl was Liu Yunsheng.

"Senior Sister Yunshang, who are you?" asked Chu Yunfan.

"Senior Brother Chu, I've almost finished shopping, and I'm thinking of going back to Qingyun Peak to find my master, I don't know if you want to go back together. Liu Yunsheng lightly opened her red lips and said slowly.

Chu Yunfan was slightly stunned, and then came to his senses, although he was not smart, he was not stupid, and after looking at the eyes of the man standing next to Liu Yunsheng with a little warning and jealousy, he understood everything.

Chu Yunfan was extremely helpless in his heart, and when he came out for a meal, he could be pulled as a shield. But helpless, I still have to do this shield, Liu Yunshang is Uncle Yi's apprentice, I just accepted Uncle Yi's heavy gift, it hasn't been long since I just took someone's things and turned my face and didn't recognize anyone, I don't help this little thing.

Anyway, I don't know this man, maybe I won't have anything to do with this man in the future, and I can't care so much, even if I am hated by this man, I have to stand up.

Chu Yunfan smiled and stepped forward to greet him: "What a coincidence, Senior Sister Yunshang, I was just about to go back to Qingyun Peak, so let's go back together, and I can also chat with Senior Sister on the way to relieve boredom." ”

Chu Yunfan completely ignored the cold gaze of the man next to Liu Yunsheng, walked to Liu Yunsheng's side with a smile, and stood firmly. If the eyes could kill, presumably Chu Yunfan had been tortured and killed alive by that man several times.