Qingyun Sect, located in the Beixuan Continent, is teaching the cultivation of its disciples as usual, and at this time in a small courtyard, a little girl is playing with the spirit grass to tease the green spirit bird, and that cute appearance is Xiaotian's sister Xiaoqiu.

After spending a few sad days after parting with her brother, now her mood has improved a lot, she eats happily every day, and then rests for a while and goes to the ancestral hall to practice seriously, and on the way back, she goes to her grandfather's residence to "borrow" a few spiritual grasses and take them back to feed the green spirit birds.

The only thing Xiaoqiu is worried about now is that grandpa must not come here to look for her, otherwise when he sees this green spirit bird that is already fat and can't fly, it is estimated that grandpa will blow his beard angrily and stare at her. Thinking of this, Xiaoqiu couldn't help but "giggle".

At this time, a small bird transformed by wind aura flew over the wall, fluttered its wings in front of Xiao Qiu and stopped, Xiao Qiu saw this and waved his hand, and the little bird turned into a line of words, floated for a few seconds and disappeared.

After Xiaoqiu saw this line, she muttered suspiciously: "What is grandpa asking me to do now? It's not time to eat," she thought while holding the green spirit bird and putting it in an inconspicuous place, looking at the green spirit bird that was about to become a round ball, Xiao Qiu hated that iron is not steel, nodded its head and said, "You, why are you eating so much,

Look how fat you've become. ”

As if he understood Xiaoqiu's scolding, the green spirit bird screamed twice, as if he had been greatly wronged. Seeing this, Xiaoqiu had to shake his head and leave.

After seeing Xiaoqiu leave, the green spirit bird used its clumsy body to dig a sand pit with ease, and then lay in, belly up, basking in the warm sun, "quacking" twice, and happily eating the spirit grass, as if he had long forgotten the joy of flying.

Xiaoqiu, who walked lightly on the bluestone road, came to the door of Sunan's study at a trot, knocked on the door, pushed the door open and walked in. When she looked up, she saw Su Nanjing and Su Zhen who were drinking tea, and when she saw the two old men, she said with a smile: "Master, grandpa is good." ”

The two old men also nodded with a smile when they saw the visitor, and motioned for her to move a stool and sit next to her.

Seeing Xiaoqiu jumping up and down to move the stool, Sunan couldn't help but sigh in his heart: "This is the real family affection, not like before, with a hint of fear." ”

Xiao Qiu blinked her big sparkling eyes and asked, "What did Grandpa call me for?"

Sunan touched her head dotingly and said, "I'm going to Tianhe City tomorrow, do you want to go with me?"

"Of course I want to, in the Tiantian Sect, I'm about to suffocate," Xiao Qiu couldn't help but jump up when she heard that she could go out to play.

Then Xiaoqiu looked at Sunan pitifully and said, "Then grandpa, I want to buy some new clothes and delicious food, you won't buy them for me, right?"

Sunan rubbed her little face and replied kindly: "Why don't you buy it, you are grandpa's favorite baby." ”

Hearing that his grandfather promised him, Xiaoqiu pulled Sunan's sleeve and laughed contentedly.

At this time, Su Zhen, who was staying next to him, spoke, and he asked, "Xiaoqiu, has there been anything wrong with your cultivation in the past few days?" After all, it was the first time that there had been a situation of cultivating with the help of the sword spirit, and Su Zhen and Sunan attached great importance to this matter, for fear that something would go wrong.

Hearing the ancestor ask about cultivation, Xiao Qiu thought for a while and said, "There is nothing wrong, it's just that I feel that the current cultivation speed is a little too fast, it's only been a few days, and I have actually crossed from a third-level spirit master to a fifth-level spirit master." After speaking, he frowned helplessly.

Su Zhen was amused when he saw Xiao Qiu's frowning expression, and he smiled: "From ancient times to the present, I have only seen people who complain that their cultivation is slow, and I have never seen you think your cultivation is fast." ”

Seeing Xiao Qiu shyly smiled, Su Zhen took a sip of tea and continued: "But Xiao Qiu, don't worry about the problem of fast cultivation, this is the strength you should have at this age;

Xiaoqiu nodded after hearing this, it is indeed the case, every time he eats three or four, he always feels like he has not eaten it. But seeing that her brother was working so hard to refine the Spiritual Qi Pill, she didn't want to say anything more.

Su Zhen saw Xiao Qiu nodded, and continued: "But later, since I have the help of the Qingyun Sword Spirit, I can not only provide you with a very small amount of spiritual energy, but also absorb as much as you want." That's why you can progress so fast. ”

Xiao Qiu nodded thoughtfully and said, "So that's the case, but Master, why do I feel that my cultivation speed has not been as fast as before these days?"

"Because the sword spirit only helps you replenish your original aura, it will not help you forcibly absorb the aura, which will damage your cultivation; ”

Hearing this, Xiaoqiu finally realized that all the doubts in the past few days were gone, so she arched her hand, and said solemnly: "Thank you for your guidance." ”

Seeing how well Xiaoqiu learned, the two old men couldn't close their mouths happily, and finally held back a smile, Sunan said: "Okay Xiaoqiu, you go back and have fun first, and I will take you to Tianhe City tomorrow morning." ”

Seeing that there was nothing wrong here, Xiaoqiu also replied: "Grandpa, ancestor, since it's okay, then I'll go back first." With that, he moved the bench aside and walked out the door. ”

"By the way, Xiaoqiu, don't take the spirit grass in my room anymore. ”

Sunan's voice floated up from behind, and Xiaoqiu pretended not to hear it, and hurriedly ran to the residence in three steps and two steps.

Seeing Xiaoqiu running away with a puff of smoke, Sunan turned to Su Zhen helplessly and said, "Uncle Teacher, I'm very helpless, no matter where I hide the spirit grass, this little girl can find it." ”

After hearing this, Su Zhen smiled and said, "Since Xiaoqiu likes to feed the green spirit birds, let her feed them;

"No," Sunan said with a smile: "I don't object to her feeding the green spirit bird, but every time she only feeds that green spirit bird, you don't know that the stupid bird is now fat Mo said that it flies, and it is difficult to even walk." ”

Sunan's hand-to-mouth confession made Su Zhen laugh for a long time, and after a long while, he held back his laughter and said, "Forget it, no matter that stupid bird, you can first tell me how the situation of the outer sect is now." ”

"The situation of the outer sect is still not optimistic," Sunan shook his head and said: "Now there is only one person who has cultivated to reach the fourth level spirit master, or just reached it a few days ago, and the age has reached 17; ”

"What about the Inner Sect?"

"Well,,,, it's been five years, and it's been five years since the Outer Sect had the strength to stand out from the top of the Outer Sect to enter the Inner Sect. ”

"Alas,,, in the sect war seven years ago, the mainstay of our Qingyun Sect, the genius disciples were all dedicated to that battle, and seven years later, the Zhengyun Sect that led other sects to attack us has been renamed the Evil Cloud Sect, becoming the number one sect on the Xuanfeng Continent today, and it is so busy, so lively!"

Sunan took Su Zhen's words and continued: "And our sect has changed from three thousand people before to less than one hundred now, if it weren't for the three big characters of "Qingyun Sect" left by the ancestors in front of the mountain gate, I'm afraid no one would be able to recognize this as the first major sect today!"

"There is no way to do this, now their Evil Cloud Sect is huge, and they are all masters who walk sideways when they go out; if the disciples of our Qingyun Sect go out to experience and encounter them, they will be humiliated at the least, and they will lose their lives at the worst; but if they don't go out to practice, they will stay in the sect for the rest of their lives, and if they don't meet the opportunity, they will never be able to become strong; in this way, who is willing to come to our sect to cultivate!"

"Actually, the sect is just a gimmick, the key is the common people in the world," Sunan sighed and said: "The alien beast will soon reappear in the world, with the evil cloud sect's style, it will definitely let the tens of millions of creatures in the Xuanfeng Continent fend for themselves, and then ,,, alas," as if seeing the tragic situation in the future, Sunan shook his head in disappointment and couldn't bear to say more.

"Speaking of experience, I don't know how Su Qing Xiaotian and them are doing now," Su Zhen skipped this heavy topic and asked casually.

"It shouldn't be bad, after all, Su Qing is a ninth-level spirit master, as long as they don't cause trouble, there shouldn't be a big problem!"

"It's hard to say, Su Qing and Xiaotian seem to be very well-behaved on the surface, but in fact, these two people are the masters of trouble, I hope they don't kick the iron plate this time. ”

Sunan also nodded after hearing this, but he seemed to have thought of something, and immediately asked, "By the way, Uncle Shi, I don't understand something, and I want to ask you for advice." ”

"Say it,"

"Su Qing was a ninth-level spirit master ten years ago, why is he still a ninth-level spirit master now?"

"Alas, what you say, I think of Su Shi's mischievous again," Su Zhen rubbed his forehead and continued: "Ten years ago, Su Qing was exactly 20 years old, and it was a good time to take the elixir left by the ancestors, but at that time, he was rebellious by nature, so I thought about waiting for two years before letting him take it, but I didn't expect to be stolen by Su Shi to eat it, alas, ,,,"

"Didn't you say that this elixir is for children?"

"I don't say that, how can Xiao Tian take it with peace of mind, but I added Ice Heart Grass and Aoki Ice Vine, and seeing Xiao Tian's reaction after taking it, it shouldn't be a big problem. ”

After taking a sip of tea, Su Zhen continued: "Originally, my pill was also going to be reserved for talented children in the sect, but the beast is about to appear, and I have no choice but to take this pill. ”

Saying that, he motioned for Sunan to sit down and continued: "After taking the elixir, I practiced in retreat, wanting to impact the spirit master as soon as possible, but every time I came out of retreat, my spiritual power would drop rapidly, so I could only spend most of my time in retreat and cultivation in those years. ”

After a pause, Su Zhen continued: "It wasn't until later that I found out that it was the medicinal power of the pill that caused my spiritual power to decline; ”

"Later, my spiritual power slowly declined, and it didn't stop until I fell to the peak of the ninth-level spirit master, and it took two months after stopping before my spiritual power began to grow slowly, but this time the growth was not towards the tenth-level spirit master, but in another direction of cultivation, and since then I have understood a truth. ”

"What's the reason?" asked Sunan impatiently.

"Nine is followed by God, not ten!"

Su Zhen, who breathed a sigh of relief, said, "So I'll let Su Qing stop at the ninth-level spirit master first to see if he can feel that kind of opportunity!"

"After nine, it's not ten, it's a god ,,,," Sunan muttered on the side.