It's been ten days.

It had been ten days since Qin Yan broke through the Smoke and Rain Building that night.

Even Xia Sheng had to admit that Qin Yan could be regarded as a qualified disciple in terms of talent and acquired effort.

In just ten days, Qin Yan had already comprehended all the things that Xia Sheng had taught her, and she had made rapid progress, and in her gestures, she already had the demeanor of those veteran cultivators who had stayed in the Spirit Realm for two or three years.

Every two major realms of spiritual cultivation is a new watershed.

Because this means that within their spiritual aperture, they can accommodate one more spiritual object, which will increase their strength exponentially.

But because of this, they often need to put in more effort and longer time than martial arts.

This is also the biggest reason why the number of martial cultivators in the Dajin Dynasty is dozens of times that of spiritual cultivators!

If it weren't for Xia Sheng's existence, I'm afraid that if Qin Yan wanted to advance to the spirit general, he would have to wait for about a year before he could have absolute certainty and succeed in soul fusion.

This is still considering that as the eldest lady of Shantang, she can get a steady stream of support from the family.

During these ten days, Xia Sheng took those potential opponents in Qin Yan's clan as imaginary enemies, helped her analyze their weaknesses and fatal flaws one by one, and formulated more than a dozen completely different sets of tactics to ensure that no matter what kind of opponent Qin Yan encountered, Qin Yan would be able to respond to the enemy.

Of course, the most important imaginary enemy is called Qin Ran.

It's just that now the person who helped Qin Yan practice the water pattern sword has changed from Kang Wuwei to Xia Sheng.

Fortunately, in terms of realm alone, Xia Sheng is just similar to that Qin Ran, both of them are sword cultivators in the realm of martial arts.

As for the sword skills that are not mysterious at all, such as the water pattern sword, Xia Sheng is simply at his fingertips.

"Bang!"

With a muffled sound, Qin Yan fell to the ground again in embarrassment, the dust and sand in front of her dissipated, and the pair of stump wings behind her finally couldn't bear the load, and after bursting out a strong blue light, it immediately disappeared into invisibility.

But Qin Yan didn't admit defeat, and soon got up again, forcibly lit up the flame spirit pattern on his forehead, and was ready to give it another go.

However, before she could make a move, Xia Sheng, who was not far away, took the lead in putting away his sword, shook his head and said, "Let's stop here today." ”

Qin Yan gritted her teeth and said in a deep voice: "Sir, I can still hold on!"

Xia Sheng came to Qin Yan with a smile and said, "In two days, it will be the clan competition, you can't afford too much consumption, you need to take care of your body in these two days, and strive to adjust your state to the peak state!"

Hearing this, Qin Yan couldn't help but clench her pink fists, and rarely insisted: "But, sir, I still haven't been able to break your sword domain just now!"

Xia Sheng said with a smile: "That's because you're facing me, in fact, if you can exert the strength you just now when you are in the clan competition, you will be at least fifty percent sure of defeating Qin Ran!"

Qin Yan's eyes suddenly lit up, and she said continuously: "Sir, don't fool me!"

Fifty percent sure.

At first glance, it doesn't seem to be high, but don't forget, ten days ago, Qin Yan could be said to be not even half sure!

Under the imperial rank, there was a natural disadvantage in spiritual cultivation against martial cultivation, not to mention that Qin Ran, as the most promising heir of the Qin family, had been carefully cultivated by the clan since he was a child, and the resources he obtained were by no means imaginable to ordinary people, it was more than ten years of accumulation!

And what about Qin Yan?

It only took ten days!

The so-called cultivation is actually the essence of cultivating time, imagine that if a person can attain an infinite lifespan, then one day, he will become the most powerful practitioner in the world.

In the face of the iron law that spiritual cultivation under the imperial rank could not defeat martial cultivation, coupled with the inequality of time and resources, Qin Yan was in an absolutely disadvantageous position from the very beginning.

And now, at least the victory or defeat between her and Qin Ran has been five or five.

All because of one person.

Xia Sheng.

He is Qin Yan's teacher, and he is also the biggest opportunity Qin Yan has encountered in this life.

Seeing that Qin Yan still didn't seem to believe his words, Xia Sheng suddenly straightened his face and said in a deep voice: "Okay, listen to Mr., now go back and have a good rest, forget about the so-called tactics and skills for the time being, and when I come over tomorrow, I will teach you the last killer trick." ”

This time, Qin Yan finally stopped insisting, and saluted Xia Sheng with half respectful and half expectant eyes: "Since this is the case, then Yan'er will leave first, and Mr. should have a good rest." ”

"Hmm. Xia Sheng nodded, said goodbye to Qin Yan, and then his figure flashed, but he did not return in the direction of the Weining Marquis Mansion, but went in the opposite direction and went to the west of the suburbs of Luoyang.

During these ten days, although Xia Sheng's first priority was to help Qin Yan win the top of the big competition in that clan, he was not blind to what was going on outside the window, because whenever he returned to Ye Mansion, Ning Zheng would report to him on the latest new developments in the capital.

And at the same time that Qin Yan was becoming a real Spirit General Realm powerhouse step by step, a lot of big things did happen in Luoyang City.

One of the most important ones is naturally the clan comparison of the major families and the enrollment of the Spring and Autumn Academy is imminent.

In terms of chronological order, the clan ratio of the five major families in Luoyang City and the recruitment of the Spring and Autumn Academy were almost carried out at the same time, but after all, there was a difference in order.

To be more precise, this year, as in previous years, the first thing to be carried out is the clan comparison of each family.

The Qin family, which owns the Shantang, was the first to start the clan comparison, that is, two days later, followed by the Gu family, the Xu family, the Li family, and finally the Ye family.

Since that day, Xia Sheng has never seen Third Young Master Gu again, Gu Zhixing, presumably because of the imminent clan ratio.

But the reason why Xia Sheng didn't return to the Weining Marquis Mansion immediately today was not for Gu Zhixing, nor for him to go to Yanyulou to find Mo Yuan to kill time, but because he heard Ning Zheng say that in the past two days, the head of the Xu family, the general of Zhenguo, Xu Qiuchao is about to return to Beijing to report on his work!

So every day after teaching Qin Yan, Xia Sheng would habitually go to the official road to see if the Xu family's people had returned.

Speaking of which, it is also a little helpless, there is actually only one reason why Xia Sheng needs the help of the Xu family so urgently.

Today, ten days later, neither the Qin Family Shan Tang nor Mrs. Ye of the Weining Marquis Mansion has sent back any news of Daddy!

Originally, Xia Sheng also hoped to let himself enter the black prison of the Judgment Division through Shantang to see if the two arrested demon clansmen were the culprits of kidnapping his father, but perhaps because of the Wuxiang Sand Demon, his relationship with Shantang became a little delicate again, so this matter was also shelved indefinitely.

In these ten days, Xia Sheng never saw Qin Ran again, nor did he see Wei Xianfeng again, thinking that he was also busy preparing for the clan comparison, which was understandable, but Xia Sheng was anxious.

Because he knows very well that every day of delay, the lower the chance of his father surviving!

The reason why he is willing to accept Qin Yan as an apprentice and do his best to help him shine in the clan competition is that in addition to valuing Qin Yan as a person, there is also a very important reason, that is, he hopes that after Qin Yan's status in the Qin family is improved, he can help him find his father's whereabouts together.

But he was afraid that it would be too late, so he had to get in touch with Xu Qiuran as soon as possible, in order to get the other party's full help!

However, who would have thought that when Xia Sheng ran all the way and came to the official road leading from Xiling to Luoyang, he still did not see the handsome banner of the Xu family, as he had done a few times before, but instead happened to witness a battle that had just ended.

Both sides of the battle were women, and the one who was defeated and seriously injured turned out to be Meng Qi!

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