Chapter 25: The Courtyard
Although he didn't have the opportunity to practice the Nine Heavens Flowing Cloud Absolute Formation, which sounded extremely powerful, Feng Ruo didn't have too many regrets, because even the old man had only realized the essence of the two percent, and he could imagine how difficult this formation should be, even if he could depict the formation with his heart, he might not be able to kill the Quartet, so the most important thing for him at the moment was to leave this sword house and then start building the foundation!
You must know that after taking those four Great Pei Yuan Pills now, not only has his entire body been greatly improved, but even the total amount of mana and the degree of refinement have increased greatly, otherwise, it would be impossible for him to perform the extremely mana-consuming sword technique for a long time, and all of this has already met the basic requirements of foundation building.
Therefore, after replenishing the mana that had been lost before, Feng Ruo continued to practice the flying of the sword, and with his previous experience, he became more and more handy.
It only took more than ten days, Feng Ruo was already able to step on the Ben Thunder Sword and fly slowly around the air of Xiao Gu, of course, the speed of this flight was not much faster than walking, because if it was too fast, Feng Ruo, who was on the Ben Thunder Sword, would be thrown off immediately.
The reason for this is mainly that Feng Ruo's mana is still too weak, and he has not yet formed a realm of spiritual communication with the Ben Thunder Sword, and it is said that after reaching this realm, the cultivator himself will be able to be compatible with the sword weapon to the greatest extent, so as to solve this problem.
Of course, this kind of realm of spiritual and rhino communication is not so easy to achieve, even those elite disciples of the upper three courtyards do not dare to let the sword weapon move forward at the fastest speed, and it can only be used in a relatively safe area in the sect, if it is to travel a long distance, it will also need to change to a flying mount to say that the real sword flight must at least be the cultivation of the Jindan period, then it can be called as fast as lightning, fast as the wind!
After having enough confidence, Feng Ruo finally made a decision to fly out of this Sword Lu Valley as soon as possible, of course, it is really hard to say whether it will succeed!
After confirming that his mana was at its peak, Feng Ruo first pinched the sword technique, and then jumped up lightly, only then did he slowly urge the sword technique and flew forward along the rock wall of the small valley, slowly increasing the height as he went, but the reason why this was so was because he had not yet mastered the ability to fly vertically upward, and it was too dangerous.
The other point is that in order to prevent failure halfway, once Feng Ruo falls from mid-air at that time, he can quickly use ten zhang green silk to grab the rock wall that is close at hand.
climbed up in a circle, and soon Feng Ruo reached a height of nearly 100 zhang, and at this time, his mana had already consumed about half, because the more he flew up, the more mana was consumed, and if he continued like this, his mana would definitely not be enough!
As for using a flying mount or a ten-zhang green silk to help, Feng Ruo didn't dare to think about it at all, because the old man at the bottom of the cliff was staring, if he dared to use this method, it was estimated that before he could jump on the cliff, the Xuanbing iron chain would be waved over!
"That's it, you have to take a risk!"
Just after a moment's hesitation, Feng Ruo canceled the previous climbing method of going around in a large circle, and instead took a small circle and increased the height of the rise at the same time, which would undoubtedly minimize his mana consumption, but the danger would also increase, after all, it would keep him away from the rock wall.
Although he was a little frightened, but now Feng Ruo can maintain the most basic calm, just like this, he climbed up in a circle, seeing that as long as he needs to rotate one more circle, he can reach the ice-covered cliff, but the mana in his body is getting less and less, and he can no longer support the flight of this circle, and what is even worse is that because he has to control the sword trick with all his heart, he can't even take out the active Luo Scatter to recover the mana.
"Hey, don't care! Rush directly, I hope the old man below can react slower and give yourself a chance to jump!"
Hehe smiled, Feng Ruo was ready to unseal the fifth-level bat at any time, and at the same time, he slammed into the rock wall with his sword trick!
Almost in the blink of an eye, the sharp Thunder Sword pierced into the rock wall, and with the momentum of the forward rush, Feng Ruo deliberately screamed, and then rushed forward, but in the middle of the way, he suddenly changed direction, quickly bounced up more than three feet high, and landed directly on the top of the cliff!
However, before Feng Ruo's feet landed, he immediately lay down without hesitation and lay on the ground, and at the same time, he heard the sound of "Whew!", and a strong wind whistled above his head, needless to say, this was also the huge iron chain!
"Oh my God, this old ghost is really not easy to fool, he is just three feet behind!"
Although he complained about this in his heart, Feng Ruo's movements were not slow at all, and when the chain swept by, he bounced up with one heel, and he didn't even want to run the thunder sword, and turned around and jumped out of more than a hundred zhang.
"Hmph! count your luck this time, barely pass the test, if you dare to fly more than ten breaths next time, then the old man will definitely not let go!"
At this time, a rumbling sound came from the small valley of the sword house, and immediately after, Feng Ruo's thunder sword that pierced into the rock wall was rolled up by the huge iron chain and thrown in front of him!
"Thank you seniors for your kindness!"
Putting away the Benlei Sword, Feng Ruo was suddenly overjoyed, and hurriedly shouted at the small valley, but he was muttering in his heart, this old man wouldn't announce his personal vendetta because he refused to be his registered disciple, right? Ten breaths? What are you kidding, that height of two hundred zhang, even those elite disciples of the Third Academy, even those elite disciples of the Third Academy, Imperial Sword, have to take more than a dozen breaths to fly out, even if he succeeds in building the foundation, he can't do it!
"Hey, whatever, whatever, I'm out now, when will my strength be reached!"
Thinking of this, Feng Ruo was also relieved, and hurriedly ran towards a herringbone valley more than ten miles away without recovering his mana, which was where the disciples of the Sword Heart Academy often lived, and now he had to find the steward of the Sword Heart Academy to ask for a courtyard, after all, this was what was said before, as long as he could fly out with the way of flying with the sword, he could enjoy half of the benefits of the disciples of the Sword Heart Academy!
Soon Feng Ruo rushed to the valley that was not spacious, but very quiet, and looked around, dozens of courtyards of all kinds were scattered in the valley, most of which were shrouded in an apricot yellow light, which showed that there was already an owner inside, but there were still more than ten courtyards empty.
This is because the number of disciples in the Kenshin Academy has always been the smallest, according to the steward, the number of registered people is less than three hundred, about half of these people are performing tasks in other regions or the Five Elements Realm, and a small half go out to practice or receive tasks, and the remaining dozens of people are cultivating in the sect.
In addition to these formal disciples, there are also about more than a hundred nameless preparatory disciples like Feng Ruo, who are mainly responsible for managing some ordinary trivial tasks of the Kenshin Academy, such as maintaining various buildings, sorting out various immortal cultivation materials, etc., in short, they are for the official disciples.
Of course, these unnamed preparatory disciples are also much stronger than the disciples of the lower three academies, because they basically have the cultivation of the foundation building period, and it is estimated that only Feng Ruo himself is in the late stage of qi refining.
In addition, these preparatory disciples have the opportunity to join the Kenshin Academy once a year, that is, once a year, but there is only one place, so the annual assessment is extremely miserable.
Relatively speaking, the Lingshan Academy and the Heming Academy are much more relaxed, and the number of places to join is five and three respectively, so the number of formal disciples is higher, and in this respect, the Kenshin Academy is going to suffer a lot!
Of course, there are no absolutes in the world, and the strength of the official disciples of the Sword Heart Academy is still very strong, such as that Zhou Yu, who is the first person to be a well-known disciple in the foundation building period of Zhentian Sect!
Passing through these courtyards, on the other side of this herringbone valley, you can see in the distance a series of huge palaces, but these palaces are covered with snow, and from a distance, there is another solemn and elegant taste.
This is where the high-level leaders of the Kenshin Academy deal with all kinds of affairs, but in fact, the real high-level is not here, because the head of the Kenshin Academy and the others don't care about these trivial matters at all!
Coming to the first major hall, Feng Ruo directly entered the side hall next to him, which did not feel the slightest cold at all, it was always warm like spring, and at the top, a figure was comfortably leaning on a Taishi chair and tasting spiritual tea, but it was the manager of the Jianxin Academy who brought Feng Ruo to the Xiaogu of Jianlu a year ago.
"I've seen the steward!"
Feng Ruo stood at the door and bowed slightly.
"Huh?" the steward of the Kenshin Courtyard was stunned for a moment, and then recognized Feng Ruo, "Why are you?
"Senior Brother Hui, of course, it's the method of flying with Edgeworth!"
Feng Ruo replied lightly.
"You said you flew with Edgeworth, and you didn't use any other method?" The Kenshin Courtyard steward was obviously a little incredulous.
"Senior brother steward said with a smile, do you think I have a chance to use other methods?" Feng Ruo said calmly, but in his heart, he despised himself a little, saying that he really used other methods to run out, although there is only a gap of three zhang, but it is also a stain!
"Oh, that's good, that's good!" The steward of the Sword Heart Courtyard also recovered to his original state at this time, and then said: "So, does Senior Brother Feng Ruo choose to resign from this firework imperial guard and return to the Lower Third Courtyard, or continue to stay in this courtyard?"
"Of course, I want to continue to stay in this courtyard!" Feng Ruo didn't want to say authentically, you must know that there is a lot of difference between the upper three courtyards and the lower three courtyards, and the subsidies obtained every year alone will make the disciples of the lower three courtyards red-eyed!
"Hehe! Senior Brother Feng Ruo's ambition is not small!" The steward of the Sword Heart Academy smiled meaningfully, "However, it is good to be able to stay in this Academy, but it is not easy to pass the annual assessment, and I hope that Senior Brother Feng Ruo will be mentally prepared as soon as possible!"
When the steward of the Kenshin Courtyard said this, he casually took a popular paper crane from the desk not far away and handed it to Feng Ruo, and continued: " According to the rules of this academy, the annual subsidy for the preparatory disciples is 30% of the official disciples, which means that you will get 1,000 low-grade Five Element Stones, five low-grade Five Element Stones, 100 copies of various basic immortal cultivation materials, 20 Hemostatic Pills, 1 Huoluo Pill, 10 Wanling Pills, a low-grade talisman seal, and three chances to enter the Zhentian Pavilion, of course, you can also choose one of the Xuanzi and Huangzi courtyards, I don't know if Senior Brother Feng Ruo wants the Xuanzi Courtyard or the Huangzi Courtyard?"
Hearing the words of the steward of the Sword Heart Academy, although Feng Ruo had already been mentally prepared, he was also taken aback, he really didn't expect that the annual subsidy for the disciples of the Three Upper Courtyards would be so generous!
"Uh, may I ask the senior brother in charge, is there any difference between the Xuanzi and the Huangzi courtyard?"
"Of course, all the courtyards of this courtyard are divided into four kinds of heaven and earth Xuanhuang, among which the Tianzi and Dizi courtyards are inhabited by formal disciples, and the Xuanzi and Huangzi courtyards are inhabited by preparatory disciples, and the aura of the Xuanzi courtyard is more abundant, but each courtyard is inhabited by five preparatory disciples, and the aura of the Huangzi courtyard is worse, although the environment is not very good, but it can be one per person, the environment is elegant, and it will not be disturbed!
"Oh, then I'll choose the yellow courtyard!" Feng Ruo didn't think much about it, and immediately said, because he preferred a quieter place.
"That's the best, you go to Yellow Character Nineteen!" The steward of the Kenshin Academy showed a strange smile, and then casually handed the one-year subsidy to Feng Ruo, and finally took out a popular paper crane.
"Senior Brother Feng Ruo, follow this paper crane to Yellow Character No. 19! I hope I can see you again after the assessment next year!"
"Thank you so much, Senior Brother Steward!" Feng Ruo didn't pay attention to the strange smile on the corner of the Sword Heart Academy's steward's mouth, just walked out of the side hall with the popular paper crane, and then waved his hand casually, and walked outside under the leadership of the popular paper crane.
However, what made Feng Ruo feel a little inappropriate was that the popular paper crane did not stay in this herringbone valley, but walked through it and flew towards a cliff in the distance, which was already on the southern slope of Jietian Peak, so under the cliff was an abyss of thousands of zhang.
After Feng Ruo spent most of the hour climbing there, he was suddenly a little dumbfounded, because the so-called Yellow Character No. 19 Courtyard was located on the edge of the cliff, and it was only a few steps away from the abyss, God knows why the Kenshin Courtyard would go to this place that looked terrible to build a courtyard, and this courtyard had long been dilapidated, and it seemed that no one had lived here for hundreds of years!
"His uncle's! It turns out that kid is in the yin!"
Feng Ruo withstood the whistling mountain wind, and went around the dilapidated courtyard in a big circle, but the more he looked at it, the more angry he became, but this courtyard was even more pitiful than the courtyard at the foot of Tianfeng, and the courtyard wall made of bluestone was only left with a pile of stone slag, and only a little shadow of the courtyard wall could be vaguely seen.
As for the courtyard inside, it is quite spacious, it seems that it is still paved with very precious stones, in addition, the house in this courtyard is actually a small building, judging from the decoration that can barely be seen, this small building is still very good.
It's just that now the second floor has opened the skylight, and it is full of ice and snow, and the only one that can be inhabited is the lower floor.
"Tsk, it looks like the former owner of this courtyard is very unusual!"
(To be continued)