After returning from the Chaos Demon Valley, it only took two years, Chen Biwang successfully broke through to the seventh layer of qi refining, and advanced to the inner courtyard of the Qingfeng Palace, and now that five years have passed, Chen Biwang's cultivation has already broken through the eighth layer of qi refining, which is much higher than Qingyang's cultivation.

As for Qingyang's other friend, Lu Dingshan, got the three hundred spirit stones given by Chen Biwang, and there is no shortage of pills in cultivation over the years, and a large part of Qingyang's refining Qi Gathering Pill was sold to Lu Dingshan cheaply, so Lu Dingshan's cultivation was not left behind too much by Qingyang, Qingyang went to the outer courtyard to find him once a few months ago, at that time, his cultivation had reached the sixth level of Qi refining, and he had been preparing for a breakthrough recently, and it was estimated that it would not be long before he could see him in the inner courtyard.

Seeing Qingyang come out, his breath seemed to be very different from before, Chen Biwang couldn't help but be stunned, and then with a face full of incredulity, he said: "Eight layers of qi refining? Senior Brother Qingyang broke through again? It's only been a few years, and your cultivation has caught up with me? ”

When they went to Yongzhou together nine years ago, Qingyang and Lu Dingshan's cultivation was only at the third level of qi refining, and Chen Biwang was already at the fifth level of qi refining, a full two layers worse than him.

Chen Biwang was even a little secretly glad that he had gone to participate in the Chaos Demon Valley trial together at that time, and had broken through to the sixth layer of qi refining in the Chaos Demon Valley, otherwise, wouldn't his cultivation be completely left behind by Qingyang? Now he is in his fifties, which is not particularly big among the many disciples in the inner court, and if he is lucky enough, he still has a chance to break through to the foundation building period.

Qingyang said with a smile: "It's just that you have just broken through, how can you compare with Senior Brother Chen, you broke through to the eighth layer of qi refining more than a year ago, and now I'm afraid you are close to the ninth layer of qi refining, right?" ”

"I'm still very early from the ninth layer of Qi refining." Chen Biwang said modestly. Seeing Qingyang mention his cultivation, Chen Biwang also had a look on his face, no matter what, his cultivation is still higher than Qingyang, and he will definitely have a slight advantage in the inner courtyard competition in two years.

Qingyang let Chen Biwang into the reception room, and after the two sides were seated, he asked, "What is Senior Brother Chen looking for me?" ”

Chen Biwang said: "I just took over an inner courtyard mission in the main hall, and I am ready to set off recently, I don't know if Senior Brother Qingyang is willing to go with me?" ”

Qingyang shook his head and said, "Two years later, it will be the Inner Courtyard Competition, I am ready to take advantage of this time to improve my cultivation with all my might, even if the final cultivation cannot be promoted to the ninth level of Qi refining, but one more point of strength will give me more certainty, so I don't plan to take on the task of the Inner Court in the near future." ”

Hearing Qingyang's words, Chen Biwang couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "Senior Brother Qingyang is really working hard, and I have started to think about the matter of Zhuji Dan so early, Senior Brother, I am ashamed of myself." The competition in the inner courtyard is extremely fierce, don't look at me now that I am already at the eighth level of qi refining, and I am not sure at all about this time Dabi, my goal is twelve years later, by then my cultivation will definitely be improved to the perfection of qi refining, and it will be more certain to capture the Zhuji Dan. ”

It's not that Chen Biwang doesn't have confidence, but because the inner courtyard is too difficult, with his current cultivation, among the thousands of disciples in the inner court, he can only rank at the lower middle level, and there is almost no possibility of obtaining the Zhuji Dan. Only when he waits for the next session, when his cultivation has improved to the perfection of qi refining, and he has also survived those powerful disciples, can there be hope.

Of course, in terms of age, in another twelve years, Chen Biwang will be in his sixties and close to seventy years old, and that is almost his last chance.

Qingyang has also considered this problem, but twelve years is too long, and Qingyang can't afford to wait. And no one dares to guarantee that he will be able to win Tsukidan in the next session, and if there are any more mistakes, won't he have to wait another ten years? The advantage of his age will be lost little by little, ten years after ten years, ten years, and time will pass like this.

So no matter what, Qingyang decided to fight, even if it was unsuccessful, but also to accumulate some experience for the next time, and he would be more sure when he encountered the inner door competition in the future.

Qingyang didn't speak, but Chen Biwang knew from looking at his expression that what Qingyang thought about in his heart, why didn't he think about it himself? It's just that the strength is there, and it's useless to think about it more, and after a little silence, Chen Biwang said again: "Senior Brother Qingyang shouldn't know yet, the head of the inner court, Qingming Sanren, just issued an order some time ago, anyone who has not done the task of the inner court in the past three years is not allowed to participate in this inner court competition, otherwise I will not run out to do any tasks at this critical juncture." ”

Tasks are the main way for disciples in each academy to earn extra spirit stones, and each ministry will issue a large number of tasks for them to choose according to the strength and ability of the disciples in the academy, but whether to do it or not is entirely voluntary, and the sect will not be mandatory, so not all disciples will take the task.

For example, Qingyang is not short of spirit stones, or like Qin Ruyan and Ouyang Jing, with the support of a deep family background, there is no need to waste time for that little spirit stone, Qingyang has been promoted to the inner courtyard for seven years, and he has never taken over the task, but he didn't expect that this time the inner courtyard would break this rule, which is surprising.

"Why is that?" Qingyang wondered.

Chen Biwang sighed and said, "Isn't it because it's not peaceful recently? A lot of strange things suddenly appeared on our Kyushu continent, and the entire immortal cultivation world seemed to have reached an eventful time, and all kinds of things happened frequently. However, the Inner Court Dabi is approaching, and many disciples have put their energy into the preparation of Dabi, and few people have taken over the task, so there is a large backlog of tasks in the Inner Court, and the chief Qingqing Sancai had to give this order. ”

The Inner Courtyard Dabi is about to start, causing a backlog of tasks in the Inner Courtyard, and this Qingyang can understand that this kind of thing will happen every time the Inner Courtyard Dabi is approaching. The tasks of each academy are divided according to their strength, and the tasks of the inner courtyard are generally only suitable for the disciples of the inner courtyard to do, because the strength of the disciples of the outer courtyard and the miscellaneous courtyard is too low to accept, and it is easy to cause a lot of damage, and if the foundation building monks come to do it, the remuneration is low, and it is a bit overkill, and no one can share it, which can only cause a backlog of tasks.

However, in the past, even if there was a backlog of tasks, there was no obligation for everyone to take them, because after the big competition, the disciples were idle, and these tasks would gradually decrease. Qingyang has been practicing in retreat all these years, almost staying at home, and rarely asking about things in the outside world, could it be that a lot of big things have happened in the outside world, so that the Qingming people have to force everyone to do tasks?