"What? Jianlu Xiaogu will be closed for eighteen years from now on, what do you mean?"

Feng Ruo was extremely surprised, because he still wanted to go to the Fire Spirit Spring under the Sword House to refine his sword intent, but now he was actually told that it had become a forbidden place for the sect.

"Who knows, but it is said that this time it is because there are three outstanding, brilliant and talented brothers in this sect who have passed some kind of test, and then retreated in the small valley of the Sword House for eighteen years, presumably after eighteen years, there will be three more rising masters in this sect."

A Kenshin disciple shook his head and sighed.

"Who says it's not, I heard that what they are practicing this time is a kind of long-lost mastery of the sect, this kind of blessing is not something we can encounter, it's just that I don't understand, Senior Brother Zhou Yu Zhou can be ranked among the three, even the infamous Mo Wuxian and the little-known Xu Ming are actually among them, it's really unseemly."

Another disciple of the upper third courtyard was also full of emotion

Hearing the words of these two people, Feng Ruo had already suddenly realized in his heart, and suddenly understood what the so-called retreat of Zhou Ke and the other three was

If he didn't guess wrong, the three of them should have comprehended the Nine Heavens Flowing Cloud Formation in the Sword Lu Valley

"Alas, it's okay now, if you want to refine your sword intent, you can only wait for eighteen years later."

Feng Ruo hesitated for a long time, but finally decided that he should take advantage of this time to retreat and cultivate

As his cheap master said, the entire foundation building stage is the first very important stage for a cultivator on the way to cultivating immortals, and he must lay a solid foundation for his cultivation as much as possible, in addition to not blindly pursuing the ascension of the realm, compress his mana, and condense his mana to a pure state, which is fundamental

Of course, the whole thing will definitely not be so simple, it is difficult to compress mana, but the difficult thing is how to increase the amount of mana, because if even the total amount of mana will not increase, how to compress it? This is like opening up and reducing expenditure, compressing mana only belongs to the throttling stage, but if there is no open source to cooperate, it is still undesirable

However, how to open source is a very complicated matter, like that kind of condensing spirit fruit that can be called a natural treasure, he often eats, and it can indeed increase a large amount of mana in a short period of time, but the problem is so simple

If it was before, Feng Ruo would definitely want to bring over the plate of condensing spirit fruit in Mu Hanyan's hand, but now he knows that it is not advisable, although it will indeed produce a large amount of mana in his body, but these mana do not belong to him, in other words, there is so much uncontrolled mana in his body, it is simply equivalent to digging his own grave

If you don't have enough realm, if you want to control a powerful enough force, you are simply looking for death

Therefore, only the mana obtained by a little penance is truly one's own

And this is what Mu Hanyan said about the hundred-year-old advanced golden pill, it is not good, it is not good if it is slow, only down-to-earth, steady and steady, and at this stage, it is better not to be rash

Thinking back to Mu Hanyan's words now, Feng Ruo has to admit that although his cheap master said it very casually, it was actually really a bead of words

Since he was sure to retreat and cultivate, Feng Ruo did not hesitate, not long ago, he had already dealt with the matter of Qu Yun, Yan Ming, and Kong Fei joining Zhentian Sect, thinking that the three of them would have Tang Qing and Peng Yue to take care of them, there should not be any big problem.

In addition, although things in the outside world are very exciting, they need enough strength to do it

Unleashing the Phantom Sword, Feng Ruo went to the real mountain gate of the Heavenly Sect of Houshan Town, he is now the official brother of the Sword Heart Academy, and he is naturally qualified to enter and exit this mountain gate.

Feng Ruo went to Zhentian first, and used the sect contribution he had accumulated before to replace the fourth-layer mental method of the Black Water Spirit Technique, and he turned around and entered the Yuelong Hall opposite Zhentian

This Yuelong Hall is responsible for the defense and guarding of the entire Zhentian Sect, and all the mountain patrol disciples are in charge of the Yuelong Palace, but Feng Ruo is not here to recruit the mountain patrol brothers, but to receive the retreat jade card

This retreat jade plaque can be regarded as a good benefit for all the official disciples of the three institutes, and it is necessary to use it when preparing for a long retreat

Because he was afraid of being disturbed by the outside world during the retreat, Zhentianzong would make this kind of retreat jade plaque to relieve the worries of his disciples

This retreat jade plate itself does not have much defensive effect, but it can be connected to the Zhentian Sect's own Protector Array

With this retreat jade card, he can convert the protective formation of the entire courtyard into a retreat formation, so that it is equivalent to indirectly connecting with the protective array of the entire sect, if someone dares to attack this courtyard that belongs to the retreat, it is naturally equivalent to attacking the protective array of the entire sect, not only the attacker will be counterattacked by the formation, but the patrol brother in the vicinity will also get information at the first time to provide quick support, so as to naturally avoid the distress of being disturbed by outsiders during the retreat

In addition, the disciples of the Upper Three Courtyards who are in retreat will receive their annual benefits and will not be able to participate in various compulsory tasks in the sect

However, this retreat jade plaque is not something that anyone can get casually if they want to get it, first of all, it must be an official disciple of the upper three institutes, and secondly, in a hundred years, only twenty years of retreat are allowed, so under normal circumstances, no one wants to deliberately waste this retreat jade plaque

Of course, special circumstances are not impossible, if there is a sect disciple who prepares to condense the golden pill within a hundred years, then as long as he passes the assessment and verification of the sect elders, then the use time of this retreat jade plate will be extended to eighty years

Entering the Yuelong Palace, the first thing Feng Ruo saw was the eight golden dragon statues in the main hall with different postures and flying clouds, this statue was carved extremely roughly, and even the lines were very blurred, but at a glance, in the golden light like mist, it could give people a feeling of coming alive, and people did not dare to look at it

However, around the eight dragon statues, there was an old man with a white beard who was constantly sweeping away the dust that did not exist on the dragon statues

Other than that, the entire Yuelong Hall was empty

Feng Ruo bowed slightly more than ten zhang behind the old man, and said respectfully: "The younger brother of the Sword Heart Academy, Feng Ruo, has seen his uncle, and his brother wants to ask for the jade medal of retreat, so he also asks for his uncle's guidance."

After a long time, the old man turned around slowly, looked Feng Ruo up and down, frowned and said: "Retreat jade plaque? Are you retreating a little earlier now? Are you ready? You can't see through the world, you can't bear the loneliness, don't waste twenty years in vain, the old man advises you to go down the mountain and continue to experience for a while."

"Thank you for your advice, but I'm ready," Feng Ruo said solemnly, of course he understood what the old man said, in fact, most of the foundation building stage cultivators chose to start retreat after entering the middle stage, after all, they lacked experience in terms of mind and experience

But Feng Ruo is different, his mental experience is already enough, and in a sense, his cultivation should have entered the middle stage of foundation building a long time ago, if he doesn't retreat and settle down immediately, then he is afraid that he will not be able to suppress the restlessness in his heart, which is extremely detrimental to cultivation.

"Even if the young people nowadays are all so ambitious and pretentious, you go there and take eight jade plaques, and then send them into the mouths of these eight dragons together with your identity waist plaque, if you can do this, then the retreat jade plaque will take effect."

After the old man finished speaking, he just pointed to a desk in the distance, and continued to wipe it as if no one was around

"Thank you, uncle"

Feng Ruo replied calmly, then took eight jade plaques engraved with various strange runes from the table, and then walked towards the eight dragon statues.

But when Feng Ruo walked within ten zhang of the eight dragon statues, a huge pressure suppressed him like a mountain, making it difficult for him to continue to move forward

Feeling this pressure, Feng Ruo was relieved in his heart, obviously, this is also a test, but this pressure is still very easy for him to resist.

Smiling slightly, Feng Ruo instantly turned his mana around, and immediately dissolved that pressure

It's just that this pressure will increase by one point with each step forward, and by the time Feng Ruo arrives in front of the giant dragon statue, he will already have to use the mana of his whole body to resist

Don't dare to slack off, Feng Ruo flew to put a jade plate and his identity waist card into the mouth of a giant dragon, and then saw a flash of golden light, and a lifelike golden dragon suddenly appeared on the jade card, as for his identity waist card is unchanged.

But at this moment, the remaining seven golden dragons suddenly began to move, shuttling quickly in the golden light

Feng Ruo was not very surprised by this situation, because it would be strange if this kind of assessment was really so simple

Without the slightest hesitation, Feng Ruo immediately urged the Cloud Treading Combat Boots, and while bearing the increasingly heavy pressure, he flew around the eight giant dragons in a circle, and even had to bounce up to reach the dragon's mouth

For a whole stick of incense, Feng Ruo completely activated the eight retreat jade plates, but at this time, the mana in his body was almost exhausted

Dragging his almost collapsed body to the side, Feng Ruo first put away the eight retreat jade plates, and then didn't care about anything else, and immediately started to meditate cross-legged, he really didn't expect that this seemingly simple assessment would be so perverted, the longer the time dragged on, the greater the pressure, and the faster those golden dragons would move

According to this difficulty, not to mention the early stage of foundation building, I am afraid that most of the cultivators in the middle stage of foundation building will not be able to pass the assessment

(It's a little late, but today the three will not change and continue to ask for support)......

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