The quietest is the night, the most tranquil is the afternoon, the calmest, when it is the morning, in the middle of summer, the sunlight is always sprinkled all over the world early, and the heaven and earth have been dyed a little golden.

A little sunlight shone into the manor, and Lu Qingming had already woken up in the early hours of the morning, looking in the direction of Gu Feng City, where the alchemy conference was held today. For the reward of the first place - Yuan Lingyu.

"Time has passed day by day, and it is getting closer and closer to the gold list. There was a sense of urgency in Lu Qingming's heart, the first place on the gold list was not only because of the master's request, but also because of his heart's wish. If you can't get the first place on the gold list, where is the qualification to answer Daozhongzhou?

Lu Qingming's washing was very fast, it was still a little dark when he went out, Gu Fengcheng estimated that the city gate had not even been opened, and the entire suburbs were quiet.

Stepping on the forest path step by step, his mood was rarely calm, as if heaven and earth and man were one.

In the quiet forest, I heard a few warblers crying in the distance, accompanied by gusts of wind, which was very pleasant.

His face was very calm, like an ancient spring, plain and waveless, and there was no edge in his eyes, like an abyss, deep and far, without the ultimate in sight. The footsteps are slow, there is no pause between walks, and there is no acceleration in the slightest, every step seems to be the same, like a breeze blowing, fast and flat.

The long sword is in hand, however, in such a wonderful artistic conception, it has lost its former arrogance, at this moment it is the real sword, a cold sword, there is no so-called life, there is no so-called human sword psychic.

"Why does such a calm scenery make me realize something?" Lu Qingming's heart was clear, and he thought of more things, at this moment, he suddenly frowned, the corners of his mouth moved slightly, and he returned to calm.

As soon as his mind was thorough, he suddenly calmed down a lot, and at this moment he was in a much more relaxed mood, and said to himself lightly: "Sword intent, Xiaocheng." ”

It was as if a knot had been opened, and his body had unconsciously taken off a little, but it was much easier.

The head was slightly lowered, and suddenly I saw a big black snake hidden in the grass, a rat walked slowly, and saw that the "fat meat" was all over the body, it was the return of stealing food, suddenly, the big snake moved, the rat returned to the west, and was swallowed by the big snake.

He seemed to have realized something, and said to himself: "Kill the way and kill the evil, not the good." What is a good person and what is an evil person? The heart has no desires, and it is good and good. The sword comes from killing, killing is from killing, killing is from evil, evil is due to desire, and desire is because of life. Is this way of killing killing the whole world, or killing all the wicked people in the world, or something else?"

He had this question more than the first time, the last time he doubted whether he was walking the Killing Sword Path, and now he doubted whether his Killing Sword Way was right or wrong.

He forgot the time at this stop, and his mind completely entered the contradiction of killing or stopping killing, stopping evil, or stopping life.

Time always goes silently, and I don't know when Lu Qingming suddenly heard a huge bell, and then suddenly woke up from his contemplation.

Looking at the sky, it is already truly oriental, and the sun is shining.

"The gates are open!"

The bell rang at the regular time of Gu Feng City's opening of the city gate every morning. When the city gate opens, then the alchemy conference is about to start, and there is no time to lose.

Giving up the questions he couldn't figure out for the time being, he walked quickly towards Gufeng City.

Gufeng City is the largest warrior city in Shuibi Country, there are no ordinary people here, all of them are warriors. As for the Heavenly Master, it is impossible to become a Heavenly Master without becoming a martial artist.

And today is the Alchemy Conference, not only the Alchemy Heavenly Master's Conference, but also the martial artist's Conference, because in this conference, there will be some powerful Alchemy Heavenly Masters and some rare elixirs. The lone alchemy master is the object of the sect's competition, and the rare elixir is the goal of all martial artists.

When Lu Qingming came to the gate of Gu Feng City, he saw many warriors pouring inside, and he quickly entered Gu Feng City with the crowd.

The Alchemy Heavenly Master Association was already open almost when the city gate was opened, and many alchemy heavenly masters flocked there, all of them were junior heavenly masters, of course, there was also a difference between junior heavenly masters, which were roughly divided into two stages, corresponding to the first-grade elixir and the second-grade elixir.

"Brother Lu!"

Lu Qingming was standing in front of the association, but suddenly a familiar voice came from the side, and when he turned his head to look, he saw a handsome boy walking towards him, it was Qin Haohe, the eldest disciple of the Seven Ying Sect who had explored the ancient well treasure land with him before.

"Young Master Qin, don't come unharmed. Lu Qingming replied. Qin Gongzi came to Lu Qingming in a few steps, turned his head to look at the door number of the Alchemy Association, and said with a smile: "I forgot, you are also an alchemy master." ”

Lu Qingming smiled faintly and said, "This alchemy conference has really attracted a lot of people, and even some big sects have come. ”

"Yes, what they value is some powerful alchemy masters, and in this conference, there will inevitably be many alchemy masters who have no sect and no sect, and this is the goal of the major sects. Qin Haohe looked up and saw a large sect of people walking by, and as soon as he saw the costume, he knew that it was a big sect second only to their Seven Ying Sect.

"Not to mention so much, you people from the Seven Wings are also here. Lu Qingming said and cast his gaze behind Qin Haohe, where came a few martial artists, all of them were the existence of Ning Yuan Realm. One of them is still the existence of the peak of the Ning Yuan Realm, and when it comes to combat power, Lu Qingming is not necessarily his opponent.

Qin Haohe immediately turned his head when he heard this, and sure enough, he saw the sect elder at a glance, he was just about to talk to Lu Qingming, but Lu Qingming arched his hand and said, "Master Qin, Lu Qingming will go first." ”

After saying that, without the slightest pause, he immediately turned around and entered the association, seemingly unwilling to meet with the people of the Seven Ying Sect.

Ignoring Qin Haohe and his sect, Lu Qingming went directly to the highest level as soon as he entered the association, he wanted to participate in the alchemy conference, he had to report it first.

It was the middle-aged man who was in charge today, but because there were too many people who came to report today, and there were many young people who participated, he didn't embarrass Lu Qingming, and directly gave him a name tag and a set of Heavenly Master robes and let him gather at the venue.

The venue of the Alchemy Conference was not far from the Heavenly Master Association, located in a huge venue at the back of the Association, and Lu Qingming walked two steps to arrive.

Entering it, he directly followed what the middle-aged man said, put on the robe that proved his identity, and then someone soon came to guide him.

"This Heavenly Master, you are also participating in the alchemy conference, please come here with the old man. An old man said respectfully when he saw Lu Qingming, and at the same time walked forward to guide Lu Qingming to another square.

The identity of the Heavenly Master is more noble than that of ordinary martial artists, and the Alchemy Heavenly Master is more noble than the Heavenly Master of Alchemy, so although this old man is old, he has to call Lu Qingming an adult. This is the dignity of status, and there is no way to violate it.

"Your Excellency, please wait here until the assembly begins, and you will be under the direction of the president. The old man said two words to Lu Qingming. He nodded, and the old man left to guide the others.

There is a sign standing in this position where the word "Heavenly Master" is written on it, indicating that this position is the location of all Heavenly Masters, whether it is a contestant or not, and whether it is an alchemy Heavenly Master or not, as long as it is a Heavenly Master, you can stand here.

"Could it be that I'm ignorant, how can I tell who the Heavenly Master is?" Lu Qingming was a little puzzled, his robe was because he participated in the competition to prove his identity, so what about those who didn't participate and the Heavenly Master of Refining?

"It turns out that there will be times when the big ** doesn't understand. "Familiar voice, familiar tone, isn't this the neighbor Lingmeng'er now?

He had been clapping his hand on the shoulder, and the body that wasn't necessarily very tall walked up to him.

"How is this judged?" Lu Qingming didn't look back, and asked directly.

"I really doubt that you are an alchemy master, you see. Ling Meng'er suddenly broke Lu Qingming's body over, so that he could see the True Yang Fire circulating in Ling Meng'er's body at once.

"Huh?" Lu Qingming thought for a while, as if he understood something.

"Except for the Heavenly Master, ordinary martial artists can't condense the flames into the flames around them. "So, as long as you release this flame current, you can prove that you are a Heavenly Master, fool." ”

Lu Qingming was scolded by Ling Meng'er, and he didn't know how to answer, he was originally a self-taught Heavenly Master, where did he understand this.

After a few words, he stopped asking these questions, turned his gaze to the audience, and spoke to Ling Meng'er at the same time: "What are you doing here?"

"Again, boring, so here I am. Ling Meng'er didn't want to say this reason again, making Lu Qingming speechless.

Take a look at the venue, almost all around are written seats, and the crowd has become more and more, it seems that today it is required that a martial artist above the Heavenly Master or Ning Yuan Realm can enter, so there is almost no Qi Realm martial artist in the seat.

In the center of these seats, that is, in the middle of the venue, is a very wide open space, and the open space is not a pure open space, the middle is a little higher than the flat ground, which is considered a big competition platform.

There were more and more people, first the Heavenly Masters, and then the people from the major sects—their seats were better, and they were all good places to be at the front, and finally, it was the martial artists who came to watch that entered one after another.

"Ning Yuan Realm martial artists, after all, are also ordinary martial artists, in the past, it was difficult to see a low realm, but now, there are more than one or two hundred Ning Yuan Realm martial artists in this venue. Lu Qingming sighed a little, this Ning Yuan Realm martial artist is really nothing, and he is one of these people who is nothing, "The cultivation has not yet begun." ”

He muttered a few words and then stopped talking and no longer looking, but stood in place, closing his eyes and recuperating. He didn't even pay attention to Ling Meng'er talking to him on the side, so angry that Ling Meng'er wanted to beat people.

"Big bastard, it's an iceberg again. Ling Meng'er pouted, and went straight to find a place to sit down boredly, waiting for the meeting to begin.