The central square of the Refining Instrument Sect is a sacred place for the sect, where all major events are held, and the monthly salaries of miscellaneous servants and disciples of other sects are also distributed here.

There are twelve huge stone pillars standing around the square, each stone pillar needs to be hugged by three people, the height can reach ten zhang, there are often bluebirds hovering around, and the auspicious clouds will be on top.

I don't know how long these twelve stone pillars have been standing again, whether it is decades, or hundreds, or thousands of years, no one knows the age of these stone pillars, and even Li Haotian can't be sure.

Perhaps in the era of the craftsman, these stone pillars have been erected here, witnessing the inheritance and development of the Refining Sect for thousands of years.

At this time, the central square was crowded with people, although it was not a sea of people, but there were people with heads and faces in the sect, and now most of them can be seen in this square.

"Look, it's Senior Brother Wang Shou and Senior Brother Jin Mu!" Someone among the gathered outer sect disciples saw the two of them from the crowd at a glance, and then he stretched out his hand and pointed forward, attracting all the eyes of the audience.

Where everyone's eyes gathered, two personable young men walked slowly, and in front of them were the three elders of the Refining Weapon Sect and a master.

Wang Shou and Jin Mu followed behind the elders, and there was an uproar everywhere they passed along the way, but the two of them were not surprised, and they did not forget to nod and smile at the juniors and disciples around them.

The three elders followed the head to the north of the central square, and the four of them quietly exuded an aura, not angry and arrogant, and the uproar in the audience was suddenly silenced.

"Each of you will see if all your disciples are present. Li Haotian said to the three elders behind him with a straight face, and at the same time, he himself swept his gaze over the disciples.

When the three elders had seen more than a hundred disciples, Nangong Liuyun quietly tightened his brows, because he found that among the more than twenty people in his Southern Courtyard, one less person had not arrived.

Li Haotian's expressions changed almost at the same time as Nangong Liuyun, and just when the two elders were a little puzzled, a figure suddenly descended in mid-air.

Falling into the crowd was none other than Chen Man, who was sliding all the way at low altitude and rushing at full speed.

"Master, three elders, the disciple didn't miss anything, right?" Chen Man only stood firm after landing on the ground, and then he clasped his fists and saluted the four elders in front of him.

Nangong Liuyun's pair of blue eyes narrowed slightly, a smile squeezed out of the corner of his mouth, and he simply replied to him with two words, "No." ”

In the crowd, Xia Cheng lowered his head and whispered to the people around him, "What did Senior Brother Chen Man say?"

Standing beside him was Chen Bei, who covered his mouth with a three-yuan fan, lowered his voice and said cautiously: "Senior brother is willing to stand on our side." ”

After that, Xia Cheng smiled slightly, no longer spoke, but after turning his head seemingly casually, his eyes happened to overlap with Wang Yong in the distance, and an inexplicable sense of tension was about to erupt between the two.

"Ahem. Li Haotian stood in a high position and coughed, which immediately made the audience hold their breath, and then he took out a palm-sized, seemingly ordinary ore.

"All the disciples listen to the order, each of them has ten breaths of time to observe the purple cloud stone in my hand, everyone has done it once, and you can go to the Eight Cloud Mountain to find the same ore. ”

"Anyone who finds a piece of purple marble can return here, there is no time limit, as long as you return here with a piece of purple marble, you will pass this screening. ”

As soon as Li Haotian's words fell, the scorching sun above his head seemed to move slightly, and he saw that the shadow of the stone pillar behind him was suddenly elongated, and the end of the shadow happened to extend to a stone platform rising in the middle of the square.

The reason why these twelve pillars have survived to the present day is that they have the function of keeping time, and as the sun is in different directions during the twelve hours of the day, there is always the shadow of a stone pillar that lingers on that platform.

Now the pillar due north extends a shadow of tens of meters, just to symbolize that noon has arrived.

Jin Mu, a disciple of the Inner Sect, took Li Haotian's purple cloud stone and handed it to the first outer sect disciple, and when the person took the purple cloud stone in his hand, he immediately observed it with full attention.

Chen Man knew that once the disciples of the outer sect entered the inner sect, they would be exposed to the inheritance of alchemy, so this level was also one of the disciples' talents for refining weapons, identifying treasures.

Ten breaths is ten breaths, which is really not a long time, and soon Jin Mu took the purple cloud stone in the hands of the disciple of the outer sect and handed it to the next person.

After more than 30 people tossed and turned, this purple marble arrived in Chen Man's hand, and the moment Chen Man took the purple marble, a trace of aura quietly gathered on the five fingers of his right hand.

He vaguely used the "point point" method taught by Nangong Liuyun, and Nangong Liuyun on the high platform glanced at Chen Man's side, and nodded expressionlessly.

Chen Man explored all the acupuncture points of the purple marble, Jin Mu smiled and stretched out his right hand, looking at his smiling and harmless appearance, Chen Man put the purple marble on his hand with some puzzlement.

Jin Mu, who took the purple cloud stone, handed the stone to the next disciple of the outer sect, and saw that Chen Man's eyes were still a little puzzled, only to see Jin Mu's lips squirm slightly, and his voice was extremely small.

"Senior brother, I also came out of the Southern Courtyard. ”

Although the voice was so small that it was almost inaudible, even the outer sect disciple next to Jin Mu didn't hear it, but Chen Man still read Jin Mu's words from the shape of his mouth.

A hint of a smile could be seen in Chen Man's eyes, and he finally understood why the time for others to get the purple marble was ten breaths, but he was able to observe eleven breaths.

Just one breath of time is enough to do a lot of things, for example, Chen Man used that extra breath time to explore a cave hidden deep inside the purple marble.

This is a crucial death hole, and it can also be regarded as the lifeline of this purple cloud stone, knowing the existence of this acupoint, Chen Man has a better grasp of the next trial.

The purple cloud stone tossed and turned, and after passing through the hands of all the outer sect disciples, it returned to Li Haotian's bag, Li Haotian and the three elders were not in a hurry to speak, and all the outer sect disciples also closed their eyes.

They were reminiscing, recalling the feeling of holding the purple marble in their hands just now, recalling every detail they had observed, recalling the breath of the treasure・・・・・・

The central square fell into a dead silence, and the peace and tranquility lasted for an hour.

At this time, the totem poles around the square were already the shadow of another pillar that was stretched for dozens of meters, and one end fell right on the stone platform that rose in the middle of the central square.

Chen Man seemed to have understood something, and when he opened his eyes, he found that there were already a few people in the crowd who had realized before him, and they were silently looking at Li Haotian and the three elders at this time.

Among these people who realized early, there are naturally Wang Yong and Xia Cheng, two demons, who only opened their eyes a moment earlier than Chen Man, Chen Bei, Wang Yuan and others, all of whom are well-known in the circle of foreign sects on weekdays.

Time passed about a stick of incense, and during this period, Chen Man, like everyone else, did not speak, just waited quietly, waiting for everyone to open their eyes like him.

During this time, Xia Cheng had a brief eye contact with Chen Man, and outsiders didn't understand what dumb riddles they were playing, but the two of them gave each other a smile in the end.

Finally, the three elders standing on the top glanced at each other, and the head Li Haotian also spoke.

"It's not too early, there are enough purple marble stones in the mountain range of Yayun Mountain for you to find, if you are ready, you can set off now. ”

As soon as Li Haotian's words fell, someone in the central square started the sliding technique, Chen Man was the third to rise into the air, and in front of him were Wang Yong and Xia Cheng.

More than 100 people were fast and slow, and they successively submerged into the mountains and forests from different directions.

Chen Man casually picked a direction with few people to slide, and when he landed and charged his strength a hundred meters later, four figures suddenly descended on him from four directions, and it was a group of people led by Xia Cheng who came.

In addition to Xia Cheng and Chen Bei, the other two were really as Chen Bei said, not raw faces, so Chen Man hugged his fists and saluted the four of them one by one, "I've seen all the senior brothers." ”

Xia Cheng and Chen Bei just nodded to him, there was no need to say much between them, as for the other two, after knowing Chen Man's strength, they also hugged their fists and saluted back, "Brother Chen Man doesn't need to be too humble. ”

Chen Man hadn't discovered that since He Manzi had an accident in the dining room last time, although he was defeated by Wang Yong, his status with He Manzi in the outer sect had inadvertently improved a lot.

"Ziyun Stone is estimated to be scattered all over Yayun Mountain, the five of us keep a certain distance, and each of us scatters to look for it, if there is any accident, we can call each other for help. At this time, Xia Cheng spoke.

After everyone reached an agreement, they stored a trace of their aura in Xia Cheng's Qiankun bag, so that if the owner of the aura was summoned, Xia Cheng would feel it.

Chen Man also found out today that this Qiankun bag was still so useful, which made him want to find a way to borrow Xia Cheng's Qiankun bag and try to copy it with Duobaolu after saving enough spirit stones.

"I don't know if Duobaolu can copy the magic weapon, or copy the treasure after dismantling the magic weapon, if so, I will also find a chance to copy Wang Yong's sword pill, it seems to be called Chiyan Sword. ”

Chen Man was gliding at a low altitude in the forest, thinking about the future in his heart while hurrying, of course, all these plans he made were to be able to copy the magic weapon in Duobaolu.

Along the way, Chen Man never noticed that after he and Xia Cheng and the others were separated, there were two more figures not far behind him, and those two shadows hung unhurriedly behind Chen Man, always maintaining a certain distance.

"It seems that that kid was co-opted by Xia Cheng, Senior Brother Yuwen, when he goes deeper, there will be a wolf's den in front of him, and when the time comes, I will ask Senior Brother to help me and punish this kid a little. ”

The two sneakily followed behind Chen Man, and whispered to the person next to him, it was Li Qing who had been under the eaves of the South Courtyard with Chen Man.