Qiu Ya led the way in front, and Xiao Zhan walked to the back, holding a small wine jar in his hand, taking a sip from time to time.

Qiu Ling followed Xiao Zhan's side, and after smelling the aroma of wine, her saliva was about to flow out.

Xiao Zhan said that she was still young, and it was best not to drink, and she couldn't understand it.

Qiu Ling also asked Xiao Zhan, drinking is drinking, what can't you understand?

Xiao Zhan smiled and didn't explain.

Qiu Ya walked very slowly, and didn't seem to want to go too fast.

About an hour later, Qiu Ya took Xiao Zhan to the bottom of a peak.

This peak is more than 50,000 zhang, and the mountainside is hidden in the clouds.

And the peaks are steep.

Qiu Ya smiled and said:

"Senior Xiao, this is your residence."

Xiao Zhan nodded and continued to walk towards the top of the mountain.

Qiu Ya and Qiu Ling followed behind Xiao Zhan.

When Xiao Zhan came to the top of the mountain, he saw the sea of clouds surging below, as well as the wooden building in the middle of the peak, and immediately laughed.

This place is very nice.

Qiu Ya and Qiu Ling helped Xiao Zhan and cleaned up the wooden building.

In fact, there is nothing to clean up, there is no dust in this place, and the wooden building is very clean.

In addition, there is a breeze blowing all year round, and the peak is as if it has been washed by water.

Xiao Zhan sat down on the stone table, looked at Qiu Ya and Qiu Ling, and said with a smile:

"Sit down, too."

Qiu Ya nodded and sat on the stone bench with Qiu Ling.

Seeing that Qiu Ya seemed to have something to say, Xiao Zhan took the initiative to speak:

"If there's anything you want to say, just say it."

Qiu Ling's face was full of surprise, and she was the first to speak:

"Senior Brother Xiao, can I live here too!?"

"Xiaoling, don't talk nonsense."

Qiu Ling stopped talking for a while, but her eyes were still full of anticipation.

Xiao Zhan smiled and didn't speak.

Qiu Ya only opened his mouth at this time and asked:

"Senior Xiao, you really ...... Did you really let the Mandate Tower recognize the Lord?"

Xiao Zhan smiled and nodded.

Qiu Ya's eyes were full of reverence, and he immediately stood up, hugged his fists and said:

"Senior Xiao, along the way, Xiao Ling and I have behaved in words and deeds, if there is anything offensive, please ignore the villain!"

Xiao Zhan waved his hand and said with a smile:

"You're thinking too much, you're all excellent."

Only then did Qiu Ya sit down again and said softly:

"Don't hide it from Senior Xiao, although our Qiu family and the other two families are all doing things for the Heavenly Mandate Sect, the status of our three families in the eyes of the Heavenly Mandate Sect is different."

"Originally, the strength of our Qiu family was the strongest among the three, but in recent years, something has happened, and our Qiu family's disciples have been invited away by the other two, resulting in the continuous decline of our Qiu family's strength."

"This is also the real reason why my father wants to marry my sister to the Mi family."

"Although the Mi family is not doing things for the Heavenly Mandate Sect, the head of the Mi family used to be a disciple of the Heavenly Mandate Sect, and he was a very talented disciple, and his strength was even stronger than my father."

"But I don't want my sister to marry into the Mi family, marry someone who has no feelings, and then live this life."

"I don't dare to ask for extravagance, please Senior Xiao continue to be our disciple of the Qiu family, I just ask Senior Xiao to accept my sister Xiaoling as a disciple, please protect her safely."

Xiao Zhan took a sip of wine and looked at Qiu Ya with a smile:

"Do you think that I will definitely be able to hold an important position in the Heavenly Mandate Sect in the future, and let me accept your sister as an apprentice, so as to protect your Qiu family?"

Qiu Ya shook her head and said with a solemn expression:

"I don't dare to ask for extravagance, Senior Xiao can make the Heavenly Mandate Tower recognize the Lord, the future achievements are limitless, I just want to give Xiao Ling a future, if she can become your disciple, the future will definitely have a bright future."

Xiao Zhan didn't speak.

He has done this kind of thing many times.

But in this world, his current strength is not even a medium level.

Therefore, Xiao Zhan believes that his current self is not qualified to accept apprentices at all.

After thinking about it, Xiao Zhan said:

"Don't mention the matter of apprenticeship, if I have time, I can guide your brothers and sisters to practice."

"Of course, there are still many strong people in the Heavenly Mandate Sect, and my opinion may not be as good as theirs, but if you are confused about cultivation, you can also come to me."

Qiu Ya was not disappointed, nodded in surprise, and then hugged his fists and thanked him.

Qiu Ling was also very excited, and asked with wide eyes:

"Can I live here then?"

Qiu Ya hurriedly glared at her sister.

In her opinion, Xiao Zhan can subdue the Heavenly Mandate Tower, and that is the first person of the Heavenly Mandate Sect in the future.

Even, she felt that Xiao Zhan was very likely to become the next sect master of the Heavenly Mandate Sect, and the sect master would definitely do his best to cultivate Xiao Zhan.

So even if you can't learn from Xiao Zhan, it is a rare opportunity to get Xiao Zhan's guidance!

A moment later, Qiu Ya left with Qiu Ling.

Qiu Ling, the girl, turned her head three times in one step, pouting, and her face was full of disappointment.

She looked at Xiao Zhan and hoped that Xiao Zhan could say, 'You just live here.'

Qiu Ya didn't dare to let her sister Hu Lai, she was a few years older than Qiu Ling, and she was more careful in her personal affairs, for fear that Qiu Ling would accidentally make Xiao Zhan unhappy, and she wouldn't even have the opportunity to consult Xiao Zhan in the future.

Xiao Zhan got up and walked to the edge of the cliff, looked at the sea of clouds surging below, and then looked at the peaks around him that pierced through the clouds.

Immediately, his gaze pierced through the clouds and saw the Mandate of Heaven Tower standing in the distance.

The voice of the machine spirit also sounded in Xiao Zhan's ears:

"Qin Yunzhong wants you to stay in the Heavenly Mandate Sect."

"If one day, you choose to leave with the Heavenly Mandate Tower, Qin Yunzhong may not be willing, and neither will the other elders."

Xiao Zhan said with a smile:

"I don't like to assume things that didn't happen, and I don't like to speculate with malice."

"But then again, if there ever is a day...... Let's talk about it."

The machine spirit chuckled:

"You have a lot of energy in your body, and there's a space in your body that seems to have something very powerful in it."

Xiao Zhan nodded and told him about the spruce.

After listening, the machine spirit couldn't help but sigh with emotion:

"Your luck is really good, the spruce tree that has been cultivated for more than 20,000 years has also given birth to its own tree spirit, but the main body has been stolen, and that tree spirit is now afraid that he will die of anger, and he will definitely look for you everywhere."

"With your current strength, if you are found, even with the help of the Heavenly Mandate Tower, you will not be her opponent, even if it is the entire Heavenly Mandate Sect, it will definitely not be able to protect you."

Xiao Zhan nodded:

"So I can't be found yet."

"I don't regret it, who made her worry about my body."

Machine Spirit' laughs:

"I like your character."

"Also, although your current strength is not strong, you are also an old monster who has lived for tens of thousands of years, although the tree spirit is strong, but in front of you, it is just a child, and it is normal to suffer a big loss in your hands."

"But the dangers of this world are certainly greater than any world you've ever been to."

"You must adjust your mentality, forget your identity as the strongest person in the past, correct your attitude, and cultivate well, otherwise you won't know when you will fall."

Xiao Zhan nodded, leaned his neck and drank the wine in the jar.

In the next moment, he sat cross-legged, and his whole person was immersed in cultivation.

His spiritual power turned into a spiritual body and entered the cultivation space of the Heavenly Mandate Tower, using the energy that was thousands of times stronger than the outside world to quickly consolidate and improve his cultivation and strength

。

With Xiao Zhan's tens of thousands of years of experience, the speed of improvement is not known how many times faster than ordinary people.

Although there are different systems and different principles for cultivating this kind of thing, it is also a bypass.

For the next nearly a year, Xiao Zhan's body remained at the top of the mountain to cultivate.

Sect Master Qin Yunzhong came here once, and when he saw that Xiao Zhan was cultivating, he didn't bother.

However, Qiu Ling often came to the peak, and she didn't bother Xiao Zhan, just sitting a hundred meters away from Xiao Zhan to cultivate.

Slowly, she found that the closer she got to Xiao Zhan, the faster her cultivation would be.

Originally, Qiu Ling's strength was very low, but now he has made great progress, and the speed of progress has surpassed that of many disciples of the Heavenly Mandate Sect.

Until this day, Qiu Bufan, the head of the Qiu family, came to the Heavenly Mandate Sect, and after reporting the task according to the custom, he got the opportunity to meet Qiu Ya.

Qiu Ya took her father to look for a long circle, and finally came to the peak where Xiao Zhan lived.

When he saw that Qiu Ling was also cultivating here, Qiu Bufan immediately frowned.

Seeing that his father was about to get angry, Qiu Ya frowned slightly and said:

"Father, this is Xiaoling's chance!"

"I've already told you, Senior Xiao's future achievements are limitless, rather than letting Xiao Ling marry into the Mi family, it's far better to let her follow Senior Xiao's cultivation!"

Qiu Bufan snorted coldly:

"Only a genius who can grow up is called a genius."

"What's more, I don't believe that he can make the Heavenly Mandate Tower recognize the Lord at all, if he had this ability, how could he go to our Qiu family in the first place and become a guest of our Qiu family."

"Xiaoya, you don't have to come up with such a low-level reason to deceive me."

"What's more, if he really let the Heavenly Mandate Pagoda recognize the Lord, how could the Heavenly Mandate Sect let him live!"

Qiu Ya frowned:

"Dad, I don't understand how you came to be the way you are now."

"I'm your own daughter, don't you even believe my words!"

Qiu Bufan's brows were twisted into Sichuan characters, he looked at Qiu Ling, who was cultivating cross-legged not far away, and said in a deep voice:

"The other two have been constantly provoking recently, and this is testing the bottom line of our Qiu family."

"Even if he does what you say, the future is limitless, it is the future!"

"Our Qiu family can only live now and in the future!"

"Xiaoling, you must marry into the Mi family!"

Qiu Ya's face became solemn:

"Even if the three of us have competition, they won't do anything too out of the ordinary, otherwise the Heavenly Mandate Sect won't care!"

Qiu Bufan shook his head, gritted his teeth and said:

"Xiaoya, you look down on our Qiu family."

"Outsiders envy our Qiu family, who can do things for the Heavenly Mandate Sect."

"But we must be clear to ourselves that to the Heavenly Mandate Sect, we are only dispensable existences."

"Without the Qiu family, the Heavenly Mandate Sect can easily promote a replacement."

Qiu Ya suddenly fell silent.

After a long time, she gritted her teeth and said:

"Father, I'll go back with you, I'm a disciple of the Heavenly Mandate Sect, and the other two families don't dare to mess around!"

Qiu Bufan shook his head:

"Qiu Ya, you should understand that it's not just them who want to destroy our Qiu family, I also want to destroy them."

"What the Heavenly Mandate Sect wants is just a family that can do things for itself, as for one, two, or three, it doesn't matter at all."

"If we can destroy the other two, our Qiu family will be the only one who can do things for the Heavenly Mandate Sect, and then our Qiu family can develop better and better!"