A few hours later, Gao Zhuang woke up, but he was still extremely weak.

Tong Yan fed another pill left by Zhou Yuqin to Gao Zhuang, and then looked at Xiao Zhandao:

"Xiao Zhan, since Senior Sister said, let me take you back to the Ethereal Sect together, you can go back with us."

"If it weren't for you this time, Gao Zhuang and I would definitely die."

"Don't worry, I will persuade Master to help you heal your injuries."

Xiao Zhan pondered for a moment.

What he was most worried about was being seen as coming from another domain.

Therefore, from the very beginning, Xiao Zhan never thought of contacting some big forces.

However, at the moment, Xiao Zhan has not found a way to sense the energy of this world, maybe after going to the Ethereal Sect, he can get some insights.

Seeing Xiao Zhan nodding, Tong Yan also smiled happily.

After half a day, Gao Zhuang was able to move normally.

The strength of nursery rhymes has also recovered to fifty percent of its heyday.

She took Gao Zhuang and Xiao Zhan and rushed towards the direction where the Ethereal Sect was located as fast as she could.

While flying, Tong Yan sighed with emotion:

"I can tell that Master still misses Senior Sister Yuqin very much."

"It's a pity that Senior Sister Yuqin doesn't return to the Ethereal Sect with us."

Xiao Zhan didn't speak, but subconsciously looked back at the dense forest behind him.

Xiao Zhan knew that Zhou Yuqin had been secretly following and protecting.

She just didn't want people to know.

And Xiao Zhan was not able to sense Zhou Yuqin's existence, but from an intuition formed over tens of thousands of years.

Under such circumstances, Tong Yan, Gao Zhuang and Xiao Zhan, after more than ten days of hurrying, finally approached the Ethereal Sect.

The Ethereal Sect, in this area, is indeed a big force, and it is not even weaker than the Heavenly Mandate Sect where Xiao Zhan once stayed.

And according to Tong Yan, her master is one of the inner elders of the Ethereal Sect, and his strength is very strong.

On a steep peak overgrown with towering ancient trees, Xiao Zhan met Tong Yan's master.

This turned out to be a woman, born beautiful, with an elegant temperament, and there was no trace of time at all, and even if she and Tong Yan were sisters and sisters, some people would believe it.

However, the indifference between her gestures can still highlight the precipitation of the years.

Tong Yan's master is called Duanmu Ying.

Listening to Tong Yan finish what had happened, she frowned slightly, and then turned out to be the sealed scroll.

In the next moment, a white crane hovering high in the air swooped down, picked up the scroll and flew back into the air.

Duanmu Ying sighed softly:

"It seems that your senior sister still hates me."

Tong Yan was stunned:

"Master, why does Senior Sister Yuqin hate you? She won't come back with us, saying she doesn't have the face to see you."

Duanmu Ying shook her head slightly, a complicated look flashed in her eyes, but she didn't explain anything.

Xiao Zhan, who was standing next to him, was thoughtful.

He could probably guess some.

Many years ago, something must have happened between Duanmu Ying and Zhou Yuqin, the master and apprentice, which eventually led Zhou Yuqin to choose to leave the Ethereal Sect.

It's just that with the passage of time, Duanmu Ying may also be reflecting on whether the original approach was right or not, so she feels ashamed of Zhou Yuqin.

And Zhou Yuqin is probably a little more mature, and understands that she was naïve and disobedient back then, and she lived up to Duanmu Ying's teachings.

In fact, although Xiao Zhan didn't guess the specific thing, he guessed the mentality of the two of them correctly.

Duanmu Ying looked at Xiao Zhan at this time, nodded lightly and said:

"Your name is Xiao Zhan, right?"

"Thanks to you this time, not only did you save Tong Yan's life, but you also helped them save the scroll."

"It's an extremely important secret, and even I don't have permission to see it."

Saying,

Duanmu Ying frowned slightly:

"You give me a strange feeling."

"There's an aura of mystery about you."

Xiao Zhan just hugged his fists and didn't say anything.

Duanmu Ying nodded, her slender and white fingers stretched out from her wide sleeves, and a wisp of white light turned into a ribbon and slowly lingered on Xiao Zhan's body.

Xiao Zhan's face remained unchanged, but he was a little worried that his situation would be seen.

Sure enough, Duanmu Ying frowned instantly:

"Your body, on the surface, doesn't look like there's anything wrong with you."

"But your vitality is draining faster than ordinary people."

"And ......" Duanmu Ying paused for a moment, then suddenly frowned and asked:

"You haven't opened up the source know-how at all, why did you lie to Tong Yan and say that you were a casual cultivator before?"

Hearing this, Tong Yan was stunned for a moment, and looked at Xiao Zhan with a face full of disbelief, as if he didn't expect Xiao Zhan to deceive himself.

Xiao Zhan hugged his fists and said softly:

"Before, I was indeed a casual cultivator, and I don't know why my body has changed this way."

Tong Yan also nodded hurriedly:

"Yes, Master, if Xiao Zhan hadn't cultivated before, it would have been impossible for him to appear in such a barren area, and it would have been impossible for him to survive on the territory of those fierce beasts."

Duanmu Ying's brows furrowed a little deeper:

"That's probably because I don't know what tricks you've got."

As she spoke, Duanmu Ying waved her hand, and a roll of exercises flew in front of Xiao Zhan.

She spoke:

"This is not the exercise of our Ethereal Sect, but I got a volume of enlightenment exercises when I traveled many years ago."

"Try to see if you can reopen the source technique, if not, then you will probably have no chance of cultivating in this life."

Xiao Zhan nodded, hugged his fists and thanked him, and didn't say anything more.

At that moment, a hurried bell rang out.

Duanmu Ying looked at Tong Yan and said:

"I'm going to the Ethereal Peak to discuss matters, Tong Yan, you find a place to live on the peak, let Xiao Zhan stay for the time being, and then you send him away after a month."

Tong Yan's face was overjoyed, and he hurriedly shouted with a smile:

"Got it, Master!"

Duanmuying jumped, and a huge white crane flew over, carrying her far away.

Tong Yan patted his chest and looked at Xiao Zhan with surprise on his face:

"Xiao Zhan, do you know, our Ethereal Sect has never left outsiders behind."

"But this time, you helped me make a meritorious service, and Master made an exception to allow you to stay on the peak for a month."

"You may not be able to sense it now, the energy within our Ethereal Sect is particularly strong, and the cultivation environment on our peak is ranked among the highest in the entire sect."

"If you stay here for a month, you might be able to reopen the Source Know-how."

Xiao Zhan nodded, followed behind Tong Yan, and walked towards the mountainside.

After a while, Tong Yan pointed to a quiet courtyard and said with a smile:

"Master has taken in a total of nine disciples, and I am the youngest one, except for Senior Sister Yuqin, who has left the Ethereal Sect, there are three senior sisters in retreat, and four senior sisters are on missions outside."

"This courtyard happens to be the courtyard where Senior Sister Yuqin lived many years ago, so you should live here this month."

Xiao Zhan thanked him, and then walked into the courtyard.

Tong Yan stood at the gate of the courtyard and pointed in a certain direction:

"Xiao Zhan, because there is a senior sister in retreat, so you still don't wander around, you see, that is the courtyard where I live, if you have something, you can come to me directly."

Xiao Zhan nodded, and only then did he ask:

"Who is the tall master?"

Tong Yan smiled and said:

"Gao Zhuang is Elder Chen Fei's apprentice."

Xiao Zhan snorted:

"What is Elder Chen Fei's personality?"

Tong Yan shook his head:

"I don't know much about Elder Chen Fei either, but I've heard that Elder Chenfei is a very serious person who is always cold."

Xiao Zhan didn't say anything more, and after seeing Tong Yan leave, he began to tidy up the yard.

The reason why he asked Elder Chen Fei's personality was because Xiao Zhan was worried that Elder Chen Fei would find him after listening to Gao Zhuang tell him what had happened, and thus discover the secret that he was not a person from this domain.

Putting aside these thoughts for the time being, Xiao Zhan closed the door after entering the room, and then opened the opening technique given by Duan Mu Ying and studied it carefully.

Although Xiao Zhan didn't know the level of this exercise, he could at least let Xiao Zhan understand what was going on with the source technique.

Xiao Zhan is also a powerhouse at the level of a high-level world realm, even if he seals all his strength, experience and comprehension ability, it is not something that ordinary people can match.

He only had to read it once, and he fully understood what the source knack was all about.

To put it simply, the cultivation system of this world is all based on the source aperture.

Before starting cultivation, you need to sense the energy of heaven and earth to temper your body.

This step is similar to Xiao Zhan's previous cultivation system.

After the physical training is completed, the physical strength is enough to open the mind.

The so-called enlightenment is to open up a hole in the body that can hold and store energy.

Moreover, as the number of acupuncture points increases, the cultivation and strength will become stronger.

These points can be connected to each other using energy, forming energy routes in the body.

Depending on the energy route, the strength of the individuals will also be different.

Moreover, in this exercise, there are methods for tempering the body, and there are also methods for opening up the source know-how.

Xiao Zhan decided to temper his body according to the above method, and then try to see if he could sense the energy of this world.

According to the records in this exercise, there are three common methods for tempering the body.

The first is to use natural treasures or elixirs.

Xiao Zhan's internal space, although there are a large number of natural treasures, can be placed in this world, even weeds can't compare, not to mention that Xiao Zhan has no way to take out the things in the internal space now.

The second method is to ask the cultivator to help and use the energy to temper the body.

This method is also not suitable for the current Xiao Zhan.

Then there is only a third option.

It's also the hardest way to do it.

That is to use the stupid method to constantly squeeze one's body and stimulate the potential of the body, so as to achieve the purpose of tempering the body.

Xiao Zhan could only stay in the Ethereal Sect for a month, and Xiao Zhan himself didn't want to stay too long, so as not to attract the attention of others.

So Xiao Zhan started immediately.

He began to practice martial arts in the courtyard.

Martial arts training can maximize the consumption of physical strength and stimulate the potential of the body.

In just half an hour, Xiao Zhan was already sweating profusely, and his whole person seemed to have collapsed from medicine.

He didn't stop, and continued to swing his fists and kicks until he exhausted the last shred of strength and fell to the ground, unable to move.

But after just waiting for a while, Xiao Zhan got up again and continued his activities.

It was already dark, and Xiao Zhan kept squeezing his physical strength out until he couldn't get up anymore, so he lay down in the yard and fell asleep.

In the early hours of the morning, before dawn, Tong Yan walked to the gate of the courtyard with a basket.

Seeing Xiao Zhan lying on the ground of the courtyard, Tong Yan 'oops, ran in quickly, and helped Xiao Zhan to the stone bench and sat down.

"Xiao Zhan, are you okay?"

Xiao Zhan slowly opened his eyes, shook his head with a smile and said:

"I'm fine, why are you here?"

Nursery rhyme handed the basket to Xiao Zhan with some embarrassment, which contained some fruits and pastries, as well as two small jars of wine.

"I forgot that you can't cultivate now, and you need food to replenish your strength."

Xiao Zhan thanked him, he was indeed hungry.