Chu Hao practiced sliding steps first.

This requires a very careful grasp of the air flow in the environment, and then use the star power to reduce friction as much as possible and increase one's own speed.

Half an hour later, Chu Hao had to stop.

The star power is exhausted.

He used the star stone very luxuriously to restore his strength - in addition to the combat state, the star power could actually be recovered slowly, but Chu Hao could not care about this in order to master the empty step as soon as possible.

Besides, he's so poor now that all he has left is Starstone.

The next day, he still practiced the Earth Flame Technique in the morning, and in the afternoon and evening, he practiced stepping on the air step, and his progress was rapid.

Three days later, he had cultivated the Earth Flame Technique to the extreme of 16 turns, and his cultivation speed had increased greatly, according to his estimates, the time it would take to completely expand a meridian was only two months, while it would take an average person a year to do it.

This is the role of the physique.

"My current star power is extremely condensed, although it is only the early stage of the first order, it is definitely comparable to the late stage of the first order. And when I completely complete the cultivation of the first order, this improvement will be even greater, and fighting across the first order is definitely not a problem. Chu Hao was full of confidence.

Two days later, he finally reached the first step of the empty step, the sliding step.

He first went to return the copies of "Earth Flame Technique" and "Walking in the Sky", and then went to Xiahe Courtyard.

"Senior Brother Chu, there's no problem, right?" Zhao Huan asked.

"What's the problem?" Chu Hao said blankly.

"The exercises and body methods you cultivated. Zhao Huan said, "It's only been seven days, you definitely can't learn it, and you can't copy another copy, if you remember a word wrong, it may cause a big disaster." ”

Chu Hao swallowed back the words in his mouth immediately, he really learned everything, it's just that he hasn't reached the highest level yet, but that's just a matter of time and understanding. But if he told the truth, it was estimated that he would hit the other party hard.

He nodded and said, "No problem, my memory has always been good." ”

"That's good. Zhao Huan nodded, and then said, "Come, I'll tell you about the situation at the inner door." ”

He took Chu Hao up the mountain and came to a big platform.

There is a long stone slab with white paper on which are written the names of the people, and the numbers in front of the names of the people.

"This is the strength ranking of the core disciples and the inner disciples. Zhao Huan said.

Chu Hao looked over, there were only ten names on each paper, a total of 100, but he didn't see his name.

However, he saw the familiar name on the first piece of paper.

First, Cao Jingwen. Second, Luo Ping. Third, Jin Wuxiang. Fourth, Ling Tianhe. Fifth, Shirley. Sixth, Shi Lingyue. Seventh, Guzi. Eighth, Zhao Jian. Ninth, late widening. Tenth, the Koji people.

"Only those who are on the list are eligible to get the cultivation resources of the sect, otherwise they have to figure out their own way. Moreover, if you are not on the list for three consecutive years, you will be expelled from the sect. Zhao Huan said again.

"Those who don't make the list can only challenge for the last 10 places, and if they win, they will take their place. If you want to move up the ranks, you need to move forward, but only the other nine people on the same paper, and only the first place is eligible to challenge the top ten. ”

"Every ten days, you can submit an application to the sect, challenge people who meet the rules, and the sect will arrange a battle for you. ”

"If you are strong enough, you don't have to be so troublesome, at the beginning of the new year, there will be an inner door competition, you can directly rush into the top ten, and even challenge the top ten core disciples, and replace them! ”

"There are points awarded for successful challenges, and the higher the ranking, the more points will be awarded. ”

"Points can be exchanged for pills, treasures, star stones, and can also borrow exercises and martial arts, which are our most precious resources. ”

"In addition to challenges, you can also earn points by completing tasks for the sect. ”

He paused, patted Chu Hao's shoulder, and said, "But you don't have to worry at least this year, the newly promoted inner disciples will not be included in the statistics in the first year, even if you can't squeeze into the top 1,000 at the end of the year, it doesn't matter, but not next year." ”

Chu Hao nodded, with such a competition mechanism, the people under the list must practice diligently, and those on the list dare not take it lightly, the bottom of the ranking may fall out at any time, and they must work hard to cultivate to rush up the ranking.

This makes people dare not be negligent and have to practice penance every day.

"Senior Brother Zhao, what kind of cultivation is this 1,000th place?" Chu Hao asked.

"Three pulses. Zhao Huan replied.

It takes three pulses to squeeze into the top 1,000.

Chu Hao searched again, and soon found Pang Yi's name, No. 98. And above him is Zhao Huan, 92nd.

Wumai can only rank outside the 90th, and it seems that the competition is really fierce.

However, Zhao Huan is the leader of the Xiahe Courtyard, that is to say, Chu Hao said: "The top 90 are all localists?"

"Not bad. Zhao Huan's expression also became solemn all of a sudden, "The local disciples have the support of their families, not only do they have access to far more cultivation resources than the people in our lower world, but they also have more family martial arts and exercises, with the same talent, they can throw us away a lot." ”

Chu Hao nodded, this is a gap that cannot be ignored.

However, it was so much worse, and there was not even a single person in the top 90 in the lower world, which was still greatly beyond Chu Hao's expectations.

"Chu Hao, in a few days, we plan to go to the Black Jade Soup Pool, you can also go with us to experience the experience. Zhao Huan said.

"What black jade soup pool?" Chu Hao was surprised.

"Oh, I forgot you just entered the inner door. Zhao Huan clapped his hands and explained, "The water in the black jade soup pool can soften the meridians in our body and become easier to expand. ”

"Then you have to go. Chu Hao nodded.

"However, the Black Jade Soup Pond is in the depths of Jinyue Mountain, not only is there a powerful fierce beast infested, but it also has to be shared with the Yutian Sect and the Ten Jin Sect, and if you are unlucky, it will take a long time. Zhao Huan said.

There is more than one sect in Tianhe County, and besides, the Yunliu Sect is not even powerful. For example, the Yutian Sect and the Ten Jin Sect are near the Yunliu Sect, and there are also many martial arts families combined, which can be regarded as two circles of influence, and their strength is not below the Yunliu Sect.

The three power groups often clash because of their interests, and they are definitely not friendly to each other, and this black jade soup pool is in the middle of the three major forces, although it is an extremely important resource point, but because it is impossible to move away, they have to fight with each other.

"It's worth it for a long time. Chu Hao didn't care.

Each meridian can only be expanded at the moment of cultivation, and once it is crossed, the opportunity is lost. Therefore, for the same third-order martial artist, the strength of the two martial artists may be very different.

Of course, Chu Hao has to pursue perfection, and before reaching the God of War, the other nine realms can be regarded as laying the foundation, and only when the foundation of each layer is firmly laid, can he climb to the highest peak.

"Haha, then you prepare - it's a pity that you have just entered the inner door and don't have a single point, otherwise if you go to exchange for a mustard seed ring, it will be much more convenient to go out in the future." Zhao Huan said.

Chu Hao nodded, the mustard seed ring is indeed convenient, but it is not good for him to use it openly if he has it now, otherwise it is difficult to explain.

The two of them came down from the top of the mountain, but as soon as they came to the door of the lower river courtyard, they heard the sound of humming from inside. They hurriedly pushed the door in, only to see more than a dozen people lying in the courtyard, as if they were seriously injured.

"What's going on?" Zhao Huan hurriedly asked.

"It was Zhang Jian and them, taking advantage of the boss's absence, that they said that they wanted to fight with us and forcibly attacked, and as a result—" A disciple climbed up, and then said very ashamedly, "I'm sorry boss, we have embarrassed Xiahe Courtyard." ”

"Zhang Jian. Zhao Huan waved his fist hatefully, then smiled, and said, "It's not your fault, Zhang Jian is the five veins, and it's not something you can fight against." Damn, these damn guys. ”

Looking at the people humming on the ground, Chu Hao couldn't help but be angry, and said, "Do people from the local faction often come to make trouble?"

"Hmm. Zhao Huan nodded, "The top 90 people basically disdain to make a move, but after the 90, they often deliberately bully our disciples of Xiahe Academy in the name of learning." ”

"Is there still a lot of faction in the local faction?" Chu Hao asked.

"Why don't you divide it, all of them are gangs, not to mention that there are 50 forces. For example, Cao Jingwen is the leader of Cao Men, he has seven generals under him, each of which is a cultivation of eight veins, and Cao Men alone can sweep the alliance of all the forces ranked two to ten. ”

"Then what is our ranking in Xiahe Courtyard?"

"At the bottom. Zhao Huan sighed.

That is to say, all forces can be bullied into the head of Xiaheyuan.

It's a tough walk.

"How many of us are there?" Chu Hao asked again.

"Plus your words, 252. In terms of numbers, we are more numerous than any other power. Zhao Huan said.

Chu Hao smiled bitterly, that was because the local faction occupied the mountain, unlike the people in the lower world who could only hug each other. This also shows the overall weakness of the disciples in the lower world from the side - everyone is divided into 50 forces, and they can be easily suppressed.

"There's no way, our cultivation resources are too small. After Zhao Huan saw Chu Hao's expression, he also shook his head and sighed.

Indeed, those who can enter the Yunliu Sect can be called geniuses, but they are limited to cultivation resources, and the gap is prominent in the martial arts realm.

"Then isn't the trip to the Black Jade Soup Pool also postponed for a few days?" Chu Hao said.

"No, I can't. Zhao Huan shook his head, "In the past two months, many powerful beasts in Jinyue Mountain will enter a dormant period, and if they are missed, the danger of entering the mountain will increase in the future." ”

Chu Hao nodded and said, "When will you leave?"

"Five days later in the morning. ”

"Good. ”

Chu Hao returned to his residence, he wanted to practice the air step to the realm of the second level of condensation as soon as possible - if he could practice to the third level, it would be awesome, and he could go against the sky, it was definitely a divine skill.

In the past five days, he has been cultivating hard and attacking with all his might.

In the early morning of the sixth day, Chu Hao took the Red Shadow Sword to join Zhao Huan and them, and as for the flying fire, he sent it to Fu Xue in advance. Because the little guy has not yet stepped into the martial arts realm, even if he brings the black jade soup pool, he will not benefit, he will only take risks in vain.

"Senior Brother Chu!" "Senior Brother Chu!"

Seeing Chu Hao coming, Zhao Huan and the others greeted each other.

Not counting Chu Hao and Zhao Huan, there were six people on this trip, four men and two women, namely Bai Shengjin, Wei Lingyun, Pan Zhengtong, Zhang Yunshen, Mu Xinyue and Zhan Yaqi.

"Let's go. ”

(Thanks to the old cat 71255 and Zhang Yu Swordfish for yesterday's tip)