The sun rises and sets, and time passes.

Li Changyuan had been in the Illusory Sky Sword Sect for more than two months, and now he had also changed into a long robe with a light blue and white background, with a white belt around his waist.

became an outer disciple of the Illusory Sky Sword Sect.

At the beginning, Guan Qinghong brought the clothes of the inner disciples, and when he gave them to Li Changyuan, Li Changyuan refused:

"Don't be too public, let's start with the outer disciples."

"It's okay, whatever you want."

Recently, on a sunny morning, Guan Qinghong came back from out of town, and after reporting the incident, he came to Li Changyuan's source. I didn't see anyone, and then I went to the back mountain and found that Li Changyuan was practicing swords in the back mountain.

Guan Qinghong did not go directly, but watched from behind a rock.

He found that the set of swordsmanship practiced by Li Changyuan seemed to be a little different from that of other sect disciples.

After watching it for a long time, he was convinced that the moves practiced by Li Changyuan were from the sword techniques of other small sects, and after thinking for a while, Guan Qinghong remembered that these sword techniques that Li Changyuan was proficient in had been recorded in the library pavilion.

There was some time from afar, and during this time, Li Changyuan not only wielded a set of sword techniques, but almost except for the Illusory Heaven Hidden Killing Sword of his own sect, Li Changyuan practiced the small sword techniques of other sects, and the degree of refinement made Guan Qinghong staggered.

'What a kendo genius. ’

Li Changyuan is in a remote corner of the back mountain, specially selected here, there is no one around, quiet and pure, will not be disturbed, Li Changyuan is very fascinated when he is practicing swords.

It wasn't until the last set of sword tricks was practiced that I noticed the smell of someone peeping not far away.

"Who!"

Li Changyuan wanted to put away his sword, but when he raised his hand, he found that someone was peeking, so he raised his hand and waved his sword, pointing at the rock not far away.

A fierce sword aura.

Fortunately, the power was not very great, and it did not hit Guan Qinghong, and the blow hit the surface of the rock in front of Guan Qinghong, and the sword qi carved a sword mark three feet long and two inches deep on the surface of the rock.

Smack, smack, smack.

Guan Qinghong smiled and clapped his hands, and slowly walked out from behind the rock.

Li Changyuan was surprised, and immediately put the sword into the sheath:

"Elder Deacons?"

"Oh, just call me by my name, it's too rusty to call the elder, it's too outward~"

Li Changyuan still maintains politeness and courtesy:

"Now that he is an outer disciple, he will not be able to call his name directly, so that other disciples can see it."

"There are no other disciples around here, it's okay."

"Hmm."

Guan Qinghong stepped forward, and Li Changyuan asked:

"What is the matter with Elder Guan coming to me?"

Guan Qinghong thought of the incident about Zhou Yuan not long ago, thought for a moment, and thought that it was time to tell Li Changyuan to know:

"Xiao Lizi, what do you think of this Illusory Sky Sword Sect?"

"The scenery is pleasant, the environment is good, I can eat well, and there are a lot of cultivation resources, I am very satisfied."

"Then your appetite is quite easy to satisfy, hahaha~"

Li Changyuan always felt that Guan Qinghong didn't say anything serious, so Li Changyuan wrinkled his eyelids and stared at Guan Qinghong, and asked suspiciously:

"Elder Guan, why do you always go off topic when chatting."

Guan Qinghong's shush asked for warmth, how many disciples in the sect want to get it, this Li Changyuan is so disgusted, really, Guan Qinghong can't help but be a little embarrassed.

Smiling at Li Changyuan, Guan Qinghong said:

"Okay, let's get down to business, more than two months ago, when you were still recuperating from your injuries, there was an outer disciple in the sect who didn't look at you very well."

"His name is Zhou Yuan, isn't he?"

"Huh? How do you know. ”

Li Changyuan explained:

"Some time ago, there was often a disciple who would stare at me from a distance when I would be in my room, when I went to the cafeteria, and when I came to the back mountain to train, that sight was really everywhere, and it was difficult to find it, and it was also recently that I asked someone to find out that the person's name was Zhou Yuan."

"What do you think of that kid?"

Li Changyuan's answer surprised Guan Qinghong, and he couldn't laugh or cry:

"Sneaky, not like the good guys."

"Poof...... Hahahaha~"

Li Changyuan didn't give a good face, and asked:

"Hey, hey, don't laugh, what the hell is going on?"

Guan Qinghong, who was laughing heartily one second, became stern and serious the next second. I saw Guan Qinghong close to Li Changyuan's side, he raised his hand and put it on Li Changyuan's shoulder, bent over, and his mouth was almost on Li Changyuan's ear:

"Zhou Yuan's kid and I made a request, and I agreed, after your injuries healed, I will arrange for the two of you to fight."

Li Changyuan pulled his head away and turned his head, and confirmed in surprise:

"Fight?"

"Hmm."

"He's not in a bad brain, is he!?"

Li Changyuan's tone was very confident, but he questioned Zhou Yuan's cultivation strength, which made Guan Qinghong cry and laugh. Guan Qinghong pressed one hand on Li Changyuan's head, and said unexpectedly:

"You, don't look down on him, you kid, he also cultivates hard, and in terms of strength, he is not necessarily worse than you."

"What does Elder Guan want to arrange now?"

Guan Qinghong took a long breath, thought seriously and said:

"In the near future, five days later, in the martial arts arena of the sect."

"Okay, no problem."

Before leaving, Guan Qinghong deliberately reminded:

"Remember to put the water out~"

Li Changyuan looked helpless and muttered in a low voice:

"Haven't tried it yet, just like that? This makes people hear it, and they think you're protecting the calf......"

……

Li Changyuan's mood is very loose every day, and he doesn't take the competition to heart at all, the martial arts meeting in Nankeng City before, and the life-and-death fight in Barbarian City, after those things are experienced, Li Changyuan will not care too much about ordinary competitions.

'Care?' …… Think about it, it's just like that, don't say it's nervous, I can't even mention my interest, it's nothing more than those disciples in the sect who don't like it, I want to find some sense of existence, alas, it's all raw melons and eggs. ’

Li Changyuan is full of calculations, no matter how much water is released, it will not be bad.

……

After Guan Qinghong left, he also told Zhou Yuan the news that the date had been determined.

In the past few days, friends can often see Zhou Yuan practicing swords in the back mountain, and the kind of hard work is even better than before. When the friends asked curiously if there was something wrong, Zhou Yuan didn't say anything, but just asked them to bother him less.

But even if Zhou Yuan didn't say it, the news quickly spread in the sect.

It even reached the ears of the acting suzerain.

"Oh? There are two outer disciples who want to duel and compete? ”

"Yes, it feels very interesting, and you can also enjoy the light then."

In the main hall of the sect, the Great Elder who acted as the sect master and Guan Qinghong were sitting comfortably, the two of them chatting, they had nothing to do recently, and they were both thinking about whether there was any means of recreation. Guan Qinghong hasn't gone down the mountain for several days, although there are some things that need to be handled recently, but Guan Qinghong at the moment wants to stay in the sect, and after watching the competition between Li Changyuan and Zhou Yuan, it is not too late to go out and go down the mountain.

"I heard that the outer disciple who was recently recruited is called ...... Li Changyuan, right? ”

The Great Elder asked.

Guan Qinghong raised his eyebrows, and his eyes fell on the teacup he was holding:

"Well, yes."

"Zhou Yuan, that kid, it seems that you also took it in."

"Yes~"

"Who do you think will win?"

"Needless to say? It must be a little plum~"

Guan Qinghong immediately said it without thinking, and the Great Elder was a little surprised:

"So sure?"

"Otherwise, Zhou Yuan's kid is very appreciated by you, although he is only an outer disciple, but his diligence and hard work, you also see it, but just because of this, do you think Zhou Yuan can win?"

Guan Qinghong's words made the Great Elder a little uncomfortable, and the Great Elder frowned and retorted:

"Hmph, the old man doesn't think that with a new kid, it has been a year and a half to enter the sect, and he can win a child who has been practicing in my sect for six or seven years, Guan Lao'er, you are exaggerating."

"It's up to you."

The Great Elder replied:

"You're."

Guan Qinghong finished drinking a cup, pursed his lips, and looked at the Great Elder with a smile:

"I'm not convinced, let's gamble?"

"Hehe, you really have Yaxing, it's okay, let's say, what do you want to bet on?"

"A Qi Nourishing Pill."

The Great Elder was a little stunned, and after Guan Qinghong finished speaking, the Great Elder thought that he had misheard, and after a while, the Great Elder asked again:

"What?"

"A Qi Nourishing Pill."

It's not that the Great Elder doesn't know what a Qi Nourishing Pill is, it's just a Qi Nourishing Pill. The Great Elder thought in his heart that the common Qi Nourishing Pill was just the pill needed by the Yellow Realm cultivators, and the ordinary Yellow Realm low-level cultivators, if they were injured, they would need more than ten Qi Nourishing Pills at a time.

This Qi Nourishing Pill is also bought and sold in the market, and the price of one is only twenty taels of silver, which is really worth as much as idle tea and light rice for the sect.

The Great Elder frowned, sensing that there was a ghost, and after thinking seriously for a while, he found that this Guan Qinghong was playing tricks. The last time I made a bet, the Great Elder won, and the bet was a spiritual weapon, but what Guan Qinghong gave was a talisman.

Well...... Indeed, in a sense, high-grade talismans can also be regarded as spiritual weapons, but they are all one-time consumables......

"Ahem, Guan Lao'er, we're not children anymore, just finish talking at once, don't talk half every time, okay?"

The Great Elder suffered a loss last time, and this time he won't be so stupid anymore, this Guan Qinghong must have been halfway through his words, and he deliberately didn't finish speaking. If he wins, it's okay to say, Guan Qinghong will lose a Qi Nourishing Pill, and it won't hurt or itch, but if he loses, I don't know what form of the 'Qi Nourishing Pill' in Guan Qinghong's old man's mouth will become.

"Alas~"

Guan Qinghong sighed, pretending to be sad, pretending to be vivid, his eyes were inexplicably affectionate, he looked away at the distant scenery outside the main hall, and said sadly:

"It's just a Qi Nourishing Pill, if you really want to say it all, I think, it's better if there are some kendo inheritances attached to the Qi Nourishing Pill~"

"You ......"

This Guan Lao'er, really didn't have a good heart.

Instilling the inheritance of kendo on the Qi Nourishing Pill is a simple matter.

This sword inheritance is very different from those sword techniques in the library pavilion, the so-called inheritance, is a sword cultivator who has cultivated to a high level, and uses his life's enlightenment to copy a copy into other objects with his divine soul, this practice has irreversible damage to the divine soul, and generally only the powerful monks who know that they are about to die, or those who are unable to return to heaven and cannot go further, those who are about to sit down will choose to divide the divine soul and leave the inheritance.

The Great Elder didn't give a good face, and scolded Guan Qinghong:

"You old man, to put it lightly, what kind of kendo inheritance, if you lose, are you also willing to split the divine soul and divide the inheritance?!"

"Absolutely."

Without the slightest hesitation, Guan Qinghong immediately answered him.

Finally, Guan Qinghong added another sentence:

"It's not that I want to gamble and lose, but I know that both of them are rare geniuses, one is a natural genius, and the other is an acquired genius who works hard."

"Worth it?"

"Of course it's worth it."

The Great Elder couldn't help it, shook his head helplessly and sighed:

"Alas...... well, well! If you want, go ahead and do it, and the old man will take a look at it then. ”

"Hehe, then you have to serve a basin~"

The Great Elder asked faintly:

"What are you doing with plates?"

After Guan Qinghong finished speaking, he got up and left, without looking back:

"Be careful when your jaw drops, and you can't find it when you fall to the ground~"

"This is the old man!"

……

It had only been two days, and a news had spread in the Phantom Sky Sword Sect. Many of his disciples discussed:

"Hey, have you heard, that Zhou Yuan from the outer gate is going to duel with the new outer disciple."

"Which one?"

"I heard that his name is Li Changyuan, and like Zhou Yuan, he was brought in by the deacon elders."

"Oh Huo~, that's fighting for the master?"

"Whatever they say, they are just outer disciples."

"Hey, there's gossip that whoever wins can become the deacon's elder."

"Really, I also want to be the personal heir of the deacon elders!"

"Think beautifully."

In the past few days, all the disciples who went to the back mountain, whether they were inner disciples or outer disciples, could see Zhou Yuan practicing swordsmanship diligently in the back mountain.

"Yo, junior brother, when did you come?"

An inner disciple came early in the morning, and before he could get closer, he saw a figure wielding a sword on the edge of the mountain rock. took a closer look, and as expected, it was Zhou Yuan.

Facing the greetings of the inner disciples, Zhou Yuan politely stopped his tricks, turned around and replied:

"I've been practicing for two hours, I guess."

This inner disciple was somewhat shocked, and calculated in his heart, two hours......

I couldn't help but be surprised and said:

"Wow, junior brother, come to practice swords before dawn, don't you have to sleep, you will not get enough sleep!"

"I am sorry for my brother's worry, but I am a little stressed, and I sleep too soundly, and I feel guilty."

"What's so embarrassing, really, Li Changyuan has only been in the sect for half a year, and it has only been three or four months, why are you nervous."

This inner disciple couldn't help but feel a little distressed when he saw Zhou Yuan practicing swordsmanship and sweating, and after speaking, he took out the handkerchief in his arms and handed it to Zhou Yuan:

"Oh, wipe the sweat, it looks too ugly."

Zhou Yuan took the handkerchief, his face was a little red, and when he spoke, his tongue stuttered a little:

"Well, uh, thank you, brother."

"Well, that's a part."

As he spoke, this inner disciple put his hand on Zhou Yuan's shoulder, and said heartily:

"Senior brother, I'm optimistic about you, practice hard, and teach that new kid a lesson for us everywhere, so that he knows his catties, ha."

Zhou Yuan lowered his head:

"I'll do my best."

"Well, then I won't bother you, continue to practice the sword, I'll go to the open space next to me to practice."

This inner disciple was a little scheming, and he didn't say it explicitly, but when he left Zhou Yuan's side and walked to the side not far to practice his sword, he deliberately cast his eyes on Zhou Yuan's side from time to time.

Sneaking a few glances, he found that Zhou Yuan's progress was really great, in just a few days, the sect's basic sword technique [Phantom Heaven Hidden Killing Sword] had already practiced the sixth style, and in a person who did not have a talent for swordsmanship, it was already very rebellious to be able to practice the three styles in four years.

'This boy...... It's just damn ......'

That inner disciple has been in the sect for ten years, and now he has only practiced the thirteenth style, and he still has a certain talent in swordsmanship, which is what the Great Elder himself said. On the other hand, this Zhou Yuan did not have any talent, and relied on diligence and hard work to practice to the sixth form,......

Ordinary people don't know that the higher the level of the sword technique, if you want to practice a style, you must understand the essence of that style, is it killing, storage, hiding, or flashing?

Since Zhou Yuan joined the sect, there have been occasional deacons and elders to take a look, there are so many disciples in the sect, most of the disciples rely on their own sword practice, except for the personal disciples, there are few other disciples who can be personally guided by the elders.

Not to mention the outer disciples, they have low talents and low strength.

Zhou Yuan is among the outer disciples, his talent is mediocre, but his strength can be regarded as superior, all because of his hard work.

In the past few days, no one said that they had seen Li Changyuan.

The disciples who came to Houshan to practice swords did not say anything about it, saying that they had seen Li Changyuan come to Houshan to practice swords.

It's not strange, after all, Li Changyuan rarely comes out to practice swords, and even if he comes, he specially chooses a corner with a corner in the back mountain, there are two big rocks here to block it, don't spare two bend over, and from a distance, you can't see anyone behind the rocks at all.

……

The Great Elder hesitated.

He sent someone to send a Qi Nourishing Pill, and now, the Qi Nourishing Pill is in his hands, but he hesitates, should he prepare it first?

Or is it after the fight?

Maybe, this time, Guan Qinghong's old boy will lose?

Although every time he made a bet, the Great Elder lost several times out of ten, there was still hope. The Great Elder thought about it, but decided to wait, tomorrow was the day of the competition between the two disciples, and after the results came out, it would not be too late to separate the souls.

Guan Qinghong's side, but he didn't pay attention to it at all, and now he is still chatting with Zhou Tianbao's old man in the library pavilion:

"You got it?"

"The old body knows that he knows, isn't it like you, dare to say it?"

Guan Qinghong laughed evilly:

"Hehe, you dare to say?"

"Ahem...... the sect master is still in the death pass, so let's wait for the sect master to come out of the pass before announcing it."

"You say, if Zhou Yuan's baby knew in the future that his original opponent was the sect master's long-lost son, would his Dao heart be unbalanced?"

"You old man, it's very bad."

Guan Qinghong changed the topic:

"Make a bet?"

Who knew that Zhou Tianbao didn't think about it, he directly shook his head and shook his hand and refused:

"Don't gamble, get up and open."