Three days later, the appointed time came.

Early in the morning, the martial arts arena was full of people. Many of them are outer disciples, and a small half of the inner disciples, and the rest of the inner disciples who have not been present either haven't gotten up yet, or are still practicing swords in the back mountain.

Zhou Yuan was also still in the back mountain at this time.

"Brother Zhou! There are a lot of people over there in the martial arts arena, just waiting for you! ”

A friend came to the back mountain and called Zhou Yuan to prepare on the martial arts field, Zhou Yuan didn't seem to be in a hurry, and asked back while waving his sword:

"Then Li Changyuan has arrived?"

"No, I haven't seen anyone yet."

"Then there's no hurry, just wait."

The outer disciple who came to call complained with a grumbling face, turned around and muttered in a low voice:

"Why is Lao Zhou so relaxed today, he usually looks like he can't wait to duel with Li Changyuan, but now he doesn't look nervous at all."

Who said he wasn't nervous.

Now Zhou Yuan, the surface is calm, and the heart is already hot and restless.

'I'm going to duel with that kid soon, and if I practice a little longer, I'll have a better chance of winning!" ’

Zhou Yuan faintly felt that he was not an opponent, even though he knew it, but he believed in miracles.

His hard training for many days will never be in vain, Li Changyuan's kid has never practiced swords, Li Changyuan's injuries have healed recently, there must not be much time to practice swords, maybe he will be born for a while, so that Zhou Yuan can win the duel.

‘…… No, I can't take this kind of chance. ’

"Zhou Yuan, Li Changyuan has arrived, just waiting for you."

After a while, a familiar voice shouted not far away.

When he turned around, it was Guan Qinghong who came to call Zhou Yuan in person, Zhou Yuan answered, put away his sword and quickly rushed to the martial arts arena in front of the main hall of the sect.

It was noon.

The crowd on the martial arts arena was crowded, and everyone gathered around the martial arts arena, and there was a large open space on the martial arts arena, and Li Changyuan stood and waited at one end.

Strangely, everyone didn't see Li Changyuan having a sword on his body.

……

Not long ago, in Li Changyuan's room, Guan Qinghong went over. In the room, Guan Qinghong whispered to Li Changyuan and suggested:

"Young Sect Master, although I know that the ending has been decided, I still suggest that you try not to use a sword."

"Why?"

"Because of that sword ......, although there are very few people in the sect who know about it, the news in the sect will still spread more or less, and outside, in other sects, there are definitely not a few people who know and understand Gu Yuan."

"Oh, and then?"

It seems that Li Changyuan doesn't know the seriousness of the matter at all. Guan Qinghong shook his head with a wry smile, covered his face with one hand, and explained:

"Gu Yuan's sword is not well-known on the Qiu Jin Continent, far from being like those famous swords, but it is an ancient divine weapon, do you know the status of the ancient divine weapon. Whenever there is an ancient divine soldier, there will definitely be a bloody storm on the rivers and lakes, I know that with your appearance, this bloody storm will come sooner or later, but now you are still very ......"

"Weak, huh?"

Zhang Wenliang once said to Li Changyuan very bluntly:

'Weak. ’

Guan Qinghong didn't want to say it so bluntly, for fear of hitting Li Changyuan's self-confidence, but who knew that Li Changyuan himself said it first. Guan Qinghong smiled awkwardly:

"Hehe, I can't say that you are weak, it's just that your current strength is not enough, I'm afraid that there will be disputes on the rivers and lakes, and those sects will have undercurrents, and you won't be able to withstand it."

"Then do as you say."

Guan Qinghong corrected:

"It's not that you can't hold a sword, every disciple in the sect has a sword, you can go to the Refining Pavilion to get one now, although it can't be compared with Gu Yuan, but at least you can use it."

"Oh."

……

Now, the man has arrived, but the sword has not arrived.

Li Changyuan was wearing the uniform clothes of the outer disciples, and before Guan Qinghong suggested that Li Changyuan go to the Refining Pavilion to ask for an iron sword, it was not that Li Changyuan didn't go, just because......

Li Changyuan had never been to the Refining Pavilion, so he didn't know how to go!

'This sect has such a big territory and so many houses, how can you find it, you can't find it at all. ’

Li Changyuan walked around the main hall of the sect twice, passed by the library pavilion, found the alchemy hall, the bounty table, the small trading market, and finally found a steaming forging room, with a plaque of [Refining Hall] hanging above the door of the house.

Li Changyuan thought that it should be here, but when he went in, he saw that there was indeed iron, forging weapons, as well as various armor, and various other small and big living utensils. But when Li Changyuan opened his mouth to ask, he realized that their refining hall was only responsible for building, not storing it.

"Oh, you're an outer disciple, right, if you come to get the sword, I'm sorry, I'm in the wrong place, I have to go to the Treasure Pavilion to register, and the finished swords and weapons we made here have all been received to the Treasure Pavilion."

“……”

But time is running out.

In desperation, everyone saw such a scene:

On the martial arts field, Li Changyuan crossed his hands on his waist, and there was nothing on his body except for clothes.

Not a single weapon.

Soon, Zhou Yuan also came to the martial arts arena, fifty meters away, looking at Li Changyuan, he always felt that something was missing, and after staring at it for a long time, he remembered, Zhou Yuan asked Li Changyuan:

"Where's your sword?"

Li Changyuan's face immediately darkened, and he silently replied and asked:

"Which sword?"

When asked about the point, Zhou Yuan also reacted immediately, the sword that Li Changyuan was carrying, Zhou Yuan should have never seen it, how did he know that he originally had a sword on his body?

"Ahem, um...... each of the outer disciples has a sword on their bodies, if you don't have it, why don't you go to the Treasure Pavilion to get one, didn't you go."

Zhou Yuan wittily explained to himself, and Li Changyuan eliminated his suspicion of him.

The martial arts arena is in front of the main hall of the sect, separated by a pond in the middle, and there is a long stone bridge corridor on the pond, in which there is a pavilion at the end of the corridor, and there is an arch bridge in the middle of the corridor.

However, those places are full of people now.

Originally, these disciples didn't like to join in the fun, who knows, I don't know who spread the rumor, saying that it is these two outer disciples, and if one of them wins, he can become the personal inheritance of the deacon elder.

The deacon elder looks like a jade tree and has a sweet voice, many female disciples want to become the deacon elder's personal inheritance, even many male disciples like the deacon elder, and there are still male disciples who are not interested in Guan Qinghong, thinking that as long as they become the deacon elder's personal inheritance, there will definitely be female disciples.

Anyway, in general, if you can become a deacon elder, you won't suffer.

"Ah, I envy them so much, the thought that the two of them will become relatives makes me feel uncomfortable!"

A disciple complained in the crowd, and when he turned his head, it was a female disciple.

The male disciple who was standing and watching said:

"It seems like a rumor."

"Fake?"

The male disciple raised his head and nodded his chin on the high platform on the other side of the martial arts arena, and said:

"Look, the deacons and elders didn't speak above, and even the great elders came here for today's discussion of the outer disciples."

"Yes, many elders are here, as well as two outer door elders and one inner door elder......

"As far as the competition between two outer disciples is concerned, what is there to see?"

"It's not about the process of their fight, it's about the result."

"Yes."

When everyone first arrived, they were all quite noisy, the deacons and elders had not spoken yet, and the great elders had not spoken on the high platform, they were still waiting. After a while, the two elders of the Hidden Scripture Pavilion and the Hidden Treasure Pavilion also came, as well as the two guest ministers of the sect who were wandering around the neighborhood also returned, and a Taishang Elder who had not been out of the customs for a long time also came out!

"It's him!"

The disciples in the audience were in an uproar, and the disciples who didn't know why asked puzzledly:

"Who, that gray-haired old man, is a fresh-faced man."

The inner disciple beside him who knew about it hurriedly blocked his mouth, and scolded in a low voice:

"Shhhh Don't scream, that's Elder Taishang! ”

"Hmm......"

Reaching out to break the hand covering his mouth, the disciple's face was full of surprise:

"What? That old man, ah no, that old man is the Supreme Elder?! ”

"Yes, I have been in the sect for more than thirty years, and it is the first time I have met Elder Taishang."

"It's the first time you've seen it, how do you know and be sure?"

"My brother is the personal lineage of the elder of the Tibetan Scripture Pavilion, and when I went to the Tibetan Scripture Pavilion before, I saw the portrait of the Supreme Elder on the wall."

"Wow......"

The inner disciple added:

"A long time ago, more than ten years have passed, when I asked who the portrait was, my friend told me that the portrait was the Supreme Elder, and he also told me that the portrait had been hanging on the wall of the Scripture Pavilion for more than two hundred years. Now the first time I saw Elder Taishang, I have to say that it was exactly the same. ”

The disciple beside him was so surprised that his jaw was about to dislocate and fall off, and Abba Abba said inarticulate for a while:

"Ah, wait, you mean, the portrait was there two hundred years ago?"

"Hmm."

"It's an old ...... on that portrait Ahem, also painted like a gray-haired old man? ”

"yes."

Hearing the affirmative answer, this disciple was extremely frightened after thinking about it, and couldn't help but gasp. He turned around and looked at the elders on the stage, all of them were old, only the deacon elder was young and bewitching, like a flower, a beautiful man.

Everything else is a bad old man.

It's the first time I know that they have all lived for more than a hundred years, and the Supreme Elder on the stage is even more heavyweight.

Stage

Guan Qinghong asked in a low voice:

"People seem to be together, who shouts?"

The Elder of the Library Pavilion turned his head to look at the old man of the Refining Hall, and the old man of the Refining Hall cast his gaze on the Inner Gate Hall Master, that is, the Inner Gate Elder. The eyes of several people flew around, and the Great Elder finally couldn't help muttering:

"That's it, I'll come."

Several people made eye contact with each other, and they didn't say more than half a word, but they all informed each other, and they all looked away from the Great Elder, and secretly smiled.

'Play all these unscrupulous tricks. ’

It's not that the Great Elder doesn't know, they don't bother to speak, so they push around and wait for the Great Elder to take the initiative.

The Great Elder took two steps forward and shouted:

"Disciples—Purge!"

Suddenly, the audience fell silent.

The Grand Elder continued:

"Due to some personal disputes, it is now up to the deacons and elders to make a decision to arrange a dueling in a martial arts contest, and the winner will be rewarded, and the loser will be locked up in the wall for three months."

Guan Qinghong was surprised, with a puzzled look on his face, and said fullly:

'My decision??? ’

The Great Elder didn't see any expression on Guan Qinghong's face at this time, but he could probably guess it. Ignoring Guan Qinghong, the Great Elder continued his:

"The two sect disciples on the field, Zhou Yuan and Li Changyuan, are in their respective positions, and they will start when they are ready."

After saying that, the Great Elder took two steps back and went back.

Someone brought a few chairs and sat them down for the elders.

Now, the area around the martial arts arena is lively again, and many outer disciples are happily looking forward to seeing who is more outstanding in martial arts and whose swordsmanship is more powerful. Slightly different from some inner disciples, some inner disciples want to see which side will make a fool of themselves or make some jokes.

"That Li Changyuan is quite handsome, and his skin looks so tender."

"I heard that he was only fourteen years old."

The two female disciples were talking secretly:

"Ah, such a young brother?"

"Yes, it seems that our sect used to only accept people over the age of sixteen, but this time we actually brought a fourteen-year-old boy back."

"But he's really handsome, the more you look at it, the cuter it gets! ～”

"Don't be a nymphomaniac, I feel like he's going to lose."

"Why, don't you like him?"

"No, haven't you noticed yet, he's empty-handed, he doesn't have a weapon."

“…… Oh yes. ”

……

On the martial arts field, Zhou Yuan's face was calm, and he drew his sword and pointed at Li Changyuan, who was fifty meters away:

"You don't have a sword, what are you going to do with this duel?"

Li Changyuan had an indifferent look on his face, with one hand on his waist and the other hand on his head, he looked a little anxious, completely because the weather was a little hot.

Feel like it's not a good day and it's about to rain?

"Tsk, whatever, you can do it first or I do it first, hurry up."

Li Changyuan urged.

Zhou Yuan was reluctant, he didn't want to take advantage of others, although he knew that the other party was a genius, but looking in front of so many people, even if Zhou Yuan won Li Changyuan, he might be said to be victorious.

周远 says:

"I'm already older than you, and you don't hold a sword now, so what if you can't beat you and say that I bullied you."

Li Changyuan's mind was not on this competition, I saw Li Changyuan look up at the sky, and after a while, he lowered his head to look at Zhou Yuan, and shouted:

"Hurry up, it's going to rain, don't grind!"

“……”

Guan Qinghong raised his head slightly and looked at the sky, indeed, it seems that it is really about to rain.

Why is this kid so sensitive to the weather? I didn't seem to notice that Xiao Lizi had this skill before.

Zhou Yuan said it, seeing that Li Changyuan didn't listen to his words, since this is the case, it's useless to say more, let's start at the beginning, let Li Changyuan, this kid, know that after years of hard work, he will definitely be better than a genius to achieve enlightenment!

Whereas......

Li Changyuan's talent is far more excessive than those so-called geniuses.

What was the enlightenment?

What is a learned talent?

None of them.

That night, Li Changyuan watched in the library for a whole night, and when he came back, he slept for a whole day. In my mind, I will never forget the exercises I had read in the library that night.

It's not just about memorization.

There are even more terrifying ......

Zhou Yuan's face sank, and the horizontal sword flew away, fifty meters away, in an instant!

Swift and unveiled!

It is still visible to the naked eye of the disciples, but this speed, compared to the average outer disciple, is already very fast.

In vain, Li Changyuan looked forward to it,

It turns out that this speed? Are you kidding, when the disciples of the sect are on the same scene, the other party doesn't even have a body technique, so what's the use of learning the sword technique?

'Well, let's see how proficient you are in your sword technique. ’

Li Changyuan thought like this, stood still and didn't move, Zhou Yuan didn't hesitate, and rushed straight towards Li Changyuan.

Sure enough, it was expected by Guan Qinghong, the first type! Type 2! Type 3! Fourth......

……

Zhou Yuan quickly took out his sword, and every sword move was very standard, but every sword was dodged by Li Changyuan seemingly easily. Yes, it seems to be very easy, Li Changyuan even squinted, almost closed his eyes and didn't look, just by the air flow that was blowing when the sword was swung and chopping down, Li Changyuan sensed the gusts of air to dodge.

Actually, it's really relaxing.

Guan Qinghong couldn't help but be a little embarrassed when he watched Li Changyuan act, the eldest elder saw some clues, this kid named Li Changyuan, although he was only fourteen years old, but looking at his awe-inspiring air, it was obviously not what a fourteen-year-old child should have.

"Guan Lao'er."

Sure enough, as soon as he saw Li Changyuan's calm and calm reaction and indifferent expression, the Great Elder began to ask the deacon elder standing beside him:

"Is there something important you haven't told me?"

Guan Qinghong thought that it was not time to say at this time, so he simply pretended to be stupid to the end:

"Huh? I don't know wow, what didn't you explain? ”

"To be honest, where did you find this Li Changyuan?"

In fact, when I met Zhang Wenliang in front of the mountain gate before, among the group of disciples, only two elders were present, one was an elder from the outer gate, and the other was Guan Qinghong, who would come later.

After Zhang Wenliang left, Guan Qinghong specially whispered to the outer door elder: Don't mention this matter to other elders, that Venerable will treat him as if he hasn't come, understand?

At that time, Guan Qinghong's face was very serious, and he was a little murderous, which frightened the outer gate elders, and the outer gate elders at that time responded like this:

“…… Understand! ”

……

In the face of the Great Elder's questioning, Guan Qinghong was stunned not to tell the truth, his eyes flickered for a while, and he clearly told the Great Elder with his demeanor that he was lying, but what came out of his mouth was full of quibbles:

"I found it in the wild, I don't know where the barren mountains and mountains are outside, anyway, I don't know what the place is, I don't know what the name is, oh it's so strange, I can't even remember what the name is there? ~”

"You! ……”

The Great Elder wanted to lose his temper, but the Supreme Elder who was sitting next to him looked at the two children in the martial arts arena with his eyes slightly open, and suddenly said after a long absence:

"Qinghong also has difficulties, Ping'er, don't force him anymore."

When the Great Elder heard Elder Taishang speak, he turned his head and glared at Guan Qinghong, so he didn't continue to ask Guan Qinghong.

However, as soon as Elder Taishang spoke, it was because the Great Elder did not continue to ask Guan Qinghong, but this time it was Elder Taishang who asked in person:

"Qinghong, you kid, talk to the old Tao, the ...... below"

The words were said very slowly, a little slowly, and I saw Elder Taishang stretching out his hand and pointing to the martial arts arena, his fingertips were far away at that Li Changyuan, and Elder Taishang then asked:

"Where did you find the demon?"