The first rays of sunlight in the morning shine into the windows of Longyun Pavilion, and the window grilles on them are reflected on the tabletop.

Qin Wen put down the brush in his hand, stood up, and looked at the dozen or so small letters that he had written silently all night, which was a trick prepared for Ao Yu.

got up and pushed open the attic door, the maids outside had already prepared the warm water, and after washing, Han Duan and Lu Mo both came to the attic from their rooms, and when it was time for breakfast to be served, Ao Yu and Shuang'er also came to the main hall of the attic.

Qin Wen put up the haode merits and handed them to Ao Yu and said: "These are all the merits that are suitable for your current cultivation, you cultivate for a few days first, and when the messenger of the Guan City Lord comes, then ask Han Duan to buy a few jade slips, set up a simple formation, and use your divine sense to input the merits, and let him bring them to your clansmen." ”

Ao Yu agreed, and happily took it, Lu Mo's curiosity about Qin Wen was getting bigger and bigger at this time, he knew that Ao Yu was a monk in the Xuanshi period, and Qin Wen's casually could take out the skills practiced in the Xuanshi realm, which made him even more curious about Qin Wen's origin.

Although he is a demon clan, he has been in this monk continent for hundreds of years, and he doesn't know how many monks he has seen, even those disciples of the sect who are cultivating in the Purple Cloud Mountain Range are unlikely to be able to come up with a skill that is several levels higher than his own cultivation in the Xuan disciple period, not to mention that Qin Wen is still a Dan master.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but move in his heart, maybe he was now following Qin Wen as a kind of creation, through this period of contact, he found that Qin Wen did not have much prejudice against the Dao Demon, if he was desperate to take refuge in him, maybe one day he could use his Liliang to let himself return to the Demon Realm and regain what once belonged to him in the sect.

Qin Wen didn't expect Xiao Jiujiu in Lu Mo's heart, but looked at Han Duan and said: "I have to prepare for the competition in the past few days, you just take Lu Mo out to buy some elixir and come back first, and try to refine the Dingyan Pill, I am not a retreat, if I encounter a problem with the elixir, you can come to my room at any time." ”

Han Duan agreed, and Qin Wen looked at Shuang'er and said, "How have you been cultivating these days?"

Shuang'er thought for a while and said respectfully: "Before I came to the capital, I heard Zuo Xian say that the slave maid should have broken through the Xuan level, and now I feel that when I pick the elixir, I have a more accurate grasp of the concentration of spiritual energy." ”

Qin Wen nodded and said, "In the past few days, you have also followed Han Duan to familiarize yourself with the elixir market in the capital, by the way, I will give you a few spirit stones, and if you encounter a suitable elixir, you can also buy some back." ”

As he spoke, he took out a few high-grade spirit stones from the storage silk bag and handed them to Shuang'er, and after Shuang'er took it, he bowed down and said, "It's the young master." ”

After arranging all the matters, Qin Wen walked into his room in the attic, sat up on the bed with his knees crossed, and silently ran the vitality of the Nine Turns of Burning Yang Jue, slowly running in his body.

In fact, Qin Wen is still relatively confident in the competition after four days, not to mention the fusion of the Nine Turns Yanyang Jue and the Canglong Jue, now even the Yanlong Spear can easily break through the defense of the Xuanshi period monks, but Qin Wen did not take it lightly, this Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon in the capital, in case he encounters an attack or a magic weapon with super defense, he may incur the disaster of killing if he is careless.

After leaving Luming City to the capital, Qin Wen had no time to cultivate, and now his jihua is to first stabilize in the Duanwang Mansion, make offerings to maintain his cultivation with elixir, and then concentrate on his cultivation, striving to break through the third turn of the Nine Turns of the Burning Yang Jue in a hundred years, and then break through the Xuan and enter the spirit.

Now that the Nine Turns of the Flame Yang Technique he had practiced had reached the late stage of the first layer, if his realm could reach the middle level of the Xuanshi, it was estimated that this layer would easily break through.

Just when Qin Wen was concentrating on his cultivation, Xiang Hao had already secretly booked a box in the orchid restaurant, and then secretly met with Master Zeng.

Han Duan took Lu Mo and Shuang'er out of Duanwang's mansion, they didn't use the carriage in the mansion, but wandered around the street at random, every time they went to a shop that traded spiritual objects, they would go in to inquire about the price, and then after comparing several shops, they would find a cheaper shop to buy.

With Shuang'er following, Han Duan was much easier in the identification of elixirs, and these medium-grade elixir syrups could accurately test the advantages and disadvantages of elixirs with a check of vitality.

After a turn of the morning, they had all equipped the elixir for refining a furnace of Dingyan Pill, and Han Duan was still a little worried that Lu Mo's demon identity would be seen through, but even if he passed by the monks at the lower level of the Xuan Master, he didn't see any reaction, and Han Duan was relieved.

After returning to Duanwang's Mansion, Han Duan saw that the attic door of Longyun Pavilion was closed, and knew that Qin Wen was cultivating, so he didn't bother him, and then came to the Haode Pill room he selected, and with the help of Shuang'er, he began to prepare the pill of Dingyan Dan.

Then Han Duan calculated the time, it would take nearly five days to refine a furnace of pills by himself, and Qin Wen would go to Shuanghutai to make an appointment in three days, and he would definitely follow him when the time came, so he did not open the furnace for alchemy, but carefully explained to Lu Mo the details of refining the Yan Pill.

Lu Mo knew that he couldn't resist the fate of refining the pill every day in the future, so he had to listen carefully, and now he had a good relationship with Han Duan and Qin Wen, so as not to get Tan Lian ten years later, and they would hand themselves over to Su Ruo again.

After Shuang'er mixed the elixir, she saw that Han Duan did not fire the alchemy, so she returned to her room to continue her cultivation.

Four days later, on December 20, fine snow particles fell in the sky, Qin Wen walked out of Longyun Pavilion in a long robe, today is the day of the competition, looking at the gloomy sky, Qin Wen walked out of the courtyard.

Followed by Ao Yu and Han Duan, Qin Wen thought that the fish and dragons on the side of the Double Tiger Platform were mixed and chaotic, so he let Shuang'er stay at home, and even Lu Mo didn't take it out.

There were two carriages parked outside the gate of the mansion, Qian Sanzheng was standing in front of the car, and when he saw Qin Wen walking out, he greeted him and said, "The young master has already booked a place today, he will go to Shuanghutai first, let me wait here to worship." ”

Qin Wen nodded, stepped on the rustling snow particles under his feet, walked into the carriage, and saw Qian San also coming in, so he asked casually: "I haven't come out of the attic these days, how is Lao Gao's injury?"

Qian San saw Qin Wen's calm face, without a trace of nervousness, and asked about Lao Gao's injury, he couldn't help but be stunned, and hurriedly replied: "The senior executive has been taking the pill of worship and refining for the past few days, and now he can get out of bed and walk, but his body is still weaker, and today he originally wanted to come out to meet and worship, but the young master saw the wind and snow outside, so he didn't let him come out." ”

Qin Wen nodded and said, "He estimates that he will have to recuperate for a while, and when I come back this time, I will let Shuang'er prepare some elixir and let him decoction take it, and he will recover faster." ”

Qian San nodded and agreed, and saw that Qin Wen didn't take the competition to heart, so he hesitated a little and reminded: "Qin Xian, I have also asked people to check Jiao Peng's situation in the past few days, he is considered a child of the Jiao family's side branch, and his cultivation talent is average, and he barely took a piece of the worship money in the Jiao family." ”

"Although his talent is not as good as the offering, but the realm is a level higher than the offering, the worship must not underestimate the enemy, everything is based on caution. ”

Qin Wen thought about it, if he really forced himself to use the fusion of the two kinds of skills, even if he killed Jiao Peng at that time, he would not have the power to protect himself, so he said to Qian San: "Qian Steward, does this double tiger platform have any protection for the winning side?"

Qian San nodded and said: "Of course there is, as long as it is determined that the victory is won, the people of the City Guard Division will send a small team of City Guards to send him to any place in the capital according to the requirements of the victor, and anyone who attacks the winner during this period will be considered to challenge the City Guard." ”

Speaking of this, he had already seen Qin Wen's thoughts, so he smiled slightly and said: "Qin enshrine this, you can rest assured, as long as you win on the Double Tiger Stage, even if it is to give him the Jiao family's great courage, he will not dare to challenge the City Guard Division and our Duanwang Mansion." ”

Snowflakes were falling sparsely, and occasionally people hurried through the empty streets, and some shops simply closed their doors when they saw that no one came to their door, and the shopkeeper and his men gathered around the stove to roast the fire.

However, when the carriage came to Nancheng, there were gradually more people, and they were all walking in one direction, and the carriage was also following behind these people, Qian San raised the curtain of the carriage at this time and said to Qin Wen: "These are all going to Shuanghutai, if it is a sunny day, it will be several times more than this." ”

Qin Wen couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, if it was a sunny day, it would be understandable to go to Shuanghutai to see the excitement, but it was snowing lightly, and there were still a lot of people going in the snow, not to mention that he and Jiao Peng were not high-level monks, could it be that the people in the capital were all in a panic at home.

Qin Wen couldn't help but whisper in his mouth: "What's so good about the competition between two ordinary monks?"

Qian San lowered the curtain at this time, and said in a low voice: "They didn't go to watch the competition, ninety percent of these people went to bet on winning or losing." ”

Qin Wen suddenly understood, it turned out that whenever these people had a duel with monks, they would open a bet on Shuanghutai, which could be regarded as a derivative industry.

Qin Wen pondered for a moment and asked, "Money Steward, is this gambling plate opened by the City Guards Division, or is it opened by other private individuals?"

Qian San shook his head and said: "The City Health Division is not allowed to open gambling plates, and there are several large markets in this that are opened by some local snakes in Dongcheng and Nancheng, but their reputation is also very good, and I have never heard of the matter of embezzling gambling money." ”

Qin Wen was curious at this time: "I don't know how much I can lose if I win on their betting plate this time?"

Qian San smiled bitterly and said: "I also asked people to inquire about this, now if Qin Xianfeng wins, the odds are one to ten, if the two sides are tied, the odds are one to five, and if Qin Xianfeng loses, the odds are one to half." ”