() A hint of surprise flashed in Duan Chen's eyes.

Compared to when he first separated from Zhuge Xuanshuang five years ago, his strength has improved tremendously, but Zhuge Xuanshuang has also become stronger.

Five years ago, he felt that he was not Zhuge Xuanshuang's opponent, and five years later, he still has this feeling, and this feeling has become even stronger than five years ago.

The gap is getting bigger!

When Duan Chen realized this, he couldn't help but feel a little depressed in his heart.

However, he didn't know that Zhuge Xuanshuang, who seemed to have the upper hand, was even more surprised by Duan Chen's performance in his heart.

You must know that she has now cultivated to the late stage of Jindan, and she has the body of an ice spirit, not to mention fighting with her in the early stage of Jindan, it is estimated that she will be forced to admit defeat after a face, but Duan Chen can still fight with her back and forth.

Although she didn't exert her strength, she could see that Duan Chen also didn't exert her strength.

In addition, Zhuge Xuanshuang also recognized that Duan Chen was using a thousand qi and blood techniques.

She was actually no stranger to the secret technique of Thousands of Qi and Blood Techniques, and the cultivation method of this secret technique was also available in the Beiyuan Immortal Palace, but what she didn't expect was that Duan Chen had cultivated this secret technique to such a high and profound realm, which was almost comparable to the sword qi of the same level of sword cultivation.

This is another aspect that surprised Zhuge Xuanshuang today.

The reason why sword cultivation is powerful is that the sword qi emitted by sword cultivation can often gain the upper hand in the attack collision with other monks, which is one of the reasons why sword cultivation is always known for its strong attack power.

In the realm of the same cultivation, there are very few attacks performed by monks that can be compared to sword cultivation.

However, Zhuge Xuanshuang found that the blood light sword qi condensed by Duan Chen's thousands of qi and blood techniques was extremely tenacious and strong in the collision with her frost sword qi.

If it weren't for the fact that her Frost Sword Qi still contained Frost Sword Intent, I'm afraid she might not have been able to break Duan Chen's Thousands of Qi and Blood Techniques.

Zhuge Xuanshuang knew very well that Duan Chen's cultivation was two small realms lower than herself, and if the two of them cultivated equally, it would not be so easy for her to break Duan Chen's thousands of qi and blood techniques.

"Late stage of Jindan, have you cultivated to the late stage of Jindan?" Just as Zhuge Xuanshuang was distracted and thinking, Duan Chen finally sensed his current cultivation, and took advantage of Zhuge Xuanshuang's distraction to use the Blood Escape Secret Technique to get out of the battlefield, and it seemed that he was going to stop there.

Zhuge Xuanshuang didn't continue to make a move, and with a flick of his wrist, he put away the frost sword in his hand, and the frost sword qi in the sky disappeared from mid-air.

Seeing this, Duan Chen couldn't help but secretly breathe a sigh of relief, and then asked with some hesitation: "Senior Sister Xuanshuang, have you been doing well in the Inner Palace all these years?

"If there's anything to say, let's go in and talk about it. Zhuge Xuanshuang glanced at the surrounding courtyard, said this coldly, and then turned around and walked into Duan Chen's cave mansion.

Duan Chen took a deep breath, then followed in with a hint of nervousness on his face, and came to the hall.

The layout in the hall was very simple, and Duan Chen rarely took care of it, only some tables, chairs and furniture were placed, but Zhuge Xuanshuang didn't say anything, as if he was familiar with it, he found a random place to sit down, and then looked at Duan Chen who followed him with a demure face.

And Duan Chen was also looking at Zhuge Xuanshuang.

I haven't seen each other for more than five years, and Zhuge Xuanshuang has become even more moving.

Slender eyelashes, clear eyes, delicate nose, and slightly pointed chin, all of these are so familiar to Duan Chen.

It is said that Xiao Biesheng is newly married, Duan Chen doesn't know what it feels like to be newly married, but since he saw Zhuge Xuanshuang, he suddenly felt that his heartbeat had accelerated a lot, and his lips had become a little dry.

It was as if the blood in the body was boiling.

Zhuge Xuanshuang originally had a straight face, but when he saw Duan Chen looking at him like this, he couldn't help but blush slightly, and the cold color on his face immediately melted.

"Don't look at it, your eyes are going to fall off. After a while, Zhuge Xuanshuang saw that Duan Chen was still standing there with a stupid look, and couldn't help but say angrily.

It was only at this time that Duan Chen came back to his senses, sat down with an embarrassed face and asked, "Senior Sister Xuanshuang, aren't you angry with me?"

"You, just call me Xuanshuang. Seeing Duan Chen's cautious look, Zhuge Xuanshuang couldn't help but smile and said, "As for being angry, why should I be angry with you with a wood that doesn't understand the amorous feelings?"

"If you're not angry with me, why haven't you replied to my messages all these years?" Duan Chen asked with a hint of suspicion on his face.

Over the years, he has successively sent a lot of messages to Zhuge Xuanshuang.

It's just that every time the message is like a stone sinking into the sea, there is no response. This also caused Duan Chen to always think that Zhuge Xuanshuang was still thinking about what was going on Dongli Mountain, so he refused to deal with him.

"I'm not as small as you think, I haven't replied to your messages over the years, it's not that I don't want to reply, but there is no way. Zhuge Xuanshuang shook his head and said.

"There's no way? What's going on, is there someone in the inner palace who doesn't allow you to contact the outside world?" Duan Chen's face changed, and his voice sank slightly.

"Before answering this question, I want to ask you, what is the relationship between you and Sister Nangong?" Zhuge Xuanshuang bit his red lip slightly, and looked at Duan Chen with some nervousness and asked rhetorically.

When Duan Chen heard this, an unnatural look couldn't help but appear on his face, and he hesitated: "Actually, it doesn't matter, I have always regarded her as a sister, don't think about it too much." ”

"Hmph, it's better to be like that. Zhuge Xuanshuang snorted lightly, and then changed his words, and said with a straight expression: "Do you know, when we were separated in Dongli Mountain, I followed Elder Jin Dan who came to pick me up and returned to the inner palace of Beiyuan Immortal Palace. ”

"After returning to the Inner Palace, I have been practicing in retreat, first breaking through to the False Dan Realm, and then breaking through to the early stage of the Jindan in one breath, but I was too anxious to break through the Jindan Realm, which caused the Dao Heart to be unstable, the Ice Spirit Body was out of control, and I couldn't suppress the Xuanyin Qi in my body, so that the Xuanyin Qi leaked out, but I trapped myself. ”

"Xuanyin Qi?" Duan Chen was shocked in his heart, and said, "So, you have been frozen by Xuanyin Qi all these years and can't move?"

"Of course, otherwise you really think that I have been angry with you all these years, so I didn't reply to your messages?" Zhuge Xuanshuang said angrily.

Duan Chen grinned and didn't respond to this, but after pondering for a moment, he turned to ask, "Then what happened then?"

Zhuge Xuanshuang settled down, and continued with a light opening of her lips:

"Later, I could only spend time refining these leaked Xuanyin Qi little by little

This was able to get out of trouble, but I was also blessed by misfortune, and after refining those Xuanyin Qi, I broke through directly from the early stage of Jindan to the late stage of Jindan. ”

"I see. ”

Duan Chen suddenly realized, and then said with envy: "I have long heard that a cultivator with an innate Dao body will have a great power of the Great Dao given by the Heavenly Dao in his body, once the refining is completed, it is easy to reach the realm of transforming into a god and refining the void, and now it seems that this matter is mostly true." ”

When Zhuge Xuanshuang heard this, he pursed his lips and smiled, without an interface, and said: "Don't just talk about me, what about you, I heard that you have created a disciple force in the outer palace called the Reverse Immortal Alliance in the outer palace in the past few years, and it seems to have made a lot of noise." ”

"You know this, too?" Duan Chen couldn't help but ask with a hint of surprise on his face when he heard Zhuge Xuanshuang mention the Reverse Immortal Alliance.

"What's so surprising about this, I also know you've been looking for the Star Sands. ”

Zhuge Xuanshuang said, flipped his palm, took out a jade bottle from the storage ring he carried between his fingers and said, "This is some of the Xingchen Sand left over from refining the natal magic weapon, you can use it." ”

"Xingchen Sha?" Duan Chen's eyes lit up when he heard this, but he hesitated slightly: "This is not very good, I will pay you how many spirit stones you say." ”

"Does this girl look like she's short of money? Just give this Xingchensha to you, if you don't want to go, you should owe me a favor." Zhuge Xuanshuang's eyes flashed with a touch of cunning, and he couldn't help but throw the jade bottle in his hand to Duan Chen.

Duan Chen hurriedly took the jade bottle thrown by Zhuge Xuanshuang, and showed a hint of suspicion on his face: "You deliberately want me to owe you a favor, right?"

"You're not stupid, what's the matter, you're not happy to owe me a favor?" Zhuge Xuanshuang glanced at Duan Chen and asked with a threatening expression.

"It's not really, it's just that if you need my help in the future, just say it, why bother. Duan Chen touched his nose and explained with a hint of embarrassment.

"Who knows what will happen in the future, in short, you owe this favor first, and let you talk about it when I think about it one day. Zhuge Xuanshuang shook his head, and then changed the conversation and said, "Okay, let's not talk about this matter, let's talk about business." ”

"What's the matter?" Duan Chen was stunned when he heard this, and asked curiously.

"I'm about to leave the Beiyuan Immortal Palace and head to Qingshan City. Zhuge Xuanshuang suddenly said in a shocking voice.

"What, you're going to Qingshan City, why is it so sudden?" Duan Chen was shocked in his heart: "It's dangerous over there now, you ......"

"Okay, you don't have to say anything, I have to go back this time, don't forget, the city lord of Qingshan City is my father. After Zhuge Xuanshuang bit his red lips, he said with a twinkle in his beautiful eyes.

"Do you really have to go back now?" Duan Chen's face changed slightly, and after his voice sank, he asked slowly.

"If I don't go back now, I'm afraid it will be too late in the future. Zhuge Xuanshuang wanted to speak and stopped, as if there was something unspeakable.

"What's too late, did you hear anything in the Inner Palace?" Duan Chen asked as he looked at Zhuge Xuanshuang with a move in his heart.

Zhuge Xuanshuang glanced at Duan Chen, shook his head, and didn't answer this question directly, but suddenly asked, "Do you know how the Kaiyuan City of Tiandu Peak was attacked by the beast tide eight hundred years ago?"