() Xiao Tianhe is a person who has ideas and will put them into action.

After unexpectedly breaking through to the early stage of the cave void, he was secretly glad that fortunately, he had never relaxed his soul cultivation before. This is also thanks to his mother's kiss Ye Congyun, even when he taught Xiao Tianhe's "Peng'an Sword Codex" and "Dragon You" body method, he was not in a hurry, and at least half of the time was allocated every day for Xiao Tianhe to meditate.

In fact, the masters of demon cultivation are very clear, and generally speaking, cultivation is divided into two parts: body refining and soul refining. In terms of subdivision, body refining can also be divided into two parts: body refining and exercises, and soul refining can be divided into spiritual power and control.

The two parts of refining the body are more intuitive, "refining the body" is to improve the various qualities of the body, such as strength, speed, endurance, explosive power, and the strength of the dantian and meridians, and the "exercises" not only include the knife method, the body method, but also cover the formation, the Danshu, the casting technique and other special skills. Among them, the sword technique is a way to improve cultivation, and the body method is directly related to strength, so these two items must be practiced by every demon cultivator.

The control power in the two parts of soul refining is easier to understand, which refers to the degree of control that a person has over the mystical power in the body. Spiritual power, on the other hand, represents the level of comprehension of the cultivation of the true realm, which directly affects the speed at which a person absorbs the Xuan Qi of Heaven and Earth and converts it into Xuan Qi.

Just like the poem left by the Phoenix Sword Immortal Zhu Xuanrong at the entrance of the Xidou Jinge Cave: "Soul refining is the main body and the guest", cultivation is focused on soul refining, and soul refining is important on cultivating spiritual power. In order to improve the realm, the spiritual power must first reach the level of comprehension of the realm, and the improvement of the spiritual power is achieved through the cyclical process of cultivating the sword technique, consuming the Xuan power, meditating, and restoring the Xuan power. After the breakthrough of spiritual power, the control of the Xuan Force is improved through the cultivation of the sword technique and the body technique, and this process is the so-called "stable realm".

Refining the body can improve cultivation and shape the body in order to improve the realm, which is exactly the reason why people who have just stepped into the cultivation of the true realm mainly focus on refining the body. Soul refining can improve the realm, and the level of the realm determines the strength that the body can shape and the exercises that can be cultivated. All in all, refining the body and refining the soul are interdependent, interpenetrating, and restricting each other.

Xiao Tianhe has successively followed Yu Ruijiang, Lu Hailong, and Ye Congyun to cultivate, and all three of them are masters of cultivation, so although he has made rapid progress on the way of cultivation, he still follows the principle of advancing layer by layer and improving step by step, neither wasting his outstanding qualifications, nor causing irreparable consequences due to his eagerness.

As the saying goes: "The way of cultivating the truth, the world is the same." "Although cultivating immortals and cultivating demons are two completely different ways of cultivating the truth, the essence of refining the soul is the same. Just as it is said in the opening chapter of "Yutian Sword Dictionary", "black and white are opposed, yin and yang are born together", heaven and earth, one yin and one yang, two qi are born together, mutual restraint, and harmony, chaos is solved, and all things are harmonious.

After making sure that the accidental breakthrough some time ago had no adverse effect on him, Xiao Tianhe was relieved. He wanted to ask Nangong Ting for a red mengshi The plan failed, and now he can't go back to the misty area to get it for the time being, so he has to temporarily suppress the strong curiosity in his heart, practice with Nangong sisters and brothers every day, and wait for the approaching Nangong Family Demon Treasure Conference.

At noon on this day, Xiao Tianhe finished his cultivation and was about to go back to his small courtyard to rest, but he was stopped by Nangong Xu who suddenly came: "Little Brother Xiao, please stay." Cher, Ting'er, you also stay. ”

The three of them gathered in front of Nangong Xu. Nangong Xu stroked his beard and said kindly: "Xue'er, Ting'er, you two have been cultivating together with Little Brother Xiao recently, they are quite serious and have made great progress, my father has been paying attention to it from a distance for a long time, and I am very pleased in my heart, I hope that you two will continue to do this for a long time in the future, and make persistent efforts." I'm looking forward to seeing what you do at the Magic Treasure Conference. ”

"Haha, don't worry. As long as Brother Xiao is here, where will my sister still have time to be distracted? If I can get to know Brother Xiao earlier, I'm afraid that Sister is also in the early stage of the cave now!" Nangong Ting smiled and winked at Nangong Xue mischievously, "Seeing that both of them are so serious, I am naturally embarrassed to hold back." ”

"Brother Ting, don't talk nonsense! Brother Xiao is our role model, of course we have to learn from him!" Nangong Xue blushed slightly.

Nangong Xu knocked Nangong Ting's head: "Do you think that the early stage of the cave void is so easy to achieve? Heaven rewards diligence, every master is cultivated from the beginning of the foundation, and the reason why he is a 'master' is 'high' than others is 'high' above patience and perseverance. Got it?"

"Yes, yes, yes, my ears are almost calloused. Well, though, what you're saying varies from person to person and from time to time. Nangong Ting pretended to be hypocritical and raised his head with his hands in his hands, squinting at the sky.

"Oh?" Nangong Xu couldn't understand, "Why does it vary from person to person? And from person to person, and what does it mean to vary from time to time?"

"Well, for example, if you want to achieve something like me, you have to put in the corresponding efforts. And sister, she is different!hehe!" Nangong Ting grinned at Nangong Xue.

Nangong Xue pointed at herself in surprise: "What is the difference between me? My current realm is also earned little by little!"

"That's why I said, 'It varies from time to time.'" Nangong Ting shook his head, "In the past, our cultivation was low, and we were young, of course, we had to rely on ourselves step by step." But now, the foundation is stable, and it is already the second level of refining the gods and returning to the void, and people have grown up, so there is a difference between the two of us. I'm a man, and it's not easy to find a girl with a higher realm to guide me. Sister, you're different...... As the saying goes: 'Don't miss the opportunity, the time will never come again'!"

Nangong Xue was stunned for a moment, but saw Nangong Ting desperately glaring at herself, glanced at Xiao Tianhe beside her, and suddenly understood, her face became red when she "brushed", her willow eyebrows were upside down, her apricot eyes were wide, and she pulled Nangong Ting's clothes and raised her hand to beat: "Dare to talk nonsense in front of my father, see if I don't tear your broken mouth!"

Nangong Ting knew that her sister was shy and angry, but she wasn't really angry, so she hid and played haha.

Xiao Tianhe smiled, shook his head slightly, and said in his heart: "This Nangong Ting is naughty and funny, but he is somewhat similar to Brother Yao. ”

Even if Nangong Xu didn't understand at first, he also understood after seeing Nangong Xue's crimson face. "Okay, Hugh is going to mess around!" He stopped the two sisters and brothers, and reprimanded Nangong Ting with a straight face, "Ting'er, don't pin your cultivation hopes on this illusory shortcut! Double cultivation also depends on chance, how can anyone like you be willing to double cultivate with you if you are not in tune? This matter will be mentioned again in the future!"

Then he said to Nangong Xue: "Xue'er, remember, you are a child of the Nangong family, from the moment you are born, your life and destiny are all doomed, born as a Nangong person, and died as a Nangong ghost." There are some things that you can't do as you want. You know what?"

Nangong Xu's tone was a little heavy, and he seemed to have something to say. Nangong Xue straightened her sideburns, nodded slightly, and responded.

Xiao Tianhe sneered in his heart: "It seems that this Nangong Xu is unwilling to let a person like me with no background and no background be his fast son-in-law." Oh, anyway, I don't want Nangong Xue to misunderstand, so it's okay to cut off her love thread like this. He looked at Nangong Xue, who lowered her head and didn't notice his eyes.

Nangong Xu regained his calm tone: "Okay, let's get down to business." In a few days, the Ximen Family's Demon Treasure Conference will start, and the two of you will take a few days to accompany Xiao Xiao Brother to observe it, and also let him familiarize himself with the process of the Demon Treasure Conference. ”

"The Ximen Family's Demon Treasure Conference?What's the matter, didn't the four major families hold the Demon Treasure Conference together?" Xiao Tianhe asked puzzled.

"Of course not. The Demon Treasure Conference is held by the four major families, and the time is also different. The Demon Treasure Conference can be said to be a partial rehearsal of the Fengyun Conference, and you can get a preliminary understanding of the strength of the children of other families, and the four major families will naturally not let go of such a good opportunity. Nangong Xu explained, "In addition, if you want to observe the magic treasure conferences of other families, you need to pay a certain amount of money, which is one of the important ways for the four major families to collect money. ”

"I see...... Xiao Tianhe nodded, and suddenly remembered one thing, "By the way, Nangong senior, I can't hide it, before I met Brother Ting, I had some unpleasant misunderstandings with the people of the Ximen family, if I met them during the observation and caused an incident, what should I do?"

Nangong Xu smiled slightly: "How could the Ximen family allow just one child to destroy the order of the Demon Treasure Conference?" Besides, you have the support of the Nangong family behind you now, and the Ximen family will give you a face no matter what, but it doesn't hurt to go." After that, he took out three red waist cards, distributed them to the three of them, and said, "This is a symbol of the status of the three of you, but you have to put it away." ”

Xiao Tianhe took a closer look, and the front of the diamond-shaped waist card was engraved with the word "Nangong" and painted with gold paint. Turn over the north face and engrave the three words "Xiao Tianhe", and the handwriting pen walks the dragon and snake, all in one go.

"Pack up today, let's leave tomorrow, a month is enough time for you to watch the first round. After Nangong Xu finished speaking, he nodded at Xiao Tianhe and left.

"Great! You can go out for a stroll again!" After Nangong Xu's figure disappeared, Nangong Ting couldn't wait to cheer.

"You also have to thank Brother Xiao, if it weren't for his relationship, how would Daddy let you go?" Nangong Xue said with a smile.

"That's that, that's. Brother Xiao, I also have a lot of old acquaintances from the Ximen family, and if I meet them this time, I will inevitably invite us to drink. Let me tell you, the taste of the Ximen family's famous wine 'Dream Leisure', tsk, that's a beautiful ......" Nangong Ting put his arm on Xiao Tianhe's shoulder and opened the conversation, chattering for a while.

Listening to Nangong Ting's further and further talk, Nangong Xue hurriedly interrupted: "Okay, Brother Ting, let's talk when I have time in the future, it's almost time for Brother Xiao to go back." ”

Nangong Ting seemed to be unsatisfied: "Brother Xiao, you go back to rest first, and we'll talk about it on the way." ”

Xiao Tianhe nodded, turned around and walked towards the other courtyard. Needless to say, Nangong Xue still walked with him as usual.

Xiao Tianhe didn't say anything all the way, thinking about whether he should go on this trip. Ximen Jue aside, what he really taboos is actually Ximen Jue and Ximen Rui's master. Judging from the rarity of the Blue Yuan Stone, their master must have been full of doubts about his identity. However, Nangong Xue said that in the early years, there was a blue yuan stone in Xipinghai, so he thought to himself: "If I am caught by that person at that time, I can make up that my blue yuan stone is also taken from the belly of the fish, I believe that with the identity of the ally of the Nangong family now, that person will not dare to ...... me."

"Brother Xiao, what are you thinking?" Seeing that she was about to walk into the garden of the other courtyard, Nangong Xue couldn't help but ask softly.

Xiao Tianhe thought about it, and forgot that Nangong Xue was still beside him, and hurriedly said, "It's nothing, I was thinking about some trivial things just now, I'm sorry." ”

"Brother Xiao, you're too outward, what else do you say sorry to me? I guess...... Are you still worried about Ximen Jue? Don't worry, with the waist card that your father gave you, the people of the Ximen family will not embarrass you. Nangong Xue comforted.

"I see. Sister Xue, let's send it here today, I'm a little tired, you can go back and rest. See you tomorrow!" Xiao Tianhe bowed his head slightly and stepped into the gate of the other courtyard.

Nangong Xue stopped, with a look of loneliness, and watched Xiao Tianhe disappear around the corner of the garden path before turning away.

......

Early the next morning, Nangong Xue and Nangong Ting came together to find Xiao Tianhe, and the three of them got into the carriage after leaving Nangong Garden, and drove outside the city at the southern foot of the city.

Not far from the northwest of Nanlu City is Nanlang City, and then it is the territory of Ximen Mansion. However, the place where the Ximen family held the Demon Treasure Conference was in the west of the Zhenyue Department

Lancheng is quite far away, and it is not worth wasting precious time on the road, so after the carriage left Nanlu City, the three of them took off into the air and flew towards Xilan City.

Sealand City, the largest state city in the Ximen family's Zhenyue Department, is bordered by Xipinghai in the west. Ximenluo, the owner of the Zhenyue Demon Sword, lives in this city. Due to the imminent convening of the Simon Family Demon Treasure Conference, a large number of guests from all over the world poured into Sealand City within a few days. Without exception, these guests belonged to the other three families, but only a few of them wore waist badges that symbolized their status.

After paying attention, Xiao Tianhe found that the waist card of the Dongfang family was cyan, and the waist card of the Beitang family was black, and its appearance was exactly the same.

"Anyone with a waist card can watch any game for free, but if you don't have a waist card, you have to pay. Nangong Xue explained to Xiao Tianhe.

What made Xiao Tianhe strange was that he also saw some people wearing white Ximen family waist cards: "Could it be that people from the Ximen family also have to charge for watching the game?"

"Of course! I don't know how many people belong to the Simon family, so we can't put all the cats, dogs, and people of all religions and nine streams into the arena, right? The cost of watching the game is so high that it is equivalent to prohibiting people from the small family from entering the arena in disguise. Look, we're here!" Nangong Ting pointed to a mansion not far ahead.

"Nangong Garden, the Nangong family also built a mansion on the territory of the Ximen family?" Xiao Tianhe was taken aback.

Nangong Xue Waner smiled: "It wasn't built by the Nangong family, it was built by the Ximen family." In the largest state of each of the four major families, the mansions of the other three families were built, which were temporary residences for visiting guests. Only those who wear a waist tag are eligible to move in, which is equivalent to the status of a family envoy. As for the others, they have to spend money to stay in the guest house. Of course, during such periods, the cost of accommodation at the inn is also prohibitively expensive. ”

"I wonder how many people in the Nangong family are qualified to be rationed?" Xiao Tianhe asked with interest.

Nangong Xue said: "About three hundred people." Brother Ting and I really borrowed the light of Brother Xiao this time, if it was in the past, let alone the waist card, Daddy wouldn't allow us to come and see it at all. The last time we came back was the first time we participated in the Nangong Family Demon Treasure Conference, and in order to let us have a long experience, my father brought us here. ”

There were a few guards standing at the door, and when they saw the three people with waist tags pinned to their waists, they opened the door directly without asking too much.

The Nangong Garden was full of people, but fortunately, the courtyard was big enough and did not look crowded. In addition to the people who hung the Nangong family's waist card, there were also servants, maids, etc., who were all sent by the Ximen family to serve the guests.

There was a noise in his ears, Xiao Tianhe couldn't help frowning, he didn't like such a chaotic scene.

As soon as the three of them stepped into the courtyard, an old man greeted them and asked respectfully, "I don't know which part of which department the three of you are?"

Xiao Tianhe noticed that the old man also had the Nangong family's waist tag on his waist. "Could it be that this old man is also a guest?" Xiao Tianhe was a little puzzled. Looking around, almost all of the guests of the Nangong family were young people, and it was rare for such an old man with gray hair to be seen. "By the way, the age of a cultivator cannot be measured by his appearance, maybe his actual age is not very old. Xiao Tianhe guessed in his heart.

"The three of us are from the Guixi Department, the Nanjiang Department. Nangong Xue replied.

The old man's arms shook, and his originally empty hands came out like a trick out of a book and a brush, and he bowed his head while writing down something in the book and said, "Okay, a total of twenty-five people from the Nanjiang Department have all arrived." Please go into the front hall to register first, and pick up your belongings and house keys by the way. ”

After walking through the courtyard, Xiao Tianhe asked Nangong Xue in a low voice, "Who was the old man just now?"

"He is responsible for recording the number of people, and the booklet he holds contains the number of waist cards issued by various departments of the Nangong family this time. More detailed registration will be carried out in the antechamber in a moment. ”

The three of them stepped into the hall, only to see several long tables side by side in the hall, dividing the hall in two. There is a long scroll spread out on the table, as well as an inkstone and a pen holder. There is also a small square red box next to the pen stock, and I don't know what it contains. Behind the table sat a middle-aged woman, behind whom was a large pile of copper-skinned ebony teak boxes, small but delicate, neatly stacked.

When the woman saw the three men entering, she immediately stood up and asked with a smile on her face, "What are the names of the three?"

"Guixi Department, Nanjiang Department. Nangong Xue, Nangong Ting, Xiao Tianhe. Nangong Xue untied his waist card, and Nangong Ting and Xiao Tianhe also untied it and presented it together.

The woman placed the belt tags on the small square box next to the pen stock and set them aside. Xiao Tianhe didn't understand what it meant. The woman turned around and took the three copper boxes, and handed them back to the three of them along with the waist tags: "All right." ”

There was a recessed handle on the lid of the copper box, and the three of them carried the box out of the hall. When he stepped out of the door, Xiao Tianhe looked back, and the woman was looking down and recording on the scroll.

"What did she do with the waist card just now, and what is in this small box?" Xiao Tianhe asked.

"The waist card is used to verify the authenticity, and the square box is the tool for inspection. The waist card has the mark of Xuanli left by the head of the family, and if it is fake, the bell in the small box will ring. As for the contents of the box, can't you just open it yourself and see it?" Nangong Xue said with a smile.

Xiao Tianhe fiddled with the small box, but he didn't understand: "The box seems to have a lock...... Why don't you have a keyhole? I don't have a key, how do I open it?"

"Heh, Brother Xiao, use the waist card!" Nangong Ting had already opened his box.

Xiao Tianhe suddenly realized, and inserted the waist card into the diamond-shaped groove on the front of the box. There was a crisp "click", and the lid popped open gently.