() After the first Demon Lord divided the outer areas of the Heavenly Flame Continent into four parts, he established a selection system for the Demon Treasure Conference Wind Cloud Conference. It is said that the first generation of demon lords traveled to all the lofty mountains and mountains of the entire Heavenly Flame Continent, found natural huge rocks at the bottom of the inaccessible mountain peaks and valleys, and ordered people to cut and polish them to make a total of twelve probing stones and distributed them to the four major families, exactly one by one, for testing the number of years of demon cultivation of people participating in the Demon Treasure Conference.

In fact, after the exploration stone was made, it was not used many times. Although the Demon Treasure Conference was held by each of the four major families, it was created by the Demon Lord. Even if you pass the test in the Demon Treasure Conference, you will have to be exposed when you reach the Fengyun Conference, who dares to cheat? In the past, there was only one way to use the Void Exploration Stone, that is, when there was a highly qualified and powerful demon cultivator genius in the conference, he would use the test results of the Exploration Stone to prove it to everyone.

However, such a shocking test result is unprecedented.

"Genius...... No, using the word 'genius' to describe it is an insult to you, and it is unbelievable that you have cultivated to the realm of Cave Void in less than twenty-five years. Nangong Yan praised repeatedly, and did not hesitate to praise him, "I'm afraid you are the person with the fastest cultivation speed in the history of the Heavenly Flame Continent." Compared to you, we are like ordinary people. Brother Xiao, how many years have you been cultivating?"

"Just turned twenty-three years ago. Xiao Tianhe replied, "Actually, my current realm is due to some past encounters, and my root bone qualifications are not as exaggerated as you think. ”

"You don't have to be modest, I Nangong Yan rarely admires anyone, you and Ling Tang are both amazing talents, I just hate that we met very late!" Nangong Yan patted Xiao Tianhe's shoulder gently, "Brother Xiao, it's really not a secret, but all the genius-like characters in the four major families have basically entered the core through the Fengyun Conference, in other words, we are not real masters." It's too condescending for you to belong to our Nangong family. I announce that from today onwards, Xiao Tianhe will officially become a special guest of the Nangong family! Not only can he enjoy the best demon cultivation treatment of the Nangong family for free, but he also does not have to abide by the rules of the Nangong family!"

None of the remaining eleven elders objected.

"The patriarch is so polite, but I am at a loss. Xiao didn't ask for anything else, he just wanted to have a secluded place to retreat. ”

"Hey, why are you so polite to me?" Nangong Yan grabbed Xiao Tianhe's shoulders and was very enthusiastic.

"Patriarch. Nangong Rong suddenly reported, "Xiao Daoyou is not only a high realm. Just now I had the pleasure of watching Xiao Daoyou's battle, and the sword skills and body skills he displayed were all unique, and I have never seen them in my life. Nangong Rong obviously had something to say.

"That was taught to him by Brother Xiao's mother. He is now a special guest of my Nangong family, and besides, it is not long before the Fengyun Conference, so whether to accept the apprentice or not depends on Brother Xiao's own intentions. Nangong Yan simply made the meaning clear, anyway, everyone could hear Nangong Rong's extraneous meaning, and it was counterproductive to cover it up.

"I'm sorry, but I don't have the idea of accepting an apprentice yet. Xiao Tianhe gestured to Nangong Rong.

"It doesn't matter. Brother Xiao's cultivation speed is so fast, he can still hold his mind and not go mad, I don't know who Ling Tang learned from?Which master created the Sword Codex?" Nangong Yan asked.

"This ...... I don't really know. ”

"Hmm......" Nangong Yan thought for a while, and said, "Brother Xiao, you can go back to Nanting City with me, I want to have a good chat with you." ”

Xiao Tianhe was stunned for a moment: "Go back to Nanting City......?"

Nangong Yan suddenly laughed heartily: "Brother Xiao, don't you plan to continue to participate in the Demon Treasure Conference and bully those people in the junior group, right? I dare to guarantee that no one will dare to challenge you when you are in the ring, and then you will be able to advance directly according to the rules after three days." ”

Xiao Tianhe also smiled: "The patriarch said that he laughed. I mean, you don't have to supervise the other matches, and what about the second round?"

"There are three other elders to supervise, and I don't have to worry about it. The rules of the second round are to play separately, and I guess that all the people who advance to the second round in the junior group together will not be your opponent, so they can't be compared. It's not early, let's go quickly!" Nangong Yan couldn't help but say, pulled Xiao Tianhe and jumped on the Kunwu knife, and flew away.

The remaining eleven elders, you look at me, I look at you, it seems that they have not recovered from the previous shock.

"Okay, that's the end of today's game! The interrupted game counts each side as one win!" Nangong Rong announced loudly.

This sentence also woke up the other stunned audience, and while people were talking, they flew away from the ring in twos and threes, but almost no one flew in the direction of Nanyue City. Such a genius is in the world, of course, he has to report it to his respective branch or family as soon as possible.

Chen Shufeng had already left in a daze, and Nangong Qiu was still standing on the contestant's seat.

Nangong Ting in the field has been sitting on the ground in shock for a long time. Recalling the process of encountering, acquainting, and befriending Xiao Tianhe in the pawnshop in Nanlang City, he has always regarded Xiao Tianhe as a "brother" who does not speak much, has an easy-going temper, is broad-minded, and attaches great importance to love and righteousness, but he did not expect him to be such a rare genius of demon cultivation.

After the people dispersed, Nangong Ting stood up leisurely, and the sword took off, he wanted to inform Nangong Xue, who was still meditating in Nanyue City, about this amazing news.

When he flew past the contestant, he was stopped by a "Thunder Brother".

Nangong Ting looked at Nangong Qiu impatiently, and asked coldly, "What's the matter?"

Nangong Qiu bit her lower lip and said softly: "I hope you don't mind the unpleasantness that happened between us before." ”

"Heh, what's the use of you talking about this now?" Nangong

Ting sneered. Nangong Qiu, who has always been high-flying and domineering, has never taken Nangong Ting and Nangong Xue in his eyes, and now he apologized so quietly because he was afraid of offending Xiao Tianhe?

"I know, I'm a little late in saying this. Nangong Qiu lowered his head slightly, and tears seemed to well-up in his eyes, "Today's words from Patriarch Yan are like an empowerment and a slap in the face." 'But all the genius-like figures in the four major families have basically entered the core through the Fengyun Conference, in other words, we are not really masters. 'Alas, even if the patriarch has such a root and bone qualification, then am I not ...... As a demon cultivator, if you are trapped by power and profit, what is the difference between you and ordinary people? Looking at Xiao Tianhe again, I can achieve such an achievement in such a short period of time, which makes me repent. The identity and status of the children of the Nangong family have made me lose the direction of my life, and now is the time to awaken. I'm so sorry for what I've done before, but I'm glad I didn't do anything particularly excessive to you. My apology is not a luxury for your forgiveness, but a relief from my remorse. Nangong Qiu bowed deeply to Nangong Ting, and when she looked up, she had a relieved smile on her face, but she was already in tears, "If you can still remember that we are cousins, I hope you will convey my apologies to Xiao Tianhe when you see him again in the future." Nangong Qiu bowed again, and then Yudao left.

Looking at her distant back, Nangong Ting shook his head and sighed lightly, muttering to himself: "I knew this was the case, why bother in the first place." ”

......

The news that a demon cultivator with a foreign surname had emerged from the Demon Treasure Conference spread throughout the entire Nangong family in a very short period of time. After learning that Xiao Tianhe was in Nanting City, the heads and faces of the various branches of the Nangong family all rushed there. Although Xiao Tianhe was overwhelmed, he couldn't help but give face to others.

As for the purpose of their coming to see Xiao Tianhe, it was even more varied: some wanted to see what a genius looked like, some wanted to ask Xiao Tianhe for advice on how to quickly improve their cultivation without causing instability in the realm, some wanted to make friends with Xiao Tianhe, some hoped to send their children to learn from their teachers, some hoped to marry their daughters or sisters to Xiao Tianhe's double cultivation, and some wanted to offer treasures to the demon lord in the future by getting acquainted with Xiao Tianhe. The most exaggerated thing is that there is actually a female branch master in the late stage of extinction who said that Xiao Tianhe would not marry, and there was also a branch master in the early Mahayana period who had to worship Xiao Tianhe.

Within a few days, Xiao Tianhe never stopped from day to night, and he was miserable. In the end, he had no choice but to reluctantly resign to Nangong Yan, and quietly returned to the courtyard of Nanlu City at night.

Two weeks later, the first round of the Nangong Family Magic Treasure Conference ended. Nangong Ting failed to advance and returned to Nanlu City. Nangong Xue successfully broke into the second round and stayed in Nanyue City.

As soon as Nangong Ting returned to Nangong Garden, he immediately came to find Xiao Tianhe, at this time the sky was still hazy, and Xiao Tianhe had just finished a night of meditation.

"Brother Xiao, I can be regarded as seeing you. I thought you wouldn't come back after you went to Nanting City. Nangong Ting sat on the stool with a big grin, picked up the teapot on the table and poured a full cup, drank it all, and poured another cup, still feeling that he couldn't quench his thirst, so he simply raised the teapot and poured it into the spout.

Xiao Tianhe laughed: "It's still good to get along with you, and you don't have to be restrained at all." Don't you know, when I was in Nanting City, I was annoyed by those people who visited, it was really 'people are afraid of being famous, pigs are afraid of being strong'. ”

"Hey, those snobs, who usually don't care about others, once someone becomes famous, they have to follow a little light. Nangong Ting put down the teapot and pursed his lips disdainfully, "No matter how talented you are, no matter how powerful you are, aren't you still my big brother Xiao, what's the difference between you and the past?"

No matter what others think of me, I have always been Xiao Tianhe. By the way, why didn't Xue Mei come back with you?

"Ah, yes, yes, I came to you in a hurry for this matter!" Nangong Ting patted his head, "Brother Xiao, hurry up and persuade my sister, after hearing about you, she is about to go mad!"

Xiao Tianhe hurriedly jumped off the bed and sat down at the table: "Don't worry, you say slowly, what's going on?"

"After I returned to Nanyue City that day, I told my sister what happened in the ring, thinking that she would be as excited as me, but she frowned and lamented. ”

"Why is this?" Xiao Tianhe felt inexplicable.

"At that time, I didn't know why, but when I asked her, she wouldn't say. Later, when I was in a hurry, he lashed out at me and kicked me out of the room, which I thought was too strange. ”

Xiao Tianhe frowned: "What about later?"

Later, her behavior was even more strange, it stands to reason that the fight should be done to the point and within her ability, but my sister seems to fight to the death with others every time, she doesn't defend at all, no matter how many injuries she suffers, she just blindly attacks without her life. When others saw her momentum, they were first afraid of three points, and those who were weaker than her could not beat her; those who were similar to her had to pay a painful price if they wanted to win; those who were stronger than her could not bear to defeat her when they saw her so desperate. As a result, she was promoted like this......" Nangong Ting said.

"Isn't this a good thing? it must be Xue Mei's eagerness to win, right?" Xiao Tianhe guessed.

Nangong Ting glanced at him: "You can still say it." You didn't see the tragic situation of my sister when she won the last battle, covered with knife wounds, her face was pale, her hair was unkempt, and she was a female madman. After announcing that she had advanced to the second round, she collapsed directly in the ring due to excessive blood loss. ”

"Such a serious ......" Xiao Tianhe couldn't bear it, a gentle woman with a good end tossed like this.

"When I went up to help her

She was so weak that she almost fainted, but she was still holding my hand and muttering, "Brother Ting, I can finally make the cut, and I still have to pass the ...... Second...... ......Before she finished speaking, she fell unconscious. At that moment, I really understood why my sister was so strange these days. Nangong Ting recalled, "Brother Xiao, she is working so hard, in fact, to be able to participate in the Fengyun Conference with you!"

"Huh?" Xiao Tianhe was stunned, "This ...... As for it?"

"Oh, Brother Xiao!" Nangong Ting was a little angry, "Do you really not know, or are you pretending to be confused there?" Tell me, since you met, how has my sister treated you? Her mind can even be seen by me, how can you not know?"

"Let's not talk about this for now, what does that have to do with participating in the Fengyun Conference?" Xiao Tianhe still didn't understand.

"With your strength, isn't it a matter of holding a handle and entering the core to participate in the Fengyun Conference and enter the core? In other words, your time to stay in my Nangong family is numbered. Nangong Ting woke up Xiao Tianhe, "Sister, she wants to enter the core with you!"

"Oh my God......" Xiao Tianhe shook his head and smiled bitterly.

Nangong Ting looked melancholy: "Alas, it's helpless to say. Due to the special exercises practiced by our sister and brother, even if we fight alone with people of the same level, I am afraid it will be difficult to gain the upper hand...... Sister, she worked so hard to advance, it was really difficult for her. ”

Hearing Nangong Ting say "special exercises" again, Xiao Tianhe couldn't help but be curious. He had seen Nangong Ting and Nangong Xue cultivating the sword technique, and there was nothing peculiar about it, so he couldn't help but ask, "I don't know what kind of special method your cultivation method is?"

"Huh, sister, didn't she tell you? Our sister and brother's cultivation is mainly based on formation techniques, and sword techniques are secondary. Nangong Ting replied.

Xiao Tianhe suddenly realized: "No wonder you were able to see through my realm at a glance when we first met." That's right, the spiritual perception ability of those who practice the formation is indeed very strong. ”

"What's the use of that? formations are of no use at all when the battle is ongoing...... To be honest, I'm a little skeptical about whether I can succeed in cultivation in the future. ”

"How can it be useless? Although it is the mainstream to enter the Tao with a knife, it is not absolute. There are even people who enter the Tao with quenching poison or refining medicine. It is not surprising to enter the Dao with a formation. "Xiao Tianhe has always felt that entering the Dao with a certain skill and supplementing it with sword techniques is not weaker than the orthodox cultivation method in the slightest, and the Huayi Vein of the Qinglong Continent is the best example.

"But when the enemy is present, how many chances do you have to calmly set up the magic circle? Hmph, the enemy will not be so merciful as to wait for you to complete the formation before making a move. Besides, even if the formation is successful, the sword technique and body technique are not good. Nangong Ting shook his head.

"No, you're wrong. Xiao Tianhe resolutely denied, "Let me ask you, how long does it take you to set up a magic circle?"

"It depends on what kind of formation is set. The principle of the formation is very complicated, and I will only explain it to you in a concise and concise manner.

Formations are divided into five types according to type, offensive formation, defensive formation, maze formation, phantom formation, and auxiliary formation.

There are five types of products according to size. The small array can only assist oneself, the small array can accommodate several people to fight, the medium array, a radius of several miles, and the large array, covering the mountains and fields. The last one is the giant array, which is said to be vast and unbounded, and I haven't seen it anyway.

According to the intensity, it can be divided into five types: feather formation, light formation, strong formation, fierce formation, and violent formation. Among them, the violent array is the strongest array, such as the violent attack array, which is like the sky falling apart and the mountains and seas flowing backwards; the violent defense array, how Ren Er attacks, does not move; the violent maze array, the people who enter the formation will feel that the world is spinning and cannot distinguish between the west and the east; the violent illusion array, which makes people feel like a world away, Nanke wakes up from a dream; the effect of the violent auxiliary array is too great to be detailed, in short, the effect is amazing. In the same way, I've never seen anyone set up a riot.

According to the difficulty, there are also five types, simple formation, complex formation, stacked formation, complex formation, and chaotic formation. This difficulty refers to the superposition of formations, a single formation is a simple formation, the superposition of two formations is a compound formation, and so on. But the most complex formations I've ever seen are to the point of stacking formations.

At my current level, if you want to set up a small, light, simple, and auxiliary array, it will take about one-eighth of the time to burn incense. It's not a long time, but by the time I've set up my formation, I'm afraid the game will be over a long time ago. Nangong Ting roughly described the classification of the formation.

"Wow, I didn't expect the formation to be so delicate and complicated...... Xiao Tianhe exclaimed, "I only knew five types. ”

"The way of the formation is broad and profound, and correspondingly, the difficulty of its cultivation is unimaginable to others. The layout of the array pays attention to accuracy, and the slightest difference is a thousand miles. I've been cultivating so far, and my understanding of the formation is only scratching the surface. It's just that I often feel that cultivating the formation is a thankless task, so it's better to concentrate on cultivating a powerful sword book, and it will be more enjoyable to fight. Nangong Ting's expression carried a trace of regret and a trace of helplessness.

Xiao Tianhe encouraged him: "You must continue to persevere, the formation is endlessly mysterious, but you haven't discovered its power yet." ”

Nangong Ting smiled bitterly: "I know that the formation is very powerful. I forgot to mention just now, in fact, in addition to those four classification methods, there is also a special kind of magic circle, which is said to have no certain range, such as mustard seed Sumeru, small is not tolerant of dust and sand, and large is compatible with the world. It also does not have a fixed intensity, but changes with the will of the person who sets it up. It is easy to say that it is easy to set up a formation, and it is difficult to say that it is difficult, and it is difficult to climb to the sky. In short, it is not difficult for those who will know, but it will not be difficult for those who are difficult. It was the highest level of magic circle, but no one had ever seen it. ”

Xiao Tianhe's eyes widened: "And such a strange magic circle, what is its name?"

"Heavenly Array. Nangong Ting said in a deep voice.