The years in the mountains have passed like flowing water, the cold and summer have changed, and two years have passed in a blink of an eye.

Under the painstaking guidance of the Dry Heart Daoist, Su Mai's cultivation of the Five Elements Tribulation has made great progress.

In addition to the wind escape and water condensation can be used at will, the royal gold and the trap are also small, and they still dare not try the fire separation technique.

The Void Cloud Technique is still a daily compulsory lesson for Su Mai.

More than three years have passed, and that innate qi has been swimming in Su Mai's body as always, but it has never lingered.

Even so, the speed of cultivation was several times faster than at the beginning.

The breath of heaven and earth can come and go immediately, and naturally it will go away suddenly.

According to the Dry Heart Daoist, with his speed of controlling aura, if it can be used for himself, it is a great miracle.

It's a pity that he didn't have the opportunity to practice, maybe because of this, he behaved faster and more relaxed than others, after all, that aura was not condensed in the dantian, just like water flowing, leaving no trace.

For this scene, Su Mai was also dead, concentrating on cultivating the Five Elements Tribulation that ordinary people abandoned like a broom.

Due to the inability to cultivate the Dao Method, the power of the Five Elements Tribulation has always been limited, but for the current Su Mai, it is already the best result.

Therefore, two years have passed, except for exchanging experiences with the dry heart Taoist, Su Mai has been concentrating on cultivation for the rest of the time, and basically has never left the bamboo forest outside the ancestral hall.

He is very aware of his situation, if there is no accident, he is only afraid that he will not have a chance with its deep immortal method in this life, and the Five Elements Tribulation Technique is his ultimate reliance.

He just hopes to learn as much as possible, so that he will not be too far behind others, at least not too far away from Gao Xiang and them, after all, he is still an inner disciple.

What about Gao Xiang, I don't know how he is at this moment after three years?

When I was leaving, I vowed to visit, I didn't want life to be impermanent, I was in trouble, and I couldn't take care of myself.

On the one hand, he has no distractions, practices professionally, and expects miracles to appear, but on the other hand, he is also faintly ashamed of himself, afraid of being ridiculed by the outer disciples and losing the face of the teacher.

I'm afraid that Gao Xiang, who is now an outer disciple, is also stronger than himself, an alternative inner disciple.

Every time he thought of this, Su Mai couldn't help but shake his head and smile bitterly.

Although there is no Tao to add to the body, but now that the Five Elements Tribulation has achieved a small success, he finally has a magical power in hand, maybe he should also go outside to take a look.

As soon as he made up his mind, Su Mai took a leave of absence from the dry heart Taoist and wanted to visit Gao Xiang.

Ku Xin was very satisfied with the progress of Su Mai's Five Elements Tribulation's cultivation, and immediately agreed to his request, and repeatedly told him not to use spells lightly, so as not to arouse suspicion.

After all, there are too few people in this Cultivation Realm who are cultivating the Five Elements Tribulation now.

A normal inner disciple learns all Jindan Dao, and for the side door of the Five Elements Tribulation, most of them are regarded as alternatives, and they occasionally practice, either they have limited talent in cultivation, or they have other hardships like Su Mai.

So, on a sunny morning, Su Mai left the ancestral hall for the first time in three years.

Leaving the deep and cold bamboo forest, behind him, he left behind the thin figure of the withered Taoist and watched Su Mai disappear at the end of the path.

The outside world is the same as in the past, with orderly stacks of dangerous buildings and pavilions, dotted around the shore of Liuxian Lake.

The towering Sanqing Sword Pavilion stood in the center like a sky-high giant sword, reflecting the solemnity and splendor of this ancient sect.

Su Mai walked all the way along the trail he used to do three years ago, until he reached the shore of Liuxian Lake, and he did not see a single figure.

In the past three years, no one else has come to the Patriarch Hall except for their two masters and apprentices, and the occasional disciple transporting offerings.

Su Mai is also accustomed to the quiet surroundings, but he doesn't know what kind of life is like in the courtyard of the deep house next to the road.

The fog on the lake gradually faded, and the early morning sun sprinkled on the water, and Venus was ten thousand points and sparkling.

From time to time, there are fairy birds and birds skimming the water, singing and singing.

Outside the Sanqing Sword Pavilion in the distance, many disciples were sitting quietly by the lake, motionless like a mountain, as if they had merged with the surrounding fairyland.

Su Mai stared at it, and there were countless envy and sadness in his eyes.

In this situation, how can I see it when I am in the ancestral hall.

If one day, I can also practice enlightenment on the shore of this Liuxian Lake full of spiritual energy, then the innate spiritual energy may be able to make a breakthrough.

It's a pity that the master easily refused to let him leave, and he kept it secretive several times.

This time I was able to come out because of my recent diligent cultivation of the Five Elements Tribulation, and before leaving, I told him again and again not to cause trouble.

What puzzled him the most was that as one of the elders of the Iron Sword Sect, the Dry Heart Daoist had never had any contact with the outside world in the past two years.

The rest of the elders had never been to this ancestral hall either, as if the two of them had nothing to do with the Iron Sword Sect.

Could it be that Master's popularity is too bad, otherwise the years by the Immortal Lake are quiet and the scenery is infinite, why is he willing to be trapped in the cold and lonely ancestral hall?

Su Mai mentioned this question several times, but he was blocked back by the Dry Heart Daoist, who only cultivated the true person's heart, and told him to cultivate quietly and not be distracted.

After several years of painstaking cultivation, I don't ask about the world, and now I come out and see the beautiful scenery of this good day, like a fairyland, and I seem to have a sense of being separated from the world.

Bathed in the gentle morning light and strolling along the lakeside, Su Mai felt refreshed and open.

Break a branch of reeds on the shore of the lake, whistle softly, and walk under the boulder at the exit.

There are disciples stationed under the stone cave, and people from the outer valley are not allowed to enter without being summoned, but Su Mai, as a disciple of the inner gate, does not hurt to go out of the valley.

After checking his identity, he easily wore it out.

After staying in the shady and narrow stone cave, Su Mai came to the outer valley after a three-year absence.

The Nine Palaces Stone Formation is vast and ancient, standing quietly between heaven and earth, letting the years pass, regardless of cold and heat.

It's just that the thin boy at the beginning has grown into a stout boy, and now he is back, the stone pillar is still the same, and his mood is no longer what it was then.

The original expectations, envy, longings and even illusions have now become bleak realities.

The failure of attracting the spirit into the body is equivalent to announcing that his immortal fate is shallow, and basically he doesn't want to enter the door of cultivation in this life.

Although the Five Elements Tribulation, which borrows the power of nature, is mysterious, it is easy to learn and difficult to master.

It is difficult for ordinary cultivators to see the path, and a person like him, who has no true qi support himself, wants to cultivate the Great Dao, it is tantamount to a fool's dream.

Su Mai knew it to everyone in his heart, although the Dry Heart Daoist often comforted him that he was quite talented in the cultivation of the Five Elements Tribulation, if he had the opportunity in the future, he might have another opportunity.

It's just that this is simple, but the fate is like an antelope hanging its horns, and there is no trace to be found.

If the Great Shenzhou, thousands of cultivators, who don't want to have a good chance to get the magic weapon of the immortal formula, get twice the result with half the effort or even ascend to the sky in one step.

This can be encountered but not wanted, and can only be fulfilled by heaven, not to mention that over the years, it seems that God has not taken much special care of him.

Chance, it can be regarded as a consolation, and it is better to hope than to despair.

Now he can only rely on these five elements tribulation to satisfy his dream of cultivating the truth, after all, it is better than nothing.

Passing through the huge stone formation, the closer he got to that small courtyard, the more worried Su Mai's heart became, what would be the scene when he saw Gao Xiang, would he laugh at himself?

The outer sect has a large number of disciples, and the management is not as strict as that of the inner gate.

Its activities are relatively free, and if there is no call from the elders, it will not enter the inner valley, but within the outer valley, it can come and go freely.

Therefore, Su Mai had just stepped on the bluestone path, and he had found that the number of people was gradually increasing.

Compared with the inner valley with strict laws, it is obviously much more lively and humane.

The outer disciples of three or three or two chatted in groups, or walked together, their expressions were relaxed, not at all like the rigor and diligence of people who cultivated the truth, but like students in the academy.

Su Mai lived in the bamboo forest for a long time, isolated from the group, and suddenly saw these many people of the same age, and he didn't feel happy on his face, as if he had a sense of being separated from the world.

So he stepped forward to ask where Gao Xiang was, and asked several times, but no one knew.

Su Mai was a little puzzled, could it be that Gao Xiang, this kid, has advanced by leaps and bounds in the past two years, and has been favored by a certain elder and selected to enter the inner gate?

Just as he was wandering, suddenly a voice behind him sounded: "Su Mai?"

Su Mai was shocked and hurriedly looked back.

But it was a young man of the same height as himself, wearing the clothes of an outer disciple and a long sword on his back, staring at him with some confusion.

"Are you?" asked Su Mai cautiously.

"My name is Gu Xiaofang, three years ago, we entered the stone formation assessment, you shouldn't remember me, right?"

Su Mai looked carefully at the young man in front of him, trying to recall the situation in the stone formation, but he had no impression.

But at this time, it was not easy to show it, and he hurriedly said: "It's you, a few years have passed, you have changed, and I haven't recognized it for a while." ”

Gu Xiaofang smiled and said:

"It's not surprising that you don't recognize me, it's just that the group of us who went in all recognized you, not to mention that you were the only one who was chosen by the elders of the Patriarch Hall later, and everyone was impressed. ”

"yes"

Su Mai smiled a little bitterly in his heart, he, a nondescript inner disciple, three years have passed, and he is afraid that even Gu Xiaofang in front of him is not as good.

"Do you know where Gao Xiang is, I want to go and see him?" asked Su Mai instead.

"You know, Gao Xiang and I are in the same yard, you are here to find him, right?"

Gu Xiaofang asked.

Su Mai nodded, thinking to himself about this date three years ago, if it was too late to come back now, I don't know if Gao Xiang remembers himself.