If Jiang Ning is a dark horse among the true disciples, then the inner disciple Nakata Origin is another dark horse.

With the end of the final round of the competition, he was the one with the highest number of points among the inner disciples. This person has always been silent and nameless in the sect before, the only thing that makes people remember is that he has a good relationship with Feng Yuan, the former Qingluan Peak has now been removed from the Lingyin Sect, he is not among those people, he belongs to the inner disciple of Xingluan Peak.

In the ninth round, his opponent was Chen Chu'er, in all the previous competitions, his cultivation was only in the middle of the mountain peak realm, but when Chen Chu'er didn't care much, he suddenly broke out, and he was already in the late stage of the mountain peak realm, giving Chen Chu'er a series of rapid attacks, and Chen Chu'er, who played from the center, was only half a step away from the test field.

At that time, Chen Chu'er had already put away the smile on his face, indicating that he had begun to officially face the opponent in front of him. After the two fought fiercely for more than 70 rounds, Tian Benyuan's performance at the beginning was not inferior at all, and some of the inner and outer disciples in the audience were excited and excited, except for the true disciples, there are also some of our inner disciples who can fight!

With the end of the tenth round of competition, the thirteen places that have obtained the qualification to go to the Tianyang Secret Realm have been determined, which are "Xiao Linling, Shi Ziming, Jiang Ning, Chen Chuer, Zhu Qihan, Tian Benyuan, Zhou Shanhai, Han Yu, Liuli, Yi Qingqing, Zhao Yang, Lin Xiaoguan, You Wei." ”

The first place is naturally Xiao Linling, who deserves her name and will receive a magic weapon for viewing the sea. The others are all spirit stones, elixir rewards, and you can go to the Zhenqi Pavilion to choose a mountaintop realm magic weapon that suits you.

The Sect Master personally bestowed the reward on them.

Lu Yun was wearing the robe of the sect master, showing the majesty of the master of a sect in his words and deeds, looking at the thirteen young people side by side, he nodded and said: "I have seen every competition in my eyes, it is very exciting, whether it is a true disciple or an inner disciple, the performance is beyond my expectations, the Lingyin Sect has the blessing that you are the sect." Seeing you at this moment, I seem to think of myself back then, at that time I can compare with you now, make persistent efforts, and strive to enter the realm of viewing the sea as soon as possible, it will be another new small world. Your competition is over, and now you need to make sufficient preparations, wait for the opening of the Tianyang Secret Realm, and gather in the twenty-four days, and the sect will escort you to Ziyang Mountain. ”

Everyone agreed and began to leave this place one after another, Jiang Ning and Lin Xiaoguan walked side by side and returned to Qingluan Peak together.

Lin Xiaoguan moved the joints of his fingers a few times while walking, and there was a crackling sound, and he said with relief: "It's finally over, this time we have earned, we don't have to participate in the big competition of thousands of people, Liu Qiang and they are not so lucky, and they have to continue to participate in the real big competition later." ”

Immediately, Lin Xiaoguan began to hum, "Senior Sister Zhu, Senior Sister Zhu, my favorite Senior Sister Zhu..."

Jiang Ning had a headache and couldn't help asking, "Senior Brother Lin, take the liberty of asking what you like about Senior Sister Zhu?" Although I have only been in the sect for more than two years, I have never seen you and the two of you have crossed paths too much. ”

Lin Xiaoguan stopped humming and looked into the distance, it was where Canxia Peak was, and he smiled: "Do you need a reason to like someone?" I don't think so, after seeing her at the beginning, there is no room for other beauties in the world. I also know very well that she doesn't have me in her eyes, which is a little sad, and it's just sad. ”

After listening to this, Jiang Ning pondered for a moment and said, "Do you plan to keep it like this all the time? You didn't let her know that you liked her, how did you know that Senior Sister Zhu didn't have you in her eyes? If Senior Sister Zhu fell in love with someone else one day, wouldn't you be injured to death Senior Brother Lin." ”

Lin Xiaoguan said very weakly: "I'm not very handsome, and my cultivation can't compare to her, so it shouldn't be possible for her to like me, right? If one day, she really has someone she likes, there will definitely be sadness, but I will still like her, but I won't be in her field of vision. ”

Jiang Ning listened to a little headache, I really didn't know how to chat, looking at the scenery that has not changed all year round, the two walked onto Qingluan Peak.

Back in the attic, Jiang Ning was going to find Li Shanshan, except for the first day, Li Shanshan watched a few competitions, and then stayed on Qingluan Peak to concentrate on cultivation.

They said okay, and after the competition, they would go back to Jinyi Town to visit their grandfather and grandmother, and it had been more than a year since the two of them last went back.

Knocked on the door of the cultivation room, and got Li Shanshan's permission, Jiang Ning pushed the door in, the aura in the room was much richer than the outside world, and there were engraved formations on the ground, which could be opened as long as the spirit stone was inserted.

Li Shanshan stood up and asked, "The competition is over so soon?"

"yes, it's over. ”

"How many places did you take? ”

Jiang Ning suddenly puffed up his chest and said, "Third! ”

Li Shanshan gave him a thumbs up and smiled, "Not bad, not bad." ”

"Hey, Sister Shanshan, you broke through!"

Because he had just stopped cultivating, Li Shanshan's natal qi was still a little unstable at this time, and Jiang Ning was already extremely sensitive to the changes in the aura around him, so he knew it when he felt the thickness of the aura emanating from Li Shanshan's body.

"I've reached the peak of the Enlightenment Realm, but I don't know when I will be able to break through to the peak of the mountain. ”

"It's a good thing, don't rush, take your time, don't force a breakthrough, the backlash brought by that is very troublesome, and the gains outweigh the losses. ”

Jiang Ning's mountain peak realm was forcibly broken through, and after taking the pill given by Li Lingfei, he also meditated every day for ten days to stabilize the chaos of the natal qi mansion, and it took almost a month to fully recover. These prerequisites are still that he has taken pills and the particularity of his physique, and his recovery ability is far above that of ordinary people.

Li Shanshan nodded, and then said with a smile: "Since the competition is over, when will we leave to go back to Jinyi Town, but unfortunately my mother has something to do with the sect a few days ago, I don't know when I will be able to go back, she has promised to go back with me before." ”

"You can do it at any time, wait for Uncle Li to come back later, and talk to him, with our speed, we can get to the town in three days." ”

"Uh-huh. ”

Around the end of the evening, Li Lingfei floated down in the attic, the competition of the sect was still continuing, and the sect master and the sect masters of each peak needed to check and control the situation.

Li Shanshan stepped forward and said about going back to the town, but Li Lingfei said that he would slow down first, he couldn't leave for the time being, Lu Su would return to the sect in about two days, and he could go back with her first, Li Shanshan suddenly smiled.

"Xiao Ning, you and I went to the mountain behind the sect to talk about the Lingyin Sword Technique. Li Lingfei shouted to Jiang Ning, who was about to leave here.

Jiang Ning didn't ask much, just followed Li Lingfei to the back mountain of the sect.

The mountain behind the Lingyin Sect is a forbidden place, and it is a retreat place for the ancestors and some elders who are very old and have cultivated well. It is also a place where some prisoners who need "special" treatment are held, and only the sect master is allowed to enter and exit at will, and if the head of each peak wants to enter, he needs to be allowed to enter only after the situation is cleared.

It's night, and the entire Lingyin Sect is still bright, and there are glowing spirit butterflies flying everywhere, which are the "firefly butterflies" raised by the Lingyin Sect, and they will only haunt at night.

A stone step road crept in the mountains, Jiang Ning followed Li Lingfei quietly, along the way, he saw a lot of towering ancient trees, and the surroundings also seemed very quiet.

Looking at the flying fireflies, Li Lingfei opened his mouth and asked Jiang Ning, "Xiao Ning, do you want to know why the forces of the Immortal Family in the Dynasty have not been able to integrate since the Ziyang Cave Heaven was destroyed eight thousand years ago. ”

Jiang Ning nodded, "Yes." ”

"The four major sects of the Lingyin Sect, the Shaking Mountain Sect, the Kongtong Sect, and the Xuanxi Sect can be understood as splitting from the Ziyang Cave Heaven, and the dynasty only "cleared" the part of the people who violated the rules back then. The entire Ziyang Cave is so big, there are no less than 700 monks in the Sea Viewing Realm alone, and there are even two peak monks in the Freedom Realm, which is far from being comparable to the so-called four major sects today. ”

Jiang Ning had always been curious about the reason why such a powerful force was destroyed by the dynasty, and he asked directly.

Li Lingfei shook his head and said: "The major sects have not left any records, and those who know the answer have long been wiped out in the long river of time, and now only the Ming Dynasty itself should know." According to the few words that have survived to the present, it can be known that the Ming Dynasty could not stabilize the Ziyang Cave Heaven, and the two sides were deadlocked, and in the end, it was the strong man of the Huaxia Dynasty who came, and there was a one-sided situation. ”

Jiang Ning was stunned when he heard this, and asked tentatively: "Is it because the dynasty doesn't want a second Ziyang Cave Heaven to appear, so there is the current pattern?"

Li Lingfei smiled, "On the contrary, the dynasty really hopes that a sect can appear in the territory to unify all the immortal forces, and the reasons for this are very complicated. The dynasty obeys the orders of the dynasty, and since ancient times, there have been rules that it is not allowed to interfere with the immortal sects in the territory, unless it affects the ordinary people to a certain extent, otherwise the dynasty will not take action. The dynasty is equivalent to a guardian or overseer, and the main purpose of its existence is to protect tens of billions of civilians, and to distinguish large and small cultivation sects from the mundane world as much as possible. For example, Plains City is under the direct jurisdiction of the dynasty, and monks can enter, but once the damage and casualties are caused, the price to be paid is very huge, and if it is serious, directly send troops and monks to kill it! ”

Jiang Ning suddenly said, I see, no wonder the people living in Plains City and Jinyi Town have their own opinions about whether there are immortals in their eyes in the world.

Li Lingfei sighed and continued: "The four major sects still have a lot of weight in the dynasty, and they are in a state of balance that restrains each other, but everyone looks at each other and is not pleasing to the eye. Once a certain sect first appears a cultivator of the Wandering Realm, it can overpower the other three sects, break the balance, and hopefully unify again. Each sect wants that person to appear in their own sect, and for this reason, they are secretly stumbling on each other, and as long as one of the sects appears to have a person who is expected to achieve the Freedom Realm, they will be targeted and murdered by three of them.

For thousands of years, there have been too many hatreds between the four major sects that cannot be resolved, completely forgetting that they were originally of the same root and origin. It wasn't until four hundred years ago that there was an invasion of foreign demons and wanton slaughter, and the four major sects joined forces to resist the enemy for the first time in history, and the dynasty took the opportunity to deliberately adjust the contradictions between the various sects, so that there was the stability that your generation sees now. In the past hundred years, all sects have been trying their best to cultivate seedlings with extraordinary talents, hoping that their sects will be the first to appear a figure to break the situation. ”

After Jiang Ning listened, he patted his ass for no reason, and said with a radiant expression: "If there is really someone who can break the situation in the future, then Uncle Li will definitely be that person." ”

Li Lingfei almost laughed angrily, and said calmly: "Why can't it be you?"

Jiang Ning whispered, "I'm only at the top of a small mountain now, how can I compare with you, Uncle Li." ”

At this time, they had reached a mountain cliff, and not far away there was a silver-like waterfall pouring down, which looked extremely gorgeous under the light of the fireflies.

An old man near the waterfall sat on a huge tree stump, and when he saw Li Lingfei and Jiang Ning coming over, he opened his eyes and looked at the token in Li Lingfei's hand, nodded, and then waved his sleeves, and the waterfall began to tilt to the left, leaking out a circular passage several meters high.