Jiang Ning went down the mountain to go to the inner disciple's courtyard, it was not the first time he had come over, he knew where Lin Xiaoguan's small courtyard was.

Each of the inner disciples of the Lingyin Sect has a territory of his own, and although the place is not large, it is enough for one person to maintain his cultivation well. Each set of small courtyards is set up with a magic circle that can gather aura, and a small enchantment can be automatically generated, and when the enchantment is opened, only those who hold the token can enter.

When he arrived at the place, Jiang Ning met an acquaintance, who was Liu Qiang, an accomplice who had eaten chicken together.

"Little senior brother, you are finally willing to come over, I heard some time ago that you were injured a lot, and several of us wanted to go to see you, but we couldn't go up, are you okay now?"

"Senior Brother Liu, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I've already recovered, I've been busy cultivating for a while, so I'm worried about you, I'll invite you to have a good meal when you have time." I came to find Senior Brother Lin this time, and I wanted to buy a few magic artifacts from him. ”

"Then you have to wait, Xiaoguan is still in retreat, I have been giving him Dharma protection for thirteen days in a row, and it is estimated that the time is almost out, and I can't resist that kid if he doesn't come out. Liu Qiang yawned and rubbed his eyes.

"Well, I'll be here in two days. ”

Jiang Ning was just about to leave, but after walking a few steps, he suddenly stopped, turned around and looked at the small courtyard that was in the state of enchantment. He sensed the change in the aura over there, and it seemed that Lin Xiaoguan would be able to get out of the customs soon.

Sure enough, after a strong aura fluctuation appeared in the small courtyard, a figure quickly flew out of the courtyard and laughed.

"Young Master Ben has finally broken through to the late stage, and it cost me a lot of spirit stones, this time Dabi has to get the qualification to go to the Tianyang Secret Realm, this is a good opportunity to get along with Senior Sister Zhu, and it has to be worthy of the spirit stones that the old man has worked hard to earn. ”

Jiang Ning congratulated below: "Congratulations to Senior Brother Lin for breaking the mirror. ”

"Hey, the little senior brother is also here, we haven't seen each other for a long time, how is your injury?" Lin Xiaoguan swept down from the air, patted Jiang Ning's shoulder gently, and grinned with a face.

Jiang Ning smiled: "It's okay anymore, I'm also a monk of the mountaintop realm now." ”

"That's a good dare, the little brother is really talented, outstanding, worth celebrating, go, let's go to my courtyard to chat, recently the family sent some high-quality Xianjia wine, I have been reluctant to drink it, this time I have a good drink." ”

"You guys talk first, I'll call Zhao Yihang and Jiang Tong. ”

When Liu Qiang left, he didn't forget to put a foot on Lin Xiaoguan's buttocks, so that Lao Tzu didn't close his eyes to protect the Dharma for so long, if he hadn't broken the mirror, it wouldn't be something that could be solved with one kick. Liu Qiang and Lin Xiaoguan have known each other for much longer than Jiang Ning, and Jiang Ning can see that the relationship between them is very down.

Lin Xiaoguan looked at the wind under his feet, and Liu Qiang, who had disappeared in a puff of smoke, said, "Dog's day." ”

There is a small living room in the small courtyard, although it is not big, it is enough for seven or eight people to sit together, compared to the residence of other inner disciples, Lin Xiaoguan's courtyard is a little bigger.

Jiang Ning and Lin Xiaoguan explained that they wanted to buy two swords from the mountaintop realm, and also asked Lin Xiaoguan to help buy some other items, such as spirit runes, pills, etc.

The last time the Divine Talisman had been consumed in the Cold Yin Mountain Range, and at most it would be useless after using a small half of the incense.

Lin Xiaoguan patted his chest and swore an oath: "No problem, since the little senior brother has opened his mouth, even if I don't have it here, I will find a way to get it, now there are a few magic weapons on the top of the mountain, but they are not suitable for you, and you will have everything in two days." ”

Jiang Ning said gratefully: "It's troublesome Senior Brother Lin." ”

Lin Xiaoguan said angrily: "What's not troublesome about this, as long as you open your mouth to the sect as a junior brother, what kind of magic weapon you can't get, come to me to explain that you can trust me." ”

After a while, footsteps sounded outside, and three people walked in, Liu Qiang, Zhao Yihang, and Jiang Tong, and Liu Qiang also carried two roasted black-bone chickens in his hands.

"How can you have good wine without meat, this time it wasn't stolen, I went to Elder Liu to buy it. ”

Seeing this, Jiang Ning took out the demon beast meat stored in the Sumeru ring during the trip to the Hanyin Mountain Range, and it was still fresh and not rotten. Although the Sumeru ring cannot be placed in a living thing, it can store anything that is placed in it for a long time.

Lin Xiaoguan's eyes lit up, "These are all good things, you can sell a number of spirit stones when you get them to the outer disciples, they generally can't leave the sect at will, and the food is worse than ours." ”

He slapped his forehead, "Look at my virtue, the flower spirit stone has been too fierce recently, and now my mind is full of how to make up for it quickly, and how to use the kindness of the little senior brother to do business." ”

Where did you think that Jiang Ning asked with bright eyes: "Really, thank you Senior Brother Lin for your advice, I wrote it down." ”

Lin Xiaoguan was dumbfounded, this little senior brother likes spirit stones more than himself.

Several people gathered around eating and drinking, talking about some interesting things, and the most talked about by the old men was naturally the female disciples of the sect. There are many disciples in the Lingyin Sect who are old and love each other, and they will choose to marry each other as Taoist couples, and the path of cultivation is long and slow, and it is also a happy thing to have beautiful women by their side.

"Recently, among the people who have been promoted to inner disciples, there are a few young junior sisters with outstanding appearances, I don't know if they are single. ”

"Hiccup... Listening to you talk about who is good-looking all day long, and I don't see you acting, don't think buddy doesn't know that you're actually still a chick. ”

"What do you think of Senior Sister Shi Rou, I just think she is very charming. Liu Qiang gnawed on a big chicken leg, his mouth full of greasy.

"Brother Qiang deserves to be Brother Qiang... Belch... Senior Sister Shi Rou, let's not talk about anything else, that figure alone can make you unable to move, and you still have charm. Hiccup, admiration, admiration. Jiang Tong belongs to the kind of person who can't drink, and after drinking a little, he became a monkey's ass, and he kept burping.

"Yihang has been having an awkward relationship with your Senior Sister Chen recently? I haven't seen you for a long time. ”

"How can a woman be as important as her brothers, come, drink and drink. Although Zhao Yihang said this, he obviously seemed a little worried when he was drinking, and it seemed that a girl appeared in his eyes through the wine, and he muttered to himself: "The biggest tacit understanding between us is that if I don't go to you, you won't pay attention to me, nothing interesting, nothing ...... meaning."

Seeing this, the others didn't know how to comfort them, and they all began to deliberately avoid this topic.

Lin Xiaoguan quietly approached Jiang Ning, and handed out a look that you understand, and said: "Little Senior Brother, you said that there is anyone in our sect who can compare to my Senior Sister Zhu, that is to have a face, and the key figure is still a must." ”

Jiang Ning wanted to say that I didn't understand anything when I was young, but for no reason I remembered that the girl Ye Yiyi I met in the abandoned mansion and the strange monster beast that claimed to be Totoro.

By the time Jiang Ning returned to Qingluan Peak, it was already night, and he was a little distressed when he saw that Sister Shanshan was still meditating and practicing, since the two of them came to Lingyin Sect, Li Shanshan had never slackened off herself, and she was basically meditating and practicing every day, much harder than Jiang Ning.

Quietly approached, sat down next to Li Shanshan, looked up at the sky, a full moon hung high above the sky, dotted stars like pearls, inlaid under the canopy, and occasionally meteors crossed the night sky. There is still a big difference from watching the night sky in the town in my memory, and now my position is much closer to the canopy.

Li Shanshan, who was originally cultivating, opened her eyes, turned her head to look at Jiang Ning, and said with a slight narrowing of her big eyes: "Have you drunk?"

Jiang Ning gestured with his fingers, and said with a weak heart: "It's just a loss, I have something to find Senior Brother Lin, and I drank some from him, to be honest, I think the so-called Xianjia wine tastes really bad, and it doesn't taste like secretly drinking the glutinous rice wine brewed by my grandmother when I was a child." ”

"You are embarrassed to say, who slept with a rice bar like a little drunkard all night, and was found by his grandfather in the corner of the kitchen the next day. ”

After speaking, both of them were a little silent, and Jiang Ning took the lead in speaking: "Sister Shanshan, I miss grandpa and grandma a little, when will we go back to the town." ”

"I miss them too, why don't we wait for the sect competition to end, let's go back and visit them together. Well, it's decided, I'll go talk to my parents. ”

Li Shanshan got up and was about to leave, but she turned around and smashed a chestnut on Jiang Ning's head, "I learned to drink at such a young age, and I will have it in the future, and I am not allowed to drink it until I am an adult!"

Leaving a Jiang Ning with his head covered still sitting in place, this time it was really not light, Jiang Ning rubbed his little brain, and watched Li Shanshan go away with a smile on his face.

The girl still had a long-lost smile at this time, like the starry sky, shining, dazzling, and beautiful.

Half a month later, there were still thirty-four days left before the opening of the Tianyang Secret Realm.

On this day, the first rays of sunlight in the early morning illuminated the earth, and the melodious bells rang in the Lingyin Sect Square.

Sect Master Lu Yun was suspended above the square, there was a big bell suspended by his side, the big bell was a lot taller than him, he was holding a special pillar made of dark iron in both hands, with dense runes on it, and the front end was a semi-circular shape, which was hitting the big bell at this time.

The crisp and melodious, bell that hits people's souls directly represents the beginning of the Great Competition of the Lingyin Sect.

Seven hundred years ago, due to the sudden death of an ancestor sitting in the mountain gate, the Lingyin Sect, which had lost its strongest combat power, was attacked by a mysterious force, and it was by virtue of this bell that the offender was repelled.

The sound of the bell striking can make people feel calm, scare away demons and monsters, and purify the beauty of a place. It is also a heavy weapon for killing, which can destroy people's souls with the sound of a bell, and is an extremely domineering magic weapon, with layers of seals set on it, and only the sect masters of the past dynasties can ring this bell.

This bell will only be struck once by the suzerain on the first day of each new year. At other times, once it rings, it means that there is a big event in the sect, and all the disciples and elders need to gather in the central square immediately after hearing the bell, whether you are in retreat or doing other things at that time.

At this moment, the central square is very different from what you usually see, with white clouds floating in the air, and rows of seats of different heights floating on top of the white clouds, surrounding the entire square, which is shocking at a glance.

Four tall stone pillars rose at the four corners, and a real dragon was coiled around each stone pillar, roaring in the sky and lifelike, looking majestic, as if the next moment was about to break free from the stone pillars and fly into the void, which meant that the sect had opened the great array of protecting the sect.

The bell rang nine times, and the number nine has a special meaning in this world. The ancients believed that ten is the number of fullness, the extremes of things must be reversed, full is overflowing, and the extreme prosperity must decline, so they treat it carefully, and nine is "a hundred feet to go further", and it will always show an upward trend, so nine is the number of the supreme, and there is also "the number of heaven and earth, starting with one, and finally nine".

The mighty flow of people began to gather in the central square, some walked to the heights, pilgrimage to the destination in an orderly manner, and some people stepped on the magic weapon or flew against the wind, their demeanor was extremely chic, drawing an arc in the air, and then landed on the edge of the square, walked to the venue to find their own place and sat down, everyone looked solemn.

"That's a lot of people!"

It was the first time for Jiang Ning to see such a big battle, his eyes were wide and he looked at everything below, and he and Li Shanshan came to the arena early. Their row was very high, only for the seats of the Sect Master and the major masters, and there were eight seats side by side in this area, and at this time, seven of them were occupied, and only the first seat was empty.

Originally, he should have been sitting in the sea of clouds, the senior brother in the mouth of the disciples of the Lingyin Sect, but he was not in the sect now.

Sitting in the second seat was Shi Ziming, whom Jiang Ning met in the Secret Book Pavilion. On the third seat is Chen Chu'er, his seat has obviously been specially adjusted, otherwise his mountain-like body really can't be stuffed. The fourth seat is Zhu Qihan, the fifth seat is Qin Shi, Jiang Ning still has some impressions, at the party held in Xuancifeng, she also played a song. On the sixth seat is a petite girl, who looks soft and weak, and her little feet are shaking at the moment, Xiao Linling of Lingxiu Peak. The seventh is Li Shanshan, and the last position is Jiang Ning.

After everyone was seated, Lu Yun announced that the sect competition had officially begun!

Suddenly, the whole square was in an uproar, everyone's eyes were bright, and many people seemed to be impatient and eager to try, wanting to show off their skills so that the sect could see and know the results of their cultivation.