The valley where the Yunmen of the Qinling Mountains is located, except for the military exercise area that protrudes due east, the rest of the place just roughly presents a natural oval, with a width of about four miles from east to west, and a depth of less than six miles from north to south.

To the north, due north happens to be the highland where the Qiankun Altar of Heaven and Earth is located, so in this area in the north, except for a pavilion built on both sides of the highland, there is basically no house building. Ten zhang south of the highlands, there was no construction of houses.

The middle area, about two miles wide from east to west and about five miles deep from north to south, is the place where the Yunmen people and their relatives live.

The rest of the area, about a mile wide on the east and west sides, and dozens of zhang deep on the south side, are mostly the dwellings of miscellaneous servants and subordinates.

The Yanwu area and the rest of the valley are separated by a row of tall spruce trees, and the Yanwu Hall and the Yanwu Field are in the middle of this area, which is about 130 zhang longitudinal and horizontal.

The location of the big persimmon tree where the seven people met was already about 120 zhang west of the martial arts area. So, as they talked, they walked forward, and it was already the middle ground in the middle of the middle zone.

After some conversation, the seven of them realized that they were all close to their respective residences, so they went back to their respective residences to eat.

In the middle of the valley, in a small courtyard in the southwest.

"Yifan, I heard that your father is in charge of registration this time, can you see him?" asked softly a gentle woman with a beautiful face who looked to be only in her early thirties, while sandwiching dishes to Yun Yifan across the table.

Yun Yifan said with a smile while sandwiching the dishes for a girl who looked to be about eleven or twelve years old sitting next to him: "Mother, I saw my father, and my father said a lot of things to me!"

The gentle woman opposite, that is, Yun Yifan's biological mother, Luo Chenxi, couldn't help but ask softly after hearing Yun Yifan's words, "Fan'er, what did your father say to you?"

Yun Yifan raised his head and smiled: "Dad said that I should not be too stressed, and also said that martial arts cultivation and polishing mentality is also very important, and told me to do my best to have a clear conscience, and the rest will just take its course." ”

Luo Chenxi fixed his eyes and took a good look at Yun Yifan, and saw that he seemed to be dignified, so he smiled faintly: "What your father said is right - you don't have to think about it now, just concentrate on participating in the big competition." You usually practice on your own, but in the big competition, although you are only competing with the same sect, everyone will also exert their full strength, and you can't say that you can gain a lot in the process of martial arts!"

"I think it's the same—and the rewards have increased a lot this time! The first place will be rewarded with a 300-year-old snow ginseng and a Xuantie Treasure Soldier, the second place will be rewarded with a 200-year-old snow ginseng, and the other two who enter the top four will each be rewarded with a 100-year-old snow ginseng. Yun Yifan said with a smile.

"Oh?" Luo Chenxi raised his eyebrows lightly and said, "In previous years, only the top two were rewarded, the first place was only rewarded with a three-hundred-year-old elixir, and the second place could only get a hundred-year-old elixir - it seems that the attention of the sect to the junior disciples is also getting higher and higher!"

"I heard that several of the disciples who participated in the Great Competition this time are already cultivators in the late stage of the Initial Realm, but I just cultivated the 'Chongyun Body Method' to the Harmony level yesterday, so I should have a chance to win a reward. Yun Yifan said lightly.

"Brother, your 'Chongyun Body Method' has even reached the mellow level!" The eleven or twelve-year-old girl next to her, Yun Yifan's sister Yun Yimeng, was full of surprise when she heard Yun Yifan's words, paused for a moment, and said, "Your 'Chongyun Step' didn't reach the mellow level last year, and the 'Chongyun Body Method' also reached the mellow level at that time, why did it improve to the mellow level so quickly?"

When Yun Yifan heard this, he smiled slightly, and said, "I spent most of my time on the cultivation of the 'Cloud Sky Heart Method' before, after all, only internal strength cultivation is the foundation of martial arts. However, because the cultivation of internal strength stayed at the limit barrier in the middle of the initial realm and kept moving, he spent a lot of time cultivating martial arts. In the past few months, he first cultivated the 'Chongyun One Palm' and 'Chongyun One Sword' to the proficiency level a few days ago, and then finally cultivated the 'Chongyun Body Method' to the mellow level yesterday. ”

"Wow, brother, I envy you so much!" Yun Yimeng's face was full of fascination, and he said, "I only managed to cultivate to the middle stage of the initial realm the year before last, and I am still only at the middle and lower level, and I haven't practiced martial arts yet—I saw Sister Qiuyan a few days ago, just her mellow-level 'Chongyun Step' has come and gone like the wind, I really don't know what kind of level your mellow-level 'Chongyun Body Method' has reached!"

"One dream, in less than eight months, you will be twelve, and then you will naturally be able to cultivate martial arts. Yun Yifan smiled and comforted.

"Yifan, it's good to play well when the big competition is over, reward something, fight for it if you can, and don't regret if you can't get it. Luo Chenxi smiled slightly, and said softly, "However, with your cultivation, even if you can't enter the top four in the end, as long as you don't directly meet those disciples in the late stage of the Initial Realm as soon as you come up, you should at least be able to achieve a good ranking." ”

"Mother, don't worry, I know, everything just goes naturally. Yun Yifan said to Luo Chenxi with a smile, "I just think that this big competition is a training to improve martial arts, and if you have the opportunity to get a reward, you can get it by the way, and it's okay if you can't get into the top four, after all, I'm only fifteen years old, and I can still participate in a big competition in five years." Presumably, in a few years, with my cultivation, I will definitely be able to rank among the disciples under the age of twenty!"

Luo Chenxi smiled gently, glanced back at the drip, and then said softly: "It's almost noon, Yifan, hurry up and eat, and then go to the martial arts hall early!"

Yun Yifan smiled and nodded, then quickly lowered his head and began to eat.

After eating, Yun Yifan went back to his room and meditated for a while, and then said goodbye to his mother Luo Chenxi and sister Yun Yimeng, and went to Yanwutang.

When Yun Yifan came to the Yanwu Hall, some disciples who participated in the competition had already come here one after another, and all of them went straight to the main hall of the Yanwu Hall.

Yun Yifan looked calm, walked in with a smile, and came directly to the east side of the hall, only to see that there were already six red lists with about one person high. His gaze casually swept over the red lists on the outside, and then went straight to the bottom of the red list on the inside.