"In addition, the reason why you want to climb the Holy Ladder is not to practice strength or wisdom, I believe you already know it now. Xuan Daozi said in a deep voice.

Yang Fan nodded and did not speak.

Xuan Daozi said: "The first half of the Holy Ladder is to hone your perseverance, and the second half is to exercise your heart and character, every member who becomes a core disciple is a person of great perseverance, and at the same time you are also the real core strength of the sect, maybe you will have your own strengths, but you all have one thing in common, that is, absolute loyalty to the sect, always guarding justice, this is the meaning and responsibility of the existence of core disciples." Xuan Daozi said sonorously.

"Then, next, you tell me that no matter what achievements you have in the future, you will always protect the sect and stand on the side of justice, can you do it?" Xuan Daozi's eyes flashed, and he stared at Yang Fan word by word and asked.

"The disciple will definitely use his life to protect the sect and guard the foundation of the sect, but whenever the sect needs, whether it is a sword mountain or a sea of fire, the disciple will never give up. Yang Fan said.

Xuan Daozi nodded with satisfaction and said, "Remember what you said today." ”

Yang Fan was about to ask something more, but Xuan Daozi continued: "Zhiyuan, you take Yang Fan to get a set of identity tokens and clothes for the core disciples, and take him to familiarize himself with the Haotu Sect. ”

"Yes!" Mo Zhiyuan replied.

"It's so simple!" Yang Fan muttered, and also ordered to leave with Mo Zhiyuan.

Looking at the backs of Yang Fan and Mo Zhi who were far away, two figures suddenly appeared next to Xuan Daozi, and they were Xuan Yangzi and Jue.

Xuanyangzi muttered: "Old Dao, why did you suddenly call me and Jue over? Just to see this little ghost?"

Xuan Daozi glared at him helplessly, and said: "This kid is a little different, I can't deduce his life, but coming here can attract a trace of the breath of the Hundred Beast Pavilion, which shows that he is extraordinary." ”

At this time, Jue suddenly spoke: "Senior brother is right, I noticed this kid when he first ascended the Holy Ladder. ”

"What does junior brother mean?" Xuan Daozi suddenly looked at him with some speculation.

"Yes, I'm going to take him as an apprentice. He replied and continued: "When this kid first broke into the Holy Ladder, I found out that he was a physical cultivator, but soon I was pleasantly surprised to find that he was not only a physical cultivator, but also a Dharma body dual cultivator, who could cultivate to this realm at this age, not to mention that there were no ancients before, but it must be one of the few, and this is still cultivated to the stage of knotting without anyone to guide him." ”

After holding back a glance, Xuanyangzi continued: "So I told this kid with a trace of thought, let him break through six thousand steps. ”

"Wow! It's you! I said, you old monster, why are you talking so much so aggressively today. Xuanyangzi snorted and said, but it sounded like Xuanyangzi seemed to be quite happy.

"Congratulations to the junior brother, there is a new addition to the door. Xuan Daozi took a deep look at Jue and said.

Jue shook his head and said, "It's just that I don't want this kid to be dusty." ”

"Don't take this kid crookedly, it's not fun to be as wooden as you when the time comes. Xuanyangzi said with a smile.

"Hmph!" Hearing Xuanyangzi say this, he waved his sleeves and turned away, and said at the same time: "Who wants to play with you? ”

"Hey, hey, what kind of attitude, you stop......" Xuanyangzi was angry, but he didn't have the slightest way, he turned his head to Xuan Daozi and said: "Senior brother, look, this and this ......"

"Alas, junior brother, you can also save me some snacks, it's rare that the junior brother wants to accept an apprentice, you should be happy for him." Xuan Daozi said.

"Yes!" Xuanyangzi muttered.

......

Shanhe Temple, the residence of the core disciples.

"There are a total of nine core disciples, and they are selected once every ten years, and the way of selection is different each time, this time you are lucky, the previous core disciple has been assigned to other places or perform some special tasks, and it is time to re-select the core disciples this year. Mo Zhiyuan chuckled.

"Nine people, is there only so many?" Yang Fan asked curiously.

"Hmph, do you think that the core disciples are cabbages? Instead of marveling at the fact that there are only so many core disciples, let's think more about how you will overcome the difficulties in the next selection. Mo Zhiyuan snorted.

"Little monster, don't blame me for not reminding you, among the inner disciples, there are also many who are qualified to participate in this election, and I have lived a lot of old bones, at least in my opinion, the competition this time is much more fierce than in previous years, you have to be prepared. ”

"Thank you for the reminder. Yang Fan said.

"Hmm, when did you become so polite?" Mo Zhiyuan asked.

"Haha, I think my seniors have suddenly become cute. Yang Fan said with a smile.

"Boy, beg for a beating!" Mo Zhiyuan shook his hand with a black face and was about to hit Yang Fan.

Suddenly.

"Hey, who are you?, why did you come to Shanhe Courtyard?" a girl with a rather delicate face stopped Yang Fan and Mo Zhiyuan in their way and asked loudly.

"I have seen Miss Xuanxuan, and Mo Zhiyuan, the Taoist boy in the lower palm, was ordered by the master to bring the new core disciple Yang Fan to the Shanhe Courtyard, and let him familiarize himself with the sect as soon as possible. Mo Zhiyuan saw the woman in front of him, and was busy explaining.

"Oh?" Miss Xuanxuan heard that she had brought Yang Fan here, and immediately stepped forward curiously and circled Yang Fan twice, and asked, "You are Yang Fan who walked 6,000 steps on the Holy Ladder some time ago?"

"I'm Yang Fan, I don't know who the girl is?"

"This girl's name is Tang Xuanxuan, you can call me Xuanxuan, the core disciples have two brushes, I heard grandpa say, you entered the Dao with body cultivation to the realm of Jiedan, but you don't know what your true strength is, why don't we have a fight, how about it?" Tang Xuanxuan's white teeth grinned with two small dimples.

"Xuan'er, don't be rude. An old man's voice came from the distance, stopping Tang Xuanxuan's frolic in time, it was Xuanyangzi.

"Grandpa......" Tang Xuanxuan flew into Xuanyangzi's arms and shouted slightly coquettishly.

There is also Jue who appeared with Xuanyangzi.

Xuanyangzi touched Tang Xuanxuan's hair with some doting, nodded her forehead after pushing it away slightly, and said angrily: "You little girl, let you practice hard, you will run out and bully the little junior brother, and go back to see how grandpa punishes you." ”

"Grandpa, who bullied the little junior brother, you ask the little junior brother, did I bully him?" Tang Xuanxuan said with a pout.

"Senior, Senior Sister Xuanxuan didn't bully the juniors, please don't punish the seniors. Yang Fan stepped forward and explained.

Xuanyangzi glanced at Yang Fan in surprise, nodded and said: "I can't see it, you kid is a little interesting, people who cultivate are not so easy to bully, this little girl is very proud in her heart, if there is a chance, I don't mind letting this little girl suffer a loss, it's better than dying outside." ”

"What? Grandpa, you say I'm not his opponent, I don't believe it!" Tang Xuanxuan said angrily.

"Alright, don't make a fuss. Xuanyangzi patted Tang Xuanxuan's head, and at the same time gave a box to Yang Fan, and said: "This is my meeting gift to you, called Liuhuo Lidan, which is of great benefit to physical cultivation, I hope you will cultivate well and don't bury your master's name." ”

"Master?" Yang Fan looked at Xuanyangzi suspiciously, just in time to see Xuanyangzi turn his head to look at Jue.

I saw Xuanyangzi triumphantly said to Jue: "How about it, Jue Old Ghost, my Flowing Fire Leaving Pill is interesting enough, right? Since you accept such an apprentice, shouldn't you also express it?"

Xuan Yangzi glanced at Yang Fan and said, "Do you remember when I told you that if you can take six thousand steps, I will tell you who I am?"

"Senior?" Yang Fan exclaimed, staring at Jue with wide eyes.

Jue nodded and said, "My name is Jue, and like you, I am a physical cultivator. ”

"Huh?" Yang Fan looked at in surprise

"I don't know how many physical cultivation methods have been handed down from ancient times, but now they are all lost, and now it is impossible to investigate the reason, but there are still some that have been preserved, as for how far you can go, it depends on your creation. ”

"Did the predecessor mean?" Yang Fan's heart suddenly thumped.

"Silly boy, are you still called a senior?" Xuan Yangzi shouted on the side.

"The master is above, please accept the apprentice's worship!" Yang Fan immediately knelt on the ground excitedly, and bowed to the master seriously.

After accepting this salute, he nodded with satisfaction, waved his sleeves, and lifted Yang Fan up with a soft force, and said, "Being my disciple is not so easy, have you thought about it?"

Yang Fan said firmly: "Master, the disciple is ready, there is never a shortcut to cultivation, as a physical cultivator, the disciple has already put aside all distractions and luck, please teach the master." ”

Suddenly, Jue's right hand flipped over, and there was an extra bead in his hand, and several people present looked at the bead curiously, and Jue smiled and said: "This is a blue water glass bead, and you also ate this when you took the Flowing Fire Separation Pill, which can give you twice the result with half the effort when cultivating." ”

Yang Fan was overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly said, "Thank you, master and senior." ”

"It's called Uncle Shi!" Xuanyangzi blew his beard, glared at Yang Fan, and said dissatisfiedly.

"Eh!" Yang Fan smiled shyly, and hurriedly said, "Yes, Uncle Shi." ”

Jue nodded and said, "Okay, today you can familiarize yourself with the environment here, and come to the core dojo tomorrow to find me." ”

"Yes, master!" Yang Fan replied respectfully, and when he raised his head again, he saw that he had disappeared.

And Tang Xuanxuan was about to say something, but was patted on the head by Xuanyangzi, and said kindly: "Take the junior brother around, say okay first, if you let me know that you are bullying the junior brother, you will be punished for refining the Liuyang Pill, and if you can't refine it, you won't be allowed to get out, you know?"

"Huh!" Tang Xuanxuan made a grimace to Xuanyangzi, and snorted: "Know-Dao-la!"

"Zhiyuan retires!" Mo Zhiyuan greeted everyone with interest, turned around and walked away slowly.

"Let's go, Yang Fan, take you to see some interesting places in our sect. Tang Xuanxuan pulled Yang Fan's clothes and flew away......

Yang Fan was picked up by Tang Xuanxuan and flew towards a certain place in Hao Tuzong.

"Ahh

Soon, Yang Fan and Tang Xuanxuan came to the edge of a cliff in the back mountain.

"Let it go, what are you doing!" Yang Fan shook off Tang Xuanxuan's hand and was about to scold, but seeing Tang Xuanxuan looking at herself with a smile, her slightly open mouth was unconsciously retracted.

"Scolding, why don't you scold?" Tang Xuanxuan looked at Yang Fan's appearance of wanting to scold but not daring to scold, and felt very funny, so she wanted to tease him again.

Yang Fan didn't understand why Tang Xuanxuan brought himself here, he hadn't heard Mo Zhiyuan say that there would be such a place before, he asked Tang Xuanxuan carefully: "Senior sister, what kind of place is this, why did you bring me here?"

"Legend has it that below this abyss is a dragon pool, where a black dragon once lived. Tang Xuanxuan put away her frolic and whispered on the edge of the cliff.

"Black Dragon?" Yang Fan looked at the bottom of the cliff in confusion.

"Yes, Black Dragon, legend has it that the Black Dragon cultivated and left a legacy in Longtan before the catastrophe, but no one has obtained it so far, so this inheritance has become an ethereal legend, and the cold in Longtan is very good for refining the body, so although the cold in Longtan will also invade the body of the disciples of Haotu Sect, as long as the disciples in the door leave early when they can't hold on, they will be fine, and the deeper the cold air is, the heavier it is, so Longtan gets its name. Tang Xuanxuan said leisurely.

"Say so!" Yang Fan's eyes lit up, and he said with some excitement: "So, I can refine my body here?"

Tang Xuanxuan glanced at him, smiled and said, "It's not impossible to cultivate here, but the core disciples have never entered in the normal way, come with me." ”

"Yes. ”

But soon Yang Fan was startled, only to see Tang Xuanxuan jumping on the edge of the cliff, and soon disappeared from Yang Fan's sight.

Seeing Tang Xuanxuan like this, Yang Fan couldn't care so much, gritted his teeth and stomped his feet, and jumped down.

thought it would take a long time to jump from such a high place, but soon he found out that he was wrong, and he was very wrong, and when the picture in front of him turned, he found that he had fallen to the ground lying on his stomach at some point, and Tang Xuanxuan also looked at his embarrassed appearance and grinned.

"Senior sister, what's going on?" looked at his embarrassed appearance, stood up awkwardly and hurriedly asked.

"Hee-hee, good guts, but it's not enough. Tang Xuanxuan laughed evilly after speaking.

"No!"

Tang Xuanxuan pointed at Longtan and said, "Jump down and go inside to cultivate." ”

"Uh. Walking to the edge of Longtan, Yang Fan couldn't help but shudder.

"Don't tell me I don't dare, the core disciples don't have dishes like you. Tang Xuanxuan said with her hands on her chest.

"Just jump like this?" Yang Fan was still hesitating whether to take off his coat and go down.

Tang Xuanxuan's impatient voice came from her ears again, "Yang Fan, are you a man?" ”

After speaking, Tang Xuanxuan jumped into Longtan under Yang Fan's stunnedness.

"Alas......" Yang Fan smiled bitterly and jumped down.

......

"Ho. ”

Yang Fan didn't use any body protection true qi to protect his whole body, he could adapt to it at the beginning, but as he gradually deepened, the cold became heavier and heavier, and when he reached about twenty meters, Yang Fan began to feel a trembling feeling, and then several major acupuncture points and world seeds in his body were also running on their own.

After getting a little better, I looked at Tang Xuanxuan again, and found that she was sitting cross-legged at a depth of fifty meters underwater and looking at herself, as if she was speechless.

Tang Xuanxuan was indeed speechless, as a physical cultivator, he was still a big man, and he looked like he was twisting and pinching, I really didn't know how he cultivated.

But at the same time, there was a hint of surprise, because they used the body protection true qi to come down, but Yang Fan didn't use the body protection true qi, seeing this, Tang Xuanxuan couldn't help but slightly curl the corners of her mouth, and really wanted to see how long Yang Fan could hold up and where the limit was.

Tang Xuanxuan, who was about to see Yang Fan's limit, suddenly widened her eyes.

Feeling that Yang Fan was cheating, there were dots of green light in the dantian, and then gradually emitted his whole body, enveloping him.

As the green light wrapped his whole body, a trace of warmth flowed out of Yang Fan's body, and the cold current in his body was instantly driven out of his body, making him want to go deeper.

"Yang Fan, what is this? You are not affected by the cold?" Tang Xuanxuan said curiously.

"I don't know, maybe it's because of my body refining. Yang Fan scratched his head and said vaguely.

"Then, senior sister, I'll go down and have a look. ”

After finishing speaking, Yang Fan went downstream without looking back.

"Hey! Wait!"

Yang Fan looked at Tang Xuanxuan puzzled.

"Don't go too deep, the cold inside is too heavy, if you are not careful, you will be poisoned by the cold poison and leave the root of the disease, which will have a great impact on your cultivation in the future. ”

Tang Xuanxuan said urgently.

A trace of warmth flashed in Yang Fan's heart, and he said to Tang Xuanxuan: "Senior sister, don't worry, I will be careful." ”

Looking at Yang Fan's back gradually moving away, Tang Xuanxuan couldn't help but have a wry smile at the corner of her mouth, she originally wanted to use this Longtan to see Yang Fan's depth, but she never thought that she had reached the depth of her usual cultivation, although it was not to the limit, but people didn't even use it to protect the true qi of the body.

Thinking of this, Tang Xuanxuan also gritted her teeth, although she is a girl, but she is already so strong, how can she be willing to be compared like this?

snorted and swam down, she didn't believe it, why could Yang Fan do it, she Tang Xuanxuan couldn't do it.

......

Yang Fan was not as powerful as Tang Xuanxuan imagined, but the little bell on his forehead trembled, but the World Seed and the little bell were his biggest secrets, so he didn't dare to stay in front of Tang Xuanxuan for too long, for fear of revealing any flaws.

But despite this, as he continued to swim downstream, his body still felt something unbearable, even if there was a world seed emitting a green crystal light.

Because this cold qi seemed to be pervasive, no matter how he tried to open the true qi of the protective body, it had no effect, ignoring any protection from him.

Soon, Yang Fan's body was frozen and gradually numb, if it weren't for the little bell on his forehead that began to tremble frequently, he really wanted to turn around and leave.

But he has a feeling that if he leaves like this, it is possible that the little bell on his forehead will also leave with him and will never stay in his body again, with this thought, Yang Fan didn't care about his physical condition, gritted his teeth and said: "Xiao Zhongzhong, I'm like this, are you still planning to watch the play?"

"You are the little bell, and your whole family is the little bell!" an old voice scolded indignantly.

"Forehead ......"

Yang Fan stopped speechlessly, dare to love this guy has always been in his body, has always been conscious?

Thinking of this, Yang Fan also scolded sadly and angrily, "You bad old man, it turns out that you are conscious, even if you occupy my body, you are still playing scoundrel with me? I haven't settled accounts with you yet, but you ran out first." ”

"Uhhhh ”

The old man's voice stopped talking, and said with some embarrassment: "Boy, it's not like you haven't gotten benefits from me, let alone ......"

Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Yang Fan, and said a little weakly: "Don't tell me about the benefits, I'll talk to you slowly about the benefits when I go back, and now you tell me, what's under this Longtan?"

"Well, it's okay to tell you, but whether you can get it depends on your chance. The old voice said slowly.

"Then how can I go down? The power of the World Seed is now almost at its limit, and if I go down any longer, I won't be able to hold it anymore. Yang Fan said.

"I don't even know how to use the treasure in the treasure land, I really don't know how the World Seed recognizes you as the Lord. The old voice said disdainfully.

"You mean the World Seed?" Yang Fan's eyes lit up.

Hurriedly asked, "Senior, how should I use the World Seed?"

"Alas, I really don't know how you cultivate, you don't even understand such a simple truth, using the light released by the seeds of the world as a body protection true qi, why are you so stupid!" the old voice scolded impatiently.

"Yes. Yang Fan was overjoyed, and then he used it now, and said with a smile: "It's really useful!"

"Stop grinding, hurry up and get me down. The old voice said.

"Okay!" Yang Fan didn't delay any longer, and quickly went downstream.

......

"Yang Fan can't have any problems below, right? It's been so long, why haven't you come up yet, it's two hundred meters deep, if grandpa knows, the consequences will ......" Thinking of this, Tang Xuanxuan was about to cry out in a hurry, usually although grandpa loves himself, he can also be said to walk sideways in the sect, but Xuanyangzi is really strict, she is very afraid.

"Yang Fan, come out quickly!" Tang Xuanxuan was so anxious that she wanted to stomp her feet, but there was no place for her to settle here, and she looked very cute.

However, she is stubborn in her heart, although she is worried and her ability to bear it is limited, she doesn't believe that Yang Fan will die like this anyway.

"Phew. ”

Thinking of this, Tang Xuanxuan snorted, her pretty face flushed, "I'm worried about him?"

"Forget it, I'll cultivate here, you are a body cultivator, you shouldn't be worse than me. Speaking of this, Tang Xuanxuan said comfortingly.

......

"Senior, it's a thousand meters here, why haven't you bottomed out yet?" Yang Fan asked a little pitifully.

"There should be a water charm down here, how can it be so quiet?" The old voice did not answer Yang Fan's question, but said something to himself that Yang Fan was puzzled about.

But just hearing the word water charm, Yang Fan's nerves couldn't help but tense.

"Senior, what is the water charm? Are there other creatures down there?" Yang Fan asked nervously.

"What's the matter?," said the old man's voice with some playfulness.

"Who said I'm afraid, I. I. I'm just trying to figure out what's going on, so I'm running down with you for no reason, and I don't say what you're doing, and I don't even have the qualifications to know what's down here?"