The night shrouded Changling, the stars were shining, and the hoarfrost in the mountains began to form dots, as if the hoarfrost was condensed by the starlight that fell down.

Ding Ning lay in a simple hammock made of some rattan sticks, but he didn't feel cold at all.

On weekdays, the wind and snow he endured in the Wutong Liquor Shop were even colder than the cold of late autumn.

He has a certain understanding of many of the cultivation methods of Han, Zhao, and Wei, but he also does not know much about the cultivation methods and pills of some non-mainstream and other small sects.

However, today's Huang Ting Jin Dan from a small sect was a great surprise to him.

He closed his eyes tightly, contemplated vipassana, and continued to refine the medicinal power that filled his body.

In the flesh and blood in his body, there seemed to be countless small silkworms quietly burrowing, slowly devouring the mixed ingredients in those medicinal powers that were extremely unfavorable to cultivators.

Because it devoured very slowly and gently, there was silence around him.

Even the mixed elements that had been integrated into the flesh and blood, and the true qi, were slowly devoured.

As time slowly passed, the remaining medicinal power in Ding Ning's body became more and more pure, even to a level of purity that was impossible for even the top-grade pills of the Nanyang Dan Sect, which was the strongest in the world in the past.

The extremely pure medicinal qi and the extremely pure true qi slowly fused, and the true qi in his sea of qi became more and more viscous and heavier.

The trace of true qi flowing from his sea of qi penetrated many fascia in his body that could not be penetrated before, and kept seeping into his bones.

This is the middle grade bone cutting of the second realm qi refining realm.

Nangong Caishu was right, this Huangting Golden Pill was indeed enough for a cultivator of the lower grade of Qi Refining to break through to the cultivation of the middle grade of Qi refining, but at this moment, Ding Ning's cultivation had not stopped.

After the devouring of countless "little silkworms" in his body, some of the beneficial medicinal powers that were originally tightly combined with the miscellaneous unfavorable medicinal powers were also cleaned, and the medicinal power of this Huangting Golden Pill was used to the fullest.

At this moment, there was still a lot of extremely pure medicinal qi left in his body.

So he continued to refine.

It became more condensed and heavy, and it went deeper, infiltrating and nourishing places that could not even reach the mind.

The night faded by.

When the first rays of morning light fell on the top of the mountain, the last of the medicinal power in his body disappeared, and his mind stopped in front of the river of marrow in the bones that the cultivator had said.

It is only a little distance away from the second realm to change the marrow.

Ding Ning opened his eyes and took a big breath of fresh air at the rising sun.

He was very satisfied with the speed of his cultivation, or he was very satisfied with the cultivation he controlled.

......

According to the rules, you can set off in the middle of the night, but this is not the third day to decide the outcome of the battle, it makes no sense to rush forward early, and in the dark night, there is no knowledge of how many killing opportunities are hidden in this kind of magic circle.

Therefore, all the students who still have the qualifications to continue the trial have chosen to act after sunrise.

A disciple of the Qingteng Sword Academy was roasting a lark, and there were some shriveled wild oranges beside him, which were obviously the breakfast he had prepared for himself.

However, at this moment, his body suddenly stiffened, and he quickly stood up, and his right hand landed on the long sword at his waist.

"I advise you not to draw your sword. ”

With this cold voice, Su Qin's figure slowly pierced out from the mist on one side.

"Especially if I don't necessarily want to use my sword against you. ”

He looked at this Qingteng Sword Academy disciple, and slowly added: "If I remember correctly, you should be called Shi Xia, and he is also the latest disciple to enter, a person from Changshan County, who uses the Qingshuang Sword, and is only a mid-grade cultivation of Qi refining." You've been able to get here and get through this long night, it's good, but you can't be my match. ”

The fear and shock in the eyes of this Qingteng Sword Academy disciple with a young face and a figure that was only slightly taller than Ding Ning were even stronger.

He was just the most ordinary disciple in the Qingteng Sword Academy, and it was an accident that ordinary people in the Aries Cave could notice his existence and be able to remember his name, but Su Qin not only remembered his name, but also his origin and cultivation realm, Su Qin's erudition and strong memory were indeed no different from the legend.

"I'm Shi Xia. He swallowed a mouthful of saliva with difficulty, trying his best to calm himself down: "But I don't understand the meaning of Senior Brother Su Qin's appearance in front of me and the fact that he doesn't want to use his sword against me. Is it Senior Brother Su Qin who thinks that my cultivation is not worthy of your sword?"

Su Qin smiled slightly, shook his head, and said, "I mean you might have a better choice." ”

Shi Xia looked at the lark that had been roasted a little blackened because it hadn't been turned over, and asked, "What choice?"

"According to the rules of the Sword Sacrifice Trial, there must be more than one battle every day, and you shouldn't have experienced any battles today. Su Qin said lightly: "The choice I give you is to fight with me, or fight with Ding Ning, who is not far from here." You should understand that he has only just refined qi, and you have a high chance of defeating him. I can even guarantee that you will get close to him. ”

Shi Xia was stunned, looked up at Su Qin in disbelief, and said in astonishment: "Why..."

"There are many reasons why you want someone to quit, but I don't think I need to explain anything to you. Su Qin glanced at him and said, "You only need to make your choice, choose to be defeated by my sword right away, or go and defeat him to get more trial time." Because for disciples like you, the meaning of participating in this kind of trial is simply to gain more experience. ”

"What exactly does Su Qin want to do?"

Xie Changsheng, who was still a little sleepy, looked at the situation in the Sword Sacrifice Canyon, blinked his eyes vigorously, and asked in a cold voice.

"This is the way to drive out the beast. ”

Xie Rou glanced at him, frowned and explained softly: "Some hunters in Ba County hunt, often able to catch prey several times more than their strength, is to surround some mountains or river valleys, drive away some wild beasts, some fierce beasts are forced to meet in a narrow way, they will kill each other. Su Qin was restrained by Zhang Yi and couldn't make a move, so he chose to contain Zhang Yi next, and then forced others to fight with Ding Ning. ”

Xie Changsheng's face changed suddenly, and he couldn't help but scold: "This person is really shameless. ”

"The soldier is treacherous, and the fittest survives. Xu Heshan, who was beside him, said solemnly: "In addition to strength, this kind of trial itself is also a competition of strategy, although Su Qin is a little shameless, but he is indeed the same as the legend, with quick thinking and rapid transformation." ”

Looking at Shi Xia, who was getting closer and closer to Ding Ning, Xie Rou's brows frowned more and more, but for some reason, today's Ding Ning gave her a very different taste from yesterday.

......

Ding Ning was also chewing a few orange petals.

There are many wild orange trees in this mountain forest, and it is not too far from the ripening season of these wild oranges, although the skin of many oranges is a little dry, but they are hanging on the branches, and it is very easy to pick some of them.

It's just that this kind of wild orange in the mountains doesn't taste very good, especially in this early morning, when chewed and drunk as water, it is even more sour.

When Ding Ning was so sour that his teeth were a little soft, he saw Shi Xia walking with his head slightly down.

He felt that Shi Xia's expression was a little strange, so he touched his cheeks and looked at Shi Xia who was walking slowly, but he was not the first to make a sound.

"My name is Shi Xia, and I am a student who entered the Qingteng Sword Academy last year. Shi Xia stopped a few feet away from him and said, "I'm here to fight you... But this battle, I was forced by your Senior Brother Su Qin in the Aries Cave. ”

Ding Ning was slightly stunned.

Shi Xia continued: "I know it's not good, but I want to have more opportunities to go through the trial, so I want to fight more people in this trial, and stay longer... So I don't have a choice. ”

Ding Ning smiled slightly and said sincerely: "Yes, if I were replaced, I would make such a choice." ”

Shi Xia glanced at Ding Ning with some gratitude, and then said: "I heard that Senior Brother Ding Ning has a good understanding of the Sword Sutra, but he only happened to refine Qi before coming to the Sword Sacrifice Trial, so when I fight, I will try my best to control my strength in Qi refining." ”

Ding Ning felt more and more interesting about this disciple of the Qingteng Sword Academy, and he laughed again, "Originally, it didn't have to, but if you think so, I think you may get more opportunities to practice." ”

Shi Xia felt that he didn't understand what Ding Ning said.

But what he wanted to say had already been said, so he didn't say anything anymore, saluted Ding Ning, and then began to draw his sword.

His sword was all cyan, a hard jade, with some seemingly messy and fine runes on it.

As his true qi continued to surge, the body of this sword began to exude a chilling chill, and layers of cyan frost flowers began to condense.

Ding Ning smiled slightly, he also slowly took out the sword, and many small white flowers like jasmine gradually bloomed on the sword body, which looked no different from yesterday.