Liu Ao was the penultimate person to arrive at the meeting place, and the penultimate was naturally a courtesy.

Originally, Murong Yue wanted to reprimand Liu Ao, but was stopped by Wu Mingshan.

Wu Mingshan just said, 'I still need to hone in practice', and then turned around and walked towards Gongxi, who was in a state that was a little wrong.

Gong Xi came back a moment later than Liu Ao.

He was covered in a white robe covered with blood, he didn't know how many wounds there were on his body, he exuded a fierce murderous aura all over his body, and his eyes were indifferent and domineering, and anyone who saw it couldn't help but feel a chill on his back.

This is the reason why there is so much killing that it is not possible to relax immediately.

At this time, Liu Ao was already observing.

The number one hundred and tenth person who participated in the inner court disciple assessment with him, there was actually one person who was on the overall ranking list with Liu Ao, and the ranking was not low.

Liu Ao is ranked seventeenth, and that person is ranked eighteenth!

This person's name is Sun Fan, he is not good-looking, he usually speaks little, and he does not socialize with people.

Liu Ao didn't expect that he was actually a big dark horse.

And the top sixteen are all geniuses in the inner court.

Gong Xi first, Murong Yue second, Song Zhong third...

Of course, this is because there are many geniuses in the inner courtyard who are in retreat in the academy and have not participated in this experience, otherwise, Murong Yue and Song Zhong's rankings may have to lean back.

The flying boat of the Asuka Trading Company had been waiting for a long time, and after everyone boarded, the flying boat instantly rose into the clouds and turned into a streamer and flew to Jiuding City in the central area of Qingzhou.

On the flying boat, many people were looking at Liu Ao and Sun Fan.

After all, how did two outer court disciples, and only the cultivation of a high-level martial artist, achieve such a good ranking?

Liu Ao didn't care about anything else, pretended to take a walk, and came to the door of Li Wu's room.

After the news of 'Liu Ao died in the Demon Hunting Lake' came out, Qiu Long had no intention of using Li Wu.

Li Wu also chose to quit the Demon Army.

Because of Li Wu's relationship with Liu Ao, Murong Yue made an exception and let him take a flying boat back to his hometown.

"Knock knock. ”

"Who?"

In the room, Li Wu's voice was full of vigilance.

Liu Ao didn't speak, and continued to knock on the door.

Footsteps approached, and the door was pulled open a gap.

Li Wu, who was full of stubble, glanced at Liu Ao and frowned:

"This brother, are you looking for me?"

Liu Aogang wanted to tell his identity, but he thought of something again.

Perhaps, it is a better choice to let Li Wu hide in the dark and return to his hometown to live a stable life, right?

"It's okay, I knocked on the wrong door," Liu Ao hugged his fists, so as not to think too much about Li Wu, he took a few steps to the side and knocked on Murong Yue's door.

There were no more than a few dozen rooms on the ship, most of which were shared by the elders and mentors.

Murong Yue was able to live in the room because she was besieged by several powerful demon beasts in the last battle, and she suffered serious internal injuries and needed to recuperate.

The door opened, and Murong Yue couldn't help frowning when he saw that it was Liu Ao, "Senior Brother Liu, do you have something to do with me?"

Liu Ao's gaze fell on the white cat in Murong Yue's arms, his face changed instantly, and he hurriedly took a step back.

"This is the captain's cat," Murong Yue smiled, but the next moment he was a little puzzled, "Liu Ming, are you also afraid of cats?"

Liu Ao nodded, "Don't you think cats are scary?"

Murong Yue's expression suddenly darkened, "I'm curious, why are you all afraid of cats?"

Liu Ao knew that the 'you' in Murong Yue's mouth was referring to himself.

"Actually, it's not that cats are scary," Liu Ao took a step back again and smiled bitterly:

"It's because of terrible things that happened when I was a kid and I have a natural fear of cats. ”

Murong Yue's eyes lit up and asked:

"What's the scary thing?"

Liu Ao glanced to the side, and saw that Li Wu had closed the door, so he whispered:

"This is my own secret, Senior Sister Murong, you take care of your injuries, I'll leave first. ”

After Liu Ao finished speaking, he trotted away, found a corner on the deck, and began to condense his spiritual power, preparing to attack the Martial Spirit Realm.

Murong Yue looked at Liu Ao's back and was a little distracted for a while.

"Like, this back is too similar. ”

Liu Ao naturally couldn't hear Murong Yue's muttering.

After cultivating for a while, Liu Ao's veins were already full of spiritual power, and he also tried to widen the meridians, but there was no effect.

This couldn't help but make Liu Ao fall into deep thought.

After fusing the divine blood, Liu Ao's body did undergo tremendous changes.

But why, the progress of cultivation strength is still so slow?

"Absorb the spiritual energy, condense it into spiritual power and store it in the vein seed," Liu Ao recalled the steps of cultivation, and fell into deep doubts for a while.

How did Liu Ao know that he only knew a little about cultivation.

The power of the divine blood, Liu Ao has not yet discovered it, the true power of the sword of pride, how terrifying the sword of life and death is, these are still impossible for Liu Ao to imagine.

The flying boat finally landed at the Jiuding City Flying Boat Base.

Liu Ao's tense nerves finally relaxed.

According to the rules, the disciples who rank high in the training will be rewarded by the academy.

What Liu Ao got was a martial spirit pill, as the name suggests, it was an elixir that helped the monk break through to the martial spirit realm.

This elixir is extremely troublesome to refine, even if it is the entire Jiuding Academy, only the Dan Hall Master can refine it.

And the materials consumed are also very precious, in terms of value alone, it has exceeded two thousand spirit stones, and there is no market.

This reward is really not light.

Liu Ao also naturally obtained the qualification to enter the inner courtyard for cultivation, and everything was going according to Liu Ao's vision.

Liu Ao also paid attention to the news in the mission hall, Li Hong and Liu Junfei were still wanted, they were not dead, Liu Ao felt uncomfortable after all.

On the third day back at the academy, a tutor from the inner courtyard came to Liu Ao.

He took Liu Ao to Zuo Sifeng, and after settling Liu Ao, he asked a disciple of the inner courtyard to take Liu Ao to familiarize himself with the environment of the inner courtyard.

From the fourth peak on the left to the third peak on the left, the second peak on the left, and then to the first peak on the left in the core area of the inner courtyard, Liu Ao finally saw the world of difference between the inner courtyard and the outer courtyard.

The disciples of the outer court are in a state of 'free-range', although they can go to the dojos of other teachers to listen to the lectures, but after all, there is no one to guide them.

The inner courtyard is different, you can take the initiative to ask the tutor for advice, and the spirit stones are also distributed every month, even if you go to the library to learn the exercises, you only need to pay half of the credit points of the disciples in the outer courtyard.

Moreover, the disciples of the inner court were all busy with cultivation, and it was rare to see disciples hanging out outside.

For example, where Liu Ao lives now, there are many pavilions and pavilions around, but there are few people.

There is also a place called the 'Cultivation Tower' in the inner courtyard, and the spiritual power inside is much richer than that of the outside world, and most of the disciples in the inner courtyard will choose to retreat and cultivate there.

Soon, Liu Ao received a notice to let him meet his mentor.

Liu Ao followed a senior brother from the inner courtyard to a wooden building, and happened to see a middle-aged man practicing swords in the courtyard.

"Heavenly Sword Mentor!"

Liu Ao's face was full of doubts, "Why are you?"

Heavenly Sword Tutor's real name is Xu Qingfeng, and now he is an intermediate Martial King Xiuwei, and his comprehensive strength can also rank in the middle and upper reaches of the tutors in the entire Jiuding Academy.

He grinned, "Isn't that surprised?" ”

Liu Ao nodded, but he didn't speculate.

The inner courtyard disciple who brought Liu Ao here said with a smile:

"Senior Brother Liu Ming doesn't know, Heavenly Sword Tutor has long been able to be promoted to Inner Court Tutor, but..."

The disciple smiled and didn't say any more.

Tutor Heavenly Sword raised his eyebrows, "It's just that I don't want to take students, it's too time-consuming." ”

"But you're different," Xu Qingfeng's expression became serious, "So far, you are the most talented disciple I have ever seen in kendo, so I took the initiative to apply to be your mentor, you... I don't think I will refuse, right?"

Liu Ao smiled instantly, and there was a hint of gratitude in his eyes.

"Of course not, Liu Ming thanked the mentor!"

Liu Ao hugged his fists, "It's a shame to say that the disciple has always been ignorant of cultivation, and he suffers from no one to consult." ”

Xu Qingfeng nodded, walked into the room with Liu Ao, poured two glasses of wine, and said slowly:

"There is no sword cultivation that doesn't drink, let's talk while drinking. ”

To be honest, Xu Qingfeng at this moment gave Liu Ao the feeling that he was not a mentor, but a friend who had forgotten the year.

This state makes Liu Ao, who naturally doesn't like flattery, very comfortable.

After two glasses of wine, Liu Ao also relaxed, and asked the question in his heart.

"Master, I have always felt that cultivation is to absorb spiritual energy, condense it into spiritual power, and store it in the vein. ”

"Fighting is all about whose spiritual power is more abundant and whose exercises are stronger, right?"

Heavenly Sword Mentor looked at Liu Ao in surprise, "Who told you that cultivation is such a simple thing?"

"You are extremely talented in swordsmanship, didn't your family tell you about the three basic elements of cultivation?"

Liu Ao smiled awkwardly, "Please ask the tutor for advice." ”

Xu Qingfeng put away the doubts in his heart and slowly spoke:

"There are three major elements of cultivation, one of which is talent. ”

"I don't need to explain that. ”

"Second, it is cultivation resources, which include spirit stones, exercises, weapons, and pills. ”

"Third, it's chance!"

"I think you can figure out how important these three are. ”

Liu Ao nodded lightly, "What is the essence of cultivation?"

Xu Qingfeng patiently explained:

"A cultivator has a vein in his body, and the veins give birth to the meridians. ”

"The spiritual energy between heaven and earth is absorbed, refined by the veins, and then stored in the veins and meridians. ”

"Your perception of this is correct," Xu Qingfeng's voice suddenly changed, "But cultivation is by no means such a simple thing. ”

"Cultivation, in the final analysis, is to improve the realm and strength. ”

"Leaving aside the influence of exercises, elixirs, and weapons, the key factor falls on the monks themselves. ”

"To break through the realm, the key is to broaden the capacity of the veins and meridians to accommodate spiritual power, in addition, we must also know how to use aura. ”

"You know, Reiki and Reiki are different. ”

Liu Ao couldn't help but get excited, the reason for the slow progress of his cultivation should be figured out immediately.

"Aura contains the five attributes of gold, wood, water, fire, and earth," Xu Qingfeng continued:

"The veins in our body are also divided into these five attributes, and the more vein attributes, the more aura we can use, and the faster our cultivation speed will be. ”

"And some exercises require the spiritual power of specific attributes. ”

"If the vein type is only a single attribute, it can only absorb and refine the aura of a certain attribute. ”

Liu Ao couldn't help but think of the magma grotto under the main peak of the academy, could the aura there be a fire attribute?

Could it be that the veins in your body are also fire attributes?

Liu Ao asked excitedly, "Mentor, is there anything else?"

Xu Qingfeng said patiently:

"The attributes of the vein species need to be activated, most of the monks are automatically activated in the process of cultivation, and there are also many monks who activate multiple attributes by chance, only to find that they are rare geniuses. ”

Liu Ao hurriedly asked, "Is there any other way to activate it?"

Xu Qingfeng nodded and said with certainty:

"Yes!"

"Often go to a place where the spiritual power of a certain attribute is very strong, it is easy to activate the corresponding attribute of the pulse species, of course, if there is no effect, it means that most of the pulse species do not contain this attribute. ”

Liu Ao nodded, and suddenly thought of something, "What about the double veins?"

"Twin Pulse Species?" Xu Qingfeng was silent for two seconds, and lowered his voice:

"The Twin Veins are an extremely special existence, such as Xia Wan, a female disciple who has been missing from the academy for a long time. ”

"This situation is mostly due to the abnormal change in the pulse species, which is beyond common sense, this kind of person, who has excellent cultivation talent, is called an outlier who violates the way of heaven!"

Xu Qingfeng is well-informed, and he also talked about a rumor.

"It has been rumored a long time ago that the Twin Veins are an outlier that goes against the Heavenly Dao, but as long as you gather ten Twin Vein Species and refine their veins through secret techniques, you can break the limit of up to ninety-nine meridians. ”

Liu Ao's eyes lit up, there were so many meridians in his body now that he couldn't count them, once this secret was exposed, would it be a dead end?

Anyway, Liu Ao finally had a direction for his cultivation.

The first thing is to figure out the attributes of your own pulse as much as possible!