Left peak, the heart of the inner courtyard!

Those who can live here, in addition to the mentors and elders of the inner court, are the only ones left who are truly proud of the inner court.

Up the mountainside, there are hundreds of courtyards scattered irregularly.

With the exception of one of the deserted courtyards, which was forbidden for everyone to approach, the rest of the place was inhabited.

Gong Xi lives in a large courtyard near the summit.

The courtyard is surrounded by a simple bamboo fence, and the yard is full of flower pots, and there are countless flowers and plants that are rarely seen.

Li Hao pushed open the courtyard door and said with a smile:

"These flowers and plants are all cultivated by Senior Brother Gong Xi himself, and Senior Brother is just such a hobby in addition to cultivation. ”

Liu Ao nodded, and while pondering the profound meaning of Gong Xi looking for himself, he followed Li Hao towards the house.

It is a three-story bamboo building that looks simple and rustic.

At this time, there was a strong aura fluctuation on the third floor, and it was thought that Gong Xi was cultivating.

Sure enough, the breath on the third floor stabilized, and Gong Xi's deep voice sounded:

"Senior Brother Liu Ming is here, Li Hao, help me pour tea, I'll come down immediately." ”

Li Hao smiled and nodded, took Liu Ao into the room and sat down, and began to make tea.

Liu Ao was even more puzzled.

He is only a high-level martial artist now, this Li Hao's cultivation must be above the martial spirit realm, how could he be willing to pour tea for himself?

"Junior and junior tea. ”

Liu Ao thanked him, stretched out his hand to take the teacup, and heard footsteps coming downstairs.

Gong Xi was dressed in a wide white robe, and his hair was scattered, which was completely different from his usual personable appearance.

He sat opposite Liu Ao, nodded to Li Hao, and saw Li Hao turn around and leave.

"Do you know why I asked Li Hao to come to you?"

Liu Ao shook his head, "I don't know." ”

Gong Xi stared at Liu Ao for a long time, and suddenly smiled.

"How is the life and death sword technique?"

Liu Ao's pupils shrank, he stood up abruptly, took two steps back, lowered his voice and shouted:

"How would you know!"

Gong Xi smiled, "Sit down, I have no ill will towards you." ”

Liu Ao's eyes sank, "Who are you, what else do you know!"

"I'm Gong Xi," Gong Xi took a sip from his teacup and continued:

"I also know, Liu Ming, not your real name. ”

Liu Ao has already grasped the hilt of the Sword of Pride, ready to make a move at any time, even if he is not Gongxi's opponent, Liu Ao will never sit still!

"Take it easy," Gong Xi said, waving his hand, "as he sat down." ”

Liu Ao forcibly calmed down and silently waited for Gong Xi's next words.

But the first sentence that Gong Xi said made Liu Ao almost draw his sword!

"I've been secretly observing you since you measured the half-demon bloodline. ”

Seeing that Liu Ao was tense all over, this was a precursor to making a move, Gong Xi smiled, "Relax, I said it, I have no ill will towards you." ”

"This experience, in fact, I have been following you, you go to the Valley of the Buried Gods, go to the Demon Hunting Lake, and go to the Demon Clan Territory to do everything in my eyes. ”

Gong Xi nodded, "Bold, rigorous, affectionate and righteous, you are indeed very good." ”

"But I don't understand how you survived when you fell into the Demon Hunting Lake. ”

"And the big demon in the Demon Hunting Lake, where did it come from?"

Liu Ao's eyes lit up, "I have nothing to say, since you are here, then you must know that it was Song Zhong's henchman Chen Wen who teamed up with Li Hong and Liu Junfei to attack me?"

Gong Xi nodded, "I know that I know, but I will not come forward to testify against Song Zhong, he is the heir of the Song family's trading company, and I can't completely fall out with him now." ”

Liu Ao fell silent.

"What is your purpose?"

Gong Xi tilted his neck and drank the tea in the cup, his eyes suddenly became sharp, "I have no ill will towards you, but I also want to learn the Death Sword Technique, as long as you copy a copy of the exercise to me, you can mention any requirements." ”

Liu Ao's face gradually turned cold, "You answer me a few questions first." ”

Gong Xi nodded, "Ask." ”

"The Sword Technique of Life and Death, who gave it to me?"

At this point, Liu Ao will no longer be naïve to think that the life and death sword technique is really picked up by himself in the underground magma grotto, and that lost memory, something must have happened!

"I can't say this, in short, a person who expects a lot from you and is very powerful. ”

Gong Xi lifted the teapot and poured a cup, and said slowly:

"What else to ask?"

"Why did he help me, and what did he expect from me?"

Gong Xi still shook his head, "I don't have any comment for the time being." ”

"What's your relationship with that person!"

Gong Xi's fingers holding the teacup trembled, "Master-apprentice relationship." ”

"But he didn't give me the sword technique of life and death, but gave it to you. ”

Liu Ao fell silent again.

The sword technique of life and death is the most powerful exercise hole card at present, and it is naturally impossible to take it out.

"I can't transcribe it to you," Liu Ao stood up and said bluntly:

"Since your master gave me the Sword Technique of Life and Death, then he will definitely not let you take it so easily, you should be able to think of this, the Sword Technique of Life and Death is unfathomable, I can't transcribe it. ”

Even though he guessed that this was the result, Gong Xi still had a look of loss on his face.

He sighed and continued:

"If you have something to ask me for help in the future, in the inner courtyard, except for me and Murong Yue, no one else is worthy of your trust, including Murong Yue's grandfather Murong Yu. ”

"In addition, there are still many traces of the demon clan who fled into the territory of the human race, Leng Fei'er has already returned to the headquarters of the demon army, and she was slightly injured, you don't have to worry. ”

"As for that Qiu Lingfeng, it's difficult to become a big weapon, if you want to cooperate with her to deal with Qiu Long, I don't think it's realistic. ”

Liu Ao frowned, it seemed that he really had no secrets at all in front of Gong Xi.

"Mark my words, I have no ill will towards you!"

Liu Ao didn't speak, and left quickly, thinking about who the 'master' in Gong Xi's mouth was all the way.

Just after Liu Ao left, a white light suddenly flashed in the wooden building where Gong Xi was serving, and an old man in a white robe appeared so suddenly.

Gong Xi hurriedly knelt down on one knee and said respectfully:

"Division... Dean!"

That's right, this white-robed man is the mysterious person who led Liu Ao to the underground magma grotto, and he is also the current dean of Jiuding Academy, a native of Jinlin Dao!

It is rumored that Jinlin Daoist has practiced for thousands of years in a dojo called Jin Yelin in the southern region of Qingzhou, achieved the realm of the Martial Emperor, and served as the vice president of Jiuding Academy for more than 500 years, until the previous dean sat down, he became the new dean.

The vice president, Murong Yu, only came to Jiuding Academy three hundred years ago.

Jin Lin Dao is known for his kindness and generosity, but at this time, great anger seems to be brewing in his calm eyes.

"Gong Xi, do you remember what I told you?"

Gong Xi gritted his teeth, "Never mention my relationship with the dean, never be able to reveal your identity!"

"You remember!"

Jin Lin Daoren's eyes were sharp, and the golden light flashed in his eyes, as if a sharp sword that had converged on its edge was about to be unsheathed.

"If you leak anything and make a big mistake, you will die a hundred times and there will be no way to make up for it!"

Jin Lin Daoren snorted coldly, "Next time, I will kill you with my own hands!"

Gong Xi's eyes were red, "Yes, in your eyes, that thing is bigger than the sky, then I want to ask you, is your heart beaten of iron? Affection!"

Jin Lin Dao was silent for a moment, did not say anything, and disappeared into a burst of white light.

Gong Xi slowly got up, his fists clenched tightly, and even his nails had sunk deep into his palms, and blood flowed out instantly.

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Liu Ao returned to his residence, and his mind could not be calmed down for a long time.

originally thought that his identity would never be known, but unexpectedly, Gong Xi knew everything, and Gong Xi's mysterious master, why did he give himself such a powerful sword technique as the Sword Technique of Life and Death?

Studied but cannot comprehend!

Liu Ao took a deep breath and began to cultivate cross-legged.

Liu Ao, who was already on the verge of breaking through, adjusted his body to the best state overnight, and before dawn, he got up and rushed towards the cultivation tower.

The cultivation tower was built on the left peak, and it was a huge tower with a pitch black body and a height of ten stories.

It is said that there are thousands of cultivation rooms in it, which can accommodate thousands of people to cultivate at the same time.

Before he got closer, he could feel the strong aura fluctuations emanating from the cultivation tower.

The entire cultivation tower was wrapped in a large light green array, which was said to have been arranged by the previous dean, even if the Martial Emperor Realm powerhouse came in person, he would not want to break the formation easily.

At the door of the cultivation tower, an inner elder lowered his eyebrows, as if he was napping.

Liu Ao clasped his fists and saluted, and then strode in.

Entering the door was a huge stone tablet as black as ink, engraved with the precautions for entering the cultivation room.

After Liu Ao finished reading it, he realized that this cultivation tower was divided into ten floors above ground and five floors underground.

On the ten floors of the ground, the higher you go, the richer the aura becomes, and the higher the requirements for the strength of the entrant.

The five underground floors require at least the cultivation of the Martial King or above to be able to withstand the violent aura in it.

In the spirit of being prudent, Liu Ao planned to cultivate at the first level first.

The entire first floor was divided into more than 400 cultivation rooms, each of which was no more than one zhang long and wide, and could only accommodate one person.

Liu Ao chose an open-door cultivation room and walked in.

The stone door closed automatically, and Liu Ao glanced at the groove on the stone door and tried to put his identity card inside.

In the next moment, a violent spiritual power poured out from the dense holes in the wall.

The entire small cultivation room was like an airtight bottle, constantly being filled with aura.

If Liu Ao can't absorb these auras as soon as possible, he will be crushed by the aura!

Feeling the rich aura, Liu Ao sat down cross-legged with excitement on his face, held his breath and concentrated, and fell into a state of cultivation.

The veins that were already filled seemed to be about to be exploded by the aura absorbed by Liu Ao.

The veins began to expand, the meridians began to stretch, and a layer of red light immediately enveloped the veins and meridians, slowing down the expansion rate.

This is the divine blood fused in Liu Ao's body at work.

It was able to allow Liu Ao's veins and meridians to contain more spiritual power without being blown up.

Of course, this also directly led to Liu Ao's need for more aura to break through the realm, and it was also more difficult.

An hour passed, and Liu Ao obviously felt that the spiritual power in the vein seed had increased by more than half, but there was still no sign of breaking through.

After thinking for a moment, Liu Ao took off his identity card, opened the cultivation room, and walked directly towards the second floor.

There were less than two hundred cultivation rooms on the second floor, and the strength of the aura in the cultivation room was more than twice as strong as that on the first floor.

Several times Liu Ao felt that his body was about to be squeezed by the violent aura, but fortunately, a mysterious power protected Liu Ao and accelerated the speed at which Liu Ao absorbed the aura.

Liu Ao didn't have to think about it to know that it was the divine blood in his body that was at work.

But what disappointed Liu Ao was that he still had no signs of breaking through to the Martial Spirit Realm.