After the exchange, Liu Ao immediately put the mask on his face, and saw that the mask was flickering, and it gradually became illusory.

By the time the mask disappeared, Liu Ao's face was already very different.

Liu Ao was originally born delicate, with deep eyes and clear facial features.

But now, Liu Ao has become a young man with thick eyebrows and big eyes, some honest temperament, and his skin is dark, as if he has been exposed to the wind and sun all year round.

No matter who stood in front of him, he couldn't recognize Liu Ao.

After thanking him, Liu Ao left in a hurry.

Five miles outside the city, the seriously injured Lei Mu and Tong Ying were waiting here.

Seeing Liu Ao approaching, Lei Mu immediately became vigilant.

"Don't be nervous," Liu Ao's voice became hoarse, "There is a brother named Liu Ming, who has entrusted me with some things." ”

As he spoke, Liu Ao took out the bottle of Blood Replenishing Pill and handed it to Lei Mu, then took out two hundred spirit stones and distributed them to Tong Ying and Lei Mu.

Tong Ying's face was full of excitement, "And for my sake, Brother Liu Ming is too righteous!"

Lei Mu was also excited, and held the bottle of blood replenishing pill for a while before asking:

"Do you know where Liu Ming went?"

Liu Ao waved his hand, "The things have been given to you, and I should leave too." ”

Seeing Liu Ao leaving, Tong Ying was a little disappointed, "I also said that I would ask Brother Liu Ming to go on an expedition again." ”

Lei Mu glanced at Tong Ying, "What strength do you have, don't you have a little bit of it in your heart? Doesn't it mean that you can sense the danger? It's all fake!"

Tong Ying's face turned red, "No, I can really sense danger sometimes, but sometimes it's not effective." ”

Lei Mu waved his hand, "Don't leave it at that, be careful yourself, don't go on an adventure if you have nothing to do, let's honestly find a place to cultivate." ”

Tong Ying pouted, looking at the hundred spirit stones he was holding in his arms, his face was ecstatic, "Now I should be able to cultivate to the Great Martial Master." ”

"Go to Jiuding Academy now!" Tong Ying's eyes lit up, and he clenched his fists to cheer himself up, "I also want to become a very powerful monk!"

Let's talk about Liu Ao.

The purpose of changing the identity has been achieved, and the next thing to do is to retake the assessment of Jiuding Academy, successfully enter the inner courtyard to cultivate, and then improve your realm and strength as soon as possible.

Taking a flying boat from Hunter City takes about five days to reach Jiuding City.

Liu Ao was dressed as a demon hunter and wore colorful animal skins, looking rough and honest.

This dress made the surrounding monks far away, and many monks showed disdain, obviously thinking that the loose cultivators like the demon hunters were inferior to them.

In fact, although the overall strength of the Demon Hunter Guild can also be ranked in the forefront in Qingzhou, those small sects still look down on the Demon Hunter Guild behind their backs.

In their eyes, the Demon Hunter Guild is just a group of stragglers, and except for a few masters, they are not worthy of their attention.

This is the superiority of the disciples of the sect and the children of the family.

Back in Jiuding City, Liu Ao's mentality has changed.

Keeping a low profile is not king, since you have decided to enter the inner courtyard, you must show absolute talent and strength!

Just like the first time to participate in the assessment, the crowd going up the mountain is crowded, and there is not one in a hundred who can pass the first round of assessment.

After passing the first two rounds of assessments, Liu Ao re-became an outer disciple of Jiuding Academy, using the name Liu Ming.

If you want to enter the inner hospital, you must meet the annual assessment standard, or take a meridian test.

But the meridian test is a dead end for Liu Ao, after all, countless meridians and half-demon bloodlines are secrets that can no longer be exposed.

Coincidentally, Liu Ao was assigned to Zuo Yifeng again, and he still chose a wooden building next to the bluestone.

On this day, the clouds are light and the wind is light.

Qingshi practiced all night, and practiced swords in the courtyard early in the morning.

Liu Ao observed for a moment and found that Qingshi was already practicing his sword technique, his spiritual power was also a lot stronger, and his realm was already an intermediate great martial artist.

It seems that in this short period of time, the cultivation of bluestone has been very hard.

"This junior brother is new here," Qingshi took the initiative to greet Liu Ao when he saw him, "My name is Qingshi, if you have anything unclear, just ask." ”

Liu Ao hugged his fists, and a smile curled up at the corner of his mouth, "Then thank you Senior Brother Qingshi." ”

Qingshi waved his hand and continued to practice the knife.

In the next few months, Liu Ao still found a place where no one was and secretly practiced the sword technique of life and death, as before.

This life and death sword technique is endless, and the first style alone has benefited Liu Ao a lot.

As the practice deepened, Liu Ao could feel more and more that the power of the first form was stronger than he imagined.

Liu Ao even had an intuition that as long as he practiced this first style to the fullest, it would be enough to match other high-level exercises, not to mention the moves behind the life and death sword technique.

Liu Ao finally understood that only by becoming a martial spirit could he open the second page of "Life and Death Sword Technique" to learn the second style.

····

Soon, the annual assessment of Jiuding College arrived.

As long as the disciples who have been enrolled for more than three months need to participate in the assessment, the content of the assessment is relatively comprehensive, and the assessment is carried out from several aspects such as alchemy, refining, realm, combat effectiveness, etc.

Liu Ao didn't have time to study the art of alchemy, so he could only try his best to get good results in combat effectiveness, so that he could have a chance to enter the inner courtyard.

Early in the morning, the disciples of the academy rushed towards the main peak in groups, and according to the distribution list, they needed to go to the dojo of the instructors for assessment.

Liu Ao and Qingshi, as well as Li Hong and the others, were assigned to the Heavenly Sword Mentor.

As for the assessment of the disciples of the inner court, it will be presided over by the elders of the academy.

Liu Ao and Qingshi stood side by side on a boulder, with hundreds of academy disciples in front of them.

The assessment questions of the Heavenly Sword Mentor are very simple, and if he casts the strongest blow, he will be able to judge the power and score it.

At the same time, there are also the instructors of the Dan Hall and the Instrument Hall and the Formation Hall present, and these disciples can take the initiative to apply for additional assessments, and if they also have achievements in alchemy, refining and formation, they can get additional points.

Finally, the academy conducts statistics, and the top 50 outer court disciples in the total score can be promoted to inner court disciples.

"Next!" Heavenly Sword Mentor frowned, his face displeased, "Another year has passed, haven't you made any progress!"

A group of disciples blushed and lowered their heads and did not dare to speak.

Li Hong stepped forward and hugged his fist at the Heavenly Sword Mentor, then his face became serious, and he pulled out the long sword at his waist and began to gather momentum.

After Li Qing was killed by Liu Ao, Li Hong's personality also calmed down a lot, and he even replaced Li Qing as a follower of the genius Song Zhong in the inner courtyard (dog legs).

A strong spiritual power fluctuation appeared, and a white light appeared around Li Hong's body, and the long sword in his hand made a sword sound, loud and crisp.

I saw that his eyes were sharp, his legs grasped the ground, and he concentrated all his physical strength on his wrists, and stabbed out a sword with all his strength.

I saw a sword qi burst out, turning into an illusory colorful tiger and slamming into a boulder.

"Bang!"

The large, one-man tall stone was torn apart in an instant.

Heavenly Sword Mentor nodded, "It's not bad, you just broke through to a high-level martial artist, and your breath is still unstable, go back and consolidate it, the beast-shaped sword technique is flexible and changeable, you have to work hard in this regard." ”

Li Hong clenched his fists again, put away his long sword and walked to the side, looking at Qingshi.

Although he was a lot calmer, Li Hong still hated Qingshi in his heart, after all, Qingshi and Liu Ao had a good relationship, and Liu Ao killed Li Hong's cousin Li Qing.

Bluestone stepped forward slowly, took a deep breath, and grasped the handle of the knife a little nervously.

I saw that his right leg was bent, his body leaned forward, and after holding his breath and concentrating, the breath on his body instantly became cold, and the whole person was like a sharp blade.

Heavy upon weight of spiritual power stirred around him, and Qingshi let out a low roar, took a sharp step, and then drew his sword.

A flash of white light was heard, and only a slight 'click' was heard.

Bluestone put away his knife and stood up straight.

In the next moment, the one-man-high stone in front of him slid halfway down.

It turned out that the knife of bluestone just now had already divided the stone into two, and the incision was glorious, which shows how powerful the knife of bluestone is.

"Well, that's good," the Heavenly Sword Mentor nodded, "An intermediate great martial artist can have such strength, it seems that you have worked hard, you have to continue to work hard." ”

"Next, Liu Ming. ”

Liu Ao slowly stepped forward and pulled out an ordinary long sword he had just purchased.

Liu Ao stood quietly, his body was as straight as a sharp sword, and his eyes were sharper than the blade.

The Heavenly Sword Mentor's eyes lit up, and he glanced at Liu Ao in surprise.

The best state of a person who practices swords is the unity of man and sword.

It's just that there are very few swordsmen who can reach this realm, and this is a point that must be comprehended to the supreme sword.

Although Liu Ao hadn't come out of the sword yet, the Heavenly Sword Mentor had already paid attention to it.

"Senior Brother Liu Ming, don't be nervous," Qingshi smiled and encouraged:

"It's good to be normal. ”

Liu Ao nodded, a flash of determination flashed in his eyes.

Enter the inner courtyard, start with this sword!

Liu Ao instantly operated the spiritual power in the vein, and in the next moment, a vortex of spiritual power formed around Liu Ao's body.

Everyone could feel that the spiritual power around them was rapidly surging towards Liu Ao.

Heavenly Sword Mentor's face was overjoyed, "The speed of absorbing spiritual power is actually so fast!"

"Such a huge amount of spiritual power enters the meridians and veins, which shows that he has a lot of meridians, and the strength of the meridians is also very high!"

"Spirit Sword!"

Liu Ao let out a low roar and stabbed out a sword.

The spiritual power passed through the meridians of Liu Ao's whole body, and frantically poured into the long sword in his hand.

I saw that the sword qi was connected end to end, overlapping and unifying outside the three zhangs, and the power of the sword qi had also reached the highest point.

Everyone only felt that the air was solidified, and a huge killing force spread, and this sword qi seemed to pierce everyone's hearts!

"Bang bang bang!"

A series of explosions rang out, and countless clouds of dust flew up, enveloping the attacked boulder.

The long sword in Liu Ao's hand was overwhelmed, and with a crisp sound, it even broke into dozens of pieces and fell to the ground.

When the dust settled, everyone couldn't help but look at the stone, but saw that the stone was still intact.

Just when everyone was puzzled, Liu Ao gently raised his hand and pushed forward, and a breeze blew towards the big stone.

In the next moment, I saw the stone turn into powder.

"It's too fierce!"

Li Hong's pupils shrank sharply, he knew that Liu Ao was a freshman who had only entered the academy not long ago, but he didn't expect that he was not only a high-level martial artist, but his strength was actually so strong!

Qingshi was even more dumbfounded, Liu Ao had not revealed his true realm and strength since he became a disciple of the outer courtyard again, and Qingshi subconsciously thought that Liu Ao should be a junior martial artist.

But now··

Qingshi smiled bitterly, it was a shame that he had called someone else's junior brother for a few months.

The Heavenly Sword Mentor and several other mentors glanced at each other, and they all saw the satisfaction in each other's eyes.

"Very good, the power of this sword has caught up with the strength of the primary martial spirit realm," the Heavenly Sword Mentor laughed, "Liu Ming, you are no more suitable for swordsmanship, even if you enter the inner courtyard, you can come to me to discuss swordsmanship when you have time in the future." ”

Liu Ao smiled politely, "Thank you, mentor, whether you can enter the inner courtyard depends on my total score ranking." ”

Heavenly Sword Mentor nodded, "Don't be arrogant or impatient, it's really a good blank for sword practice, keep working hard, I'm optimistic about you." ”