Ignoring the cardinal's usual cynicism, in fact, Xu Yan didn't dare to really compare himself with this delicate-looking woman, and only after she left the kitchen did Xu Yan come to the patio and start practicing swords.

After practicing the four-character sword technique and the seven-star sword technique again, Xu Yan felt that there was still a lot of energy left in his body, and he was immediately relieved. Obviously, his cultivation in the sword path at this moment has improved significantly compared to before, for example, the qi in his body is not only faster in terms of running speed, but also several times faster than before he ascended the mountain when absorbing the aura of heaven and earth.

"If it's not bad, I'll make it to the third floor, but I'll have to find some time to test it out on the Sword Tower. After Xu Yan stopped and put away the sway, he gasped slightly, and said to himself.

Then, he went back to his living room to take a shower, changed into a set of clean clothes, and washed and dried the dirty clothes he had changed, and then returned to his living room and sat cross-legged to begin to breathe and cultivate, and to recover the qi that had been lost in his body before.

However, Xu Yan didn't know that in the process of his sword practice, the cardinal who was always elusive in his eyes had actually been watching all this from the attic on the third floor, and even after he used the seven-star sword technique in one go, the latter couldn't help but nod secretly appreciatively for him, but on that beautiful face, she raised her eyebrows extremely unpleasantly, and she muttered with some confusion: "How could he choose to teach this set of broken sword techniques?"

......

The time spent in cultivation was always fleeting, and when Xu Yan recovered the qi in his body, it was already approaching dusk, and with another sound in the kitchen, Xu Yan opened his originally closed eyes and stopped practicing.

Then he got up and walked out of his room, and went to the patio to take a look at the sky, which was somewhat gloomy and gloomy, but this darkness was not only due to the twilight but also to the premonition of rain.

Since the New Year, almost two months and more than ten years, there have been two heavy snowfalls on the Lotus Peak, but only there has been no spring rain, now the weather is warmer, close to Qingming, this is the sign of spring rain falling, but when I think of Qingming, Xu Yan suddenly remembered that he had not returned to Xujia Village for three years after sending the gambler father 'up the mountain' and saying goodbye to Grandpa Xu, who had watched him grow up since he was a child. Although for him, whether it is his current self or his past self, he has little affection for the father who is not immersed in gambling and gets drunk himself, but Xu Yan knows that he has never blamed the other party for his self-depravity, after all, I heard Grandpa Xu say that the reason why his father became like this was because his mother died in childbirth when he gave birth to him, which caused him to be heartbroken and collapsed from then on.

Xu Yan's feelings for Xujia Village are more pinned on the body of Grandpa Xu, if it weren't for the advice that the latter gave him at the beginning, maybe he would not stay in the village and marry a local daughter-in-law to live his life in this life, at most, he would learn from others to go to a larger county town to do a small business, but it would never be possible to become a genius sword cultivator like now. Although he was a little later than the average person when he entered the sect, this did not affect his gratitude to Grandpa Xu. And the 'flame' after inheriting the original Xu Yan's memory and body, because most of the time, thinking about things and choosing things are instinctively based on Xu Yan's subjective consciousness, which makes him at this moment, he can't help but have the idea of wanting to return to Xujia Village and see Grandpa Xu.

"I don't know if the old wound on Grandpa Xu's leg that he left when he was young will still hurt every time it rains. Xu Yan looked at the sky above his head, which had become gloomy, his eyes were a little gloomy, and he muttered to himself.

......

After Xu Yan had eaten dinner, it really rained in the night, and the cardinals who were crossing Erlang's legs on the bench realized that Xu Yan had always been a little silent and looked overthought in the process of eating dinner, so he thought that he was worried about the first battle tomorrow.

Cardinal looked at Xu Yan, who would consciously wash the dishes after eating, and tried his best to soften his tone, and comforted: "Actually, you don't have to be too nervous, I ...... I've seen you practice swords in the afternoon, with your current proficiency in the Seven-Star Sword Technique and the Four-Character Sword Technique, plus you should have reached the cultivation of the third floor, although you are a little hasty and not stable enough in the realm ascension, but the average cultivator of the lower three realms, whether it is sword cultivation or martial cultivation, must be difficult to defeat you. ”

Xu Yan was in a daze, and he was holding a porcelain bowl in his hand, and after hearing the cardinal's sudden words, he couldn't help but have a little underreaction, and let out an astonished "ah" with a stunned face.

Seeing his dumbfounded appearance, the cardinal didn't choose to be angry for a rare time, but just frowned and continued: " However, you are in the next three realms, for the sake of this selection competition and quickly improve your realm, it is inevitable, but when you step from the third floor to the fourth floor, I advise you to make a breakthrough after filling in the previous unstable parts, presumably you also know that for the sword cultivation in the world, the breakthrough between the three realms and the three realms can be described as quite difficult, but the difficulty is not a great opportunity, and the more solid the foundation, the farther the road in the future is likely to go, this is like building a house, only the stronger the foundation, the higher the building can be built。 ”

Xu Yan, who had already come back to his senses, couldn't agree more than he could agree with after hearing these words.

For this truth, his feelings are far deeper than that of the cardinal, after all, compared to sword cultivation, in fact, the martial arts cultivation in the world pays more attention to the beating of his own base, and the reason why he was able to go to an unprecedented step is that before the ascension of each realm, he has achieved the strongest in that heavenly domain, so he chose to break through.

Xu Yan nodded, and replied with a smile: "I will pay special attention to this matter, and I will never recklessly choose to break through to the middle three realms." ”

Seeing that Xu Yan had this in mind, Cardinal's face softened slightly, so she didn't say anything more, and then she got up from the bench and left the kitchen directly, looking like she was going back to the small attic, but when she passed by Xu Yan, she left another sentence and said: "I'll get up tomorrow morning to make breakfast, you remember to finish eating and then go over." ”

Xu Yan smiled brightly and replied, "Okay." ”

......

The spring rain fell all night, and when it was close to three o'clock and the sky was bright, there was a slight intention to stop, and at this moment, in the kitchen of the Liuyun courtyard, someone had already lit the firewood in the stove pit and began to make breakfast.

Since entering the cultivation, Xu Yan no longer needs to bury his head in sleep like ordinary people, although he still needs to meditate for a long time to ensure his mental strength every other day, but meditation itself is a very common qi cultivation cultivation, and for any sword cultivation, this is a necessary way of cultivation.

Xu Yan had woken up from meditation after the sky was slightly bright, and after a night of practice, although it was far from enough to make his qi fu change much, and it was impossible for his realm to improve significantly, Xu Yan was not depressed by this, because compared to the day, he knew that his qi mansion had condensed a little bit, and this point was the reward of his one-night practice.

Cultivation itself is important in perseverance, and no matter how powerful the sword cultivation is, it also needs to accumulate bit by bit before it can be achieved in itself.

After Xu Yan went to the pool to wash up, Cardinal had already prepared breakfast, the style of breakfast was very simple, a pot of white porridge, and two small plates of pickled pickles, and after Xu Yan sat down, Cardinal handed over a hot duck egg.

Xu Yan knocked open the eggshell, tasted it, and found that it was actually a salted duck egg, so he smiled and quipped: "Hey, it turns out that you also pickled salted duck eggs, when did you make them?" Why don't I know, but this duck egg tastes very good, fragrant, really fragrant." ”

When the cardinal heard this, he immediately glanced at him, ignoring the other party's extremely blunt sycophant, and said angrily: "Since the beginning of this year, you have been staying in the small courtyard for a few days?

Xu Yan laughed at this, and didn't dare to argue with him, until the two of them finished breakfast, Xu Yan suddenly asked, "Will you go to watch this selection competition?"

Cardinal glanced at him and said disdainfully: "What's so nice about this kind of child-like tryout?"

Seeing Xu Yan's embarrassed face, the cardinal suddenly smiled evilly and said: "If you want me to see you play majestic, just say it, grinding and chirping like a girl, it's not good at all." ”

Xu Yan scratched his head, not knowing how to answer.

Cardinal looked at the young man in front of him who came back from the tip of the yellow hair, and felt that the other party seemed to have a slight change in personality, and finally nodded and said: "It's not impossible to want me to watch you play majestic, but you better enter the finals first, if you can't even enter the finals, then don't watch it." ”

Xu Yan had a wry smile on his face, "What you said lightly is light." ”

However, he didn't have much sense of victory and defeat in his heart, but at this moment, he wanted to fight for the first place for no reason, as for this idea, whether it was because of the agitation method from the cardinal, only God knows.

......

February XVI.

It's Qingming.

It's approaching the hour.

Lotus Peak once again began to rain continuously.

Then from the rain curtain, a disciple who had been crowned as a genius sword cultivator for three years slowly walked to the center of the sect's martial arts training square.

He wears a bamboo hat on his head and carries a famous sword.

The name of the sword, Fuyao.