After Xu Yan drew lots, the old man, who was originally the caretaker of the sword pool, but was now personally invited by Zhao Bailian to become the elder of the linesman, finally stood up, and he looked at the many disciples in the square, who were only more than a hundred people standing in the square, and there were a small number of disciples here and there, and said coldly: "Since everyone has drawn their own lots, then from tomorrow Chenshi, this selection competition will officially start, remember, it is Chenshi, and any latecomer will automatically be regarded as abstaining." ”

The old man's voice was not loud, but it fell very clearly to the ears of all the disciples present, and then the old man held the roster that had already recorded the order of everyone's lots, and left the square by himself, ignoring the slander in the hearts of the many disciples present, as well as the broken thoughts in his mouth, it seemed that he was undoubtedly back to the formidable sword pool.

After the Frontier Elder left, Xu Yan didn't plan to stay in this square any longer, so he wanted to return to his small courtyard of Liuyun, but when he walked to the center of the square, he was intercepted by a group of disciples of the Chunzi Sect, and the leader of them was Zhou Xian, who had gone to the small courtyard to find him a trouble before.

Looking at Zhou Xian, who was already wearing the clothes of an elder, Xu Yan looked calm, and his heart was even more undisturbed, but he felt that the other party was blocking his way, which was really a bit ghostly, and he felt that it was quite an eyesore. On the other hand, Zhou Xian, when he saw Xu Yan looking at him, he always had that calm and calm expression on his face, so he didn't want to punch him in the face for no reason.

Zhou Xian had the lesson of the last time, and resisted the urge to beat people on the spot, but he couldn't help but sneer in his mouth: "Why is the thirtieth position of my Dao Dongzi faction always vacant, it turned out to be for you, surnamed Xu, this time I want to see if you can still hide behind women, you must not be eliminated early like the group of wastes in the Dongzi faction, otherwise if this son can't draw you by lottery, and can't teach you a lesson in the later promotion match, it will be a big disappointment." ”

Xu Yan had long known why the other party would spend so much thought on him, but he still couldn't understand the meaning of the provocation and ridicule with a strong yin and yang weirdness in the other party's mouth, after all, what could it be if he said a few unpleasant words in front of him?

Among cultivators, after all, it depends on who is stronger.

Xu Yan frowned, and suddenly asked, "Do you think that now that you have stepped into the fourth floor, you can go to the end?"

Zhou Xian obviously couldn't keep up with Xu Yan's novel brain, his face was stunned, and then he reacted to the meaning of the words in the other party's mouth, and couldn't help but be angry, but unexpectedly Xu Yan nodded to him immediately, and his face was much calmer than before.

Xu Yan looked at him, and suddenly said with a smile: "Then I want to wish you good luck." ”

After saying this, Xu Yan bypassed Zhou Xian and the others and walked straight towards the Liuyun Courtyard.

......

On the other side of the square, there was also a group of young handsome people gathered together, led by a handsome young man, but at this moment, his eyes were focused on Xu Yan, who was moving towards the periphery of the square, and his face was thoughtful.

After a long time, the young man came back to his senses when he heard someone talking to him next to him, only to hear the person next to him joke: "Senior brother, it seems that this week is obviously not a lesson, it is said that the trouble he went to find the little junior brother last time not only failed, but then he was blasted out of the small courtyard by a mysterious person, and completely became a laughing stock, but I didn't expect that only a few days later, he dared to come forward to provoke so unscrupulously, haha, it's also a hard bone." ”

When the young man heard this, he didn't laugh and echo with him, but just turned his head and glanced at the junior disciples who belonged to the same faction, with a playful expression: "This is really your lonely and unheard, don't say it's Zhou Xian, even if I meet the mysterious person in your mouth, it is estimated that I will be blasted out of the small courtyard without resistance." ”

Except for the person who spoke before, the many disciples gathered at this moment undoubtedly exclaimed in surprise after hearing this, and some people were even more incredulous: "No, I know the strength of Senior Brother, is that person an elder?" Senior Brother, do you know that mysterious person, or you can tell me." ”

For this question, the very handsome young man shook his head and replied with a smile: "I know her, but she doesn't know me, besides, I don't dare to reveal her identity privately, otherwise I won't have a good life in the future." ”

Faced with the young man's dumb riddle, everyone suddenly looked disdainful.

......

After Xu Yan returned to the Liuyun Courtyard, the time was close to noon, and he seemed to feel that he would return to the courtyard today, and the Cardinal was cooking lunch at this time.

Xu Yan walked to the patio, first went to the sink to wash his hands, and then smelled the fragrance wafting from the kitchen, he already felt a little hungry, after all, in the big array before, because the time inside itself was many times slower than the outside world, so that he was eating the dry food prepared for him by Zhao Bailian for nearly a month, although it was not said that he had already faded out of a bird, but it was indeed a little tired of eating.

Cultivators in the world, if they want to be truly transcendental, such as Bigu and the like, they must at least cultivate to reach the upper three realms before they can do so, because at that time, the sword cultivation in the body is already stable, as long as they absorb the aura of heaven and earth at all times and transform it into their own use, they no longer need to eat, but there are many sword cultivators in the upper three realms, because they are too greedy for the grains and grains in the world, as well as the delicacies of the mountains and seas, it is easy to cause unnecessary filth to their bodies.

When the cardinal saw Xu Yan walk into the kitchen, he was still lukewarm and cold, only caring about cooking by himself.

Xu Yan couldn't help but smile bitterly when he saw that she didn't want to take care of herself at all, but when he saw that she was beating eggs, a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, and he suddenly remembered a Tujia dish from the small village where he was born, and then he hurriedly took out a copy from the storage bag, and handed it to the cardinal from the silver monkey that he deliberately asked for from Zhao Bailian a few days ago, handed it to the cardinal and said: " This is the Ming Qian tea sent by Uncle Qiao under the mountain before, the quality is excellent, I specially asked the master for some, I thought that I would send it to you after chatting about things that day, but I didn't expect the master to take me to the mountain to practice swords, fortunately, I have been putting it in the storage bag, it should not be damp, you can take out a few slices to scrambled eggs, remember to add some water, this is a dish that my grandfather Xu often made for me when I was a child, you might as well try it. ”

Although she was suspicious of Xu Yan's proposal, the cardinal still reached out and took the tea handed over by the other party, the quantity was really small, probably only a few pots of tea, she knew that the man in the green shirt was very good in everything, but he loved tea like his life, almost never shared it with others, and was very stingy, so it was not easy for Xu Yan to get so much tea for her.

The cardinal's cold eyes eased slightly, but he wondered, "This tea ...... Can you really use scrambled eggs?"

Xu Yan nodded and smiled, and said truthfully: "At least I think the tea omelette is delicious, and this tea is not as green as the wild green in the mountains that I ate from Grandpa Xu's house back then...... Well, it should be good. ”

The cardinal hesitated for a moment, narrowed his eyes slightly, and said coldly: "I will believe you once, but if it is not delicious, you will eat the plate with eggs for me at that time." ”

When Xu Yan heard this, his face suddenly turned black, and he prayed in his heart, but don't make any mistakes, it's easy for him to eat a plate of eggs, but if he wants to eat a plate, even if he is a fourth-grade martial cultivator now, he doesn't have this ability.

Fortunately, the final outcome was quite good, and even the cardinal, who has always been an extremely picky eater, felt that this local dish tasted really good.

Xu Yan saw the cardinal take the last egg on the plate, and joked with a smile: "How about it, I didn't lie to you, right?"

The cardinal couldn't help but roll his eyes at this, pursed his lips and said disdainfully: "You're lucky this time." ”

Xu Yan smiled, and after she finished eating, she very consciously cleaned up the dishes and chopsticks and began to wash the dishes, but at the same time as he was washing the dishes, the cardinal suddenly asked him: "That set of four-character sword techniques, how are you practicing, are you confident that you can use it to fight the enemy in this selection competition?"

Xu Yan replied with a smile: "I am already very familiar with the moves, but I really can't sense the power of the sword spirit from the Fuyao, so when I use this set of sword techniques, I am much weaker in terms of power, but I originally relied on the ability to use the sword technique in the lower three realms, and in this selection competition, as long as I don't meet Zhou Xian's inner disciple who is much higher than me in advance, it should not be difficult to rank among the top twenty, and the master also passed on a set of sword skills to me on the mountain." ”

Cardinal stopped talking, but eventually nodded and didn't say anything more on the subject, and then asked, "How many times did you play in the first round?"

Faced with this question, Xu Yan immediately couldn't help but sigh, but did not answer.

Seeing this, the cardinal comprehended, "Isn't it the first?"

Xu Yan smiled bitterly.

Cardinal suddenly looked playful, "Then you're really stepping on shit." ”