"Didn't you say six months? Why did it end a month earlier? ”

As soon as he returned to the ice and snow, he heard a familiar voice from the sea of knowledge, and Xu Yan could only helplessly reply: "Will you wake up too quickly, aren't you sleeping?"

When Xiao Cai heard this, he suddenly said angrily: "I am cultivating in a deep sleep, but I am not advancing, the temperature difference between the inside and outside the formation is so big, of course I woke up in an instant, if I don't have this consciousness at all, how can I survive?"

Xu Yan's understanding of the Colorful Swallowing Python comes mostly from the "Classic of Mountains and Seas of the Five States", but it only records their main characteristics, as well as the habits of medicinal materials, such as perceiving changes in the surrounding environment, and other small knowledge, he naturally does not know much.

So, Xu Yan could only shake his head in the end, and did not delve into this issue, but replied truthfully: "I have to take advantage of the remaining few days to continue to climb up to refine my martial arts physique, so there is no time to continue cultivating below." ”

When Xiao Cai heard this, he immediately asked curiously: "You can refine your martial arts physique above, have you been here before?" But except for the big array, don't you only have a few days left, is it too late?"

Xu Yan was not impatient in the face of this series of questions, and explained back one by one: "Well, I have been here once before, as for whether I can break through the five-grade realm and reach the six-grade realm in five days, I am not very sure, but this opportunity is rare at the moment, and it is likely that there will be no such opportunity in the future, so I have to go up again." ”

"What's up there, how high is the mountain, how I feel it's just getting colder and thinner. ”

"I don't know how high this mountain is, and no one has ever climbed it, but it's not always as calm as we see it now, and you'll know the outcome when we climb a little further. ”

"Hey, you're really boring, it's time for you, and you still like to sell off. ”

“......”

It was only an hour and a half later.

Xu Yan took Xiaocai, and in this snowy ice and snow world, he once again came to the height of the main peak of nearly 4,000.

Here, there was no doubt that it was the position where he had broken through to the four-rank realm before, that is, within the range of the second-level red wind.

Without Xu Yan to speak, Xiao Cai had already poked out her snake head at this moment, she glanced around, and with those colorful eyes, she took a serious look at this gray and slightly aggressive strange wind, and asked with some surprise: "What kind of wind is this, how can it have such a strong destructive power?"

Xu Yan replied: "Yes, I rely on this gray red wind, it is divided into six levels, and this is only a second-level area, but as the altitude continues to increase, it is estimated that its wind power will gradually increase, my previous cultivation is not high enough, and I have only reached the current position, so I don't know what is on it, so I can only climb up and see." ”

"Then keep climbing, but even if this red wind has a lot of destructive power, how can you use it to temper your physique?" Just after Xu Yan set off again, Xiao Cai suddenly asked him again.

Xu Yan didn't answer this question positively, he just sighed and said, "You'll know later." ”

Almost another hour passed.

Xu Yan and Xiao Cai rose to a height of about three hundred zhang again in the red wind, here, the color of the red wind was extremely deep, and it was almost impossible to see anything beyond three zhang with the naked eye, and at the same time, Xu Yan could also clearly feel that in this kind of red wind that reached close to the fourth level, a random gust of wind blew like a sharp blade slashing at him.

Xu Yan controlled his martial arts true qi all the way, forming a thick armor to protect himself, without revealing even a single gap, and Xiao Cai in his cuffs, after feeling that the wind power in his current position had become so terrifying, he was undoubtedly a little worried and said: "Xu Yan, is the red wind at this height a little too powerful?" If you withdraw the martial arts true qi that is protected outside your body, it is estimated that countless pieces of minced meat will be cut off by them in an instant, or let's go down a little bit." ”

Hearing Xiaocai's worries, Xu Yan also thought deeply about this, but with his current realm, if he wants to improve quickly in a short period of time, the third-level red wind about 100 zhang below is obviously not enough, only the current red wind of about level 4 can have a significant effect.

Therefore, Xu Yan finally shook his head with a solemn face, and replied: "No, although the danger level here is quite high, I don't have much time, since I have made up my mind to achieve something quick in a short time, then I can only choose the coexistence of danger and opportunity." Without waiting for Xiao Cai to answer, Xu Yan continued: "What are you planning in your heart, do you want to come out and cultivate together according to the transformation method I taught you?" Even if you don't need to refine your body, the aura of heaven and earth here is about twice as rich as the location of the Seven Star Pier below, and it is a rare cultivation treasure land for you." ”

Xiao Cai hesitated for a moment, then said: "Okay, then you let me out, although this kind of red phoenix looks quite lethal on the surface, but after I reached the sixth level, I haven't tested how strong my body strength is, I want to see if it can break the snake scales." ”

When Xu Yan heard this, he nodded and replied, "Well, I'll let you out now, you remember to be careful." ”

As he spoke, Xu Yan had already controlled his martial arts true qi, revealing a hole the size of an index finger from the cuff, Xiao Cai saw this, and did not hesitate to drill out of the hole, and only when her body was completely in the red phoenix did she restore her body to its true size.

The huge python body that is dozens of feet long, if it is seen by ordinary people in the market, it will undoubtedly be frightened and faint directly, but Xu Yan is not surprised by this.

A wind mixed with dark gray approached rapidly from a distance, and it happened to hit Xiaocai's body that had just appeared outside, and then, after the two came into contact head-on, there was a crisp sound of "bell".

A burst of sparks flashed from Xiaocai's snake scales, Xu Yan opened his eyes and looked, but he didn't see any wounds on Xiaocai's part after being hit by the red wind.

For such a result, Xu Yan was amazed, but also secretly relieved for her, sure enough, as a spirit beast between heaven and earth, their advantages in the system are still too obvious, there is no doubt that Xiaocai at this moment, when it is still level five, the strength of the body has more than doubled.

Xu Yan secretly thought to himself, if before, he had faced her who had reached the sixth level spirit beast, then he would have no chance to fight her at all, and finally fight to an equal end.

"Hey, this red wind doesn't seem to be very powerful, it can't break through my defenses at all. ”

When Xu Yan heard this, he immediately smiled bitterly, this is really what he can't compare, but Xiaocai can have such a strong and unrivaled physique, which is also a good thing for him, because in this way, he can completely rest assured that he can devote his attention to refining his body, just let her help protect the Dharma by the side.

So, Xu Yan pondered for a moment before he spoke: "Then you can cultivate next to me, and help me protect the Fa by the way." ”

Xiaocai has no opinion on this, and responds well.

Seeing Xiao Cai entrench himself together, like a small mountain, and immersed himself in cultivation in an instant, Xu Yan also did not hesitate, he took a deep breath, and finally took a second look at the red wind that was constantly blowing around him, and then operated the healing method in the long bible in his body, and at the same time, he also controlled the martial arts true qi guarding outside his body, and all of it was withdrawn into his body.

Whew!

The sound of the red wind was constantly whistling in my ears, and the gray wind and mist surrounded the periphery of this main peak, constantly dancing wildly, and if it were not for the fact that the red wind did not carry any of its mud and sand, it actually looked like a strong storm originating from the desert.

"Wow"!

In the moment when the True Qi defense faded.

Xu Yan's abdomen directly appeared with a deep wound that could be seen to the bone, and the wound looked slender and cold, as if it had been slashed through it by a long knife. Xu Yan felt the pain coming from the wound, and still couldn't help but gasp for it, this cruel body refining posture is undoubtedly a kind of posture similar to self-harm, of course, its effect is also the most direct and effective.

Xu Yan gritted his teeth, and immediately controlled the healing method to gather on the wound and treat it, but standing under the storm, no matter how fast it healed, it couldn't catch up with the speed of destruction, because almost every breath, several sharp wounds would be left on his body.

In the blink of an eye, Xu Yan had already been blown by the fourth-level red wind blowing in front of him, and almost none of them seemed to be complete, but at the same time, he was also using the square qi he had used to continuously run the healing method in the long bible in his body, so that this secret technique could continue to heal the injuries on his body, so that the blood that appeared on his wounds could be avoided and would not overflow.

Time passed quickly in Xu Yan's cruel body refining mode, and by the time he first stopped from his cultivation to rest, a full two days had passed, however, even if his body had been cut by the fourth-level Chifeng I don't know how many times, he still couldn't be like Xiao Cai, who could completely ignore the damage that Chifeng brought him.

Red winds are divided into six levels.

The first to fourth level of the red wind can refine the martial cultivation physique of the sixth-grade realm at the highest, which is no exception for Xu Yan, but in just two days, it is wishful thinking to directly enter the sixth-grade realm from the middle of the original five-rank realm.

So, after two days of refining his body, Xu Yan stopped to eat some dry food to satisfy his hunger, and drank a few sips of water to replenish his water, and then immediately plunged into cultivation, because for him, time was indeed a bit urgent, and he could not afford to waste extravagance.

The red wind was still blowing, like the river of time, it never stopped, and in the blink of an eye, it was the fifth day after Xu Yan came here to cultivate.

"Zheng" sound!

It was like the sound of a blade slashing on a boulder, but the real situation was the sound of a fourth-level red wind blowing on Xu Yan's body.

Xu Yan felt this scene, and finally slowly exhaled a breath of turbidity.

Cultivating to this day, the tenacity of his physique has undoubtedly made a breakthrough by leaps and bounds, and it can even be said that as long as he can make the fourth-level red wind completely unable to leave the slightest wound on his body, then he is equivalent to having a sixth-grade physique.

However, martial cultivation is different from sword cultivation, because even if they are the first to reach the next realm physically, if the tricks in their bodies have not been fully opened, then they will not really reach that realm.

Xu Yan speculated that he was now about two hours away from the twilight fall, so he did not hesitate, and immediately selected a brand-new body refining fist method from his long Bible, and then while running the fist technique, he pushed the martial arts true qi in his body, and launched a fierce impact in the meridians towards those knots that had not yet been opened.

In everyone's body, there are more than 300 trick points, Xu Yan cultivated the martial arts to the middle stage of the five-rank realm, and he had already opened nearly fifty trick points in his body, but this is still far from the six-rank realm, because he had to open the new trick points to about eighty at least before he could successfully cultivate the martial arts and truly break through to the six-rank realm.

As the martial arts realm gets higher and higher, there will undoubtedly be more and more tricks that need to be opened in each layer of cultivation in the future, and it will become more and more difficult, but Xu Yan is not too worried about this, after all, he has already walked on this road once, and he has also reached a point where others are difficult to reach.

Just when Xu Yan's eyes were closed and he began to operate the boxing technique, around him, there was an incomparably thick fist intent quietly condensed around him, this kind of aura was obviously a big change compared to him before he went up the mountain, but he didn't care about it, because what he cared about at this time was only his martial arts true qi, whether he could successfully open the remaining thirty or so tricks at one time, and let him enter the six-rank realm in one fell swoop.

Time continued to pass non-stop, half an hour passed in a flash, Xu Yan had successfully opened nearly twenty new tricks at this moment, overall, in the case of the first breakthrough in his physique, the difficulty of opening the tricks would be correspondingly much less, so he didn't feel much more fortunate about this result, but it was reasonable.

He didn't stop at all, continued to run his fist technique, and then used the martial arts true qi in his body to launch an impact on the tricks in his body like a torrent, but as he got closer and closer to the six-rank realm, he also began to find that the last remaining almost ten tricks were more difficult to break than the previous twenty or so tricks combined.

Half an hour's time flashed away again, according to Xu Yan's budget, at this time, it was already about the unitary hour, as long as there was another hour, when it reached the time of the unitary, then the sky would be close to dark, so he had to rush back to Qixingdun in the last hour. After all, no matter what, he couldn't let Chen Qinghe and Gu Xueqing wait for him in place, if they didn't have the blessing of the Seven Star Array, they would be covered with ice and snow in an instant, the two of them as a sword cultivator, although their physique was definitely much better than that of ordinary people, but Xu Yan couldn't be sure that they could completely resist the cold at such a height.

But fortunately, at this moment, Xu Yan has already opened seventy-six points all over his body, and there are only four points left at the distance of eighty.

Can it be done in an hour's time to open the last four tricks? Xu Yan is not sure about this, but instead of constantly thinking and speculating, it is better to verify this result with practical actions, which is Xu Yan's criterion.

Time rushed away like flowing water every minute and second.

Xu Yan controlled the martial arts true qi to rampage through his body with all his might, but it was a pity that after reaching this point, he wanted to break through a new trick in a short period of time, but he couldn't do anything.

A quarter of an hour passed.

After sprinting hundreds of times, Xu Yan finally broke through a new trick.

He exhaled heavily, but there was a hint of determination in his deep eyes, and then he struck again.

Choosing to break through when the aura of heaven and earth is so strong, Xu Yan naturally didn't want to miss it, and he couldn't miss it, so after he snorted, his face instantly turned red and bulged like a frog, and he once again rushed open a new trick in his body.

This time, however, he spent two full quarters of an hour in the world.

In such a race against time, Xu Yan was still two tricks away from breaking through to the six-rank realm, but there was only the last moment left in time.

Can he really do it?

No one knew about this answer, not even himself, but the end result was that he ended the breakthrough in defeat after risking the bleak situation of being forcibly wounded and bleeding at the expense of bleeding at the end of the last two points. Because at the last moment, he did succeed in opening the trick in this way, but he only opened one of the two tricks, and as for the remaining one, it was completely hopeless in a short time.

In the end, Xu Yan could only sigh helplessly, and then woke up Xiaocai, who was sleeping, and left here together.

It is said that it is easy to go up the mountain and difficult to go down, but for Xu Yan, who is in a hurry, there is no such saying, because after leaving the area blown by the red wind, he slid his body towards the snowy mountain, and then quickly slid down the steep snow peak.

Just an hour later, Xu Yan returned to the location of the Seven Star Pier, and immediately found that sure enough, Chen Qinghe and Gu Xueqing had stopped cultivating at this moment, but both of them were shivering from the cold here in order to wait for him.

Xu Yan didn't exchange too many pleasantries with them, just said a simple hello, and the three of them quickly descended the mountain from the mountain road of Qixingdun.