Seeing Xu Yan's somewhat stunned eyes at the moment, Zhao Bailian, who had already lost the sword intent on her body, also looked at the sword cliff in front of her, with a hint of nostalgia in her eyes. The seven sword marks on this sword cliff had already been seen countless times in the more than ten years since he succeeded the Lotus Sect Master, but no matter how many times he looked at it, he would still feel awe-inspiring in his heart.

Zhao Bailian opened her mouth and asked, "Do you know who is the person who left these seven sword marks on the cliff?"

Xu Yan naturally had no way of knowing this answer, and shook his head.

Zhao Bailian took the initiative to explain: "This is the sword mark left by the eighth generation of my Lotus Sect Master, that is, my master. ”

When Xu Yan heard this answer, he instantly thought of something, and said with some astonishment: "Eighth generation sect master, isn't that the ...... fifty years ago?"

Zhao Bailian turned to look at him, nodded and said, "You guessed right, the decline of the Lotus Sect began with my master. ”

Xu Yan couldn't help but ask, "What happened back then that made the sect evolve into the situation it is today?"

Zhao Bailian sighed, looked up at the endless mountain in front of her, and said in a slightly trembling voice: "Actually, this is not an unspeakable secret, because my master suddenly fell on this main peak fifty years ago. ”

Xu Yan frowned and asked, "Just the fall of the master ancestor alone, shouldn't it make the entire sect so broken and hurt, right?"

Zhao Bailian glanced at Xu Yan with complicated eyes, and suddenly her face became a little cold and said: " Yes, it's just the fall of my master, and it's not like that, but after the fall of his old man, a long-hidden traitor appeared in the sect, that person is my master's junior brother, his strength is as high as the peak of the eight-story building, second only to my master, and then not only took away the most precious sword scripture of my sect, but also provoked a big war, and finally he relied on his own strength, at the cost of burning his own qi and blood, he forcibly raised the realm of his own realm to a nine-story building, and personally killed the four elders of the four sects of my sect, as well as more than a dozen elders with deep qualifications, so that overnight, the sword cultivation of the three realms of my lotus sect was completely killed and injured, and he also risked his life to take the Sword Sutra and escape from the Lotus Sect. ”

When Xu Yan heard this result, he couldn't help but sigh a little, such a loss, even for a big sect like the Lotus Sect, it was indeed an unbearable huge blow, and he continued to ask: "Then what about later, why does the Lotus Sect continue to decline, in the face of such a situation, someone in the sect should always stand up and clean up the mess." ”

Zhao Bailian's expression was gloomy, and he continued: "After this incident, naturally some people want to try to stand up and clean up the mess, but after the Lotus Sect has lost so much core power, it is already a little powerless with its own strength, and the most important thing is that about three months after this incident, the dynasty sent an envoy, asking our sect to send a large number of inner disciples and elders to the northern dry state to resist the beast tide that rushed south from the ice field. ”

"As one of the Sword Sects supplied by the Dynasty, I can't disobey the orders of the Dynasty, so far, the core strength of my Lotus Sect is equivalent to being completely emptied, so that those Sword Sects in Lingzhou have also begun to eyeing our Sect, wanting to take the opportunity to get a piece of the pie. At the beginning, it was okay, after all, the emaciated camel is bigger than the horse, and they are also the sword sects of the hundred mountain ancestors, most of them have just been newly built, but they can't compare with our sect, but in the following decades, and even to this day, those sword sects are still inserting disciples into the four factions of our sect through a steady stream of dark chess, so that the disciples who are originally the same sect have gradually become uneven, and each has a ghost. ”

Speaking of this, Zhao Bailian was already furious, and said angrily: " If it weren't for the mercenary of some people in the sect, those sects would not have had the opportunity to insert the disciples in the sect, but once this case is broken, it is destined to be out of control, and even some people do not hesitate to pay many benefits owned by the sect in exchange for the supplies given to him by other sects in order to become the master of the sect, which undoubtedly greatly increases the degree of decay of our sect, and at the same time, it also makes the later tenth generation of sect masters have to accept the Baishan Spring Hunt that they know is to deliberately weaken the strength of our sect. ”

After hearing this, Xu Yan didn't know how to answer at all.

After Zhao Bailian retracted her gaze, she calmed down the emotions in her heart and said: " In fact, as a teacher, and the junior brother of the teacher, was also one of the disciples who was transferred to the dry state by the dynasty, and then waited for my cultivation to reach the upper three realms, and then rushed back to the sect, but when I returned to the Lotus Sect again, I didn't expect that the sect had fallen to such an extent, and there was not even a sword cultivation in the upper three realms, so I had to go down, and I could only take over the position of the Lotus Sect Master after being a teacher, but compared with the time when everyone wanted to fight, now this position is very hot, after all, the sect has reached the point of exhaustion, and these old things that have become fine, it is estimated that no one wants to bear the charge of the death of the sect。 ”

Xu Yan suddenly felt a little sympathetic to his master, but he couldn't do anything about it.

Zhao Bailian suddenly smiled and said: "But they really want to replace my Lotus Sect, it's not as easy as they imagined, not to mention that the teacher is still alive, it is your appearance, and it is also the biggest opportunity that my Lotus Sect has encountered in the past few decades, that is, you appeared really late, if you can come five years earlier......"

Zhao Bailian paused for a moment, then laughed at herself and said, "No, maybe you appeared just right. ”

Xu Yan glanced at him with some doubts, and when the latter saw this, he smiled and said to him: "Originally, I didn't have time to tell you about these things, but since you asked, I will tell you everything, and after all, you are my personal disciple, and it is reasonable to know this." ”

Seeing Xu Yan nodded, Zhao Bailian patted him on the shoulder and said, " However, the Baishan Spring Hunt held once every three years will be held in a month, and I hope you can participate in it this time, and the reason is that the teacher will not hide it from you, first of all, it would be best if you could keep some interests for my Lotus Sect, and secondly, the result of this spring hunt is related to a year later, the Lingzhou cultivators will participate in the six major competitions held by the dynasty once in the twentieth year, if you can achieve good results in this competition, you can get the admission qualification of the Sword Martial Academy. ”

"Sword Martial Academy?"

"The Sword Martial Arts Academy is the best cultivation holy place in the Wuzhou Continent, built on the holy mountain of the Imperial City of Zhongzhou, where not only the most outstanding cultivation seeds in the entire Wuzhou Continent are gathered, but also there are the most comprehensive teachers in the whole world. ”

Hearing this information, Xu Yanruo said that it was impossible not to be moved, and he wished that his strength could improve quickly.

Seeing Xu Yan's pensive look, Zhao Bailian smiled with relief, "But if you want to come this far, you have to improve your cultivation a little more now, if you have a cultivation close to the middle three realms, you are barely qualified to fight, okay, that's it, the words have come to this, the teacher who should be said has also told you, and then it depends on whether you can seize this opportunity." ”

Zhao Bailian suddenly asked, "Do you know why the previous master only let you keep the sword, but did not pass on any sword skills to the enemy?"

Xu Yan didn't know why, and asked calmly, "Why?"

Zhao Bailian couldn't laugh or cry at Xu Yan's honest character, so she had to explain: "The sword that keeps you as a teacher just wants you and Fuyao to have a sense of each other, you know, as a famous sword in the world, it is like a ......"

"It's like a person, and there's the power of the sword spirit in it, right?"

Seeing that his master was a little stunned, Xu Yan chuckled and said, "These are what Cardinal told me, and she also said that the original owner of this Fuyao was already a cultivator of the Upper Three Realms when he was able to use the power of the sword spirit in it. ”

Zhao Bailian suddenly showed a wry smile, sighed and said, "She even told you this...... But she was right, the previous owner of this Fuyao was the fifth-generation sect master of my Lotus Sect, it can be said that his old man was the first person among the cultivators in the entire Wuzhou Continent, and it is said that he broke through the realm of the nine-story building back then and flew directly to the immortal realm, but in fact, except for the Wuzhou Continent, whether there exists in the immortal realm or not cannot be verified at all. ”

Xu Yan naturally knew that there was another Heavenly Domain, but he couldn't tell Zhao Bailian directly, so he had to nod his head to indicate that he knew.

At this moment, Zhao Bailian suddenly stretched out her hand, and the Fuyao, who was only obedient to Xu Yanyan, flew from behind him to the former's hand in an instant.

Zhao Bailian held the fuyao in her hand, turned her head to Xu Yan and said: "You are optimistic, for the master, I will pass you a set of sword techniques created by my master tonight, although it is not complete, but it is still enough for you to take it out to fight the enemy when you reach the upper three realms." ”

Zhao Bailian's eyes showed a trace of solemnity, and she said in a deep voice: "The name of the sword technique is called Seven Stars." ”