The Lotus Sect is entrenched on the Lotus Peak, which is the heaviest rocky peak of the Hundred Mountain Ancestors, and the reason why it is described as a heavy rock is because the Lotus Peak is not just a mountain peak, but in addition to one of the main peaks with a high altitude that is almost about to go straight into the sky, there are 32 large and small mountains around it.

Thirty-two peaks with their own styles, after several generations of development and inheritance of the sect, they were all developed and used, therefore, they were later collectively called Little Lotus Peak, of which each of the eight peaks is a faction, completely according to the sect of disciples under the sect.

Since the fifth generation of the sect master, the disciples of the Lotus Sect have been divided into four factions, and the faction is named after 'Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter', and is led by four senior elders with high moral integrity. For example, the two Zhou Mi and Luo Tong, who had died in the hands of Xu Yan, were the most powerful Chunzi sect disciples in the sect today.

However, if you want to talk about the origin of the name of this faction, you have to mention the thirty-two small lotus peaks outside the main peak, they are distributed in a staggered manner, some high and some low, so between the mountains, even in the same season, the temperature is very different, so that the mountains and wild plants that grow in the middle show a gorgeous scene like the four seasons coexist. With the beautiful scenery brought by this mountain wonder, Little Lotus Peak has gained the reputation of 'one mountain has four seasons and ten miles of different days' from some amazing literati and artists who are not lacking in amazing talents.

The fifth-generation sect master of the Lotus Sect at that time, also after hearing this 'good name', only on a whim, divided the tens of thousands of disciples under his seat into four factions with the theme of the four seasons, which can not only achieve better management, but also maintain the meaning of competing with each other and encouraging each other between the factions.

It's just that he probably didn't expect that after an interval of one hundred and fifty years, the name that he chose at random would still be used to this day.

Zhao Bailian, the current master of a sect, is already the thirteenth generation of the sect master, compared to the ten thousand people in charge of the fifth generation of the sect master at that time, it has long been incomparable, because the current Lotus Sect, in the four factions of spring, summer, autumn and winter, in addition to the four senior Taishang elders, the number of people in each faction is only five or six hundred, including more than ten ordinary elders, one hundred inner disciples, as for those outer disciples who have just entered the cultivation, even if the entire sect is combined, there are probably only more than two thousand people.

Nuoda is a Lingzhou, with a population of nearly 10 million, as the Sword Sect (the other is the Martial Sect) in the 'One State and Two Sects' that has been supported by the Great Zhou Dynasty, the current scale of the Lotus Sect is no longer up to the standard, although part of the reason is that the Chenyang Sect, another martial arts sect exclusively supplied by the dynasty, has attracted a large number of local cultivation seeds in Lingzhou, but the real pressure of the Lotus Sect actually comes from the rapid rise of other Sword Sects, which are also the ancestors of the hundred mountains.

For example, the 'Yunlan Sect' of Xuanshan in the Qing Dynasty and the 'White Crane Sword Village' of Feiyanling all belong to the newly rising Sword Sect in the past ten years, but their development speed has sprung up like mushrooms after a rain, extremely rapid, although in Lingzhou, compared with the Lotus Sect with the longest inheritance, they still have a big gap, but no one can predict that according to their current momentum, it will take the status of the Lotus Sect to replace it and become the Sword Sect for the next dynasty.

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Xu Yan returned to the Lotus Sect, first went to the Mission Pavilion and hurriedly explained the reason for the trip, and then returned directly to his residence, Liuyun Courtyard.

The small courtyard was built on the main peak of Lotus Peak, not far from the residence of Sect Master Zhao Bailian. As we all know, on the main peak, the aura of heaven and earth is very strong, and it is a rare treasure place for cultivation, which is much superior to any small lotus peak around, but there is a rule in the Lotus Sect that makes the disciples quite helpless, that is, in addition to the sect master, only the personal disciples under his seat are qualified to settle on the main peak for a long time.

Unlike the previous Sect Master, who had widely accepted personal disciples, the current Lotus Sect Master, Zhao Bailian, only recruited one personal disciple. This disciple has a unique 'Heavenly Spirit Root' physique, and people with this physique are not only much faster than ordinary people in their cultivation, but it is also said that they can naturally sense flying swords.

Three years ago, there was a young man from the foot of the mountain, who had just entered the sect, according to the convention, all the new disciples had to go to the sword pool and choose a long sword as their future cultivation weapon, but before this young man could make a choice, the sword in the sword pool had been sealed for nearly fifty years, and as one of the top ten famous swords in the Wuzhou Continent, 'Fuyao', he recognized himself and took the initiative to choose this young man, making him famous in the entire Lingzhou realm and stealing the limelight.

This young man is none other than Xu Yan.

In the blink of an eye, three years have passed, and Xu Yan after receiving the Fuyao has indeed reached the realm of the second floor early, as people expected, such a cultivation speed is not unfast, and most importantly, he has just come of age.

You must know that as the first person among the inner disciples of the Lotus Sect today, Chen Qinghe, the eldest disciple of the Xia Zi Sect, took five full years to step into the second floor.

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After Xu Yan returned to the small courtyard, he found that the 'maid' who was only in charge of his diet was not in the courtyard at the moment.

The maid's name is Cardinal, she has a beautiful face, and she has a pair of very heroic sword eyebrows, which are very similar to Xu Yan's eyebrows, but the most memorable thing is her big eyes, clean and clear, not stained with smoke and dust, as if accumulating a hundred mountains and ancestors, all the green mountains and beautiful waters together are natural and clean.

For the cardinal, Xu Yan didn't know what kind of feelings he had, before him, he was arrogant, so naturally the relationship with him would not be too close, and although she was a maid, he didn't dare to call her like a child of the family called a maid, the reason was that the latter's strength was much higher than him. But how many there are are unknown.

Therefore, without knowing it, Xu Yan was undoubtedly cleaned up by her extremely violently once, and since then, Xu Yan will not take the initiative to trouble her unless necessary, and the latter has always been elusive, except for appearing during the time period of three meals a day, she can hardly be seen, as if she disappeared out of thin air.

After Xu Yan returned to the room where he lived, he went to the pool in the courtyard to fetch a bucket of water, then took off his shirt and began to wipe his body, although the wounds on his body had healed in the tip of the yellow hair with the help of that drop of blood, but the blood stains on his body had not had time to be cleaned.

Soon, a bucket of clean water was completely stained red by the blood that had been wiped off his body, and he had to replace it with a bucket of clean spring water.

At this time, because it was early spring, and the sect was established on the mountainside of about 2,000 meters of the peak, the temperature of the Lotus Sect was extremely low at dusk, and on the lawn of the courtyard where Xu Yan lived, the snow falling in the first month could still be vaguely seen. Although he has now officially stepped into the grotesque cultivation mode of sword and martial arts practitioners, and his physique has reached the so-called three-grade realm of martial arts, he still feels that when the spring water rubs against his body, the bone-chilling coldness makes him shiver.

So, Xu Yan, who was taking a bath, was shaking his body, and he kept blowing cold air in his mouth, looking pitiful, but he didn't know that on the third floor of the attic where he lived, in the room that belonged to the maid alone, this elusive cardinal was staring at him in a daze at the moment.

On her face, there was a little playfulness, but there was no shyness.

I have to say that Xu Yan's figure is actually quite good, first of all, he has a slender body, a very tall stature, and a well-balanced proportion, plus the cultivators are already hard, so on him, there is no excess fat at all, and his face is very handsome, with sharp edges and corners, and three-dimensional facial features.

It's just that as a cultivator, it is impossible to attract the opposite sex by appearance alone, after all, this is a world of the jungle, if you don't have enough strength, not to mention whether you can protect your favorite object, or whether you can live safely, it's a big problem.

After a quarter of an hour or so, Xu Yan finally cleaned the blood stains on his body, he was naked, and his lower body was still wearing trousers, in broad daylight, even in the small courtyard where he lived alone, he would not shamelessly take off his clothes, and he always felt that there always seemed to be a pair of eyes staring at him invisibly.

So, after Xu Yan returned to his living room, he took off the trousers that had been wet by the spring water and put on a set of clean clothes, but before he could wash the bloodstained robe, outside this small courtyard that had been ignored for three years, there was a group of young sect disciples who came uninvited.

The cardinal in the attic on the third floor had already seen this group of disciples through the pane, and when she saw the leader of the team clearly, the pair of heroic sword eyebrows couldn't help but raise slightly, but then she was relieved and muttered to herself: "The current disciples of the Chunzi Sect are already strong enough to dare to come to the main peak to stir up trouble? ”

Just as the so-called people did not arrive, the sound arrived first, and this group of disciples of the Chunzi Sect was still outside the gate of the small courtyard, and the person who led the group shouted angrily: "The surname Xu, come out and die!"

Xu Yan, who was about to wash his clothes, heard this, and couldn't help his sword eyebrows slightly, then put down the wooden basin in his hand, got up and came to the patio outside the residence, only to find that in the patio, there was already a group of young sect disciples.

At a glance, there were more than a dozen people, including men and women, all of whom were carrying long swords, each with their own style.

Xu Yan took a general look and found that they all had the same kind of waist tag hanging on their bodies, and the waist tag was engraved with an eye-catching word 'spring'. There is no doubt that this group of young disciples who came to find fault with each other were all from the Chunzi Sect, and it could be seen from their attire that they were all inner disciples of the Chunzi Sect.

In the face of this group of fellow disciples who were so excited, Xu Yan's face remained unchanged, and he casually glanced at the person at the head of the team, who was Zhou Mi's cousin, that is, Zhou Xian, whose talent was second only to him. Looking at the other party's iron-blue face, Xu Yan knew in his heart, but he asked knowingly on his face: "Senior Brother Zhou, you brought a large group of people to my Liuyun Courtyard, I don't know what you want?"

Zhou Xian's face showed a fierce face, and he said sharply: "Xu Yan, you killed my cousin Zhou Mi on the tip of the yellow hair, what are you pretending to be ignorant!"

When Xu Yan heard this, even his face turned cold, and he said in a deep voice: "Senior Brother Zhou, you have to be reasonable when you speak as a person, and when you come up, you will give me a big hat that kills my fellow disciples, is this to deceive me with weak strength? Your cousin Zhou Mi died at the hands of the Demon Rock Fierce Tiger, I have already explained this matter clearly to Elder Sun of the Mission Pavilion when I returned to the sect, and Senior Brother was also present at that time, what's the matter, didn't Senior Brother Zhou even believe Senior Brother's words?"

Zhou Xian was speechless for a while, but he still said strongly: "Senior brother is upright, although he disdains to lie, but you Xu Yan is just a two-story cultivator, not to mention my cousin Zhou Mi and Luo Tong, but a real three-story sword cultivator, that is, among the five people who traveled this time, the senior brother and his younger brother Chen Qingshan were both seriously injured and returned, and my cousin and Luo Tong died tragically in the barren mountain, but why can you be a two-story sword cultivator all the way to be safe? Don't you think it's difficult to be convincing in this matter?"

Xu Yan's face was ugly, and he said coldly: "So, Senior Brother Zhou is doubting my strength?"

Zhou Xian said unusually directly: "Yes, you are a two-story sword cultivator, and you can retreat from the hands of the Demon Rock Fierce Tiger, I naturally don't believe it." ”

Xu Yan's tone was indifferent, "So what?"

Zhou Xian replied disdainfully, his eyes narrowed slightly, and he didn't see the slightest movement on his body, but the long sword he was carrying trembled violently, and then, he only heard a soft shout from his mouth: "Disease!"

The long sword flew out of the scabbard in an instant, stabbing directly at Xu Yan in the courtyard.

Zhou Xian watched the long sword fly out before he said slowly: "So I'll take a look, do you have the capital to retreat from the angry claws of the third-level spirit beast." ”