It took almost a day to successfully break through to the four-grade realm, Xu Yan still had no intention of stopping, but just as he was packing up his belongings and was about to continue climbing, a shocking flood swept towards him at the bottom of the mountain.

The person who came did not step on any flying sword, but relied on his own body, he could truly walk in the sky, which was undoubtedly a means to reach the upper three realms, and as for the martial arts cultivation in the world, it was only after reaching the seventh rank that he could do so.

When Xu Yan saw the white light from afar, he knew that it was his master Zhao Bailian, and he couldn't help but sigh, thinking in his heart, it seemed that it was impossible to raise the martial cultivation realm to the fifth rank again.

In the blink of an eye, Zhao Bailian had already rushed to Xu Yan's side, he stopped behind him, feeling the gray wind and mist blowing around him, and couldn't help frowning, but seeing that Xu Yan could stand in the wind safe and sound at the moment, the worry that mentioned his throat before gradually subsided.

Zhao Bailian, as an eight-story sword cultivator, naturally has a very unique vision, just a slight glance at the other party, he noticed the martial arts aura exuded by Xu Yan's body, but for this matter, he didn't have any old-fashioned opinions, but said in a serious tone: "The path you choose is not easy to take, you are worried that you will not be able to chew too much, you have to do it yourself." ”

Xu Yan thought that even if the other party would not get to the bottom of his martial arts practice, he would at least ask some questions in this regard, so in his heart, he had even thought of a set of rhetoric, but where did he think that the other party not only didn't care at all, but also didn't have the slightest surprise, just reminded him out of kindness, which made Xu Yan a little dumbfounded for a while, so he had to nod and say that he knew.

As if knowing the doubts in Xu Yan's heart, Zhao Bailian glanced up at the top of the main peak, but in fact, she couldn't see anything, because starting from the area where the red wind existed, the monotonous and dull gray color covered all the scenery above the peak.

Zhao Bailian suddenly said: "To tell you the truth, as a teacher, I also tried to ask for a fellow practitioner of sword and martial arts back then, but in the end I failed. ”

Seeing Xu Yan's slightly suspicious and curious eyes, Zhao Bailian then laughed at herself: "I originally thought that when my physique strengthened, for example, after reaching the seventh rank, I would be able to go to the top to find my master's bones, but I didn't expect that because my sword cultivation had entered the eighth floor too early, the qi in my body had already been finalized, and it was impossible to open the trick again, so when I practiced to the third rank and was about to step into the fourth grade, I found that in the crucial step of condensing the true qi, I could not succeed again, so I had to give up, unless, ...... Unless I am willing to disperse the qi in my body and disperse the cultivation in the way of the sword. ”

Xu Yan raised his sword eyebrows and said, "This is a bit too much to lose." ”

Zhao Bailian nodded in approval, and said: "Seeing that you can move freely under this strange wind now, without being stripped of your skin and flesh, you must have successfully broken through to the fourth grade, right? ”

Regarding the matter of martial arts cultivation, Xu Yan did not choose to hide it, and replied bluntly: "Well, it has just broken through, if it weren't for the master to come, I would be planning to continue to climb up to take a look." ”

Zhao Bailian shook her head and replied: "This matter will wait until the spring hunt is over to see if you have time, now the teacher has to pick you up from the mountain first, so that you can participate in the selection of the Baishan Spring Hunt, the teacher has arranged you in the list of the winter character faction, you only need to rank in the top 20 in this selection competition, but if you are interested in the rewards set by the sect, you might as well compete for the previous ranking, no matter how bad it is, it should be for the communication with the disciples of the major sects in the future, and warm up your hands in advance."

Xu Yan didn't have any opinion on this, so he prepared to follow Zhao Bailian down the mountain together.

Zhao Bailian didn't choose to waste time, and directly grabbed Xu Yan's arm, and immediately, the two of them rose directly from the ground.

By the side of the ears, the cold wind howled.

When the two of them flew to the sky above the Seven Star Pier, which was covered by the vast white snow, Zhao Bailian suddenly asked loudly, "Have you ever felt the true wonder of this great array?"

Xu Yan asked suspiciously, "Can you drive away the cold?"

Zhao Bailian couldn't cry or laugh, "How long have you been practicing swords in the formation before?"

"Twenty-three days. ”

"The teacher told you that it has only been five full days since the teacher sent you up the mountain to the current location that day. ”

Xu Yan's heart was stunned, and he thought to himself, no wonder Zhao Bailian hesitated when he introduced this big array at that time, and said that it would probably last for about 'a month', but now it seems that after this big array is activated, the time inside is about six times slower than that of the outside world.

However, before Xu Yan came back to his senses, the two of them had already come to the Lotus Sect's martial arts training square, and in the square at this moment, at a glance, there were hundreds of people gathered, among them, ninety percent were the most core inner disciples of the four sects in spring, summer, autumn and winter, there were only a few more than 20 people, and they were still outer disciples, and in addition, there was one person who was dressed and served by the elders prescribed by the sect.

This person is none other than Zhou Xian, a disciple of the Chunzi Sect who has entered the fourth floor in less than twenty.

......

After Zhao Bailian put down Xu Yan, she said to him: "Go to the linesman to draw lots, now it is estimated that only you have not drawn lots." ”

Xu Yan nodded and walked straight to the Linesman Elder.

However, as he walked all the way and passed by a few Chunzi Sect disciples gathered around him, he heard someone from the crowd on the other side say, "Senior Brother Ma, you really ...... this lottery It's really hard to know what to say, a full 120 lots, divided into two bamboo tubes, there must be 60 each, but you drew the first game of the first round. ”

When the Chunzi disciple surnamed Ma heard this, he looked at the bamboo stick in his hand with vermilion paint written 'First Round, First Field', and couldn't help but smile bitterly: "How did I know that my luck would be so stinky, but it doesn't matter, anyway, a few of us are also one of the few outer disciples in this selection competition, if we really want to fight against these inner disciples, our chances of winning are not great, and we will be eliminated sooner or later, I just hope that it will not be too ugly." ”

Hearing what the young man surnamed Ma said, a rather heroic woman next to him was unconvinced: "Senior Brother Ma doesn't have to be so arrogant. ”

She glanced at the inner disciples of the Chunzi Sect who were looking at Zhou Xian in the distance, and then said disdainfully: "These people just occupy more cultivation resources than us on weekdays, and they have only reached the third floor, if we really want to talk about cultivation and combat experience, we are not worse than them, and if we hadn't offended the surnamed Zhou before, we would have been inner disciples a long time ago, I want to see which one is stronger and weaker when I face these inner disciples." ”

......

After hearing this woman's cruel words, Xu Yan, who was walking aside, couldn't help but turn his head to look at her, but it was only that, he didn't pay much attention to it, but he realized in his heart that it seemed that among the disciples who belonged to the same faction, not everyone gathered together.

Immediately, he walked to the position of the linesman, and after explaining the reason to the other party, he began to draw the bamboo stick, but it was obvious that he did not need to draw the lot at all, because in the two huge bamboo tubes, only the last bamboo stick was left.

Xu Yan picked up the bamboo stick, glanced at the words on it, and suddenly had a shit on his face, if it weren't for the linesman elder staring coldly at the entire lottery process, he even doubted that this kind of lottery was deliberately made by someone.

The linesman elder took in Xu Yan's expression, and just said in a cold voice: "Quickly report your number, and the old man will record it." ”

When Xu Yan heard this, he replied: "The first round, the first game." ”

After hearing that it was this number, the hand of the linesman who was holding the pen couldn't help but pause.