Lin Man'er slept for three days, during which the sloppy old man did not wake him up. At noon on the fourth day, Lin Man'er woke up and decided to go to Fenglan. The small courtyard where he lived was at the foot of the mountain, and there were no other courtyards around, not even a road.

Lin Man'er shuttled through the jungle, and after about half an hour, he seemed to be lost. When he was worried, he found that there was a courtyard above, and he didn't know how many times stronger the layout was than his small courtyard.

Lin Man'er rushed towards the courtyard above, and when he was about to get closer, he found that something was blocking his way. He reached out and touched it, feeling an invisible wall. Puzzled, I took a few steps back and wanted to rush over. However, as hard as he charged, he fell as badly.

Lin Man'er surged into his heart with great strength, took out the mourning sword and wanted to split it, but found that no matter what kind of sword qi he used, it would be absorbed, and then counterattack him. Seeing this, the white worm seemed to understand, and explained: "This is your human race's guardian formation, which is very powerful. ”

"So what should I do now?"

"Guardian formations generally have entrances, let's find the entrance!"

Lin Man'er snorted and looked for the entrance along the invisible wall. It didn't take long for him to spot a stone staircase. Walking up the stone steps, I saw an octagonal pavilion.

The octagonal pavilion was built by the Meizhou branch for the rotating disciples, and there were generally three disciples on duty for a period of one month.

Lin Man'er walked over, but was stopped by the disciple on duty.

"Stop." A male cultivator dressed in an inner disciple's uniform walked down from outside the pavilion.

Lin Man'er looked at him, with a sharp beak and a black mole on his chin, and a white hair growing on the black mole. pulled a stinky face, as if someone owed him much money.

"Who are you? Where did it come from? ”

Lin Man'er felt the urge to beat people when she heard his tone. However, after Ren Wushuang's affairs, he also learned to be patient. He replied immediately: "I am also a disciple of the Meizhou Branch, and I want to go up to find someone." ”

"Where's the disciple's waist card?"

Lin Man'er took out his outer disciple's waist card, and the man looked at it and said contemptuously: "Outer disciple? Didn't your master tell you the rules here? ”

"I just got the disciple's waist card, and no one has told me yet."

"Just got it? Are you a disciple of the assessment? Senior Brother Black Mole looked surprised, saw Lin Man'er nodding, and asked again, "This year, a total of thirty people have been accepted, and the lowest is also an inner disciple, how can you be an outer disciple?" ”

"I came out too late to catch up."

"That's not right, the eighteen disciples of the top three are not even ten ten, since you came out late, you shouldn't be in the ranks!" After a while, he asked, "How many points do you have?" ”

"One point."

Senior Brother Black Mole was stunned when he heard this, and when he reacted, he held his stomach and laughed. He pointed at Lin Man'er and said sarcastically: "One point? Even if you put a pig in it, you can arch it for four or five points, right? ”

Lin Man'er clenched her fists, and her breathing began to get heavier. Seeing this, Senior Brother Black Mole sneered: "What, you want to do it?" Come, just try it, and let me see the real power of this class of disciples. ”

"My points have been robbed."

"Oh? What did Senior Brother Cao and Senior Brother Pei do? ”

"It's not them."

"It's not them, who is that? Could it be Senior Brother Ren? Brother Black Mole laughed again as he spoke, as if he had used up all the smiles he had had for a year.

In the octagonal pavilion, there are also two rotating disciples. One of the female disciples heard the laughter and walked down.

"Senior Brother Cai, what's wrong?"

Cai Quan turned to look, pointed at Lin Man'er and said, "Senior Sister Qi Meng, come down, there's a fun guy here." ”

Lin Man'er was annoyed, this was obviously treating him as a monkey. Qi Meng understood the personality of this Senior Brother Cai, looked at Lin Man'er, and said in a soft tone: "Is there something wrong with you?" ”

"I want to go up and find someone."

"Do you have the waist card of the inner disciple?" Qi Meng asked.

Lin Man'er was just about to answer, when Cai Quan interrupted: "He has a fart waist card." Does my sister know how many points he scored in the assessment? One point, I laughed to death. ”

Qi Meng heard about the difficulty of this assessment, but did not laugh at it, and reassured: "It's good to come out alive." Who are you looking for, I'll help you know. ”

"I want to find Fenglan."

As soon as Cai Quan heard that he was looking for Fenglan, he sneered: "You want to find Senior Sister Feng?" Do you know that she worships under the dean's door, and you can't even see me, and you want to find her? Die this heart before it's too late! After that, he went back to the gazebo to rest.

Qi Meng also shook his head slightly, and explained: "Senior Sister Feng is a disciple of the lineage, and she worships under the dean's door, you can't see it." ”

"And how can I meet her?"

"At the very least, it's a core disciple, so it's possible to see it. Maybe you don't know, the rules here are very strict, and outer disciples are not allowed to go up the mountain without being summoned. The inner disciples are slightly better, but they only practice below the mountainside. Senior Sister Feng now lives in the Yingsong Hall on the top of the mountain, and she generally does not go down the mountain. ”

"What about Ren Wushuang?"

"Senior Brother Ren originally practiced above the mountainside, but because he was the top of this class and Elder Ding, he also practiced on the top of the mountain."

"Then how do you become a core disciple?"

"If you want to become a core disciple, you must first become an inner disciple. There are generally two ways to become an inner disciple. First, it is jointly recommended by the elders of the outer doors; The second is to win the first place in the assessment of outer disciples. In contrast, the former is more relaxed, and that's how I came up. ”

"How do I get referred?" Lin Man'er asked seriously.

"Two ways, the first is an amazing enough performance, and the second is ......" Qi Meng seemed a little embarrassed and couldn't say it for a while. After a moment's hesitation, he said in his ear, "Give a gift." ”

"What gifts?" Lin Man'er scratched his bald head, he really didn't understand.

Qi Meng saw him like this, and he also understood that it was impossible to give gifts, as for the amazing enough performance, it was just that. Well, now there is only a second way, but I'm afraid it won't either. After all, it is not easy to win the top spot among hundreds of outer disciples!

She looked at Lin Man'er and comforted: "As cultivators, we sometimes have to recognize reality. Maybe you used to know Senior Sister Feng, but now I advise you to let it go! ”

Lin Man'er heard the meaning of her words, shook his head, and said firmly: "I will not give up." "After that, I went down the mountain.

Qi Meng looked at his lonely back, his heart was touched, and he seemed to think of Ji Yunqing. It's just that she really can't help it! There are only two places for the promotion of outer disciples to inner disciples every year. He occupies the recommended place, and Ji Yunquan has only one way to win the top spot. However, with Ji Yunquan's strength, it is basically impossible.

Ji Yunquan was also like Lin Man'er, unwilling to give up, and promised that he would definitely become an inner disciple. Qi Meng asked him how long it would take, and Ji Yunquan fell into deep thought.

Oh time! It doesn't seem to be enough. In the end, Qi Meng gave Ji Yunquan three years, which was also the limit of what she could drag. After all, she is not alone, and there is the entire Qi family behind her.

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Lin Man'er returned to the dilapidated courtyard and saw that the sloppy old man was still turning over the soil in the vegetable garden, as if he couldn't finish it. He went up to greet him, and when he saw that the old man ignored him, he went back to the house. Thinking about what Qi Meng said, he muttered in his mouth: "Enough amazing performance." ”

Seeing that he was engrossed, the white worm reminded: "You only have one way to become an immortal now." ”

Lin Man'er woke up in shock, shook his head and said, "I'm only in the real realm now, I'm afraid I won't be able to catch up." ”

"Immortals are not only magic immortals."

A word woke up the person in the dream, Lin Man'er said happily: "That's right! I am now at the peak of the Great Sword Master, and I am one step away from being a Little Sword Immortal. ”

As soon as he said it, Lin Man'er began to think about ways to improve the realm of swordsmanship. After a long time, he seemed to think of it, that was the Wind and Thunder Sword Technique.

Feng Lan once told him that Song Hengchuang's Wind and Thunder Sword Technique has three layers, namely the Ru My Heart Sword, the Only Self Heart Sword and the Selfless Heart Sword. Each layer is divided into upper, middle and lower three realms, which correspond to the first to ninth grades of the immortal monarch.

It is worth mentioning that Song Heng only stayed at the second layer, that is, the self-only sword. As for the selfless mind sword of the third layer, he only put forward this concept, and even he himself has not yet reached it.

When Song Shi received the Wind and Thunder Sword Technique, Song Heng was only a fifth-grade Sword Immortal, and the sword technique of the second layer was not perfect enough, so he only passed it on to Song Shi to the first layer.

Although it is the first level, when it is practiced to the top level, it is enough to advance to the third-grade sword immortal, and even tend to be invincible in the same level. Of course, the premise is not to encounter pure sword cultivation. Although it is embarrassing to mention, it is also something that cannot be helped. The difficulty of pure sword cultivation is almost ten times that of law sword cultivation, and even the more you go to the back, the more difficult it is to advance to the next level.

Having said that, Lin Man'er took out the Wind and Thunder Sword Technique that Feng Lan gave him, but found that he couldn't see it at all. The Wind and Thunder Sword Technique is stored in a jade tablet, which can only be viewed through the Divine Sense. Lin Man'er sighed and put away the jade plate.

The white worm encouraged: "Don't be discouraged, as long as you become a sword immortal, you will naturally be able to use your divine sense." ”

Lin Man'er smiled bitterly: "The problem is that I have to become a sword immortal first. ”

It's like a dead knot that can't be untied.

The white worm asked rhetorically, "Didn't you learn the sword technique before?" Have you forgotten everything? ”

When Lin Man'er heard this, he patted his head and began to practice the first layer of the Wind Thunder Sword Technique. He first went through the general outline of the Wind and Thunder Sword Technique in his mind.

The wind is easy and thundering, the Yi is changeable, and the Song is scattered. Like the sword in my heart, when the sword is driven by the wind, the sword is like the wind; Like the sword in my heart, when the thunder is gathered and the sword is turned into a sword, the sword is like thunder; If I am the sword of my heart, I should give up the wind and thunder, and only my heart sword.

Lin Man'er thought about the content of the general outline, but unfortunately couldn't figure it out.

The white worm reminded again: "Combined with your experience in the Meishan Mountain Range, let's think about the general outline of the sword technique." ”

Lin Man'er calmed down and carefully reviewed what happened in the three days of the assessment. Then, a phrase popped up.

"I'm supposed to sneak up on that dog thing in the Batcave."

When the white worm heard this, he almost died of anger. He scolded: "You idiot, this emperor makes you think about the battle experience, not the dog thing." ”

Lin Man'er sighed and entered a state of meditation.