Xu Yan, who had already returned to the Liuyun Courtyard after leaving the Lianwu Square, didn't know that after he used these two swords, he had already caused an uproar among the younger generation of Lotus Sect disciples, but even if he knew, he wouldn't say anything about it.

Feeling that Xu Yan had come back after leaving only a quarter of an hour or so, the cardinal, who was still reading in the patio, did not say anything, and buried himself in reading.

Xu Yan is accustomed to this, and after three years of getting along, he has long known that Cardinal has two hobbies, one is cooking, and the other is reading. Most of the books she reads come from the martial arts exercises of the Tibetan Scripture Pavilion, but they are not limited to sword techniques or sword scriptures, and even some martial arts cultivation techniques, which she can read with relish, but she has one thing in common when doing these two things, that is, she doesn't like to be disturbed.

About half an hour later, Cardinal finally finished turning the last page of the book in her hand, she glanced at Xu Yan, who had been waiting for her for half an hour, and did not forget to sigh in amazement: " This book says that a martial cultivator to the extreme, not only can open more than 300 points in the upper and lower parts of the body, but also can make the blood and qi in the body endless, and achieve the immortal body of King Kong. ”

Xu Yan knew that what she said to the extreme was referring to the nine-grade realm in this world.

Cardinal continued: "You say that the person who writes this fallacy is ridiculous, and if a man cannot even kill, is he invincible in the world?"

When Xu Yan heard this, he didn't know how to answer, although he used to be the 'old ancestor' of Wu Xiu's journey, and he also knew the truth of these descriptions, but he could no longer stand in that position to answer for the latter, but Xu Yan himself was sure that it was impossible for Wu Xiu to kill or not.

Thinking that more than 800 years ago, he had reached that point, and he was still almost completely wiped out? Of course, this was Xu Yan's calculation first, if it wasn't for that person's cooperation with the power of the rules of heaven and earth, the other party wanted to kill him on his own, which was indeed tantamount to a fantasy and a fool's dream.

Xu Yan groaned for a while, and then pretended to be suspicious: "There should be no one in this world who can't be killed, as long as they can completely destroy it in an instant, so that the other party doesn't even have a little residue left, then what else can they rely on to resurrect from the dead?"

Xu Yan seemed to think of something, and suddenly asked curiously, "Sister Hong, is this planning to practice martial arts?"

The cardinal shook his head, casually threw this martial arts practice book on the stone bench next to him, and said bluntly: "I'm not suitable for martial arts cultivation, I just like to watch these people who write books brag, besides, I only started martial arts cultivation now, and it's too late in time, and in the end, it is very likely that the gains outweigh the losses." ”

When Xu Yan heard this, he couldn't help but remember that when he was on the main peak, Zhao Bailian had told him that the latter had also tried to want sword martial arts practitioners, but because his own realm in sword cultivation had entered the upper three realms early, he could no longer open many tricks in his body and derive the true qi that belonged to martial arts cultivation alone, unless he recultivated his skills.

Xu Yan carefully pondered the description between the two words, and found that the original meaning they expressed was actually almost the same, and he was immediately shocked.

He suddenly looked at the cardinal in front of him and said in disbelief: "Sister Hong, is it ...... You've already stepped into the Upper Three Realms?"

Hearing this, the cardinal snorted angrily: "Do you think that the sword cultivation of the upper three realms is the cabbage grown by the farmers under the mountain?

Xu Yan didn't care about the ridicule in the other party's tone, but secretly breathed a sigh of relief, thinking in his heart that if the other party really became a sword cultivator in the upper three realms at this age, it would be too terrifying, after all, the other party was only two years older than herself, even if she started practicing swords since she was a child, it would never be possible to break through to the upper three realms in just over ten years. You must know that in the entire history of the Five States Continent, it took twenty years for the sword cultivator to break through to the upper three realms the fastest, and that person was the fifth-generation ancestor of the Lotus Sect who subverted everyone's definition of sword cultivation in the world.

Without waiting for Xu Yan to come back to his senses, the cardinal narrowed his clear eyes again, and then said to Xu Yan: "But I'm only a little short of the upper three realms. ”

When he said this, the cardinal did not forget to make an extremely smug gesture towards Xu Yan, that is, the kind of gesture that puts his thumb on the end of his index finger, and usually uses it to mock others for being bad or belittling others.

Seeing this, Xu Yan's face suddenly darkened, and he said secretly: Isn't this entertaining me?

But at this moment, it is one thing for him to be depressed, but more of it comes from the constant shock in his heart.

Xu Yan was silent for a moment before he said with a wry smile: "Then don't you have a chance to break through to the Upper Three Realms at any time?" As far as I know, even the fifth-generation sect master of our Lotus Sect, except for the few years when he was a child, it took him a full twenty years to break through to the Upper Three Realms since he started practicing swords, right?"

The cardinal glanced at him, sighed and said: "How can it be as simple as you say, although I have indeed reached the peak of the sixth layer in terms of cultivation, but in terms of the warmth of the Qi Mansion, it is still far from the real Upper Three Realms, besides, how dare I compare with the five generations of old ancestors, his old man has really only spent twenty years, and he has broken through to the Upper Three Realms without the help of any external force, I am not." ”

Xu Yan didn't get to the bottom of the details of the other party's cultivation, after all, this was the biggest taboo among every cultivator, but he suddenly remembered that in the heavenly domain where he used to be, there didn't seem to be the so-called 'lower, middle and upper' three realms of sword cultivation, so he asked suspiciously: "Actually, there is a question I have never understood, why in sword cultivation, there are three realms of 'lower, middle and upper', what is the meaning of this division?"

When the cardinal heard this question, when he looked at him, his eyes were completely like he was looking at a fool, but then he thought that Xu Yan's master was the elegant middle-aged man, so he had to sigh in his heart, what kind of master he really is, what kind of disciple will he teach.

Cardinal rubbed her head helplessly, a little unwilling to waste her lips and tongue to explain this most basic question, she hesitated for a moment before asking: "Then do you know that for sword cultivation, what is the most important point in the process of sword cultivation?"

Xu Yan was stunned, and said with some uncertainty: "For the cultivation of his own Qi Mansion?"

Cardinal nodded and said, "Yes, in short, it is to nourish qi." Therefore, every sword cultivator, when approaching the bottleneck between the 'lower, middle and upper' three realms, the qi in your body will undergo a qualitative change, just like you, even if you are still in the lower three realms, you already have a qi mansion in your body, but once you enter the middle three realms, this qi mansion in your body will be divided into two. As for when you break through from the Middle Three Realms to the Upper Three Realms, then a new Qi Mansion will be derived from your body again. ”

"In fact, this is essentially the same as when the world's martial cultivators break through from the third rank to the fourth rank realm, because only after breaking through to the fourth grade martial cultivation, after the body has opened nearly twenty points that can be connected in series, can the first true qi be derived. And after breaking through from the sixth rank to the seventh grade, they can derive the second true qi again, of course, after the seventh grade of martial cultivation, the internal points should have opened hundreds of places, so they can rely on these two true qi to swim all over the body, constantly refining the meridians, plus there are all kinds of external martial arts boxing, palm techniques and other exercises to practice, it is said that there are even people who can use the sword qi of sword cultivation to temper their bodies, so as to force their physique to reach the real like a copper wall. ”

Cardinal paused for a moment, and suddenly said with some meaning: "Compared to sword cultivation, in fact, people who practice in the martial arts should be much more difficult in the process of tempering their physique, hey, but there is no way, after all, many people can't even condense the first qi mansion, if they don't practice martial arts, they can only be an ordinary person." ”

When Xu Yan heard this, he just nodded very approvingly, but he never took the lead in mentioning the martial arts aspect, and then he spoke: "So you asked me to try to lay a solid foundation before breaking through the Middle Three Realms, and the implication is that I will be able to warm up this qi mansion in my body to the most condensed level, and then split it into two qi mansions, right?"

Cardinal nodded and replied: "That's exactly the truth, because only by raising that breath in your heart to the fullest, can you go the farthest in the future." ”

It's like when you do something, if you want to do it well, you have to do the best you have to prepare it beforehand. ”

Xu Yan replied: "Okay, I know, then next, Sister Lao Hong will continue to help me feed the sword, I can feel that every time I resist your sword qi, my three-story cultivation will be more stable, and my feelings for sword qi will be more profound." ”

"Even my body has strengthened a lot. But Xu Yan didn't say this.

......

Time flies.

After Xu Yan repeatedly endured the sword qi refining of nearly a hundred ways of the cardinal, the time came to the unitary hour of the next day.

Today's weather is still very good, and the sky is full of red clouds, but when Xu Yan stands in this fading dusk, standing in front of this beautiful and clear, he is not fascinated by such a beautiful scenery, because at this time, the second round of the selection competition is officially coming to an end, and this end also means that the third round of the draw is about to begin.

Sure enough, after the Border Elder counted the list of thirty disciples who had advanced to the third round, he took out two more bamboo tubes that had been prepared in advance.

Xu Yan was still the last to draw lots, but when he started to tear open the note wrapped around the bamboo stick, the linesman elder, who had always been cold, saw that he looked like he was secretly praying and hesitating, so he said angrily: "The two first games of the third round were taken away, don't worry about it." ”

When Xu Yan heard this, he tore the paper loosely.

I saw that the bamboo stick read, "The third round, the fifteenth." ”