Holding the sword and holding the sister away

After several months of absence, Fu Yan and his party finally returned to Shuanghua Palace in the Southern Region.

Looking at the aura-rich sect below, the disciples and elders on the puppet boat couldn't help but relax one after another. They greeted Fu Yan and were led by Yi Tu and Liu Tong to rest.

Fu Yan raised her eyes and glanced at the twelve peaks of Shuanghua Palace, and suddenly felt the aura of an unfamiliar Mahayana master.

She couldn't help but pause, it seems that in the past few months when she was away, Shuanghua Palace welcomed a new peak master, Fu Yan was not too curious, after all, Lu Xiaowen probably wouldn't let people play tricks in front of her eyes thought.

After lightly withdrawing her gaze, Fu Yan turned her head to look at Shui Liuqing and Ji Xian: "Go down."

"Yes." The two jumped off the spirit boat without delay.

Fu Yan followed closely behind and flashed out, then raised her eyes to stare at her spirit boat and waved it, and took it back in the blink of an eye, and then they went straight back to the main hall of Shuanghua Palace.

Lu Xiaowen seemed to have already noticed the return of the crowd, and was leading a few people to sit in the hall and waited. Seeing Fu Yan's figure walk in, the people beside him couldn't help but stand up one after another.

"Meet the Palace Master."

Fu Yan nodded, but didn't say much, and went directly to the front of the hall.

"Is this trip going well?" Lu Xiaowen didn't make any movements, but raised his eyes to look at Fu Yan who looked a little tired and said.

Fu Yan sat down quietly, and replied: "It's going well, only one disciple died."

Lu Xiaowen was startled for a moment, but he didn't say anything more. In fact, he was already prepared for the result of losing the two of them. Looking at it now, it was actually quite unexpected.

After all, the experience at the bottom of Youxin Lake this time is not that simple, and I am afraid that all major forces have suffered a lot.

In the following time, Fu Yan's conjecture just now was confirmed by Lu Xiaowen's mouth. Their Shuanghua Palace has a new peak master. The strength was originally at the Great Consummation stage, and it happened to break through the Mahayana stage a month ago. , is still retreating and adjusting breath.

Not only that, during this period of time, Shuanghua Palace has recruited a lot of good seedlings. In short, everything is developing in a good direction. I believe that in less than ten years, Shuanghua Palace will be completely stable and take root.

These are undoubtedly good news for Shuanghua Palace.

Of course, with the expansion of disciples and elders, in the coming time, the need for resources will only be a lot more. Fortunately, Fu Yan led Shui Liuqing and everyone in the tomb mansion this time, and it can be regarded as a lot. No big problem either.

What surprised Fu Yan was that when she killed the monster Yu Qianfan last time, the old and young people who came down by chance had actually joined Shuanghua Palace not long ago.

According to Lu Xiaowen, the girl named Mu Zhi not only has a special physique, but also has a talent for alchemy that is different from ordinary people.

In fact, at that time, Fu Yan just saw that Muzhi had good qualifications, so he mentioned it casually, but he didn't take this matter to heart.

Now it seems that this is indeed a very correct decision.

In the end, Fu Yan threw all the resources obtained from this trip into the treasury of Shuanghua Palace, and asked Liu Tong and Yi Tu to discuss how to reward the disciples and elders who came back from this trip.

So far, the experience of the tomb at the bottom of Youxin Lake has finally come to an end.

After returning to her Xingyue Peak, Fu Yan rested for three days and three nights in a row before walking out of her mansion leisurely.

It was an exceptionally good day, and it seemed that the snow had stopped in the southern region. It was a rare sight to see the sun. The snow was white outside, and under the sunlight, it looked radiant.

When Fu Yan walked out of her mansion, she was full of energy. She quietly took a breath of fresh air, her eyes narrowed slightly.

Like a little cozy animal.

But Fu Yan didn't rest for too long, because there was still one thing she needed to do by herself.

After flying down from Xingyue Peak, Fu Yan went directly to the school alone. To be honest, this was the first time Fu Yan came here quietly. Looking at the disciples practicing swords in the square, it felt a little strange .

After raising her eyes for a few brief glances, Fu Yan withdrew her gaze in satisfaction.

The area of ​​the school is not small. At the front is a huge practice square, and at the back are several huge attics. Most of the disciples will learn some spells or other theoretical knowledge here.

Now, with the joining of some elders from Huaxu period, the school of Shuanghua Palace has officially entered the right track.

When Fu Yan came here, many disciples were already in class.

Fu Yan wasn't in a hurry, she wandered around casually by herself, and finally walked straight in the direction of Yuan He.

At this time, Yuan He didn't teach his disciples. He was probably in his rest room. When Fu Yan walked in, he didn't see him. He paused, and finally found Yuan He in a side room. .

"Bang! Bang!"

Before Fu Yan approached, there was a slight crackling sound in the side room, and then she smelled a faint scent of medicine.

"Elder Yuan, I... I really succeeded!"

In the next second, a very crisp voice suddenly came out from the side room, and Fu Yan concentrated her attention, only then did she realize that besides Yuan He, there was also a pink figure inside.

It was that girl—Muzhi.

When Lu Xiaowen said before that Mu Zhi's talent in alchemy was different from ordinary people, Fu Yan was a little curious, but now she just happened to meet her, without the slightest hesitation, she directly walked in with great strides.

In the huge room, there is a cauldron pill furnace in the middle. At this time, the pill furnace has just been opened, and Muzhi's figure is stepping on his feet, reaching out to fish for the pill he just refined, revealing a The look of excitement on the face.

Yuan He, who hadn't seen him for a long time, didn't change much, standing aside calmly, carefully observing the elixir that Mu Zhi took out.

But the next moment, Yuan He immediately sensed Fu Yan's aura, turned around and looked over, a pair of eyes couldn't help flashing a trace of doubt, but he quickly regained his senses.

"Palace Master." Yuan He walked over.

Fu Yan nodded slightly, but stared at the elixir in Yuan He's hand curiously, she was not polite, and directly reached out to take one.

Gathering Spirit Pill, although it is not precious, it is still a rare pill, and its recovery is several times better than ordinary pills.

For a moment, Fu Yan couldn't help lowering her eyes to feel it carefully.

It has to be said that this Gathering Spirit Pill is really well refined, it seems to be much more refined than what Fu Yan ate before, and the spiritual power contained in it is also extremely majestic, and there are basically no flaws.

"This is Muzhi's second refinement." Seeing this, Yuan He couldn't help explaining.

At this moment, Mu Zhi over there also saw Fu Yan's figure, she was taken aback for a moment, and finally ran over quickly, bowed her hands slightly to Fu Yan and saluted: "The disciple has seen the Palace Master."

Mu Zhi was really taken aback, she didn't expect to meet Fu Yan here suddenly.

A few months ago, after she came to Shuanghua Palace with her master, she realized that the person who saved her that day was actually the Palace Master here.

Fu Yan held up the Gathering Spirit Pill in his hand, looked up at Muzhi, and asked with a slight smile: "You made this?"

Mu Zhi hurriedly replied: "Yes."

Hearing this, Fu Yan couldn't help but nodded with a smile. It was only the second time that he was able to refine a spirit-gathering pill that was even better than ordinary spirit-gathering pills. It seems that just as Lu Xiaowen said, Muzhi's alchemy skills are indeed different from ordinary people. .

Hearing Fu Yan casually praised herself, Muzhi calmed down in an instant when she was a little nervous just now, she looked at Fu Yan again and said: "Last time, thank you Palace Master for saving me."

"No problem." Fu Yan waved her hand casually.

After saying a few more words, Fu Yan took Yuan He back to his own rest room.

Seeing this, Yuan He naturally guessed that Fu Yan had something to look for him, so he couldn't help asking first, "I don't know the Palace Master, but what are your orders?"

After saying that, Fu Yan didn't mean to show off, she directly reached out and tore off a piece of Bingling Eight-petal Immortal Orchid from her storage spirit ring, and handed it to the other party.

Fu Yan's trip here is naturally to heal Yuan He's damaged Qi Sea and foundation.

Fu Yan already had this plan in mind when she got the Bingling Eight-petal Immortal Orchid in the tomb mansion. Although the elixir of 2000 is very precious, she has nothing to be reluctant about.

After all, with Yuanhe's talent, it is absolutely no problem to enter the Mahayana period, and it is still very worthwhile for Shuanghua Palace.

"This is?" Yuan He reached out and took a petal of fairy orchid, and could not help but look carefully with his lowered eyes in some doubts.

Fu Yan withdrew her hand, and then slowly explained: "This is a Bingling eight-petal fairy orchid I got in the tomb this time. It has nearly 2000 years of medicinal power and can cure your damaged Qi sea. .”

Even though Yuan He had never seen the Bingling Eight-petal Orchid, he had heard of its reputation, his eyes suddenly revealed a look of excitement, and even the hand holding the petals trembled slightly.

But soon, he forced himself to calm down, raised his eyes and looked at Fu Yan with some puzzlement: "Master, will this 2000-year-old Xianlan be too..." extravagant for me.

Seeing his thoughts, Fu Yan couldn't help but chuckled, and then said clearly: "You can only be useful to Shuanghua Palace if you become stronger."

This seems to sound a little unreasonable, but it is the most realistic truth.

Hearing this, Yuan He suddenly became serious, his eyes became firm, and he cupped his hands and said to Fu Yan neither humble nor overbearing: "This subordinate understands, thank you Palace Master."

Fu Yan nodded, since the matter was resolved, she naturally did not stay in the school, and quickly turned around and returned to the main hall of Shuanghua Palace.

She has only been back for a few days, and Lu Xiaowen handed over some things in the palace to Fu Yan. There is no way, whoever goes to Fuyan is the real master of the Shuanghua Palace in name, and there is no one in the palace now. For the time being, the only person who can afford the position of deputy palace lord can only be her own.

Fortunately, Fu Yan specially left this puppet clone for herself, otherwise she might be forced to greatly reduce her training time.

Although it is very important to promote the Shuanghua Palace, it should not delay the cultivation base.

In the next few months, nothing major happened on the mainland, but several elders of Shuanghua Palace still took their disciples out to practice a few times.

Fu Yan didn't go out of the sect very much. Apart from dealing with some simple things in Shuanghua Palace, she also deliberately took the time to get a few sets of sword skills from the tomb at the bottom of Youxin Lake, as well as the sword array thrown to her by Bai Xiong. They took them out and studied them carefully.

Because of the connection with the real body's spiritual consciousness, the puppet clone is studying swordsmanship here, and the real body in Xu Youyu Seal can naturally feel it.

Therefore, Fu Yan's real body also had time to practice these sword techniques in retreat.The puppet clone is like a messenger, but you don't need to practice it yourself, everything is left to the real body.

Time passed slowly like this.

It took a split second for Fu Yan to realize that Shuanghua Palace seemed to have been re-established for five full years.Thinking of this, an idea instantly appeared in her mind.

It seems that the disciples of their Shuanghua Palace have never had a formal competition in the palace. Without a comparison of strength, it is not easy for the elders and peak masters to accept disciples.

Before, because there were too few disciples, it was really not suitable to start the Grand Competition, but in the past two years, the number of people in Shuanghua Palace has gradually increased, so it may not be a problem to do it.

After having an idea, Fu Yan immediately summoned everyone to the main hall, and then told everyone this suggestion, as if he was going to let everyone discuss whether the current Shuanghua Palace is feasible.

"Great competition in the palace?" After hearing Fu Yan's suggestion, Yi Tu was the first to react, his thoughts were basically written on his face, and he couldn't help but excitedly said: "The suggestion of the palace master is good, I think it is feasible , Those families have clan competitions every year, and we should have big competitions."

After speaking, Yi Tu quickly looked at the others.

Among the group of people, Shui Liuqing's figure was no longer in the palace, not because Fu Yan didn't inform her, but because Shui Liuqing happened to be no longer in Shuanghua Palace at this moment.

At this time, Shui Liuqing had probably joined Ji Qingjue, and the two of them were probably planning to go out to practice together. After she told Fu Yan about this, Fu Yan naturally had no opinion.

After listening, Yuan He on the side slowly raised his eyes, seemed to think carefully in his heart, and then responded: "The current disciples of Shuanghua Palace really need a big competition to show their respective strengths."

Liu Tong also nodded along with the situation: "Now that we have nearly 300 disciples, we can indeed start to carry out the Grand Competition."

"Everyone has no opinion, and I naturally agree." Chu Yuze looked at Fu Yan and everyone, and said with a smile.

Now that several people felt that it was suitable, the matter was naturally finalized.

Fu Yan thought about it for a while, finally she turned her attention to Liu Tong, and explained: "Remember to inform your master about this matter."

"Yes, Palace Mistress." Liu Tong replied quickly.

Having made up their minds, they quickly turned around and went back to discuss how to properly hold their first Grand Competition in Shuanghua Palace.

Fu Yan put her hand on the table, tapped it lightly with her index finger, and briefly thought about the rewards of the big competition. This is the first big competition in Shuanghua Palace, so naturally it can't be too shabby.

Fortunately, there are many good things in the resource library.

After a while, Fu Yan suddenly thought of what Liu Tong said just now. Now that there are nearly 300 disciples in Shuanghua Palace, it is time to select a chief disciple.

This name is just right for No.1 in this competition.

A few days later, the news was completely spread, and now everyone in Shuanghua Palace knew that the first disciple competition would be held in three months.

For a moment, everyone was extremely excited.

All of them were eager to get a good ranking.

...

However, when Shuanghua Palace was in full swing to prepare for the Grand Competition, Bai Yueli in the secret realm of Demon Corpse Pavilion finally opened her eyes again.

In the bright attic, the circles of light that were originally floating around Bai Yueli couldn't help but fly to their original bookshelves one after another. After a while, the surroundings regained their tranquility.

After three years or so, Bai Yueli who was sitting in the middle finally woke up again.

"call--"

Taking a deep breath, Bai Yueli in the light slowly stood up, and at this moment she seemed to be holding a ball of light in her hand.

This is exactly what she came here to find.

Obviously, the result has been reached, but there was no trace of joy on Bai Yueli's face in the attic, her beautiful brows were still tightly locked, and her face was full of melancholy.

Looking down at the record of the light ball in her hand, Bai Yueli was stunned for a long time before she came back to her senses. After thinking about it, she put it away with her backhand, and then walked towards the exit of the secret realm of the Corpse Pavilion.

"Whoa--"

In an instant, a dazzling light flashed, and in the blink of an eye, Bai Yueli was no longer in the attic.

The attic returned to its previous deathly silence.

Bai Yueli, who walked out of the secret realm, turned into a cloud of devilish energy in an instant before the light completely dissipated, and landed firmly on the cliff in the blink of an eye.

"Hey..." The black crow suddenly sensed something for the first time. It looked like it was still drowsy just now, and it almost recovered its spirit instantly, and even let out a low cry unconsciously in its throat. .

After confirming that it saw Bai Yueli's figure, it couldn't help flapping its wings and flew over: "Master Demon Lord!"

"During this period, did anyone come to look for me?" Bai Yueli looked up at it and asked suddenly.

The little crow tilted his head slightly, stared at Bai Yueli and said truthfully: "No, everything is fine in the Demon Realm, nothing happened."

Bai Yueli paused, nodded and didn't say anything more. She turned around and flew towards her palace. When the little crow saw her, she naturally didn't dare to follow her. Arrived at the eaves of the main hall of the Demon Palace.

After returning to her own palace, Bai Yueli sat at her desk by herself.

Raising her hand, she took out the ball of light she found, and Bai Yueli couldn't help but fix her eyes on it, as if confirming it, she carefully browsed through the content again.

Devil.

When monsters and ordinary mortals get together, as long as certain conditions are met, they may give birth to legendary demon children.

First of all, it must be monsters and mortals, and it has nothing to do with Moxiu. However, most monsters have no feelings. They just want to devour mortals. It is almost impossible to have a child. Moreover, it is not necessarily a devil if a child is born from a monster and a mortal. The conditions for its formation are also extremely harsh.

Legend has it that the devil's talent is extremely terrifying. Although he doesn't have the power of catastrophe like a devil, he can grow to a strength far higher than that of an immortal.

It is precisely because of this that the devil is not so easy to be born. It seems that only one devil has appeared in tens of thousands of years.

And there is also a record on the light group:

"The devil's heart is immortal."

Mozi is indeed an ordinary flesh and blood body, which can be injured or die, but Mozi's heart is very special. Bai Yueli feels that the saying of immortality is a bit too absolute, after all, there is only one case in the history of so many years.

After reading this, Bai Yueli instantly connected the heart in the wooden box with it.

If her guess is correct, the heart they brought back from the Shadowless Guard is the legendary devil's heart. No one knows how to destroy it, so the immortal cultivators deliberately suppressed it.

However, why did the original demon king deliberately order someone to bring the devil's heart back?

Even though he was going to fall due to the catastrophe, the clone of the original demon king deliberately handed over the devil's heart to Bai Yueli for safekeeping, leaving nothing else behind.

This behavior is a bit strange no matter how you think about it.

What's even more strange is that now the devil's heart suddenly disappeared out of thin air, as if it had never appeared before.

Unable to understand, Bai Yueli had no choice but to temporarily put this matter aside, and rested in the hall for a few days. When she came out again, she took the lead in going to the room where the scroll was.

However, it was still empty inside.

It seems that three years have passed, and Jujuan and Xiaoyaotuanzi are still traveling outside and have not come back.

But Bai Yueli didn't have anything to worry about. There was a blood contract between her and Juan, so she could feel that the other party was safe and hadn't encountered any danger.

At this time, Shuanghua Palace should have returned from the bottom of Youxin Lake, Bai Yueli thought for a while and then used the sound recognition mirror and the puppet Fuyan to confirm the current situation of Shuanghua Palace.

Knowing that everything is fine and that they are still preparing for the first disciple competition, Bai Yueli couldn't help but smile, but she didn't intend to join in the fun.

After resting in the palace for a few more days, Bai Yueli quietly walked around the entire Demon Realm. Just as the little crow said, everything in the Demon Realm was fine and nothing major happened.

The appearance of the Ghoul Gate seems to have formed a three-point stand against the immortal cultivators and the Demon Realm on the mainland. At this time, the minds of those immortals naturally cannot be all placed on the Demon Realm.

Moreover, the people of the corpse ghost sect seem to be very rampant. Since the last time the corpse ghost Taoist came to the Demon Realm to seek alliances and failed, there have been frictions with many demon cultivators.

However, no big shot came out.

This is also the reason why the highest level of Demon Realm and Immortal Cultivators did not fight with all their strength for the time being.

However, for these things, it is still necessary to make plans in advance. For this reason, Bai Yueli thought about it, and then called the three elders of Ghost Youhuo to discuss some countermeasures.

Mo Yu is not afraid of the Ghoul Gate.

If their people dare to invade the Demon Realm, they will definitely be overwhelmed and walk around.

After dealing with these matters, Bai Yueli couldn't help but secretly heaved a sigh of relief. Counting the time, it seems that nearly ten years have passed in Xu Youyu Yinzhong. I believe that Fu Yan, who is in retreat, should have greatly improved her strength.

Thinking of this, she couldn't help but dodge into the Xu Youyu Seal again.