Holding the sword and holding the sister away

two months later.

The first big competition in Shuanghua Palace was finally held as scheduled under the expectation of all the disciples and elders.

Early this morning, the square was already crowded with people. There were hundreds of disciples lined up. Their eyes were full of excitement and excitement. It seemed that they had been secretly looking forward to today's arrival for a long time.

Around the square, the eight elders also stared at the disciples on the square with smiles on their faces. This time it was actually not a simple competition, they would also accept some disciples who were close to their eyes as disciples.

Knowing this truth, most of the disciples are full of fighting spirit, thinking that they must exert their greatest strength.

In fact, for some ordinary big competitions of some sects, most of the masters of a sect would not show up on purpose, but because this was Fu Yan's first time in office, she naturally showed up.

Not only that, the news of the Grand Competition of Shuanghua Palace has already spread to the ears of many other sects in the southern region. To show their friendship, Fu Yan specially sent a post to other sects to watch the battle.

This practice is quite normal, and other sects will usually watch the Grand Competition.

As Lu Xiaowen said, since they are planning to take root in the southern region, although they are not afraid of other forces, there is no need to close their doors and develop themselves. Building a good relationship is beneficial to everyone.

And through this big competition, other sects can realize that their Shuanghua Palace has really developed, and they are qualified to participate in some sect activities in the southern region.

When Fu Yan came to the square, Yi Tu, Liu Tong Yuanhe and the others above were simply talking about the rules of this competition.

Many people from other sects on the opposite side also came. I believe that at this time, they all began to be a little curious about the strength of the current Shuanghua Palace.

Fu Yan simply raised her eyes and took a glance, then turned her gaze away. She didn't need her to go up to preside over this big competition, but she was happy and leisurely. When she was looking at the disciples below, Lu Xiaowen also fell behind for some reason. beside.

"How do you feel?" Fu Yan glanced sideways at him and asked quietly.

After saying that, Lu Xiaowen couldn't help but chuckled. His gaze was clearly on the square below, but it looked extraordinarily deep and far away. The scene in front of him seemed to evoke those long-lost memories in his mind.

He didn't hear the answer for a while, Fu Yan didn't care, but instead looked for Ji Xian's figure.

Although this big competition is also an opportunity for the elders and the peak master to choose disciples, but with Ji Xian's status, Fu Yan will naturally not easily send disciples to his peak.

Speaking of Ji Xian, it gave Fu Yan a bit of a headache. Originally, she didn't expose the other party's identity at first, but she wanted to see what the dead ghosts' plan was, but since they came back from the bottom of Youxin Lake, this person has disappeared. any action.

Could it be that I used the power of the demon spirit to kill one of the eight generals with a single sword last time, so that the other party did not dare to show up easily for the time being?

No matter what, Ji Xian's identity is always a hidden danger. If he still finds nothing later, Fu Yan has to consider, it is better to kill him, so as not to have long nights and dreams.

"Very good, the place that has been silent for thousands of years has finally started to become lively." Lu Xiaowen on the side seemed to have finally regained his senses, and after withdrawing from his own memory, he couldn't help but said slowly.

Today's Shuanghua Palace is naturally not as good as it was in 2000, but it is a blessing to be able to re-develop to the present state in just a few years.

After finishing speaking, Lu Xiaowen couldn't help but smile.

While the two of them were thinking about it, the big competition on the square had already started, and the first batch of disciples had already stepped onto the stage. At the same time, barriers within the circle quickly lit up on the competition stage.

Both Fu Yan and Lu Xiaowen knew that this was just the beginning. After all, a decent sect needs thousands of disciples, and Shuanghua Palace still has a long way to go.

But it doesn't matter, Fu Yan believes that as long as they can participate in various fairy sect ceremonies in Zhongdu, the name of Shuanghua Palace will always spread throughout the whole continent.

The contest lasted for ten consecutive days, and finally came to an end.

On the whole, this competition was very successful. The No.1 disciple was named Zhang Sihong, and his strength had reached the Great Perfection of the Dao stage, and his agility was really wonderful.

However, Fu Yan has no plans to accept apprentices at the moment, but just told the other party that if there is a problem, they can come to him at any time.

After all the disciples' rewards were distributed, Fu Yan personally appointed him as the first chief disciple of Shuanghua Palace.

Of course, there was also a small accident. In the Grand Competition, a disciple used cheating to win the victory. After Yuan He found out about this, Fu Yan didn't let him go, and directly expelled him. Shuanghua Palace.

Fortunately, the matter involved is still small, and it did not cause any other troubles.

In the newly born Shuanghua Palace, the first big competition finally came to an end like this, and then everything was back on the right track. The disciples should practice when they should, and go out to practice when they should go out.

At the beginning, Fu Yan specially separated out a mind to control the puppet body, the main purpose was to sit in the Shuanghua Palace, so when there were no other major events happening on the mainland, she stayed in the palace to deal with things.

It can be said that basically seldom go out again.

In the blink of an eye, six years have passed.

During this period, the development of Shuanghua Palace was still flourishing, and Fuyan also began to have some simple exchanges of interests with other sect forces in the Southern Region.

Not long ago, Shuanghua Palace officially participated in the Immortal Clan Conference held by the major sects in the Southern Region, and they even gained the reputation of No.3 overall.

Although it's not very good, it can be regarded as a firm foothold in the southern region.

On this day, when Fu Yan just came back from an auction in the Southern Region, she happened to run into the puppet boat that Shui Liuqing had gone out to experience. Before she approached, Shui Liuqing on the boat seemed to have spotted her .

Shui Liuqing and Ji Qingjue's trip to the Western Regions lasted for five or six years. It was actually because the two were trapped in a secret place. Fortunately, they did not encounter any danger. Danger of life and death.

In this line of work, apart from the fact that the relationship between the two of them was obviously one step closer, they also gained a lot.

"Sister Fu Yan!"

At this moment, there was a clear and clear sound suddenly coming from the puppet boat. When Fu Yan heard the sound and looked around, he saw a somewhat strange figure.

The girl was wearing a long gauze skirt fluttering in the wind. She looked like she was already as tall as water, but she still showed an immature face, as if she was about the age, and her face was covered with collagen.

When she yelled at Fu Yan who was not far away, her watery eyes flickered, and she even raised her hands and waved them, as if she was very excited.

In fact, Fu Yan just noticed that the puppet ship has two auras. She didn't investigate carefully at first, and subconsciously thought it was Shui Liuqing and Ji Qingjue, but now it seems that it is another person.

Fu Yan paused, then carefully raised her eyes to look at the girl on the puppet boat.

Looking at it this way, it does look familiar.

After a while, a figure quickly flashed through her mind, and Fu Yan couldn't help showing a slightly surprised expression, she really didn't expect:

The girl turned out to be Ming Xi!

After careful calculation, nearly 20 years have passed since Fu Yan entered the Shuanghua Palace for the test. During this period, Mingxi's news can be said to have completely disappeared.

Fu Yan did not expect that this time Shui Liuqing went out to practice, and brought Ming Xi back.

Such a long time has passed, and the small figure in the memory at the beginning is actually a slim figure now. It was not until this moment that Fu Yan seemed to realize that time really passed by in the blink of an eye.

Ming Xi has also become a little adult.

"Sister Fu Yan!"

In mid-air, Shui Liuqing controlled the puppet boat to fly towards this side, because the front was within the scope of Shuanghua Palace, she stabilized the back of the boat again, and waved her hand to put the puppet boat away.

Ming Xi jumped down from the top one step earlier, and landed beside Fu Yan excitedly. She originally planned to stretch out her arms and hug him directly, but she seemed to have thought of something, and couldn't help but stop the car halfway.

"What's wrong?" Fu Yan couldn't help laughing at Ming Xi's sudden stop.

Ming Xi came back to her senses, she looked up at Fu Yan who hadn't seen her for a long time, and suddenly asked cautiously: "Sister Fu Yan, I'm going to hug you, will Sister Bai also hit me?"

Fu Yan didn't understand the causal relationship in it for a while, and subconsciously blurted out: "What?"

After finishing speaking, Mingxi couldn't help but put away her hands, and looked back at Shui Liuqing who was collecting the puppet boat, then suddenly looked mysterious, and said in a low voice: "Sister Fuyan, do you know? Sister Shui also has a Taoist companion! "

"Tao Companion?" Fu Yan was taken aback for a moment, and then suddenly understood, it seems that Ming Xi has met Ji Qingjue with a high probability.

"Yes, yes!" Ming Xi was full of gossip, and then thought of something, and said helplessly: "When I saw Sister Shui in the Western Regions, I went up and hugged her because I was too excited. I killed her, and then... Then I was almost beaten by Sister Shui's Taoist partner!"

Fu Yan: "..."

Speaking of this, Mingxi couldn't help sighing. When she was wandering alone in the secret realm a year ago, she happened to meet Shui Liuqing and Ji Qingjue. At that time, the two were working together to kill a monster. .

Because it had been gone for 20 years, Ming Xi blinked in disbelief when she found out that the water was flowing blue, wondering if she had misread it.

After confirming that it was the real Shui Liuqing, Ming Xi was filled with excitement immediately, and rushed over without even thinking about it, then hugged Shui Liuqing, excitedly said: "Sister Shui, it's really you!"

At that time, after Shui Liuqing and Ji Qingjue killed the monsters, it was time to relax, and they really didn't expect someone to come out suddenly.

Ji Qingjue thought it was a sneak attack, and pulled Shui Liuqing back almost reflexively, Mingxi couldn't help but staggered, almost fell on his feet for the rest of his life.

At the same time, Ji Qingjue raised his hand and attacked the opponent.

In an instant, a huge five-headed snake suddenly appeared and directly blocked Ji Qingjue's sword. The big snake's tail firmly surrounded Ming Xi and threw her on his head.

Looking at this scene, Shui Liuqing's thoughts returned to the side, and an image flashed in his mind: a little girl standing on the head of a three-headed snake.

Now, what is in front of her is a young girl, and the monster under her feet is an even more terrifying five-headed snake.

She paused, and the two images quickly overlapped in front of Shui Liuqing's eyes. In addition, she was stunned when she called herself "Sister Shui" just now, and she couldn't help but quickly reached out to stop Ji Qingjue who was about to attack the five-headed snake.

"Qingjue, wait a minute, she seems to be the Palace Master's friend." After Shui Liuqing finished speaking, her eyes fell on the girl on the snake's head again, and she was a little surprised: "You are...Mingxi?"

Ming Xi finally calmed down quite a bit at this moment, only then did she realize that she had rushed over suddenly just now, and she was indeed a bit abrupt, and naturally she didn't blame Ji Qingjue for preparing to attack.

She hurriedly comforted the irritable five-headed snake first, then lowered her eyes to Shui Liuqing below and responded: "Sister Shui, it's me, I'm Mingxi!"

Ever since, it didn't take long for the three of them to stand together very peacefully.

Fearing that Ji Qingjue might misunderstand, Shui Liuqing took the lead in explaining Mingxi's identity, and then introduced to Mingxi: "Mingxi, this is mine..." She couldn't help but cast a glance at Ji Qingjue , and slowly said: "My Taoist companion, Ji Qingjue."

"Taoist companion?" Ming Xi couldn't help raising her eyes to look at Ji Qingjue who was at the side.

Nearly 20 years have passed, and Ming Xi is no longer a child. At this time, she is very clear about what Taoist couple means. Suddenly, she thought that she had just gone up to embrace Shui Liuqing excitedly in front of Ji Qingjue. Feeling awkward for a moment.

As for why Shui Liuqing's Taoist couple is also a woman, Ming Xi is not surprised at all, after all, for immortal cultivators, gender is never particularly important.

Moreover, in Mingxi's memory, Fu Yan and Bai Yueli are also Taoist couples who are both women.

"I'm sorry, Sister Ji, I didn't do it on purpose, I just suddenly saw Sister Shui, and I got a little excited!" Ming Xi realized her stupid behavior just now, and quickly apologized to Ji Qingjue very sincerely.

Hearing this, Ji Qingjue began to look at Mingxi seriously.

When she saw someone rushing over just now, she thought it was a sneak attack at first, but she didn't pay much attention to it. Now that she came to her senses, her Taoist companion was indeed hugged, even though it was only for a moment.

But Ming Xi is indeed still a child at heart, she is not too angry: "It's okay, but no matter how excited you are, you have to talk well."

Ming Xi nodded again and again, and then dared to seriously look at Shui Liuqing's Taoist couple, she was a little dumbfounded for a while, and couldn't help saying: "Sister Ji, you are so beautiful!"

This is not a compliment, Mingxi really thinks that Ji Qingjue is so good-looking.

Next, Shui Liuqing and Ji Qingjue felt that it was time to return to the sect, so they asked Ming Xi, and the latter readily agreed that Ming Xi really missed Fu Yan and Bai Yueli very much.

So, there was just this scene.

Mingxi briefly talked about her encounter with Shui Liuqing, and then said in a small apologetic voice: "Although Sister Ji is not angry with me, because of this, Sister Ji seems unwilling to hold hands with Sister Shui for several months. "

Shui Liuqing who just came down: "..."

In fact, this incident was an accident. After all, in their eyes, Mingxi was still a child, and Ji Qingjue was not really angry because of this. The reason why she didn't let her hold hands was because Mingxi was around, and Ji Qingjue would feel uncomfortable. Excuse me.

It is precisely because of this that when Shui Liuqing kissed Ji Qingjue once, she unconsciously stretched out her hand to hold her, and then felt the sound of footsteps, the latter quickly parted and withdrew her hand, and Ming Xi happened to see this scene.

She really didn't expect that Mingxi would think so...

Fu Yan who was on the side couldn't help laughing, but what surprised her was that Ming Xi had been practicing alone for 20 years, but she still maintained her childlike innocence.

It seems that she has never encountered any difficulties along the way.

Mingxi's return was indeed something to be happy about. After the three of them returned to Shuanghua Palace, Fu Yan took her and Shui Liuqing back to his own Xingyue Peak to reminisce about the past.

"Sister Fuyan." After Ming Xi entered Xingyue Peak, she first looked around curiously, and then suddenly asked Fu Yan, "Why don't you see Sister Bai?"

At the end, she thought of something again, and her eyes lit up again: "By the way, there are also Xiaoyaotuanzi!"

"Yaotuan has traveled outside with Juan, and the senior sister is practicing in seclusion." Sensing the double cultivation in Xu Youyu's seal, Fu Yan only paused for a moment, then said without blushing.

Hearing this, Ming Xi is naturally a little bit sorry, but it's nothing, after all, there are still many opportunities in the future.

Fu Yan poured a cup of spiritual tea for the two of them, and then sat casually aside, raised her eyes to look at Mingxi, and heard from Shui Liuqing that her three-headed snake had evolved into a five-headed snake, and Mingxi should have You have experienced a lot.

Fu Yan couldn't help asking about the other party's experience over the years.

When Fu Yan asked her, Ming Xi didn't hide anything, and slowly talked about her life after leaving the Southern Region.

Her 20 years of experience are actually very simple.

Not long after leaving the Southern Region, Ming Xi followed the perception of the three-headed snake and went all the way to the Western Region, perhaps because she was still an ordinary-looking child at that time, and she did not encounter any trouble along the way.

Even if you encounter a few ferocious monsters, they are no match for the three-headed snake.

So not long after, Ming Xi followed the three-headed snake into a secret realm, and later they came to a very hidden cave, where the three-headed snake ate many unknown heaven and earth spirit treasures.

Of course, under the gesture of the three-headed snake, Ming Xi also ate a lot together.

After eating these heaven and earth spirit treasures, one person and one snake fell into a deep sleep, and when she woke up, more than ten years had passed.

The three-headed snake actually evolved into a five-headed snake, and Ming Xi also successfully broke through to the early stage of Void Transformation.

When they met Shui Liuqing and Ji Qingjue, Ming Xi and the three-headed snake had just woken up, less than a year ago.

After listening, both Fu Yan and Shui Liuqing showed blank faces: "..."

"What's wrong?" Ming Xi looked at the two of them, seemingly confused.

Fu Yan felt that none of the immortal cultivators could calm down after hearing Ming Xi's experience. It is estimated that people with unstable temperament would have the urge to vomit blood.

The power of the awakening of the blood is so powerful, Ming Xi is only in her twenties, she has already stepped into the void stage without doing anything, no one would believe it if she said it.

And there is also a five-headed snake, which is comparable to the existence of a Mahayana master.

No wonder Fu Yan was still a little confused before. Both Mingxi and the five-headed snake had greatly increased in strength, but their temperament hadn't changed much from before. After all, for her, she grew up after just sleeping.

It really complied with that sentence, people are more popular than people.

God feeds and eats, which is probably nothing more than that.

Looking at Mingxi who didn't know how lucky they were, Fu Yan and Shui Liuqing could only show a look of relief, and said: "It's okay, it's okay."

Immediately afterwards, the three of them couldn't help but changed a few topics.

"Sister Fuyan is so amazing, she can actually rebuild the Shuanghua Palace." After hearing what happened to Fuyan, Ming Xi couldn't help showing a look of admiration, and then said: "Can I join too?"

Fu Yan smiled and said casually: "Come if you want, you are welcome anytime."

So Mingxi naturally stayed in Shuanghua Palace. She didn't think about what to do at the moment, and although it showed that Xi had broken through to the early stage of Void Transformation, she basically had no actual combat experience, nor did she learn any skills. She really needed to follow the disciples Systematic training together.

Mingxi's joining is like adding wings to a tiger for Shuanghua Palace.

……

13 years later.

In Xu Youyuyin, a huge explosion sounded suddenly, and then a figure quickly emerged from the light.

When Fu Yan raised her eyes, she was already dripping with sweat, and she couldn't hold the hilt of the sword in her hand. She couldn't help panting heavily, dragging her body back to the stone platform of the cultivation mansion.

Failed again.

In the past two years, it can be said that Fu Yan's strength has not increased much. She seems to have encountered a bottleneck period, and if she continues to practice in seclusion, it may not be of any use.

Thinking of this, Fu Yan could only shake his head helplessly.

After nearly 60 years of closed-door practice in Xu You Yu Yin, and about 20 years have passed by the outside world, Fu Yan did not succeed in ascension to immortality as she wished, but she was not too discouraged, after all, ascension is not easy at all, and It takes a certain opportunity.

It seems that it is time for her to prepare to leave the customs.

Having made up her mind, Fu Yan unconsciously relaxed.

Bai Yueli is not here at this moment, after all, it is impossible for the two of them to continue their dual cultivation, and almost every time they spend seven or eight years in dual cultivation, they will deliberately stop for a while.

Putting away the sword, Fu Yan first sat down and adjusted her breathing, and only when her breath calmed down completely did she open her eyes again.

First, she performed a cleansing technique for herself, Fu Yan changed her clothes again, and finally walked out of the cultivation mansion.

No matter how many years have passed, the illusion in Xu Youyu has basically remained the same. Fu Yan just glanced at it casually, then made a flash, and disappeared in the same place in a blink of an eye.

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When she reappeared again, Fu Yan had already returned to the Demon Palace. Bai Yueli didn't seem to be in the room at this time, and she didn't move at all. I believe the latter would find out that she had left the customs immediately.

Sure enough, in less than a moment, Bai Yueli returned to the room with some surprise.

"Senior Sister!" Fu Yan looked up at the other party, and couldn't help showing a bright smile.

Bai Yueli regained consciousness in an instant, she was taken aback for a moment, then hurriedly walked over, stretched out her arms and hugged him tightly.