[Xiu Xian] The ninth generation

After figuring out the function of the mysterious hourglass, Chu Yanzhi suppressed the surprise in his heart, and practiced the Tianfa Jue for a few more weeks. After consolidating the cultivation of the fifth level of Qi Refining, he slowly opened his eyes, with a faint smile on his face. joy.He got up and moved a bit, and a series of "cracking" sounds erupted from his bones.

Nodding in satisfaction, Chu Yanzhi took another look at his body and found a thin layer of black dirt.

During the qi refining stage, every time one level of cultivation is raised, the dantian expands and the true qi grows, and at the same time some impurities are forced out of the body until there are no more impurities to expel.Normally speaking, impurities decrease with the growth of cultivation.Unless one started to embark on the path of cultivation at a very old age, and there are many impurities in the body, it is naturally another matter.Ordinary cultivators can usually expel impurities from their bodies during the Qi refining stage.

In Chu Yanzhi's case, at most one or two more rows will be able to remove the dirt in his body.

After bathing, Chu Yanzhi left the back room and came to the main hall.Seeing that there was nothing abnormal, he was about to leave the bamboo house, go to the Cang Gong Building to receive free exercises, and then go to the foreign affairs room to see if there are any sect tasks suitable for him.

The foreign affairs room is the place to handle miscellaneous affairs in Zichenzong, such as receiving monthly benefits, sect contribution points, tasks, etc.Among them, the tasks can be roughly divided into two types, one is personal tasks, and the other is sect tasks.Most of the personal tasks are entrusted by a certain disciple or elder in the Zichen Sect. The rewards are paid according to the difficulty of the task.

Zongmen missions, as the name suggests, are missions assigned in the name of the Zongmen or a certain part of the Zongmen, such as the alchemy room.Except for true disciples who have to complete quota tasks without restriction, internal and external disciples must complete quotas. Although it is not as good as personal tasks, the sect will still give a certain amount of contribution value compensation in a symbolic manner.The difference is that inner disciples only need a quota of 10 pieces every six months, while outer disciples are reduced to three months—however, compared to the heavy chores that peripheral disciples have every month, the salary is almost equivalent to no salary. In other words, the disciples of the outer sect can be regarded as in the fairyland.

As for the contribution point of the sect, it is a good thing, and it can be exchanged for things that are rarely seen outside the Zongmen Square City or other places in the Zongmen at a relatively low price.For example, pills, or magic tools, tend to increase in value with the prosperity of a sect.This is also one of the reasons why some loose cultivators and small cultivators from aristocratic families are overwhelmed and want to send their children to the sect.

Chu Yanzhi walked out of the bamboo house, and was about to go towards the foreign affairs room, but his eyes suddenly fell on the upper right side: the bamboo house closest to his bamboo house, that is, his neighbor, also happened to open the door, and a tall and tall man walked out from inside. man.In the next second, Chu Yanzhi half-closed his eyes and murmured, "...Luo Yuancheng?"

Luo Yuanxiang heard Chu Yanzhi's voice, smiled slightly in the direction of the boy, and said hello: "Hello."

Chu Yanzhi nodded: "You chose..." His eyes were on the bamboo house behind Luo Yuancheng, "This one?"

"Yes." Luo Yuancheng looked calm, "I think this place is pretty good."

...that's fine you bastard!

Chu Yanzhi pursed his lips, suppressing the words that rushed to his throat.In the ninth life, he did not worship Zichenzong once or twice. It is something that happens in every life with a group of Sanlinggens living in Zixia Peak, and every time his neighbor is a man named Wang He ,——Because his cultivation base is the weakest besides him, he can only live in this seemingly second-worst bamboo house.This time it was replaced by Luo Yuancheng, Luo Yuancheng, who was the best among the three spiritual roots in the same period, and now the other party told him that he thought this place was very good... Hehe.

"It's pretty good. If I remember correctly, you are Luo Yuancheng Senior Brother Luo, right?" Chu Yanzhi had a vague smile on his lips because he was wearing the Thousand Illusion Mask.

"Junior Brother Chu has a good memory." Luo Yuancheng walked side by side with him, and said with a smile, "I was stunned for a while before I realized it was Junior Brother Chu. I'm so blind. I've met Junior Brother Chu before." Said At this point, Luo Yuancheng took a meaningful look at Chu Yanzhi.

……What's the meaning?Could it be that Luo Yuancheng discovered the change in his appearance?Obviously only changed a little bit, but I plan to gradually figure it out!

Chu Yanzhi's hands under the Tsing Yi tightened, but there was no change on his face: "I was born ordinary, no more graceful than Senior Brother Luo, so naturally I am easily overlooked." At this time, Luo Yuancheng was already twelve, although he didn't know why the other party It was so late to participate in the assessment, but the young man in front of him has indeed begun to take on the appearance of a heavenly man.

"Haha, junior brother, you're talking nonsense with your eyes open." Luo Yuancheng laughed dumbfoundedly, waved his hand, and the corners of his slightly raised lips concealed the inexplicable deep meaning on his face, "Probably because of the facial changes brought about by the breakthrough of junior brother Chu's cultivation. Or it may be that my memory is blurred, so please don’t take it to heart.” ——If he hadn’t been to Li’s iron shop, he still couldn’t tell whether the change in the other person’s face was his own illusion, and now... hey, as Li’s The young owner of the iron shop, would he still not know what he sells?What is the purpose of covering up the true face?

Tsk, this Junior Brother Chu Yanzhi in front of you is really interesting!

Chu Yanzhi paused slightly: "Senior brother's eyes are as sharp as torches. Under the nourishment of abundant spiritual energy yesterday, junior brother broke through the fifth level of Qi refining in one fell swoop."——Since denying is meaningless, let's just admit it frankly.

"Junior Brother Chu cultivates hard, so he probably hasn't been to the Canggong Pavilion yet?" Luo Yuancheng changed the subject.

Seeing that the other party was not entangled in the facial appearance, Chu Yanzhi breathed a sigh of relief, and said with a smile: "I made Brother Luo laugh."

"It's a coincidence. I also delayed the Cang Gong Pavilion because of some things yesterday, but now I can go with Junior Brother Chu."

"It shouldn't be too late, let's start now." The smile on the corner of Chu Yanzhi's lips was a little stiff, but Luo Yuancheng seemed to be in a good mood: "Excellent."

With the cultivation base of the two of them, even though they don't have a flying magic weapon, they only spent two sticks of incense to reach the Canggong Building.

According to the manager of the Canggong Building, the two can only choose each other on the first floor of the Canggong Building, and they must be within half an hour.Time was running out, and Chu and Luo didn't say much, and tacitly chose their favorite exercises separately.Since the exercises selected in previous lives ("Swordsmanship Basics", "Basic Lightning Techniques", "Basic Defense Techniques", "Basic Speed ​​Techniques", etc.) are still fresh in his memory, Chu Yanzhi is also determined to choose carefully , it is best to find a skill that can correspond to the spell or sword formula learned before.

However, half an hour was about to pass, and Chu Yanzhi hadn't picked a satisfactory jade slip yet.Just as he was thinking that he would return disappointed this time, his eyes were suddenly and inexplicably attracted to a jade slip in the bottom row.This jade slip looks dusty, unremarkable among a group of jade slips that exude a moist luster due to being touched frequently.Chu Yanzhi only felt that there was an inexplicable throbbing when his eyes met it, which seemed to come from the depths of his soul.

After pondering for a while, he picked up the jade slip and began to browse through it with his spiritual consciousness.

……

Opening his eyes again, Chu Yanzhi's eyes flashed with uncontrollable surprise: This exercise called "Nine Styles of Sword Art" is undoubtedly the biggest gain today!

In the past few lives, it's not that he never thought about continuing the "Basics of Sword Art", but there was no new sword formula, so he had to shelve the plan.After all, Zichenzong is not good at swords like Wanjianzong, and there are only a few sword cultivators in the sect. There are few swordsmanship formulas. In addition, the highest level of his cultivation in several generations is only at foundation building. There are even fewer, but they don't want to discover a new sword formula that has been dusted for a long time on the first floor of the Canggong Pavilion in this life.

"Have you chosen?" A voice pulled back Chu Yanzhi's thoughts.It turned out that at some point, Luo Yuancheng had unknowingly appeared beside him, looking at him with a smile.Chu Yanzhi's pupils constricted suddenly: When did Luo Yuancheng appear?Is my vigilance too low, or the other party's cultivation base is too high?

"It seems to be all right." Seeing the vigilance in the young man's eyes that was too late to erase, the smile on Luo Yuancheng's face deepened, "Then go out, the time is almost up."

Chu Yanzhi could only nod his head, and went to the registration office with Luo Yuancheng to find the steward to register.

"A copy of "Basics of Soul Law". And..." The steward took the jade slips from the two of them, checked and recorded them, but there was an obvious pause in his tone when he registered the "Nine Styles of Sword Art", "" "Nine Styles of Sword Art" "One."

After registration, the steward returned the jade slip to them, and hurriedly added a sentence when handing it to Chu Yanzhi: "If you regret it, come back with the jade slip, and I will make an exception and give you another chance to choose for free."

Chu Yanzhi understands the meaning of the pause in the management, nothing more than not being optimistic about him. He was persuaded when he chose "Basic Sword Art" in previous lives, but he didn't point it out for some reason, probably because he hoped that he would understand the difficulty And retreat.He smiled gratefully at the steward: "Thank you, but I don't intend to change."

"Young people nowadays really don't know the heights of the sky and the earth..."

Chu Yanzhi, who turned around and left with Luo Yuancheng, could still imagine the steward shaking his head with a heartbroken look on his face, and couldn't help but smile a little more on the corners of his lips.

Luo Yuancheng turned his face to the side and asked, "What are Junior Brother Chu's plans for the future?"

"I want to go to the foreign affairs room to have a look. I don't know Senior Brother Luo?" Chu Yanzhi suppressed his smile.

"Of course I want to try a new technique." Luo Yuancheng shook the jade slip in his hand.

Chu Yanzhi heaved a sigh of relief in his heart, and hurriedly said, "Then let's just say goodbye."

Luo Yuancheng: "OK."

Soon, the two parted ways.

Luo Yuancheng watched Chu Yanzhi hurried towards Ziyu Peak, as if he was hiding something, the corner of his mouth curled into an arc of unknown meaning.

Standing in place for a while, seeing no one around, the young man stopped and shot towards the southwest.

The southwest is obviously not the direction of Zixia Peak.