The Shushan competition is about to begin. Ling Yunpo and his senior sister practiced sword skills for several days, and then returned to Kunlun to play the role of Qiu Changtian.

After returning from the secret realm of Li Palace, Qiu Changtian’s fellow disciples all gained a lot.

Xu Yinglian ranked among the top in the list of those who passed the level, and thus obtained a powerful Taoist method from the Li Palace, called "Tai Su Yuan Jun Zhen Xuan Da Guang Ming Huo", which is said to be as powerful as the Five Thunders Orthodox Method.

Every morning at sunrise, Sister Xu would sit on the top of Jinling with her knees hugged to practice this method.

When the sun rose over the sea of ​​clouds, she opened her mouth and breathed in, swallowing the precious sun energy, transforming it into solar qi. She closed her eyes and swallowed her saliva, pouring it into her limbs and internal organs.

After a long time, the sun's energy was refined and reflected in the abdomen, shining brightly and brilliantly, illuminating the whole body inside and out, making Xu Yinglian look like a little golden man painted with fluorescent powder, with jade-like skin and shiny body.

As for the rest of the junior brothers and sisters, they also successfully entered the marrow cleansing stage.

Guan Zhan took the flying sword and held it in his arms so that no one could see it.

Yan Zhitui got the book, but it was not a Taoist book, but a magic weapon in the shape of a scroll. He studied it hard all night long.

Chen Zhen and Zhong Tianhuai selected the pills and planned to go back and practice hard and refine their Qi.

Only the little girl Jian Qingnan did not want a magic flying sword, but chose a book called "Zhouyi Zhixuanzhen Suanxinjing". It was probably the intention of the Qingzhou Jian family to let her continue to develop in the direction of Taiyi numerology.

Of course, the one who gained the most was definitely Qiu Changtian.

Not to mention Luo Yan, just the middle volume of the Five Thunders Orthodox Method, with the three essential techniques of thunder magic contained therein, helped him to understand thunder magic to a higher level by analogy.

The light of Jade Pivot Thunder is blue, its color is red, and it is a palm-sized ball of lightning. In contrast, the Xiandu Thunder is gray-red in color, and its shape is also unstable, but its flying speed is much faster than that of Jade Pivot Thunder. It is like lightning when it is sent out, "Pah!", very fast.

The Arctic Thunder is pure black in color, and is also a ball of condensed lightning. It looks deep and uncertain, and it feels chilling up close. When it hits the rock wall, it is very powerful, and frost and cracks will form around it. It obviously has a low-temperature refrigeration and preservation effect, and is worthy of being the special attack thunder against dragon aquatic products.

As for Taiyi Thunder, it has no color. Holding it in the hand is just an almost transparent thunder ball with a very wide attack range.

Since its power is not concentrated enough, its ability to kill a single target is not as good as the other three types of thunder, but it is extremely powerful in moving mountains, filling the sea and destroying the environment.

In addition to thunder magic, Qiu Changtian, who was promoted to the marrow cleansing stage, obtained the second derivative Taoist magic from "The True Words of Entering the Nine Heavens", namely "Shaofu Shangyang Sword Qi".

The way to activate it is a bit like the Six Meridians Divine Sword, which is to compress the pure true energy in the meridians, sharpen it, and then shoot it out from the Shangyang point of the index finger to kill the enemy.

This sword energy is colorless and invisible, and is always effective in sneak attacks and assassinations.

The only drawback is that the attack power is not very high (compared to thunder magic). Not to mention defensive magic weapons such as the Divine Fire Shield, even if the opponent uses a flying sword to block it, it can easily block the sword energy of Shaofu Shangyang.

It is said that a Yuanying elder of Kunlun (the disciple of the previous headmaster and the senior brother of the current Ziwei headmaster) spent countless efforts to optimize the Shaofu Shangyang sword energy and renamed it "Taiqing Xuanmen Invisible Sword Energy". While retaining its concealment, it greatly improved the killing effect of the sword energy.

Qiu Changtian even made some special inquiries and found out that the elder listed the invisible sword energy as a secret Taoist method.

In other words, it will only be passed on to direct disciples.

As the direct disciple of Master Ziwei, it was of course impossible for him to switch to this uncle's tutelage, so he could only give up.

In order to master the Thunder Method as quickly as possible and to maintain a high synchronization value of his character, Qiu Changtian still maintained the rhythm of "going out for training once every ten days". The rest of the time he stayed in the cave, preaching, refining qi and washing marrow, and studying the general principles of the Five Thunder Method.

That afternoon, he once again brought a few outer disciples back from hard training outside and went to the Deacon Hall of Yuxu Peak to hand in their tasks.

After receiving their mission rewards, those outer disciples burst into tears of gratitude towards Chief Qiu, thanked him in various ways, and then left reluctantly.

Qiu Changtian had long been accustomed to the flattery and thanks from his fellow Kunlun disciples, so he just continued to calmly flip through the task catalog. Suddenly, out of the corner of his eye, he noticed a figure coming to the counter and whispering something to the Kunlun deacons.

Well, it seems to be River Song.

Qiu Changtian immediately remembered that this was his second senior brother Song He, and among the foundation-building disciples taught directly by Master Ziwei, his strength was second only to the chief Xu Changqing.

However, the rules of Kunlun are different from those of Shushan. Only the chief disciple is selected according to his strength, while the rest of the disciples are ranked according to their qualifications. Whether it is the Ziwei Sect Master or the other Yuanying Elders, they all follow this rule.

Therefore, compared to the brilliant Chief Xu Changqing, the second senior brother Song He is much more low-key.

Just as he was thinking about this, Song He suddenly raised his head and greeted him with a smile:

"Junior Brother Qiu, are you back from training outside again?"

Qiu Changtian keenly noticed that Song He's gaze lingered on the Taiyi Fenguang Sword behind him for a moment.

The Taiyi Fenguang Sword has been held by successive Kunlun masters. However, every time Qiu Changtian went out for training, it was given to him by Master Ziwei to protect him, which shows how important the sword is in the master's mind.

"Yes." Qiu Changtian nodded, "Brother Song, what is this?"

"Oh, I'm here to deliver the relics of my two junior brothers." Song He stared into his eyes and said slowly.

Zhao Wencheng and Qiu Yuan, although not the chiefs, were also disciples of Master Ziwei. However, they mysteriously disappeared in the secret realm of the palace and did not return until the palace gates were closed.

The trial out of the palace will not kill anyone. If someone is killed by the trial restrictions, they will only be teleported out when they are seriously injured and dying.

However, if one is killed by other trial-takers in the secret realm, there will be no such protection mechanism.

Since Zhao Wencheng and Qiu Yuan did not return before the palace was closed, they were most likely killed in the palace. It is just unknown whether the murderer was a disciple of Kunlun or Penglai, poison, inner demon, or accidental injury in battle, such as the aftermath of a large-scale lethal Taoist magic... In the world of cultivation, there are countless ways to kill people.

Master Ziwei used numerology to calculate for a while but could not come up with any result, so he could only set off back to Kunlun.

After returning to Kunlun, the two were pronounced dead by the Taiqing Sect.

As for the properties left in their cave, they naturally had to be packed up and sent to their families in the secular world.

"Alas." Qiu Changtian sighed, "The secret realm of the Li Palace, the legacy of the Chan Sect, should have been a smooth journey, how could such a thing happen..."

Seeing that he hadn't revealed any flaws, Song He retracted his gaze and said calmly:

"The path of cultivation is to go against the will of heaven, so how can there be an easy path?"

“Any difficulties and obstacles require great perseverance and wisdom to overcome.”

"If you can't break through, you will fall. There is no reason to explain it."

Qiu Changtian smiled gently and said:

"That's what my senior brother taught me."

Song He nodded slightly, patted his shoulder encouragingly, and then left with his hands behind his back.

Qiu Changtian watched him leave the Deacon Hall and quickly said in his heart:

"A Jing, he patted my shoulder just now. Did he do anything to me?"

"That's not the case." Kunlun Mirror replied.

"However." Its voice paused, and then said, "Your Senior Brother Song He..."

"...I do have a hidden hostility towards you. Well, it would be more appropriate to say 'malice'."