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In the underground cave.

The dozen or so knives that had been inserted into the ground disappeared without a trace, and Huo Xiumao's cultivation was already in the middle stage of Nascent Soul.

He stared intensely into the depths of the cave.

There, on the rocky hillock, was the last knife.

The blade of the sword is cold and majestic.

The spiritual power around him was like a river, and he concentrated on moving towards the knife.

Step by step on the hill, this time it was surprisingly smooth, without any obstacles or tests.

He held the handle of the knife, and it felt warm in his hand.

It was as if the knife was still in another person's hand just a moment ago.

A torrent of information suddenly appeared in the sea of ​​consciousness. After sorting it out, it turned out to be a martial arts combat technique called "Zhanbo Sword Technique"

He tried to pull out the sword, but it didn't move at all. Thinking about the sword technique again, he had the answer in his mind.

At this moment, outside the cave, an unknown number of miles up, is the bottom of a crack.

This crack is straight and huge. The original bloody waterfall has disappeared, and the surrounding Qianli Zeguo has dried up, leaving only scattered swamps.

There are two figures in the sky above the crack.

Daojun Yunmeng lowered his eyes and looked down, with a look of reassurance on his face.

Tongshengdaojun said: "It seems that he has passed many dangers. He will be able to get out of trouble as long as he understands the true inheritance of Zhan Dao. You don't need to worry."

Daojun Yunmeng nodded slightly and suddenly covered his heart with a look of pain.

Lord Tongsheng rushed to help her, but this move involved his own injury, and his expression suddenly became the same as Lord Yunmeng.

When the pain subsided slightly, Daojun Yunmeng smiled bitterly and said, "I'm afraid you and I will have to stay in seclusion for a while."

In the previous battle with a group of beast kings, both of them were injured, and the injuries were quite serious.

The beast kings did not get any relief either. Not only did many beast kings die, but the few survivors suffered serious injuries.

Lord Tongsheng sighed: "I wanted to take advantage of this talent selection to recruit a few more disciples, but it didn't work out."

"Senior brothers, do you mean those with powerful backgrounds? I think of the same thing as junior sister. They are all excellent young talents. If they are amateurs, I will take them under my wing when they get started."

"Haha, then I don't think I will compete with my junior sister. Alas, it is important to recuperate. If you accept it without teaching it, you will miss your future, so I have to give it to others."

"Yes, fortunately, they are all our own children. After being promoted to direct descendants, if they are sure that they have a strong enough sense of belonging to the sect, they can be trained as cores. You and I will give you more guidance in the future."

The two of them flew back to the sect while talking, but they did not use teleportation due to their injuries.

"Now that the world is about to undergo unprecedented changes, senior brother, you and I are in retreat, and the burden will fall entirely on the leader. I think at the beginning, he was more qualified than us, but later he missed the practice due to busy affairs, and now it is like this, It is said that we feel sorry for him."

"He is younger than us. When Yu Xian takes over the responsibility in the future, it will not be too late for him to devote himself to training. Fortunately, the old guys from the Wufeng Sword Sect in Niya Palace will also go into seclusion, so the structure of the three sects will probably not change."

"I'm worried about the forces below. It is said that during that meeting..."

……

Jing Yingrong submitted the application at the last moment of the deadline.

Since time was too tight, she teleported directly to the scene and appeared behind the elder in charge of the matter.

The elder jumped up in shock when she tapped him on the shoulder from behind. He stared at her as if she was a ghost, and then turned to look at the empty gate.

"Where did you come in?!"

"..."

She silently handed the application documents forward.

The elder took the document and didn't bother to study it further.He flipped through it casually and muttered: "It's just yours. I thought you wouldn't come... Okay, go back and wait for the news. I'll let you know later." Jing Yingrong: "Excuse me, how many days are you available? result?"

"It can take as fast as two days or as fast as four days. Without notification, you have failed. But there is nothing to screen for in this test. Basically, you have passed."

The elder put her paperwork away along with the dozens of others on the table.

He looked at his face reflected in his glasses, thought for a moment, and lowered his voice and asked: "Have you decided to apply for this position? Let me tell you, this is a sinecure at best, with no future. I think with your cultivation, you can be promoted. Personal transmission is more than enough, why waste it on such things."

Jing Yingrong opened his mouth to speak, but was hurriedly interrupted: "The sect is currently short of people and is anxious to select talents, so the conditions for promotion to the inner sect or to the direct disciple will be relaxed. Even if you want to be a post, you should first be promoted to a direct disciple and choose The scope is also larger, and the positions that direct disciples can hold are not comparable to those of inner disciples."

The elder tried to persuade her earnestly, but she still shook her head and refused, so the elder stopped talking.

After walking out of the door and down the steps, a ray of light suddenly fell in front of me.

Jing Yingrong looked at Yuan Yao and said, "So he looks like this when he is normal."

Yuan Yao met Jing Yingrong's inquiring eyes, a trace of embarrassment flashed across his face.

He slowly stretched out his right hand behind his back.

The crab was caught on his finger.

Jing Yingrong: "..."

She asked the crab to loosen its pincers, and the crab climbed onto her shoulder, pointed at Yuan Yao with its pincers, and then made gestures.

Yuan Yao coughed lightly and said: "I didn't know you were not there until I went to your cave. That bay is quite special, I..."

Jing Yingrong: "Just go down and play in the water again."

"It's not about playing with water."

Yuan Yao quickly retorted, but he lacked the confidence.

Jing Yingrong: "Do you have a problem with me?"

Yuan Yao nodded, raised his hand and set up a barrier to block outside detection.

He stared at the woman in front of him, his eyes becoming deep.

"You are Tao Zun's magic weapon, the mirror."

Reflected in the mirror, her eyelashes tremble slightly.

The sea of ​​consciousness exploded.

Ji Sha Jian: "How did he know?! Didn't Yu Yatou say she wouldn't tell him?"

Jijie Pen and Jiyanzhu asked the same question.

Yuan Yao suddenly raised the corners of his mouth, and his smile was a bit self-deprecating: "Did Yu Xian tell you to be careful, don't let me trick you into telling me your true identity."

Jing Yingrong nodded.

Yuan Yao: "She is worried that I will become crazy again. Don't worry, I will control myself until the sect doesn't need me."

Jing Yingrong: "Did you deduce it on your own? It's amazing."

Yuan Yao: "It was something that happened some time ago that inspired me. You were the one who killed the mysterious monster, right? I went to Shijue Mansion and asked, and you happened to disappear during that time. Later, the treasure left by the Taoist Master appeared in the world - in fact Your last name is the answer, but ordinary people would not think that there is a magic weapon that can transform a person in the world. When I connected these things with another thing, I came to a conclusion."

"I am not a magic weapon that transforms me into a human being. My human body is the body that carries me, and it is independent of my body."

Jing Yingrong gave a strict correction, and then asked: "What is the other thing?"

Yuan Yao was silent for a long time and said: "Your breath gave me a vague sense of familiarity. When I first met you, because of my abnormal state of mind, subconsciously, I seemed to have mistaken you for that -"

He paused and uttered two words in a deep tone:
"thing."