Who said I practiced the exercises incorrectly?

"Click."

"Click."

……

The sun is high in the sky.

Ning Yan walked along a gravel slope.

A swamp with muddy water can be vaguely seen nearby.

There were no fish or shrimps in it, but instead there were some scattered corpses of insects, birds and mice.

Sometimes you can see large swarms of flies buzzing around the corpse.

There was a faint stench of decay in the air.

But this smell was definitely not from the corpses.

But it is the turbid yellow water.

That’s right, those muddy waters are exactly the Yellow Spring Water that rushed out from the Shinra ruins.

Not long ago, the Yellow Springs had a high tide ahead of schedule due to the unusual movements of the corpse holder. In order to save people, Lin Shilun and others dug a dam below to change the course of the Yellow Springs, causing it to spread out into a large area when flowing downstream, flooding many areas.

But precisely because they are spread out, these flooded areas form fragmented swamps.

There was not much water in the swamp, only calf-deep or even below the knee, but the many creatures living there all suffered a devastating disaster. This was because the Yellow Spring water was poisonous, and even the strong could not withstand it in large quantities, let alone these ordinary creatures.

Following the intermittent route, Ning Yan crossed the large swamp with one step shallow and one step deep and entered the Shinra ruins.

He casually dealt with some disaster beasts that he encountered on the road, and soon he saw the Jianshan Mountain which looked like a small mound of earth.

The Sword Mountain was the same as before, with countless long swords inserted on it. The light reflected by the sword blades looked like countless broken scales, and it seemed as if a giant beast was lying on the ground and sleeping soundly.

Shaking his head and putting aside those messy thoughts, Ning Yan went straight to the sword domain.

The outskirts of the Sword Domain used to be bustling with people, and many warriors were happy to watch from the outside even if they did not go deep inside. But now, the entire Sword Domain is deserted.

Not to mention the warriors resting around, even in the sword domain, no human figures could be seen - of course, there were still human figures, but whether those undead swordsmen could still be considered human beings was a question.

This time he came again to challenge the Sword Domain Pass. This was not only a request from Duan Haishan, but also had his own ideas.

Duan Haishan's request was simple. He hoped that he could enter the sword domain and get a few more spirit swords. In exchange for these spirit swords, he would invite all the top sects in the city to join the war against the Qiongqi God's Envoy.

Ning Yan understood that his request was actually quite reasonable.

Just as everyone expected, even though the Qiongqi Divine Envoy was seriously injured and fell into a deep sleep, he was still a strong man in the third realm, and there was a huge gap between him and the warriors in the second realm, like the difference between heaven and earth.

Not to mention that Yin Juelin has been running the business for so many years, no one knows whether he has other hidden tricks.

This journey to destroy Yin Jue Lin and eliminate the Qiongqi Divine Envoy will definitely involve unimaginable risks.

With such a huge risk, it is natural that we need to unite with huge interests.

Some people may ask, those strong men in Fulong City have intervened in the action against the Blood God Cult, so when the Qiongqi Envoy wakes up, how could they let them go?

However, humans are creatures that always have a sense of luck unless they are faced with a crisis.

Maybe the Qiongqi god's messenger is already dead?

Maybe he won't recover for two years?

Maybe his injuries will be even worse after he recovers?

……

There are always various excuses for them to have a chance of success.

Furthermore, even if they were sure that the Qiongqi God's messenger would come to deal with them, they could just leave.

In fact, in many people's minds, this is the best choice.

After all, he is a strong man in the third realm. Who knows how many people will be killed if he is surrounded and killed?

Who can be sure that he is not among the victims?
Instead of risking your life to attack, it is better to escape from Fulong City as soon as possible.

Although all the powerful men are the leaders of their respective sects and are responsible for the entire sect, there are still differences in the closeness of the relationships within the sect.

They took some trusted family members and direct disciples with them and headed for other cities. Even though there might be risks along the way, it was much better than facing the Qiongqi God's envoy head-on.

Moreover, the sect's inheritance is often placed on these powerful people. As long as they have not died, even if all the disciples have died, they can still rebuild it somewhere else.

Therefore, there is no need for them to fight with the Qiongqi God Envoy.

But it would be different if you took out a spiritual weapon as a bounty.

For a small town like Fulong, even the Silk Strength experts had never owned a spiritual weapon before, let alone those who had entered the realm of strength. One can imagine how valuable spiritual weapons are in their eyes.

In fact, if it weren't for the purpose of obtaining spiritual weapons, so many warriors would not have easily stepped into the trap set by Long Zun.

And now, with the spiritual weapon hanging there as a bounty, it will naturally arouse everyone's ambition.

This thing can be passed down as a clan treasure, or it can be carried with you for personal use.

Even if some people are not good at swordsmanship, they can still use their spiritual swords to trade for other spiritual weapons or even important materials.

From any perspective, it is a sure win.

As for the risks of obtaining spiritual weapons, of course, dealing with the Qiongqi God's messenger will certainly not be easy, but warriors have always been bloodthirsty and will never lack courage. In addition, now that everyone is working together and they have spiritual weapons in their hands, it is unreasonable to retreat.

In addition, Ning Yan also felt it necessary to prepare a spiritual weapon for them.

This is not because he is merciful or generous, it is entirely for the purpose of strengthening his own combat capability and increasing the chances of eliminating the Qiongqi God's Messenger.

When dealing with a strong man in the third realm, no matter how thoroughly prepared you are, it is never too much.

However, the powerful men can come with spiritual weapons as invitations, but Duan Haishan, who took the initiative to propose this condition, does not intend to ask for any spiritual weapons for Jian Ji Sect.

This is mainly because Fulong City is the foundation of the entire Jianji Sect. If other sects leave Fulong, they will at most suffer temporary heavy losses, but if the Jianji Sect leaves, it would be like digging up their own roots.

What's more, the conflict between them and the Blood God Cult is almost irreconcilable. If the Qiongqi Divine Envoy wakes up, he can let anyone go, but he will never let go of their Jianji Sect.

Therefore, the conditions he proposed were actually prepared for other sects to ask for spiritual weapons, in order to tie them up on the ship and try his best to promote the cooperation in the crusade against the Qiongqi Divine Envoy.

I have to say it was really painstaking.

Besides this, Duan Haishan also clearly told him that all Jianji Sect masters who had entered the Jin realm and above could be dispatched for this operation, but as the strongest in Fulong, he was the only one who could not leave Fulong City because of a contract.

As compensation, he would let Li Qingzhi and others bring the strongest trump card of Jian Ji Sect.

In a sense, it can be said that it is the most benevolent thing to do.

Therefore, Ning Yan had nothing else to say to him, and just tried his best to get a few more spiritual weapons.

This may be difficult to do for others, but not necessarily for him.

After all, his four spirit swords were taken from the Sword Domain. If he was more careful and worked harder, he might be able to get more spirit swords.

At this moment, standing in front of the wide sword area, Ning Yan looked inside.

The large sword area near the periphery looked quite messy, like a young woman who had just been ravaged.

In addition to some broken swords, there were large deep pits in many places, as well as the remains of the disaster beasts that had not disappeared, and even some human skeletons could be vaguely seen. There was no doubt that this was the tragic scene left behind after the beast tide hit that day.

He never thought that after such a short time, he would have to re-enter it.

Facing the stench of fermented rotten flesh, Ning Yan stepped through the sticky corpse water, trying to choose a more appropriate path.

As you step into the Sword Qi Pass, sharp sword energy will immediately attack from all directions.

In the past when he had not yet reached the advanced level, he could easily deflect these sword energies.

Now when I encounter them again, I can deal with them with great ease. I don’t even need to touch them. I can just stroll into the next level leisurely.

Maybe he discovered that the strength of the entrant was not right, the Undead Swordsman who came to meet him at this moment was actually a very powerful person at the peak of the entry level, and his strength was far greater than the one who attacked that day.

But this Undead Swordsman is much stronger than his opponent from that day. How can he be compared to his former self now?
Faced with the horror of the sword flying towards him, Ning Yan did not waste too much time. He stepped on the ground, performed the Zhu Lang step, moved his body to the side, and then suddenly punched out with the Die Lang fist, from bottom to top, smashing the dead swordsman into pieces on the spot, turning into countless debris that scattered everywhere.

Before the trivial debris fell to the ground, Ning Yan had already stepped into the third level, the Sword Intent Level.

There is a very clear boundary between the Sword Intent Level and the Swordsman Level.

Unlike the previous two levels which were attacked by a large tide of beasts, the Sword Intent Pass was almost as empty and deserted as before. It was almost impossible for warriors or disaster beasts to break into the depths. Instead, there were many corpses piled up in front of the checkpoint.

These corpses were killed instantly as soon as they entered the level.

After crossing the boundary and entering, Ning Yan's footsteps couldn't help but pause slightly.

The sword intent barrier is to use sword blades formed by countless sword intents to attack his consciousness space.

For ordinary people, once the consciousness space is destroyed, they will die on the spot.

But because he had the protection of the Yu-character stone tablet, his endurance was much stronger than that of others.

Ning Yan thought that this time he would have to rely on the Yu-character stele to get through it just like last time.

He never thought that the seemingly terrifying sword intent at the beginning could not break through his consciousness space.

After being slightly surprised, he quickly realized that this was the huge enhancement brought about by the promotion.

Now his consciousness space is not only larger and more vast than the violent anger, but also more stable and difficult to destroy by external force.

That's why those sword intentions were blocked outside.

However, if you stay there too long, it is only a matter of time before you are breached.

Ning Yan was too lazy to pay any more attention to it. He accelerated and rushed inside while the consciousness space had not been broken.

When he safely arrived at the next checkpoint, he unexpectedly comprehended a new sword scripture.

Ning Yan had no time to pay attention to the sword scripture for the time being. He focused all his attention on the level in front of him.

Jianxin Pass.

Unlike the previous levels, the difficulty of this level will increase as the strength of the intruder increases. In fact, the higher the realm, the stronger the suppression will be, leaving him no room for carelessness.

After stepping into the Sword Heart Pass at this moment, countless illusions suddenly formed in his mind in an instant.

If these illusions looked like simple pixel figures when he first ventured into Jianxin Pass, then now that he had reached the peak of his strength, these illusions had obviously become more realistic - each one looked like a simple pixel figure wearing clothes.

Seeing this scene, Ning Yan breathed a sigh of relief, but then felt a little lost.

After all, he has never really experienced the Sword Heart Pass.

What sword heart test, what going through countless calamities, they are simply impossible to encounter.

I really envy those trial-takers who get to experience so many illusions.

Shaking his head, Ning Yan walked straight in and soon arrived at the fifth level, the Sword Questioning Level.

He opened his mouth to answer the new question that suddenly appeared in his mind, walked forward a distance, pulled out a few spirit swords, and a familiar phantom appeared in front of him again.

It turned out to be one of the three top giants of Shenluo Wanxiang Sect——

The master of Shinra swords, Li Wuxiang.

……

"Oh, I'm finally back. I'm so tired."

Passing through the majestic gate of Fulong City, the Fifth Sword couldn't help but let out a long breath, and felt like his whole body was going limp.

Before he could sit down at the long table in the tea shop to rest, a broad and strong hand stretched out from behind and grabbed the collar of his back.

The Fifth Sword turned his head with an innocent look on his face, but Li Qingzhi smiled and said:

"We are just ahead of the sect. If you want to rest, let's go back to the sect first and then rest. A journey of a hundred miles begins with a single step. There is only this last step left. Why delay here any longer?"

The Fifth Sword said helplessly:

"I know this, but my legs are weak. I have been chasing the remnants of the Blood God Cult in the wilderness for several days without stopping. The distance I have walked in the past few days is almost equivalent to the past year. I definitely need to take a break."

"Hurry up, don't waste time."

Li Qingzhi smiled and kicked him:
"Don't you see how many captives and spoils we brought? It's not convenient to keep so many things outside. Besides, the sect leader and his men are waiting for us to report back."

"Alright, alright, I'm scared of you."

The Fifth Sword curled his lips and continued to stagger forward.

Li Qingzhi shook his head and continued to move towards the inner city with the convoy loaded with a lot of goods and more than a dozen prisoners.

Soon, bursts of shouting were heard from behind, and at a glance, a group of disciples from the academy were seen running by, covered in dust, some of them were carrying injuries.

Li Qingzhi saw a familiar disciple and asked in surprise:

"What happened?"

The disciple replied anxiously:
"Jiang Xuelu was knocked unconscious during an explosion experiment. Several nearby disciples were injured. We are rushing to send the injured back for treatment."

As he said this, he broke free and hurriedly led his men back in an extremely hurried manner.

Seeing this, everyone was speechless.

After passing this, they soon saw the Dragon-Slaying Sword stuck in the ground far away.

As swordsmen from the Jian Ji Sect, naturally several people rushed forward excitedly and tried to pull out the sword.

Without exception, all failed.

Li Qingzhi found their dejected expressions very funny.

He had known for a long time that it was not so easy to pull out the sword, and he had given up the idea of ​​pulling out the sword over the years. Perhaps he really had to wait until the destined person mentioned by the Dragon Slaying Sword Saint appeared before he could pull out the sword.

Just as he was thinking about it, his eyes fell on the Dragon-Slaying Sword, and Li Qingzhi's heart suddenly jumped.

An invisible throbbing quietly permeated his heart.

He suddenly had a very clear intuition -

He can pull out this sword. (End of this chapter)