Hidden Corners

"Oh, the deer is awake." Kui Ling was chatting with Yun Chen when she felt some movement and looked down.

Li Chengyi was squeezed hard by her and was immediately buried in her arms, unable to move.

He didn't dare to move any more and could only stay calm.

"This kid is so shy." Kui Ling was surprised, "You're so young and you know so much?"

After thinking about it, she let Li Chengyi go.

"It's a pity. I was cuter when I was little, but now that I'm older, my eyes are no longer pure. Alas."

"Teacher, everyone knows what you are thinking." Yun Chen on the side added coldly.

"Ah? What am I thinking about? What do you think I am thinking about?" Kui Lingtong looked at his only female disciple with steady eyes.

"." Yunchen suddenly didn't dare to speak.

In fact, everyone can see that Kui Ling is raising Bai Lu as a nurturing doll that can be freely arranged and cultivated.

She was trying to dress Li Chengyi up as a man with a temperament and figure that perfectly matched her imagination of a perfect man.

This is the joy of raising children

Li Chengyi broke away from the embrace, his face somewhat rosy. This was the first time he had been so close to the opposite sex.

"Mom, it's better to stay away from me. After all, I'm older now." He said quickly.

"Alas" Kui Ling, who was cold in front of others, now showed a trace of obvious disappointment on her pretty face.

"The child has grown up and ignores his mother. It's so sad."

"Teacher, aren't you being too pretentious?" Yun Chen couldn't help but said on the side.

"Ah, is there?" Kui Ling opened her eyes wide and blinked, "But this is my true feelings."

Li Chengyi was speechless.

This cheap mom usually has a frosty attitude in front of outsiders, but those who get really close will understand that her true nature is actually an enhanced version of Big Bear.

Big Bear only likes to play pranks occasionally, but Kui Ling really likes to play tricks on others.

Then Yun Chen couldn't help but secretly poked at the teacher a few words, but Kui Ling, who became angry and held him down, started spanking him in turn.

Li Chengyi decisively couldn't stand it anymore and got up and fled the scene.

If he continues to look like this, he will be immoral. It would be fine if he is really a child, but he is not. If Yun Chen and Kui Ling find out the truth in the future,

Thinking about it, it feels like a comet hitting the earth.

Anyway, the one with the greatest benefits has already been obtained, so it’s better to escape first.

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In the blink of an eye, half a year has passed since I returned from the hot spring.

The competition between the four sects is about to officially begin. As the four sects that often have conflicts, they are also the real power behind the entire Panguang.

In order not to weaken their own forces and to demonstrate their strength to deter foreign enemies and internal traitors, the four factions must also achieve the goal of competing for the interests of the other three factions in disguise.

It was agreed that a competition would be held every three years, because reincarnation occurs every three years, and it would take at least three years for new disciples to go from getting started to truly emerging and realizing their potential.

Just like the direct disciples of Li Chengyi's generation, due to the special nature of direct instruction, although most of them have a deep foundation in practice, it still takes three years to truly master the martial arts and swordsmanship.

Under the setting sun.

There are large mountains and forests outside the Faceless Sword Sect.

Huo Qingkong slowly walked among the light and shadow. After practicing, he always liked to walk alone beside his manor.

A person, quiet and peaceful.

Chirp.

A plump bird with yellow-green feathers flew over his head and landed on a branch, making a chirping sound.

Huo Qingkong paused, stretched out his hand, and gently approached the bird.

Poof!

The little bird seemed to be approaching something frightening. It turned around, raised its butt, flapped its wings and ran away.

A trace of confusion flashed in Huo Qingkong's eyes.

He took back his hand and saw a faint flash of purple-black on his fingertips.

That's backlash

The backlash is already affecting his cultivation. The faster he improves, the stronger the backlash will be.

With a thought in Huo Qingkong's mind, the light suddenly became clear and she forcibly suppressed the backlash of malice.

When Ming Guang has cultivated to his level, he can pull the evil spirit in reverse direction, pull it away from the consciousness, and regain its clarification on its own.

After countless consciousnesses were clarified, their cultivation quickly condensed, settled, and converged.

The Yuanshen Sword once again bloomed with a new translucent fluorescence, and that light was a sign that the consciousness was once again full, reaching its limit and beginning to condense and sublimate.

Silently, the inside of Huo Qingkong's chest and robe inexplicably lit up with fluorescence.

After a moment, a new Yuan Seal appeared again.

The sublimation of the Yuan Shen Sword naturally increases the sharpness and destructive power of the sword.

In terms of speed, strength, impact power, etc., the overall improvement is average.

This is the second level of Yuan Seal of the Thousand Faced Sword Code.

It is also Huo Qingkong’s fifth Yuan Seal. He had an innate Yuan Seal. Later, the Faceless Sword Art and the Holy Spirit Kung Fu each condensed the Yuan Seal, and merged it with the innate Yuan Seal into one Great Yuan Seal.

After reaching the fourth level of these two techniques, each level can condense a Yuan Seal and sublimate the whole body.

After that, every time he advances to a level, he will merge the Yuan Yin of the Faceless Sword Art and the Holy Spirit Art into one. Until now, he has only been able to condense five Yuan Seals through continuous fusion, but these five Yuan Seals are actually far superior to the other single-seal contemporaries.

‘What a powerful talent, hahaha. With your qualifications, if you can use all the malice for your own use, your strength and speed of improvement will become the fastest in history! ! ’ The demon emperor’s voice sounded again.

'But unfortunately, the stronger you are, the stronger the Seven Malices will be! This is the result of non-differentiation. ’ The Demon Emperor laughed.

‘They live for you and die with you. ’

"Noisy!" Huo Qingkong snorted coldly, slashing with the Yuan Shen Sword, instantly cutting off the trace of the Demon Emperor's spiritual thoughts.

Without differentiation of the Holy Child, there will naturally be more hope of reaching higher than differentiation.

But it also faces the biggest problem - backlash.

After Huo Qingkong suppressed the Demon Emperor, she turned around alone and looked at the white manor when she came out.

‘I am the strongest genius of the Faceless Sword Sect in thousands of years! It is the only hope to save the Sword Sect and destroy the catastrophe in the future! ! Only I can save everything. So, no matter who it is! Nothing can stop me from becoming stronger! ’

He shoulders the important task of completely disintegrating the calamity. In this process, any obstacles are just some tempers on his path, and destruction is their only fate.

In the end, he will surely stand at the final pinnacle and accomplish a great deed that no one can imagine.

Huo Qingkong thinks so and does so.

No matter the backlash, the side effects, or the Demon Emperor, nothing can stop him.

Suppressing the violence in his eyes, he turned around and walked back.

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A total of four factions participated in the sect competition.

Venues are generally drawn to travel to different regions. Either designate a venue within the four factions, or go to a publicly agreed border area.

Most of these venues require extremely strong protection and concealment, but at the border, you can use it as much as you want without worrying about affecting innocent people.

The Faceless Sword Sect, the Qingmu Sword Sect, the Years and Years Sect, and the Yuheng Sect, after communicating with each other separately, it was determined that the competition would be held in the Yuheng Sect.

There are mainly two groups of disciples participating in the competition, the Qingying group and the Da group.

The two groups are divided according to age. In fact, they compare the older age group and the younger age group.

The Faceless Sword Sect sent a total of eight people, Big Sijian and Little Sijian, to go for comparison.

This time the team was led by elder Yun Ling, and was coordinated by several deacons. Including external auxiliary disciples, there are more than twenty people in total. It can be said that the entire sword sect lost one-tenth of its number in one fell swoop, and it was taken very seriously.

"I heard that the prizes for this competition are the Tiansi Silkworm Slough and the Tianjie Monument for a day of enlightenment."

Outside the mountain gate of the Sword Sect, which was about to set off, huge white cranes were spreading their wings and making a high-pitched cry.

But the protagonist of this trip is not them, but a huge white crane with a wingspan of tens of meters that can wrap almost everyone inside.

This white crane does not seem to be solid, its body is translucent, its red top and white neck, its belly can be faintly seen, and there is a snow-white sword emitting white light, which is rolling in the air.

Obviously that is the true form of the giant white crane.

Elder Yun Ling, who led the team, was a white-haired old man with a withered face and no attention to maintenance.

He is dressed in a white robe with fluttering sleeves, his long hair is neatly combed, and he wears a purple hosta in the shape of a peach branch on his head. He has a fairy-like appearance.

The deacons are now arranging for the disciples to climb onto the back of the giant white crane.

"If nothing else, Elder Yun Ling's appearance can make people believe that he is an immortal just by walking out." Bai He couldn't help but whisper beside Li Chengyi.

"Appearance is still very important." Li Chengyi nodded.

He unconsciously looked towards the distance, where Kui Ling was standing with a group of senior officials who were seeing him off, nodding towards him.

"Don't show off, safety is paramount." Her voice came quietly.

Li Chengyi nodded, indicating that he understood.

In fact, looking at the disciples of his generation around him who were not even united at all, he felt that he was bullying others by participating in the competition, but he had no choice but to call the competition's prizes too tempting.

The Tianjie Monument is a relic monument discovered by the four sects when they were exploring the outside world. It contains a lot of Taoist mysteries. Basically, any disciple who can obtain the qualifications for enlightenment has benefited a lot from it.

This is not because the Taoism on the Tianjie Stele is extremely broad and profound, but because the stele is basically alive.

It has self-awareness and can answer all your doubts in a targeted manner. Especially issues related to spiritual practice.

Even Huo Qingkong had the qualification to comprehend once. When he entered, he had three seals, and when he came out, he had four seals. The improvement is so big that it is jaw-dropping.

"This time Senior Brother competes again, there is probably no suspense, and he is ranked number one again." Bai He sighed.

"Elder brother is too strong. People of his generation who were born in the same era are simply a disaster. They will be crushed by him at any time." Qiu Chen nodded.

This cute girl with big eyes is now in casual clothes, with her hair tied up into a single ponytail. Although she still looks a bit silly, as one of the Four Little Swordsmen, if anyone really thinks of her as a fool, then they are really stupid. .

Li Chengyi's eyes fell far away on Huo Qingkong, who was talking to someone in front.

Not just him, but everyone's eyes would unconsciously fall on that person at this time.

As long as Huo Qingkong is present, he will be the center of attention.

"Why does this guy feel a little different?" Li Chengyi looked at it and suddenly frowned slightly.

Because the Seven Mind Holy Spirit Skill he is practicing now is a self-improved version. Some of the Seven Malices have been transformed into the Seven Mindful Minds and integrated into the Yuanshen.

Of course, he had not yet reached the level of cultivation at this time, and he had just begun to deal with the transformation of the three malices into the three righteous thoughts.

But if the direction is right, it will become more and more perfect in the future.