Two days later.
Yunzhou arrived in the imperial capital.
After bidding farewell to Yun Ruoxue, Lin Yun returned directly to the academy.
As soon as we entered the inner courtyard, there was a lively scene. There were stone steps in the mountains, waterside pavilions, forest paths, lotus ponds and pavilions. There were students everywhere. Compared with the deserted place in the past, there was a huge difference.
Lin Yun was very surprised.
He randomly grabbed a student and asked him. When he showed displeasure and was about to scold him, Lin Yun handed him a Yuan Dan realm beast core.
The student suddenly smiled brightly and explained the reason to Lin Yun in detail.
It turns out that the reason why the inner courtyard is so lively is because the Qingyan Challenge in the Academy is about to begin!
What is the Qingyan Challenge?
It is a competition specially set up to compete for the ranking of Qingyan Ranking!
Unlike the outer court, the students in the inner court spend most of their time outside the academy doing tasks or training, and very few stay in the academy all the time.
Especially for the geniuses on the Qingyan Ranking, due to the fierce competition, most of them are practicing outside the academy to improve their strength. After all, no one wants to be kicked off the ranking.
This creates a very serious problem——
When some students want to challenge the Qing Yan Ranking, they can’t find anyone on the list!
Therefore, the academy stipulates that during this period of the year, a five-day Qingyan Challenge will be held, and all students on the Qingyan List must be present!
At that time, students can challenge the Qingyan Ranking, and people on the Qingyan Ranking can also challenge each other!
"I see."
Lin Yun let go of the student with a smile on his face, "God is really helping me!"
The purpose of his trip back to the academy was to stir up the storm and focus everyone's attention on him, so that the Lin family could move safely and secretly.
Originally, he was planning to challenge the Qingyan Ranking, but based on the great things he had done before, he might not be able to cause any sensation by challenging the geniuses who ranked thirty or forty on the Qingyan Ranking.
The only way to challenge the top ten on the Qingyan Ranking is!
Except for one Mu Qianqian, none of these people were in the academy. Lin Yun was still having a headache at first, but now that he heard the news about the Qingyan Challenge, it really suited him.
Without staying outside for long, Lin Yun returned to his residence.
There are still two days left for the Qing Yan Challenge to start. During this time, you can just use it to practice the Dragon Tiger Strength and the Extreme Shadow Body Technique, as well as the third dragon-slaying sword technique.
Many of the martial arts skills that I have practiced before have all reached the Dacheng realm or above, and some have been cultivated to the perfect state. Only this heaven-level sword technique to slay the dragon has been stuck on the edge of the Dacheng realm, always just a little short of it. I hope I can do it this time. A successful breakthrough.
As for the remaining three-color mist fruit, Lin Yun was not in a hurry to take it.
After breaking through the Yuan Dan realm, his cultivation rapidly increased to the peak of the fifth level of the Yuan Dan realm. Although the true essence was still pure and condensed, with no unstable foundation, his body had not yet fully adapted to this surge of energy.
Wait a few days for your body to fully adapt before taking the three-color mist fruit again.
Lin Yun took a deep breath, took out the Tian Nian Jing and placed it close to his eyebrows, and began to practice.
…
Luoyue Mountain Forest.
In the ancient wood wolf forest, two young men walked out, their robes stained with blood.
One of the young men was holding a black spear with a domineering and cold gaze. On the spear was a leopard-like monster with a perfect Yuan Dan realm.
Bah!
The young man flicked the spear, and the body of the leopard monster immediately fell into pieces, and a core flew out, which he held in his hand.
"Zhou Xing, you have now broken through to the ninth level of the Yuan Dan Realm. In this Qingyan Challenge, your ranking can be improved by at least six or seven places." Another young man wearing a cloud-patterned robe said with a smile, His eyes were calm and his demeanor was calm and calm.
"Six or seven..."
Zhou Xing, a young man holding a black spear, smiled domineeringly, "My goal is to be in the top ten of the Qing Yan Ranking! Now that my cultivation level has improved, I am very different from them. In a real life-and-death fight, I may not be weaker than them!"
"certainly……"
He changed the subject, looked at the young man in moiré robes beside him, smiled bitterly, and said, "I still can't compare to you!"
He shook his head and said: "Zhou Tian, your current strength is comparable to that of the Divine Palace. This time when you go back, except for that woman, I am afraid that the two guys in front will not be your opponents."
He knows how terrifying Zhou Tian's current strength is!
Previously, he fought fiercely for three hours with a monster beast in the early stage of the Divine Palace Realm, without losing any strength. Later, with his assistance, he directly killed the monster beast in the early stage of the Divine Palace Realm.
This kind of record, except for the woman at the top of the list, can be said to be the best on the Qingyan list!
Hearing this, the cloud-robed young man Zhou Tian smiled lightly and said: "With my current strength, I am indeed confident that I can defeat those two people. However, we cannot underestimate others. Maybe those two perverts have also broken through? Which one is stronger? Which one is weak, you still have to fight to know."
"You have to fight to know! However, I still believe that you will win Zhou Tian!"
It would be strange if he couldn't win with a strength comparable to that of the Divine Mansion Realm.
Zhou Tian smiled lightly and did not deny it. Instead, he smiled lightly and said, "Okay, we should go back to the academy."
"It's time to go back to the academy!"
Zhou Xing nodded, and then a cold look appeared on the corner of his mouth, and said: "I heard the news from the clan that Zhou Lie, that good-for-nothing, died in the hands of an ant in the Xiantian realm. It’s all lost!”
Hearing this, Zhou Tian couldn't help but shook his head slightly and said: "I have reminded him a long time ago not to stay in the academy all the time, but to practice more and experience life and death battles, so that he will not be in a state of cultivation in vain, but The combat power is insubstantial.”
"It's a pity that he turned my words on deaf ears."
"With his cultivation at the seventh level of the Yuan Dan Realm, he is only ranked 32nd on the Qingyan Ranking. It is really a bit low."
"Now he has died at the hands of an innate-level ant. He is really a bit...waste!"
Zhou Tian's expression was calm, but his eyes were cold, and he said coldly: "However, although Zhou Lie is a bit useless, he is still ranked high among the younger generation of our Zhou family. He died of an innate-level ant. It’s really shameful in your hands and it damages the dignity of our Zhou family!”
"This time when I return to the academy, I'll crush this jumping ant to death!"
"Hahaha, if Zhou Tian takes action personally, that ant will definitely be dead!"
Zhou Xing burst out laughing, "It's an honor for that ant to die in your hands!"
"Let's go back to the academy!"
…
Wucangjiang.
The waves were majestic, the waves surged, and the roar was like thunder, shaking the whole land.
Riverside.
Boo hoo hoo…
A warrior at the first level of the Divine Palace Realm looked extremely embarrassed as he kept dodging the bombardments of sword energy. His clothes were torn and there were bloodstains on his body, all of which were caused by the sword energy.
The person who issued these sword auras was actually a young man wearing a moon-white robe. His aura had only reached the level of Yuan Dan Realm. It was so overwhelming that this first-level warrior of the Divine Palace Realm couldn't even lift his head. He even couldn't bear it. Minor injuries.
In mid-air on the side, there is an old man watching the battle. His golden robe is rustling in the wind, and his expression is extremely indifferent.
He is the elder of Qingyan Academy.
At this time, when the young man in the white robe saw that he had not taken down this Shenfu realm warrior for a long time, his expression could not help but become cold, his eyes became extremely sharp, and murderous intent burst out.
"Killing Sword Technique!"
A cold shout echoed around.
The aura on the young man's body suddenly changed and became extremely fierce. The sword energy that had been blasting towards the divine warrior in the sky suddenly stopped, and then quickly became scarlet.
"Buzz..."
Immediately, all the scarlet sword energy trembled, and one after another quickly imprinted into the long sword held in the young man's hand.
Every time a scarlet sword energy is imprinted, the power on the long sword becomes more powerful and terrifying.
In the blink of an eye, all the scarlet sword energy was imprinted into the long sword, and the long sword suddenly turned into a color as scarlet as blood. The fierce and domineering power it exuded caused the complexion of the Shenfu realm warrior to suddenly change.
Without thinking, the Shenfu realm warrior immediately displayed his strongest martial arts with all his strength.
At this moment, the young man suddenly slashed out with his sword!
The sword comes out and the storm moves!
laugh!
I saw a domineering and fierce scarlet sword slashing through the void, easily crushing the strongest attack of the Shenfu realm warrior with a devastating force.
"ah……"
Immediately, the sword slashed down wildly, instantly piercing the body of the frightened Shenfu realm warrior, cutting him in half, and blood sprang up several feet high.
boom!
The overbearing and fierce sword gang struck the ground, instantly cutting a waist-thick crack in the ground, which quickly spread into the distance. The terrifying power of the sword gang silenced the raging Wucang River!
"Okay! Okay! Okay!"
Seeing this scene, the Chuan Gong elder who was watching the battle suddenly burst into laughter and said hello three times.
Then he flew down in front of the young man, with a look of relief and satisfaction on his face, and said with a smile: "Junren, you are really talented. The killing sword technique passed down to you by your master, you have only practiced it for two years, and you have already mastered it." It has reached the point where the seventy swords are united into one, and it is not far away from the perfect state where the hundred swords are united into one!"
"Now you can kill the warriors of the Divine Palace Realm with one sword. With your strength, you can sweep across the Qing Yan Ranking. You can even compete with the woman at the top of the list! This really makes me happy!"
The elder Chuangong looked at the young man in front of him with a smile on his face, and he became more and more satisfied as he looked at him.
"Master taught me well!"
Bai Junren quickly put away his sword and saluted.
"Hahaha, Kimihito, the Qingyan Challenge is about to begin. I will take you back to the academy as my teacher!"
"Okay! Then I'll trouble you, Master!"
Bai Junren nodded, then looked in the direction of the academy, with a sneer on his lips.
He is not only the disciple of the elder Chuan Gong, but also the personal disciple of Jiange.
Bai Mo, the master of the third pavilion of Jiange, had already sent a message to him. As long as he brought back Lin Yun's head this time, he would be rewarded with a third-level spiritual fruit that nourishes the soul, allowing him to open up the sea of consciousness and break through in a short time. To the realm of God’s Mansion.
Even he couldn't ignore this reward, it was extremely exciting.
"Lin Yun?"
"It's just an ant, you can kill it easily..."
Bai Junren looked disdainful.
call out!
Soon, wrapped in the true essence of the Chuan Gong elder, the two of them broke through the air and left.
…
Colosseum, Colosseum headquarters.
A huge battle platform.
A burly young man who had reached the perfect realm of Yuan Dan was fighting madly with a demonic beast in the early stage of the Shenfu realm. There were many Shenfu realm warriors surrounding the battle platform in mid-air, with their auras surging, and they were all watching the battle.
At this time, the burly young man became more and more courageous as he fought, his eyes were extremely wild, and his iron fists seemed to be extremely powerful. He actually beat the monster beast in the early stage of the Divine Palace Realm to retreat, and screamed incessantly.
"Hundred Beasts Fist!"
Suddenly, the young man roared wildly, and his aura rose sharply, exuding a terrifying aura that made people feel heart-beating and frightened. His eyes became extremely ferocious, like a wild beast coming out of its gate and punching out fiercely.
boom!
As the punch came out, air waves rolled and the air was compressed sharply.
The violent fist force was suddenly released, and turned into a galloping tiger, smashing into a huge fireball spewed out by the demonic beast in the early stage of the Divine Palace Realm, and smashing it into the ground in an instant. above its head.
Click!
The crisp sound of bone cracking resounded in all directions, and the violent fist force raged wildly. The monster beast in the early stage of the Divine Palace Realm had its head and half of its body shattered by this punch.
boom!
Blood splashed all over the sky, and the body crashed to the ground!
All the Shenfu realm warriors watching the battle were shocked!
"What a strong strength!"
“Is Tu Gang’s practice of Hundred Beast Fist almost reaching perfection?”
"I think it's not much different!"
"As expected of the son of Tufen Dou Beast King, his strength is extraordinary!"
"Calculating the time, the Qingyan Challenge in the Academy is about to begin. With Young Master Tu Gang's strength, even against the woman at the top of the list, there is some chance of winning, right?"
"What's the point of guessing here? Can't we just go to the academy and find out?"
"I'm happy to do it, but you can control it!"
"you……"
"Stop arguing, the young master has left for the Academy!"
"Then what are you waiting for? Hurry up and follow!"
…
Academy, Inner Courtyard, Tianxing Peak.
"Qing Yan Challenge?"
Murong Yan opened her eyes, exuding the powerful aura of the fifth level of the Yuan Dan Realm, her pretty face was extremely cold and arrogant, "With my current strength, I can also be on the Qingyan Ranking! Unfortunately, Tianchen will not let me participate!"
"However, we can do some work and get rid of Lin Yun's scourge in advance!"
She clenched her palms suddenly, her eyes extremely cold.
Last time Qi Tianchen promised her to deal with Lin Yun, but Lin Yun returned to the academy intact, which made her very unwilling.
This time, she was determined to make Lin Yun die on the Qingyan Stage!
…
Two days passed quickly.
There are more and more students in the inner courtyard, and most of them have rushed back. The geniuses on the Qingyan Ranking have also returned to the academy one after another, causing widespread heated discussion.
Soon, it was the day of the Qingyan Challenge.
early morning.
sunny.
Lin Yun wore a black black suit and came to Qingyan Square.
At this time, the entire square was crowded, noisy and lively.
Close to the Qingyan Platform, several stands were built, with some futons, spiritual fruit snacks, etc. placed on them for some important figures to watch the duel on the Qingyan Platform.
In addition, a large number of spiritual fruit snacks are also prepared in the pavilions and pavilions near Qingyan Terrace for some distinguished people to sit and watch the battle.
During the Qingyan Challenge, the inner courtyard of the Academy will be open to the public, and many forces will send people to watch the battle.
It can be said that the annual Qingyan Challenge is the busiest time in the inner courtyard.
To be honest, Lin Yun was really uncomfortable with such a lively inner courtyard.
"What are you doing? Don't squeeze!"
"Push for what?"
"Do you believe I will beat you?"
"How dare you... Hey, you are so strong!"
Slowly but firmly using his true energy to push away the students who were crowding around, Lin Yun finally arrived near the Qingyan Platform.
He is the one who wants to challenge the Qing Yan Ranking, so he naturally has to stand closer.
After occupying his own territory, Lin Yun looked at the stands. At this time, many people were already sitting on them. Lin Yun glanced around and saw that they were all Shenfu realm warriors, which surprised him.
Immediately, his glance suddenly paused, and he was a little surprised, "Miss Yun?"
In the stands, Yun Ruoxue, who was wearing a cloud-colored dress, knelt down in front of a long desk and looked over with a smile on her face. She was accompanied by Qian Tong, an old man in black robes.
Lin Yun really didn't expect that this woman would come over.
now.
On a pavilion near Qingyan Terrace.
"Sister Jiuyou, what's so good about that stinky man? Hum, I'm much prettier than that stinky man. I don't allow you to look at him!"
Mu Qianqian, who was dressed in green, used her body to block Jian Jiuyou's sight hatefully, staring at her beautiful eyes, her pretty face full of dissatisfaction, and her mouth pouting.
Jian Jiuyou: "..."
She wasn't looking at Lin Yun just now, she was just casually scanning Qingyan Square. Why did everything change when she came into Mu Qianqian's mouth?
A black line appeared on his forehead, Jian Jiuyou said coldly: "Qianqian, your body has not fully recovered yet, so you should focus more on the next ranking challenge and try to keep your ranking."
"What a bad ranking, I don't care about it!"
Mu Qianqian shouted, and then said bitterly: "Now I just want to break through to the Divine Palace Realm quickly, see if Sister Jiuyou dare to get rid of me again!"
In the past half month, because her cultivation and sea of consciousness were sealed by the paralysis effect of the poison, Jian Jiuyou could not avoid her, and finally allowed her to live a "rich" life.
But a few days ago, after Jian Jiuyou returned to the Divine Palace realm, everything changed. As long as she dared to take any extraordinary actions, Jian Jiuyou would fly away in the air and leave her where she was, leaving her depressed.
For this reason, she went into seclusion for an unprecedented few days, hoping to relieve the paralysis effect of the poison in advance so that she could break through to the divine realm by taking the three-color mist fruit given to her by Lin Yun.
Unfortunately, she couldn't shake the paralysis effect of the poison at all and could only wait for it to subside naturally.
"Damn stinky man... Eh? Oh my God, sister Jiuyou, look, that stinky man is actually flirting with other women!"
Mu Qianqian suddenly shouted loudly, and then angrily defended Jian Jiuyou, "Sister Jiuyou, let me just say, stinky men are really unreliable! Damn stinky men, they have no conscience!"
Hearing this, Jian Jiuyou was slightly startled, a hint of surprise flashed through his cold eyes, and he looked at Lin Yun next to the Qingyan Platform, and then followed Lin Yun's gaze to Yun Ruoxue in the stands.
After seeing Yun Ruoxue's face clearly, she frowned slightly, "Is it her?"
At this time, Mu Qianqian suddenly came over and hugged Jian Jiuyou in her arms, saying with a distressed look on her face: "Sister Jiuyou, don't be sad, that stinky man is unreliable, let's ignore him from now on! You Don’t worry, Sister Jiuyou, I will always be with you... Wuwu..."
As she said that, she lay directly on Jian Jiuyou's chest and started sobbing.
Jian Jiuyou: "???"
"Qianqian, let go of your hands!"
"don't want!"
Mu Qianqian quickly shook her head and refused, looking like she was about to cry for a while, "Sister Jiuyou, are you very sad now? You must be very sad! But don't worry, stinky men are unreliable, and there is me. I will always be with you... ...Sister Jiuyou, from now on, the two of us will depend on each other... Wuwu..."
She looked very sad and distressed, but in fact she buried her head in Jian Jiuyou's towering chest, sobbing and laughing.
Jian Jiuyou: "..."
With black lines all over his forehead, Jian Jiuyou held his jade fist and endured it for a while, but finally couldn't hold it back anymore.
Bang!
"Ouch!"
"Sister Jiuyou, why did you hit me?"
Mu Qianqian asked with a pitiful look on her face, one of her eyes started to turn black again.
"You're too noisy!"
Jian Jiuyou said quietly.
Mu Qianqian: "!!!"
Damn stinky man, Sister Jiuyou hit me again...
Jian Jiuyou ignored Mu Qianqian and looked at Lin Yun in the square with his cold eyes, then glanced at Yun Ruoxue who was smiling in the stands, and suddenly fell silent.
After a while.
A chill suddenly appeared in her beautiful eyes, and her jade hands gently clenched into fists.
…
In another attic.
A beautiful middle-aged woman in a plain white dress walked up, followed by two women.
One of the girls was wearing a white dress with a cold and arrogant expression. She was Murong Yan.
…
at this time.
In Qingyan Square.
Lin Yun looked away. Yun Ruoxue's arrival was indeed a surprise to him, but it was also reasonable.
It was because seeing Yun Ruoxue reminded him of another person, "I don't know if Jian Jiuyou will come..."
He thought so in his mind.
The reason for returning to the academy this time was to stir up trouble. If the woman Jian Jiuyou was also present, he felt that being in the limelight in front of this woman would definitely be something he was looking forward to.
Maybe this woman saw how good he was and left him early...
Lin Yun fantasized in his heart.
He had no idea at this time that the scene where he and Yun Ruoxue were looking at each other had been seen by someone...
If I had known about it, I probably wouldn’t have dared to think this way, but would have thought about how to avoid being chopped to the ground by someone’s sword...
Boo hoo hoo…
Streams of light flew from the sky from time to time, landing in the stands or surrounding pavilions and pavilions. More and more Shenfu realm warriors came, far exceeding the viewing ceremony at the end of the Academy entrance examination.
One can imagine how high the Qingyan Challenger's status is in the hearts of many forces in Da Qi.
"The higher the better!"
"The more they value this Qingyan Challenge, the greater the sensation will be when I pick the number one spot and win the top spot. The longer it will take for many forces to focus on me, and the safer it will be to move the Lin family. ,secret!"
Lin Yun's eyes flashed with light.
The current situation is great for him, everything is going according to plan!
Whoosh!
Suddenly, a ray of golden light flew over Qingyan Terrace, revealing the figure of an old man wearing a golden robe with an indifferent expression.
It is the elder Chuan Gong.
"quiet!"
A majestic cold shout, carrying the power of billowing true energy, swept across the entire place instantly like thunder washing the ground, making everyone fall silent.
"The time has come!"
"The rules of the Qing Yan Challenge are still the same as before. It ends with one party surrendering or dying. Those whose rankings are within ten places can challenge each other!"
"Now, this elder announces that the Qing Yan Challenge——"
"Officially begin!"
As soon as he finished speaking, his figure turned into a golden stream of light again and landed in an attic.
Following his announcement, the square suddenly burst into uproar and cheered.
"Boom!"
The Qingyan Bell trembled, and the Qingyan Challenge officially began!
Lin Yun took a deep breath and slowly clenched his fists.
"here we go……"
His road to reckoning has also begun!
"Who should I choose for the first battle?"
"You can challenge each other within the top ten rankings. I am currently ranked 49th on the Qing Yan Ranking..."
Lin Yun recalled the rankings on the Qing Yan Ranking, and a name suddenly appeared in his mind.
"Shen Fang!"
"No. 40 on the Qing Yan List!"
"From Jiange!"
"It's you!"
Lin Yun's eyes suddenly flashed with a murderous intent.
Today he not only wants to sweep the Qingyan Ranking, but also kill all the geniuses of the Zhou family and Jiange!
With a thought in his mind, he was about to climb onto the Qingyan Terrace. At this moment, a woman in yellow clothes not far away had already rushed onto the Qingyan Terrace.
The woman in yellow had a delicate face and held a long sword in her hand. After swooping onto the Qingyan platform, she immediately shouted softly: "Liu Xiaoyun, who is number 50 on the Qingyan list, is challenging Shen Fang, who is number 40, please enlighten me!"
Lin Yun's expression froze instantly.
