Qiu Ya led the way, and Xiao Zhan walked to the back, holding a small wine jar in his hand and taking a sip from time to time.
Qiu Ling followed Xiao Zhan, and after smelling the aroma of wine, her mouth almost watered.
Xiao Zhan said that she was still young and it was best not to drink, and she didn't understand drinking.
Qiu Ling also asked Xiao Zhan, drinking is drinking, what is there that you don’t understand about drinking?
Xiao Zhan smiled and did not explain.
Qiu Ya walked very slowly and seemed not to want to go too fast.
About an hour later, Qiu Ya brought Xiao Zhan to a peak.
This peak is more than 50,000 feet high, and is hidden in the clouds from the mountainside up.
And the mountains are steep.
Qiu Ya smiled and said:
"Senior Xiao, this is your residence."
Xiao Zhan nodded and continued walking to the top of the mountain.
Qiu Ya and Qiu Ling followed Xiao Zhan.
When Xiao Zhan reached the top of the mountain and saw the surging sea of clouds below and the wooden building in the middle of the peak, he immediately laughed.
This place is very nice.
Qiu Ya and Qiu Ling helped Xiao Zhan clean up the wooden building.
In fact, there is nothing to clean up. There is no dust in this place and the wooden building is very clean.
In addition, there is a breeze blowing all year round, and the peak looks like it has been washed by water.
Xiao Zhan sat down on the stone table, looked at Qiu Ya and Qiu Ling, and said with a smile:
"You guys should sit down too."
Qiu Ya nodded and sat on the stone bench with Qiu Ling.
Seeing that Qiu Ya seemed to have something to say, Xiao Zhan took the initiative and said:
"If you have anything to say, just say it."
Qiu Ling's face was filled with surprise and she was the first to speak:
"Senior Brother Xiao, can I live here too!?"
"Xiao Ling, don't talk nonsense."
Qiu Ling suddenly stopped talking, but her eyes were still full of expectation.
Xiao Zhan smiled and said nothing.
Only then did Qiu Ya ask:
"Senior Xiao, did you really...really let the Tianming Tower recognize its master?"
Xiao Zhan smiled and nodded.
Qiu Ya's eyes were full of reverence, she immediately stood up, cupped her fists and said:
"Senior Xiao, if there is any offense in the words and deeds of Xiaoling and I along the way, please forgive me!"
Xiao Zhan waved his hand and said with a smile:
"You think too much, you are all excellent."
Qiu Ya then sat down again and said softly:
"Senior Xiao, to be honest, although our Qiu family and the other two families are all working for the Destiny Sect, our three families have different statuses in the eyes of the Destiny Sect."
"Originally, our Qiu family was the strongest among the three families. However, something happened in recent years. Our Qiu family's disciples were all invited away by the other two families, causing our Qiu family's strength to continue to decline."
"This is also the real reason why my father wants to marry my sister to the Mi family."
"Although the Mi family does not work for the Tianming Sect, the head of the Mi family was once a disciple of the Tianming Sect, and he was a very talented disciple. His strength is stronger than my father."
"But I don't want my sister to marry into the Mi family, marry a person who has no feelings at all, and then spend the rest of her life."
"I don't dare to ask for anything extravagant. I ask Senior Xiao to continue to be a disciple of our Qiu family. I only ask that Senior Xiao can accept my sister Xiaoling as a disciple. Please protect her safety."
Xiao Zhan took a sip of wine and looked at Qiu Ya with a smile:
"Do you think that I will definitely be able to hold an important position in the Tianming Sect in the future, so that I can accept your sister as my apprentice and protect your Qiu family?"
Qiu Ya shook her head and said solemnly:
"I don't dare to ask for anything. If Senior Xiao can make Tianming Tower recognize him as its master, his future achievements will be limitless. I just want to find a future for Xiaoling. If she can become your disciple, she will definitely have a bright future."
Xiao Zhan said nothing.
He has done this kind of thing many times.
But in this world, his current strength is not even at the middle level.
Therefore, Xiao Zhan believes that he is not qualified to accept a disciple now.
After thinking for a while, Xiao Zhan said:
"Don't mention the matter of apprenticeship again. If I have time, I can guide you brothers and sisters in your practice."
"Of course, there are many powerful people in the Tianming Sect, and my opinions may not be as good as theirs, but if you are confused about cultivation, you can come to me."
Qiu Ya was not disappointed at all, she nodded in surprise and then clasped her fists in thanks.
Qiu Ling was also very excited and asked with her eyes wide open:
"Then can I live here too?"
Qiu Ya quickly glared at her sister.
In her opinion, if Xiao Zhan can conquer the Tianming Tower, he will be the number one person in the Tianming Sect in the future.
She even felt that Xiao Zhan was very likely to become the next leader of the Tianming Sect, and the leader would definitely do his best to train Xiao Zhan.
So even if you can't become a disciple of Xiao Zhan, it is still a rare opportunity to get Xiao Zhan's guidance!
After a while, Qiu Ya left with Qiu Ling.
Qiu Ling turned her head three times with each step, pouting with disappointment on her face.
She looked at Xiao Zhan, wishing that Xiao Zhan could say, "You can live here."
But Qiu Ya didn't dare to let her sister do whatever she wanted. She was a few years older than Qiu Ling, and she was more cautious in her dealings with people. She was afraid that Qiu Ling might accidentally make Xiao Zhan unhappy, and she would not even have the chance to ask Xiao Zhan for advice in the future.
Xiao Zhan stood up and walked to the edge of the cliff, looked at the surging sea of clouds below, and then looked at the surrounding peaks that penetrated the clouds.
Immediately, his eyes penetrated the clouds and saw the Destiny Tower standing in the distance.
The voice of the weapon spirit also sounded in Xiao Zhan's ears:
"Qin Yunzhong wants you to stay in Tianming Sect."
"If one day you choose to leave with the Destiny Tower, Qin Yunzhong may not be willing, and other elders may not be willing either."
Xiao Zhan smiled and said:
"I don't like to assume things that haven't happened, and I don't like to speculate on others with malicious intent."
"But then again, if that day comes... let's talk about it."
Qi Ling chuckled:
"There is very powerful energy in your body, and there is a space inside your body. There seems to be something very powerful in it."
Xiao Zhan nodded and told Yunshan about it.
After listening, Qi Ling couldn't help but sigh:
"You are so lucky. You have cultivated the spruce tree for more than 20,000 years and gave birth to its own tree spirit. However, the main body was stolen. The tree spirit is now very angry and will definitely look for you everywhere. of."
"With your current strength, if you are found, even if the Destiny Tower helps, you will not be her opponent. Even the entire Destiny Sect will never be able to protect you."
Xiao Zhan nodded:
"So I can't be discovered for the time being."
"I don't regret it either. Who made her care about my body?"
Qi Ling laughed loudly:
"I like your personality."
"Yes, although you are not strong now, you are still an old monster who has lived for tens of thousands of years. Although the tree spirit is strong, it is just a childish child in front of you. It is normal to suffer big losses in your hands. "
"But the dangers in this world are certainly beyond any world you have ever been to."
"You must adjust your mentality, forget your identity as the most powerful person in the past, correct your attitude, and practice hard, otherwise you won't know when you will fall."
Xiao Zhan nodded, raised his neck and drank the wine in the wine jar.
The next moment, he sat cross-legged, immersed in cultivation.
His mental power turned into a spiritual body and entered the cultivation space of Tianming Tower. He used the energy that was thousands of times stronger than the outside world to quickly consolidate and improve his cultivation and strength.
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With Xiao Zhan's tens of thousands of years of experience, the speed of improvement is countless times faster than that of ordinary people.
Although there are different systems and principles for such things as cultivation, they are all similar.
For nearly a year, Xiao Zhan's body remained on the top of the mountain to practice.
The sect leader Qin Yunzhong came once and saw Xiao Zhan practicing, so he didn't disturb him.
Qiu Ling, on the other hand, often came to the peak. She did not disturb Xiao Zhan and just sat practicing a hundred meters away from Xiao Zhan.
Slowly, she discovered that the closer she got to Xiao Zhan, the faster she would practice.
Originally, Qiu Ling's strength was very low, but now she has made great progress, and the speed of progress has exceeded that of many disciples of the Tianming Sect.
Until that day, the head of the Qiu family, Qiu Bufan, came to the Tianming Sect. After reporting on the mission as usual, he got the opportunity to meet Qiu Ya.
Qiu Ya took her father to search around a lot, and finally came to the mountain peak where Xiao Zhan lived.
When he saw Qiu Ling practicing here, Qiu Bufan immediately frowned.
Seeing that his father was about to get angry, Qiu Ya frowned slightly and said:
"Father, this is Xiaoling's opportunity!"
"I have already told you that Senior Xiao's future achievements are limitless. Rather than letting Xiaoling marry into the Mi family, it is far better to let her practice with Senior Xiao!"
Qiu Bufan snorted coldly:
"Only a genius who can grow up is called a genius."
"Besides, I don't believe that he can make the Tianming Tower recognize its master. If he had such ability, why would he go to our Qiu family and become a disciple of our Qiu family?"
"Xiaoya, you don't have to come up with such low-level reasons to deceive me."
"Besides, if he really lets the Tianming Tower recognize its master, how can the Tianming Sect let him live!"
Qiu Ya frowned:
"Dad, I don't understand how the wise you once became like this."
"I am your biological daughter, don't you even believe my words?"
Qiu Bufan frowned, looking at Qiu Ling who was practicing cross-legged not far away, and said in a deep voice:
"The other two have been provocative recently. They are testing the bottom line of our Qiu family."
"Even if he is like you said, his future achievements are limitless, that is still the future!"
"Our Qiu family can only survive in the future if we are alive now!"
"Xiao Ling, you must marry into the Mi family!"
Qiu Ya's face became solemn:
"Even if the three of us compete, they won't do anything too outrageous, otherwise the Destiny Sect won't ignore it!"
Qiu Bufan shook his head and gritted his teeth and said:
"Xiaoya, you think highly of our Qiu family."
"Outsiders all envy our Qiu family for being able to work for the Tianming Sect."
"But we must understand ourselves that we are just dispensable to the Tianming Sect."
"Without the Qiu family, the Tianming Sect can easily promote a replacement."
Qiu Ya suddenly fell silent.
After a long while, she gritted her teeth and said:
"Father, I will go back with you. I am a disciple of the Tianming Sect. The other two families dare not mess around!"
Qiu Bufan shook his head:
"Qiu Ya, you should understand that not only do they want to destroy our Qiu family, I also want to destroy them."
"What the Destiny Sect only wants is a family that can do things for them. It doesn't matter whether it's one, two, or three."
"If we can destroy the other two families, our Qiu family can become the only family that works for the Tianming Sect. In that way, our Qiu family can develop better and better!"
