The sky is broad and blue, the weather is slightly cold, and the snow is falling like wadding, turning into a sheet of white mountains and rivers. Two months later, winter has arrived.
Those who cultivate immortality take several years or even decades to practice. For them, whose life span is far longer than that of ordinary people, the succession of reincarnations throughout the year is not something worth remembering.
But there are exceptions, especially in Beixuan Academy.
Hexia City is located in the northern part of Bishan Kingdom. The weather is much colder than anywhere else in the imperial capital, especially in the place where the academy occupies, which is full of spiritual energy. The heavy snowfall in winter is like endless clouds falling from thousands of miles above the sky, turning into mountains and rivers for a hundred days.
Snow.
The master of the academy, Bailu Sanren, is also a somewhat romantic person. For him, who practices wood-attribute spiritual power, winter means a sign of vitality. He should celebrate it and occasionally write some poems, but his attainments are only limited.
It can be seen to the eye.
Fortunately, most of the disciples in the academy are young talents. They are not yet familiar with the world and are not used to the snow scenery, so they are all quite excited. In recent days, most of them have been invited to go out in the snow to enjoy the mountains and rivers to cleanse their minds.
When it comes to the most important thing to do in this cold winter day, it must be eating hot pot.
In the cave of mountains and rivers, in the cave of floating clouds, Ye Qianming, Xiaobai, Yujin, Yuyao, Yang Wei, Li Gandang and Lu Mingzhi were sitting next to the hotpot with red fire burning underneath, vying to eat with joy on their faces.
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Ye Qianming fished out a fine piece of meat from the bubbling hot soup, dipped it in the sauce and put it on a bowl on the ground. Xiao Bai hurriedly came over and rolled up the meat piece with his flexible little tongue.
Then he swallowed it in his belly, moaning "Woooo", and there was still meat juice left in his mouth.
Yuyao on the side also signed a piece of meat and put it in Xiaohei's bowl, and the two spirit beasts happily ate the delicious food.
The people at the table were even more lively. Yang Wei and Li Gandang ignored all etiquette and scrambled to dip the cooked meat rolls in the sauce in front of them and put them into their mouths. Their mouths were hot when they ate them.
, sweat broke out on his forehead, but he still kept talking.
Yu Yao and Lu Mingzhi sat on the other side. Although they ate much more elegantly, they still didn't stop using their chopsticks. They obviously liked this delicious food very much.
Yu Jin, who was two fingers taller, sat next to Ye Qianming, who was also much slender. After swallowing a portion of the medicinal meal, she said with a smile.
"I really didn't know that this kind of delicious food existed before. With just a few methods and ingredients, you can make it so delicious. It is really a perfect match for winter taste. Qianming is indeed quite experienced in the field of delicious food."
Ye Qianming smiled brightly: "It's just a guess. Ordinary people's homes that are richer also have this kind of hot pot. It's just that I experimented with several medicinal materials and monster meat to add it. It's just right for immortal cultivators. Everyone likes it.
That’s fine.”
Yu Yao turned away, with a smile on her delicate face, and said softly: "Are you all ready for the Academy Competition? Don't let Ma Aishen and Liu Hui steal the spotlight. I heard that they have become more powerful recently.
It’s the first floor.”
She has come out of the shadow of Yang Ganlu's death, and now she has made rapid progress under Yin Song's guidance. She has just broken through to the third level of Qi Refining, three levels a year. Although the first few levels are easy, they are still quite powerful.
After a year of growth and training, Yuyao no longer wears a veil when she reunites with her relatives and friends. Her face is as exquisitely carved as jade and porcelain. Her overall stature has become taller and her figure is more well-proportioned. Most importantly,
His character has become calmer and overall he has grown a lot.
As the elder brother, Yu Jin was filled with emotion and said with a smile: "Of course I am well prepared. Now that I have just broken through the seventh level of Qi Refining and the first level of Huaguang Technique, I have added some more means, so earning a head start is not a problem.
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Li Gandang, who kept stuffing meat into his mouth, nodded, wiped the soup from his mouth and said, "Me too!"
Yang Wei, who had a thousand faces, also raised his hand to greet him: "The academy has opened the selection meeting again. I will participate in it in a few days. When I pass the trial, I will officially become a disciple of the academy, and I can also strive for the harvest in one year."
I’m qualified for the secret realm.”
"Junior Brother Wei Yang is very powerful, and he is no less generous than Young Master Yu, so naturally there will be no problem."
Lu Mingzhi smiled, held Yuyao's hand and said.
"It's a pity that our frontal strength is too low and we have no food to attend this event. I can only cheer you up."
Everyone smiled knowingly. They all knew that Yuyao's strength was not low. After being united with Xiaohei Divine Consciousness, it would be enough to reach the eighth level of Qi refining. The future would be limitless, but for now, it was still necessary to keep it a secret, otherwise it would inevitably be exposed.
Those who are thoughtful are fearful and calculating.
Yuyao knew the general idea and had no objection to it. Her beautiful eyes flickered and she looked at Ye Qianming: "Have you learned what I taught you?"
Ye Qianming chuckled: "Thank you Miss Yu for your selfless professor. I have selected a part of your spiritual consciousness method that suits me, and combined with the practice of Huaguang Technique, it is indeed very helpful for spiritual consciousness."
What he was talking about was the Yuyao's formidable intelligence, the methods of gathering intelligence, and the techniques of cultivating spiritual consciousness that he had seen before in Baicao Garden. Although Yuyao said that he would not give it to him at the time, he still wanted to repay the favor.
By giving it to myself.
However, Ye Qianming did not take advantage of others for nothing. After the battle in the Cold Stone Mountains, he looted all the Najies of Peng Buyi and four other foundation-building experts. The exercises, materials and magic weapons in them were dazzling, not to mention the tens of thousands of them.
Spiritual stone.
Anyway, the forces represented by these people chose the royal family at that time. Now that the plot against the Bailu Sanren failed, the forces behind them did not dare to come back to ask for the relics. Instead, Ye Qianming took the opportunity to make a fortune.
There were no techniques that Ye Qianming liked, so they were all handed over to the library in charge of Ye Lan. After retaining some of the spiritual stones, medicinal materials, minerals and other materials inside, Ye Qianming gave some of them to those in need.
friends, and the rest were handed over to the Academy.
The few remaining magic weapons were not wasted. They were all given to Yuyao in exchange by Ye Qianming. The latter was dumbfounded and took the Yinajie magic weapon back to ask his father's opinion and agreed to the exchange between the two.
It can be said that two people are in love and support each other.
Ye Qianming took this opportunity to increase his spiritual awareness and began to learn the second level of Huaguang Technique. At the same time, he also obtained the third Yinhun Pearl through the Banyue Pavilion.
With the help of strengthening his spiritual consciousness, he fused the three Yin Soul Beads with each other and condensed a new flag, but it was not the Five Ghost Flag, but the Hundred Ghost Flag!
This magic weapon no longer has a fixed number of ghosts, but the number of ghosts is determined by the amount of evil energy gathered in the magic weapon. Now Ye Xun often lives there to help Ye Qianming refine the evil energy, and now it has gathered
Eighty-eight sixty-four ghosts.
These ghosts do not have the physical form of bones. Although they cannot use insidious methods such as poison, they are better than others. They have stronger attacks on the souls and can also use it to set up magic circles. Their strength has been greatly enhanced, although there is no cold stone.
The sword-making technique has reached the pinnacle of the three-color treasure weapon, not inferior to the Cold Stone Sword.
At present, as long as you win the Academy Competition, you can get the first Silver Pine Ash from Bailu Sanren. Although you can also ask for it from Silver Pine Scholar, the material is expensive and the essence is not much expensive. The Silver Pine Demon King who has been practicing Taoism for thousands of years
The quality is still higher.
Yujin looked at Ye Qianming's leisurely expression and smiled knowingly: "It seems Qianming has a chance to win?"
Ye Qianming smiled modestly: "Everything is just a matter of doing your best..."
"Coming!"
Before Ye Qianming finished speaking, Fairy Yelan suddenly broke into Ye Qianming's cave wearing a fluffy winter coat. She squeezed unceremoniously between Yuyao and Ye Qianming, hugging them to keep warm.
"The winter in Hexia City is too cold, especially when spiritual power and air-conditioning are combined into one, even the monks can't bear it. Oh, don't finish eating and leave some left for me!"
Ye Qianming was both bitter and funny: "Why did sister come so late?"
Ye Lan swallowed a piece of meat and said: "I'm not busy with the Academy Competition. The first game just started. By the way, why aren't you going? Are you not going to participate?"
Everyone looked confused: "Isn't it going to start tomorrow?"
Ye Lan stopped holding the chopsticks, with a puzzled look on her face: "It's always the fifteenth day of the last lunar month. The spiritual energy is the most abundant from this day every month, so of course we have to start fighting today."
Yuyao looked at Ye Qianming: "Did you remember it wrong?"
Ye Qianming scratched his head: "We all listened to what Wei Yang said, Wei Yang?"
Everyone looked at Yang Wei, who was stunned for a long time, then slapped his head and said: "I remembered wrongly, I remember that the fifteenth day is the calendar in my home, and it is different here in Donghai Prefecture!"
As soon as these words came out, everyone was shocked. Ye Qianming, Yujin, and Li Gandang all left their seats and ran out, leaving Yang Wei alone and shouting: "Wait for me————"
The girls looked at each other and smiled, and the boys rushed out and headed to the academy.