A small casual cultivator!

"What a treasure! Let's not even swallow it. I can use it to practice a sword technique and it will be perfected immediately. Once activated, the sword energy will soar into the sky!"

Lu Luan's eyes were filled with excitement. If this lotus could be refined into a magic weapon, it would definitely be of top grade!

That is a weapon that only those at the ninth or tenth level of Qi Refining can possess.

Of course, his thoughts are also the thoughts of everyone around him.

"Strange, why is the elder willing to spend so much money?"

After the excitement, Lu Luan became puzzled. After all, for a menial disciple, this... was too expensive.

"Haha, that's right. After all, he is accepted as a disciple. With the master's authority, who would dare to covet him unless he is stupid?"

But he soon figured it out.

After all, there are people who have superior magic weapons in the low and intermediate stages of Qi Refining, such as those disciples accepted as apprentices by the foundation-building elders and the core disciples with noble status.

He could see the trick, and the others were not stupid either, so they could naturally see the meaning of the situation, and their eyes gradually became fierce.

For a moment, the area around the lake fell into a terrifying silence, and everyone took out their magic weapons. After the sword energy around them dissipated, they used their skills to fight it out.

"It looks like it's going to be a big fight. Haha, let them fight it out first."

After taking a few glances, Lu Luan slowly retreated with Xiao He.

His strength is far from enough to shock everyone, so it is better for him to look for opportunities in secret.

"Boss Lu, what should we do?"

Xiao He looked at him in confusion.

Lu Luan rolled his eyes at it and said, "If you are a hard-core person, go ahead and see if you will lose a layer of fur. Although I have the jade piece to protect me, it will not please me if I go. It is better to wait and see and wait for the right opportunity to act."

"But what if someone gets it first?" Xiao He said worriedly.

"If that's the case, that person must be very powerful. I won't be able to snatch it even if I go there."

"That's right, listen to Boss Lu."

Xiao He thought it made sense and stopped talking.

Of course, he was not the only one who retreated. Some people who were weaker or had the same idea as Lu Luan were also moving. After all, they were all teenagers of fifteen or sixteen years old and could tell who was more powerful.

After sensing the aura emanating from those restless disciples, Lu Luan's face gradually became depressed, and he muttered bitterly: "It seems that there is still a big gap in strength between the independent cultivators and these disciples who are cultivating in the sect."

These disciples were selected into the sect at a young age, and they repeatedly compressed their cultivation and strengthened their foundation in each realm. Therefore, among the same level, they are much stronger than the independent cultivators who are eager for quick success.

He calculated his own strength. Although he was at the peak of the fourth level of Qi Refining, he was at most comparable to an ordinary fourth level Qi Refining disciple. With experience, he could gain some advantages.

Perhaps Lu Luan's only advantage now is his combat experience.

"boom!"

Just as he was thinking, the sword lotus suddenly released a breath, and the sharp sword energy spread around like a wave.

The disciples were caught off guard and were blown to the ground.

"What a terrifying sword intent! That Bai Gu must have been a powerful person at the foundation building stage when he was alive!"

In the storm, Lu Luan used his true energy to barely resist the sword intent, and was shocked in his heart.

Little Crane's luck was not very good. He was blown away and landed twenty feet away. He was dazed and his feathers were in disarray.

After the fluctuation, the lotus began to gather the sword energy around it, as if it had matured.

"The sword energy is fading!"

A disciple said in surprise.

One can see that the virtual sword hovering over the lake is returning to its sheath, gradually returning to the white jade lotus.

Now, everyone started to get agitated and looked around warily.

"Should we start?"

Lu Luan's eyes began to become serious.

"on!"

When the sword energy gathered to a certain range, one person could no longer hold back and rushed out first.

He took out a talisman from his clothes and pressed it on the water. In an instant, a road made of ice appeared.

"Think beautifully!"

However, just as it appeared, a sword energy came and instantly cut the ice road into pieces.

The man ignored him and used his magical power to move closer on the broken ice.

Then some people also used their own methods.

“They are indeed some masters!”

Lu Luan smiled bitterly and said that he couldn't beat any of the people who attacked him at the beginning.

"Ok?"

"what happened?"

Suddenly, everyone was shocked to find that the skeleton began to crumble and finally turned into ashes, floating on the water.

The lotus leaves and rhizomes withered quickly, and all the essence was absorbed into the lotus that emitted brilliant sword energy.

"What's going on here?"

Everyone stopped what they were doing consciously and turned their gaze towards the lotus.

"The sword lotus flew away!"

After a while, the lotus rose into the air and flew over everyone's heads.

"What are you doing?"

The little crane not far away suddenly screamed. It turned out that some people saw the sword lotus flying away and wanted to control it to prevent it from being taken away.

Cranes can fly, so this is a great opportunity.

"Look, the sword lotus is flying towards that person."

Suddenly someone exclaimed again.

I saw a young man in black clothes walking slowly towards me with a sword on his back in the distance.

His steps were neither fast nor slow, and his face was calm, but his temperament...

"Who is that person?"

Lu Luan looked at the young man in black and his eyes narrowed. He felt that the young man was a sword as cold as ice!

Seeing that the sword lotus was heading towards him, someone shouted, "Don't let him succeed."

Everyone knew it without him saying anything, as figures quickly rushed towards that person.

The young man kept his eyes on the lotus in the air. When he felt someone rushing towards him, he looked over and frowned slightly.

"Let's solve these troubles first." The young man said calmly.

After saying that, he slowly drew out the long sword on his back, and like waves rising out of a plain, a sword energy suddenly appeared and wrapped around him like a whirlwind.

The whirlwind of sword energy caused the grass and trees within a thirty-foot radius to sway continuously.

"Look at the knife!"

A tall disciple rushed over first, jumped high, and chopped down with a big knife.

This is a servant who has reached the peak of the fourth level of Qi Refining. Outside, he is even more powerful than some independent cultivators who have reached the fifth level of Qi Refining.

Then, the power of the big knife in his hand did not make the young man pay enough attention to him, and he just glanced at him lightly.

A cold light flashed.

"what!"

All the disciples saw nothing. In a flash, they found that the man screamed and flew backwards, falling heavily to the ground.

His hands were shaking constantly, his eyes were dull and full of fear, and he was covered in cold sweat, as if he had been to the gates of hell.

As for his sword, the moment he landed, it was stuck diagonally on a stone not far away.

Seeing this scene, everyone couldn't help but stop and were stunned.

"This……"

Lu Luan immediately showed a look of astonishment, and with one sword he cut off the attack of a disciple at the peak of the fourth level of Qi Refining, and even broke his protective jade piece.

What kind of strength does this require?

This young man is sixteen years old, and judging from his appearance, he should be a menial disciple, and his strongest is no more than the fourth level of Qi Refining.

But what he did just now was clearly just a casual sword strike.

Such a scene makes people wonder what the real strength of this young man is.

"For a single sword to have such power, one must be at least at the fifth level of Qi Refining." Lu Luan murmured in a low voice.

"Are you coming again?"

The young man cast a cold gaze at everyone, his tone so chilling that it made people shudder, like a pair of eyes that were indifferent to all living beings.

The powerful disciples around looked at each other with reluctance in their eyes, but were still unwilling to leave.

"puff!"

There was a man standing behind the young man, who attacked him unexpectedly and rushed forward at the same time.

However, just as he was about to get closer, his pupils trembled, because he saw that the young man actually turned around and blocked his attack with a sword.

Soon, his steps stopped, the jade piece on his chest shattered, cold sweat broke out in an instant, his eyes were horrified, and his Adam's apple trembled slightly.

The young man's eyes were still on everyone, and he leaned sideways, but the cold tip of the sword in his hand had already touched his neck.

If the young man wanted, he would have lost his life.

With this blow, his protective jade piece was shattered in an instant, which shows how powerful this sword is.

After the young man withdrew his sword, the disciple finally collapsed. He sat on the ground, stunned like a wooden chicken, as if he had lost his soul.

The young man held the sword at his side and looked around.

Those who made contact with his eyes felt as if they were falling into an abyss.

"What a scary look!"

Lu Luan looked at the figure in the crowd in disbelief, because he saw indifference, murderous intent, and deep-hidden hatred in that look.

He even seemed to see a young boy crawling out from the pile of corpses.

This young man has a past and story that is hard for ordinary people to imagine.

Seeing that no one dared to speak, he raised his hand, and the sword lotus hovering in the sky flew towards him and stopped in his palm.

Finally, it turned into a streak of light and entered between his eyebrows.

It gives people the feeling that this thing originally belonged to him.

"How did he do it?"

Seeing this scene, Lu Luan was a little bit confused. The sword energy in the sword lotus was so violent, how could it be subdued so easily?

Impossible, this is absolutely impossible. Even if a true disciple obtained it, he would have to spend time refining it. How could a servant have taken it directly into his eyebrows?

After obtaining the sword lotus, the young man ignored these people and turned around, like a proud and arrogant wolf king, and gradually disappeared from everyone's sight.

After seeing him leave, the huge rock that was weighing on everyone's heart finally fell to the ground, and everyone couldn't help but let out a long sigh of relief.

"Then... who is that disciple? He is so strong. There is no such person among the servants of Zhengyang Sect."

"Yeah, it's so scary. I felt like I was suffocating just by being looked at by him. He must have killed many people."

The disciples began to discuss.

Lu Luan couldn't help but become curious about his identity. The murderous look in that young man's eyes was something that most vicious criminals didn't have.

"I remember now. A few days ago, when I was working for a senior brother, I heard him talking to someone. He said that a freak had come to Zhengyang Gate. He was at the third level of Qi Refining. He crossed the Monster Mountain Range alone, holding a broken sword and walked to the gate of the mountain covered in blood. His name seemed to be Jian Xuan, and his appearance and temperament were exactly the same as this young man."

A servant suddenly thought of something and said in surprise.

"Monster Mountain Range?"

"How is this possible? If we just walk, even if we reach the tenth level of Qi Refining, we probably won't be able to get out!"

The disciples didn't believe it.

"Jian Xuan?"

Lu Luan looked at the direction where the young man disappeared, and the turmoil in his heart could not stop for a long time.