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Chapter 188 Inner Courtyard
In the early morning, when the first ray of sunlight shone through the window onto Xiao Se's face, Xiao Se exhaled lightly and slowly opened his eyes. The aura emanating from his body at this moment was significantly higher than that of the Inner Court Trials two days ago.
"Seven-Star Fighting Spirit. This sword intent is really a good thing. Not only can it greatly enhance the attack power, but it can also cut off all distracting thoughts, allowing you to devote yourself to cultivation." A gentle smile appeared on Xiao Se's face.
Since he acquired the sword intent, not only did his state of mind improve to a certain extent, but his cultivation speed also quietly increased a lot. Originally, with the help of the Green Lotus Pedestal, the Green Spirit Fire Ganoderma Paste, and the Guiyuan Soul Art, it took him two months to upgrade from a five-star Dou Ling to a six-star Dou Ling. This time, it only took him about one and a half months to be promoted from a six-star Dou Ling to a seven-star Dou Ling. The speed of cultivation increased by more than a quarter, and the effect was obviously strong.
After a brief moment of joy, Xiao Se took a deep breath and murmured in a low voice: "Now is not the time to be happy. The sword is like sailing against the current. If you don't move forward, you will retreat."
As he spoke, Xiao Se stood up, put away the Green Lotus Pedestal, walked out of the room, took out the magic sword and began his daily sword practice. Since he had integrated the sword intent, practicing the Guigu Sword Technique three times a day had become his compulsory course.
The power of Qin Shi Ming Yue's Guigu swordsmanship may not be very strong in this fantasy world, but the artistic conception contained in it is far beyond the comparison of the sword fighting skills in the Doupo world that can break all laws with one force.
After practicing sword techniques several times, Xiao Se seemed to have a deeper understanding of the sword.
"Xiao Se, the two days are up. We have to enter the inner courtyard today. It's time for us to set off." Xiao Yixian and Zhu Zhuqing appeared in the courtyard at some point. Seeing Xiao Se finish his practice, they reminded him.
Xiao Se smiled and nodded, then put the magic sword into his body, tapped the ground with his toes, and turned into a black shadow and appeared in front of Xiao Yixian and Zhu Zhuqing. He smiled and said, "Let's go!"
As he spoke, Xiao Se opened his purple cloud wings. Seeing this, Xiao Yixian and Zhu Zhuqing also opened their gray-purple wings and cloud bat wings respectively. The three of them flapped their wings and rose into the sky, turning into three streams of light, one blue, one purple, and one black, and disappeared into the sky.
When Xiao Se and the other two came to Hu Qian's study, they saw a lot of people standing in front of the empty door. They were in small groups of twos and threes, each laughing and talking softly. Among these people, Han Yue and Bai Cheng's group was the largest.
The sudden appearance of Xiao Se and the other two made the busy space fall into silence. Except for a few people, everyone looked at the three people with awe.
To be more precise, I was watching Xiao Yixiang and Xiao Se.
Needless to say, Xiao Yixiang is the youngest Douhuang elder since the establishment of Canaan College. Whether in terms of strength or beauty, she is the object of admiration in the hearts of all students of Canaan College.
Xiao Se defeated three six-star or higher Grand Fighters who attacked him at the same time with just three sword strikes in the inner court selection competition a few days ago, forcing the other four opponents to surrender directly. Therefore, even though he had only been at Canaan College for a month, his reputation surpassed that of any outer court student.
"Xiao Se. Xiao Se!"
"Cousin Xiao Se!"
Seeing the arrival of Xiao Se and the other two, Xiao Yu and Xun'er, who had been waiting here to see them off, walked over quickly with smiles on their pretty faces, arm in arm.
Xiao Se chuckled and nodded, "Why are you here so early?"
"It's just to say farewell to you. Let me tell you, I broke through to the two-star Dou Master level yesterday." Xiao Yu let go of Xun'er's hand, and like she usually did when they were at the Xiao family, she wrapped her arms around Xiao Se's neck and pressed her whole body against him.
Xiao Yu's action, which seemed normal to her, was explosive news in the eyes of other people at Canaan College.
Many meaningful looks were directed at Xiao Se. Some were looking at him as a scumbag, some were astonished, but more were looking at him in admiration. Most of them were boys, and some even gave Xiao Se a thumbs up.
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In the past, we saw Xiao Yixiang, Zhu Zhuqing, Xiao Yu, and Xun'er revolving around Xiao Se. Although everyone said that the five of them were in a boyfriend-girlfriend relationship, Xiao Se was dating four people at the same time.
But I don't think so in my heart.
Because every outstanding woman is proud in her heart. Especially a woman like Xiao Yixian who became a Douhuang at such a young age, it is impossible for her to accept the fact that four women share one husband.
In their hearts, they all subconsciously thought that only Xiao Yixian was Xiao Se's girlfriend. After all, she was a dignified Dou Huang, and she was willing to lower her status to come here to study with him.
But now, Xiao Yu was leaning intimately in Xiao Se's arms in public, and the other three beauties showed no dissatisfaction. This was worth people's imagination.
"Ahem." Being stared at by so many people, even Xiao Se, who was thick-skinned, felt his scalp tingling. He didn't care about the softness in his arms and the faint body fragrance of the girl. He coughed lightly and reminded in a low voice: "Xiao Yu, there are so many people watching us! Let's do it in private. Ahem, this will have a bad influence."
Hearing Xiao Se's words, Xiao Yu's face turned red. She nodded slightly and let go of Xiao Se's arms, but her jade hand was still holding Xiao Se's arm. This time, she seemed to be like she was two years ago when they parted in Wutan City. She couldn't control her emotions because of the separation, and threw herself into Xiao Se's arms in front of the audience in the hall.
At this time, the tightly closed study door was finally opened, and Hu Qian, several old men, and Hu Jia walked out slowly. Seeing their appearance, the open space in front of the door became silent again, and the whispers gradually stopped. Finally, there was complete silence.
Hu Qian slowly glanced at the students, and after seeing that no one was absent, he nodded with satisfaction. Finally, he brought Hu Jia and several elders towards the direction of Xiao Se.
"Xiao Se and Xiao Yu, you cousins have a really good relationship." Hu Qian looked meaningfully at Xiao Yu who was hugging Xiao Se's arm, then smiled at Xiao Se and the other one.
Xiao Se's mouth twitched, and he laughed dryly: "We grew up together, so we are used to playing together. Please don't be surprised."
"That's wrong. I'm not someone who sticks to small details. Besides, I also learned from Ruolin that you two are not too closely related by blood." Hu Qian smiled, and his eyes suddenly turned to Xiao Yixian, and chuckled, "Elder Xiao Yixian, Xiao Se and the others are going to participate in a special competition this time. I know you want to follow Xiao Se into the inner courtyard, so during their competition, you will follow me into the inner courtyard, and we will meet again when we get there."
"Then I'll have to trouble the Vice President." Little Medical Fairy chuckled.
"We are all colleagues, so we should help each other." Hu Qian smiled again, pointed at Hu Jia behind him, and introduced her to Xiao Se: "Xiao Se, this is my granddaughter Hu Jia. You have met her at the inner courtyard selection competition."
Xiao Se nodded slightly, "Miss Hu Jia."
"Hmph!" Hu Jia snorted lightly and turned her head away proudly. It was obvious that she was still upset about Xiao Se throwing her on her butt a few days ago.