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Chapter 363 Deliberation

After Zhang Yan came to Huangtianyu, the sense of crisis has been accompanied by him.From the beginning on Yubei Mountain relying on the lowest level of talisman to save his life, to leaving Yubei Mountain and relying on the God's Arrival Technique for the first time to experience the life-and-death fight with ghosts, and finally to being killed by the sudden appearance when he was fighting with the Great Ghost King of Wanjiang Xu Fengyang's light and shadow were taken aback.

The higher the strength, the higher the danger he faces, urging Zhang Yan to continuously improve his strength for survival and stability.

One inside and one outside, working at the same time, will force people to keep moving forward, and try their best to improve their strength.

This is a very natural logical relationship.It's just that sometimes it is accidentally ignored because of the change of the subject.For example, Zhang Yan initially felt that the "abnormality" of the Spirit Race was caused by the "Great Sage Banquet" in the ghost domain, and after the "Great Sage Banquet" was over, it should return to its previous state.But it ignores the essence of "abnormal".

The essence of the "abnormality" of the Spirit Race is not the "Great Sage Banquet" but to enhance their strength to deal with the "Great Sage Banquet".But the "Great Sage King's Banquet" is by no means the only motivation for the Spirit Race to improve their strength.

For example, the contest between the Human Spirit Race and the Demon Spirit Race.

Another example is the contest between the spirit race and the demon race, human race, and demon race.

Besides these?Do the Eldar have any other enemies?Zhang Yan had never thought about this question before.Just like he once felt that he had no opponent in the wild world.But what about the facts?Often not what you want.

No matter whether it is day or night, it is necessary to devour the living soul against the erosion of yang energy.Although this kind of thing is difficult to understand, it actually happened.What can you feel from it?

What Zhang Yan felt was "urgency", an impulsiveness and urgency that could not wait any longer.It can also mean that a considerable part of the spirit race raging outside Nanyuan are powerful ghosts, otherwise even if they wanted to, they would not have the ability to harm people during the day.Even if there is no scorching sun, the yang energy during the day cannot be tolerated by ordinary ghosts.

This is in touch with the second point of doubt. "Don't focus on reincarnation".Instead, it focuses on the ravages of spiritual feeding and spiritual generals.

As far as Zhang Yan knows, the Human Spirit Race has always raised soul boys as "livestock" on the territory of the human race, and let the soul boys devour living souls to cultivate pure soul energy.Then wait until the "livestock" is mature, and then "slaughter" and "share food".

Now breaking this inherent habit and directly letting the spirit general and spirit feed devour it can also be understood as "urgency".Because I couldn't wait, I couldn't wait for the slow process of raising the "spirit boy", but used a more brutal way of directly devouring it to increase the strength of the spirit general and the spirit feed, the largest number of ghost groups in this ghost domain.

Anxious to increase strength, even at the expense of breaking the strategy that has been followed before.A forced helpless look.Does this mean that the Eldar have an enemy that must be faced and that happens suddenly?

The last doubt is why the elderly are chosen to be killed, while the younger ones are spared?

This point is originally unsolvable, because there is no clue to think about it.However, if we look back at this doubtful point based on the previous guesses, then there is an explanation: keep the seeds.

Emergency is also a last resort, but it cannot really be broken.So leave the young ones to continue growing, and the older ones to enter the harvesting range.

It all makes sense when you think about it that way.

But after thinking through the previous ones, I found a relatively logical explanation.But then a new problem arose.

Who are the enemies of the Eldar?

Is it the demon spirit clan?Obviously not.Because the demon spirit clan and the human spirit clan have existed together in the ghost domain for an unknown period of time. Although they are clearly distinct, they will not fight each other.A "Great Sage Banquet" can resolve most of the conflicts between them.Therefore, it is unlikely to evolve to the point where the Eldar race hastily gain strength regardless of their habits.

What's more, when Zhang Yan recently captured the souls of those demon spirits, there was no news of any fighting between the two sides.

That is Yaozu?Terran?Demon species?

Zhang Yan shook his head after going through everything in his head, it didn't look like it.Because with the abilities of the Spirit Race, only the Monster Race and the Monster Race can bring them some trouble, or resist their erosion.Can it be called a "big enemy" that needs a sudden and urgent gain in strength to deal with it?

Not so much.

Then the only result is that the Eldar still have an enemy, and this enemy is now threatening them.As a last resort, they need a large number of human souls to increase their strength.That's why there are scenes of raging all over the countries of the human race today.

Zhang Yan broke away from his contemplation and let out a breath.After that, he was more sure about his new understanding of Huang Tianyu.It's really not as simple as it seems on the surface.It was not a wild place where he could do whatever he wanted.The water here is extremely deep, but the turbidity of the water surface blocks the line of sight.

In addition, Zhang Yan also had a new cognition in his heart that he was sure of.That is: in the wild world, the human race is in an extremely low position among all the known races.It is completely incomparable with the status of the human race as the spirit of all things on earth.So that in terms of understanding this world, the human race's cognition is extremely shallow.At least that's the case for the vast majority of Terrans.

What are the very few human races like Xu Fengyang thinking?Zhang Yan didn't know either.But he understands that in the near future, he will always face each other face to face again.At that time, perhaps the details of Huang Shentan in Huang Tianyu will be clear to him at a glance.

Let go of your messy thoughts.Zhang Yan went to the study room, spread out the paper for a long time, picked up the pen, stained it with ink, and paused in mid-air, as if organizing the things in his mind, and only wrote the first stroke after a dozen breaths.

After a while, it can be seen that the upper part of the temple with flying eaves was formed, and a rough shape was first sketched.Zhang Yan wants to show the architectural style that will be built later on the cliff mountain first.Only he can do it himself.

People who can draw characters still have some skills.Although he is not qualified to be called a painter or painter, he can still accurately draw the patterns in his mind.

And Zhang Yan painted very quickly.In half an hour, a total of three pictures were produced, all of which were in one style: the ancient Chinese style of palace architecture.But it did not include the main building, but first drew the appearance of some auxiliary buildings such as pavilions and side halls.He is going to wait for the main building.

After all, this is not the earth, nor is it an era when spiritual energy is extinct, but a place that is very likely to be comparable to those legendary eras on earth.Ordinary buildings are naturally fine, but in such a world as a mountain gate, it seems to lack some grandeur, which belongs to the grand style of a Taoist gate.

Chapter 364

"This...Mr. Zhang, where did you come up with the design? Zensheng, Zensheng is so strange? Moreover, this palace has a magnificent atmosphere. This should not be a single building, right? This is a building complex?"

The two pedants who practiced architecture in the Academy of Miscellaneous Studies were stunned when they received the blueprint handed over by Zhang Yan. Draw it casually.

"Yes, this is a systematic architectural style, and I am also planning to form a community with this style on the cliff mountain. Let's see if this idea can be realized?" Zhang Yan invited the two people opposite him to Finalize the architectural style and foundation on the cliff mountain.

A house, especially a palace-like building, is not as simple as playing with clay sculptures. From the foundation to the beams and columns, to the final capping, it is almost all knowledge.Even if Zhang Yan knows the five elements and earth attributes, it is okay to dig an earth and stone cube, build a basement, and the underground space is no problem, but it is unrealistic to say that it is directly transformed into a palace.Although the monks have mysterious means, they can't say how to create things as they like, right?This kind of ability is probably the most powerful existence in the gods.

Since there is no way to create things directly, let’s dismantle the building bit by bit.For example, how to lay the foundation?How to build walls, how to press beams and columns, etc.After these are disassembled and clarified, it is time for Zhang Yan to build himself.

After all, all Zhang Yan can draw is the shape of ancient buildings, and he is a layman on how to build one that is exactly the same.

"If this style of building forms a community, it must be very imposing! Don't worry, Mr. Zhang. Although we are seeing this drawing for the first time, the essence of the building is the same. We only need to think more about the cornices and beams. , should be able to achieve the effect you drew."

As for house repairs, the two academics from the School of Miscellaneous Studies are experts.There are also quite a few palace-like houses that they have dealt with.It's just that because of his miscellaneous status, he can't make a name for himself outside.They were only surprised by the architectural style and style that Zhang Yan brought out, but they always knew how to build it.

Hearing this, Zhang Yan said with a smile on his face, "That's good, the two gentlemen are free? This trip may delay the sir for several days."

"Hehe, Mr. Zhang is sure, our recent classwork has been completed. The new students will not arrive until two months later. There is time anytime."

Zhang Yan thought for a while and said, "Then tomorrow, I will come to the academy to pick you up early tomorrow morning. Then you will have to work hard."

"Don't dare. Mr. Zhang is too polite."

After finding a good architect, Zhang Yan felt relieved.

In the early morning of the next day, Zhang Yan took three disciples to the Skylark Shuttle and landed at Miscellaneous Learning Academy, and picked up the two pedants whose cheeks were flushed because they were riding the Skylark Shuttle for the first time, and then flew all the way. To Cliff Mountain in the northwest of Changhu County.

At this time, it has been another one and a half months since Zhang Yan came over last time.

"Gentlemen, here we are."

Although they didn't fly for long, the faces of the two pedants were still a little pale even though they tensed up.It is estimated that the rapidity at high altitude made them a little uncomfortable for the first time.

"Build here first, a pavilion in front of the waterfall." The map Zhang Yan took out was the final result of the three disciples.Although there is no such thing as a scale, the general orientation can still be seen clearly.

"Gazebo? Okay!" The two didn't mind either.In fact, they also want to try their skills on some small buildings first, and then move on to large buildings.The two of them had discussed it last night, and they were completely confident in the architectural style proposed by Zhang Yan.

And Zhang Yan glanced at Wang Nian and Yang Rui.Said: "Xingting, you two go up and try your hand."

"is teacher!"

This conversation made the two miscellaneous pedants startled for a while.What's the meaning?See two little babies?Can they build something?

When the group of people reached the waterfall marked on the map, Zhang Yan and the two pedants were shocked by the scenery in front of them, which was also the first time they saw it.

I saw a hole opened on the straight overflow cliff, and a big stream of water rushed down, the drop was estimated to be thirty feet, and the momentum was astonishing.And below the waterfall is a stream that winds down the mountain.Both sides are full of lush vegetation.If it weren't for hearing the voice, it would take some effort to find this place.

After the two pedants came back to their senses, they looked around in surprise and asked, "Mr. Zhang, didn't you arrange for craftsmen to come over?!"

I thought that Zhang Yan had already prepared his manpower, and they could start working as soon as they arrived.But now the waterfall is magnificent, but what about the manpower?It's impossible to rely on these people present in the mountains and forests to want to build things, right?Not even a hammer or a shovel!

"Craftsman? No need. It's enough to have Wang Nian and Yang Rui here. They will prepare and complete the construction according to the requirements of the two gentlemen."

"Ah? This...but..."

Zhang Yan is very clear that the explanation is completely meaningless now, and the other party can't understand it.So it's better to explain while doing it.So he interrupted the other party's doubts, pointed to the huge boulder protruding from the left half of the waterfall, and said, "Sir, we want to build a gazebo there!"

"Huh? Built in that place? This, this..." The two pedants didn't know how to answer.It doesn't look like that place can't be built, but it's extremely difficult, and in order to be stable, it can't get materials from the stone wall, but needs to get stone materials from other places to carry it on its back.Moreover, laying the foundation is even more troublesome. It requires not only ideas, but also the cooperation of highly skilled stonemasons.But right now...let alone a mason, he doesn't even have a tool.What the hell is this built?

"Two gentlemen, some of my methods are unusual. For example, flying from the sky before is one of them. So you two don't need to compare the present with common sense. Naturally, you need to rely on your knowledge to invite you two to come here. It’s not a joke. Please advise, how should this pavilion be built on the protruding boulder?”

The two miscellaneous pedants were brought back to their senses by Zhang Yan's words.I thought the same, how can they guess Zhang Yan's ability according to the usual practice?It is impossible for others to make such a big battle to tease them.Just do their work well.

"Mr. Zhang, the body of the mountain rock should still be inside the cliff. We must first find out whether the inlaid part inside is firm or not before we can make sure that we can do it in the next step."

Zhang Yan nodded when he heard the words, and looked at Yang Rui.The latter responded, and then like an ape, he climbed up the cliff with several ups and downs.Then he stood on the protruding stone platform and felt it with his hands against the edge of the cliff. After a while, there was a result.

"Teacher, this stone is in the shape of a cone. The point where I stand is its tip. The five to six feet behind it are all embedded in the mountain, and it is very solid."

"The next step is to drive three ground piles on the boulder, and then drive two more piles into the cliff. The five piles serve as the foundation for each other..." the two scholars continued to point out.

Chapter 365

Architecture is a relatively systematic knowledge, and there is a division of labor step by step, and it takes a long time to hone the skills.Even the academics who specialize in architecture in the Academy of Miscellaneous Studies are only good at planning and design. They can only say "know how to do it" in specific construction, but "can't do it" by themselves, and need a large number of craftsmen to cooperate.If they were told before that the two babies could easily realize their architectural ideas, they would not believe it.

But now, you have to believe what you see with your own eyes.

Yang Rui can easily cut one side of one side of huge stones into simple shapes like clay sculptures, columns, floor tiles, tiles...

The transfer of the objects is done by the small paper figurines thrown out by Wang Nian. These paper figurines look clumsy, but in fact they cooperate seamlessly with each other, and there are a large number of them. Different building materials are shipped to the designated location one by one.

Slot fixed?No tools?There is absolutely no need for this.Because Yang Rui can use his means after the paper figurines place each fast building material in the predetermined position, so that the building materials and the rocks can be "blended" instantly, just like candles can be connected together regardless of each other by relying on wax beads.It is reliable and labor-saving and time-saving.

Even those fine parts, Yang Rui can directly cut off a square boulder without any effort.

stone pavilion.True to its name, no other materials were used.Even built in just an hour.After that, the overall color matches the surroundings very well, almost blending into the landscape of the waterfall.

Zhang Yan soared into the air, pasted a stone slab under the eaves of the stone pavilion, with his fingers like swords, he wrote two characters on the stone slab in the blink of an eye, as the name of the stone pavilion.

"Calm down?"

"That's right. Enter the hustle and bustle of the world, and pay attention to the tranquility in your heart."

The three children will not understand the meaning of the word meditation now.But the scholars of the two miscellaneous studies academies understood it immediately.A look of longing flashed in his eyes.Standing in the stone pavilion in this place where the waterfalls are noisy, you can still feel peaceful in your heart. This kind of mind is probably rare, and it is also a wonderful and desirable spiritual state.

Of course, the word "meditation" is the homework left by Zhang Yan to his disciples in the future, and the homework that he has studied all his life.

After the gazebo was erected, the eyes of the two academics from the Academy of Miscellaneous Studies were opened, and they also realized that this precipitous mountain might not be judged by common sense anymore, and the worries between them were swept away.Even if you still have doubts, just wait and see later.

And Zhang Yan also had a bottom line in his heart.Wang Nian's child has the highest cultivation level among the three disciples, and the paper figurine talisman can barely be used now.However, the five-element technique is always only compatible with the five-element fire attribute, and has no affinity for the other four elements. Even the most basic water, wood, earth, and metal techniques are difficult to practice.So I can only rely on the paper man talisman as a coolie.

Yang Rui and Liu Rui are different.Although they also have a particularly friendly focus, they definitely don't have the extreme paranoia of Wang Nian.So they know all the means of the earth attribute.It's just that because of the relationship between cultivation, Yang Rui needs to cut large pieces of stone, while Liu Rui is responsible for some fine work such as "carving".

Coupled with the scene of the scholar town with two academies of miscellaneous studies, the first batch of construction will have no major problems.Because it does not involve the main palace, it is all buildings such as pavilions, flat dams, and terraces. You should get familiar with it first. After the three children have a clear concept of the construction, the next step will be to formally fall into the main building complex. .

But Zhang Yan didn't follow the whole process, he had other things to do.

A total of eight of the smallest spirit veins were moved over twice before and after. The first four gathered together on their own the previous time. Gathered in, the eight merged into one, formally becoming a medium-sized spiritual vein.

Possessing a medium-sized spiritual vein means that Duanya Mountain can officially be called a "spiritual mountain".

But that's not enough.

After being separated from the crowd, Zhang Yan continued to swim on the Lark Shuttle like the previous two times, and moved the suitable spiritual veins that he had found before one by one to tie them in the cliff mountain.

Zhang Yan did not move in a barbaric manner, but chose spiritual veins hidden in uninhabited mountains, rivers and lakes, mainly small spiritual veins.For the time being, there is no intention to move those medium spirit veins.

As for the Great Spirit Vein, Zhang Yan has not found it yet.But the great spirit veins were rare, and Zhang Yan didn't find it strange that there were none in Nanyuan Kingdom.

This time the time is still five days, but because he is more proficient in the transfer of spiritual veins, and the distribution of spiritual veins in Nanyuan has been engraved in the previous two searches, the number of spiritual veins moved is shorter than the previous two. a little more.A total of six were moved over.

After the new spiritual veins were pierced into the bottom of the mountain, Zhang Yan did not go out to the ground directly, but used the escapism technique to use the five elements earth method in the belly of the cliff mountain, and opened up an underground warehouse for storage. All kinds of supplies have been delivered one after another.Especially those top-grade and top-grade spirit stones, they are not for use, they are hard goods that are used as foundation.It is appropriate to exist in the cliff mountain.

The underground chamber is different from the buildings on the ground.You only need to use the five elements soil method to continuously squeeze the soil and rocks inside the mountain, squeeze out the gaps inside, and accumulate the gaps to form a hollow, and you're half done.Then put together the relatively large rocks mixed in the soil and rocks to form a six-sided consolidation, and finally smooth the surface, and it is done.

Afterwards, Zhang Yan can set up a few compound magic circles for concealment and anti-trapped.It doesn't even need spirit stones as power, it just needs to connect the magic circle with the spirit veins under the ground, and it will naturally run freely without looking after it.

After finishing these, Zhang Yan still needs to open a road to the ground.It's just that the main building complex on the ground has not yet officially started construction, so Zhang Yan only repaired [-]% of the way up, mainly with square passages and stone ladders.The remaining last section of the road will be opened up after the next visit to complete a side hall.

Later, when Zhang Yan found Wang Nian and his party again, many small buildings could already be seen along the road.The original mountain and wild land now has a more human flavor.

"Teacher, although there are many mountains and rocks here, we can't use all local materials, otherwise the landscape in the mountains will be damaged. The two gentlemen suggest to get them from other places outside the mountains. And the preparations can actually be started." Yang Rui is very successful. Feeling, but also a lot of fun.Almost wholeheartedly devoted, he already has a continuous idea of ​​the planning of Shanmenli.

But Zhang Yan said with a smile: "Don't worry, come little by little. The huge mountain gate doesn't need to be completed all at once, there is still plenty of time."

After finishing speaking, Zhang Yan turned his head and saluted the two pedants to express his gratitude.After that, the trip to the cliff mountain ended this time.

Skylark shuttled together and returned to Langyuan City with a group of people.

Chapter 366 Fake Victory

While Zhang Yan was busy for the mountain gate, the flames of war in Xiyuan County were finally completely extinguished.

The entire Xiyuan County seemed to be divided into two halves, and the dividing line in the middle was the continuous military settlement on the line of Baishi City.On the north side of this antenna, you can still see the scene of Nanyuan Kingdom's "granary".And to the southwest of this line is a piece of red land.

The so-called red land, not a blade of grass grows.

It is indeed unimaginable for the cruelty of the monster race to turn a treasure land that can be called a "granary" into the current miserable situation where not a single blade of grass grows.

After the turning point in the war, Zhou Cang was ordered to advance forward and act as a coercive posture, and he also took care of the important task of rearranging the military settlements along the road.The soldiers under his command have also expanded from the previous one battalion of a thousand to two battalions, and there is even a 50-man light cavalry.To be honest, this is considered the elite in Xiyuan County at this time.It was also because of Zhou Cang's outstanding performance in the previous battle that he was able to hand over these elites.Let the military commander Yang Shiming recognize him as a partial general.

Multiple channels "forced" forward at the same time, but the expected counterattack of the monster race did not appear.It was as if the two sides had a tacit understanding, one side retreated and the other advanced, and it took more than a month to reach the current position, which was also the location of the southwesternmost military station of Nanyuan Kingdom.Since then, the land that Nanyuan Kingdom had previously fallen into the hands of the Yaozu returned to their hands.

Zhou Cang didn't feel high-spirited, he even felt that as long as he was still in Xiyuan County for a day, he couldn't take it lightly, let alone get carried away in victory.

In fact, Zhou Cang's cautious attitude also stems from his feelings about this victory.

Can it be said that the battle has been won?It can be counted, but it can't be completely counted.At least in Zhou Cang's heart, victory is not what he experienced.

The monster clan withdrew, and it was indeed because they could no longer stay in Xiyuan County that they withdrew.Judging from the results, it is true that Nanyuan Kingdom won the victory.But in fact Zhou Cang understood that there were other reasons.