one's door

Wang Lanping took a good look at her second son, feeling joyful and regretful.She can also see now that the ability of her second son is probably beyond the reach of ordinary people.No one can interfere with him in finding a wife to marry.Fortunately, the boss of the Zhang family is struggling now.After giving birth to Zhang Zhiyun, she is now pregnant again. Wang Qin's stomach has been in the stomach for more than seven months. This time the doctor came to see that she was pregnant with a daughter.At that time, the Zhang family will be even more lively.

Thinking about it, Wang Lanping stopped talking about Zhang Yan's marriage.It's just that she has some complaints in her heart.

"Yan'er, Zhiyun, you said that you have no talent, and you can't learn your skills. Your sister-in-law is going to have a second child in three months, and you have an extra niece. You have to take a good look at it. If you have talent You can't be vague!"

This is what Wang Lanping is thinking about.The great ability of her second son has not been passed on to the next generation of the Zhang family, which makes her feel flustered that her wealth will leak out.

"Mother, don't worry, I will look carefully. If there is talent, I will definitely give all my abilities to her." Zhang Yan said so.But I know in my heart, where is the talent for cultivation so easy?There are mostly comforting ingredients.However, although Zhang Zhiyun can't take the road of Daoism, martial artists still have a chance. I asked Xiao Shu from the Academy of Martial Arts to come over to see Zhang Zhiyun's martial arts. After two years, he will be able to send him to the Academy of Martial Arts to fight. The foundation is over.

When Zhang Yan came back, the Zhang family naturally wanted to prepare a large table of food.But we haven't waited for dinner yet.He Xianghong came in and announced that Shen Wujiu had asked to see him outside, saying that he had something urgent to find Zhang Yan.

Chapter 393 Dangerous

In fact, Shen Wujiu also knew that it was not pleasing to find Mr. Zhang when he just came back to reunite with his family, but the matter really couldn't let him continue to procrastinate, so he could only bite the bullet and find him.

Zhang Yan didn't meet Shen Wujiu immediately, but he didn't block him from the door either.Instead, He Xianghong welcomed him in and went to the study to drink tea, while he calmly had lunch with his family and chatted for a while.

Seeing Zhang Yan coming in, He Xianghong bowed and left the study.

"I met Mr. Zhang."

"Master Shen, long time no see, you don't look very well?"

"Mr. made me laugh. The recent unexpected situation in Xiyuan County has lost nearly a hundred people. I have been forced to sleep and eat by the superior."

Zhang Yan was not surprised.He once reminded the royal family of Nanyuan Kingdom through Yang Rui about the matter of Xiyuan County.The kind of void spider more than a year ago is just the beginning of the space change.There will inevitably be other changes and dangers in the future.Although it is not clear how the specific danger comes, but don't take it lightly, it is still necessary to be prepared to deal with the worst situation.

"Sir, just two months ago, an earth dragon suddenly appeared in a village behind Baishi City in Xiyuan County, and the whole village fell into the ground like a roll. Ten households died and eight households died. It stands to reason that such a powerful earth dragon can be found elsewhere. It should have been greatly affected, but the strange thing is that even the neighboring town didn't feel the slightest ground vibration. The earth dragon seemed to only target the Zhuangzi in front.

When I went to investigate later, I ran into the black spot and died, and more than 30 people died.

When cleaning up later, in addition to the dead body of Hei Ban, some strange things were found in Zhuangzi.Please take a look sir. "

Having said that, Shen Wujiu took out a copper box from his arms, opened the lid and placed it on the coffee table in front of Zhang Yan.

Inside the box is a colorful stone with many sharp edges and corners on the surface, and it is a mixture of rocks mixed with crystals.

"This is?" Zhang Yan subconsciously touched the thing in the box with his senses, but found nothing unusual.It's just that the crystals inlaid in this thing seem to be somewhat similar to the aura conductivity of refining materials.It's just that he couldn't tell which kind of refining material it was for a while.

Shen Wujiu said: "This kind of thing is all over the village where the accident happened, in the earth and rocks, in the ruins of the house, and some are even embedded in the stone mill for some reason. This kind of thing has never appeared in the local area. Like stone and iron slag. I can't tell how it came from."

Zhang Yan thought for a while, and asked, "Isn't this Zhuangzi the only one who had an accident? What about the places where the demon clans are holding on? Has there been any change?"

"Sir, you can predict things like a god! As you said, apart from the Zhuangzi where the accident happened, there have been a total of six places in Xiyuan County where there have been relatively large mutations in the past few months. Either they are also "earth dragons", or The strange sudden disappearance into a big pit. It occurs frequently in those places where the monsters are staring at. But there are exceptions.

Every time this kind of mutation occurs, some strange things will be left behind.Or the stone in your hand, or some unseen vegetation.There have also been some mutilated corpses that I don’t know what they are..."

"Wait a minute, you mean 'corpse'? From the Yaozu?"

"Mr. Hui, it is not from the Yaozu. It is some broken limbs, but it is obviously different from the limbs of the Yaozu. However, because this thing only appeared once, it was still at the garrison point of the Yaozu. Our people just saw it. , and did not get the real thing. What can only be confirmed is that the broken limbs should have died not long ago, and their appearance is very strange, especially the bones, which are actually blue."

"Blue bone?" Hearing this, Zhang Yan picked up the copper box on the coffee table in front of him again, carefully looked at the strange stone contained in the box, and soon his mind was full of thoughts like a storm.

The reason why Shen Wujiu came here was very simple, he just hoped to get some reminders from Zhang Yan.Just like a year ago.Although it was the thirteenth prince who spoke at that time, everyone knew that Zhang Yan was using the thirteenth prince's mouth to remind Nanyuan Kingdom.

The change in Xiyuan County this time has confirmed that Zhang Yan's insight is predictable, and it makes Nanyuan Kingdom eager to know what kind of suggestions Zhang Yan will give.To avoid, or to participate more actively.

Anyone with a discerning eye can tell at a glance that the changes in Xiyuan County at this time are definitely related to the previous actions of the Yaozu, and it is basically certain that there is something that the Yaozu has been waiting for in these changes.Maybe it's those inexplicable stones?Maybe it was those strange mutilated limbs?

According to the recent trend of the monster clan, they do not retreat but advance in the face of changes, and in the rotation, the number of the main battle groups begins to increase in the allocation of each group of monster clan, and all of them are masters.Demon generals at the first level also frequently appear in it.This shows the attitude of these monster races towards the whole matter.

But even if they could see the monster clan's plan, they still couldn't let the Nanyuan country just rush in regardless.Because they are different from the Yaozu, they don't know anything about the series of changes in Xiyuan County, they don't know the purpose and applicable methods, so how dare they act rashly?

So Zhang Yan's opinion is very important.

"Lord Shen, if you want to ask my opinion, I will still say 'safety is the most important thing' before. The monster race can spare no casualties, but we have no such need at all. Because Xiyuan County is our territory, keeping an eye on those monster race , there is no need for our people to rush in with their lives. Besides, don’t forget that the agreement signed by Yaozu and Nanyuan Kingdom was five years, and now it has only been three years. The subsequent changes will not end so soon .”

"Sir, do you mean to wait and see what happens?"

"Yes. However, I believe that the people of Xiyuan County should have already started preparing for some peripheral preparations. It won't be too late to join in when the time is right. For now, it's better to let the Yaozu take the lead. Such a large area, such a big battle, It is absolutely impossible to lose opportunities. You can rest assured in this regard.”

Zhang Yan understood the ambivalence on the side of Nanyuan Kingdom.On the one hand, he was worried that there would be too many casualties, and on the other hand, he was worried that the demon clan would take all the benefits if he intervened too late.

But Zhang Yan knew far more people than Nanyuan Kingdom.The mutation of space will not come to the last moment so quickly.But looking at the news from Shen Wujiu now, it is actually close to the climax.It is said to be five years, and there should be a clear result in the fourth year.

It's just that the development narrative of Xiyuan County has exceeded Zhang Yan's prediction.All his previous guesses were based on whether there were any "unknown benefits" from "Void Zhi" falling into the void, in order to infer the purpose of the Yaozu.

Now whether it is the weird stone in the copper box in front of him or the weird broken limbs in the news, they are all overturning Zhang Yan's previous judgment and leading the result to another possibility that he has not considered before.

Chapter 394 Lessons

Shen Wujiu left in a hurry with Zhang Yan's news.As Zhang Yan said just now, Xiyuan County has already made a lot of contingencies under the arrangement of the Ministry of War.Even the emperor once again dispatched [-] forbidden troops to Xiyuan County to sit in town, and they are almost there now.

The opinions given by Zhang Yan now can definitely make the preparations of Nanyuan Kingdom less hasty based on the existing foundation. They can look more calmly, find out the omissions and make up for them.More importantly, it can also greatly reduce casualties.

Those black spots who died in the army of Xiyuan County were feared by many people, and they were even more frightening than fighting monsters.

After Shen Wujiu left, Zhang Yan didn't stay in the study any longer.He came back to accompany his family, to talk, to understand the situation, and the time spent with his family was actually very short on the monk's long journey of cultivation, and he didn't want to just pass it by in a perfunctory way.

A little later, Zhang Yan compared the three apprentices in the main room like chatting.

Now the cultivation bases of the three apprentices have officially stepped into the Profound Vein Realm.The one with the highest cultivation was Wang Nian, who was at the barrier position in the early to middle stages of the Profound Vein Realm, and could immediately break through if he lacked a chance.Both Liu Rui and Yang Rui are new to the Profound Vein Realm, and it takes some time to accumulate spiritual energy.

To be honest, Zhang Yan didn't feel very obvious about talent and other things when he was practicing.Coupled with the infusion of a large amount of merit and spiritual energy in his body, the path of practice has always been smooth and unimpeded for him. He can only know that his practice speed is extremely fast from the description in the Taoist scriptures.

But now that there are three more apprentices, the mystery of talent becomes more and more miraculous in front of Zhang Yan's eyes.

Just like Liu Rui, her talent is almost the same as that of Zhang Yan, and she is the highest among the three apprentices.So even though the resources, savvy, and diligence are similar, the progress has been catching up. Not only has it caught up with Yang Rui, but it even vaguely means catching up with Yang Rui compared to half a year ago.Based on this prediction, if nothing unexpected happens, within one to two years, Liu Rui will be able to leave Yang Rui behind.

The most interesting thing that Zhang Yan never expected was Wang Nian.

Among Zhang Yan's three apprentices, Wang Nian is the most detached, the least talented, and even the laziest in a sense.I thought that even if he was the first to start and lay the foundation, he would be overtaken quickly under the pursuit of Liu Rui and Yang Rui, but this is not the case.Not only was he not overtaken, on the contrary he gradually widened the gap between himself and the two juniors.

Was Wang Nian's talent tested wrong?not at all.It's because Wang Nian's talent is not only a talent for cultivation, he also has special talents that Liu Rui and Yang Rui don't have.For example, he is paranoid about the five elements, and he only respects the fire attribute.This made Wang Nian even more narrow-minded in terms of technique and aura intake.But it also makes the aura in the body more pure.

Coupled with Wang Nian's pure and simple mind, as well as his simplified understanding of things, it is far easier for him to break through the barriers of the realm than his younger brothers and younger sisters.

This is like Liu Rui and Yang Rui running faster than Wang Nian on the road, but whenever they have to hurdle, they always spend nearly double or even more time than Wang Nian. You will find that instead of slowing down, Wang Nian gradually ran farther and farther.

This shows the essence of talent to the fullest.It's not that you don't work hard enough, but some people are born with a much easier path than yours.

And Wang Nian's talent is not only in cultivation and enlightenment.Out of paranoia about the fire attribute of the five elements, he already has his own views on the control and understanding of fire, and Zhang Yan can even ask Zhang Yan for anything.The place where its performance stands out is alchemy.

If it is said that Yang Rui is "incompatible" with alchemy, then Wang Nian and alchemy can be called "a match made in heaven".And Liu Rui belongs to the category of "more than enough than below" and took an intermediate value.

Wang Nian's performance was very eye-catching when he taught the three apprentices alchemy for the first time.Only less than six furnaces of medicinal materials were wasted to successfully refine the bone-strengthening pill, and even the highest batch of medicinal materials could produce four pills!

Now I'm getting started with Biqing Dan.Although I haven't completed the alchemy yet, I heard that I have found the key point of alchemy. As long as I can have a new alchemy furnace and practice more, it should be almost the same.And this guy has already abolished three alchemy furnaces.

Of course, even though Wang Nian's practice performance was outstanding, he was still often punished.Because this kid is so out of touch, he can do the things he is interested in day and night, but if he is not so interested in things, he will forget them in an instant, making many necessary methods impossible to learn or progress. Can't keep up.

Just like right now.Wang Nian accepted the punishment with a pale face while wearing the gold hoop.Because his homework seemed to be completed, but there was obviously a lot of superficial work in it, and it didn't meet Zhang Yan's requirements at all.

"The method of applying Yin Qi has been making you step up your practice since last year, but now you need three breaths to complete even the most basic condensed Yin Qi body protection. Three breaths, this time is enough to kill you in case of danger Three or five times!"

"Disciple knows his mistake! Master, please forgive me this time!" Wang Nian knelt down on the ground, kowtowing unequivocally.Another characteristic of this kid is that he "admits his mistakes quickly and commits them next time".It belongs to the kind of master who remembers to eat but not to fight.

Zhang Yan knew the nature of this monkey.A word of "fixed" fixed him in place and he was not allowed to speak, and at the same time he continued to accept the punishment of the golden hoop.It took less than half an hour to make up his mind that Wang Nian would not relax.This time, we must let the other party have a long memory, and the methods related to yin and qi can't be joked.

Turning to look at Liu Rui and Yang Rui who wanted to ask for love but were a little scared, Zhang Yan continued with a straight face: "You two also knelt down to accompany him."

The two were startled, and hurriedly knelt beside Wang Nian who was immobilized.His head was hanging down, and his heart was terrified.

"The three of you are brothers and sisters of the same school. They are not blood relatives but they are better than blood relatives. Mutual support is an indispensable benefit for your future practice. The two of you know that Wang Nian is lazy but don't correct it. Do you think it's wrong? ? If I retreat for a longer period of time, or if something happens and I can’t take care of you, will you just look at Wang Nian or do nothing to save each other?”

"Disciple knows his mistake!" Hearing this, Liu Rui and Yang Rui realized where they were wrong, their heads were on the ground, and they regretted not pointing out Brother Shitou's problem forcefully before.Listening to what Master said now, it is indeed too inappropriate.

"Brothers and sisters are brothers and sisters, it's called relying on each other to support and move forward. Don't take things lightly. You must keep this in mind!" Zhang Yan didn't mean to punish the two, but verbal warnings were still necessary.

"After Wang Nian is punished, the two of you will urge him to catch up on the lessons he left behind on Yin Qi methods. If he dares to play tricks, I will give you this golden hoop. You can let him know how powerful he is."

395 Collision

In the middle of the night, Zhang's residence finally became quiet again.Zhang Yan sat cross-legged in the quiet room, so he had time to sort out the news brought by Shen Wujiu today.

It has been a long time since Zhang Yan of Xiyuan County went there. I should go there again after a few days of gathering with my family this time to see how far the space mutation has developed over there.

He took out the copper box that Shen Wujiu brought from his bosom, took the strange stone inside and looked at it carefully.

What is certain is that the crystal inlaid on this stone is a refining material with good aura conductivity.But it wasn't the category Zhang Yan knew.Either a new species, or a natural synthetic product.

But no matter what the result is, this is the first time Zhang Yan has encountered a situation.Not to mention the catalogs and atlases of mineral production in Nanyuan that he had read.There is absolutely no such weird output in front of you.

What's more, in the news brought by Shen Wujiu, it is not only the strange stone in front of him, but also some vegetation that has never been seen before, and the broken limbs and corpses.

"Blue bones?"

Zhang Yan couldn't help muttering in his heart.Not to mention Desolate Sky Territory, he has never seen anything with blue bones on Earth.

But it was precisely because his soul came from the earth, so after hearing the news brought by Shen Wujiu, he quickly thought of a possibility.That is, no matter whether these weird stones or the broken limbs and corpses that have never seen vegetation and blue bones, could it not be the existence of the Desolate Realm, but someone who broke into the Desolate Realm for a special reason? ?

It's as if Zhang Yan came from the earth to the barren sky, and those weird stones and broken limbs also came from other places?

Previously, Zhang Yan's attention was completely bluffed by the name of the void.In addition, the "black spot death" caused by the overflowing emptiness made Zhang Yan fail to realize that apart from being equal to the normal world, emptiness also has another characteristic: it envelops many endless worlds.

In other words, the reason why Zhang Yan was able to copy the descriptions of the void from the Earth’s Dragon and Tiger Mountain Gate to the Huangtianyu’s side is because he firmly believes that the void understood by the Earth’s Dragon and Tiger Mountain Gate is the same as the void in the Huangtianyu. One, the difference is only the position in the void between the earth world and the barren sky domain.

Now if this idea is brought into the news of Xiyuan County, there will be a clearer possibility than before.

First of all, the world of Huangtianyu is not a complete and stable world, and the space will naturally be unstable.This is what Zhang Yan first noticed when he was refining the storage magic weapon.

Secondly, the space mutation that appeared in Xiyuan County now seems to be caused by another world or space colliding with the space of Huangtianyu.

Because this kind of collision needs to penetrate the void that wraps the two worlds first, so when there is no substantial contact, the interaction of the two worlds will squeeze the stability of their respective spaces.And at this time, the incomplete world barrier will be squeezed, resulting in space distortion, and then it will overlap with the real thing and be easily dug open, causing the void carp in the void to rush out and cause "black spot death".

And the monster clan who saw the "black spot death" not only did not retreat but continued to garrison the places with the most severe space distortion. Although not every monster clan understands the reason for this, the monster clan, or the Haoyue Monster Kingdom The decision-making level is definitely clear!What they are waiting for is that the collision of the two worlds is approaching, until the actual contact.

Now the strange stone in Zhang Yan's hand, as well as the vegetation and fragmented corpses inexplicably appearing in special places in the news, all indicate that the actual contact between the two worlds has begun, but it is only the beginning. Less than the climax part.

Because according to the news brought by Shen Wujiu, those special places are always accompanied by conditions such as earth dragons and ground subsidence, and at the same time accompanied by void insects that cause "black spot death".

The presence of a void means that the collision has just begun.

Just like a ball bouncing on the table, the contact with the table is always getting faster and faster, and when it can't jump, it is the time for continuous contact. At that time, the situation will definitely change again.

"Two worlds?" Zhang Yan couldn't help being curious.At the same time, the hand holding the strange stone tightened.I also made up my mind at the same time.Next, he has to make some preparations.I don't say that I want to reap any benefits at that time, but at least I have the confidence to protect myself and watch the fun, right?

Now that Zhang Yan's cultivation has entered the late stage of returning to the gods, all that remains is to sort out the realm and practice new methods, so as to turn it into a real increase in strength.

In addition to these, external force can also have an immediate improvement effect on monks.For example, the speaker.

Zhang Yan's master magic weapon is not lacking, and the Wanxiangzhu is enough for him to continue to use. Even if his cultivation base is doubled, it will not hold him back.But only one Wanxiang Pearl is obviously not enough.At least one body armor, right?In addition, the three apprentices under the sect should also have two magic weapons, one for attack and one for defense, right?

So for the next two months, Zhang Yan basically did nothing else, either staying in the Artifact Refining Hall of Duanya Mountain, or tossing and turning in the Artifact Refining Room of Zhang Mansion.The final product is quite satisfactory.Not only did he equip himself with a new middle-grade magic weapon inner armor, but he also forged a low-grade magic weapon protective gear that was exactly the same as the robe he usually wears.With the two complementing each other, Zhang Yan felt that there should be no dead ends for defense.

As for the three apprentices, Zhang Yanhua actually put more thought into them than on her two magic weapons.Both offense and defense need to meet the preferences of the apprentice, and there must be room for exploration. Only when they fit together can they play the greatest role.

The treasure armors are all middle-grade, and their shapes are similar.It has a certain degree of elastic material, so that the three babies who are still growing rapidly will not be unable to wear it after wearing it for a year.

As for the magic weapon for the main attack, Zhang Yan did not give enough quality, and only gave the low-grade magic weapon the level of the best, and did not choose to directly give it to the middle-grade magic weapon.This is based on the fact that the three children's cultivation bases are still shallow, and they should be more focused on the means of magic and cultivation bases, rather than relying too much on the power of magic weapons.

With the magic weapon, naturally it can't be used as a decoration. It needs to be used skillfully to ensure that it will not fall off the chain when it is used on real occasions in the future.

It is one aspect to learn from each other, and it is also necessary to learn from the warriors on the Huangtianyu side.For example, He Xianghong, the slave of the family, is now in the middle stage of the Tongqiao state, and he is almost tossed to death by three children who are pulling and fighting twice for three days.

In the end Zhang Yan couldn't see it anymore.After thinking about it, the three apprentices have not made much progress in "competition".At least he couldn't make any progress against a warrior of He Xianghong's strength and timidity.You have to change the environment.It just so happens that this opportunity can also be used to get out of Nanyuan Kingdom and wander around.

Chapter 396 The Fat Sheep

The territory of Nanyuan Kingdom is actually not small, and most of the four seasons can already be experienced from south to north.But it doesn't mean that Nanyuan Kingdom is considered a relatively large country in the barren world, on the contrary, it belongs to a relatively small one, otherwise the word "Xiaguo" wouldn't fall on their heads.

After leaving the Nanyuan Kingdom, to the north is the Beiwu Kingdom, to the east is the Yueshui Kingdom, and beyond the Yueshui Kingdom is the Huayue Kingdom.This time, Zhang Yan and his three apprentices chose to go west and fly over Yubei Mountain. The destination was the Haoyue Yao Kingdom, which was much wider than the Human Race Kingdom.

Why did you choose to go to the Haoyue Demon Country instead of the Human Race Country?The main reason is that the time is relatively tight this time, and there is no spare time for traveling, so I can only limit myself to "sharpening".And Zhang Yan wanted to sharpen his apprentices, which was not suitable in the country of the human race.And Yaozu's territory is very appropriate.

"Wang Nian, are you afraid of seeing the Yaozu?"

"Wang Nian is not afraid of returning to Master. At home, Wang Nian sees butchering pigs, dogs, chickens and ducks every year, and even helps his father dig out the belly of pigs. Hearing that the monster race is ferocious, Wang Nian just wants to kill a few to gain knowledge." Wang Nian bowed to Zhang Yan with a playful smile, and then spoke lightly, even with a trace of killing intent.

Zhang Yan didn't comment, turned to look at Yang Rui and Liu Rui, and asked, "What about you? Are you afraid?"

Yang Rui shook his head. Like Wang Nian, he has fought vicious ghosts to the death. How can Yaozu be more scary than ghosts?

"I, I'm a little scared." Only Liu Rui shrank her neck, her little face flushed slightly, but she didn't swell her face to look fat. She didn't feel the need to hide anything in front of her senior brother and master.

Zhang Yan said with a smile: "Although the monster race and the human race are equal to heaven and earth, they are sworn enemies with the human race. Although they are ferocious, they still have flesh and blood and souls, and they also need to eat, drink, and breathe. So kill a monster race There is no difference in essence from trampling a bug to death.

Liu Rui, it's not surprising that you are afraid, but you need to overcome it by yourself, otherwise the mere monsters will walk over, how can you stand on this world and become a god? "

Among the three apprentices, Liu Rui is the most pure and persistent about power.It's not like Yang Rui and Wang Nian have the secondary purpose of becoming stronger.Liu Rui became stronger in order to become stronger.Zhang Yan also explained and encouraged her according to her thoughts.