one's door

As a result, after checking, Zhou Cang, the chief officer of the garrison, frowned directly.Because according to the distribution of traces of lightning strikes along the road, the center should be the densest, but the fact is the opposite, there is no trace of lightning strikes in the center.Moreover, the residents around the central point didn't even know about the lightning strike last night until they woke up the next day. They all "slept deeply" and knew nothing about it.

This is very suspicious.It sounded like someone deliberately used means to trap some residents in their sleep, and then did something, including those weird thunder and lightning last night.

The reason why Zhou Cang frowned was that the center of those lightning strikes would be Zhang Yan's house.Thinking of Zhang Yan's unpredictable ability, many possibilities flashed through Zhou Cang's mind.But the biggest doubt is what happened to those thunders?What is the means?Is there really a way in the world to control the power of heaven and earth?

If someone else said "yes", there is a way to restrain the thunder, Zhou Cang would probably sneer and think that this person is crazy.But if this matter had something to do with Zhang Yan, he would have to make a few more detours in his heart.

How to do this?

Zhou Cang paced back and forth in the tent for a long time, and finally felt that he was watching while walking.

The purpose of leaving is to continue to follow the normal process to make sure that the lightning strike last night will not affect the city defense.But the reason for the lightning strike is not to be found out in a while. What if it is really a once-in-a-thousand-year spectacle?No one can tell a fault.

Look, it depends on the reaction of those special case officers who are staying in Langyuan City at this time.Because the Special Cases Division is often the most sensitive to such matters, they will usually send people to investigate, and will actively communicate with the guards.Once the people from the special case department stared at him, Zhou Cang had to respond accordingly, at least on the surface.

If the people from the special case department didn't respond, then Zhou Cang would just put on a show, no matter whether the situation really had something to do with Zhang Yan, he wasn't going to put it in front of Zhang Yan.annoying.He even really hoped that Zhang Yan had provoked the thunder.If Zhang Yan has this ability, is it possible for his son Zhou Yun, who is a student of Zhang Yan, to also learn it?There must be such thoughts, right?

But when Zhou Cang was getting ready to deal with the people from the Special Cases Department, he didn't see anyone from the Special Cases Department all day long.Not even the next day.According to the general practice, the guards checked all the staff and returned to the camp, but there was still no one from the special case department.

Ok?Is this too busy?Zhou Cang thought so in his heart.At the same time, he was relieved.Let the people below press down on the matter of the lightning strike, and just send a report to the Yamen of the Ministry of War to rule out the threat of city defense. The rest is just two words: pending investigation.

So it seemed like a big battle, but in the end, there was a lot of thunder and rain in Langyuan City, and it quickly died down without any waves.At most, after dinner, we would occasionally chat about "what a big thunder that night!" Such gossip.

After two days of rest, Zhang Yan has recovered a lot. Although he is still a little short of a complete recovery, he has already recovered [-]% of his strength.He still didn't even go to receive those merits, and he was recovering by meditating and breathing, and he never entered the state of practice.

It's not that Zhang Yan is relaxing, on the contrary, he has been tensing himself and adjusting himself during this time.He needs to be at his best to prepare for his next breakthrough.

That's right, Zhang Yan is sure that once he receives the spiritual energy of virtue, he will directly break through the current state.Entering the later stages of Dao Dan Realm is a sure thing, and even the next big realm after stepping into Dao Dan Realm has great opportunities.

Chapter 212 Paving the Way

"Mr. Zhang, this is a gift of thanks and apology from Prince Dehou. Please accept it."

The one who spoke was still the former warrior from Beiwu, but this time the other person had a little more smile on his face, and he was not as stern as when he came last time.

It took a lot of time to go back and forth, but what I brought was a large box of dried Yuzhilan.After opening, the stacks are neatly stacked, and each strip is four or five inches long and the thickness of a thumb.And there was a special fragrance, very strong, which made Zhang Yan, who didn't like strong fragrance, shrug his nose.

"It seems a little too much?" Zhang Yan simply flipped through it twice, and without counting, he could tell that there were more than a hundred Yuzhilan stems in this box.

"Hehe, Mr. Zhang has good eyesight. There are a total of 150 plants in this box. The extra [-] plants are a gift from Prince Dehou to Mr. I also hope that Mr. Zhang can visit Beiwu in his spare time in the future. The Prince will surely sweep the bed Waiting for it."

Zhang Yan laughed.He didn't answer, and with a thought in his heart, the speech skills of the prince who was far away in Beiwu Kingdom were solved.I don't know if the other party will learn to be more calm after suffering such a big hardship.

"Okay, I think the problem with your son should not be a big problem."

Zhang Yan is not polite either.As soon as he raised his hand, the box was closed, and then he put it in a corner and put it away.At the same time, it seemed perfunctory to say that the problem was solved.The smile on the warrior's face on the opposite side was stunned for a moment.

That's all right?This bastard doesn't want to play tricks, does he?It is inevitable that there will be such guesses in my heart.

Zhang Yan also saw the suspicion of the other party, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, your son is blessed with a great life, and the little difficulties here will naturally be solved. Your Excellency can go back and confirm."

"No need. If there is nothing wrong with the son, he will come to inform you immediately. If there is no news in January, then the son is still under restraint, and Mr. Zhang will have to worry about it when the time comes."

Hearing this, Zhang Yan looked at the other party carefully again.Compared with the stern look last time, the other party's visit this time can be said to be full of etiquette, and it can even be said that he has lowered his status, and is placed in a position of "asking for others", rather than the previous "exchange".

Adding in the fifty Yuzhi orchid stems that were extra in the box just now, Zhang Yan seemed to understand what the other party meant.But if the other party didn't take the initiative to ask, he wouldn't take the initiative to ask.

The things were given, and Zhang Yan also responded.Moreover, Zhang Yan also accepted the fifty extra Yuzhilan stems, and the other party even added a sentence to put it here.After that, it came to an end for a while, and after saluting, we took our farewell and left.It is estimated that the next time we see each other will be in January when we get the news that the other party's son is safe.

Zhang Yan was also different from the last time, and took the initiative to send the other party to the door, with an attitude of hello and me.

Need to guess?Zhang Yan didn't think it was necessary.If you think about it from another position, you can know what Prince Dehou of Beiwu opposite is thinking.

It's nothing more than focusing on the method of "speech skills", and then want to dig Zhang Yan together.And what was paid was only fifty stems of Yuzhilan.This thing may be difficult to obtain in the eyes of ordinary people, but is it a big deal for the prince who is in charge of the financial power of Beiwu Kingdom?Just talk about it.

As for Zhang Yan, will he stay in Nanyuan Kingdom forever?Naturally impossible.The Huangtian Territory is so big, he naturally wants to walk around and have a look.So the kindness of Prince Dehou did not disgust him.But he will not be in a hurry, even if a formal invitation comes, he will hold back and will not give the other party a letter.Everything needs a most fundamental premise: strength.

It is precisely because of his lack of strength that Zhang Yan needs to move around in Nanyuan Kingdom, relying on his identity as a miscellaneous scholar and as a guest teacher in the martial arts academy to slowly manage, reveal his own value bit by bit, and consolidate his foundation. Strive for a relatively peaceful development time for yourself.

Otherwise, do you really think that the phrase "the crime of conceived jade" is only useful on earth?It can also be used in the wild world.It's just that Zhang Yan's sense of proportion is very appropriate now, he greets all people who know his "capability" very comfortably, and regards him as "one of his own", which is why he has the security he has today.He is not as comfortable as he is now if he doesn't grasp which scale in the middle, and if he makes a slight mistake.

But soon.

Zhang Yan found that his luck was really good after arriving in Huangtianyu.I don't know if this is also under the influence of Huang Tianyu's world. Anyway, with the existence of the Sanctuary and the cheating of Huang Tianyu's gang, he feels that the ups and downs of practice do not exist here at all.

After seeing off Prince Dehou's cronies, he closed his eyes and seemed to be resting downstairs, but sorted out the things in his hands and the way forward.When he opened his eyes again, the heart-piercing screams from upstairs were gone, and the sound of footsteps coming down the stairs could be heard.Princess Qingling finished today's homework and walked down.

"teacher."

"Well. Go back."

It is said to be homework, but it is very special, and there is very little communication between teachers and students.It doesn't even require students to understand what to memorize, it is a gain and benefit from all aspects, but the premise is that they can withstand the pain.

I thought that Princess Qingling would make a salute as before and leave in a hurry.But the other party didn't intend to leave immediately this time, instead, he took the initiative to talk about himself with Zhang Yan for the first time.

"Teacher, the students will return to Yuanding Imperial City to participate in the competition in one month. Due to the limited status of the students, they have been unable to be themselves since they were young. This competition is the first time in this life that the students can do something for themselves. It's a struggle, and it's the first time to pretend to be your own master. So the students don't want to lose."

Zhang Yan also put away his smile. Although he couldn't empathize with Princess Qingling, the knowledge he received on Earth in his previous life made him agree with Princess Qingling's idea of ​​fighting for himself.

"Your Highness, please say something."

"Teacher, this time the student's opponent is a master in the late Kaiyuan stage. The student is now barely entering the middle stage of the Kaiyuan stage. In addition, the teacher has recently improved the toughness and endurance of the flesh and blood to a level comparable to that of a male warrior in the early stage of the Kaiyuan stage. There is still more than half a month left, and it may be able to catch up with the toughness and endurance of the male warriors in the middle of the Kaiyuan stage.

Afterwards, according to the teacher's suggestion, I also learned some combat skills that were different from my previous ones as my hole cards.But I still don't know what to do. If I want to listen to the teacher's teachings, how can I solve it? "

After finishing speaking, Princess Qingling bowed deeply to the end, which was already the most solemn gift in the royal family.

Can Zhang Yan help the other party?Of course it is possible.For example, bone strengthening pills.But that thing is not suitable for publicity for the time being, and it can't change Princess Qingling's plight.After all, Princess Qingling is not just stuck in the bottleneck state like Shi Xuan, and it is impossible to make a big change in the realm with a bone strengthening pill alone.

After being silent for a while, Zhang Yan took out some cinnabar and blank yellow paper that had been left here before.Then, under Princess Qingling's puzzled eyes, she drew a talisman...

"Burn it before the fight, then swallow the paper ashes with the spirits. It will help you the most."

Chapter 213 Returning to God

Zhang Yan spent five days adjusting his state in all aspects, and then took a leave of absence from the Academy of Martial Arts, saying that he would miss a class.There is also six days before and after that you can arrange yourself.

After returning home, he also greeted his mother and younger sister, saying that he needs to meditate in the past few days and ponder some intellectual things, so he asked Mei Jie to make a stack of durable dry biscuits and burn another large one. A pot of water is considered dry food.Although the family members were still a little worried, they knew that Zhang Yan's knowledge was important, so they didn't dare to ask more questions.

After dealing with everything, Zhang Yan set up a cover and defense array in his room, and began to prepare to receive meritorious aura.

The difference between this time and last time is that Zhang Yan did not continue to use "Returning Qi Method" as his basic practice method, but chose the same nature as "Returning Qi Method", but the threshold is higher and more difficult. A new method of efficiency: "Three Turns of Profound Qi".

Sometimes it is easy to be distracted by too many exercises in hand, not to mention that they are all extraordinary exercises that can be gathered in the Wanxiang Pearl.

Choosing "Three Turns of Profound Qi" means that this technique is largely derived from "Returning Qi Method". Zhang Yan will not have the embarrassment and jerkyness of "starting all over again" when he changes later. It is safe enough, and the risk of going crazy is comparable to that of "Returning Qi Method".It is very suitable for a lone wolf like Zhang Yan who is groping and practicing on his own.

Secondly, "Three Turns of Profound Qi" is not an independent exercise, but similar to a preparatory exercise in the middle and early stages. In the future, Zhang Yan's cultivation level can be replaced according to the situation, and it is relatively smooth.

Why not choose the kind of practice that can be used to the end to avoid trouble?It is also because Zhang Yan has no one to guide him, and often there will be many key turning points throughout a practice from the beginning to the end. Once a mistake is made, it will be very troublesome and may even waste all previous efforts or go crazy.So even if that kind of technique saves trouble and is relatively more powerful, Zhang Yan still values ​​safety more.

Together with the exercises, the familiar feeling came again, and the golden spiritual energy swarmed in from Zhang Yan's mouth, nose and even the pores all over his body, rushing into Zhang Yan's body.

"call!"

Zhang Yanchang took a deep breath and quickly gathered his mind. Although he had thought that this time the virtuous aura would be far more than any other time before, he was still taken aback by the amount of golden aura pouring in from the outside world.

It was as if there was no trace of the normal aura breathing, and every time the aura was breathed out, it seemed that all the aura was replaced with the golden merit aura.

Almost from the very beginning, Zhang Yan felt that his meridians were stretched to the maximum, just like the water pipes that reached the upper limit, quickly pouring the continuously flowing spiritual energy into the pool.

As a "pool", the cyclone in the lower dantian is also rotating at an unusually fast speed. Each revolution can inject a large amount of spiritual energy into the spiral generated by its own rotation, and then gradually compact it into a liquid and finally become a Particles converge and harden on the Dao Dan in the center of the spiral.

I don't know how long it took, but Zhang Yan didn't have the heart to care about these things at all. Anyway, in his perception, the influx of merit and spiritual energy still maintained a super high speed, and he already felt an increasingly obvious sense of tightness on the Dao Dan.

The small realm barrier has arrived!

With the previous experience, Zhang Yan didn't panic at all after encountering the boundary barrier, and he didn't even slow down the speed of breathing meritorious aura, and continued to maintain an unhurried appearance.He is waiting for Huang Tianyu to help him cheat again.

As the tightness became stronger and stronger, it soon turned into a dull pain. Just when Zhang Yan was also starting to worry, a bright enlightenment came as if invited, and instantly pulled him into the mysterious understanding.Strands of truth appeared out of thin air and imprinted into his consciousness, making him obsessed with it and unable to extricate himself from it.

When Zhang Yan broke away from the mysterious experience, he slowly came back to his senses, and then quickly looked inwardly, and then the corners of his mouth subconsciously turned up slightly.

Just as Zhang Yan expected, Huang Tianyu's way of heaven is as kind as before, and he doesn't spare any effort to help cheat, as if he was in a daze. At this time, his dantian no longer has the feeling of tightness before. What comes out is a kind of smoothness with an open road ahead, and Dao Dan, which is visible to the naked eye, has grown a bit bigger.

In this way, Zhang Yan has successfully entered the late stage of Dao Dan realm!

Of course, an increase in the late stage of the Dao Dan realm is not enough to consume all the merit and aura that Zhang Yan wants to obtain this time. After all, it is the massive merit of three ghost kings and a dozen ghost generals.

Continue to breathe, although you can feel that the inflow of virtuous aura has begun to decrease, but it is still in a very high state compared to the previous few times.Continue to gather in the lower dantian.

With the passage of time, Zhang Yan's attention has also become preoccupied, and he knows in his heart that a more important moment is coming.Because he once again felt the feeling of tightness from the Dao Dan, which means that in the late stage of the Dao Dan realm, the last bottleneck of the Dao Dan realm, and the bottleneck for entering the next big realm has begun to appear.

At this moment, Zhang Yan managed to suppress the excitement in his heart.

Introduce Qi to the profound veins, and then to the Dao Dan.In just a few years, Zhang Yan realized the transformation from "ordinary" to "transcendence" mentioned in Taoism.The next thing he has to do is to let himself continue to climb on the new life path.

After Dao Dan, it is Guishen.

People have three souls and seven souls, which govern life and death.

There is a saying that the body is the boat, and the soul is the boat.The two sailed into the bitter sea of ​​fate, either overturned and silent, or reached the other shore, beyond the fate.

It is also based on this statement that there are surgery, body and Shinto practice.Even in Zhang Yan's view, warriors in the Desolate Heaven Territory couldn't get rid of this thread.

Zhang Yan has always practiced Shinto at the same time as both technique and practice. The focus of the two practices is on the soul, while the physical body is a secondary practice that relies on the growth of the soul to feed back.

According to the Taoist scriptures, the Dao Dan Realm is to build a "nest" to pave the way for the "God" in the Returning to God Realm.

God is the beginning of a new life produced by the aggregation of one's own three souls and seven souls: Yuanshen.

And [-]% of Yuanshen is definitely a big change for Zhang Yan, far greater than the change that occurred when he achieved the Dao Dan state!

As time passed day by day, Zhang Yan, who was sitting cross-legged on the futon and had forgotten himself, also ushered in his final breakthrough moment in the increasingly anxious state of mind of the Zhang family.

"God! Don't be polite to me this time, I will definitely help you get rid of the insects after I enter the realm of returning to the gods!" Zhang Yan also prayed in his heart.Then he launched a final sprint, and seemed to be cooperating with him, and the remaining merit and aura began to flow in at a sudden speed, and finally at the moment when Zhang Yan felt that his Dao Dan was about to explode, the mysterious epiphany state appearing again……

Chapter 214 Freshmen

"call……"

Exhaling a foul breath, Zhang Yan, who had been cross-legged for six days and nights without moving, finally opened his eyes.

A golden glow flashed in his eyes for a moment, and then disappeared in a flash. Afterwards, his eyes were full of vitality, without any fatigue. On the contrary, it seemed more like an unprecedented hidden vitality.

There were no surprises, and even everything seemed just right.

The world of Huangtianyu has not lost the chain, the bottleneck in the middle stage of the Dao Dan realm, the bottleneck of the Dao Dan realm to the return to the gods, two epiphanies helped Zhang Yan overcome the difficulty of the bottleneck, coupled with merit and aura, all the way rushed, just at the last moment let Zhang Yan just enough Break through, and now you can stand within the threshold of returning to the gods.

It felt... different.

Zhang Yan had thought about what it would be like to return to the God Realm, and he had carefully read the relevant content in the Taoist scriptures at the Dragon and Tiger Mountain Gate.But now when I have achieved this step, I realize that all imagination and words cannot describe this wonderful state.

It's no wonder that returning to the gods is described as the transformation of a monk's life.The Dao Dan state is "transcendence", and the state of returning to the gods is a new "transformation" after "transformation".

I wanted to continue to comprehend for a while, but the Zhang family was already in a bit of a mess at this time, the mother and younger sister were crying outside, and Zhang Yan immediately felt the situation outside after he left the practice.So he didn't dare to procrastinate any longer, and hurriedly collected his efforts, removed the cover and defensive circle, pushed open the door and walked out.

"mother!"

Wang Lanping has been terrified for the past few days. Who has heard that there is no movement for six days?She really thought that something happened to her second son in the house.And the strange thing is that she couldn't touch the door that was close at hand, so she was even more afraid.If it wasn't for the little sister Zhang Huiyuan who kept blocking her, maybe Wang Lanping would have to go to the guard to find Zhou Cang for help.

Now seeing the second son coming out of the house, Wang Lanping walked over immediately, "Son!" He kept calling, touching his cheeks and patting his arms.After a while, Zhang Yan said that he was fine, and Wang Lanping calmed down.Zhang Huiyuan, the little girl next to her, also smiled and breathed a sigh of relief.She was also terrified by her second brother's "retirement study" this time.

……

"Yan'er, what are you learning? Why do you go in for six days? I'm so scared to death!" Wang Lanping repeated over and over while feeding her son more food.Seeing that his son has such a good appetite, eating five big bowls is not enough, which means that there is nothing wrong with him, and his heart is completely relieved.

"Mother, it's the kind of knowledge of alchemy before. This time, I have made some breakthroughs, so I have more time. Don't worry." Zhang Yan comforted his family while eating.He didn't touch any of the dry pancakes that sister Mei made before, and he didn't have the time at all.Now six days without water or food, I am starving.

The younger sister, Zhang Huiyuan, was also helping to serve the dishes.Zhang Yan ate too fast, the big pot of sauced meat just now had bottomed out, and he yelled for Zhang Huiyuan to get some pickles for dinner.

Sister Mei would naturally not let Zhang Huiyuan do anything, so she just sat next to Zhang Yan and talked about the things at home and in the store these days.

"Second brother, Mr. Shen came to look for you at home the day before yesterday. Mother said you were in school, so he left. He came to the store yesterday, ordered twenty medium-sized wheelchairs in one go, and directly I paid the full amount and said that it would be sent to the special case department of the Xiangkou local yamen.

Second brother, did that person send money to our family on purpose? "

The more you see, the wiser you will be.Zhang Huiyuan is now working as the accountant in the store, and she can hear more people, and she has already known many tacit ways of communicating outside.It's just that the high officials in the yamen of the magistrate's mansion are still in a hurry to send money to the Zhang family. She has never heard of such a thing, so she is very curious.

"Master Shen? Hehe, you little brain, you can react fast enough. But sometimes you have to pretend to be slow to react quickly. He pays, you give him the goods, and the money and goods are settled. Even if the quantity is larger, That's a serious business, so we can't talk about giving money or not, is our family short of the money for dozens of chairs?"

"Hee hee, second brother, I understand what you said. Just pretend to be confused. But why did that man do that?"

"Why? Let's convey his attitude." Zhang Yan was vague for a while, and there were many things that he couldn't explain clearly to his family.But he was also a little surprised.I thought that the people from the special case department would have new troubles after thinking about it, and they might even do it.Looking at it now, it seems that Master Shen Wujiu seems to have a very active mind and his mind is turning fast enough.Taking money out to express goodwill, is this to stabilize him?Or do you really want to make further contacts with goodwill?

After eating, Zhang Yan went to take a good bath.Although the pores do not spray feces like before, I still feel uncomfortable all over my body because some of the impurities discharged cover the body surface.

The physical body will gradually reach a state where there will be no major changes in the future practice.It's not physical cultivation, the physical body doesn't need to be transformed into a magic weapon, which is invulnerable to fire and water.What he cultivated was the soul, and now he is the primordial spirit.

In fact, Taoism often talks about "two cultivations of life and soul", which means starting from the state of returning to the gods.Going forward, I am not qualified to talk about "two cultivations of life and soul".

The so-called "nature" actually refers to the combination of "mind" and "life", which belongs to the balance of mind and nature in life. If you think deeply, you can actually understand the existence of mind and life in the world.