one's door

"Okay, do you still think "Yin Yang Tong Shu" is boring? Are you still afraid of ghosts?"

"Hey." Wang Nian scratched his head, smirking a little embarrassedly.Then he suddenly seemed to think of something, and asked, "Brother, since there are ghosts in this world, why haven't I seen a single ghost after studying "Yin Yang Pupil Art" for so long? Where did the ghost in the bell come from?" of?"

The baby's reaction was quick, but for the time being, Zhang Yan didn't intend to tell the other party these things, so as not to be disturbed by the twists and turns in his practice.When Wang Nian's mind grows a bit more, it is suitable to tell him these things.

"Of course there are other reasons, but it's not what you need to know for the time being."

"Oh."

"Okay, now sit down cross-legged and calm down. I'll see how you're doing in your homework." It's time for Zhang Yan's question to be answered.He wanted to see if Wang Nian could also be rewarded with merit and spiritual energy after saving an evil ghost.

Wang Nian didn't know what Zhang Yan was going to do, he just thought it was Zhang Yan who was testing his homework, so he sat down cross-legged obediently, took a deep breath, tried to calm down his emotions, and after a while he slowly calmed down. Enter a state of calm and peaceful, and then start to practice the exercises.

This is not the first time that Zhang Yan watched Wang Nian perform kung fu from the sidelines.It is clear that every time Wang Nian's kung fu works normally, the spiritual energy of the surrounding world will slowly gather, which is far more intense than when relying on breathing techniques alone, and form strands of spiritual energy pulsating into Wang Nian's body.

"Here we come!" Zhang Yan's heart suddenly moved.He felt traces of golden aura appearing above Wang Nian's head without warning, and rushed in without hesitation.

Sure enough, you can also get merit and aura!

Obviously, Wang Nian also felt the golden merit entering his body, which was far from the concentrated amount of normal aura, which made Wang Nian a little flustered, and the calm expression on his face quickly became entangled.

"Don't panic, hold your breath! Consume it bit by bit according to the rhythm of the exercise. It is the feedback from this world after you just saved ghosts. Don't worry about temporary stagflation..."

Although the meritorious aura appeared, Zhang Yan also guided Wang Nian step by step to digest it into his own strength.

But Zhang Yan found that the merit and aura that Wang Nian obtained was not right, it was much less than the amount of merit and aura that Wang Nian should obtain for saving a wild ghost, almost only a little more than [-]%.

As a result, although Wang Nian has made great progress in cultivation, he is still far from Zhang Yan's expectation that he can take the opportunity to break through to the middle stage of Qi Entraining Realm in one fell swoop.

Why is that?

Called the smiling Wang Nian back to rest.Zhang Yan sat alone in the room thinking for a long time but couldn't think of a reason.Could it be that the world of Huang Tianyu really reduced the granting of merit?

In order to verify this conjecture, Zhang Yan also sat down cross-legged and began to practice his own kung fu. He also saved a wild ghost before. If the merit and aura he obtained have not diminished, then the reason why Wang Nian is so little is this. Fang Tiandi was wrong about people.On the contrary, this world is uniformly reducing the reward of merit and aura.

Chapter 271

The moment Zhang Yan entered the state of cultivation, the spiritual energy began to climb into his body, and the golden merit spiritual energy also arrived as promised.

"Um?!"

After a while, Zhang Yan suddenly opened his eyes.He found that he had thought too simply before.And this world in Huangtianyu is the one who has calculated every account clearly.It is precisely because of this that Wang Nian had so little meritorious energy before.

It's not that this area of ​​Huangtianyu has reduced the rewards of meritorious aura, but that Wang Nian is only worthy of a little more than [-]% of the meritorious aura, and the remaining nearly [-]% is not counted on Wang Nian's head, but on Zhang Nian. Yan's head!

Obviously only one wild ghost has been saved, but the merit and aura returned just now is more than the amount of one wild ghost, but less than the amount of two wild ghosts.If you distinguish carefully, you will naturally come to a conclusion.

I really didn't think of it before.Thinking about it now, it makes sense.

To put it bluntly, Huang Tianyu gave Zhang Yan most of the credit for Wang Nian's supernatural power.The reason is nothing more than the origin of Wang Nian's methods and abilities, in the final analysis, it is all because of Zhang Yan.When drinking water, think of the source, credit must be clearly distinguished.

Zhang Yan never expected this result.But it doesn't seem like a bad thing to him, and there's even a kind of...how should I put it?It seemed to be encouraging him to recruit more disciples.

A disciple can "commission" [-]% by saving a ghost Zhang Yan.What about the one hundred, one thousand disciples?What does it mean when a person sits at home and his cultivation comes naturally?If you follow this path, it is really possible to achieve this seemingly unimaginable thing.

From the meritorious aura at the beginning, to the "cheating" instilling the truth later, and now there is another drama of "accepting more disciples to enjoy blessings".

It seems that Huang Tianyu seems to have a lot of ideas in this world!

Shaking his head, Zhang Yan forcibly withdrew his thoughts of guessing the intention of heaven and earth.Because counting the infinite as the finite, it is impossible to figure it out, it is just a waste of time.It's better to seize the time and forget about the remaining evil spirits in the ghost bell.

The reason why he was not in a hurry to continue to save Wang Nian to obtain merit and spiritual energy was also because Zhang Yan had other considerations.If there is no share of the merits and spiritual energy, he may directly crush the king to the middle stage of entraining Qi.Because there is a high probability that Wang Nian will have the same fate as him and enjoy the care of Huang Tianyu.

But things are different now.Just because of their merits, spirit, desolate world, they did not treat Wang Nian and Zhang Yan equally, and the difference was obvious.

This made Zhang Yan be careful.You must know that he can reach the state of returning to the gods in only two years by relying on his merits and aura all the way. One of the important reasons is that he has the help of the desolate world to cheat on "Enlightenment", otherwise he would have been stuck. Live in and out.

Even Wang Nian's meritorious aura was shared with Zhang Yan by Huang Tianyu.It is basically impossible to help cheat on "Enlightenment".

Therefore, in order to be on the safe side, Zhang Yan gave Wang Nian as much time as possible to read the Taoist scriptures, to "enlighten the Tao" by himself, and then he guided him.In case there is any accident, it will not be worthwhile if it backfires.

At dawn, Zhang Yan stood up from the futon.full of energy.It has been a long time since he felt that his practice has been so fulfilling.Although the nearly twenty wild ghosts did not make Zhang Yan feel much benefit at this time, compared with his previous honest practice, the gains are naturally much higher.

It is said that horses are not fat without night grass, and people are not rich without windfall.Although it is not necessarily true, sometimes it still feels very appropriate.

Now it's different from before, the seed of the ghost bell has been sown, and with the bone strengthening pill as bait, it doesn't matter whether it's a demon species, or the special case department of Nanyuan country, it will eventually join in helping Zhang Yan's weeds Come inside the ranks.It played a very important role in boosting Zhang Yan's practice speed.

……

When Zhang Yan returned to the city after class in the afternoon, he passed the city gate and was stopped by a goalkeeper, saying that Zhou Cang had told him to go to the garrison camp on the outskirts of the city if he was free, and to find him if he had anything to do.

Usually, Zhou Cang would take the initiative to find Zhang Yan when he had something to do, instead of letting Zhang Yan go to the military camp.The last time this happened was when Lin Zedong came secretly, and it was inconvenient to show up in the city.So what's going on this time?

Zhang Yan sent Wang Nian home first, and then turned back to the garrison camp in the suburbs.

"Mr. Zhang, I'm really sorry to make you come here, but it's true that there are some things that are inconvenient to talk about outside, and I need Mr. Zhang to come and see for himself."

Zhou Cang was as radiant as ever, and he did not wear the divine weapon Zhanfeng given to him by Zhang Yan on his waist.It was the old saber.

Zhang Yan said with a smile: "Mr. Zhou, please speak up if you have something to do. With the relationship between you and me, I trust you. So there is no need to hide it."

"Haha, it's not that I'm hiding it, but I have to ask Mr. Zhang to move on this matter."

"Oh? Where to go?"

"A military prison."

The prison guarding the camp was set up underground, and more than ten feet of ground was dug to build it.Sturdy and doesn't take up much space.However, compared with the prisons of the local yamen, the guarded prisons are mostly deserted.Only in special cases will it be their turn to detain the prisoner.

Either they were locked up by their own soldiers in the garrison.Or the villains that the local yamen can't deal with will be locked up.

Recently, because of Zhang Yan, there was an auction of large weapons in Langyuan City.Attracted a lot of scattered and aristocratic warriors.Some of them have cases on their backs, and have even been arrested at sea.But some people still pretend to be able to pass the test.There were indeed some who successfully fooled them, but after all, they were only a minority. Most of the people who took the guards as fools were finally exposed and captured on the spot, and some were even surrounded and shot.

So there are still many people in the prison of the guard camp at this time.These people are waiting to be sent to exile.Those who did not qualify were put to death.

"That person is only at the beginning of the Kaiyuan Realm, but his ability to disguise is not small. He has never been seen through. But after Mr. Zhang's auction house, he was probably frightened by Mr.'s methods, and his head broke out in a cold sweat. A concealed scar on the forehead reappeared, and was discovered and captured by the soldiers.

After comparison, it was confirmed that it was a bandit who had been active in Chonglan County in the west for a generation.There are two sea arrest documents hanging on his body.

At first the man was silent.But after learning that he was going to be exiled, he couldn't stabilize.He kept yelling about Mr.'s name, and said that Mr. Zeng Jin had a good relationship with him when he was crossing the mountains in Chonglan County, and even said that he left a debt of favor.

The jailer saw that he spoke clearly, so he didn't dare to be arbitrary, so he came to me, and I tried the man again, but I couldn't tell whether it was true or not.So I'm going to trouble you, sir, to make this trip. "

Zhou Cang said it as if he was asking Zhang Yan for help, but in fact, if it wasn't for Zhang Yan's face, the prisoner would not be able to alarm Zhou Cang no matter how loud he shouted.He was worried that this person was really Zhang Yan's old friend.

Chapter 272 Slave

"He said his name is He Xianghong."

"He Xianghong?" Zhang Yan was taken aback for a moment, but after contacting the Chonglan County and the bandits mentioned by Zhou Cang, he suddenly found a past event that he had almost forgotten from a corner of his memory. The name He Xianghong really exists.

Fortunately, Zhou Cang called him to come over first and told so much, otherwise Zhang Yan might not remember just a name.

"Yes, He Xianghong, do you recognize him?"

Zhang Yan smiled and said, "I really do."

In fact, Zhang Yan said that he was a bit reluctant to recognize him, but it was interesting to recall that period of the past.He didn't expect to meet again after time passed.

A pretentious remark at that time has now come to the door by itself.

The world is impermanent, and some things are really unexpected.

Zhou Cang naturally didn't know what Zhang Yan was thinking.Seeing that Zhang Yan nodded, he was also relieved. Fortunately, he was careful enough, otherwise he would have missed Zhang Yan's favor.Now at least I can get a little better.

After arriving in the prison, Zhang Yan saw a thin man with one arm missing sitting in the corner of a cell with his head lowered.He was motionless, and only his breath was still there, which meant that the person was alive and there was nothing serious about it.

"He Xianghong, Mr. Zhang is here to see you." Zhou Cang knocked on the special lock outside the cell, and the man inside suddenly raised his head.

That's right, that person.

Zhang Yan saw the appearance of the man who raised his head in the dark. Although his face was bloody, it still made his awakened memory clearer, and it also coincided with the bandit in his impression. on.

When did Zhang Yan meet bandits?Naturally, he was the one who came down from Yubei Mountain back then, passing Xuanhua City and crossing the mountains to Yongde City on the mountain road.

At that time, Zhang Yan didn't have the ability he has now.He had no choice but to rely on the Dou Bing, who had only just gotten started, as a cover to frighten the bandits he met, and then left an excuse of "there will be good rewards in the future" as an excuse to get out.At that time, He Xianghong was one of the people who left their names waiting for Zhang Yan to repay him.

Does this count as chasing you to fulfill your promise?

But Zhang Yan remembered that He Xianghong was not one-armed back then.Moreover, the bandits seemed to have messed up and reshuffled the cards back then, so He Xianghong should be able to do well among them.Now it seems that it must have been bumpy.

Zhang Yan recalled the past in his heart, and He Xianghong in the cell was so excited that he couldn't help himself.

What happened back then was a convenient favor for He Xianghong. If someone came to exchange the reward, it would be a big profit, and if no one came, it would not be a big loss.He was even quickly distracted by the merger of the cottages and forgot about it.If he hadn't come to Langyuan City to join in the fun this time, and happened to see Zhang Yan on stage displaying fierce methods, He Xianghong would have recalled that insignificant past.

At that time, besides the guards, the only passenger with a dagger in the convoy was Zhang Yan, so He Xianghong took a second look.In particular, Zhang Yan's inexplicable and unique temperament impressed him deeply.

I should have forgotten it, but when I saw Zhang Yan again after a few years, Zhang Yan's appearance immediately turned out all the fragments deep in He Xianghong's memory and overlapped them together.He instantly understood who those black-armored warriors were protecting on the mountain road back then.

After seeing Zhang Yan beheading two warriors at the Hundred Refinement Realm, I felt even more terrified, and sweated profusely. As a result, he drank and pecked the sweat and washed away the disguise he made on his face, and his identity was discovered not far away. Catch.

"Hehe, it looks like you really remember me."

"Mr. Zhang, I, I... Mister, help me!" He Xianghong actually didn't know what he should say, but fortunately, he knew that Zhang Yan could come to see him, which meant that Zhang Yan also remembered the past.How long will it be before calling for help?

Zhang Yan didn't answer.Zhou Cang on the side also understood, opened the door of the cell and let Zhang Yan in, then locked it, and then beckoned the guards around to retreat with him.She made it clear that she didn't want to hear the private conversation between Zhang Yan and He Xianghong.

One is the most popular craftsman, alchemist, and strong man in Nanyuan Kingdom recently, and the other is a bandit who is not popular.Whatever connection there is between the two is worth exploring.There will definitely be another rumor when it spreads.

Wait for Zhou Cang to leave.Zhang Yancai looked at He Xianghong and said with a smile, "Why are you missing your hand?"

"The village in the mountains robbed cars that shouldn't have been robbed, and didn't leave anyone alive. They offended the big shots in Chengping County, assembled the garrisons of Yongde City and Xuanhua City, and the main force of a battalion from the Western Army. Flank attack, in the end ten out of ten survived. I also lost an arm, but I still ran away.

Afterwards, if I can’t do business in the mountains, I will come out and follow others to try to make some sharp weapon business..."

He Xianghong also saw clearly his only way out now.Zhou Cang's departure made him understand Zhang Yan's importance here.Kneeling directly on the ground and sticking his head on the ground, he honestly explained his general encounter clearly.

Zhang Yan nodded while listening.The one in front of him is really uncomfortable.The bandit was a good match for the bandit, but he lost his arm and could only follow other people's buttocks as a pawn.The reason why he was able to enter the auction before was because he valued his disguise technique.In the end, he was so frightened that he broke into a cold sweat and showed his feet.

But in the end, he met Zhang Yan.It's hard to say whether this luck is good or bad.

"You have two paths now. One is to go to the army. You are a bandit in the west, and the sea arrest document on your back is also issued by Chonglan County. To the west of Chonglan County is the Yubei Mountain Fortress, and to the south is the field battle of Xiyuan County. You are likely to go to these two places to serve as an army. If you are lucky, you will be cleared in three to five years. If you are not lucky, you will not survive a year.

Second, I will try to find a way to see if I can save you.But the price is that I lack a slave, are you willing to do it. "

Zhang Yan also had a temporary idea.First of all, I feel that I have a predestined relationship with the other party, and there is also an antecedent reason. If it is not troublesome, I can really save it.The other is that he really lacks someone who can run errands.

It is said that there are two choices, but for He Xianghong, there is actually no choice at all.Going to the army can be said to be close to death, but he is not willing to go if there is a choice.Otherwise, they wouldn't have clamored to find Zhang Yan.

Can be a slave...

"I am willing! Sir, I am willing!" He Xianghong hesitated for less than three breaths, and immediately kowtowed.He will still settle the account.What's wrong with being the slave of a strong man who all forces want to win over and dare not offend, compared to being a young man who was called around and drank and precarious before?

dignity?If he really cared about this thing, He Xianghong could become a bandit?Can you act like a pony for someone?

Zhang Yan watched the other party kowtow to himself on the ground with a smile, but didn't speak. Seeing that the other party's forehead was smashed, he turned around and knocked on the cell door. The jailer came over quickly and let Zhang Yan out.

Behind him was He Xianghong's suspicious cry, he was willing to be a slave, why did Zhang Yan leave without turning his head?

Chapter 273 Poison Pill

"Mr. Zhang, although this matter is troublesome, it is not impossible." Zhou Cang received Zhang Yan again in his big tent, and the two sat on chairs drinking tea while talking about what happened just now.

To save people, Zhang Yan must save people.But he won't tell He Xianghong first, he will let him air out, and at the same time, he will talk to Zhou Cang first to see how difficult this matter is.

"Master Zhou, can you elaborate?"

"He Xianghong was captured at the city gate of Langyuan, and he had already communicated with the local government when the situation was unknown. Therefore, the charge of exile was reported to the local government, and then the military department's government would report it back to the local government for exile. At the same time, it will be endorsed by the guards of the two places. These are traceable threads, and no one can write them down and then erase them, because too many eyes are watching, and it is impossible.

And if He Xianghong was sent to the army, [-]% of the time he would be sent to Xiyuan County.Recently, the Yaozu seems to be determined to go north to plunder, but this time because Lin Zedong went to the town with the Eight Diagrams Formation, his will to resist is extremely firm, and the recent military newspaper over there said that the fight was very brutal.Normally, under such circumstances, warriors and criminal soldiers like He Xianghong would be filled to the front line, and [-]% of them would be consumed.It is okay to say that there are ten deaths and no lives.

Therefore, if He Xianghong wanted to live, he had to die first and then live.Otherwise, this knot is a dead knot. "

The relationship between the two has been closer since Zhang Yan sent Zhou Cang a magic soldier as a congratulatory gift, so Zhou Cang didn't sell it at all, and directly threw out the solution to the problem.

"Die first and live later? Does that mean that He Xianghong should feign death to escape?" Zhang Yan naturally understood the meaning of Zhou Cang's words.Although this method of thinking is not new, it can indeed avoid most of the problems.Moreover, when a person is locked in the prison of the guard, how to die, or when to die, isn't it all up to the guard?It is also possible to minimize the influence of the local yamen in Langyuan City.

"That's right. You can let him die once, and then make an appearance and hand it over to the people in the local yamen to endorse. Naturally, you can directly terminate the half-way deportation order. In this regard, the yamen of the Ministry of Military Affairs is not very strict. , there is room for action. In addition, the local yamen of Langyuan City has just settled down, so it is impossible to pay attention to these trivial matters.

Does Mr. Zhang think this is feasible? "

In this regard, Zhang Yan naturally had to listen to Zhou Cang's opinion.Nodded, agreed.Then Zhou Cang told him the follow-up details.The time was finally set at five days later.

"Well, I also need to go back and make some preparations. Master Zhou has to worry a lot about this." Zhang Yan didn't stay for long, and got up to leave after discussing things.

Five days is not a long time, Zhou Cang needs a series of preparations.Zhang Yan also had to prepare.Otherwise, how could he rest assured that he would keep a vicious bandit with no bottom line by his side?

In the next few days, Zhang Yan's daily life looked almost the same.But in fact, it is very different from the past.Except for going to lectures at the Military Academy and the Academy of Miscellaneous Studies, he spent the rest of his time on the alchemy furnace.

Although the alchemy furnace was used, what Zhang Yan wanted to refine this time was not "elixir", but "poison".

According to Longhu Mountain Gate, "Poison" and "Dan" can be said to be one body with two sides.Ordinary poisons are found in medicinal materials, while the "poison" in the mouth of monks is found in pill furnaces.Many alchemists often accidentally make some poisonous pills when they are thinking about new alchemy formulas.After a long time, these poison pills were gradually summarized and recorded by some caring people, and even specially improved. Only then did the special field of "poison" gradually develop.