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"You speak well. In fact, they are very simple things, and they will have different effects when used in different places. The important thing is not the shape, but the meaning. Master the key, and then you can transform it into countless things. This is the core concept of applying what you have learned. I wonder if you would like to hear it?"

Zeng Hao nodded again and again. If he hadn't still carried a burden on his shoulders, he would have bowed solemnly to show his attitude towards learning.

"Don't stand still, it's your turn to fetch water." Zhang Yan patted Zeng Hao's shoulder.Half a dozen children are endless energy, and carrying water is the best labor.

"Oh!" Zeng Hao hurried forward. The people in front of the line had already fetched water and left. He really couldn't stand and block the people behind.

"You see, this wooden barrel floats when it falls on the water surface. After shaking it a few times, it will sink after entering the water. If it is filled with water, it will not sink to the bottom, but it will be difficult to float up. Why? ?”

"Sir. The wooden barrel floats because the wood is lighter than water. When water enters, the wooden barrel is under pressure, so it sinks into the water, but its pressure is limited, so it will not sink to the bottom. Only rotten wood, water after soaking It will sink to the bottom if it can be immersed in it..."

Seeing Zhang Yan's question, Zeng Hao thought he was still testing his own knowledge, so while carrying water in his hand, he answered Zhang Yan's question word by word with what he had learned.

But Zhang Yan asked again: "It's lighter than water...that's true. But how to measure it? A wooden barrel can weigh a catty, and water can also weigh a catty. How do you compare?"

"Sir, what I mean by 'lighter than water' means that if water and wood are of the same size, the wood will be lighter." Although he didn't understand why Zhang Yan would ask such a basic truth, Zeng Hao still did it honestly. answered.These things are not very advanced in the field of miscellaneous studies.

"According to your statement, as long as it meets the requirements of 'same size but lighter than water', it can float, and vice versa?"

"of course."

"Have you ever seen a pottery pot? According to what you said, that thing is heavier than water, but why can it float on the water?"

"This...this is because..."

"Actually, it's not just clay basins. You should have seen copper basins, right? Isn't that guy heavier than water? Can't it also float on water?"

"This..." Zeng Hao was immediately confused.Even the movement of fetching water in his hand stopped.

Zhang Yan smiled and said nothing, took the bucket from Zeng Hao who was in deep thought, continued to fill up the water, then took up the burden and walked back.And Zeng Hao followed behind as if he had left his soul, muttering in his mouth and didn't know what he was talking about.

After going back and forth several times, after Zhang Yan refilled the water tank at home, and sat down to drink tea and have breakfast, Zeng Hao looked at Zhang Yan with confused eyes and said, "Sir, what's the point?"

"Actually, what you know about the 'weight at the same size' is not wrong. It just misses the specific difference in 'size'. A piece of copper weighs two or three catties in the size of a palm, and water in the size of a palm weighs only two or three ounces." Many. But a palm-sized copper block can be made into a large washbasin in the hands of a craftsman. At this time, should the "size" be compared with the size of the copper block before or with the size of the washbasin after stretching? Compare?"

After Zhang Yan finished speaking, he saw that the confusion in Zeng Hao's eyes had dissipated a lot, and he was a little more surprised.It should be the joy of lifting a little veil over the natural world.

But Zhang Yan knew that his explanations about buoyancy were neither precise nor concise.Putting the answer sheet on the earth like this is the kind that will deduct points.

But this is the answer that Zhang Yan came up with based on the general logic of the natural sciences in Huang Tianyu.It doesn't need to be so precise, what he has to do is "guidance".As long as a true scholar has a correct direction, he will gradually figure it out.

"You see, what you have learned, but you don't make sense of a mere 'bucket problem', this is actually the disadvantage of building a car behind closed doors. Knowledge comes from life, from everything in the world, and where it should come from in the end .”

"Sir, is this the meaning of 'apply what you have learned'?" Zeng Hao seemed to understand the real purpose of Mr. Zhang's testing of him today.

"Hahaha, this is the opinion of my family. I don't dare to say that it is definitely right, but at least it can give you one more reference for future studies. Learning and learning, you can't just enter and leave. Are you right? Well, although what I said today Not many, but I believe that you will have a lot to think about after you come down. Eat first, and then follow me to see the new house after dinner. If you don’t rush to learn for a while, just think about things you don’t understand.”

Chapter 136 Peeping

Counting the time, it has been almost three years since Zhang Yan came to Huangtianyu.

About yourself, about home, about Taoism.Zhang Yan has been dealing with it carefully in his heart.

It's like breaking into a room full of strangers, to feel repelled and hostile in order not to be weird, there are two ways.One is to hide yourself so that you don't look out of place.Another way is to let some people in the room become like yourself, and when there are more people like yourself, it will be no surprise.

So whether it was Wang Nian before or Zeng Hao in front of him, it was Zhang Yan's attempt to make himself look less independent in the wild world.Even at present, these two people are far from being considered foreshadowing.

The house in the northern city is almost finished.

Zhang Yan, who was not short of money, not only replaced all the wooden utensils, but also replaced all the floor tiles with new ones.

The wooden utensils are okay to say.Generally, the specifications of this kind of houses are similar. Basically, there are ready-made or semi-finished wardrobes, dressing tables, beds, etc. in every shop, and they can be used without much effort.What really took the time was the blue tiles on the floor and the gray walls.

But Zhang Yan turned around and was very satisfied with the person Liu Carpenter had found.They are all well-crafted craftsmen, and they are very down-to-earth. They will never be perfunctory with your work, and the extra money Zhang Yan gave makes them feel pressured. It is said that several of them have not returned home. Just live here, rushing to work day and night.

Come out of the house and go to the small courtyard behind.Basically nothing needs to be changed here.When the time comes, it will be amazing to plant a few flowers that Wang Lanping likes.

But he saw Zeng Hao, who followed him here, standing by the side of the big fish tank in the backyard, messing about with something.

A large fish tank is a must-have in this kind of single-family small courtyard house.One is considered a small number, and it is not uncommon to have four or five more.This thing is usually used to feed fish and plant some aquatic flowers and plants.As a decoration.But once there is a fire at home, the fish tank is the direct source of water for extinguishing the fire. You can scoop it up with a basin and splash it, turning it into a fire prevention tool.

There are three large fish tanks in the backyard of the house that Zhang Yan bought. There is water in it, but there are no fish for the time being.

He moved behind Zeng Hao.I saw that the kid got a big leaf from nowhere, rolled it into a small boat and floated it on the water tank.Then, holding a handful of small stones in his hand, he filled Ye Zhou bit by bit until Ye Zhou capsized and sank.

Zhang Yan looked at it for a while and knew that Zeng Hao was going up because of the buoyancy problem he had drawn out before thinking about it.

Just as he was about to talk to Zeng Hao, he suddenly had an inexplicable feeling in his heart that someone seemed to be looking at him, so he turned his head and looked around, but he didn't find anyone around.

If it happened once, Zhang Yan would feel that he had convulsions at worst.But this is already the second time.The last time Zhang Yan remembered was yesterday when he pushed Zeng Hao home and walked to the alley.The point is that this feeling is excluded from his perception.In other words, there was no discovery in his perception that echoed this inexplicable feeling.

This is unusual.

In the past, although Zhang Yan could often sense that someone was following and monitoring him.But his perception can detect the opponent one step ahead.Know the opponent's position and guess the origin of the opponent.

But these two times, I felt "being targeted" in my heart, but I didn't find anything in my perception.It's very wrong.

Zhang Yan thinks it's not that he has convulsions or is too sensitive, but that there is something staring at him even when his senses can't detect it.

After becoming vigilant, Zhang Yan didn't dare to be careless.He quickly calmed down and carefully distinguished within the range that his perception could cover, even the craftsmen in each room did not let them go.But soon he frowned.He still didn't find anything.

But the feeling of being stared at not only did not disappear when he carefully discerned, but became clearer.This shows that the other party has nothing to worry about and doesn't worry about being known by him?

"There can be no problem with perception." Zhang Yan is very confident in the perception of Taoism he practiced.Since it wasn't the perception that was fooled by the other party, there was only one explanation.

"Beyond my sensory coverage?"

Look around.At this moment, Zhang Yan is in the backyard of the new house, surrounded by houses on all sides, the yard is less than seven feet in radius, and all within the field of vision is within the perception.That……

Suddenly the corners of Zhang Yan's eyes twitched, and when he raised his head, what he saw was a courtyard-sized courtyard, like a square piece of sky.

It is impossible to have eyes coming from all around, and they are all within perception, so the only direction that can continue to stare at him is the sky above his head.

Unfortunately, the sky was light and the sun was high, but nothing seemed wrong.

Could it be that there are still people who can fly into the sky?

"Huh? That's... an eagle?"

Although Zhang Yan didn't have any physical training methods to strengthen his physical body, but now that he has entered the Dao Dan state, his physical body has been forged with many impurities, and the various functions of his physical body are also being strengthened in a disguised form.Eyesight is naturally one of them.

So even though standing on the ground and looking up at an extremely far position, even though the sun was shining brightly on his head, Zhang Yan could still clearly distinguish a small "black spot" in the sky, which was slowly circling above his head.The height and posture, in Zhang Yan's poor biological cognition, it seems that only the eagle matches what he sees at this time.

It is also very simple to try to judge for yourself whether it is right or wrong.Zhang Yan first left the backyard and went inside to see if the inexplicable feeling of being stared at would disappear.Come out later, and check to see if the eagle above your head is still there, to see if you still have that feeling of being watched.

Once in and out, Zhang Yan soon became certain that his inexplicable feelings these two times came from the eagle hovering above his head.

"What kind of method is this? Is the big fish behind the Wu family going to continue to float up?" Zhang Yan looked at the "little black dot" hovering in the sky above his head, and knew the origin of that eagle without guessing. .

Except for the big fish behind the Wu family, Zhang Yan didn't think there would be anyone else who would go to such lengths to monitor him.

But what Zhang Yan didn't know was that he found out that the other party was monitoring him, and the other party actually found out that he was showing his feet.

It's in the Wu Mansion, in the deep well in the backyard of the Wu Mansion.The girl whom Wu Yuan called "King" was leaning against the darkness in a half-lying position.There is a glint in the eyes, and if you look carefully, you will find that the glimmer in the eyes is like a reflection in a mirror, it is a picture of looking down from the sky, and the person who is looking up at someone in the middle of the picture is Zhang Yan !

After blinking her eyes, the image in her eyes disappeared, and the girl came back to her senses.He giggled and said to himself: "Can you even notice this? How strong is the strength of the soul? Even if you are not a warrior, in terms of the strength of the soul, I am afraid that it is almost the same as the warriors in the Duanshan Realm." ?

The Wu family will cause trouble. "

After laughing and saying a few words, the girl raised her hand, pulled a small arm from the side, opened her mouth and started to chew, as if eating a marinated chicken wing...

Chapter 137

In the next few days, Zhang Yan consciously focused on sensing, and found that not only did he often feel the feeling of being watched in the open air, but he also felt it indoors.

It might be a cat squatting on the wall, a dog running by the side of the road, or a bird in the top of a tree.Even mice and bugs in the house...

It is not an exaggeration to say that it is all-pervasive.

Zhang Yan didn't know how to deal with it at first.Later, I honestly set up blindfolds in the house to get a quiet cultivation environment.

Now Zhang Yan already understands that the ghosts in Huangtianyu are not in a state of ignorance, they have their own school of practice.It may be different from the ghost cultivators that appeared in the legendary era on the earth, but the essence is the same. They all strengthen themselves by absorbing evil spirits and devouring soul bodies, and pursue power in the gap between heaven and earth with a practice method different from that of living beings.

The soul-body weaponization shown by the red-clothed female ghost before, the latter two ghost cultivators showed a higher level of use of similar methods.

At that time, Zhang Yan thought that this method could actually show that the paths of ghost cultivators in Huangtianyu had a lot in common with those of warriors.And whether it's the red-clothed female ghost or the ghost cultivator behind them, they almost all use close combat methods when fighting, it's great to add some ghosts and other innate abilities such as ghost claws, ghost howls, possession, illusion and so on. .I haven't seen a method similar to Taoism.

Now Zhang Yan found out that he still thought of the ghost cultivator in Huangtianyu simply.It's not that he can't, but he just doesn't know it.The pervasive spying that has bothered him for several days can be regarded as completely similar to Taoism.Because all kinds of animals are driven, although the origin of the means is not clear, just looking at the effect makes Zhang Yan involuntarily think of a branch of Taoist means that has been recorded in Longhu Mountain, but there is no relevant practice method: beast control.

Zhang Yan didn't touch Wu Yuan before, but Zhang Yan just wanted to see what other means the ghost hidden behind him had.It's like exploring the dark corners of this world. You can't always go there with lights on, because if there are lights, you will be far away.You can see clearly like a nighthawk.

To be honest, Zhang Yan, who has already practiced Dao Dan, no longer takes the Wu family into his eyes with trepidation like before.What he is more curious about now is the power behind the Wu family.

The Wu family's psychic blood is definitely not the only one in the world.Does that mean that other existing psychic families live in collusion with ghosts like the Wu family?

Also, with the Wu family as the starting point, no matter those ghost children, female ghosts, or the ghost cultivators who came after them, as well as the mysterious existence of Zhang Yan who are now peeking at Zhang Yan with weird means.These are connected together to form a whole set of context, and even the relationship between the upper and lower levels can be clearly distinguished.It shows that there is already a tight organization among ghosts, including psychics like the Wu family.

Could it be those ghost cultivators in the era of earth legends?

Or is it a ghost house?

But no matter if it was the Ghost Mansion or the Ghost Cultivator Sect, judging from the evil aura of the two Ghost Cultivator generals before, it would definitely not be surprising for a ghost at the level of a ghost king.This might not be good news for Zhang Yan before, but the situation is different now.

Zhang Yan formed the Dao Dan and stepped into the Dao Dan realm.

It's just a big realm, is it that bad?

It's really amazing!

There are many descriptions and related stories about Dao Dan Realm in Longhu Mountain Miscellaneous Notes.To sum it up in one sentence: Entraining Qi is the entry point since cultivating the Tao, and it is officially different from ordinary people only when the Dao Dan is produced.

"Those who enter Dao Dan can live more than 360 years. They can control the five elements and practice the art of overturning rivers and seas."

Zhang Yan did not say this casually, but it was mentioned many times in the classics and books in Longhu Mountain.It is the Dao Dan realm.How can a person whose life expectancy can reach 360 years be considered a mortal?Of course it doesn't count.Therefore, monks who have reached Dao Dan Realm will have another name: Daoist.

If Zhang Yan is now in the legendary era of the earth, he can barely call him a "real person".

And Zhang Yan's confidence has undergone another major change since he was settled in Dao Dan, besides the sudden increase in his lifespan.That is "the five elements that can be controlled".Regardless of whether it was at the Qi Entraining Realm before or at the Profound Vein Realm later, although the aura is growing, the available methods are actually quite different from those of the Five Elements of Heaven and Earth.At most, it is like the spirit fire talisman, which relies on the power of the five elements on the talisman paper.

But now, Zhang Yan can practice more techniques.The power is by no means comparable to those dabbled in before.

Not to mention far away, let's just say that he now has a lot of physical skills to rely on, that thing is just a kind of lightness technique, even if Zhang Yan added some theories of escapism later, it has been strengthened, but compared with the real The five-element escape technique is like a world of difference.

Now that Zhang Yan has officially passed the threshold of the Dao Dan realm, "Keeping the Five Elements" means that he can start practicing the Five Elements Technique, including the Five Elements Escape Technique.

Let's not talk about anything else, and there is no rush.The method of earth escape, and the method of wood attribute lightning, these two have been practicing since the first day Zhang Yan stepped into the realm of Dao Dan.

The method of earth escape is the most widely used, you can escape wherever you step on it, and you can escape thousands of miles in an instant.Of course, it is rare for Zhang Yan to escape more than ten feet in an instant.In fact, he can only move about three or two feet in a single earth escape, which is a beginner and has not yet completed it.Therefore, this cannot be called Zhang Yan's confidence.

What Zhang Yan can really handle is the Wooden Thunder method.

The five elements of heaven and earth, gold, wood, water, fire and earth.Thunder belongs to wood in the five elements.Therefore, if you want to practice thunder, you must be familiar with the basics of the five elements of wood.

At the same time, it is very difficult to envoy Lei Fa.Because it is not the technique of rectifying the five elements, but the technique of spreading the five elements, and the thunder and lightning are violent and extremely yang, which is even more difficult to control.With Zhang Yan's cultivation base at this time, he had to find another way to touch thunder. If he wanted to master thunder with one hand, it was still far away.

Simply Zhang Yan also has talismans.A "Lightning Talisman" that can be drawn in a Dao Dan realm, plus some key points of the Wooden Lightning Method, the two sides together can barely make him turn the corner.

With Lei Ting, Zhang Yan is really not afraid when facing ghosts, even if the opponent is most likely a ghost king.He also has the strength to fight.

in addition.Another reason why Zhang Yan is so calm now, and he spends so much time with the other party instead of choosing to take the initiative to explore is that his aura is more condensed after stepping into the Dao Dan realm, and the envoys are more able to communicate with each other. Control small changes.Even with it, he pushed forward a large part of his alchemy, which was still a little short of fire.

Before, he barely managed to complete [-]% of the refining process of Biqing Dan, but now he can finish the alchemy from beginning to end.The difference is only Cheng Dan's luck and Cheng Dan's success rate.

So he is not afraid of consumption.The longer it takes, the more refined his alchemy will be. As long as he refines a Biqing Dan, he will be no match for a ghost king at that time.

Chapter 138 Enthusiasm

Zhang Yan had just bought vegetables from the East Market and returned home. He was about to help his mother pick vegetables and wash rice, but before he could roll up his sleeves, he was called away by the little girl who came back suddenly.

"Second brother! Master Zhou has gone to the store, you, you go there quickly!" Panting Zhang Huiyuan's face flushed, and she must have been exhausted after running.

"Master Zhou? Why did he run into the shop?" Zhang Yan took his time.

"Oh! Second brother! Come with me quickly! Don't make Mr. Zhou wait!" Zhang Huiyuan is not as normal as her second brother. It's all about the big face, how can you neglect it?If Zhang Yan was not there, not to mention Zhang Huiyuan, even Zhang Shun would feel guilty and needed Zhang Yan to stop the scene.

Wang Lanping in the kitchen was also a little anxious, urging Zhang Yan over again and again.

"All right, all right, I'll go right away." Zhang Yan wiped his hands with a smile, and followed the little girl out the door.Her feet seemed neither in a rush nor slow, but she was not at all slower than Zhang Huiyuan who was trotting, and her breath was even more stable without panting.

This is the superficial application of Tudun.Although it is not possible to escape into the ground, the escape on the surface can still make the wind blow under his feet, as if the ground is pushing him to walk.Zhang Yan even put one hand on the little girl's shoulder, making Zhang Huiyuan, who was already out of breath from running, feel light.

When we arrived at Zhangji Woodenware Shop, the business inside was still booming.Because Carpenter Liu not only called his son back to help, but also found six craftsmen like him from his hometown, found a broken house on the east side of the city, and completed the goods list overnight. Ninety percent of what was owed was cashed, and the rest could be cleared within a few days.It will be available for sale later on.

Of course, these people are far from enough. Zhang Yan is already discussing business expansion with his eldest brother.It was not easy to persuade the big brother who wanted to be steady and steady. If the wheelchair, which has a low technical threshold, wants to be bigger, it must be fast!Be ruthless!

Occupy a larger market quickly, and pour money into it with all your heart.Otherwise, no matter how good things are, even a time-honored brand cannot become a big hit.Relying on the various ideas and novelty things that Zhang Yan brought from the earth, the Zhang family can't just settle for a small fortune, right?At least it's not too much to make a fortune, right?

After entering the store, I soon saw Zhou Cang sitting in the small tea room and Zhang Shun talking with him.

"My lord, the grassroots are late, please forgive me if you are so negligent!" Zhang Yan leaned forward with a smile on his face, bowing his hands and saluting politely.

Zhou Cang laughed and stood up from the chair, raised his hand and bowed in return, and said with a smile: "Mr. Zhang, what are you talking about? Zhou has disturbed you by coming uninvited. It is Zhou who should be sorry." Someone is right!"