one's door

Zhang Yan turned his head to look, and Wang Nian beside him had already trotted towards the maid.

"Little Mantou, it's me, Brother Stone!"

"Shi, Shitou brother. I, I have to work, I, I have to go first." Xiao Mantou's face turned pale with fright.They were personally warned by the head of the imperial dining room before that they must not make any mistakes when delivering food, and they must not make a sound, fast in and fast out, and will never be allowed to procrastinate during the banquet, affecting the appetite of all the nobles at the banquet.

Especially not long ago, when Xiao Mantou was beaten, Yang Rui and Wang Nian made a scene in the palace.In fact, Xiao Mantou's situation is the most difficult.If Yang Rui hadn't been reminded by the guards around him, and then took the initiative to find the head of the imperial dining room to take care of him personally, the little steamed bun would have peeled off its skin if it wasn't killed.

As a servant, because you hurt the prince and son, you will be punished regardless of whether you are wronged or not.This is customary.Of course, after Yang Rui came forward, with his current status in the royal family, Xiao Mantou was spared.

During this big banquet, Xiao Mantou didn't expect Wang Nian to be there, and was stopped. He was worried that he would be punished if he went back, and he was also worried that Wang Nian would get into trouble again.While replying to Wang Nian, he wanted to leave quickly.

"Little Mantou, where are you going? Let me help you, and I will also serve the plate." Wang Nian was bored, and the food on the table was not to his liking, so how could he be reconciled to seeing a playmate after so long?

Little Mantou turned his head and glanced at Wang Nian timidly, but he didn't dare to stay any longer, so he could only let Wang Nian follow behind him.

This scene amused many people, but they all laughed moderately, and the scene was not suitable for making jokes about Zhang Yan.Even the emperor Yang Sheng just smiled and didn't take Wang Nian's behavior of leaving the meeting halfway.

Of course, many people quietly cast contemptuous glances at Zhang Yan at the banquet.It was so impolite during the palace banquet, but Zhang Yan turned a blind eye to it.Secretly said that the inferior people are the inferior people, no matter how capable they are, they can't change their vulgar nature.

However, no matter whether they were watching for fun or feeling contemptuous, no one said anything in person.The emperor has acquiesced, do you need other people to be troublesome?

So I saw Wang Nian carrying a plate from time to time and following a little palace lady back and forth between the banquets.

Not long after the last dish was served, Wang Nian insisted on taking Xiao Mantou, who had finished his work temporarily, to the table where Zhang Yan was, saying that he wanted to introduce his brother and teacher to Xiao Mantou.

At other times and other occasions, Xiao Mantou might have followed Wang Nian over to salute Zhang Yan and say hello.But now she clearly saw that the emperor was sitting at the table Wang Nian was pointing at!How dare Xiao Mantou go over there?It's like what the head wants, but it just can't pass.

The two children froze in the hall.Looking at it with a pair of eyes, it doesn't matter if Wang is run over, and he is not afraid, but Xiao Mantou is almost crying in fright.

"Hehe, come here."

The only person who can speak actively in the hall is Emperor Yang Sheng.He likes Wang Nian's monkey-like temperament very much, and he is Zhang Yan's student and brother-in-law, so he is extraordinarily kind.Seeing that the two children were pulling each other, curiosity aroused, and he asked Xiao Mantou and Wang Nian to go together.

This frightened Xiao Mantou so much that he didn't dare to move, an eunuch hurriedly came to remind him, and Xiao Mantou hurriedly followed Wang Nian to the front table.

After seeing the big ceremony, the emperor smiled and asked Wang Nian a few words, such as "How do you know the little maid in my palace?" Later, remembering that a part of his palace was burned, he smiled and said, "So you beat me up because of her." Killed several children of the royal family, and even burned down my palace?"

Throughout the whole process, Wang Nian was laughing and not frightened at all, while Xiao Mantou knelt on the ground and did not dare to lift it, even trembling slightly.How could she, who was like duckweed, dare to be as reckless as Wang Nian?At a young age, I already know the truth of scrambling to survive.

Suddenly, Zhang Yan spoke, smiled and said softly to the little steamed bun kneeling on the ground: "Little girl, raise your head and tell me your name?"

Maybe it was Zhang Yan's gentle voice, or maybe it was because he didn't dare to disobey anyone present, Xiao Mantou cautiously raised his head and looked towards Zhang Yan.Seeing a friendly face with a smile, Xiao Mantou felt inexplicably relaxed, as if he was not so nervous.

"If you go back to the nobleman, the servant girl is called Liu Rui."

"Brother, Liu Rui is my friend. Her nickname is Xiao Mantou. I will get her..."

Zhang Yan glared, and stared back at what Wang Nian said behind him.Then he smiled again and looked at the little girl who was still kneeling.

This girl is one or two years younger than Wang Nian, and should be about the same age as Yang Rui.Looks handsome, a little thin.

"Liu Rui, I have something here, can you hold it for me for a while?"

Zhang Yan took out a walnut-sized regular hexahedron from his bosom, which was the talent ruler.It's just that it's much smaller than the one he practiced for the first time.He is carrying it with him now, and when he encounters an opportunity, he will not easily miss it because he is not sure.

Liu Rui didn't dare to say no, so Wang Nian ran over to help pass it on, and finally the talent ruler was in Liu Rui's hands.

"Don't be afraid. Close your eyes and don't think about anything, just count ten or five in your heart."

"I, I can't count."

"Then Wang Nian will count for you, okay?"

"okay!"

Fifteen could not be counted, and a dazzling brilliance suddenly lit up on the talent ruler, which made Zhang Yan's heart skip a beat.

Chapter 297 Nine Knocks

The Talent Ruler has a great reputation among the top power figures in Nanyuan Country.Even though the ruler Zhang Yan held for Liu Rui was much smaller, its unique appearance was enough to prove its identity.

When Zhang Yan took out the talent ruler, many people almost jumped up in shock.

What does this mean?Does it mean that that lowly court lady might have Zhang Yan's talent for cultivation?How can this be?That's a lowly person...

Psychologically, it is difficult to accept, especially for those who have been told that they are not qualified to practice, especially those whose family members have traveled thousands of miles to come to the door, and there is even a kind of anger that seems to be humiliated.

Fortunately, the students Zhang Yan accepted were either the prince or his own relatives.This makes those who are rejected feel better.Now there is a slave who let Zhang Yan take the initiative to probe! ?How can you accept it?

But when the talent ruler blasted out a dazzling brilliance, all those who had heard of the effect of the talent ruler opened their mouths involuntarily.

We don't know the specific talent of Zhang Yan's relative and child according to the rumors, but the thirteenth prince was also the only one who could make the talent ruler shine at that time.But the brilliance at that time was only "lit up", which is completely different from the "dazzling" in front of us now!

In other words, the talent of that servant in Zhang Yan's class is far higher than that of the thirteenth prince, Yang Rui? !

"Mr. Zhang, what is this?" Even Emperor Yang Sheng couldn't help asking.In his opinion, it was indeed too strange at this time, everyone wanted to enter Zhang Yan's gate wall but suffered from insufficient qualifications, but unexpectedly appeared on a servant girl during the banquet, and the dazzling splendor must be extraordinary.

"As His Majesty has seen, the talent ruler has a strong reaction, which shows that this child's talent is extraordinary, and he is a rare and excellent seedling in the world."

Zhang Yan even used "extraordinary" and "rare in the world" to describe Liu Rui's talent, but also to vent his surprise.The first time he saw Liu Rui just now, he felt that the child had a powerful aura, which was much stronger than when he met Wang Nian before.After careful observation, it became more and more difficult, so after the emperor called him over, he couldn't help but take out the talent ruler to test it.The result was much stronger than he expected.

That brilliance was not much worse than when Zhang Yan was holding the talent ruler himself.It is not too much to say that this talent is "scary".So how could Zhang Yan let go of such a talented person?

After replying to the emperor, Zhang Yan apologized, got up from his seat, walked to Liu Rui, squatted down, helped Liu Rui who was kneeling, and asked with a smile: "My name is Zhang Yan, I am Xiao Shitou's teacher is also his elder brother, do you want to learn skills by my side like Xiao Shitou?"

Liu Rui blinked her eyes, feeling uneasy and afraid because she had never encountered such a thing before, but the instinct she had developed in the distress since she was a child allowed her to tell that what Zhang Yan said was a good thing and that it was beneficial to her. good.Because there is a sentence in it that says "together with the little stone".

Xiao Shitou is a good person, Liu Rui knows it very well.Except for her dead mother, only brother Shitou can fight for her in this world.Oh yes, and the Thirteenth Prince.

Brother Shitou is a good man, so Brother Shitou's brother must also be a good person.

"Then, what should I do with the errands in the imperial dining room in the future?"

"Hahaha, first tell me whether you are willing or not. If you are willing to learn from me, then I will ask His Majesty to let you go with me. How about it?"

Wang Nian beside him blushed with excitement.He wanted to talk at the side, but he knew that Zhang Yan would definitely stop him if he interrupted at this time. He didn't dare to bluff, so he could only keep nodding to Liu Rui, his head was like a chicken pecking at rice.

Seeing Wang Nian's earnest expression, Liu Rui wanted to laugh, so she nodded heavily at Zhang Yan and said, "I am willing to learn from you!"

"To call the teacher."

"Old, teacher!" Liu Rui knew no other etiquette, so she knelt down and kowtowed to Zhang Yan.As everyone knows, there is no need for such a great gift between students and teachers.This kind of great gift is only necessary for beginner disciples.

Zhang Yan was taken aback for a moment, then smiled, without reminding or avoiding, he accepted Liu Rui's gift.After Liu Rui kowtowed nine times, she raised her hand and used the strength of the five elements to lift the opponent up out of thin air.

This understatement shocked many martial artists who understood the way and lost control of their expressions.

Zhang Yan didn't care, turned around, bowed to Yang Sheng, cupped his hands and said, "Blessed by His Majesty's great blessing, Zhang Yancai has the opportunity to meet a good talent. Please let Your Majesty make it happen!"

"Hahaha, Mr. Zhang is too polite! I didn't expect there to be such a beautiful jade hidden in my palace, but it was almost covered in dust. Mister's discernment depends on his ability. This is Mr.'s chance, and it's also Liu Rui's chance. This is a good story. How could it not be possible?" Yang Sheng laughed loudly, then raised his hand to summon the eunuch beside him, and ordered: "From now on, Liu Rui will get rid of her slave status and wait for a good citizen. As for her native place, follow Mr. Zhang and enter Langyuan City in Beijiang County. !"

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for fulfilling the task!" Zhang Yan thanked him with a smile.

After that, Liu Rui went down to pack her things, and Wang Nian followed along.The banquet also continued until it was almost Haishi.When parting, Zhang Yan took out a small porcelain bottle and presented it to Yang Sheng.Inside are three bone strengthening pills.Yang Sheng can use it by himself to fight hard and then reach another level to live longer, or he can use it for the children of the royal family.

This is considered to be the end of this favor.

When a monk has reached a certain level of cultivation, like Zhang Yan at this time, he cares more and more about the cause and effect of drinking and pecking.Just like the previous He Xianghong, it was also Zhang Yan's original promise to stay. Now that someone came to him by chance, Zhang Yan had the idea in his heart to fulfill the original promise and end this period of cause and effect.

The so-called "the way of heaven bears responsibility, karma retribution" is nothing more than that.

This time Liu Rui was just a student in the eyes of others, but Zhang Yan seemed to have his own destiny in the dark, and it was a coincidence that he was kowtowed by the other party.This is the beginner disciple!It also makes this opportunity very different.Zhang Yan naturally had to return it.Three bone strengthening pills are one of them.Afterwards, if Yang Sheng still asks for help, he can pay back the rest.

When Zhang Yan left the palace, he saw Wang Nian and Liu Rui waiting outside the palace gate.Liu Rui changed out of her palace attire, wearing plain and even shabby clothes, with a small burden on her shoulders, probably only three or two pieces of her own clothes.

"Let's go, go back to the post house first. You will follow me from today on."

"Good teacher."

Zhang Yan didn't correct Liu Rui's name either.Take your time, when these children grow up, they will understand many things without saying anything.

But half way.Zhang Yan suddenly noticed an extremely hidden aura that seemed to be following him.And when he walked to the street away from the palace gate, the breath even stabbed Zhang Yan intentionally.

"Your Excellency's upbringing seems not enough, is there such a way to say hello?"

Chapter 298 Duanshan

"Upbringing? This old man has been raised by no one since he was a child, and he lived like a dog for the first half of his life. Where did he get the upbringing? It's Zhang Jiaoxi who has a weird ability. You, don't let me down!"

After a strange cry, a figure suddenly jumped out from a dark corner by the roadside.His stature is stooped and thin, and his voice should indicate that he is older. With the fact that he calls himself an "old man", he should be regarded as an old man.But with a mask on his face, he couldn't see the exact appearance.

But what the old man said was very interesting.He doesn't mind at all if others say that he is uneducated. According to his words, "some people live and no one raises them", so naturally there is no question of education.

And it also showed his attitude, it was aimed at Zhang Yan's weird ability.So there is no need to talk about any hatred or resentment.

"Back back." Zhang Yan shook the folding fan in his hand, telling Wang Nian and Liu Rui to back up.Since there is no enmity or grudge, the probability of harming the two little children is very small.So he didn't let the two babies run away.On the other hand, he was also worried that letting the baby run away would irritate the masked old man in front of him, so as not to embarrass the two children by acting excitedly.

"Tsk tsk, you are on the right track. Don't worry, if I accidentally beat you to death, these two children will not make things difficult for them." The old man's words were full of arrogance.Gives a strange feeling.

After all, the old man's figure was like a cheetah running fast, and he crossed the distance of ten feet in the blink of an eye, and the two odd-shaped hook-like weapons in his hands drew a twisted trajectory toward the left and right. Zhang Yan attacked from top to bottom.

What kind of martial art is this?Or combat skills?The trajectory of this weapon can be so strange?The key is that the speed can be so fast? !

Zhang Yan didn't choose to dodge it as soon as he came up, the fan in his hand swung in his hand, turned it around, raised a black and white circle, and stayed in the air, like a big shield.

"Try to see if your means are as effective as your mouth!" Zhang Yan shook his hand holding the fan forward, and the big black and white shield spun and rushed forward.In an instant, it collided with the opponent's head blow.

"boom!"

The scattered vigor lifted up the stone bricks on the ground with a radius of two or three feet, and then flew upside down for another three to five feet before landing. The crackling frightened the two little children in the distance to howl, and finally Wang Nian dragged Liu Rui to hide at the corner of the street. behind a corner.The two pairs of big eyes were bulging, and they stared at the magical fighting scene that had never appeared in their dreams through the moonlight.

"Hey, what kind of power is this? It's not vitality, nor is it the kind of evil power of the spirit race. Zhang Jiaoxi, you are indeed incomprehensible!"

The old man's first blow was blocked just like that.But he was not annoyed, instead he giggled, his figure kept rising, and his speed increased again, circling around Zhang Yan to find a chance to make a shot, even with naked eyes alone, it was already difficult to distinguish his figure in the night.

This person is not simple!Zhang Yan knew in his heart that although this masked old man came strangely, his strength was the most powerful among the warriors he had encountered in the wild world so far.It even surpassed the director Liu Renchuan of the martial arts academy in Langyuan City.

In the late stage of Duanshan Realm, it is certain, and it must be the top-notch powerhouse in the late stage of Duanshan Realm.

Just now Zhang Yan used the aura shield stirred by the fan of not forgetting the root, which is the Liangyi shield, which follows the path of the cycle of heaven and earth, and has a very strong effect of dispelling and distributing power.In the end, although he blocked the opponent, he was chopped to pieces by the opponent's blow at the same time.

In addition, the opponent's movement speed is already infinitely close to the speed of escape, which has extremely high requirements on the strength of the physical body.

Zhang Yan guessed that the opponent's physical body was probably similar to a low-grade magic weapon.Whenever he gets punched by the opponent, something big may happen.

This made Zhang Yan involuntarily think of the scene when the monks of physical training and monks of magic and divine way described in the essays and interesting stories he read in the tower of Wanxiangzhuli.

On the one hand, relying on one's tyrannical physical body as a support to force a fatal blow to the opponent at close range;

Of course, although warriors and physical cultivators look similar, there are many differences.It's far less difficult to deal with than a physical cultivator.At least as far as Zhang Yan's feelings are concerned at present, he doesn't feel that difficult.

The soaring technique is a short-distance low-altitude physical movement technique, which is partial to the wind technique.The wind method is the same as the thunder method, based on the wood attribute in the five elements method.It is also the type of five-element technique that Zhang Yan has practiced the most.

Compared with the Royal Sky Art, the Soaring Art is more flexible and does not need to rely on magic weapons, but the height it can fly is limited, generally ten feet above the ground is considered the limit, and any higher it will be difficult to control stably due to wind turbulence.It is also a common method used by monks to move quickly at low altitude and in a small area.

Together with the soaring technique, Zhang Yan's feet were off the ground, and the whirlwind of the five elements supported him to move around like a monkey to avoid all the opponent's attacks.

Swish!Zhang Yan was not passively beaten, the folding fan in his hand was shaking again and again, and he had already thrown out four of the limit twelve fan bones. The angle pierces the opponent's vitals.

Even at the beginning, the masked old man deliberately touched the fan bone that Zhang Yan threw out, but his fleshy body, which was like a low-grade magic weapon, couldn't resist the puncture of the magic weapon of the root fan, and he opened a hole directly. There was a big cut more than three inches long, and half of the sleeve was soaked in blood at once.However, the blood stopped in just over ten breaths, and the wound should have been forcibly closed.

Afterwards, the old man in the mask didn't dare to harden the fan bones anymore, which caused his attack and movement to be severely restricted by the four fan bones, which directly caused the offensive and defensive sides to gradually change.When Zhang Yan sacrificed the fifth fan bone, the masked old man was in a passive position where [-]% of the defense was [-]% of the defense and he was waiting for an opportunity to counterattack.

But in this way, can Zhang Yan win?Zhang Yan himself was not so optimistic.Because the opponent hasn't even shown a serious combat skill yet.It was also what Zhang Yan expected.He had long wanted to feel the power of the combat skills used by warriors belonging to the Duan Mountain Realm.

"Your Excellency can't test my depth with this little skill. It's getting late, why don't you be more straightforward and let me see what you are good at in Duanshanjing, how about it?"

"Hey, good boy, this is a bit contemptuous! Well, let me show you my old man's powerful methods!"

After saying that, I saw the masked old man crossed his arms, and a huge vitality quickly gathered between his blades, and stirred up a violent turbulent flow, which made it impossible for Zhang Yan's air defense method to penetrate the fan bone.

After two breaths, the masked old man slashed out with both hands, forming a tornado and sweeping towards Zhang Yan.

"Boy, try to see if the old man's broken bones are good enough!"

Chapter 299

It's past the high hour.In the palace, Yang Sheng leaned on the back of the chair, closed his eyes, and rested for a while.It's not time for him to go to bed, but he is mending the copper bars sent from various places today, and there is still a lot of backlog here.Because he had no time to deal with these copper strip documents because he had to fight through three levels today.

"Your Majesty, the old slave is back."

"come in."

Yang Sheng opened his eyes and saw his personal eunuch limping in from the outside.Under the candlelight, one could see that the other party's face was blue and purple, and the corners of his mouth were obviously stained with blood that hadn't been wiped clean.

"Why are you in such a mess?" Yang Sheng laughed when he saw the other party's appearance.Also very curious.Although the other party is an eunuch, Yang Sheng is very clear about how powerful he is with the guards around him since he was a child.Looking at Nanyuan Country, even if you count those old and immortal people in Nanyuan's domestic martial arts academy and demon species, the other party can be regarded as a master of the first echelon.It's really rare to see such a distressed look now.

"The old slave was careless, and his thinking was too simple. None of Zhang Yan's methods was the same as the old slave's cognition. All the methods he used were unknown. Not to mention targeting, he was reluctant to resist. It's more about luck."

This old eunuch is naturally the masked old man who came out halfway to compete with Zhang Yan.It was also the emperor who acquiesced in his action, let's see how good Zhang Yan's strange and unknown methods are.

Looking at it now, it is estimated that Zhang Yan's weight may not necessarily be weighed out, but the old eunuch has cleaned up the old eunuch himself.