Chapter 1444: The Grand Master Is so Terrifying, and the Evil Guest Comes to Visit

"Spring comes out of a dead tree, bringing the dead back to life. How can this be martial arts? Is it simply a means of cultivating immortals?"

Fan Xian looked at the peach blossom tree and touched it again and again, confirming it and confirming it. He was 100% sure that it was not dazzling him or Zhou Chen's deception, it was something that really happened.

He is also someone who has read countless martial arts novels. In his opinion, the martial arts in this world are similar to the martial arts in the martial arts novels he has read before.

But the martial arts displayed by Zhou Chen subverted his world view and made him unable to believe that this was really the state of martial arts.

Teng Zijing was also horrified. He had been practicing martial arts for many years, but what he saw in front of him really made him doubt his life. However, he restrained himself and did not lose his composure like Fan Xian.

Fan Xian suppressed the shock in his heart, turned back to Zhou Chen, and asked curiously: "Duke Zhou, can a great master do such a miraculous method?"

Zhou Chen said: "You are overthinking. Everyone's Qi characteristics are different, and their power and effects are naturally different. Among the five great masters, my Ruyi Jin Qi is special, so I can have this effect. The other four great masters have different Qi characteristics." Grandmaster shouldn’t have the ability like me.”

Hearing this, Fan Xian breathed a sigh of relief. He thought that all great masters had this method, but it seemed that was not the case.

Seeing that Zhou Chen answered all his questions, he couldn't help but develop a strong liking for Zhou Chen, the great master. He felt that Zhou Chen was not as scary and cold as the rumors, but was actually easier to get along with than the prince, the second prince and others. Much.

"Want to learn?"

"Ah? What did the Duke say?"

Fan Xian didn't respond and asked with a puzzled look on his face.

Zhou Chen said: "My technique is called Ruyi Jin. I created it myself. It can lead directly to the realm of a great master. If you want to learn it, I can teach you."

"teach me?"

Fan Xian looked incredulous.

Teng Zijing's eyes also widened. Is it so easy to get the secret manual of the Grand Master? Is Fan Xian really so gifted that even the Grand Master looks at him differently?

Fan Xian couldn't wait to ask: "Duke Zhou, are you serious about this?"

"Seriously, I can teach you Ruyi Jin, but it's not too much to ask you to pay some tuition, right?"

"It's not too much. Of course it's not too much. Sir, please tell me, how much money should I pay so that you can teach me the exercises?"

Fan Xian looked forward to it. Although the domineering Qi he was currently cultivating was extremely powerful, because he had no one to guide him, it made him practice very strenuously. There were always problems, and it was sometimes strong and sometimes weak.

If he could learn the techniques of the great master, it would mean that he would have senior guidance. What's more, if he could directly learn the techniques of the great master, it would be impossible to be inferior to his domineering Qi, so he really couldn't wait to learn from Zhou Chen. Martial arts.

Perhaps he felt that Zhou Chen was easy to get along with and had no airs, so he temporarily ignored why Zhou Chen was willing to teach him.

"One hundred thousand taels."

"How many?"

Fan Xian's tone of voice changed, and his eyes almost popped out.

Zhou Chen said calmly: "I'll teach you the technique and I'll guarantee you a hundred thousand taels to reach the ninth level. Whether you can break through the Grand Master depends on your own talent."

Fan Xian shook his head without hesitation: "Forget it then. Even if it's ten thousand taels, let alone one hundred thousand taels, I can't get it out. I'd better cultivate my domineering Qi honestly."

Although he coveted the great master's skills and the power of Zhou Chen's skills, he was not that wasteful even though he paid one hundred thousand taels to learn them.

Zhou Chen didn't care, he was just talking casually.

"It's up to you. I want you to get one hundred thousand taels just because you are compatible. If it were someone else, I wouldn't teach you one hundred thousand taels."

Fan Xian wanted to sneer, but after thinking about it carefully, it seemed that this was really the truth. Although one hundred thousand taels was a lot, if they could really get the Grand Master's skills and guidance, there would probably be many people who would be willing.

"But I really can't afford one hundred thousand taels, so I have no choice but to live up to the Duke's kindness."

"It doesn't matter. If you are seriously injured and on the verge of death in the future, you can come to me for help. I won't charge you more, only fifty thousand taels per life."

"Fifty thousand taels per life?"

After hearing this, Fan Xian shouted in his heart that he was a profiteer, "I don't think I should encounter this kind of situation."

Zhou Chen looked at Fan Xian with a half-smile, and said meaningfully: "That's possible."

Seeing Zhou Chen's smile, Fan Xian felt a little uncomfortable for some reason, so he quickly changed the subject.

Zhou Chen left Fan Xian to eat, but Fan Xian did not stay and stood up to say goodbye to Zhou Chen.

"etc."

Zhou Chen reached out and made a move, and the dagger hidden by Fan Xian flew into Zhou Chen's hand uncontrollably, startling Fan Xian.

"Your Majesty."

Zhou Chen smiled lightly and said: "The dagger is good, let me play with it for a while and return it to you later."

Fan Xian opened his mouth to say something, but Teng Zijing pulled him behind him. He could only swallow what he wanted to say, bid farewell to Zhou Chen, and left the Zhou Mansion.

On the way back, Fan Xian said in confusion: "What do you think he did to steal my dagger?"

Teng Zijing said angrily: "You are too courageous. He is a great master, and you don't know how to restrain yourself. That is to say, the Duke of Zhen Guo sees you as a match. Otherwise, if it were someone else, he would definitely teach you a lesson."

He still felt that Fan Xian was a bit too presumptuous. He was a great master, and he was still so arrogant.

"What's the point? Don't you think that the Duke of Zhenguo has a good temper, and he doesn't act too cool. Talking to him feels easier than talking to the Crown Prince and the Second Prince."

"You are right. There have always been rumors in Kyoto that the Duke of Zhenguo is cold and cruel. But I have seen him twice and I didn't see any coldness or cruelty at all. I just felt that his momentum was a bit scary. When he looked at me, I didn't dare to speak."

"Is it that exaggerated? Why didn't I feel that?" Fan Xian looked doubtful. He thought he was quite gentle.

"I..."

Teng Zijing was about to speak, but suddenly he and Fan Xian's faces changed and turned around at the same time.

Under their gaze, they saw a black dot shooting at them at a very fast speed. They just saw the black dot a moment ago, and the next moment, it was already in front of them.

"Bang!"

I don't know what fell to the ground. The two of them only felt a roar in their ears, and then a strong aftermath came, forcing them to retreat in embarrassment.

After finally stabilizing their bodies, they looked up and saw that their pupils contracted and they looked forward in horror.

They saw a big pit where they had just stood, and only a knife handle was exposed in the center of the pit.

Both of them recognized that it was the dagger that Zhou Chen had just taken away from Fan Xian.

Fan Xian's face was full of horror: "Hey, Teng Zijing, how far are we from the Zhenguo Mansion?"

Teng Zijing swallowed his saliva and estimated: "Not sure, but it should be a few hundred feet."

"A few hundred feet away, they found us accurately, and threw the dagger here, and it also produced such a big aftermath. Is this really martial arts, not sword control?"

Fan Xian felt that his throat was very dry, and even his voice became hoarse, his eyes were fixed on the dagger in the center of the pit.

Teng Zijing: "Ah, so, the Duke of Zhenguo took the dagger from you just now, just for this moment? What does he mean by that, to warn you?"

Fan Xian thought about it, and said, "It shouldn't be. If he really wanted to warn me, he could have just done it in the mansion just now. Maybe, he just wanted me to see the power of the Grandmaster, after all, I just asked that."

"The Grandmaster's thoughts are probably hard for us mortals to guess."

"Teng Zijing, you are right. The Grandmaster is extraordinary and must not be provoked. This strike can really take the head of the enemy general in the midst of thousands of troops."

Fan Xian said with deep emotion, and then went over and pulled out the dagger with force.

"It caused such a big commotion, but the dagger was intact. It's amazing."

In the Duke of Zhenguo Zhou's mansion, Zhou Chen clapped his hands, took the chopsticks handed over by Sang Wen, and ate with Sang Wen.

"Young Master seems to think highly of Fan Xian?"

Sang Wen was somewhat puzzled. She had been in Zhou Mansion for several months, and had never seen Zhou Chen treat anyone like Fan Xian.

Zhou Chen said, "This Fan Xian is a little different. It cannot be said that he thinks highly of him. He is just giving some advice. Besides, our mansion is short of money recently, so we can get some from him."

Sang Wen reacted quickly, "Young Master, are you saying that his life may be in danger?"

"The power of the inner treasury is a hot potato. There are many people in Kyoto who want to kill him. Maybe we can earn a hundred thousand or eighty thousand taels of silver from him, which can also ease the economic pressure in our mansion."

This is why he used his special true energy in front of Fan Xian today, because he knew that Fan Xian would soon experience a life-and-death crisis. With Fan Xian's character, he would definitely be willing to buy his life with silver.

"Let's eat. It's all cold."

After today, Teng Zijing gave up the idea of ​​leaving Kyoto and chose to stay to help Fan Xian.

After going through a lot together, Fan Xian trusted Teng Zijing very much. He promised a large sum of money and agreed to keep Teng Zijing. Since then, Teng Zijing has been Fan Xian's bodyguard.

In order to investigate the chicken leg girl, Fan Xian began to look for people everywhere, and then in order to break off the engagement, he went to the Royal Courtyard to find Lin Wan'er and complete the breakup.

The next day, Zhou Chen left the house early in the morning and went outside the city to a hidden valley.

"Master."

Sun Yi had not been at the house for a long time. Zhou Chen came out this time just to see him.

"Have you found all the people?"

"According to the young master's instructions, they are all teenagers under the age of 20 with good qualifications. There are a total of 72 people, all bought from all over the country."

Zhou Chen nodded. He asked Sun Yi to buy people in order to train new subordinates.

Although the thirty-six constellations of the Star Guards have reached the seventh rank or above, such a level of cultivation is nothing in Kyoto. Not to mention the Black Cavalry, it is far inferior to the Tiger Guards, so he asked Sun Yi to find more people to prepare to form a new group of seventy-two Earthly Fiends.

In this feudal society, human life is sometimes really worthless. You can buy human life with a little money, and naturally you can also buy subordinates who will work hard.

"Well done, follow the training method I gave you, train well, and you must achieve something within three years."

"I will never let the young master down."

"Take me to see the people first."

Although his Grandmaster's cultivation can be said to be invincible in the world, he is only one person after all, and he has no time to do everything himself. He must cultivate subordinates who are strong enough and trustworthy enough, not only for himself, but also for the people around him.

He has to protect the people in Zhou Mansion, his women, etc., and also to guard against old silver coins such as Emperor Qing.

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Today, an uninvited guest suddenly came to the Zhou Mansion, and it happened that Zhou Chen was not in the mansion.

This uninvited guest was Zhou Xingniang, who had come to the Zhou Mansion to ask for money a few years ago and was later driven away by Zhou Chen. She was also Zhou Chen's nominal aunt.

As Zhou Chen's aunt, Zhou Chen could ignore her and have someone drive her away, but when Zhou Chen was not there, even Tong Quan, the current housekeeper in the mansion, dared not be disrespectful to her and could only be forced into the mansion by her.

After Zhou Xingniang arrived at Zhou's mansion, she sat in the hall arrogantly and asked Tong Quan to call Zhou Chen. Tong Quan said that Zhou Chen was not in the mansion, and was scolded by her.

Tong Quan knew what this person was like, and did not bother with her, letting her stare, and then she came to Zhou Chen's yard and asked to see Sang Wen.

When Sang Wen learned about this, she was also quite surprised and was ready to meet this person, but was stopped by Tong Quan.

"Miss, you are of noble status, so don't go. That old lady is not easy to deal with."

"Then let her keep making trouble in the mansion?"

If possible, Sang Wen naturally didn't want to see her. After all, although she was favored by Zhou Chen now, she was not even Zhou Chen's concubine, and she had no status to meet Zhou Chen's aunt.

But the problem is that this aunt is making a big noise in the mansion, and she can't just ignore it.

Tong Quan said: "Don't worry, young lady. I have sent someone to find the young master. When the young master comes back, we can solve it."

His idea is good, but Zhou Xingniang doesn't play by the rules. Not only does she make a big noise in the mansion, but she also breaks into Zhou Chen's yard regardless of others' obstruction.

Especially when she saw Sang Wen and learned of Sang Wen's identity, she sneered and insulted Sang Wen in the name of Zhou Chen's aunt, calling her a brothel girl and marrying into the Duke's Mansion.

The scolding was very ugly. Tong Quan tried to persuade her several times, but it was useless. Instead, Zhou Xingniang slapped her twice...

Zhou Chen received a notice from the servant and rushed back to the city. Zhou Xingniang appeared again, which was indeed beyond his expectation, because he had forgotten about this person a long time ago. He didn't expect that after a few years, she would come back to disgust him again.

When Zhou Chen returned to the mansion, he saw Zhou Xingniang, who was showing off in the mansion, Sang Wen, who was being scolded with his head down, and Tong Quan, whose face was swollen.

When Zhou Xingniang saw Zhou Chen, her domineering and majestic demeanor disappeared, and she greeted Zhou Chen with a smile.

"Oh, Achen is back. He must be tired after going out. You idiots, why don't you hurry up and fetch water to wash Achen? You are useless and have no sense at all."

Zhou Chen looked at Zhou Xingniang coldly, walked up to the upper floor and sat down without saying a word, and waved at Sang Wen.

"Have you been wronged?"

Sang Wen shook his head: "No, the old lady is kind."

"She, kind?"

Zhou Chen sneered. He had experienced what kind of person Zhou Xingniang was a few years ago. She was absolutely shameless and even a shrew had more face than her.

Seeing the redness and swelling on both sides of Tong Quan's cheeks, he said coldly: "Aunt, are you here to show off your power in my house?"

Zhou Xingniang, who was so majestic just now, laughed dryly and said flatteringly: "Achen, you, the book boy, have no rules at all. I will help you discipline him."

"Aunt is really too lenient. She even came to my house? But this is the last time. If there is a next time, don't blame me for disregarding the old lady's face."

The aura of power without anger made Zhou Xingniang breathless. She was shocked to find that after not seeing her for a few years, her little nephew had become more terrifying.

But thinking of the purpose of her coming here, she showed a 'bright' smile again.

"Achen, look at what you said. I am your aunt. We are a family. I must be thinking about your good, and I have no other intentions."

"Come, Yuan, come here quickly."

Zhou Xingniang pulled a young man and came to Zhou Chen.

"Achen, this is your brother, Ayuan, who is two years younger than you. Ayuan, why don't you call him?"

The young man named Ayuan hurriedly saluted Zhou Chen: "Hello, cousin."

Zhou Chen nodded coldly. He had a very bad impression of Zhou Xingniang, so he didn't have a good attitude towards her son.

Zhou Xingniang continued: "Achen, your uncle has just been transferred to Kyoto and is now serving as an imperial censor in the Censorate. He just went to report today, and I brought Ayuan to see you. You are now a dignified Duke of Zhenguo and the pillar of our Zhou family. If you know about it, your brother will definitely be very pleased."

As she said this, she lowered her head and wiped away two non-existent tears, which made Zhou Chen feel sick.

But her words made Zhou Chen suspicious. He still had some impression of Zhou Xingniang's husband. His level was very average. He had been an official in other places for many years without much promotion. How could he suddenly be transferred back to Kyoto and serve as an imperial censor in the Censorate? This was a promotion of several levels at once.

Very abnormal.