Chapter Seventy-Eight: The Snow Dragon and the Black Jiao
"The world is never young people".
"The future is for young people, but when that day comes, we are no longer young."
"It doesn't matter if you're young or old, it's the general law of the development of things, time, you know? Time is linear, it's not jumping, it's not inverted."
"Zheng Yan, shut up, you didn't grow up under the coercion and temptation of the old men, how can you understand our distress."
"That's it, just talk about it."
Zheng Yan didn't want to deal with these three guys, and he didn't know when Zhu Shan hid the wine, which was turned over by Zheng Xinglu, and then even Zheng Yuan, who resolutely said that he would not drink, drank high, and began to speak incoherently.
Zhang Caiyun added some firewood to the bonfire, which made the cave a lot warmer, and a few drunk people seemed to be a little comfortable, and began to fall asleep one after another, Zheng Yuchan and Bai Bo snuggled together and whispered, Xingshuang sat alone and practiced, Zheng Yan didn't drink, picked up the bow and arrow and spear and prepared to go outside to watch the night, Zhang Caiyun suddenly called Zheng Yan softly, hesitated and got up and walked out.
On Chinese New Year's Eve, the mountains in Taihua Mountain were gloomy and quiet, so that it was easy to see and hear some subtle movements, and when Zheng Yan half-closed the stone door again, Zhang Caiyun, who was standing at the door, said softly with a worried look, "I have always wanted to say these days that I am just afraid of being abrupt, thank you Gongzi for rescuing Lou Gang",
Zheng Yan was a little surprised, or pretended to be surprised, and asked curiously, "Does Madame have anything to do with Lou Gang?"
Zhang Caiyun nodded and said, "Lou Gang's child was originally the daughter-in-law of the slave family's mother's family, and the child she married since she was a child is the slave family's own nephew, but unfortunately it was also robbed to the demon cave, and the two children are really good things."
Zheng Yan was deeply sympathetic, waiting for her next words, and deliberately came out to thank her, obviously not only to thank you, but also to sound a bit hypocritical, don't you know what kind of character your nephew is?
"Childe seems to have some misunderstanding about the concubine?", Zhang Caiyun looked at Zheng Yan with some innocence and said softly,
Zheng Yan was a little stunned, and asked strangely, "Madam, where did you start here, we shouldn't know each other before this, right?", when he spoke, he felt that he was being carefully observed by the woman in front of him, and for a while there was a feeling of being like a man's back, very uncomfortable,
Zhang Caiyun was also a little stunned, lowered his head and thought about it, raised his eyes and smiled, and said softly, "It may be that the slave family is too careful, these days it seems to be in the clouds and fog, and I have been looking forward to it day and night, thinking that I can escape or be rescued, but I am still uneasy when I really come out."
Zheng Yan nodded and said, "Understand, it would be good to return to the place where our humans lived."
It was originally a comforting word, but Zhang Caiyun was full of sadness when he heard it, and said with a wry smile, "The slave family is already a broken flower and a willow, and it has given birth to a child for the monster, and I am afraid that there will be no place to stand when I go back", and sobbed softly when he said it.
Zheng Yan was a little anxious and embarrassed on his face, but he was calm and indifferent in his heart, not cold-blooded and ruthless, but a habit formed for a long time, don't put yourself in the shoes of irrelevant people, let alone show sympathy, it's best to stay calm and alienated, whether it's to others or yourself. Although he showed enough sympathy on his face, Zheng Yan didn't say anything, just sighed lightly, turned around and squatted on the ground, as if he was also sad and had nothing to do.
Zhang Caiyun sobbed and glanced at the back of Zheng Yan who was squatting on the ground, his eyes were a little obscure, he thought for a while and walked through Zheng Yan to the kneeless snow, and the next moment he finally knelt down as if his strength was exhausted, Zheng Yan couldn't help frowning, her spiritual qi was indeed a little weak, but it was far from this level, is this acting?
The stone door behind him was moved, and Zheng Xingye, who was full of alcohol, walked out, walked over Zheng Yan and walked in front of Zhang Caiyun deep and shallow, pulled her up and walked back, Zhang Caiyun was full of misery, just shook his head, but was still pulled back by Zheng Xingye, the door of the cave was closed, and only Zheng Yan was stunned for a while.
Zheng Yan dug a snow hole on the side of a slightly higher mountain rock not far away and got in, sitting in the snow cave and still crying and laughing, what is Zheng Xingye going to do? Wouldn't he really be confused by beauty?
After a while, the door of the cave opened again, and a slender figure walked out, hesitated for a moment in the open space at the entrance of the cave and walked straight to this side, in fact, as soon as the woman came out, Zheng Yan recognized who it was, but he didn't expect it to be looking for him.
Zheng Yuchan knelt down by the snow cave and sat down, thought about it and changed her posture, and then asked with a smile, "How do you feel?"
Zheng Yan recognized that it was Zhang Caiyun's kneeling posture just now, which was simply vivid, and sighed that this girl's perception was really powerful, and asked with a smile, "What do you think?"
Zheng Yuchan smiled slightly and said softly, "You are also a royal maid, you must have seen through that woman's tricks, do you still need to ask me this country girl?"
Zheng Yan was a little helpless, he really held a grudge, could he offend her just by chatting a few words?"Does she want to win sympathy and be accepted? But didn't she choose Xingye? What do you want me to do?",
Zheng Yuchan smiled and said nothing, Zheng Yan thought for a while and muttered, "Did she detect my identity?"
Zheng Yuchan grabbed a handful of snow and looked at it with a smile in front of her eyes, and then said softly after a while. The first time I saw her, I felt that this woman was very ambitious, in fact, she had already thought of a way out for herself, and there were more than one or two, the infiltration of various forces in Yudanzhou into my Great Zhou was not a day or two, and many of them yearned for the life of a big country and magnates, only from these two points, Zhang Caiyun can be next to Brother Xingye or you are a good way out for herself, and she has no intention of giving up Brother Xinglu and Zheng Yuan, well, these days are really eye-opening for me,
Suddenly there was the cry of a night owl from a big tree next to her, Zheng Yan noticed that Zheng Yuchan's body trembled slightly, this kind of reaction should hardly be for a cultivator, but she was really a little frightened, what was this guarding against?
Thinking of this, he smiled and said, "Do you want to come in and sit? Why didn't I notice what kind of means she has used these days?"
Zheng Yuchan was obviously a little hesitant, so Zheng Yan was even more puzzled, what was there to hesitate about, of course she refused directly, and the next moment the woman climbed into the snow cave with her head down, the snow cave was a little narrow, it was originally prepared by Zheng Yan for herself, and suddenly there was another person, although it was a petite girl, but she still squeezed together,
Zheng Yan finally lost the battle, and squeezed hard to the other side, many days of severe cold and snow, almost frozen, fortunately Zheng Yan was strong enough, Zheng Yuchan, who came in, was silent for a while.
The two quietly looked at the direction of the cave outside, Zheng Yan clinged to the snow wall, and the faint fragrance on the woman's body was not light at all even in such a cold place, but was a little special, "That's right, I am what you often call the 'fragrant girl'",
"Xiangnu?", Zheng Yan subconsciously asked, and then it became clear that he didn't know which boring guy had written a book called "Hehuan Xiangnu Collection Notes", which described in detail various types of Xiangnu physique and precautions for double cultivation, Qi Wending once secretly took it to Guozijian to share and discuss with his classmates, and Zheng Yan also listened to a lot on the side.
"Generally speaking, there are two kinds of fragrant women, one is the one that the world says can increase the taste, and the other is the one that the monks define to assist men in cultivation, in fact, there is no clear boundary between these two, I should have both", Zheng Yuchan said a few words in a calm and soft tone,
Zheng Yan nodded and said, "You practice perceptual spells because of this physique, right?"
Zheng Yuchan smiled slightly and replied, " I am not a member of the Zheng clan, in fact, it is not right to say this, it should be said that I did not have the surname Zheng, I don't know what the specific surname is, when I was still in infancy, I was put at the door of a trading company in the south, my father, that is, the shopkeeper of the trading company, he was very good, he took me back to my wife to raise, until I was six years old, because of the business relationship the family has been adrift, my father and mother were afraid that we would not be able to lay a good foundation for cultivation because of the turmoil, so they sent me and my younger brothers and sisters back to the clan land; When I was a child, I saw a lot of people selling their sons and daughters, not to mention being displaced and selling themselves into slavery, it is said that there is a lot of fertile land in the wilderness, and the imperial court also has measures to encourage people to open up the wasteland, but most people still continue the scope and way of life of their ancestors".
Zheng Yan never thought that this girl would have a chattering side, thinking that it would be good to listen to it quietly, but it was always unfulfilled, Zheng Yuchan suddenly turned her head to look at him and asked, "You have a lot of knowledge, you must know why people are reluctant to open up, can you tell me about it?" This question has troubled me for several years, how can a person hang himself from a tree?"
As the woman turned her face and exhaled for a while, Zheng Yan calmed down and thought for a while and asked, "Have you been to those wastelands?"
Zheng Yuchan shook her head and asked suspiciously, "Is there a man-eating spirit occupying it?"
Zheng Yan smiled, looked outside and said softly: "Large-scale land reclamation has always been carried out first, and only after roads, cities, villages, towns, water sources and dangers have been solved and improved, then they will begin to turn to civilian reclamation, not to mention the dangers, wolves, insects, tigers, leopards, mountain thieves, robbers, and some lawless monks, and there are also the cannibalistic monsters you said; Let's talk about the roads first, what are the necessities of life? What should we do if we don't have food, clothing, housing, and transportation, rice, flour, oil, and salt? Not to mention all kinds of tools and utensils, especially those that are not self-sufficient; besides, farming, farming and breeding mostly depend on the weather for food, and what if you fail when you arrive in a new place and don't understand the time here; and the construction of a water conservancy walled city, can you build two or two families? And connecting some families to open up the wasteland together involves a problem of management and serving the public; what should you do if you are sick? Do you want to take a few Langzhong with you? If you don't bring them, will you wait for death? In order to improve efficiency, we have been emphasizing the division of labor, in fact, we are also eliminating this form of small doors, and of course, bankruptcy has become easier."
Zheng Yuchan nodded in agreement, but for some reason the two fell into silence again, and finally Zheng Yan sighed helplessly and said, "You won't come to tell me that the clan has promised you to me, right?"
The sky began to snow again, and it was already vast outside for a short time, Zheng Yuchan chuckled and said, "I know the purpose of you said those words to me before, you want me to stay away from you, and on my terms, are you not qualified to stay by your side?
Zheng Yan was full of helplessness, this girl first talked about Zhang Caiyun to determine the type she liked, and then said that her own fragrant girl physique and life experience were to enhance the relationship and increase the bargaining chips, and what was it for to lead to development?
"Are you resentful of my alienation or are you sincere? Having said that, I remember that you are also in the genealogy, and the clan has promised you to marry you, and you can completely refuse like them, it shouldn't be difficult, right?",
Zheng Yuchan put her face on her knees, looked at Zheng Yan and said softly, "My parents have nurturing feelings for me, and the clan has the grace of knowing me, and my conscience tells me that I can't refuse",
Zheng Yan was a little helpless, and asked tentatively, "Why don't I refuse?"
As he was talking, suddenly a very strong force was pressed down from top to bottom, Zheng Yan suddenly exerted his palms upward, and the surrounding snow suddenly disintegrated and flew away, and when the snow chips dispersed, the snowflakes began to continue to fall, falling on Zheng Yan, who was standing tall, and fell on Zheng Yuchan, who was half-kneeling on the ground and ready to go, and there was a young man in black squatting on the mountain stone next to him, with an evil smile on his feminine and handsome face, he was looking at Zheng Yan with interest, and the next moment he smiled kindly, "Have you disturbed the two of you to fall in love?"
Zheng Yan was inexplicably a little disgusted with this guy whose face changed so quickly, especially when he launched a sneak attack just now, and now he actually greeted him with a smile, stretched out his hand and grabbed it, and the spear broke through the snow, "Yuchan, you stand behind a little",
The young man nodded and said, "Well, I know, Yuchan, good name, do you want to fight? If I win, you will give me this beauty, how about it? At most, I will let you live, and I can't do any more, I will humiliate you, it will destroy your Dao heart, and you will be troubled in the future."
Zheng Yan is also counted as reading countless people, such a guy who is not flat is really rare, and he doesn't talk nonsense with him, and his gun is like a dragon.
The young man dodged away from the mountain rock, his skills were extremely agile, Zheng Yan's years of cultivation and his physique were special, one thing was that he didn't need to charge his strength, that is, he could explode anytime and anywhere, when the young man unfolded his body and pretended to be chic, Zheng Yan's side suddenly accelerated and it was just a simple single gun,
With the sound of tearing clothes, the young man had been blown away by a shot, Zheng Yan was unforgiving, and continued to shoot out, so repeated for more than ten rounds, the young man in black's extremely powerful fists and feet could not make any merit at all, and there was no complete cloth on his body, but he was still smiling, although Zheng Yan was pierced with a shot every time, but it was never a straight line, and then he sneered after handing out a shot, "It turned out to be just a small Jiao, come, turn out the body and let us see, or I can only kill you and see again",
The young man's original playful expression gradually disappeared, and he turned to a playful face, fell on a stone and moved his body to grin and reveal his white teeth, "Even if the body is the body, when I turn into a dragon, I will let your spirit come to witness it", said and rushed over with the momentum of thunder, fierce and fierce, and the snow chips that were sucked by his qi machine around him have turned into a faint dragon with black light,
Zheng Yan sneered, "Jiao is Jiao, let's talk about it after you turn into a dragon", and then a vigorous and powerful snow dragon roared up to meet it, this time it was a straight line.
Zheng Yuchan had already circled to the young man's side, and a jade-colored light wheel appeared beside her, and at the same time, she pinched the trick with one hand, and there were snow lines arching under the snow around her body to sneak, and the target was the young man in black.
The snow dragon and the black Jiao collided, Zheng Yuchan's snow line was chopped by Gangfeng in the blink of an eye, only the light wheel stood still, the young man in black was slapped on the chest by Zheng Yan who was close to him, and then came out of the spear that penetrated his body, and flew away with the blood that kept gushing out, his face couldn't be said to be painful or unbelievable, Zheng Yan followed up with a gun, and it was just a simple single gun,
Just when the spear was about to pierce the young man's head, suddenly everything was still, and a middle-aged man in white appeared between the tip of the gun and the young man, just when the middle-aged man was about to grab the back of the spear, Zheng Yan suddenly sank down and forcefully let the spear advance three inches again, almost piercing the middle-aged man's body, but he couldn't advance a single bit, Zheng Yan simply drew the gun and retreated, Zheng Yuchan swept aside, and the two stood still in a corner posture.
The middle-aged man glanced at his white and slender hand and nodded, "Compared with your true dragon, Ao Xin is indeed just a small Jiao, no matter what, forget it today."
Zheng Yan looked at the middle-aged man who suddenly appeared, frowned, and said, "Since the demon ancestor said so, the juniors naturally don't dare to disobey, but I don't know if I can leave a name?"
The middle-aged man nodded and said softly, "Since I know that I am the Demon Ancestor, it doesn't matter if my name is Bai Fei, I am from the East China Sea, this is my apprentice Ao Xin",
Zheng Yan saluted, "Zheng Yan of the Zheng family."
Seeing that the middle-aged man raised his hand to stop the young man's injury, and flew towards Beifu Mountain, Zheng Yuchan glanced at Zheng Yan and asked suspiciously, "Is it so soon?"
Zheng Yan turned around and went to the snow cave again, and said indifferently, "I'm casual, do you want to ask them?"
Zheng Yuchan was a little helpless, looking at the mess after the battle between the two, and said with doubts, "I obviously felt the anger bursting out of your body, but if you perceive it carefully, it is only the majesty of the abyss like the sea, did you adjust your mood halfway?"
Zheng Yan stopped what he was doing and thought about it and said, "I was really angry with that guy just now, but this is really not my usual temper, it should be the body's autonomous reaction, probably because of his body, doesn't it mean that the dragon will never be able to endure the provocation of a Jiao?"
Zheng Yuchan asked curiously, "Are you really a real dragon?"
Zheng Yan shook his head and said with a smile, "How can I be a real dragon, I just have some dragon energy."